Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette Swatches!

Yes, yes, oh God, yes!!! Ahem... I mean... So my Naked 3 palette turned up today and I wasn't excited in the slightest *cough, lie! cough*.

I've been wanting to get this palette since I first saw Kandee Johnson (amazing girl from YouTube, I adore her) show this palette last year. And now it's mine at last!!! Mwahahahahahaaaaaa!!!

I do apologise! And now for the rest of my blog...

So before I show you the shadows, I'll show you a neat little freebie that Urban Decay have kindly added for their buyers so that they can make the most of their eyeshadows... 

There's a booklet, and inside this booklet there are four - yes, four - samples of their famous eyeshadow primer. 

They're tucked handily in the sleeves in this booklet, with each different primer's name, colour and effect written on the package for your convenience.

I think that these are a brilliant way to advertise their own primers for anyone that hasn't tried them so they can make up their mind. I used to be a huge fan of UD e/s primer (original) but ended up using MAC Paint Pots. 

Anyway, swatch time! 

I am so excited to use this palette; the first eight colours are light enough for me to use on a regular basis (with Naked 2 I can only use the first five - the rest are too dark or too grey), the colours are beautiful, pigmented, creamy and a delight to use. I am very happy with this palette indeed! 

As for the primers, I won't be using the samples, I'll stick with my Paint Pots. I had a very bad experience with UD Sin (creased within an hour, no matter how I applied it) so I'm not tempted to use anything but the original, but I'm hoping my sister might take these off my hands... *hint hint, mei mei!* 

Do you like/hate the Naked Palettes? Got a palette you recommend? I'd love to know xx

Maybelline Coloursensational Nude Lipstick in 725 Tantalizing Taupe

My super favourite colour on my lips have to be nudes. A nude lip goes with everything; got heavy smokey eye makeup going on? Nude lips are your eyes' best friend. Doing the no-makeup-makeup look? Nude lips sure do help! Worried that your lip and eyes are all mismatched? Nudes are there to take the stress away! Basically they take the worry out of your day to day makeup. Yes, they may be boring and predictable, but they're handy and reliable! 

So I knew that this lippie simply had to join the ranks of my other nude lipsticks such as my MAC Half 'n' Half and MAC Modesty. But this lipstick has the added benefit of being drugstore, so it doesn't have a £15 price tag, it's just under half that, at a more purse-friendly £6.99. 

On me it's a creamy, moisturising pinky brown, easy to apply and has a slightly sweet scent. This will be a definite go-to colour for me for the foreseeable future. 

Do you wear nude lips? Love or hate? Any lip colour suggestions? Xx

Bourjois little round pot cream blush 03

So I bought another cream blush. I know, there's something wrong with me. But hey, whaddya gonna do?!? 

Yes, this one. I have absolutely no idea what the shade is called, but who cares when you have a model that looks similar to the gorgeous Marilyn Monroe on the top, right? 

I love these little round pots, they're awesome, coming with their very own mirror in the lid. 

A dusky pink, great for pale/light skin tones... 

It blends out quite sheerly, so if you have light-medium skin you'll want to blend less for it to stand out a bit more on your cheeks. 

It lasts around 4-6hrs without MoM on my oily/combination skin but with MoM it lasts 12. It looks and feels beautiful on the skin, and is perfect for every season. 

MAC Lip Liner in Cherry

Darlings! I come to you with another quick blog, to share my new-found love! A beautiful red lip pencil by MAC in the shade Cherry... 

This is a creamy, blue-based red lip liner that is, in my opinion, the perfect partner in crime with Ruby Woo. It looks fabulous on so many skin tones, so even if you're a dark-skinned beauty, just remember, even Rihanna wears cool toned reds on her lips! 

MAC lip liner in What A Blast!

So I may have mentioned that I used MAC's ProLongwear lip liner/pencil in What a Blast in my last lipstick post (Mac Dangerous) but I haven't shown it to you! So, without further ado... 

It's a very bright orange-coral-red. I use it for MAC's Dangerous and Lady Danger. The formula isn't too creamy, yet not too dry, and when it sets, it ain't budging unless you use a makeup wipe/remover. A definite must have for me. Gotta love ProLongwear xx

MAC Dangerous Lipstick

Yes, yes, I know, I've already done blogs on red lipsticks, but it is MAC after all! How could I pass up this incredible orange based lipstick? 

Ok, so it looks a little darker in this pic than in real life, but it is amazing... 

This is what it looks like on my lips and how it looks against my fakely-tanned, light-medium complexion (NC25/NC30). I paired it with a ProLongwear pencil by MAC called 'What a Blast'.

So retro, so matte! This is a super easy go-to lip colour, especially if you're in a rush - it takes you from Mehhh to Fab in two minutes flat. The power of red lipstick!

This is a great lipstick for anyone loving orange based, matte red colours that doesn't mind being noticed. 

Red-dy to get Dangerous?