Okay.

Everyone calm down!!

It's back!!!!!!

I am so super excited to bring you this post on the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette!!!

Okay so, I wanted this in the summer when it first came out, and I faffed about and ended up missing out and I was so gutted. But while I was scrolling through Facebook the other day, I saw a post from Beauty Bay that it was back and I was like !!!! I didn't even think about it, it was just straight in my basket haha.

Now, I know Beauty Bay is a bit controversial right now. I have been buying off Beauty Bay for about a year now, and I've never had an issue. Until now. I was supposed to have next day delivery, but it didn't come next day, it came the day after. I couldn't load an tracking info and when it came, there was a crack in the first shade, and powder all over the palette. When reading through Twitter, I saw some people have waited over 2 weeks for orders, are receiving the wrong orders or broken items, which is a shame because Beauty Bay have always seemed so good until now. Their customer service isn't great, my tweets were replied to with the same answer to DM them, but when I did, they didn't reply, and my email also went without a reply too. I really want to order some more Jeffree Star Lipsticks, but I don't know if I want to risk it now! I will have to see haha.

But for now, lets get into looking at this beautiful palette!

To start, the packaging of this is just beautiful. The palette is a really soft feeling pink, much like the feel of the Naked palette. However, because it is so light, I think it might just get a bit dirty!

Inside, there is a cover over the mirror, and a plastic cover on the shadows. It also has a double ended brush.

(this is the broken shade boo)

The brush is really small, and I used it just to test, and it's not that great, it just smushes the eyeshadow into powder...

Just look at the colours!!

This palette is legit just made for me, I LOVE these shades and I think I melted a bit when I swatched them. I have swatched each row and then I swatched both of them together, just so you can get an idea of the whole palette together!

The shadows are so pigmented and so soft and buttery, I just love them! And you get 14 of them which is just amazing.

Top Row

Left to Right:

Tempera

Golden Ochre

Vermeer

Buon Fresco

Antique Bronze

Love Letter

Cyprus Umber

Firstly: look at the pigment! It's so good it covers my tattoo, what is this?? I'm super excited to try out Vermeer and Love Letter, I'm just dying over these. I also think Buon Fresco is gonna be a great transition shade, along with Golden Ochre too.

Bottom Row

Left to Right:

Raw Sienna

Burnt Orange

Primavera

Red Ochre

Venetian Red

Warm Taupe

Realgar

You all know I love orange shades, I'm in LOVE with Burnt Orange and Realgar, I just can't wait to play with this palette! I also love Primavera, just look at it!!! Venetian Red actually surprised me, I thought it was a lot like Love Letter, but Love Letter is matte, whereas Venetian Red is a slight shimmer!

So here is the whole palette swatched together, and you know that there's gonna be some looks going up on here using this palette! I'm so excited to try it out, I seriously don't know where to start haha.

I think Beauty Bay are going to get this back in again soon, but it is totally up to you if you want to order from them with the problems they're having!

Keep an eye out for some posts using this palette, I'm sure there will be more than one!

Thanks for reading

Layla x

Hello all!

Today's post is something a little different as it is split into two parts. This post is a general mini review about my new Death By Chocolate Palette (thank you Juliette!) just showing the different shades and picking out my favourites, and tomorrow I will be posting a look that I have created using the palette.

This palette (and all the other Makeup Revolution palettes) have been raved about as dupes to the Two Faced Chocolate Palette, and I've been eager to try one for a while, and I have not been disappointed with the quality, and chocolatey smell, of this palette.

The palette has 16 shades, all of which are gorgeous colours. Along the top row, there are 5 colours.

(I swear White Light is there, it's just so pale!)

White light is probably the creamiest of all the shades and it feels so nice to dip into! But by far the prettiest shade of the entire palette is Don't Let Go. I actually think I'm in love.

Next are 6 colours on the second row.

Love You To Death was the colour that I first loved the look of when I opened the palette. However, Devour Me was a tad crumbly upon swatching, but I'll have to see how it is when I use it with a brush.

Then the third and final row has 5 shades again.

Tease Me is an absolutely gorgeous shade, I am very excited to play around with the metallics in this palette. Bring Down The Angels is going to make the perfect shade for the inner corner as well.

Thank you for reading, and hopefully see you tomorrow!

Layla x

I've heard about Zoeva for a while, and I've been eager to try out a palette for a long time, so when I was on Beauty Bay the other day Christmas shopping, I couldn't help but treat myself.

First of all, can we just take a moment to appreciate the packaging? It's absolutely gorgeous. The palette comes in a cardboard sleeve, and both are brown with gold detailing.

When you open the palette, you are greeted by ten gorgeous shades, all of which are highly pigmented. The only fault I have with this is there isn't a mirror, but that's not a major issue.

There is a mix of four matte shades and six shimmer. 

Bitter Start is a matte cream colour, perfects for days when you don't want a shimmer highlight. Sweeter End reminds me of a subtle version of Sin for the Naked palette. Pure Ganache is a golden colour, and I think mixed with Substitute For Love which is more orangey, it will make a perfect holiday look. While I would class Substitute For Love as a matte shade, it does have subtle flecks of gold glitter in it.

Warm Notes, a gorgeous cranberry shade, and Infusion, a gold glittery brown shade, are my two favourite colours from this palette. Subtle Blend is the perfect bronze shade, while Freshly Toasted is a nice reddy-brown, a shade which I think is quite unusual.

Finally, we have Beans Are White, a brown almost black shade, that appears to have a purple sheen to it, which is so unusual. And Delicate Acidity is a perfect shimmer purple shade.

Overall, I am thoroughly impressed with this palette, and I can't wait to create many looks with it. The shades are all highly pigmented, and at £15.50, I don't think it is a bad price at all for the product you get, and it would make the perfect gift for any makeup lover at this time of the year.

Thanks for reading!

Layla x