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Girl Panic is a newish palette from Makeup Revolution. Makeup Revolution are the new budget beauty brand on the block and let me tell you, their palette's are simply incredible.

Obviously I bought Girl Panic because I thought the name was very fitting (just call me a comedian), but also because quite obviously whoever names these palettes are huge Duran Duran fans. (Girl Panic and Girls on Film are both Duran Duran songs, beeteedubz.)

I love this palette because I'm very much into my red/pink tones lately, it's rare that you find a palette with tones like that in drugstore priced palette. The thing that kicked off this craze for me was seeing Lime Crime's Venus palette. I for one cannot justify spending £40+ on 8 matte shades, I'm a shimmer girl through and through. I can however justify spending £6 on 18 shades, which how much this palette was.

So the deal with the Salvation palettes is that there two rows of 6 shadows, and they're all shimmer shades and a row of 6 on the bottom (which weirdly resemble the shadows in Sleek palettes) and they're matte shades.





Can we just... How pigmented?! I've always been a fan of MUA palettes, but Make Up Revolution are in a whole other ball park in terms of pigmentation. And you get loads more shades for only £2 more. I find some eyeshadows in cheaper palettes to be quite clumpy and there's always fall out but that's not the case with this palette. The shadows are so blendable and there's been no fall out as of yet (yey!)

My one only miniscule gripe is probably that the first three matte shades are just far too similar, but that's the only thing I don't like.

I've also bought one of their blush palettes (you get 8 blush shades in a palette for £6, help this brand is just too much.) Do expect a review soon because it's fab.

Makeup Revolution products are available in selected Superdrug stores, or you can buy their products from their website or online at Superdrug.

I will definitely be placing another order from them very soon as I'm totally obsessed.

Let me know if you've tried any Makeup Revolution products and if so, what would you recommend?

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo

18:28 8 comments

Hey guys!
So I'm a bit late on the bandwagon but oh well! If you saw my Superdrug haul the other day, you'll know that I purchased a couple of the Maybelline Colour Tattoo's. And might I just say, I absolutely freakin' love them. I bought them in the shades (left) On & On Bronze and (right) Eternal Gold. They retail for £4.99 each.

What Maybelline claims:
"Ink technology creates 24HR wear shadow for our most intense, long-lasting colour saturation. Cream formula glides on without creasing and keep colour vibrant. Ophthalmologist-tested, safe for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers."

What I think:
I'm beyond impressed with this product. I love the packaging, although not travel friendly as the product is in a glass pot and they're pretty heavy, the glass pot makes the product look a lot more expensive than it is. 
Maybelline were certainly right when they said "most intense, long-lasting colour saturation", I've never owned an eyeshadow that lasts as long as this eyeshadow, for example, I forgot to take my make up off the other night and I slept with the eyeshadow on, and when I woke up, it looked the exact same it did when I went to sleep. These eyeshadows definitely live up to the 24 hour name.


The colours are absolutely gorgeous and they're sooo pigmented, as they're cream eyeshadows, they glide onto your lids so smoothly. Eternal Gold is a gorgeous glittery pale-yellow gold and On & Bronze is a dark shimmery gold/brown colour.


And there's the swatches!

I'm so impressed with these eyeshadows, I will definitely be purchasing more and well done to Maybelline for making one my favourite products of the year so far. For £4.99 per eyeshadow, you can't go wrong. You can purchase these at Boots (link) or Superdrug (link)

Let me know if you've tried any of the Colour Tattoos and tell me what you think of them.

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo
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Hi guys!
So this is another wishlist but first I'd like to do a quick life update section. So it's currently 1:38am here and I'm not able to sleep. Admittedly I haven't been able to get to sleep 'til about 6:30am, it's ridiculous. Like my brain is just filled with worry and anxiety constantly. I actually want to sleep and my eyes want to close but my brain's like 'lol no'. This has been going on for maybe 5 nights in a row now, my mum's put it down to my anxiety so I'm not sure how I feel about that. I went to Boots today and me and mum bought some natural sleeping tablets that claim they take effect within 30 minutes. Well, I took the tablet at 10pm and here I am, awake at 1:44am. I highly doubt I'll be in college tomorrow either which sucks because I was off last week and my attendance is just constantly going down and ugh. ANYWAY, wishlist time!

This isn't even going to be specific wishlist, it's going to have a bit of everything in there ok.


1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

I'm sorry this is a short post, I'm going to try and get some sleep now, night!
Rachel. xo

02:35 2 comments
Hey!
I really do apologise for the out of focus photos, my camera was almost about dead when I was taking these so I had to rush them, sorry!


This is my make up bag (okay, I say make up bag, it was on the back to school sale with the pencil cases in WHSmith for 75p, 75p for a Hello Kitty x Liberty product though. Bargain!)

So what actually is in my everyday make up bag?



Natural Collection lipstick from Boots in the shade 'Pink Mallow'.
Brow Bar Kit by W7 Makeup.
Double Wear Foundation by Estée Lauder in shade '1C1: Cool Bone'.
Undress Me Too eyeshadow palette by MUA (Make Up Academy.)
Great Lash Mascara by Maybelline.


Lasting Perfection Concealer by Collection 2000 in shade 'fair'.
Healthy Mix Serum Foundation by Bourjois Paris in shade '51'.
Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter by MUA (Make Up Academy).
True Colour Lipstick by Sleek in shade 'Mulberry'.
Carmex Cherry flavour.
MUA Lipstick (not sure what the shade is but it's a shimmery pink colour.)
MUA One Direction Lipstick in shade 'I Want'.
Revlon Flair Perfume.

I also have a much larger make up which has a lot more in, but these are just the things I use the most. :-) Tell me below, what's your favourite thing in your make up bag?
That's all for now,
Rachel xo


21:56 2 comments

Hello there,
I popped into Superdrug the other day as I was trying to switch from my summer make up to autumn make up and I spotted this little beauty of an eyeshadow palette.


On first impressions, the colours are very Naked palette-esque, varying in mattes and shimmers and metallics. It is a great alternative to the Naked palette if you're on a budget. The colours are so pigmented and are long-lasting.

Of course the palette would usually come with the double ended eyeshadow applicator but I took it out when I first got it and can no longer find it, oops. 

The light shimmery colour is perfect for highlighting the brow bone or the inner corners of the eye, you could even get away with using it as a highlighter for your face as it's quite a similar colour to the Undress Your Skin Highlighting Powder, also by MUA. This palette is perfect for A/W as it contains a lot of autumnal colours, you could also create a very dramatic smokey eye with this palette as there's a few dark colours in there too.

MUA are great when it comes to little tutorials on the back of their palettes, this 'mini master class' shows you how to create a smokey yet wearable look for the eyes. The colour names are also on the back which is badly shown on this picture, I apologise, the colour names are (L to R), Naked, Devotion, Shy, Fiery, Lavish, Dreamy, Tranquil, Exposed, Reveal, Wink, Obsessed and Corrupt.

Overall I highly recommend this palette as it has everything a neutrals palette should have, high pigmentation, a variety of mattes, shimmers and metallics and looks just great on the eyes.

I hope you enjoyed this review, that's all for now.
Rachel. xo
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