Review - Alice Through the Looking Glass Palette by Urban Decay ♡

  Hello everyone, hope you're all having a lovely day! 

Today's post is going up quite a bit later than I wanted it to, but its going to be a review of the Urban Decay "Alice Through The Looking Glass" palette. This package of gorgeousness was an early birthday present, and I was super excited to try it out! 

Also being a huge Disney fan, straight away this limited edition collection had me very excited! The palette contains 20 eyeshadows, and there a mixture of shimmers and mattes. Some of the shades, in particular the greens and blues are very out there, however all the other shades are quite neutral and perfect for everyday wear!

When first swatching these eyeshadows, the consistency was really creamy which I love! They are also very pigmented, and some of the shades you definitely have to gradually build up to avoid mistakes, like "metamorphosis" (bottom left) and "gone mad" (second row, second eyeshadow.) As for the brush, for me this was the only thing that let the palette down slightly. Although I love the way the design matches the rest of the palette, I felt that it didn't feel as luxury as for example the brush in my naked palette, and was hard to blend out eyeshadow with. Instead I would recommend the Real Techniques eyeshadow brushes, as these are a perfect, affordable alternative! :)

Above you can see I have swatched a few of the eyeshadows so you can see that they're pigmentation is amazing! My favourite shades from the whole palette is probably the copper toned brown (fourth in from the left) and also the champagne shade which you could also use as an inner corner highlight (third in from the right.)

I really hope you enjoyed this post, if you did manage to pick up anything from the range I hope you like it as much as I do, and if you didn't then don't worry, I'm sure something similar will be released soon! :)

Megs♡

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My New Real Techniques Bold Metals Brushes! ♡

So this post for me is so exciting, because I'm going to be sharing with you something I have longed for for ages and finally got my hands on! These are the Real Techniques Bold Metals brushes, and oh my goodness are they
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

These brushes came as part of a set which Real Techniques bought out for Christmas, which also came with a clutch bag to keep them in. However this cost £64, so I decided that I would risk waiting for them to go in the January sales, and they did! So when I was shopping with my friend's in Boots and I saw it on the shelf reduced to £25, I was SO excited!

Today is the first time I used them, and they are amazing! The bristles are extremely soft, and (so far) haven't shredded when I'm applying my makeup. I experimented with what each brush could be used for, and have found several different ways which I thought I would share with you, in case any of you were thinking of buying them for yourself. I hope you enjoy!

200 Oval Shadow Brush

This brush I found is great for putting eyeshadow on all over the lid. The size was perfect for doing this, and I decided to use it for blending in my cream base, and also for applying a light eyeshadow ready to add colour to my eyelid. However, you could also use it to blend in concealer, on those  areas where you may have a bigger blemishes (for me this is my chin.)

300 Tapered Brush

I loved using this brush to set my under eye concealer with powder. It's the perfect size to fit under my eyes, and makes the process nice and speedy! You could also use this brush to apply blusher,  if you like to be precise as to where on your cheekbones you would like to put it. Highlighter can also be applied with this brush onto the cheekbones for a delicate shimmer.

103 Angled Powder Brush

Sadly this brush is exclusive to this gift set which is only available for a limited time, but there is one extremely similar however with a smaller head, which is the 100 Arched Powder brush. This would (obviously) be good for powdering your whole face, to set your makeup. You could also use it to bronze up your whole face too.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, if you have any of the Bold Metals collection let me know in the comments!

See you next Sunday!

Megs♡

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