New MUA £1 blushers review

I've had these blushers for months-I think I got them before summer- so it was about time that I shared my thoughts on them. At £1 for 2,4g, I couldn't help myself and I got all 6 colors available.

Overall, I find these blushers to be of AMAZING quality. The texture is velvety soft, easy to blend and very creamy. The powder is so soft that you have to be careful when dabbing your brush or there would be a lot of fall out. That concerned me at first as I was afraid it would look too powdery and fake on the skin, but not at all. The finish is creamy, almost semi-matt and natural. And the pigmentation, oh boy the pigmentation. These blushes are so pigmented that just a light-verily-there touch of your brush would be enough. I like this packaging better than the old £1 blushers, tho it isn't the more resistant ever. I also like how they don't take much space in my make-up bag which allows me to travel with more blusher options.

Now on to the colors:

(Left side) Bubble Gum: Bubble gum is a bright coral with a pink almost magenta undertone.

(Right side) Marshmallow: This is a bright Barby pink with a cool almost lilac undertone depending on the light.

These two have been my most used blushers these summer. I guess you could classified them as "summer shades" since both look amazing on bronzed skin, but with a light hand you can use them all year around. They bright up a lot the skin. I would say they are almost completely matte shades but they have a light sheen to them, tho no sparkles are visible. My favourite is Bubble Gum as I prefer warmer shades but I've grown to like Marshmallow too.

(Left side) Lolly: Lolly is a medium true Orange/peach shade that swatches actually brighter than what you would expect. 

(Right side) Cupcake: This is a light neutral almost dusty bronze shade with a warm undertone. When compare with an actual bronzer it looks slightly more pink.

Both of these shades have very tiny golden sparkles that are only visible when direct light is hitting the pan. On the skin the sparkles are not visible. The finish is semi-matte with a lovely glow that I enjoy very much. Probably these are the two shades that I would get the most used out of all year around. Cupcake is the lighter of the bunch and needs a little bit more build up than the rest- this doesn't bother me at all as the others are way too pigmented. I think it is a perfect shade for lighter skin tones, natural make up days or paired with a strong smokey eye. I'm not sure if you could use it as a bronzer as it has that warm pink undertone. Lolly is a gorgeous bright orange shade that can be worn all year around and for many skin tones.

(Left side) Bon Bon: Bon Bon is a medium warm dusty rose shade with no apparent sparkle but a lovely sheen finish. 

(Right side) Candyfloss: This is one is a dusty lilac rose shade with silver sparkles.

Bon Bon is my most reached shade at the moment. While it is a shade you can use all year around- I think it looks amazing on a summer night as it has a coral undertone- I find that it works specially well on the colder months. It reminds me a lot of Rimmel's blush in coral and this blush from H&M in tawny rose.

About Candyfloss, I didn't like it at all at first and I haven't tried it until recently. It might not show up in the picture but it is a true lilac shade and the one packed with most sparkles of all 6, even if again they don't show much on the skin. Much to my surprise it is a nice cool undertone fall/winter shade and while it is my least favourite I started to use it every now and then to change things up a bit. 

Swatches of the 6 shades:

From left to right: Bubble Gum, Marshmallow, Lolly, Cupcake, Bon Bon and Candyfloss. 

You can get this blushers here and superdrug stores.

REVLON nearly naked quick review!

I was super excited when last week a found in Manor (the local department store here in Geneva) that the Naked line from Revlon had finally arrived!! and I was even more excited when I saw the price tag: only 17 CHF!! (around 15$)

Well, I guess "only" sounds a bit ironic comparing to the price tag at the States but considering than Revlon products are most of the time highly over priced here, I can't complain. 

I picked up the powder in 020 light. I would call this shade more like medium because it's pretty dark. However while it adds a slight hint of color to my skin, it remains quite natural and not that off on me.

The texture is quite creamy and I find it adds a nice amount of coverage to the skin. So it's perfect if you decide to combined with a tinted moisturizer or a light BB cream.

The effect on the skin is matt but natural and stays pretty well during the day. You can lightly dust it on the skin or apply it with a thicker brush and padding motions for extra coverage. 

Over all is a great powder! I didn't get the foundation because a) i didn't really find my shade and b) I have way too many foundations!!

Have you already tried this powder? What do you think about it?

Thank you very much for stopping by! 

My blog will go through a huge makeover soon and I hope this helps me to get in track with my posts because I have lots of news and exciting products to talk you about!

Naked 2 vs. Undress me too palette - REVIEW

Probably you've heard this before but the NAKED 2 palette is probably my favourite neutral palette of all time. I believe I have featured it in a few of my videos. 

What happens when your favourite low cost brand comes out with an almost exact dupe?
You scream of excitement "UNDRESSED ME TOO"!! (after all you have to undressed to be naked... =P)

Yeah, bad joke there...but today I'm going to be comparing the Naked 2 palette with this palette from MUA called UNDRESSED ME TOO.

In a previous post I compared the original Naked with MUA's Undressed and I gave my opinion on MUA's eyeshadows in general. Click here for that =)

The first thing I would say when I look at both of them is that both are extremely similar- minus size and packaging of course.

Now, let's take a look at the eyeshadows.

MUA BLUSH PERFECTION Cream Blusher Review

Today I'll be talking about cheeks and a product that I'm enjoying a lot lately to help me get a natural and fresh complexion.

MUA BLUSH PERFECTION Cream Blusher

Described in the site as "very versatile and multi-purpose. They can be directly applied to bare skin, layered over foundation or set with the matching matte blushers in the £1 MUA range. You can use blush perfection to highlight your cheekbones, shape your face, build and blend with fingers or a brush to create the colour intensity"

Out of the 4 shades available I have 3: Blossom, Yummy and Dolly. The 4th one is Bittersweet a light baby pink.

Left to right: Dolly, Yummy and Blossom

My lip obsession: MUA INTENSE Glosses

One of the Make-up brands that I've been obsessed about is Make Up Academy, MUA.

And since I have accumulated quite a nice amount of products from this brand lately, what better excuse to get back to blogging after so long than letting the world know how amazing this brand is =D 

Today, I'm sharing with you one of my favourite lip products lately.

The MUA INTENSE KISSES High Intensity Gloss.

At only 2£ each you can not go wrong but does the quality of this product meet my expectations?

If you want to know more, keep on reading!

Video Bonus: NEW MUA Order!Open it with me!

So...Last week MUA (Make-up Academy) had an amazing offer in facebook and I couldn't helped myself. I was extremely excited when I got my package in such a short time!

And what could me more exciting than turning on my camera and opening the package with you guys? At least for me, nothing!

So here you have it. What I ordered and my first impressions.

Believe it or not I have another order ready to go for next month or the next facebook offer. There were a few things out of stock and some others that I actually picked but since the page was having so many problems due to the big demain, never went through.

What kind I say? It's my obssesion, my passion. 

Everyone to its own =)

Happy Friday!!!

what are you guys doing tonight?

I'm going out dancing!

Dicember Make-up Haul VIDEO!

Hey guys!

I recorded this video a while ago but I didn't have time to edited and prepare a blog post about it before I went to Madrid. I didn't bring my laptop with me and my brother had a hard time letting me use his (Yeah, he is that nice with me).

So here it is. All the make-up I've been buying in the last few weeks!

Enjoy!

Products metioned in the video:

- Naked 2 palette by Urban Decay (Ebay)
- Nars yachiyo DUPE blush brush (Ebay)
- Maybelline color tatto in Pink Gold
- Mybelline The Falsies Flared
- Max Factor 2000 Calories Volume & Curl
- Maybelline Ilegal Lengths
- KIKO smoky eye pencil in brown
- KIKO GLOSSY eye pencil in black
- Beauty Blendder sponge DUPE from H&M
- NYX cream Blush in Rose Petal
- RIMMEL MATCH perfection light perfecting radiance foundation in 200 Soft Beige and 300 Sand
- Max Factor FACEFINITY All Day Flawless 3 in 1 foundation in 60 Sand
- Refillable travel parfum spay in pink
- Giorgio Armani ARMANI CODE Eau de parfum for her
- L'Oreal Touch magique concealer in Ivory and Soft Beige
- Maybelline Pure Cover Mineral concealer in 02 Natural
- Max Factor Experience Sheer Gloss Balm in Coral

I want to do blogs on some of these products but if there is something in particular that you want to know about let me know!

Ready for the weekend?

Happy Friday!

MUA eye shadow palettes REVIEW

Today's post is a review on the two MUA palettes I ordered a few weeks ago.

MUA package here and MUA blush review here.

MUA's eye shadows  are one of their stand out products and their 12 eyeshadow palettes at only 4£ are far away from disappointment.

Packaging is simple but quite decent. Sorry I didn't make a photo where I could saw you the size but to give you an idea the palette is slightly wider than the original naked palette and 3/4 of its lenght. 

So, not too big but that makes them travel friendly and easy to carry on your make-up bag or purse.

The eye shadows are soft, creamy, blending is super easy, not chalky (at least with mine I don't have fall outs when I apply them) and incredibly pigmented!!

Like seriously? what else can you ask for 4£?

Makeup Academy (MUA) blusher- shade 2 review

This is the first post on my series reviewing the MUA products I purchased a few weeks back.

Haul post here.

When I placed my order I wasn't quite sure what to get because for the most part all MUA products have AMZING reviews and rates.

I'm not a huge nail polish lover and I've purchased lots of lip products in the past few months so I left those out.

Blushes are one of the stars from MUA. 

I looked at many, many swatches on the Internet and finally decided to pick MUA blusher in shade 2. It seemed a peachy/corally/pink blusher so a safe shade for me and it was highly recommended.

Needless to say that I'm completely in love with it and I've been using almost every day ever since alternating this one with my other two favourite blushes at the moment from H&M

Review of those two here.

Prize: £1.00 (try to beat that!!)

Packaging: simple and minimalist

Size: small (perfect for traveling)

Quantity: 2,4g

This is seriously the softest and most creamy drugstore blush I've ever owned/tried.

At first I couldn't really figure out the exact shade because it changes a lot depending on the light. But I would describe it as a rosy/peach light color.

Top road: MUA blusher shade 2 under different lights: cloudy day vs sunny day.
Bottom road Left: MUA blusher shade 2 swatch + H&M 12 Dazzling Peach + 17 Tawny Rose
Bottom road Right: MUA blusher shade 2 swatch on its own.

Like you can see the color looks completely different depending on the light. I thought it'd be really similar to Dazzling Peach from H&M but it turns out to be lighter and more pinkish.

By the way, the swatches at the bottom left are really true to color so it gives you a pretty good idea of how the colors are.

And there is not much to say about it. 

It's cheap, easy to transport, super soft, really pigmented and

the staying powder is pretty good, so what else can you ask for? =)

I think it would make a good stocking stuffer for any make-up lover or someone that is starting to be in to make-up

Love bargains like this one. LOVE , LOVE, LOVE!!

I might get my hands in other shades and also in their new cream blushes!

What do you think? 

I've heard there is another offer of 40% coming up soon.

With 3 nailpolishs free.

Shipping is internationally

Would you fall for it? =)

My MUA order arrive TODAY!!

I'm soooo rexcited!!

Ten days ago or so I did a post letting you know about the offer that MUA (Make-up Academy) had going on for hitting 35,000 likes on facebook.

Well, my order came in today!!

I will be reviewing this products pretty soon!

My (NEW) two favourite blushes! H&M blushes review

I don't know if you've ever paid attention to H&M's make-up collection. To be honest, as the beauty addict and make up lover that I am, I would always look around and spend some quality time to go through their line but I have never really bought anything until recently. 

And I have to say so far I'm loving what I bought and I am quite impressed quality wise.

Today I want to talk about this two gorgeous blushes that have become my favourite and the only thing I use lately.

12. Dazzling Peach and 17. Tawny Rose (price around 6 FCH)

Dazzling Peach is a lovely rosy-peach everyday color. It has little tiny sparkles that give a healthy fresh look to the skin. It's creamy in texture, pigmented but very blendable.

I think Tawny Rose is my favourite. I love this type of dusty-warm rose colors. I find this one in particular to be a very special color. The camera is not making justice to it. It has again little tiny golden sparkles but with a creamy almost metallic texture to it. It looks amazing on the cheeks. You have to be a bit careful with this one because it is very pigmented but still not hard to work with.

So there! 

I hope I created in you the need to go right now to an H&M and buy one of these blushes!! 

LOL

At least take a look at them and swatch them. If you love bargains, this one is worth the hype.

Love, Bea

Small haul from Prague

Last week I was In Prague to get away for a few days and have some short but yet lovely and well deserved vacations with "mon petit copain"

I have to select between the 100s of pictures we took some to put up in a post, but for the moment here are pictures of the very few items I bought.

Enjoy!

Ok!!

Madrid, normally means "shopping". So expect upcoming hauls posts!

Shoes and clothes would have to wait. All my shoes are already packed and I did pictures of the clothes already but for some reason the colors don't stay true in the pictures. I think it might be the background of my room because I've tried with natural light, artificial light, flash, no flash...

So as a start I would talk about beauty related products.

If you ever come to Spain, make sure you check supermarkets "Mercadona". Mercadona is an important chain of supermarkets that enhances the presence of their own brands, maintaining a minimum of external brands. Talking about beauty or toiletries type of products, the line you have to keep in mine is "Deliplús".


Delplús has a wide range of products that cover hair care, skin care, body care, make-up, accessories, perfumes...all with amazing economical prizes!!

Ask any Spanish girl if she likes something from Deliplús and probably she would list you quite a few things!

Normally I like to stock body and hair care products, but this time I decided to grab just some basic things I needed...

My favourite concealers!

Hello!

In today's post I'll talk about my two favourite concealers (both are from the drugstore!!!)

Probably you all know Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation. It's one of Bourjois best-selling foundations and I've heard so much raving about it that this one would be at the top of my list if I ever my skin decides to be towards the dry side of things. This winter I went to a "dry eye area" phase and not being brave enough to try the foundation, I thought this concealer could work well for me since it is moisturizing- good for my dry area problem- and oil-free anyways so it wouldn´t brake me out (none of the healthy mix foundations are oil free). 

This is what they say:

Bourjois’ new Healthy Mix fruit-therapy correcting concealer smoothes away dark circles and imperfections for a visibly rested and radiant look.

• Apricot > radiance
• Raspberry > micro-circulation
• Melon > hydration

Its exquisite glide-on formula blends onto the skin for a natural result, with no marks. Available in 3 natural anti-dull complexion shades, to reboost the complexion's radiance.

And...it's good for the skin: Moisturising, lets skin breathe, oil-free formula, dermatologically tested.

I have color 52 medium radiance. It's a neutral tone that covers and brightens the area very nicely. It doesn´t smudge on me and the staying powder it's pretty good, plus used on regular bases makes the skin under my eyes feel softer!!

My other favourite concealer is Maybelline Pure Cover Mineral concealer. I've been using this for years and I've gone through so many bottles of this and always come back for more. I've seen it being compared with MAC's Mineralize Concealer and even MAC's Moisture Cover (I have not try those so I can´t tell).

Maybelline Pure Cover Mineral Concealer brings the benefits of micro-minerals to a concealer. It uses a perfecting, beautifully blendable mineral enriched formula that produces a natural-looking result, as micro-mineral pigments blend with skin tone for a natural-looking finish, perfect to help cover under eye shadows. The lightweight formula helps cover imperfections rather than accentuate them, so the whole face has a gorgeous, healthy-looking finish. 

I absolutely love this stuff. I have the color 02 Natural which is a bit pale for me but still something I can work with. I'm not quite sure if it is oil-free but I haven´t had any issues in that matter. It brights up my eye area without drying and covers flawlessly redness and acne. Multipurpose and easy to blend!! You can't go wrong with this.

Have you tried them? Let me know in the comments which one is your favourite concealer or one I should to try!!!

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