Make-up Revolution Palettes... Part 1

Hello wonderful people!

Today will be a blog post about one of these three Makeup Revolution palettes...

From left to right: Redemption palette iconic 2,
Redemption palette romantic smoked,
Ultra blush palette sugar and spice

Redemption palette iconic 2, Artificial light

The first one I will be reviewing is the Redemption Palette Iconic 2. This one is particularly interesting to blog about as many other bloggers have compared it to the Naked 2 palette... Unfortunately I can not do that comparison, as student finance do not support expensive makeup addiction, so I have to make do with gaining that kind of information from other bloggers. From what I have a read, the palette is very good dupe to the Naked 2, however the quality is not as close. The redemption palette eyeshadow's can be a little chalky and can have some fallout when worn, but with a good primer, this can easily be fixed. The colour pay-off is great and they can easily be blended with others just like the Naked palettes (I do own the Naked palette 3, so at least I know about the quality first hand) and the colours are very close to the Naked 2 (or so I've read by many).

One swipe. artificial lighting 

Iconic 2 Redemption palette on the right, Couple of swipes,
Artificial lighting 

I know the colours are not very prominent in the third photo, but I wanted you to see the exact colour pay-off. The forth photo was added as this colour was not coming up on camera, so I made the colour more prominent so you guys could see it.

There is a mix of 3 matte's and 7 shimmers and they are generally quite cold toned. In order from the first shade the colours go;

1. A matte creamy-peach colour. (Perfect for just under the brow bone and inner corner of the eye)

2. This is shimmery golden-brown colour.

3. Is a perfect champagne colour with a satin finish.

4. A beautiful copper-gold shimmer colour.

5. Matte pink tinged brown. (A bit more fall out from this colour and less pigmented)

6. A shimmery/metallic bronze shade.

7. Similar to the last, but with more silver shimmer in it rather than gold.   

8. This is a silvery-brown/gunmetal colour. Shimmery, but verging on the side of metallic. 

9. A shimmery brown-champagne colour.

10. Is a rosy-gold colour with brown hues. A lovely shimmer. 

11. A satin finished, deep brown colour. (Found it to be a bit chalky) 

12. Basic matte black. (Slightly chalky)

The price difference between this palette and the Naked 2 is quite considerable with the Naked 2 palette pricing at £38.00 (as sold in Debenhams) and this palette from Makeup Revolution either from Superdrug or the Makeup Revoloution site for £4.00. So if on a budget, this palette is great, but if you want to pay a lot more for a name and little bit more quality, Naked 2 palette for you would be best. 

I hope you enjoyed this detailed post! 

Lots of love 

Sarah (i.e. LiveLoveLaugh with beauty)

xox

I am not sponsored, all thoughts are my own, and I paid for all these products mentioned with my own money.

Valentines Day Nails

Hello wonderful people!

Today is Valentines Day, so I thought I should probably blog something appropriate... So I have for you a very sweet, but simple, girly nail look...

L'Oreal colour riche nail polish in 207 Babydoll 

This is a beautiful pearly baby pink, which is just perfect for Valentines Day as it is just so sweet and girly. It will also be perfect for the spring weather as well! It glides on so well, dries quickly and does not chip easily! However, I did find that it does need 3 coats to look really opaque, but if you're in a rush, 2 coats would do nicely.

I bought this from Fragrance Direct for 99p. However, when I last looked they were not available any more but you can get it for £4.99 from both Boots and Superdrug. It is also currently on sale on Amazon for £2.50, just click here to be redirected.

I just feel so elegant when I wear this and have received so many compliments!

Hope you guys have a lovely day!

Love from

Sarah (i.e. LiveLoveLaugh with Beauty)

xox

I am not sponsored, all thoughts are my own, and I paid for all these products mentioned with my own money.

Barry M nail paint review! (Raspberry and Ruby Slippers)

Hello wonderful people!

Today I will be doing a review of Barry M nail paint in Raspberry as seen above. This is a beautiful berry red colour, (as the name suggests) that is a perfect colour for the Autumn and Winter months. I was really impressed with this colour from Barry M, as even the first coat was quite opaque but out of habit I applied two coats just make sure it was completely opaque. I have applied a top coat to this and this colour lasted me a week before any minor chipping happened, which has really impressed me as I usually chip my nails within a couple of days of painting them. The photo's above were taken after a week of them being painted, and just look! I have noticed that nail polish does seem to last longer on acrylic nails rather than my normal nails though, just a warning as I did have acrylics on when wearing this colour. I got this for the bargain price of £2.99 from Superdrug and as they had buy one get one free offer on selected Barry M nail paints I got this top coat to match...

...which is called Ruby Slippers. This is a beautiful ruby colour when used on its own, however I did find it took quite a few coats in order for it to become opaque. In the pictures above is Ruby Slippers on top of Raspberry. This therefore leads to a beautiful sparkly dark red colour that is perfect for the Autumn/winter months. It is also slightly textured and does not chip too easily. This is normally priced at £2.99.  

Many more nail polish reviews coming this way...

Love from yours truly,

Sarah (i.e. LiveLoveLaugh with Beauty)
xox

I am not sponsored, all thoughts are my own, and I paid for all these products mentioned with my own money.