Review & Swatches: Barry M Lip Paint 154 Nude

This has been a lipstick that I have been contemplating buying for a while because I had read some good reviews on it but I was always wary as I had previously purchased another Barry M Lip Paint lipstick which was so drying and like chalk on my lips. (Could have been the colour Marshmallow). It was also nothing like the colour it looked in the tube and was almost white once I applied it which put me off the Barry M Lip Paints for a while! But despite this I decided to purchase it this week in the hope that it would be better than the last shade I tried and I was glad I did because so far I really like it! I purchased mine from Boots for just £4.49.

It looks slightly darker in the tube than the colour it actually comes out as once applied to the lips so you do need to bear that in mind. 154 is a really nice nude colour with a pale peachy pink undertone to it which gives it some colour and prevents your lips from looking like they have foundation or concealer on them. 

Swatched on the back of my hand

As I mentioned before, the Barry M Lip Paints do tend to vary a bit with their texture and formula with some being completely matte and very drying on the lips and some being creamy and moisturising on the lips. I would say that shade 154 is somewhere in-between the two because it doesn't moisturise my lips and it does tend to dry my lips out a little, as when it begins to fade it goes slightly patchy, but it is also not completely matte as it does glide onto my lips easily so it is slightly creamy. Although I do not find it glossy at all. This lipstick also has no scent to it whatsoever which some people may like and some may not. Personally it does not bother me as to whether a lipstick has a sweet scent or no scent at all!

I have yet to find a pale pink/nude lipstick that stays on my lips for a long period of time but this one does do a better job than most. I have only used it around twice so far as I only purchased it this week, but when I have used it it seems to stay on my lips for between 1-2 hours. So far I am really liking this lipstick and am glad I purchased it!

Have you tried this shade? What do you think of it?

Also do you know of any good quality pale pink/nude lipsticks that I could try as I still haven't found my Holy Grail lipstick!

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Review: Jordana Best Lash Extreme Volumizing Mascara

I am always buying a different mascaras as I like to try them all out and see what effect they have on my eyelashes. Jordana was a brand that I had never heard of before as it's not widely available in the UK, until I was watching a youtuber that I regularly watch and they mentioned that this was their favourite mascara. This intrigued me as their eyelashes were really long and looked amazing so I looked at the reviews of it online and they were all good so I did some research into where I could buy it from and eventually bought it from Beautyjoint, where it was $3.59 which is just £2.31! Although you do have to pay postage/shipping to the UK so you may wish to buy a few other items at the same time like I did! The Jordana Best Lash Extreme Volumizing Mascara is also available from other online stores such as Cherry Culture and the Jordana website which also charge postage/shipping to the UK. 

I LOVE this mascara! As you can see from the picture above the wand is a pretty simple, standard mascara wand..none of these fancy designs like some mascaras now have! It is a quite wet mascara and it does get quite a lot of product on the wand so I do sometimes have to wipe some of the product off on the top of the tube so as not to waste it. The wand is quite long and thin which means that it is easy to get in both the inner and outer corners of the eye and make sure that you've got all of your eyelashes and not missed any out!

One of the things I love about this mascara is that it makes my lashes longer and more voluminous without causing clumping, which is what everyone wants from a mascara right!? To prevent clumping I tend to apply one coat of mascara and then give it a chance to dry before applying another, otherwise they can clump together. It is also very long lasting and stays put all day without having any fall out or causing panda eyes!

As far as I am aware the Jordana Best Lash Extreme Volumizing Mascara only comes in one colour and that is 301 Black. The colour is another thing that I love about this mascara as I think it is possibly one of the blackest mascaras that I have ever come across! This is great because it makes your eyelashes really stand out and it means that you don't have to apply numerous layers of mascara to build the colour up. 

I would definitely recommend this mascara, especially for the cheap price tag!

Have you tried this mascara? What do you think of it?

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Review & Swatches: Makeup Academy (MUA) Heaven & Earth Eyeshadow Palette!

I had been looking for a cheap, good quality, neutral eyeshadow palette for so long and I have found it with the MUA Heaven & Earth Palette! I LOVE this palette which I bought from Superdrug for just £4 after reading really good reviews, hearing people rave about it and comparing it to more expensive high-end palettes such as the Urban Decay Naked Palette. It can also be bought from the MUA Website. This palette lasts me for a long time and I just repurchase it whenever it runs out. It contains 12 beautiful shades, all of which contain a shimmer, although some are more shimmery than others. For me this is the only downside to the MUA Heaven & Earth palette, as it contains no matte shades, so if you do not like eye shadows with a shimmer then this palette probably isn't for you. As well as this it also comes with a double ended sponge tip applicator, although I prefer to use my own eyeshadow brushes. All of these eye shadows are very pigmented and give a good colour at the same time as being very soft and easy to blend without giving a large amount of fall out like some eye shadows! Every one of these eye shadows stays on all day and only fades a little without a primer and with a primer the eye shadows stay on all day with the colour not fading at all and looking exactly the same at the end of the day as it did when it was first applied in the morning!

The top row

The top row swatches

The top row in this palette contains six shades including two pale, quite sheer colours that are good for base colours or a highlight, two gold colours, a pale brown/bronze colour and a dark brown colour. The pale white/cream colour on the far left is my favourite colour to use as a brow highlight and as a highlight in the inner corner of my eye whereas the gold colour on the far right is my favourite colour to use all over my eyelid as I find that it is the shade which makes my blue eyes 'pop' the most.

The bottom row

The bottom row swatches

The bottom row also contains six shades including one pale, quite sheer colour, a light brown colour, and four different dark brown colours, some of which have a more reddish tone to them. All of the darker brown colours are good for crease colours and for creating a brown smokey eye look, which is a look that I do daily!

This is an amazing palette for creating a variety of different everyday eye shadow looks and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes natural colours and shimmery eye shadows! Overall I would give this product a 9/10 just purely for the fact that it does not have any matte shades which lets it down slightly!

Have you tried this palette? What do you think of it?

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