The Balm. Nude Tude Palette Review

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Firstly i really love the packaging! its unique and fun (:

From left to right on the top row of swatches :- 

Sassy - A shimmery white

 Snobby - A more matte yellow toned slightly peach colour (unique but beautiful)

Stubborn - A dusty pink shade with a little shimmer

Second row :- 

Stand-offish - A Shimmery pink/peach (A little darker than Urban Decay's Sin)

Selfish -A shimmery cool toned taupe (Similar to MAC's Satin Taupe)

Sultry- A medium brown matte shade (Similar to buck by Urban Decay)

Top row :- 

Sophisticated - A dark warm under toned brown with gold shimmer (Similar to DarkHorse by UrbanDecay)

 Seductive- A warm gold shade which changes with orange/peach under tones with the light (Similar to Woodwinked by MAC)

Sexy- A matte warm red plum shade 

Second Row :- 

Silly- A dark Purple/brown with flecks of gold glitter

Serious- A cool/blue under toned black shade

Sleek- A more warm/brown under toned black

The eyeshadow's are buttery and smooth and the pigmentation is great! the colour payoff is lovely and they blend very well.

I love the variety in this palette, it's a little different to most neutral palettes with Sexy and Snobby being quite unusual colour's. Its got a bit of everything you need for a light daytime look to a dark and sexy evening look. It has a mixture of warm and cool toned shadows that will work for everyone.

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The obvious comparison to make with this palette is with the naked palette by Urban Decay. 

I do prefer the formulation of Urban Decay's Eyeshadow's compared to NudeTude as they are slightly more smooth thanThe Balm's.

The Palettes are roughly the same size and both are very durable, NudeTude is thinner and more compact as well as having the cute pin up design that makes it stand out compared to the simpleness of the Naked Palette. Both also have long mirrors in the lid that will always come in handy when travelling.

You do get a small duel ended brush in NudeTude which is nice but compared to the full size Karma brush you get in the Naked Palette alongside the primer potion you also get i'm not sure which would be more of a bargain. 

With a price tag of £26 it is a lot cheaper than Urban Decay's Naked being £37 

Everyday/Work Make Up

Hello there!

So i thought while i was getting ready for work this evening i would tell you how to do this quick and pretty make up that stays in place for hours!

I generally do this in about 10 minutes tops! It's incredibly easy (:

• I use a liole triple the solution bb cream instead of a primer because i find my skin is dry and its quite moisturizing whereas primers tend to dry my skin even more, the colour of it  also evens out my skintone and takes out any redness.
• Recently i've been loving the Chanel vitalumiere aqua as it doesn't give a heavy coverage but gives a lovely dewy finish.
• I then use "Constructavist" paint pot from MAC as an eyeshadow base (This thing does not smudge all day!)
• I used MAC's "Antiqued" eyeshadow on top which is a red/warm brown .. very autumnal! and then MAC's "Twinks" in the outer corners of the eyelid to add a bit of depth. I then use a matte white or cream to highlight the brow bone and blend the crease line to make it more smoked out.
• The eyeshadow is then done .. i move on to use a dark brown eyeliner like MAC's "Teddy" eyeliner or a plum colour like Baremineral's "4pm" to blend nicely with the colours instead of a harsh black line.
• I then curl my lashes and apply mascara and the one i used today was lancome's "doll eye's" mascara.
• Then back to the face! ... i found a baked bronzer/blush from Accessorize called "laguna" thats gives a lovely bronze without being too orange as well as a peach shimmer that's lovely! so i lightly apply that to the parts of the face that would naturally catch the sun such as the top of your cheeks, the sides of the forehead etc... i then use a little bit of Nars "laguna" to contour the hollows of my cheeks and some of the mememe liquid highlighter in "sunbeam" to highlight the top of the cheeks.

I then go under the eye with Bobbi Brown's corrector in "Light Peach" to clean up under the eyes and brighten it up a little.

If you wanted to leave it without a lip gloss or lipstick that's fine its versatile look that will look nice with most combinations (: 

in this picture though i was wearing the Bareminerals marvelous moxie lip gloss in A-lister 

Tada! Done (:

Such a pretty but easy look to do

I hope this helps you if you do want to try it out!

Bare Minerals, Shine On Set!

Ello Ello! 

I recently bought the shine on set from www.feelunique.com

The main reason is that it was on sale (we all love a cheeky bargain don't we)

Well anywho! ... i have not been too keen on bareminerals before as i haven't found anything that completely wow's me.

The first impresson that i had of this set of multiple items is that it gives a new customer a little of everything to try out! .. Plus the case is super shiny and gold and slightly on the chunky side!

So in the set you get two eye shadows, one being a light shimmery pink called Glitterati that has a gold undertone in it which is beautiful. the second is a deep plum/purple matte shade called Center Stage. Both are extremely pigmented and very long lasting, even without the primer!

In the picture you can see the shimmer from Glitterani next to the lip gloss 

Center stage however comes off a bit dark in the picture where its actually a little more purple but you can see the pigmentation from one swatch with the finger!

 You can see the purple/plum a bit better in this image.

On the left you have the blush in this palette which is a very muted light pink again with gold shimmer. Its called "the big break" and is a nice daytime blush, it gives you just a little colour without being too over the top as well as being a nice highlighter! 

However it wouldn't work well for a strong evening look.

On the right you have the Marvelous Moxie lipgloss in the colour A-lister

Its a lovely nude/everyday colour that just gives you enough colour and shine without standing out too much, 

it has a mint taste to it and that tingly lip sensation when you have plumping glosses which can put some people off. It does however stay for a long time, is not tacky and is very versatile.

On the bottom is the Round the clock waterproof eyeliner in 4pm 

its a lovely dark purple which is a nice change to a generic black. It however is not an in your face purple and would really bring out green eyes! .. even blue would pop and it would also look lovely on brown eyes too! 

It really doesnt budge and lasts all day, its very creamy and i love it!

The last things in the kit are a little blush brush which is soft, and a sponge applicator that is somewhat useless for eyeshadow but perfect for smoking eyeliner out.

You get a Primetime eyelid primer in the kit which is very good and is up to par with other eyelid primers out, particularly urban decays primer potion.

All in all i quite like the set, the packaging is a smidge bulky for my taste and feels a bit flimsy.

The gold sparkly make up bag you also receive in the kit is a nice bonus that i'm sure my niece will adore! It again is not to my taste as it's a little too sparkly but if ever i need another make up bag i have one! 

 I paid £19.50 for the kit and i have to say that was a fair price! however it was on sale 

(Ps.Sorry for my pale hands :P)