A Little Something Extra

If you saw my last blog post you'll know that I bought the Shade and Light Glimmer Palette by Kat Von D. The main reason why I wanted this so bad was because it claims to have 4 different finishes in one palette, and it also goes along with the first matte palette.  Can we talk about the packaging? The outside carton is so nice the way it shines in the light. The font is exactly the same as it is on the original shade and light, the differences are that the glimmer palette has the glitter accents, and the original has the gold and black lacquered embossed letters. The Glimmer palette has plastic packaging compared to the Shade and Light Matte Palette which has the cardboard packaging. I have to say I think that although the stand out letters looks really nice, I can't help but feel as if I like the cardboard packaging more. At first glance, you'd think it was the same palette, however, the finishes are completely different, and out of this word gr...

Debenhams is the only retailer in the Uk that stocks Kat Von D beauty products. Sometimes when something limited edition like the Saint and Sinner palette ill make sure I've saved money for it and purchase it from Sephora, however, when you know something permanent is on the line, and it's going to come to the Uk soon, I'll wait until it's in Debenhams. Something that I've wanted to try for a while are the Everlasting lip liners. They have been available in Sephora for quite a while and its taken months for it to become available over here in the Uk, so when I was browsing the other day and saw them, I knew I had to pick one up to test out the formula. Then that obviously led to me buying a couple of other things as well...oops.  I picked up the lip liner in the shade Lolita. I already own the liquid lipstick version of this and love it. I thought this would be a great everyday lipliner as it doesn't really need to be paired with the liquid lipstick...

I am actually writing this section post even before I have received the palette. Why? Because I feel like I need to talk about the BeautyBay website and how checking out the palette went. So, on the 28th of September, the Jaclyn Hill x Morphe Collaboration Palette launched on the BeautyBay website. Jaclyn snap-chatted that the launch would happen at 9 is on the website. I was working that day and I only get 45 mins break. I checked the website 8:30 am and the palette was already on there, and I later found out it was an early access for registered members. I added it to my cart, and it wouldn't let me sign in. I, therefore, created new account thinking that I must have changed my password and forgot, but no, it wouldn't let me sign into the new one either. I was there for half an hour until the page suddenly came up as being out of stock. My heart sank, as I had been trying to check out nearly for all of my breaks, and they don't have a customer service line either so I co...

Ok, so it might look like I am spending a ton, but my last haul was the last month, as it took so long to get here.  I have to address if you have read the blog post before this one, you'll know I am all about the limited edition palettes. When I first saw this palette I have to admit that I didn't really immediately fall in love with the shade selections. The packaging is phenomenal, but the shades I found to be a bit meh as they are not traditionally grouped together to similar tones, and they are a little all over the place. I knew I was going to buy it because I have a thing where the lusting after the limited edition holiday palette by Kat Von D just gets to me. What got me super excited was her swatch video on her youtube ( here ). The shades have so many different finishes and dimension that it just had me drooling. The con I feel like for the palette was the release date. They announced the palette and then two weeks later it was coming out. I ...

When I first heard about this collection I was all over this. Desi Perkins is my number one when it comes to youtube videos. I think she is so beautiful and genuine, so I knew anything she would come out with would be the bomb. I had alarms dedicated to this launch and timed it right to the second when it would launch. Lucky for me I finished work at 3pm and the launch was 10am pacific eastern standard time which is 6pm in the Uk so I was ready, and waiting at my laptop.I have to give Dose of Colours mega probs for the checkout. I got everything that I really wanted and paid with no problem and got a confirmation about 10minutes later. My only con about the whole thing was shipping. I had to wait almost a month for it to arrive, which is the longest I've ever had to wait for a package from the US. I also had to pay £19 in duty and customs which was a pain. So in the end, I had to pay around £60 for everything. Which is what I paid in dollars initially. The Packaging really ...

I know these brushes are nothing new on the market, however, I have really been wanting new eye brushes lately. I was tempted to go in the BeautyBay site and buy lots of Morphee brushes, however, I wanted to try a brand that I've never used before. I've seen Spectrum brushes on quite a few Instagram accounts and when I saw they were available at boots I thought I'd give them a try. I bought the 8 piece eyeshadow collection for £29. I thought I would test them for a couple of days in a row, not using any other brand of brushes, and tell you how I feel about them. This is how they are described on the Boots Website, and I've also included how I use them with comparisons if there are any. A16 - Precision Crease – Use for precise application of cream and powder eye colour to the crease of the eyelid.- So far I have only used this brush for the inner corner of the eye. It's flat and precise and picks up just the right amount of product. I think this would be a ve...

Now, I have to put a disclaimer here. Yes, you read the title of this post correctly, I love these palettes so much but I baby them and don't use them. Some of the palettes that I own are either limited edition or expensive so I don't use these day to day, and I'll only use them on a special occasion. I baby these so much, that I keep most of my palettes in their original boxes. The first palette that I consider to be one of my favourite children is the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette. I bought this palette when it first initially launched from all the way from Sephora US. After using this a little I fell in love and felt like I never had a bad eye look day, and when the reviews came flooding in I was so happy that I have it. However, I knew I would continue to use it every day and eventually hit pan, and the fear of hitting pan go to me, and I decided to retire the palette for the time being. I do crack it out every so often though when I want ...