Inglot Eye Shadow Review, Shades 369 & 24

Hey Guys!
I am one of the lucky few in the UK who has an Inglot store 10 minutes away from where I live, and I plan on making the most of it!
I was out shopping for new jeans the other day and mistakenly stumbled into Inglot, what a shame. My lovely boyfriend treated me to 2 new shadows and I think I definitely picked 2 of the best! But I'll let you be the judge of that...

So these are my latest additions...Left is shade 369 and on the right shade 24.

For the quality of the products, I still can't get over the price. It's so cheap!

As a comparison - 1 Inglot eye shadow pan which is 2.3g/0.08 US OZ is £4.50

1 Mac eye shadow pan which is 1.5g/0.05 US OZ is £10!

So not only is the quality equally as good if not better, you get more product than Mac and its less than half the price!

This lovely looking pan is Shade 369.

It's so hard to describe this colour, it instantly caught my eye.

I guess it's in between pale blue and a pastel purple, reminds me of bluebells!

It has a matte finish and being such a pastel shade it's a bit chalky but no where near as bad as what I was expecting, not like Sleek Makeup's pastels! Great Pigmentation.

And my other purchase, Shade 24.

Inglot describe it as an AMC Shine, which to me seems like the Veluxe Pearl Finish by Mac.

It's an aqua shade with a gorgeous frost finish.

The tester in store looked completely different though, it looked more like a matte white with an aqua shimmer/frost...I actually went back to check I was given the right one! (No offence to the lovely ladies working there, but when I went to Inglot in Westfield's I was given ALL the wrong shades, so glad I checked them whilst I was still there!)

I bought this because I thought it would look great as an inner corner highlight so I'm now waiting to try it out. It swatches the same as the one in store, maybe an improved formula?

Swatch time! This photo is taken with flash and under a natural sunlight bulb.

Left swatches are over NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk, Right is without a base.

This is the same, without flash, under the natural sunlight bulb.

The frost in shade 24 stands out so much better without the sticky base, will definitely just be using my primer with this one!

 

So that's that, now I've photographed and swatched them I can't wait to play around and see what looks I can come up with! I was so close to buying a gorgeous canary yellow instead of shade 369, I'm glad I spotted it last minute, and at least I know what my next purchase will be!

 

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Sleek Celestial Palette Look!

Hey guys!
I finally got around to doing a look using Sleek MakeUps's Celestial Palette, but then I noticed that my last 4 posts were all Sleek MakeUp looks so I've held this one back a few days!
I tried to do so many looks using just this palette but I think I was having a few off days. Finally I've done a look I'm happy with and it would have been perfect for Valentines, but nevermind! There's so many 'Valentine's Look' posts I didn't really want to join them so I stayed away! I hope you like my look...

Really I should have shot this look during the day, but I always seem to get inspiration at night - It was so shimmery and pretty it's a shame the camera didn't pick it up as well!

Anyway, here's my look! It's a shimmery, smoky pink/purple eye with subtle black liner and lashes.

The super sparkly palette! I love the matte/glitter combo shades, even though it does leave a bit of fall out they are so versatile! Great for adding colour into the crease, whereas shimmers are so forgiving.

L-R: (top row) Solar, Astral Blue, Aurora, Galactic, Earth Shine, Dark Matter

(bottom row) Stargaze, Saturn's Ring, Meteoric, Terrestrial, Lunar, Eclipse.

My favourite shades from this palette are Aurora - gorgeous teal green with glitter, and Meteoric - Matte deep pink/ terracotta shade.

My lease favourite, definitely Terrestrial. If the pigmentation was better it would be an amazing shade, because it's so different. But I guess that's why it's so hard to find! The pigment in pastel shades usually are lacking umph!

I started with Meteoric all over my lid and up into my crease, then darkened my crease using Saturn's Ring and Astral Blue. Next, I took Solar and packed it onto my lid, making it soo sparkly and gorgeous! I took Meteoric and Astral Blue onto my lower lash line also and Stargaze and Galactic in my inner corner to brighten the eye.

I darkened my crease for a more dramatic look using Earth Shine and used Dark Matter for my eyeliner.

My eyelashes are Eylure's #100, which I picked up in John Lewis for about £4! So cheap in there. Mascara as always is Mac Plush Lash and Benefit They're Real.

 

And that's the look! I hope you like it, and I can't wait to get some more looks going!

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Sleek Garden of Eden Palette Look!

Hey Guys,
Sorry I've not posted in forever! So much going on in January, it was my birthday, then I went to the Isle of Wight to see my family, and since being back in Cambridge I've been job hunting which has got to be one of the most depressing things I've ever done! I'm applying for jobs I really don't want because I haven't heard back from the one I do want... I'm not good at this patience thing!
Anyway!
Just a quick post today to show you guys a look I create with the new Garden of Eden Palette from Sleek!
I've always loved their palettes and use them on a daily basis, so when a new one comes out you can bet I'm the first one in line to get it. So, here's my look...

I was struggling with my lighting at this stage so I've only got two photos, sorry! I now have new lighting and everything is back to normal, wohoo! I hate it when you do a look you like, but you can't capture it!

I found it hard to create a look using just this palette, I think my inspiration wondered off for a while but I'm hoping it's back now! I really want to get out some more looks!

 

Eyeshadows I used were:

Flora - in the crease and lower waterline

Forbidden - Blending out Flora

Gates of Eden - Eyelid

Entwined - over crease

Tree of Life - Eyeliner and under eye

Fauna + Fig - lower lash line

Eve's Kiss - inner corner

 

Primer

E.L.F eye primer

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

 

Mascara

MAC's Plush Lash

Benefit's Their Real

 

Eyelashes

Eylure #100

 

I hope you like my looks, I promise there's more to come!

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Sleek Lagoon Palette Look!

Hey guys!
The Sleek Lagoon Palette was one of the ones I was lucky enough to get at Christmas, so I wanted to do a look using just this palette. It was so hard choosing a look to do, there are so many gorgeous colours! Eventually this was the look I went with, I hope you like it!

I tried a couple of looks, but my inspiration's been flat lately so I stayed on the safe side and done a purple, smoky look. There's so many gorgeous colour it was hard to choose just one look, I wanted to do some much all at once!

This is the lovely Lagoon Palette from the Aqua Collection.

TOP L-R: Sassea, Deep Water, Reflection, Emerald, Oyster, Black Pearl.

BOTTOM: Pink Jewell, Sand Dollar, Underworld, Sea Shell, Night Sky, Ariel.

I started with ELF eye primer and NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk. I always use jumbo eye pencils because they make whatever eyeshadow you put on top brighter and last longer as it's a sticky base.

I started with night sky on the outer third of my eyelid, in my crease and slightly on the inner third of my eyelid. I wanted to make shadows basically!

Next, I used a paddle brush to apply Reflection onto the inner third of my eyelid. I then when over Night Sky with a fluffy pencil brush with Deep Water to darken the shadowing.

To darken the outer lid a little more and to add more shape I used Black Pearl.

To brighten my inner eye and the very centre of my eyelid I used Oyster, which is soo sparkly! It's an amazing shade which will definitely be getting a lot of use from me!

Under my eye, I carried on Black Oyster and Deep Water until the middle, and then used Pink Jewell until my inner eyelid.

So that's my look from Sleek's Lagoon Palette! I thought I was going to do a much brighter, colourful look with this palette but I was so overwhelmed by all the colours I couldn't make a choice on what to do! So until I work it out, we've gone purple!

I hope you like my look!

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Sleek Makeup Garden of Eden Palette Review & Swatches

Hey guys!
I was so lucky today to get the new Sleek i-Divine Palette from Superdrug! They didn't have it on the shelf so I asked when it's due to come out, and she said next week but I could have one now! Happy girl right here!
So, I've quickly rushed home so I could takes some photos and get a blog post up straight away!

I've never noticed before but Sleek actually gives you suggestions on how to use the shades to create different looks! They are posted on the back of the Limited Edition packaging. I've just hunted for some other boxes and noticed it on the Celestial Palette too. May have to give some of them a go, they sound interesting!

Look how gorgeous the shades are! None of the photos I've seen have been able to go this palette justice. There's a great mix of mattes, shimmers and matte/glitters (which seems pretty new to Sleek, and I'm loving it!) that remind me of the ones from Inglot but I might actually pretty Sleeks version - the glitter isn't lost at all on application.

I seriously can't wait to create some looks with these colours! Simple green and mauve smoky eyes come to mind straight away, but I wonder how creative some people with get with this palette. Fingers crossed for a burst of inspiration later!

Now on to Swatches! Here's the top row, L-R:

Gates of Eden - A warm peachy gold, almost copper but not quite there

Eve's Kiss - a metallic lilac. Swatch doesn't do it justice, over NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk this would be amazing

Paradise on Earth - Metallic taupe/mauve, perfect eyelid colour for a smoky look

Python - Again a metallic finish, chocolate brown

Forbidden - a matte taupe with gold fleck of glitter, not as pigmented as I would have liked, but over the right base

Flora - a dark brown with a purple tinge. Sleek's dark matte shades always seem to have amazing pay off. I can see myself using this one a lot!

Entwined - Another matte glitter, pretty much a darker version of Forbidden

Adam's Apple - Sadly I love the name more than the colour. Matte, apple green shade, hopefully NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk will be able to bring this shade to life!

Fig - I don't know why this shade wasn't called olive! It's exactly what it is. Metallic finish

Evergreen - Metallic finish (I love sleeks metallics) true green.

Fauna - Metallic finish again, gorgeous deep green with a tinge of gold, stunning!

Tree of Life - Beautiful matte dark green, reminds me of a greener version of Orbit from Sleeks UltraMatts V2 palette

 

Every shade in this palette is absolutely stunning and I've never been disappointed by Sleek. I now own 10 of their palettes and still get excited when new ones come out! The quality of the product for the price is unbelievable.

I can't wait to start creating some looks!

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New Pretties From Born Pretty Store!

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone's in the Christmassy spirit! I'm so excited! Whilst I'm writing this I'm listening to 100 Christmas Hits for Kids! haha

This week I've received some lovely products for reviewing from bornprettystore.com which is an online store that sells everything girly going! They are located in China which makes shipping take 2-4 weeks to reach the UK, but mine arrived a lot sooner than I was expecting! I think it came in 2 weeks which was great.

They have a huge selection of makeup, nail polishes (including holos! happy girly...) nail art, jewellery, contact lenses, hair accessories, phone cases... the list goes on, and all at very reasonable prices with free worldwide shipping! How could anyone complain at that?

My first item was this P88 eyeshadow palette

For me that palette is amazing! I wanted this one in particular because the majority of the colours are matte which are my favourite to work with, and only a few have shimmer to them. I have already done a look using this palette, which I will upload very soon!

I was pleasantly surprised with how pigmented the colours were too! Payoff was great and not too chalky. It's currently on their site for £11.65!

I can't wait to do some more looks with this palette! Some of the colours remind me of Sigma Creme De Couture Palette, beautiful pastel shades.

Next were these lovely eyelashes! I like natural looking false lashes, ones that lengthen rather than weigh my eyes down! Princess eyelashes in M-3 are perfect for this. They have a clear strip at the top, which already makes them look a lot less fake than others and they are so light to wear.

I'm wearing these in my next eyeshadow look so you can judge them for yourself, but 10 pairs for £5.24, you can't really go wrong! One pair of my favourite eyelure lashes costs that!

My last product is this red 7pc brush kit. I'm usually picky with brushes and don't like buying them online because you don't know if they're going to be any good or not, but I wanted to get 3 items from born pretty store which I could use all together in a look, so I thought brushes were the best thing to try.

They come in a great travel bag which is definitely going to come in handy, with 7 red handled brushes. The first 2 brushes (smudge sponge and lip brush) are the quality you'd expect for £4.90 but I really like all the other brushes!

Going down, you have the smudge sponge thing, lip brush, stiff angled brush, fluffy angled brush, blush brush (perfect for contouring) stiff C brush (great for packing on colour) and my favourite out of them all, the fluffy pencil brush.

I love the last brush! It's great for adding eyeshadow into the crease and soo good at blending! It's bigger than a pencil brush but smaller than a blending brush... I love it, it's great! And the fluffy angled brush is wonderful too! These two will definitely get a lot of use!

 

Overall I'm actually really please with the products! Seeming the prices are so reasonable you expect the products to be a bit hit and miss, but I will definitely be purchasing some pieces from this site! I keep going on and finding new things I want to try out like their beautiful holographic nail polishes and some more eyelashes.

 

The lovely people at Born Pretty Store have even sent me a 10% off code for all you lovely readers!

Just enter GEG10 at checkout!

How amazing is that?!

 

Let me know if you go on their site/purchase anything and what you think of the products!

I will post a look using everything in this post ASAP!

 

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Disclaimer: Some or all of the products included in this post may have been provided by the company, brands or PR representatives for possible use and reviews.

I will always give my honest opinion on the products, whether given to me for free or bought with my own money. 

Sleek i-Divine i-Candy Palette Review!

Hey guys!
I know I'm a little behind on this, but I live on an Island, give me a break!
Sleek recently brought out a new Candy Collection which featured the most amazing i-Divine palette, containing 12 bright summery shades. The colours quickly caught my attention, like a child in a sweet shop, and there were only 2 palettes left! And I'm very fortunate enough to have a boyfriend who spoils me (yes, I know you're reading this Stewart!).

You can buy this palette for £7.99 by clicking right here!

The palette has a mixture of finishes including matte, shimmer and pearl. It has their standard matte black which seems to come in a lot of their palettes so I was a bit disappointed to see it's return but it's very appropriate name makes up for it in some ways I guess!

These are all the colours quickly swatched over Urban Decay Primer Potion under natural light

L-R Top to Bottom

Strawberry Sherbet - Is a matte Barbie-esque pink

Bon Bon - A very frosty metallic pink, under certain light it looks more lilac, very pigmented!

Parma Violet - A matte deep purple, very similar to Highness in the V2 palette, but a touch darker

Liquorice - Their standard matte black, not very pigmented :(

Blue Fizzle - A very stunning shimmery lilac blue

Aniseed - A frosty pinky red with amazing colour shimmer. LOVE this colour!

These were applied with NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk as the base. Look how beautiful Aniseed and Bon Bon are!

L-R Top to Bottom

These shades just had Monsters Inc. written all over them!

Apple Sour - Frosty, Shimmery green which looks blue under bright lights, almost creamy to touch!

Pear Drop - The only way to describe it, the colour of Mike Wazowski! Shimmery finish.

Flump - I don't remember flumps being anywhere near this colour but lets roll with it, a beautiful bright matte violet

Bubble Gum - I want to swim in it! A super bright, matte sky blue with amazing pigmentation!

Mint Cream - pretty much a pastel version of Apple Sour with only slight shimmer

Cream Soda - My favourite drink evarrr - An uber shimmery frost shade, very pigmented.

Swatched over NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk. I wanna go swimming in Bubble Gum! O_O

This palette is so gorgeous, I've already used it for my Monsters University looks, and I can't wait to see what I can come up with using Aniseed! It's such a stunning little colour, not one you'd find anywhere else on the high street!

 

Yes, some of the mattes can be quite chalky but that's what you get with such bright colours! I recommend applying your foundation etc AFTER you've done your eyes, because you do tend to get some fall out.

 

The more frosty, shimmery shades are very soft to touch, which makes them very pigmented so be careful on how much you use! A little goes a long way with these beauts!

 

Have you guys tried this palette? What do you think?

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