35w palette

review: morphe brushes 35w eyeshadow palette

16:44

Hello lovelies! Today I wanted to do a post on the Morphe Brushes 35w palette. It is currently not available on their website, but they should stock soon. I bought this last year in the fall, and I will admit, it's not fabulous, but there are many colors that give off great pigmentation. I have been told that their single eyeshadows perform better, but honestly, for someone who just enjoys makeup, it's not a bad palette to have! I have some photos to show you, but the eyeshadows don't have names, so I will do it by rows!



This palette is a mix of shimmery, satin and matte finishes. Some of the mattes are more chalky than the others, and some are creamy and very pigmented. 

First Row: 
As you can see, these are very light shades. (I changed up the way i took the photos next photo ha) Most of those are mattes, but some of them are very chalky. I use the first one as a browbone highlight. I don't often find myself reaching for this first row. 

Second Row: 
As you can see, the second row is still light with a random pink that i have never used, thrown in there. The third and forth I've used in a previous blog post, and I promise the orange doesn't look that chalky! I think it was because my finger was damp from that kleenex you can see in the photo to remove the shadows ;) 

Third Row: 

The first 4 I don't reach for. I used one as a blush once when I forgot my blush and it was fine, but obviously it's not a blush. The last three have really amazing pigmentation. The second from the top is more of a burgundy when on my eyelid, and the one below is very cooper-y! The top is a gunmetal gray and i have yet to use it!

Fourth Row: 


This row is my favorite. Most of the colors are similar at the beginning, but they are so buttery and soft, I love them all. This row is me in a palette.  I have the second color all over my lid today and it blended beautifully. The last two are so beautiful smoked out!

Fifth Row: 


THIS FIRST COLOR IS HOLY GRAIL STATUS. Morphe, if you could tell me what color this is in your single eyeshadows, please do because I want to buy 10 of these. 
This row has a few mattes which are great for deepening up the outer corner and crease! The second to last color, is a black with silver specks in it. The last one is a straight up black that I like to use along my lash line!  I used the third from the end color on my upper lash line today instead of eyeliner.
(Please excuse the laptop and the spotify playlist in the background hehe and yes that's a little bilbo cup topper peaking out behind my makeup brush holders)

Overall, I give this palette 8/10. I use it basically everyday, and I love using 2 colors on the second row as transition shades. 

I hope this was helpful for those of you who were looking into this! Happy Monday!

Toodle-doo!


ABH

beginners makeup "kit", brushes and tips!

16:38

Good afternoon everyone! So in light of recent events, in which I had posted my second most recent blog post for family and friends to see, a lot of people have been asking me to give them tips on how to start into makeup. I need to do a disclaimer before I continue however. I am by no means a makeup artist. I learnt how to apply makeup through watching Youtube videos, and gaining my information and tips from there. It's been a good 3 years of learning and collecting. I also have the very basics of a makeup collection. Some people think it's a lot, and others think it's a healthy amount for someone to have! I just wanted to start this off by saying that. 


So to start, I laid out some of the best starter products I think are a great investment, and most are drugstore. 



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In the first photo, you can see everything laid out. I will do a little break down. I put out my favourite drugstore lightweight foundation and good coverage concealer as they are both drugstore, and the foundation is quite a light coverage, meaning you can add a small layer and you won't feel you have too much on. (I'll list the best way to apply this foundation further down the post.) This foundation is ideal for normal to dry skin as it gives a dewy affect, meaning your skin is left looking very glowy and with a natural "shine". If you are more oily, Maybelline just released a very similar foundation but it is called the "Fit me: Matte and Poreless". This one is better for those with oily skin. 

Blush and Bronzer: These are very, VERY simple products that are very easy to apply. The bronzer is the matte light one from the Sephora collection, and it's more of a grey tone, which means when applying it with a light hand, you won't have a "orange" face. The blush is something that I just had from NYX, but that brand also has AMAZING picks for blush that would work with your skin tone. Just apply this to the apples of your cheeks and sweeping backwards with a brush that I'll show below. 
Also a translucent powder just sets your foundation from sliding, but that is optional as some people don't want to powder their face, but it doesn't make you look 'cakey'.

These three products are a few of the easiest things to ever use and will make one of the biggest differences in your everyday routine. 

Brows: If you don't know by now, filling in your brows is a huge thing on trend. I use the brow Wiz from Anastasia in dark brown (i think it's brunette now?) It is a very waxy pencil with a very fine tip and a brow brush on the other end. Using this with very light strokes is the best way to get a natural but fuller looking brow. Follow the natural curve of your brow when filling it in. 
Eyeliner: if you want to try a little flick with your eyeliner, this Loreal one is THE BEST ONE. It takes some time to get the little flick, but it gets easier. 
Mascara: Any mascara that will give you either volume or length. This one is just one of my favourites right now.

If you want to invest in anything, I recommend an eyeshadow palette. You can get this Naked by Urban Decay palette at Sephora. It is pricey, but the looks you can do with any 2 of their Naked palettes are endless. This one i find is great for people starting out and just need the basic neutrals for their eyeshadow. I often like running Naked through my crease and on my lid, and then Buck through the crease again to darken it up and then half baked on the lid. I blend half baked out by using the brush I used with Buck on it to blend it out. Then I'm done! I do run the colors lightly under my lower lash line, but that's up to you!


For lips, I just gave you 3 drugstore options and one MAC lipstick as these are some of my go-to colors.

In order: Touch of Spice, Kate Moss 107, Relvon Matte Balm in Elusive, and MAC's Coral Bliss (which is very sheer so good for everyday)

I just chose these to show you that there are so many options when it comes to lips and to not feel the need to branch out and try a dark lipstick, but that you can even just wear a sheer lipstick. 

Now onto the beginners brushes that I recommend everyone should eventually have.

Foundation brushes: These are very important if you want a good even coverage. Yes, your fingers work just as well! But if you don't want to get your fingers dirty, these brushes are very affordable. The gold handle is Real Techniques Buffing Brush, which you can find at London Drugs if you're in Canada or most drugstores I think. The whole Real Techniques brushes are FAB. 
The flat top kabuki brush beside the buffing brush is part of a BH Cosmetics set. (please excuse the random cat hair coming out of my brush .. thanks cats.)

I HAD to include this for people who don't understand how to get a foundation brush to work for them. This is also from Real Techniques and it's called something like their Miracle Completion Sponge. I know what you're thinking; SPONGE? REALLY? Yes, really. This is one of the only things I use to blend out my under eye concealer because if you just bounce it off the skin, it gives you amazing coverage and a great flawless finish. I use this sponge with the Fit Me foundation I mentioned earlier. This just helps make that foundation apply beautifully.  If you want to see this in action, just youtube it and a lot of people use it. 

These are two great bronzer and blush brush options. The one on the left is a Duo-Fibre brush meaning it doesn't take too much product. I often will use this for all over bronzer. Both of these brushes are again, Real Techniques. The second one is a multitask brush which is one of my favourites because it really is a multitasked brush. Not sure why BOTH brushes have a strand of hair sticking out, but my apologizes! I do use these daily so they are well loved.

Two powder brush options here. Both are Morphe brushes, which is a brand I am in love with. I did a review on them previous, so feel free to check that out. The smaller brush I use to set my undereyes, and the larger one I just dust the powder all over with it. Very simple! Some people just use the smaller one depending on the size of their face ;)

Hello eyeshadow brushes! These are my favourite brushes to collect! Both of these are again Real Techniques, and I love them. They are both great for all over colour as they are able to blend out the colour very well all over your eyelid. One is just a little bigger and fatter than the other one. 

This one is a Morphe brush, and this one I used today, which apologizes for the dirty brush but you know. I often take a nice soft brown and run this brush with the product through the crease of my eye and just blend it so it doesn't look very harsh. Go in sweeping motions and at the outer corner of each eye, do little circular motions. I highly recommend you watch Rachel Whitehurst's video on "Blending 101". She does swear, so warning! But her technique is very simple.


THE LAST SET. These are going to be your best friend if you want to get into eyeshadow. The pink handled brush is from Sedona Lace, and it was my first blending brush and I would be so lying if I said I didn't use this everyday. I use it to buff out any eyeshadow to make it look seamless. The other brush is a very similar blending brush from Morphe Brushes. One of their gun metal eyeshadow blending brushes. (The name rubbed off .. whoops)
If you get any of these brushes, these are a great option. 

ALRIGHT. Well then. That's my long but hopefully very helpful post on some basics when starting off with makeup. 

If you have any questions and/or wanting links to who I watched and learnt a lot from, let me know and I'll link you up! Thank you so much and I hope this was very helpful to some of you!

Toodle-doo! 

benefit

FOTD / everyday makeup routine

12:22

Hello my loves!

It's been a while, but here I am making another post, but this time on my everyday makeup routine lately.

The palettes I use will often switch out, as I like to rotate them, but for the most part, the colors and the other products stay the same.

I have very small lashes, keep that in mind when looking here! i look like i didn't use mascara BUT I DID


I also often swap out my lipstick, but it's been a fairly neutral lip lately.


Products used:

For my base:
Nars Sheer glow in Monte Blanc
Mac pro long wear Concealer (it looks dark but it matches my skin and hides my under eye bags PERFECTLY)
Powder is the Rimmel one in translucent 
Bronzer is sephora brand matte one (name rubbed off)
Blush is a sample size I got in the shade fearless

Brows:
Brow Wiz in Dark Brown (which is now just brunette?)
Maybeline brow drama in the medium shade to set them

Now, this ladies and gents is my favourite part. The morphe palette. I so badly want the Jaclyn Hill Faves, but this pre made Morphe one is PRETTY DAMN GOOD. I used the two on the second row for my transition, more of the orange one. The color on the fourth row I used all over my lid, then going back with the transitions shades to blend it all in. The color at the bottom I used in my crease. Blended it all out and used the first shade for my brow bone!  (If you want a review on this palette, let me know.)
Eyeliner/Mascara:
I used an older Avon eyeliner in black to tightline
Tarte Lights Camera Lashes mascara in a teeny tiny size

Highlight:
I used the Benefit Watts Up 

Lips:
Maybeline's Touch of Spice (not shown in photo as in handbag)

And that is my face done! I posted this on the makeupaddiction subreddit, and I got one comment that stood out to me that said I had done my makeup wonderfully. One of the best compliments!

Let me know if you use any of these products and if you like them too. 

Have a good weekend!

Toodle-doo!



2015 review

Morphe Brushes Review - first review of 2015!

21:28

Hello everyone! Review for you today! I ordered off of MorpheBrushes about 2 months ago. I got a brush set, and also one of their pre-made eyeshadow palettes. (I can make that into another blog post if requested.)


I wanted to do a review on the brushes today, as I really enjoy using them in my everyday routine. The pictures I'm using aren't mine, only because my sd card has melted somehow (?? so silly) so I am unable to use that one and find my other one within mounds of boxes. I purchased the 11 Piece Pro Sable Set, and so far I have been enjoying it. 

I think my favorite is the Duo Foundation Brush, as it is DUO fiber, so it's very soft on my skin, and I like to use it as a blush brush because it applies my blush so nicely on my cheeks.  It is the second one in on the right. This set comes with 4 eyeshadow brushes, and I use all four of them for different things. The flat shader I use to apply my highlight on my brow bone. The little white tapered brush, i use to apply eyeshadow right under my bottom lash line, and the other two I use literally everyday. I use the small black blender for my transition shade (usually buck from the Naked palette), and the round blender I use to place a full lid color on. I love those last two brushes so much. They have been well used and loved. 

There are two liner brushes, and neither which I use, only because I don't use a gel liner on a daily basis, and I haven't gotten around to use the angled liner yet, but they feel very soft! 

The angled blush/contour is one I don't use daily, but I highly enjoy using to apply blush. It picks up the perfect amount of product for me. I haven't tried using it for contour yet! 

The two black bristle brushes I use for bronzer. The smaller one is called their bronzer brush, and I actually often use this to contour my cheeks just slightly. It's not too harsh, which is what I prefer. I then use the powder brush as an all over bronzer, which I find blends it all in so nicely. I do find I get slight shedding with these, but it's nothing too crazy. 

And the one I don't use is the pointed foundation brush, but I honestly love these for applying my face mask, and this brush is one of the softest brushes EVER. To me anyways. I love this brush, but I don't like to apply my foundation with these brushes too often, so these usually get used for face masks, which is great for me!

All in all, I have to say, these brushes are a great addition to any beginner. I would consider myself a little higher than a beginner, but I still enjoy using these very much. Morphe does a great job on their brushes and their brush lines. I will be purchasing from them again, as I can't wait to try some from their gun metal line.

Thanks for reading, and if you wanna see the review on the palette, let me know! Have a great weekend everyone!

Toodle-doo!   

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