Hello!

Welcome to my blog :)

Today I'm writing about the Soph Does Nails Extra Spice palette, and I will also have a link to my YouTube video showing a look I created using this :)

The palette itself is really nice looking, especially for its cheap price point of £10. It has a mirror, and all the shade names, and the outside packaging is rose gold and reflective.

As for the shades themselves, they are very pigmented, especially the shimmers, which you would expect from Revolution Beauty as their shimmers are often the best in their palettes.

Top Row

Shades bottom to top: Everyday, Running Late, Infinity, Cheesecake, Cookie Dough, Dreams

Middle Row

Bottom to top: Vitamin C, Sweet N Sour, Twenty One, Romance, Enchanted, Lakes

Bottom Row

Bottom to top: Brownies, Chocolate Orange, Mulled Wine, LA Sun, Aurora, Reputation

Overall, I think this palette is a really good buy, and goes hand in hand with the first palette to create a lot of diverse looks.

Let me know if you end up buying this!

Thanks for reading

Layla x

Hello!

Today I have a very exciting post about these Makeup Revolution Matte Lip Kits!

I saw that Sophdoesnails did a video on these and in my head I was like "!!!". Obviously, these are a dupe for Kylie Jenner's lip kits, and obviously I don't have the money for such things... So I can't actually compare these to the Kylie ones, but I thought I would give my opinions on them.

I picked up 3 shades, 2 nudes and a dark green. There are other colours, but these are the ones that appealed to me the most. The packaging is also really cute, the boxes are black and gold, and the lids on the lipsticks are also gold. They retail for £6 each, which is MUCH cheaper than the Kylie ones and they come with both a lip liner and liquid lipstick.

 You can get them from TAM Beauty. In the video I saw, Sophie also swatched a metallic one, so I'm looking forward to those being released and possibly write a post on them too.

The first shade I have is Echelon.

This is a really nice nude shade, I've seen a few people say that it is a brown-nude, but to me it seems more pink?

I have swatched just the liner, then the lipstick and then just an all over shot, so you can see how well they match/what they look like with a face of makeup.

This shade reminds me somewhat of Birthday Suit by Sleek, I personally don't think it is anything "special" in terms of colour. The lip liner is very creamy, and applies so well. As for the liquid lipstick, it is just a standard in my opinion, it's not patchy and applied well/pigmented.

Next up is Noble. I wasn't sure on this when I ordered it, but I LOVE it! To me this is almost a terracotta? I ended up keeping this on all day after the swatches because it is just such a lovely colour, I feel it suited me well and it's different to anything else I own.

Again, the liner was suuuper creamy, and the lipstick applied really well too. It matches my lower lash line colour! (Realgar from the ABH Modern Renaissance palette).

Finally, we have Magnificent. This was the one I was most excited for, but most disappointed by. But maybe that was because I was so excited for it?

It's a really dark green shade, which I don't own, and I LOVE dark lip colours.

I think the usual dark colour thing happened with this, where it has just come out patchy. I think it could be buildable, but it's usually a losing battle with dark colours. I saw a video where someone swatched the colour Royal in this range, and it was even patchier than this!

And as I went to do my hand swatches, the lip pencil snapped! I'm hoping you can sharpen them because there is no winder at the bottom.

But yes, the hand swatches. L-R Noble, Echelon, Magnificent.

Noble is definitely the closest match of lipstick and liner, I found especially on my lips. Echelon is definitely different on the hand, but I didn't notice much of a difference on the lips. Magnificent, well. I tried to build up the lipstick for the swatch, and it just caked. The liner is only one layer, like the other two, and as you can see, the pigmentation isn't that great.

Overall, from my experience with these and videos I have seen, the more nude shades are amazing, but the darker shades might be a pass. I think that the value for money is great, especially compared to Kylie's Lip Kits, which retail for $29 each, and then you have to factor in shipping and customs. If you can get your hands on these, definitely give Noble a try, it's one of my new faves!

Thanks for reading!

Layla x

Hey there and welcome to day eleven!

I'm feeling super inspired with my makeup recently, I think it's just all the festivities giving me ideas!

Today I'm doing this rose gold look using the Makeup Revolution Foiled Shadow in Rose Gold. I tried to use this when I first bought it and it just didn't work for me, it clumped on my lid and it was just a mess. But I decided to give it another go, and I'm actually impressed! I know that it always sells out, but if you can get your hands on it, it's such a pretty shade, and worth learning how to use!

Firstly I primed and set with White Light from the I heart Makeup Death By Chocolate palette. Then from the same palette, I put Lick Me very lightly in my crease.

Then I took Sidecar from the urban Decay naked Palette and ran this through just so I had some shimmer.

Then I decided I actually wanted some more depth, so I put Beans Are White form the Zoeva Cocoa Blends palette right through my crease line. I also popped a bit more of that Sidecar shade across my lid.

Then the fun part! I put Rose Gold Foiled Eyeshadow from Makeup Revolution all over my lid!

I ran a bit of the Beans Are White shade on my lower lash line, but only very lightly.

And there we are!

On my lips, I used my new absolute favourite, Pink In Excess from PS Pro (yes, Primark). I've had so many compliments about this lipstick and I'm just like "lol go to Primark" I love it!

I have quite a few more makeup ideas, including an anti-Christmas look! So stay tuned for more!!

Layla x

Hello! Today I have a really simple look that was inspired by snowflakes! I can't stress how easy this looks is, it literally uses like 4 shadows and a bit of glitter and that's it!

So if you're wanting another festive look, keep on reading!

First I put Pretty In Paris from the Sleek Vintage Romance Palette in my crease and up my brow bone.

Over this and slightly down my lid, I used Snowflake by Essence. (Conveniently named haha).

All over my lid I put Sugar by ColourPop. With their shimmery shadows, I find it best to apply them with a finger, I think they're so hard to work with when using a brush.

To deepen up the crease a bit, I took Tease Me from the Makeup Revolution Death By Chocolate Palette, and just kept blending that with Sugar.

I put the same Tease Me shade very very lightly under my eye, just to give a tiny bit of definition, without harshly smoking the look out.

This bit I'm really annoyed about, these were the best photos I could get of the glitter, I TRIED haha. I put the Nyx Face and Body Glitter in Ice in my inner corner, bringing it down just a tad at an angle away from my nose.

And on my lips I used Marshmallow by ColourPop.

And there we have the finished look!

I hope you liked this, and I'll see you tomorrow for Day 8!

Layla x