Smashbox Shape Matters 3 in 1 Palette Review and Swatches...

Hi guys, so finally, here it is! My review and swatches of the Smashbox Shape Matters palette.

Excuse how messy my palette is, I use it A LOT! And I did try to clean it before hand, but it was a look harder than I thought. 

This palette contains a brow wax, two brow shades, a contour shade, a bronze shade, a matte highlight and a shimmer highlight, and 9 eyeshadows as well as a double ended brush, one end has an angled brush perfect for the brows, and the other end is a fluffy brush perfect for eyeshadows. 

Firstly the brow powders, I have used the darker one a few times, but it isn't dark enough for my brows really, I have used it at the start of my brows, where I'd use a slightly lighter shade, and I do love it for that though. I would be perfect if there was a third slightly darker brow shade in here too.

I have used the wax quite a few times too, it's amazing at keeping your brows in place all day. 

Here are the brow shades.

Next, and possibly my favourite part of this palette, is the highlight and contour shades! 

The top one is the shimmer highlight, which is super pigmented and creates a gorgeous dewy look without looking powdery on the skin. 

The second one is the matte highlight, which I use all the time to set my under eye concealer, and to clean up my contour.

The third is the bronze shade, which is my least used but when I do use it I love it, it's perfect for my pale skin and, despite how it looks on the swatch, it isn't too orange. 

The last one is the contour shade, it's perfect to create a shadow on the face, it's cool toned, blends beautifully and is perfect for creating a subtle or dramatic contour. This is one of my all time favourite contour shades, and I always find myself reaching for this palette just for this contour shade sometimes! 

Finally, the eyeshadows. 

As you can see, they are so pigmented! There is a beautiful range of colours too, you can create a lot of different looks with these, from neutral and simple to bold and dramatic.

The second shade from the left is a perfect subtle crease colour. The first colour is the perfect all over lid colour too.

The black and brown are very pigmented which can be a little scary but they blend out so easily too. They are so smooth and apply beautifully, all of the shadows do in fact. 

Overall, I rate this palette 9/10! If only it had an extra brow shade, and maybe if it came with a contour brush too, then it would be perfect.

I bought this palette when it was on offer for £30 at Boots. 

It is now £60, and you can get it at Boots, and the Smashbox website.  

I'd highly recommend this palette, and I am always very critical when it comes to high end makeup. 

My mext blog post will probably be a 'What I got for Christmas haul'!

So I hope you all have a lovely Christmas.

Thanks for reading, 

Love Abbie <3 

Meadowhall Haul...

Hi guys. 

Finally a new blog post! It's about bloody time!

Anyway today me and James went to the Meadowhall shopping centre! And I bought a few things, so here is a little(ish) haul. 

Firstly, and probably my favourite thing, is something you're probably fed up of hearing about as everyone is talking about it. 

This set from soap and glory, it should be £60, which admittedly I'd never pay for this, but it's currently just £30 so grab it while you can!

I am so excited to use most of these! Some I've used before, but some I haven't. I just used the sexy mother pucker lipgloss, it smells of chocolate and it's amazing! It stings the lips a lot! But it plumps them a tiny bit and I do love it. I am about to use the cleanser too, as I've never used one before! And I have a full face of makeup on and it says it melts away makeup, so we shall see.

Next up, 

Lush!

This is the luxury lush pud, it was £3.95 and it smells gorgeous, as most lush products do. 

I also got the raze dazzle bath melt, which was just £2! I've never tried this one, nor do I think I've tried a bath melt before, so I can't wait to give it a go. It's bright pink and extra sparkly which is just what I like!

I then got the butterbear bath bomb, which is super cute and a bargain at £1.95. 

I am so excited about this one, the experimenter bath bomb! It was £3.95, and I've heard and seen so many good things about this one!

Finally, I had to treat myself to some Fun! This stuff looks amazing, it can be used as soap, shampoo, body wash, a bubble bath and more and you can just play with it too, like play dough! What's not to love!

I popped into New Look too, to get myself some little black boots, and I have needed some for a while.

These were just £19.99! And fit so nicely, and looked so nice with the skinny jeans I was wearing! I can't wait to wear this with dresses and skirts with tights too. 

Finally, I had to go into Primark! 

I got this pair of skinny jeans for £10. 

And this pair for £12. 

I love love love Primark jeans, they usually last me so long! 

I got this super cute jumper for £8. I like the gold detail, and the slogan too! 

I got this top for just £3, I'm still not sure if I like it or not, but it's so cheap it doesn't matter too much if I don't. 

I am in love with this skirt! I have been losing a line skirts recently, so needed this when I saw it! It's super soft, and was only £8. 

I got these two, slightly different shaped, jumpers for around £4.60 each too. I already have a white/cream one, and love teaming these with the a line skirts. 

And little extras, some little sock things for when I wear dolly shoes for work, trainer socks cause you can't go to Primark and not get socks, and lint rollers, because my coat had a faux fur collar and it malts over my coat, I needed one of these weeks ago but it's better late than never aye!

I also can't get over how much nicer the Primark is in Meadowhall than the one in Birmingham! It was spacious, neat, tidy and no where near as busy as the Birmingham one! 

That's all for that haul then folks.

Going to try my best to put up another blog post tomorrow, the review of the Smashbox 3 in 1 shape matters palette, as I promised last time, as it's definitely worth a proper review,

Thanks for reading anyway guys, love you all <3

Superdrug Haul...

Hey lovelies! So, as promised, here is my latest haul!

I am super excited about this one as there is a few of the new Freedom products in it, and *spoiler alert* I already love them!

But first of all, I bought a Makeup Revolution gift set, it came with three face brushes, a highlight and contour powder duo, and a separate highlighter.

This set was just £10, so I didn't expect too much from the brushes. But they are amazingly soft, and have a bit of weight to them too which makes them more comfortable to use and they feel a lot less cheap. 

The highlighter is so pigmented too! It is a gorgeous gold highlight, and doesn't make your face look like you've just thrown glitter on it, instead it makes you look like you have gorgeous dewy skin. All of which I would never have expected from such a cheap product.

The highlight and contour duo is also gorgeous, completely matte and super blendable and perfect for pale skin.

Onto the first Freedom product, the new pro contour shaped stick:

I got it in light, which I still thought wouldn't be light enough for my pale skin, but it really was! The highlight was near enough white, which is rare from cheaper cream highlights.

They blend so easily, and you don't need too much of it either.

It is well worth £5!

Next, the brow pomades.

I got dark brown (left) and ash brown (right).

I haven't actually used these yet, but I did swatch these and all I can say is a little goes a long way and they do not budge! I had to scrub a lot to get this off the back of my hand.

They are also a total bargain at £5.

 I also got one of the pro highlights in ambient:

It is a super subtle highlight, that is perfect for every day, and for those who are a little scared of the dramatic highlighted look.

This was only £3 too!

I also had to get this Bourjois powder, as I keep hearing good things about it.

I can't really say how it good it is yet as I have only used it once, but so far it seems okay. I am really fussy with powders and I yet to find the perfect one. This was around £8.99.

I also got another gift set, this was from the brand Studio.

It came with 4 brushes, three face and one eye shadow. These too are super soft and I love the matte black handles. This set was £5!

 The last but definitely not least product is the Pro HD eyebrow palette in medium/dark!

The eyebrow stencils are AMAZING! I have never used stencils before as I thought it would make my brows look tragic, but these are so good. I used one and it literally took 10 seconds to do my eyebrows! I am so annoyed I didn't try them sooner, it is going to save me so much time in the mornings.

Here is some swatches of some of the shades.

This kit is amazing for £10! 12 eyebrow powders, a highlighter, a gel, a brush, a big mirror and 4 stencils! Brilliant!

So far I love all of the products and I can't wait to keep using them so | can do a full review on them.

Keep an eye out for my next blog post which will be a full review of the Smashbox Shape Matters palette.

Love,

Abbie

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Benefit Pore Proof Kit Review UPDATE

Hey guys, this is just a min blog post, before I post my latest haul tomorrow :D

Do you all remember the review I did on the Benefit Pore Proof kit?

Well, if not you can read it here: http://diaryandconfessionsofamakeupaddict.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/benefit-operation-pore-proof-first.html

Basically, I hated it! BUT I do need to update you all on this situation!

Before I wrote the blog post I emailed, tweeted and messaged Benefit about how rubbish it was, and how I was annoyed that I had spent so much money on a product I couldn't use. To be honest, I didn't expect a response, nor did I know what I wanted them to do about it. All I wanted to do is see how they would try and sort it out.

It took them ages to reply but I was very happy when they did, straight away they offered me a full refund and a refund of the the postage cost to send it to them!

I received my refund a few days ago, and I am really happy with their customer service. Because of this I am no longer put off buying any Benefit products again, because I know they will try their best to sort it all out if I do hate it.

I still love the Benefit brand as a whole, just that one product was so, so bad!

Check back tomorrow for my latest haul, featuring Freedom, Makeup Revolution and more :)

Love,
Abbie
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BOOTS HAUL...

So, as promised, here is my latest haul!

It's a rather exciting one, for me, as one thing I bought I just could not say no to, and it's a high end brand make up product! But I am going to save that until last, haha.

Firstly, I bought the Loreal True Match foundation.

Yes I do actually already own this foundation, in the same shade but I had to have a new one because the packaging has changed, haha. Oh god, I know it's so sad when I say it out loud, well type it, but you know what I mean. But the new packaging is so nice, definitely beats the old one! And it's still the same price as before too so that's a bonus :)

I got the shade N1, it's the lightest and it is super pale, possibly too pale for me, but I can still make it work.

It still blends SO EASILY, and a little goes a really long way. 

It was £9.99, which, again, I believe to be the same price as the original Loreal True Match foundation. 

Next, I bought a new makeup sponge, as mine are looking very sorry for themselves so I had to throw them out.

I bought one of the Real Techniques miracle complexion sponges, which was £5.99. My old sponges were Model Co ones, and I can tell how much better quality this Real Techniques one is! And I just thought all makeup sponges would feel the same, after all they are just a sponge, but I was very wrong, haha.

Then, I bought a Rimmel brow pencil, as I needed some new brow stuff and I remember loving this product before, so I thought I'd give it a go again.

The colour seems okay, but the real test will obviously be using it properly on my brows. It was a steal at £2.99!

Then I bought another old favourite of mine, the Rimmel stay matte pressed powder.

I am on the hunt for the best drugstore pressed powder and I still haven't found one that blows me away, so I have high hopes for this one as I used to love it and I still hear so many good things about it. It was only £3.99 too!

I bought two bottles of my favourite quick brush cleaner too!

I seriously love this stuff, but it runs out so quickly as I have soooo many brushes so I had to buy two and make the most of the buy one get one half price on No7 products. This is the No7 Brush Cleanser and they retail at £8 each. 

I also got the new(ish) Loreal Miss Manga mascara.

I don't actually know if I will like this, but I will always give something a go. It was £8.99 so I hope I like it, haha.

Finally for the drugstore/affordable products, I got the Loreal Lumi Magique primer.

It's a very illuminating primer, which I like as I don't have many of them. I can't wait to use it. It was £9.99. It blends out really nicely and a little goes a long way too.

Okay, so the most exciting product.....

This product retails at £60 but Boots are offering it for £30!!! At that price I could NOT say no, could I?

It is this....

Isn't it just beautiful!?!? I switched a few of the eyeshadows too and omg they are so pigmented and beautiful and omg there are no words to describe how excited I am to use this!

No doubt I will have a proper first impressions up as soon as I've used it, so keep an eye out for that :)

Anyway, that's all I bought :)

I hope you enjoyed, please remember to follow me on Instagram and Twitter username for both is oxmakeupaddict. And like my Facebook page Diary and Confessions of a Makeup Addict for post updates, pictures, sneak peaks, etc :)

Love, Abbie

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