Product Rave!!!! Lorac Pro Palette

Hello my Fantastic Readers.  How are you all doing today :) 

Well the post in particular will be an absolute Pleasure and I mean PLEASURE to talk about.  Plus its a long awaited review by some of you dying to know what palette i have been raving about.  I have been so busy playing with this palette it took over me writing about it lol my apologies :) 

I have been posting up a few looks lately on facebook that i have tried with this palette and each time you have all loved how the eyeshadow look so I am now revealing the palette of my dreams.  I have even stated that this palette has taken over the love I have had for my Urban Decay Naked Palette.  Do not get me wrong I still love the UD Palette but I have to admit i have played with this palette more than the UD which says alot in my eyes :) 

I have been wanting to get this palette for a very very very long time and first seen it on Its Judy time and Emily Noels youtube and they rave about it.  But to be honest its very very very hard to get it and yes it is on ebay but its been too expensive to purchase because in America its one of the top sold palettes.  So I was beginning to give up any hope until one day I was chatting with a lovely American friend who said she had no problem posting it to me I was super dooper excited and thank you so much hunny Love you :) :) Let me tell you right here right now If you have any American friends or anyone going over to America for a trip make sure to ask them to get you this Palette cause Gurlllllllllll you will fall in love !!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I knew I was going to ramble and I am very sorry but when I rave about something I tend to go on about it lol but you love me really dont you ;) ;) ;)

Awwwww ladies and gents and all you makeup lovers this palette is amazing and I love love love using it 

Ok lets get the whole packaging and price and stuff out of the way before I show you the shades I will be really quick i promise

The packaging is a fantastic professional looking packing and the feel of it is somewhat lip the Nars packaging its actually hard to explain but the nearest explanation I can think of is it sort of feels rubbery and while you have this in your hand unlike some palettes because of the rubbery effect you have no fear of this baby slipping out of your hand it gives you a good grip of it.  This is a perfect palette for make-up artists as it does look so professional.  The palette comes with a primer just like the Naked palette even tho i have to admit I prefer the UD primer over the Lorac one.  The Lorac primer is good but I have found it to be more sheer and a little more water based that the UD Primer.  Now to show you whats inside this beautiful palette :) 

As you can see it comes with a very good sized mirror which is hand for travelling :) 

It doesn't come with any applicators in which I don't mind as its more room for the shadows ;) 

The price of this palette in America is around the $40 price mark which is about 30 euro :) 

The Urban Decay palette here costs around 35 euro here so its around the same value in money.

The Lorac Palette comes with the total of 16 shades of eye-shadows (WOW) and half of those eye-shadows are Matte !!!!!!!! The other half is shimmery

The Urban Decay Palette comes with 12 shades and only 2 of them are matte !!!

 Let me tell you now these shades are amazing.  This is a perfect Neutral palette filled with lots of choices in looks for day and of course night.  You also have a choice to go matte all the way or shimmer all the way or even a mixture of both.  

The shadows feel so creamy and soft.  What amazed me more is the pigmentation and the colour payoff from each of these shadows i mean NOT ONE SHADE IS A LET DOWN THEY ARE ALL SUPER PIGMENTED 

Dont get me started about how blendable each one of them are oh my goodness they are amazing and so easy to blend :) 

There is a couple of shades in this palette that are a little on the chalky side and you will end up loosing a little of that shade each time you use it but hey it cant be 100% perfect can it :) 

Now for the shades :) 

This is the top row which are the Matte Shades :) 

1. White:  Is not exactly matte but is near enough there is a tiny bit of microshimmer in it but nothing noticable once you apply it.  I was surprised at how pigmented soft and oh so beautiful this shade is.  
2. Cream:  I love this shade for the brow bone for the inner corners of my eyes and for blending again very pigmented for a light shade 
3. Taupe:  This is perfect for the crease for your brows for anything really A nice medium brown shade that you will always find use for 
4. Lt. Pink:  This shade is stunning I presume LT. stands for light but if anyone knows what its stand for let me know its kinda bugging me lol.  This is a stunning light pink shade perfect for lid perfect for inner corner or even for the crease when your going for the purple pink look :) 
5. Mauve:  I love this very light to medium Mauve shade I have used this in the crease for far for one of my looks and its gorgeous 
6. Sable:  A Beautiful Brown with red undertones to it again a stunning shade 
7. Espresso:  Well th name speaks for itself a very pigmented Dark Brown 
8. Black:  A perfect pigment black :) 

Wow oh wow these mattes are amazingly pigmented and so easy to work with as its hard to find really easy to work with matte that dont take forever to blend i feel totally blessed I have this palette :)  Just to give you an Idea of how good these matte shades look and work well together I will post up one of the looks I have tried out with Just matte shades from this palette :) "Remember I am not a makeup artist I just looooovvvveee makeup" 

In this look I used White all over the lid, Mauve in the crease and Sable for a little definition and a little Espresso on the outer corner.  

Next up is the bottom row which are the lovely shimmery shade :) 

1. Nude:  A Lovely shimmery cream/pink shade perfect for a highlight or for the inner corner or for a lid colour to open up those tired eyes :) 
2. Champagne:  A Lovely shimmer cream shade I have used this shade alot in my looks so far :) 
3. Gold:  This is a beautiful very pigmented shimmery gold I love this shade and have also used this alot since i got the palette this shade only takes a little to go a long way :) I will be posting up a look in which i have used this all over the lid along with other shades from the palette :) 
4. Lt. Bronze:  There that LT again :)  This is a stunning light goldy champagne shade its stunning for the inner corner of the lid I love it :) 
5. Pewter:  A Dark brown with a dark purply undertone I absolutely love this shade :) 
6. Garnet:  Another favourite :)  A rich coppery red shade absolutely stunning with gold and purples :) 
7. Deep Purple:  awwwww ok no point in me saying this is a favourite lol you all know I love my Purples :)  This is a fantastic and most used blackened purple with purple and red shimmers :) I love it :) This can be quite chalky and can leave you with some fall out but so worth the little clean up after using it :) 
8. Slate:  A very pigmented gunmetal shade :) 

This is my most favourite look using Gold, LT Bronze, Garnet and Deep Purple :) and Cream on the Brow Bone 

Ah sure let me show you one more look :) : using a mixture of both matte and shimmery :) 

Is it worth the pennies/cents oh yes yes yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much so I want to try more of Lorac's products :( 

Totally I am having so much fun with this palette alone I will nearly need another one soon lol 

This palette is actually working out a little cheaper than the UD naked and to be honest I would repurchase this palette quicker than the UD :) 

Its amazing and if you can get your lovely little hands on it grab it like its the last piece of chocolate you will ever see :) 

Have you tried The Lorac Pro Palette yet ???

Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My First Inglot Freedom Palette :)

Hello My Beauties.  How are you all doing today :) 

I am so excited about this post in particular as you can see by my title I am going to show you my very first Inglot Freedom Palette.  

Just to refresh your memories last month I was invite to the Inglot Bloggers Event in Blanchardstown Dublin.... It was their first bloggers Event and in fact it was mine too :) 

I had an amazing time and got some free products as well as that I purchased my first freedom palette and opted for a 5 pan palette.  

What i mean by freedon palette is that you can buy a 2-pan 3-pan 4-pan 5-pan or 10-pan palette and fill it with whatever shades of eyeshadows, blushes, concealers, lipsticks etc you can mix and match or have all shadows all blushes I think you get the jist :)  Well i went in there with full intentions of picking shadows from my long long list of shadows from my wishlist (oh yes i done my research before i went there) :) I was pretty sure I would choose eyeshadows on the list but believe me when you enter the Inglot store you will be OVERWHELMED with the the amount of shadows there is to offer oh boy oh boy was I not in heaven.  There is so much there that i hadnt even thought of my list and just chose after about a half hour 5 shades that attracted me the most.  

Awww looking at these photos I still find it hard to believe I now own an Inglot Palette hehehe.  Anyways to buy a 5 pan palette and fill it with 5 shades it costs 38 euro but then to refill it only costs about 6 euro per eyeshadow which is almost half the price of a single Mac eyeshadow in which Inglot has been voted so far as a little better than Mac when it comes to the finishes of the eyeshadows :)  The palette itself is amazingly sturdy I mean this is by far the sturdiest strongest palette i have in my collection so far.  The lid is super secure on this palette by four magnets on each corner, there is no fear of the lid slipping off at all I love it :).  Of course the palette comes empty and the eyeshadows are individually packaged oh i had so much fun placing my new pride and joys into my new palette.  

& here is my new Pride and joy

DOESNT IT LOOK FABULOUS :) 

The eyeshadows are an amazing size, you get between 2.3 to 3.2g depending on what eyeshadows you choose.  The eyeshadows are not named but lettered and numbered but easily identified by the letters for example there is 4 or 5 different finishes:

AMC:  stands for Advanced Makeup Component I was a little confused at first what this means but I think it means A semi matte shade with sparkly glitter in it 

Pearl-  I got one of these And its absolutely stunning  

Matte-  The matte finish is soft and easy to work with, not chalky at all.  I got 2 of these.  i love a great matte and great mattes are hard to find.  

AMC Shine-  They are metallic with shimmer I have 2 of these and I love both 

DS:  A Matte base with Glitter DS Stands for Double Shimmer I havent had a chance to try this finish yet but heard they are hard to work with 

So shall i show you the shades closer up :) :) 

Matte 330:  This is obviously my base shade :)  This is a lovely neutral shade a perfect peachy shade and matte.  I use this as a base or for blending out harsh lines :) 

 AMC Shine 31:  This is an amazing eyeshadow.  This is a stunning goldy bronze taupe :) the spaky is very fine and I was even shocked at the fact that there was no fallout after using it :) this looks stunning on the lid with a matte dark brown in the crease.  

AMC Shine 37:  Oh I Just love this shade soooooooo much :)  This was actually the first shade that caught my eye and I had to get it.  This is a stunning medium brown with copper and gold micro-shimmers.  This is a very buildable shade and looks stunning as a lid colour I found this shade really makes my eyes pop :) 

Pearl 423:  Love at first site too with this little beauty :)  A plummy brown with a frosty finish .  This shade is amazingly pigmented.  I notice a slight reddish undertone in the shadow it looks amazing in the sunlight Amazing Amazing Amazing :) 

Matte 326:  This is a lovely cool deep brown with a tint of burgundy in it and of course matte.  This is brilliant for the crease and outer V.  I love using this as a liner too.  

 Above picture taken in sunlight with no primer

In natural light with no primer 
Ok to narrow it down and not go crazy blabbing on anymore i just have to say THESE SHADOWS ARE AMAZING!!!!
The Mattes are the ones that surprised me the most as most mattes are hard to blend and work  with but these little beauties are so so creamy soft and have little to no fallout.  They are actually quite blendable and very pigments just look at the following swatch of Matte 330

Can you see the texture of this eyeshadow :) 
You are certainly getting value for your money with these eyeshadows.  The clever thing about the freedom palette is that you can choose whatever shades you want to fill it.  The bad thing is you will definitely need plenty of time on your hands when choosing because believe me there is alot and I mean ALOT of shades to choose from.  I have not got one bad thing to say about these in fact im already saving for my next palette which will be a 10-pan palette I am already getting excited :) 
My first experience with Inglot products has been the best I am well impressed and can safely say the Inglot has yet another freedom palette fan here :) 
Here is a look I created using this palette :) a perfect day time smokey eye :) :) 

What you tried Inglot?  Whats your favourite products out of Inglot 
I hope you all enjoyed reading and thanks so much for reading 
Until Next time 
Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ELF Studio Baked Eyeshadow Review

Hey My Beauties How are you all doing :) :) 

Today I am showing you all My selected e.l.f Studio Baked Eyeshadow's I got Recently :)

 Basically this is Part 2 of my review on my haul i got from my good friend 

Muff_top10 who owns an ebay shop selling e.l.f products from the US 

To see part one which was the review on the Studio Baked Blushes and bronze click here

Which includes the link to the store on ebay :) 

I am extra excited about this review because i have been loving these eyeshadows since i got them.  They are completely different to the Studio eyeshadows normally sold by e.l.f 

These eyeshadows are only available on the US SIte and cost $3 each, there is 6 shades to choose from i chose 3 to start off with :) 

You are getting 3.5g of product per eyeshadow which is pretty good for the price :) 

The Packaging is the same as the baked blush and bronzers I Love the way the lids are see through and show the product as it saves having to open loads of them to get the right colour like some of the studio line products.  

One thing i have to say is e.l.f better be bringing out more shades because these are going to be a real hit believe me in fact they are currently sold out in the US site which says alot :)  e.l.f.co.uk let me know that it will be about 2 months before they get the baked collection in so at least you have an idea what they are like before they arrive eh?

So enough jibber jabber and on with the swatches 

Burnt Plum:   Oh boy oh boy just look at that shade isnt it just to die for.  When i first seen this in the package i instantly fell in love with it.  Then when i swatched it i was in awwwwwwwww.  To be honest this shade wouldnt be a plum in my eyes but more like a burgundy with brown and red undertones to it.  It has very tiny gold shimmer particles which barely show up on the eye.  I love this shade its definitely a favourite of mine 

This swatch taken is just one swipe dry can you see how pigmented it is and believe me the intensity of this shade wet is incredible 

Bark:   Well now this shade is your typical chocolate brown with golden shimmer.  Anyone who likes their neutrals which i bet is everyone will love this shade in particular again this shade is incredibly pigments wet and dry.  I love wearing this as an everyday shade 

Toasted:  This is a lovely bronze gold shade :)  Again very pigmented both dry and wet.  This looks fantastic all over the lid with a matte brown in the crease and a chocolate brown in the outer corner.  Surprisingly it makes my hazel eyes pop especially when the sun shines on them :) 

Overall I am amazed by these shadows.  I totally expected these to be disappointing and that is the reason i only picked 3 to start off with.  You can imagine my surprise when i swatched and used these first.  They feel really soft and creamy.  They are not one bit chalky.  They glide on so nicely and with a good primer they last all day.  They blend really well and are so easy to work with they are actually easier to work with than the normal studio line eyeshadows.  

I love them and will definitely be purchasing the remaining 3 shades without a doubt 

I cannot wait for you all to try them 

Well done to e.l.f for bringing out this collection and hopefully they will come out with more shades for use to play with :) 

Well thats it from me today everyone 

What do you think of them so far :) 

Until next time take care 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

MUA Glamour Nights Palette Review

Hey everyone Hope you are all well :) 

Today i have another MUA review for you :) 

I have this palette a while now and actually the first time i got it i forgot about it for a week or two as i got it free with other MUA purchases i got.  There was a deal going that if you spent £4.50 or more you got the "Glamour Nights" Palette for free.  

The "Glamour Nights" Palette Costs £4.00 to buy on the MUA Website

I am quite a fan of MUA eyeshadows especially the single eyeshadows.  Its astonishing how pigmented and how smooth they are for the price so i was really looking forward to trying out "Glamour Nights" 

I am not new to trying out MUA eyeshadow palettes as i have already tried the

 Immaculate Collection Palette in which i got at an amazing deal and quite liked 

The Packaging on these palettes are not exactly brilliant.  I find them very flimzy and can imagine if they were dropped they would break quite easily but for the price thats totally expected.   As you can see this palette comes with 12 eyeshadows.  This is obviously a more evening to night time palette with shades to suit evening and night time looks but there is a Glamour Days palette with more neutral shades for day time.  So there is a mixture of matte and shimmer/frosty shade to this palette.  

Starting with the first row 

A Matte White- This is very sheer as you can see in the photo i tried a few swatches for it to show up on the photo and even at that it bearly shows up 

A Shimmery Purple with black undertones This is very pigmented but a little chalky 

A Dark Forest green with tiny specks of shimmer is very pigmented a little goes a long way one of my favourites 

A Very Metallic Silver Again a very pigmented but chalky shade 

A Brown grey This is not very pigmented i found it hard to work with 

A Chocolate brown with shimmer this too is very pigmented and you can have fallout with this 

The Second row

A very dark brown (almost black) This is a matte and semi pigmented you do need to build up this shade 

A Bright gold with shimmer This is quite a pigmented shade and a little goes a long way 

A beautiful shimmery green its appears metallic on the eye i love this colour and love using it as a liner for a pop of colour in the day time 

A Matte Purple This too needs a little building up before you see its true potential another lovely colour 

A Fuchsia Pink with shimmer wow this shade is very pigmented and beautiful a little goes a long way 

A very sheer pale pink with shimmer this is almost invisible to the eye to be honest i would use this more for a "no makeup day" eye colour than night time 

Over all these shades a beautiful and i think the palette was well put together.  The matte shades are a little on the less pigmented side but when built up look great, the shimmery/metallic shades are more pigmented some creating a little fall out.  They are easy to work with a easy to blend.  With a good primer these eyeshadow will last all night long or if worn in the day will last all day.  I think at the end of the day most of these eyeshadows are great a couple a little disappointing but well worth £4 well well worth it.  I have been using this palette quite alot lately and i enjoy experimenting with it :) 
**** Swatches are made with no primer****

Thats my review for today :) 

I have since bought a couple more palettes for MUA so keep an eye out for more reviews :) :)

Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Essence Mono Eyeshadows Review & Swatches

Hey my beauties :) 

Hope you are all well. 

Todays review is on some Essence single eyeshadows i own.

I have only 3 so far but am sure i will get more in the future so keep an eye out for updated reviews:) 

I have had these eyeshadows for at least a few months and purposely wanted to leave the review til now as i couldnt make my mind up about them to be honest but now i have so i shall tell you what i think :) 

Starting with :) 

Now this is my favourite out of the three to be honest and i actually seen this on my good friend Dyna's blog after reading her review i had to get it :) 
Blockbuster (matte effect):  This is more of a creamy/white not fully white and not fully cream shade.  I use this eyeshadow quite alot as its a perfect matte highlight.  Its perfect for multi-use.  Its not one bit powdery and you get no fallout whatsoever.  I find it to be quite pigmented also a little goes a long way.  

Next up is.....

Ok this eyeshadow was the one i was saying i wasnt 100% sure about.  
Get Ready!(shimmer effect):  I love browns and thats simply why i will always got for them.  This is a lovely dark brown with shimmer going through it.  What i found with this one was it was more on the grittier side.  More on the chalky side i found if i used my brush too hard on this i would create alot of fall out.  My first impressions was "oh i cant use this its too annoying especially if im in a hurry" but to be honest i learned to work with it like instead of swiping the brush on this eyeshadow just tap and instantly no fall out.  Its highly pigmented and a perfect shade for on its own or in the crease :) Would i buy it again? probably not but thats not saying its all that bad either :) 

Lastly........

Now this baby i like :) 
Metropolitan (sparkling effect):  This is a nice chocolate brown with golden & silver glittery specks :)   I am well impressed with the pigmentation of this eyeshadow.  It blends really well and applies smoothly you cant over do it with this and it builds up beautifully.  Using a primer with this eyeshadow will not intensify as its already pigmented but it will make the eyeshadow last well into the evening and night if worn all day.  Not bad eh?

Swatches :) 

The packaging on these eyeshadows are quite good.  The lid will click shut and there is no fear of it opening up in your bag.  I definately plan to buy more of these.  They are so so cheap and well worth every cent.  The price range of these is between €1.00 and €1.50 which is super cheap for a 0.08oz/2.5g eyeshadow :) its also very easy to depot these and put them into a palette altogether.  

So thats it everyone i hope you enjoyed this blog post :) 

until next time 

take care 

lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

Nina C

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