Makeup Look: Peacock Eyes! (+ Coloured Nails)

Hi!

 

I haven't posted a makeup look here in a while and the other day I was playing around with makeup and came up with a peacock inspired eye look!

 

My nails also needed doing so I painted them in peacock-inspired colours :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under my left I did a little bit of an extra design to make it more interesting!

 

 

Products used:

 

NYX Eyeshadow base in White

(all over lid and also in waterline o give the shadow something to stick to)

MUA Liquid Liners in Shade 2 + 3

(electric blue and bronze colour used to do the peacock design underneath)

The Natural Collection Eyeshadow in Seashell

 (used as highlight)

120 Pro Palettte

 (shades circled below!)

Stila Fibre Optics Mascara

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully you can pick out which colours are used where! This look took quite a lot of time to do because it was more complex than your average look but it was so fun to do!

 

 

I also decided to use the same sort of colours on my nails too as they needed doing!

 

On my thumb is O.P.I 's Plugged In Plum

then on my fingers going left to right:

 

Collection 2000 Nail Polish in 225 (possibly discontinued now)

Collection 2000 Fast Dry in Show Off

Next Nail Polish 13

Next Nail Polish 16 (both of these came in a set)

 

 

So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed my peacock inspired eye look and colour inspired nails!

I think at some point I will do a more intricate peacock design on the nails but I'm not sure when I'll get round to doing that!

Thank you so much for reading

Libby x

*REVIEW* MUA Eyebrow Pencil in Blonde

Hi!

 

I don't tend to do much with my eyebrows other than plucking them as because I have such fair skin I'm not one for spending hours filling my brows....

 

However they do often annoy me as I have sparse patches so a while ago I went on the hunt for an eyebrow pencil that would be light enough for me to use!

 

 

 

 

I got this for just £1 from Superdrug!

 

Something I really like about this pencil is that it has a little brow comb on the end which is pretty nice for such a cheap product and although I don't usually have to comb my brows it is still useful and a nice touch.

So was this pencil light enough for me to use on my brows?

 

 

I have to say that it is!

Finally after trying loads pencils that just made my brows look dark and slightly alien I've finally found a pencil that actually matches my eye brow shade..

 

Obviously the swatch is it applied quite heavily and I'd never fill in my brows that heavily.

I tend to just lightly fill in my brows with this just in the sparse areas and it does a great job of evening them out!

 

I love the fact that this is also very inexpensive so I'm very happy with this!

The ashy shade is perfect for my brows and it works great for me.

 

 

Have you tried the MUA eyebrow pencil?

Thanks for reading!

Libby x

 

Top 5 Products For £5 Or Under!

Hi!

 

I thought today I'd show you my top five products that are all either £5 or under... sometimes you don't have to spend a ridiculous amount of money when there are gems hidden in the drugstore! :)

 

 

 

1) E.L.F All Over Colour Stick in Spotlight

 

This retails for £1.50 on the E.L.F website (www.eyeslipsface.com) and I love this!

I have another one of these in Lilac Petal but this one is my favourite.

Dabbed on the tops of the cheekbones and blended it makes a beautiful highlight colour!

Just subtle enough yet still noticeable.

And you can't argue with the price! :)

I have a review HERE.

 

2) MUA Pearl Eyeshadow in Shade 12

 

I have a lot of these (actually...about 7...) but this one is my favourite I think.

Shade 12 is a lovely brown base with a blue reflect duo chrome and it is just beautiful!

It's pigmented, easy to blend (you can even blend it in the crease to give the impression of 2 different shadows when you've only used 1!) and the best bit, these shadows only cost £1!

 

I have reviews and swatches of all of these shadows HERE.

 

 

3) NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

 

I have 3 of these sticks from NYX and I absolutely love them!

This is my favourite one as the clean, matte white colour means it's great for dotting on the inner tear duct to brighten the eye and sometimes blend below the brow bone.

I've gotten SO much use out of this and this pencil is so much shorter than my others...will definitely be repurchasing this when I run out!

This retails for £5 on the NYX website but shopping around on the internet you can sometimes get them for less....I think I got mine for around £3.85.

 

Once again...I have a review & swatches HERE if you're interested.

 

 

4) Rimmel London Match Perfection Skin Tone Adapting Concealer

 

I think I've mentioned this before...it's such a staple product for me!

I'm on my second tube of this and nearly running out so I definitely need to pick up another!
This is a very lightweight concealer that still as pretty good coverage and just does wonders in terms of brightening everything up under the eye.

Mine is in shade 010 Ivory and I got mine for £5.

This is one of the few products here that I actually haven't got a review on...but I'll do one if anyone wants it!

I basically love this product and I'm about to repurchase it for the 3rd time!

 

 

5) Collection Super Size Fat Lash Mascara

 

I got this fairly recently and have actually really enjoyed it!

I find that this separates my lashes really well ad builds a nice amount of volume too which I really like for the price!

I actually cant look up the price at the moment because there was a power cut and subsequently we have no internet.....Its strange how everyone freaks out when the power goes. Everyone freezes and thinks that the apocalypse is coming.

Anyway, hello again internet. The price for this is £2.99!

 

And yes...I've reviewed this HERE if you're interested!

 

 

 

Anyway, those are my favourite products for £5 or less!

Thanks for reading!

Libby x

*REVIEW* MUA Single Eyeshadows + Swatches

Hi! :)

 

I've always thought that you definitely do not have to compromise on quality when you buy a makeup product that is from a budget brand, and I personally think these eye shadows from MUA prove that!

I have gathered quite a few of these shadows (....7 if I'm being honest..) but I don't feel guilty about that because each one of these only costs £1!

 

All of the shadows I have from their line are the "Pearl" shadows, and all of them are named with numbers and then the type of shadow, so obviously all of mine have the number and then "pearl" written after them.

I will label all of the shades and swatch them all without any sort of primer or base so you can see the amazing pigmentation of these shadows!

 

 

This first shade is Shade 7 and is probably the least used shadow from MUA that I have but that's only because I don't use green colours as much as others, but it is still pretty amazing. I think of this as being a sea green and it has a lot of green and some gold shimmer.

 

 

Shade 24 is a dusky rose coloured pink. It's quite a deep colour but like all of these shades, the pigmentation is amazing.

There is also hints of a plum sort of purple in this shade and it's a lovely cool-toned pink.

 

 

Shade 11 is a lovely, dark cool toned brown. Again, amazing pigmentation. This works great for a neutral look that just has a bit of depth and this also looks great in the crease. I've found with quite a lot of these shades if you apply this all over the lid and then blend it out in the crease it almost looks like you have two separate colours on your eyes. Big fan of this one - one of my favourites in these shades!

 

 

Again, this is probably one of my less used shades. Shade 4 is a light, frosty, pinky lilac colour that reflects almost white in some lights. It's very bright and I think looks like a great colour for spring or summer :)

 

 

This is my second most used shade out of all of these and it has a pretty big dent in it - I've nearly hit pan on this.

This shade is really unique and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to pick this up. It has a brown base but then reflects blue, its just amazing. Again if you blend this out in the crease it almost looks like you have two colours because the brown base comes through more when you blend it out.

I love using this packed onto the lid as it's such a unique colour and adds an amazing spin on a classic neutral colour. Really love this.

 

 

This is my most used shade. I somehow managed to take the swatch picture upside down...not sure how I managed that! This a pure, bold, frosty white colour.

The reason I've gotten so much use out of this is because its so potent and opaque. The pigmentation is amazing for a white shade. There is also a lot of shimmer packed into this.

I use this on my inner corner a lot because I have a lot of darkness there and this just brightens it up. I reach for this really often which is why as you can see I've hit pan on it!

 

 

I left this till last because I think it is my favourite.

This glowing, gold/copper colour is simply beautiful.

I find this makes the blue in my eyes pop so much and it looks like liquid metal. It is slightly flaky (there seem to be kind of...bits in it..)  but I'm willing to turn a blind eye to that because of its beautiful pigmentation.

I love this and this is definitely on it's way to being one of my most used shades as it's so bright and glowing.

 

 

Phew! So there are all of my MUA shadows, I will definitely have a look next time I'm in Superdrug next and try and pick up some more - as far as I know MUA is only sold in Superdrug at the moment.

The prices for MUA are amazing, everything from their core line is £1 and the other products are all very reasonably priced.

These shadows are all quite creamy/oily so if you had really oily lids or you packed them on a tonne in the crease I suppose they could crease, but I haven't noticed a huge problem with that.

Some are a bit flaky, but the pigmentation of all of them is really, really good - making the £1 price tag amazing!

 

What do you think of MUA shadows?

Thanks for reading!

Libby x

*REVIEW* - MUA Liquid Eyeliners

Hello :) I have a review for you this afternoon...

Today I'm reviewing the MUA Liquid Eyeliners, of which I have currently 3 shades.

(from top) Shade 2, Shade 5 and Shade 3

 

 

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY:
These all currently cost £1 from some of the bigger Superdrug shops that stock MUA. You can now also buy MUA products from their website (http://www.muastore.co.uk/). I don't think you can beat that price even for drugstore products! :)

PACKAGING AND BRUSH:
I will admit this...the packaging isn't that great. However for the £1 price tag you can't complain that much really. The packaging is simply a little pot with a very tall want for all of the shades, but the long handle doesn't screw into the pot very well and it feels quite flimsy. Especially on my black liner (Shade 5) the packaging feels quite delicate and that I feel it may break at some point because the brush doesn't screw too well into the pot.
The sizes of the brushes of these tend to vary slightly in these liners...

 

For the black liner (Shade 5) and the electric blue shade (Shade 2) the brush is fairly thin, stiff and quite small, however for the bronze shade that I have (Shade 3) the brush seems to be actually like a sponge, and it is quite a bit larger:

I'm not 100% sure why the brushes vary, but it does mean that you can't get such a thin, precise line with this shade but that's not too much of a problem.

COLOUR AND PIGMENTATION:

Swatches from top: Shade 2, Shade 5, Shade 3.

Shade 2 is a bright, electric blue that adds such a fun pop of colour. This is one of the most unique liners I have at the moment :)
Shade 5 is your everyday standard black liner, it's a nice deep black with no shimmer.
Shade 3 is also pretty unique, ad is a mid-toned bronze with shimmer. With the different brush tends to apply a bit too much product sometimes (although the swatch above was a bit of bad luck) but if you go back over it , the colour blends out and doesn't appear as thick as it does in the swatch above.

All of these shades are nicely pigmented and I have no complaints about the colour payoff :)

WEARABILITY:
These generally last quite well on the lid providing you leave them alone...I find that if at any point during the day I rub my eyes slightly the liner crackles and does come off a bit...and also if they get wet they crackle too. They are easy to remove however, and for a normal day I don't have problems with them fading, but like I said they can crack and fall off in little bits if you don't leave them alone.

OVERALL:
Generally for the price, these liners are pretty amazing! You can't get much more of a budget price for makeup than £1, and for everyday use these are very good. There are quite a few more colours that I'm interested in picking up, as the price means you can pick up a few at a time ;)

Would I buy again?
Yes, definitely.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed my review!
Libby x