Learning to Love Colour #3

As a 'Pale Kid' there's nothing that frightens me more than colour. If you've seen my previous posts Learning to Love Colour & A Bold & Gold Make Up Look then you may have seen the start of my little exploration into embracing pale skin and bright make up and my feeble attempts to not wear a 'boring' nude lipstick and a black wing every day...

I recently picked up the Urban Decay Electric Palette and after just staring at it for what seemed like ages, I finally picked up the courage to give it a shot. I admit, as soon as I put the first colour on my eyes, I thought 'what have I done?' However, I stuck with it and created this look. I don't think I've ever worn such bright colours before, and I certainly don't have the courage just yet to wear it outside on a daily basis... but i'm learning, experimenting and trying new things. That's all that matters... I hope.

Here's the Product list of what I'm wearing

Foundation: Nars Sheer Glow - Siberia 

Concealer: Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Contour: NYX Taupe Blusher

Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills DipBrow Pomade - Taupe & Medium Brown

Eyeshadow: Urban Decay Electric Palette

Eyeliner: Bourjois Contour Clubbing Waterproof Eyeliner Ultra Black*

Mascara: Bourjois Volume 1 Seconde  Mascara*

Eyelashes: Eylure Texture 154

Lips: Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipstick - Pink Pong*

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this look! Let me know what you think in the comments!

Em xxx

Urban Decay Announce Naked 2 Basics!

One palette I have used more than any other that I own has to be the Naked Basics Palette. As far as every day make up goes, a day hasn't gone by that I haven't used it since receiving it as a gift. I've hit pan on more than one shade and before I picked up the Anastasia Beverly Hills DipBrow Pomade, I used the shades Naked 2 and Faint on my brows every day without fail. 

I didn't think it was possible but it seems that Urban Decay have created the perfect cool toned neutral palette. Filled with 6 luscious matte Taupe and Mauve shades. It's a cool toned girls dream... and it may even get some use for fine contouring with shade primal looking like a great shadowy shade that would work on my skin.

I don't think i've ever been so excited for a new release, and apart from the clunky name, (Naked 2 Basics?? C'mon Naked Basics 2 sounds better) there's nothing I'd change about it. 

Needless to say that when launch day comes around... i'll be there in the queue to grab this little gem.

What do you think of the lastest from Urban Decay? Let me know in the comments! 

Em xxx

(All Images Copyright Urban Decay. I do not own these images)

First Impressions: A Cohorted Urban Decay Electric Palette

Sometimes a new product comes out that is both incredibly amazing and scary at the same time. For me, that product is the Urban Decay Electric Palette. I've seen so many breathtaking looks on various social media sites that have been created using this palette and let me just tell you, they are amazing.

I recently won a mini Twitter competition and recieved £25 worth of points for Cohorted. In case you don't know, Cohorted is a 'new type of social shopping' where people shop in groups to drive down the prices on products. To simplify, it means, the more people who want an item, the cheaper it becomes for everyone! Cool right?

The Urban Decay Electric Pressed Pigment palette usually retails at £38.00. However, I was on a bus on my way to SpaceNK and noticed on twitter the palette was up as a Cohort, so I did what any self respecting blogger would do... I shopped, on my iphone and joined the Cohort. I Bought in to the palette at £29.49, which was already at an almost £10 discount... and after using my £25 winnings It meant that the palette was mine for the amazing price of £4.49! 

Although it gets better... because I joined the cohort before it closed and spaces were still available... the price went down even lower... to £27.36. Making this palette the very best £2.36 I've ever spent in my life.

Let's talk about the palette. The click. It makes the most satisfying click when you open and close it. One cannot talk about this palette without mentioning that. The colours. I think I stared at them for a solid few days before I even dared swatch them. They're so bright, so vivid and crying out for crazy makeup to be created using them. The swatch. It's a case of love at first swatch for some of these colours. I have to say that my favourites on first swatch are Jilted and Freak. I'm not sure why, but those are just really doing it for me. This will probably all change as soon as they get anywhere near my face... so stay tuned to find out if my favourites change.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this palette and see any looks you've created using it! Which swatch is your favourite? Let me know in the comments!

Em xx

[Haul] My Weekend Haul!! 8/02/14

So, this weekend I was supposed to be dress shopping for a wedding next week, luckily i managed to pick up a dress... but i also picked up all of this! 

Grand total for this haul - £53.00 ($87.00)

I was so super freaking excited to find e.l.f products in a shop in London because you can't buy it in the shops in the UK. 

So girls, check out your local TK Maxx because they may have some hidden away on a shelf!

These are all the e.l.f  palettes i managed to pick up. The big 32 piece palette was £4.99 and the three smaller palettes were £2.99 each. An absolute bargain of a find.

The neutral and natural palettes are very similar in shades, but i'm not too worried, you can never have too many... right?

The Products

E.l.f 32 piece palette - warm shadows.

£4.99

I managed to pick this palette up from TK Maxx. It has lots of pinky shades which drew me to it as i'm getting into pink shades at the moment. I'm really excited to play with this and see what looks I can create.

e.l.f natural eyeshadow palette 

£2.99

I'm on an eyeshadow binge currently and i really liked how these colours are suitable for everyday wear, but with a little hint of shimmer!  i'm looking forward to trying them out!

e.l.f neutral eyeshadow palette

£2.99

This palette is very similar to the natural palette above, but these are warmer toned. They've got a nice pinky vibe to them and I'll probably incorporate these into my everyday look.

e.l.f Smokey eyeshadow palette £2.99

I love the purple shade in this palette. I'm seriously hoping it swatches that colour. I'm excited about this one. shimmery purple smokey eyes!

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
 £16.00

I've been meaning to pick this up for a while, and after picking up all the elf products, it was kind of a no brainer to grab this as well.  I swear every make up FOTD i see uses this, and I wanted to see what it did for myself. I had a play around with it at the Urban Decay concession stand in Debenhams, on Oxford street and swatched some of the Naked Basics shadows over it. Naked basics is my go to palette for work, and i feel like i know those colours so well. I couldn't believe how much this lifted those shadows and they're pretty pigmented alone.

e.l.f Natural mineral blemish powder & brush £2.99

I haven't a clue what to expect from this to be honest. I never tend to wear mineral products as i'm not sure they do much for me. But, for £2.99 it's a bargain, and i'm willing to put it to the test.

e.l.f Translucent mineral finishing powder & brush £2.99

Again, not a clue what to expect from this, i need a new loose powder, especially one for finishing so i'm really hoping it's good!

Real Techniques Blusher Brush
£7.49

I love amazon prime. I love how quickly it is to get things delivered. Ordered on thursday late afternoon, it arrived friday morning!
 I needed a new blusher brush as mine is a bit old and battered and i'm really into the RT brushes. They're such good quality for the money. This is the 3rd Real Techniques brush i've purchased.

NYX Blusher - Taupe
£6.00


I did it, i finally found NYX in the wild! I made sure I headed to Next in Westfields to check out the NYX display, it was in a very sorry, sad sad state; The staff at Next obviosly don't realise how cherrised some NYX products are! 

I managed to find a Taupe, and i'm super excited to try this product out for contouring.

LA Colours Lipsticks - 99p each!

L-R 
Pink-a-boo, Pink Parfait, Purple Passion

I don't really wear much lipstick, and I really want to get into more colours than my go to nude! so I picked these up at Westfields for the bargain price of 99p each!


So that's it for this haul, I'm really happy with what i've picked up, as I bought quite a lot of products for £50. I'll be reviewing each item individually over the week, so check back soon for updates, reviews and of course, swatches.