Today I wanted to share my new make up purchases with you lovely reader and show you the look I created. I am not a make up artist but I love learning and playing around with different eye shadows to update my look. Here's my latest make up purchases!
I picked up the new Maybelline The Nudes palette which I was really drawn to because the colours are beautiful! The shades range from neutral beige's, bronzes, golds and taupe colours, a very versatile palette and for £9.99 the price is amazing for that many eye shadows!
I am not a contouring pro by any stretch. In fact I have been quite reluctant to give contouring a go as there are so many different brands with their own kits and the prices vary so much I didn't know where to even start practicing! However I spotted another little Maybelline gem in the form of the Master Sculpt contour and highlight compact. Again at £6.99 the price point was perfect for me to start having a play with contouring and I picked up the No7 contour brush to use with this product.
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I am not a contouring pro by any stretch. In fact I have been quite reluctant to give contouring a go as there are so many different brands with their own kits and the prices vary so much I didn't know where to even start practicing! However I spotted another little Maybelline gem in the form of the Master Sculpt contour and highlight compact. Again at £6.99 the price point was perfect for me to start having a play with contouring and I picked up the No7 contour brush to use with this product.
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The third item I bought to complete this look was the Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Finish lipstick in the shade 38. This is a gorgeous peachy nude, very dewy and a lovely holiday colour. I saw this shade on the lovely Zoella and I thought this would be perfect to compliment the golden bronze of the Maybelline palette.
So here's the look I created with my new make up purchases!
I'm really pleased with my first attempt at using these products. The eye shadows are really pigmented and blend well to create smokey eye looks. I think this palette is a great staple product to have whereby you can create daytime make up looks and then add more depth and stronger looks for going out in the evening. I'm going on holiday soon so I will definitely be taking it with me!
As for the contour kit, I think I need to have more of a practice with it but that the beauty of the price. I think once I've got the hang of the new trend then maybe I'd consider the more expensive, professional kits but I have to say I don't think you would gain much more from doing so. The highlighter is lovely and subtle and doesn't leave you looking like a glitter ball.
And I love the lipstick! I think the colour is gorgeous and it actually smells really nice! I ADORE the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks anyway, 107 is one of my absolute faves. I think 38 is going to get worn an awful lot! Easy to wear, stays put and nice dewy look. Lovely stuff!
The other products I used for this look were:
Nars Sheer Glow foundation in Santa Fe
No7 Translucent powder
17 Bronzer in medium
Maxfactor creme blush puff blush in 15 seductive pink
Boujois Kohl & contour brown eyeliner
No7 New Dramatic Lift mascara- which I'm obsessed with right now! (blog to come!)
Collection concealer in cool medium
Collection work the colour eyebrow kit- more details here
Overall I'm super happy with my new purchases the finished result and I'm looking forward to playing around with the colours and trying different looks. Have you tried these products? What do you think about the look I created? If you read my previous blog post to this, you'll know how I felt on the day I took these photographs have a read to find out here. Share your hints and tips, this post has taken a lot of work for me so please leave me a comment, follow the blog and catch me on Twitter! Much love xx
Until next time, Steph :)
This is not a sponsored or paid for post just purely my thoughts and options.
So here's the look I created with my new make up purchases!
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As for the contour kit, I think I need to have more of a practice with it but that the beauty of the price. I think once I've got the hang of the new trend then maybe I'd consider the more expensive, professional kits but I have to say I don't think you would gain much more from doing so. The highlighter is lovely and subtle and doesn't leave you looking like a glitter ball.
And I love the lipstick! I think the colour is gorgeous and it actually smells really nice! I ADORE the Rimmel Kate Moss lipsticks anyway, 107 is one of my absolute faves. I think 38 is going to get worn an awful lot! Easy to wear, stays put and nice dewy look. Lovely stuff!
The other products I used for this look were:
Nars Sheer Glow foundation in Santa Fe
No7 Translucent powder
17 Bronzer in medium
Maxfactor creme blush puff blush in 15 seductive pink
Boujois Kohl & contour brown eyeliner
No7 New Dramatic Lift mascara- which I'm obsessed with right now! (blog to come!)
Collection concealer in cool medium
Collection work the colour eyebrow kit- more details here
Overall I'm super happy with my new purchases the finished result and I'm looking forward to playing around with the colours and trying different looks. Have you tried these products? What do you think about the look I created? If you read my previous blog post to this, you'll know how I felt on the day I took these photographs have a read to find out here. Share your hints and tips, this post has taken a lot of work for me so please leave me a comment, follow the blog and catch me on Twitter! Much love xx
Until next time, Steph :)
This is not a sponsored or paid for post just purely my thoughts and options.
What a great post! it's lovely how you combine the haul with the testing and a complete look! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteI have tried the Master Sculpt and I kind of wish I would have bought the darker shade; the light one is a bit too "bronzey" for contouring. However, I don't think I would have liked the darker one either, because for one I really don't like the consistency of the product. It barely comes of onto my brush and I have to be soooo careful to not get any highlighter on my contour brush! The highlighter is also so very chalky and I feel like double the product falls out when I take a bit onto my brush. It's a complete no-go for me, unfortunately. :(
I think the Benefit Hoola Bronzer was a great one for me to start getting into contouring; I recently picked up the Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze&Glow - yes I finally took the plunge! - and I have only used it once so far, but I already like it a lot! Just keep practicing. With the whole strobing-trend going on you don't really need a lot of contour anyways ;) x
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