My First Blogger Event!

On Saturday the 7th May I attended the Saturated Colour blogger meet up with other local bloggers! So this was my first blogger event/meet up so I didn't really know what to expect, but I really enjoyed myself and met some lovely bloggers! I was lucky that I knew a couple of other bloggers that were going and it was wonderful to meet them in person. 

I don't think I've ever mentioned it before but I have generalised anxiety disorder and I struggle in social situations, especially when it comes to meeting new people. With this in mind, Saturday was a big thing for me and I'm really glad I went!

Here I am in all my socially awkward glory!!!

So Saturated Colour are a fairly new make up brand that create vibrant lip products, whilst also having shades that are more wearable for every day. Below are some swatches of their lip products. 

Now, most importantly (in my opinion) Saturated Colour are cruelty free and also have vegan options!! So a very big thumbs up from me. 

Individual reviews on some of the products I got will be coming up on my blog in the near future!

Lip Vinyl in the shade Birthday Suit, Lip Vinyl in the shade Seductive Damson, Lipstick in the shade 1st Base, Lipstick in the shade Naked Pink and Lip/Eye Pencil in the shade Toxic Pink. 

3 Drugstore Palettes You Need In Your Life

For today's post I thought I would share with all my fellow make up lovers my 3 favourite drugstore eye shadow palettes. Eye shadow palettes are like 'my thing' and I have enough eye shadows to last me three life times. Whilst I love high end palettes, they're not really budget friendly, where as these three palettes are very affordable without comprising on the quality! These are all under £10 and you can get them from your local Superdrug or on the Make Up Revolution website.

Make Up Revolution - Ultra 32 Shade Eyeshadow Palette Flawless | £8

This has to be one of the most stunning and versatile palettes to ever exist. It has the perfect combination of matte shades, shimmer shades and intense foil shimmery shades. The lighter matte and shimmer shades do lack in pigment and can be almost chalky, but I find when applied to the lid with the right primer, this isn't a problem. Make Up Revolution honestly do some of the best eye shadows out there, especially at the drugstore. These shadows are so soft and buttery to apply, along with having amazing pigmentation. 

Below I have swatched the entire palette, so you can see for yourself what each shade looks like! I didn't use a primer with these swatches.

Make Up Revolution - New-trals vs Neutrals Palette | £6.99

Yup another Make Up Revolution palette... but it is more proof that they do the best affordable eye shadow palettes!

You may already know that I absolutely adore warm toned, orangey and copper shades. I find that these shades really make my blue eyes pop and stand out.  This palette has the perfect combination of neutral matte and shimmer shades, and also beautiful warm toned shades. You can see from the swatches below just how pigmented these are. They also blend beautifully and have minimum fall out. 

I ♡ Makeup - I Heart Chocolate Pink Fizz | £7.99

Last but not least is this beautiful girly palette from I Heart Make Up. The packaging is very similar to the Too Faced chocolate palettes, and they even smell similar! 

This palette has 3 matte shades and 13 shimmery shades. The shimmery shades in particular are very pigmented and the matte shades blend well so work perfectly in the crease. I personally feel that this palette has a great range of neutral shades and is ideal to have as an every day eye shadow palette! All of the shades have been swatched below.  

Comment below which palette is your favourite! 

NYX Lip Collection | Swatches

As NYX stands have been popping up in Boots stores all over the country, I thought I would dedicate a post to the NYX lip products that I own. If you don't own any of their products yet, this might come in handy to help you choose what shades to go for!

Butter Gloss

Left to right: Praline, Peaches and Cream

Lingerie 

Left to right: Teddy, Bedtime Flirt and Embellishment 

Liquid Suede 

Left to right: Cherry skies and Vintage

Soft Matte Lip Cream 

Left to right: Transylvania, Copenhagen, Monte Carlo, London, Cannes, Milan, Tokyo

10 Free Phone Backgrounds/Wallpapers

I'm always on the lookout for pretty wallpapers for my phone and tablet, so for today's post I thought I would share my findings! I personally like to have an inspirational quote as my background or something bright and pretty! The link for each wallpaper is below the specific image. :) 

                    You Got This                                                                  I Am Strong           

                            Be Happy                                                                         Flowers 

                                  Kindness                                                                      Hearts

                                   Pretty Flowers                                                      Life is Lovely 

                                    Pink                                                                       Watercolour 

NYX Contour Palette | Swatches and Review

I'm always on the lookout for affordable, cruelty free contour palettes to try out, so I went into my local Boots and picked up this NYX Contour Palette. I've wanted to get this for a while but for some reason I've always held back from buying it online. Being able to see it actually in person confirmed  that yes it was definitely worth spending £18 on! 

It's of course more expensive than your average drugstore contour palette, for example the Make Up Revolution palette is only £8. So if you wanted a more budget friendly contour palette then I would definitely recommend the Make Up Revolution one instead. They are very similar in terms of shades, pigmentation and blend-ability.

The product itself is quite large so it takes up a fair bit of room, but also has the added bonus of a clear lid so you can easily see the shades. NYX have also made this palette re-fill friendly, so when you do run out you can easily pop the shade out and replace it. Although I'm not sure where you can buy the re-fills from in the UK....

The above swatches show the 'highlight' shades, and as you can see they are very light. If you have pale skin like myself then this is great as it can sometimes be difficult to find a highlight shade light enough for under the eyes etc. 

The frosted highlighter looks beautiful on and is very pigmented without looking too unnatural. I don't think I'll get too much use out of the 'banana' coloured shades though.  

The four contour shades are very pigmented and blend really well. I don't think I'll get much use of the darker shade on the far right and the warmer shade on the left, but the two shades in the middle work really well for my skin tone!

The video below shows me using this palette for the first time! Since then I have of course used it more, but I still feel first impressions are important :)