The £6 Eye Palette You Need | Urban Decay Naked Palette Dupe

I don’t really need to be shopping for makeup to buy makeup, I just come across products and an alarm in my brain starts to go off. It’s the Obsession With Makeup Palettes Alert. When I was shopping last week in Superdrug I picked up this MUA Elysium Palette for £6.00 which is an absolute bargain. The colours are so beautiful and pigmented, perfect for a day to night palette to have in your bag as it is super lightweight. It is definitely a dupe to the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette which I own as well but the Elysium Palette is £32.00 Cheaper. I am so happy with this palette, I usually browse on the MUA and Makeup Revolutions Counter as they have amazing products at bargain prices. I tend to try their products to see how the cheaper brands differ from the expensive brands.

The colours are very neutral and vary from a White Cream Matte to a Dark Brown Shimmer with Pink and Copper Shimmer Shades. The palette comes with a Duo Eyeliner Pencil of a Black and Highlight shade.

I would 100% recommend this palette, it has definitely become my go to product at the moment and for the price its an absolute steal. The palette that I purchased was the last palette left so it’s obviously a popular choice.

This palette does not have shade names so I have described the shades. The Cream White Shade is hard to see in the swatches below as I am incredibly pale so the bottom side of my arm is more a less the same colour. If you want to make these colours even more pigmented, just apply Mac Fix+ to your eyeshadow brush before applying it; this works amazing with shimmer and glitter tones.

Katy xoxo

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Butterfly Tropics

Hey Loves,
My makeup looks do tend to vary but generally I am all for a nice dewy skin and a natural cut crease eye. I did feel it was time to mix things up and create some alternative looks. I created this look for the Nyx Face Awards, however when I found out about this look I was visiting my family in Sheffield so I had none of my Youtubing equipment to create a video. After borrowing my mum’s camera and a tripod I had left at her house I managed to create a small tutorial for the competition, but then I had nothing to edit quick enough to get a video complete and uploaded. This look was based on a variety of different eyeshadows and coloured liquid eyeliner that I found in my old makeup stash. I only found out about the Nyx Face Awards once I was back in Sheffield so I only had my everyday makeup. Nothing to create a stand out look.

I do love the colourful contour of this look and the bold block winged eyeliner. It's a very tropical themed colour scheme with the shape of butterfly wings, hence the title. This wasn't planned but as I made my way through this look it became apparent where this look was going and how beautifully it all came together.

I was extremely happy with it considering I had no plans for this look, none of my normal equipment or makeup with me at the time; some things are better not planning. It's the surprise of what can come from a spur of the moment creation. I love how bright it is, obviously it's not your average Saturday night makeup but it's the creative thinking behind looks like these that feature in high fashion and beauty shoots.

Products used:

Rimmel 25 Hour Foundation | 100 Ivory
Maybelline Eye Eraser | Light
Maybelline Matte Maker | 10 Classic Ivory
Sleek Eye Dust (Contour Colours, Eyeshadow & Cupids Bow Highlight) | 690 So Sleek | 682 Jet Set
The Balm Mary-Lou Illuminating Highlight
True Gold Liquid Eyeliner | 03 Blue
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil | Covet
New Look Pure Colour Waterproof Ink Eyeliner | Black
Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless Mascara | Black
Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow Pomade | Medium Brown
Makeup Revolutions Amazing Lipstick | Crime

I hope you like this look, if you would like to see more looks like this one then please leave your comments below. I do apologise if the photos are not as clear as usual, as I said I didn't have my equiptment at the time so I had to improvise.

Chat Soon My Little Loves
Katy

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