Recently I've been really into eyeshadow, I was too scared to do cool things with my eyes before but I decided to teach myself and now I'm obsessed. The Alexis Stone X Revolution palette absolutely blew my mind when I bought it. I fell in love with the idea of the collaboration and knew that I needed all these beautiful colours but I wasn't expecting such a good quality eyeshadow! With the Revolution brand, with it being so cheap, I thought it would be a powdery, sheer formula but it's so pigmented and such good quality, I can't believe it was only £20! The purple eyeshadow I chose might have stained my eyelids pink but the colour is so vibrant and looks so amazing I can justify looking a little weird the day after. The colour set in the palette, with the multiple shades of the same colour, leave it so easy to create monochromatic looks with a perfect blend which is something I really struggle with so it's just a great concept and it's been pulled off incredibly well.
To add a dramatic cat eye sort of thing to the simple eyeshadow I tried out the LA Girl gel liner. I had never used a gel liner like this one but it was so creamy and, used with a tiny morphe liner brush, created a perfect flick so easily. I normally ruin my eyeliner by going back over it to try and even thing out but this time round it worked perfectly first time, it may have been a fluke incident but I hope this means I can put an end to my chunky, uneven eyeliner. Once I had created these beautiful sultry cat eye flicks, I wanted to add to some more to the drama and used the LA Girl glide gel liner to my tight line and waterline which made me feel very sultry. Then I obviously used Maybelline Great Lash to finish off the eye look. I will never use a different mascara. You can quote me on that.
I bought the W7 Princess Primer Potion a while ago after hearing that it was a dupe for the Farsali Unicorn essence but, as I am sane and wouldn't spend £50 on such a gimmicky product, I can't make any comparisons between the two. The W7 primer makes my skin look really glowy and it does feel hydrating while smoothing out my skin so for £8 it's definitely worth it, plus it looks super 'Instagram Guru' when you let the pink sparkles drip down your cheeks.
As always I used the CYO Life proof foundation, it's just a solid, 'know what you're getting' choice for me. It's got great coverage and has a beautiful skin like finish while covering everything I need it too. I'm always cautious about trying out new foundations, mainly because I don't want my skin to hate a new product and retaliate back. When I find something I like I tend to stick to it, foundations are tricky. Another of my 2019 holy grail products is the ELF camo concealer, this concealer is £5, comes in a huge bottle and I'm pretty sure it's a 'dupe' for taste shape tape (another product I have never owned). Another product I haven't been able to top this year is the CYO all set fixing powder. I like this powder because it doesn't dry out my skin or make it look powdery, it just sets everything in place and looks like skin - well as much as this amount of make up can look like skin.
The NYX highlight and contour pro palette is my go to palette for bronzer, I wouldn't say contour because I'm not sure that's what I do, but I do use the two lighter bronzer shades to bring some life back to my face and I think it looks really nice. The highlighter in this palette is also amazing, it's the only highlighter that doesn't go patchy on my skin. Overall it's a great palette with a bunch of bronzers, powders and a highlight for a pretty decent price, I found mine in TKMaxx for £10 but I definitely think it's worth it's normal price of £19. One of my favourite blush palette is by Make Up Obsession. Make Up Obsession is a brand I haven't really explored yet, which doesn't make any sense because I am completely in love with their 'Isn't it peachy' blush palette. It is a product I am well and truly obsessed (not a pun) with. The shades are all beautiful and I use these blushes religiously, can't recommend the 'Isn't it peachy' palette.
Superdrug has a lot of 3 for 2 offers which I use an excuse to buy make up I don't need. Anyway, I got the MUA brow define micro eyebrow pencil thanks to one of these offers but I'm not sure I like it too much. Maybe it's because I got a shade a little too light for my hair, but the pencil is nice creates a 'softer' look than I normally go for which I might like? I'm still undecided. I added some of the ELF lock on liner brow cream to create a darker, stronger brow that was actually the right shade. I love this brow liner because it's so creamy and easy to create a good brow with, plus it's affordable and you get loads of product. I always use the 'soap brows' technique to set my brows in place, so cheap and it holds the hairs in place forever. My brows always make me nervous because I feel like they're such an important part of your face and girls are always judging each others eyebrows - don't even lie and say you don't do that, we all do that.
For lipstick I put on an oldie but a goodie, the Maybelline Superstay 14hr lipstick in shade ???. I don't really wear lipstick much because I have dry, dry lips, but I like this one when I pop a little on my lips and then soften it out with my finger. Finally, to finish everything off I set my face with the I heart Revolution green tea fixing spray, I don't really know if setting spray actually works but it smells nice and makes me feel all fancy and that.
I wanted to look a little fancier than normal for my Christmas party thing so I wore this Nasty Gal dress that I bought on Depop, it still had the tags in it and it's super cute so I am very happy with that £6 purchase. It's a tad long for me so I kind of folded it up around my waist and then covered that DIY job up with a Primark belt, life hack right there. Obviously I wore tights because it's December, and I also put on fluffy socks before I put on these really awesome chunky platform boots I bought in the ASOS black Friday sale. I thought I was going to be cold but it turned out I didn't need a thick jacket as maybe I possibly had a little bit of a beer coat on that kept me nice and cosy. I have many handbags but I LOVE this adorable fluffy handbag from Primark, it's literally the cutest thing ever and I wear use it all the time.
I was really feeling myself in this make up and outfit, and ultimately that's all that's important. If you feel the need to buy any of the products I've mentioned I can't recommend the Alexis Stone palette and the Make Up Obsession blush palette enough, they're both products I don't think I could live without!
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