Poster Child Wet N Wild Palette- Review and Swatches

 One of my favorite brands of eye shadow of all time for some reason is Wet N Wild. And if you for some reason have not tried one of their palettes yet, You should. Don't be fooled by the price, because you will be surprised at the amazing pigmentation and staying power of these shadows. Really, they are amazing.
I purchased this palette in the fall before homecoming because I wanted to do the forbidden thing of letting my eye shadow match the color of my dress. So I searched high and wide, and found that the crease shade of pink in this set was the closest.I paid a whopping $4.99 for the set and was so please to see how the eye shadows turned out.
I will admit I don't wear these colors every day because of how bright they are, but if you have a special outfit or costume to wear, this is the palette for you!

(Sorry, I'm to pale for you to see the first pink shade)

The picture on the left is from homecoming and I used the lid shade on my lid and the crease shade in my crease and I was very happy how this turned out. On the right is me dressed up as a pink lady and I used the same idea as the homecoming makeup but brought it out further and also added the brow bone shade on the brow bone and the inner corner.I also used the blue crease shade along with the bright green from the I Dream of Greenie palette to create a school spirit look for my homecoming football game.

You can seriously create all kinds of looks with this and considering you get 8 shadows for 5 bucks, that's pretty amazing if you ask me.

<3 Allison

Makeup Revolution Iconic 3 Palette [Swatches]

If you live in the UK and you're in the market for cheap makeup, you've probably heard of Makeup Revolution. They're a relatively new company and have definitely given the other bargain makeup brand MUA a run for their money. (Luckily, Makeup Revolution ships worldwide so don't fret if you live elsewhere!)

I was so excited to try Makeup Revolution when I moved here. I almost placed an order last summer to ship to the US but decided against it since my makeup collection was already taking up too much space in my luggage--don't even get me started!

Anyway, I grabbed the Iconic 3 palette almost as soon as I came over because I was far to excited to get my hands on this Naked 3 dupe. I went through a serious "rose gold" eye shadow phase last summer and now my eyes are pink every day since that's essentially all I own now (sigh.)

Here are some swatches of the pretties!

All swatches were taken in daylight. The flash was making my skin FAR too yellow. Alas, here's some mildly cloudy weather daylight to get you going. Welcome to the UK.

As you can see, some of the colors are very pale and hard to photograph but make great base colors or highlight (in the case of #2 even though it's a GLITTER BOMB). Side note: #2 is the only real glitter bomb in this palette. The rest of the shimmers are pretty easy to work with and don't have to much fall out.
 

I love how #2 look grey in the palette but comes off as a beautiful purple color. And #12 looks like it should be purple but is more of a charcoal grey.

All in all, I love this palette. It's a great everyday eye shadow kit and for only £4, it's a total steal.

-Amy

Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss [Swatches and Reviews]

Like I said in my previous post, I've spent my past year amassing a huge collection of cheap-o makeup since I came to the UK. While I've been on a very, very tight postgraduate school budget, I've managed to find makeup salvation in the slightly smelly, mildly depressing place that is the Pound World in Reading, UK. It has become my Mecca for cheap makeup and while at times it's a nightmare (and the lines can be longer than you can even imagine), leaving with a big full of lipstick for only £5 is always welcome in my book.

Anyway, over the past few months I've managed to get my hands on a pretty decent selection of Rimmel Kate Moss Lasting Finish lipsticks. The holy grail of drugstore lippies. While I had bought #09 while I was living in RVA and had fallen in love with the formula, I found that the price was still a bit out of my budget (even with sales and coupons!) 

In comes Pound World. Life changing. 

Oh yes. This happened. 

Here are some swatches.

From left to right: 01, 02, 04, 05, 09, and 103. The swatches above are without a flash and below are with a flash. There's not much difference because my camera is a potato.

I absolutely love 01. It is my go to red lipstick now (sorry Revlon Coverstay...) 

Here's a shot of me and the man-friend at the Publishing MA Christmas party (hence the sweater) rocking the 01 Red Lip. It managed to survive a very long and silly night of "cheeky libations" out in Oxford with minimal smudging. Hat's off to you, Rimmel Lipstick.

I also managed to grab 04, which is a totally amazing and vampy shade of dark purple. However, I cannot seem to make it "wearable." Maybe I'm becoming less daring in my old age. Here's a selfie of the color in action. Excuse my face. 

Seriously, this lipstick is baller but I don't know if I'll ever manage to wear it out of the house. 

I picked up 05 a few days ago and found the color was quite similar to 103 (my only Kate Moss in a red tube) but has a slightly pinkier tone while 103 is a bit "dustier" but in a good way. 

All in all, if you're looking for an amazing drugstore lipstick, this one holds up to its reputation. No questions asked. 

-Amy