Sleek Precious Metals Highlighting Palette

Hi Sweeties,

After the horrifically upsetting task of discarding old makeup, I decided to treat myself to a few new items to rebuild my collection.


This time I picked up the Precious Metals highlighting palette from Sleek MakeUP @ Superdrug, priced at £9.99

totally getting better at this photo taking thing >.> <.<

This is the pretty swish palette! It looks so lovely and classy appearance wise, and comes with 3 cream highlighters, 1 powder, mirror and an applicator brush (which as usual, I don't/won't use)


The creams leave a lovely dewy glow on your skin, and the choice of shades are perfect for mixing and matching to different areas of your face! The powder (antique bronze) gives a lovely shimmer for adding some contouring/depth too.  

Ok so, I just went for a natural look, and hoping that once again pictures will show just how nice a highlight you get from this.

 

I used a combination of Renaissance Gold & Royal Gold for my highlights on cheekbones, browbones, cupids bow & chin.
I used a little of the Antique Bronze to add some shimmer to my foundation base contour.
For the inner corners of my eyes, I went for the Platinum shade, which is the lightest and coolest toned of the 4, as it added such a great pop to brighten up my eyes.


I really do like the dewy, radiant glow that comes from using the palette, though it is a bit of a luxury product for me (Rarely do I spend £10+ on individual products, but I totally couldn't resist!)

 For the rest of the look, I used black liquid liner from Makeup Revolution (£3 if I remember rightly) 

I also used the Astor Eyepencil that I picked up from Poundland in my last post for this - as you can see it's just lovely, and stays on perfectly without setting with powder. 

For my lips, I picked up this nude lipstick called "The One" by Makeup Revolution, for a whole £1!
This stuff, much like the last lippies I got from them, last really really well! Eating, drinking, excessive yapping - stays on perfect! Definitely one to add to your budget buys list!

So what do you think? Have any of you tried this palette? Let me know below! 

Love,
          Kasumi x

Mini Poundland Haul - round2

Hi Sweethearts,

I took another rummage through my local Poundland store after a little tip off about new items from a friend that works in store (I have the best friends ^_^ )

This is what I came out with!
*Remember, I paid £1 per item*

Amazon brings these up for around £2 each +-

Astor Mono Eyeshadow

I've been interested in trying out products from Astor after having seen them about recently in the beauty blog groups. I picked up this charcoal eyeshadow since I really liked the appearance of it - the packaging is quite classic which I like.

 It applies ok, though not with those horrid applicators that keep being put my way XD I'm going to look forward to creating a look with this.

£4.59 in Tesco from my searching.

Barry M Dazzle Dust

I was actually hunting for a red eyeshadow when I spotted this to my luck in store. Same great quality as always from BarryM dusts, and the colour is fab! I used it for the look below!

Currently £6.49 in boots

Rimmel Apocalips Lip Velvet - Burning Lava! 

Ok so, I was really really looking forward to wearing this as it is a lovely lovely colour and the packaging is also pretty cool and on theme for this time of year.

 This applies effortlessly and you need only the tiniest bit of product to cover.

The downside of this however, is that it does leave a lot of residue on things like cups etc even after blotting. After eating it is half gone, which is a problem but it doesn't bleed out so that's a plus. (again used below for todays' look)
 I think with this I'm going to get crafty and see if I can use it for some sfx style things to keep with the Halloween Spirit heehee.

Not sure where else to get it in the UK, but can pick up on amazon/ebay for just under £3

Astor 24h Perfect Stay Waterproof eyeshadow pencil/crayon

Finally another product from Astor - this time an eyeshadow pencil.
 I tried this out shortly after photographing, and I absolutely love it! This stuff goes on super easy and soft, has real staying power, doesn't slide off unlike other creamy type shadows, and can blend super easy if you do it straight after application.

This is super quick to apply to your eyes which is perfect for those days I literally am running out of the door! I'm definitely going to try and pick up some other shades of this since I'm so pleased with it.

Todays' Look
(click the picture to see the colours better)

So here's a quick little look I threw together to play with my new red shadow and lip lacquer!
My selfie skills were most definitely not en point today though! >.<

Products:
Rimmel Match Perfection liquid foundation
Max Factor Pan Stick (for initial contour)
Makeup Revolution Concealer stick
Rimmel Stay Matte powder
Sleek Contour Palette
W7 the cheek of it blush
Makeup Revolution Highlighter - golden lights

Rimmel Glam Eyes HD Golden eye  - (black shadow & silver)
BarryM Dazzle Dust - (Red)
2True White Eyeliner Pencil
Barry M Eyeshadow Trio Shade: Tes2 Pretty Pastels -  (Blue)
w7 super brows pencil - (brown)
Miss Manga Mascara
Makeup Revolution Liquid Liner - (black)

Rimmel Apolalips lip velvet - (burning lava)

That's all for this time, but stick around for next time, where I'm going to go through some other things I managed to pick up! ^_^

Love,
          Kasumi x

Black Gold

 Hi Sweethearts,

I've decided that I'm definitely going to use my days off to post some fun makeup looks as it's the only chance I get to play around!

This time I've went for a darker look, inspired by the wig I uncovered in my back bedroom aka the walk in wardrobe. >.<

Now that Halloween (one of my favourite times of the year!!!!) is coming up, it's giving me a lot of motivation to have some fun with my face again!
    I'm also currently trying to learn to drive, so had my first experience of night driving this week - I was so scared!!! We did see a badger on the way back though - something I've not seen in a while!

This is a little hark back to my more gothic, darker styled years - with a dramatic smokey eye and dark lip combo.

It feels really weird to see myself with super dark hair and makeup again, but somehow I can never stay away from it!

I really do love how the dark colours bring out my eyes in this!

Products used:

Rimmel Match Perfection liquid foundation
Max Factor Pan Stick (for initial contour)
Makeup Revolution Concealer stick
Rimmel Stay Matte powder
Sleek Contour Palette
W7 the cheek of it blush
Makeup Revolution Highlighter - golden lights

Rimmel Glam Eyes, Golden eye 5colour shadow
Barry M Dazzle Dust - Gold
Makeup Revolution liquid liner - black
Etude House play101 pencil - black
Miss Manga Mascara
False lashes - active
Etude House Play 101 Pencil (used as lipliner) brown
Rimmel Kate matt lipstick 107 wine red


Such a short post I know, but next time I'll have something slightly longer as I picked up some new products after having to throw out a binliner full of old and unused product *sniff* - so now my collection is looking super bare!

What do you think? Are there any products that you think I should check out? Let me know below! 
Love,
         Kasumi x

Playing catch up!

Hi Sweethearts!

Jeez, I feel like I'm always starting off with an apology for irregular updates here, but I've just been so swamped. Maybe I should try bulk writing and scheduling them for each week?

I've also got into a bit of a rut as to what to post about. What do you think?

Anyway!

Lately I've been trying my hardest to get out and see my friends, as some I haven't actually seen since the start of the year!

Having my first try of Korean Bibimbap at Kimchi Cult - so good!

Yummy scallop & fish roe/grilled eel sushi & Chicken Katsu curry at Oko Express

I've also managed to do a big charity shop...shop! Trying out different styles for Onee Gyaru looks, and trying to look more age appropriate!

All of this came to £15 - Bargain!

Also, recently my beloved hair extensions came to the end of their life after 5months of long luscious locks!
I actually feel really bald and self conscious now that they're gone. It sounds silly, but having long, thick tresses gave me so much more confidence in myself - I just feel even more unattractive now that they're gone.

I'm desperately in need of some more hair, but the price tag that comes with it is far too much for me :( Saving up some pennies to get some clip ins to wear on my days off work, so that I won't feel that much of a train wreck.

Thinking about going a darker shade of brown with some blonde highlights to add some interest - what do you think? I'd love to go back to having crazy coloured hair, but it's gotten a lot healthier and thicker since the keratin bonds went in, so I don't want to bleach and thin it out again...even though it's super tempting!!!!

It's also getting scarily close to Halloween ahhhhhh!!!! I'm getting a little excited even though I'll be working all day - do you all have any plans?Let me know below!

Love,
          Kasumi x