eBay Blush Palette Review

Hi girls,

Many of you may have seen the blush palette on E-bay, where you can purchase 10 blush's in a nice little palette. I spent a few days contemplating whether to buy it and in the end I did. 

I can't say I was expecting much and to be honest it was a bit of an impulse purchase, as I had decided my blush collection was lacking compared to mascara, powder etc.. and thought 10 for the price of £3.92 was a good offer. 

The palette comes with 10 different blush shades, ranging from pinks, to corals to more lilac-toned colours which are all gorgeous. There is also a mixture of semi-matte and shimmer finishes which is perfect for me. The palette is supposedly very similar to the BH cosmetics blush palette, but I haven't tried that so I cant say. 

All the colours are highly pigmented, smooth and look absolutely gorgeous with my skin tone. I was worried the more red orangy colours would look strange, but as shown when swatched below, they come off more of a coral colour.

Top row swatches

Bottom row swatches

The palette itself it made from black plastic that feels a little cheap, but sturdy. The bit where the blushes are held is thin plastic that can be removed easily. So if you use all the blushes up, you can remove it and use the pallet for something else.

As it comes from China I was a little worried it may arrive in pieces, but when I opened the parcel the palette was covered in bubble wrap and inside a box which was also wrapped in bubble wrap. It was very secure. Delivery wise, for me it took 12 days to arrive but it can take up to 23 working days

Overall I am so happy with my purchase and would highly recommend the product. The blushes are definitely worth more than they are priced!

I bought mine here and like I said before cost me £3.92 including delivery. 

Have you tried any blush palettes you can recommend?

Leave me a comment, 

Emily x

Review; Collection 2000 Pressed Powder

Hey guys,  

The Collection 2000 Pressed Powder is one of the best powders I have ever used, and recently I have been choosing that over my MAC MSF natural. I use both powders as a finishing powder to set my makeup and just generally make my makeup 'come together.'

Now since I'm ghostly pale, I need a powder that makes my foundation a little bit paler to match my skin. So I got the powder in Ivory instead of Translucent, to give that bit of colour to blend. I use either MAC Studio Fix in NC15 or Revlon Photoready in Vanilla foundation, both with are a little dark, but when used with this powder they match perfectly. 

You might be able to see the rather deep dip where I've nearly hit pan.

Another thing that's good about this powder is the smell! I know, it's a bit strange that a powder has a nice smell but it does! It smells clean, a bit like a baby. You can't smell it when it's on your face though, just in the pan. 

The powder is quite sheer, even though it has a colour -that's why there is no swatch, it just blended into my skin! You can layer this powder without it looking too cakey, but if you over apply it tends to make your makeup look like a mask! Not good!

I use this with my 'MAC' Hello Kitty Kabuki brush review here

 Also I do tend to have a lot, and I mean A LOT of fall out from the powder, unlike the MSF. It tends to fall onto clothes when applying too, which is so irritating!

Plus on a normal day, I do have to reapply the powder at least twice which can be annoying, but something I did with my MAC MSF anyway.

Overall, I think this powder is really good! It does what I need, with out the MAC price tag.

Leave me a comment,

Emily x

Updated; How much does your face cost?

Hello everyone!

Well, since I did this post way back in February lots of things have changed in my everyday routine. So I thought I would do an updated version, plus it was really fun last time!

Here is the February version.

Moisturiser: Vaseline Intensive Rescue Moisture Locking Body Lotion £2/3

 Primer: MAC Prep and Prime Skin Base Visage - £18.50

Foundation: Revlon Photoready £12.99

Concealer: MAC Pro Longwear Concealer £13

Powder: Collection 2000 Pressed Powder £1.99

Eyebrows: MUA eyeshadow - £1

Blush: MAC -HEY, SAILOR! Collection- Crew £21.50

Mascara: Maybelline The Falsies Volum' Express -£7.99 and Maybelline One By One Volum' Express Mascara - £8.99

Eyeliner: Bourjois Clubbing Eyeliner £6.99 

Lip Balm: Carmex Cherry  - £2.00 

Lip Stick: MAC Snob - £13.50

Total; £110.45, Ive actually increase by £5! But technically lost one product, I used to use 12, now 11...

Right I TAG everyone in the world who wears makeup! *Yes you too!*

Leave me a comment, and a link if you do the post!

Emily x