Champagne Glitter

Lately I have been obsessed with NikkieTutorials tutorials and her love for glitter is so inspiring so I thought I would give glitter a go. I have never owned a glitter for eyes. 

I was browsing in H&M as they had a make up range; to my surprise they changed the whole range and brought so many new cool things that I wanted to buy everything. I got quite a few things, I will keep you updated! 

This glitter is £4.99 and it weights 3.5 grams. It might sound like not a lot but there is so much in it, as glitter practically weights nothing. I honestly think it will last me a lifetime. You can't be wearing glitter everyday it is too messy. Well you can and if you do you go girl! 

It is like champagne colour with a warm undertone. The actual colour of this is called Catherine Wheel.  

As it is loose glitter it will fall out everywhere. Make sure you tap the excess and build it rather than clean up the mess after. It is not an eyeshadow so you most probably will have to have some sort of sticky coat under for the glitter. I usually use a primer and apply the glitter on a wet primer. There are glitter glue you can use too. I never tried the glue. 

It is definitely not a dust glitter, I would say it is quite chunky but it is super pretty. The top nozzle comes in rubber so you can really control how much glitter you want. The black nob on the top is secure as well. It is a nightmare to open this thing up. 

You might not be able to find these in every H&M store. I only found the range in the biggest store in Oxford Circus but you can always buy it online. 

Do you use glitter? What brands do you recommend? 

Yours Izabele

xoxo

Barry M Glitter Dream

Since in the UK everywhere is Christmas. All our shops are Christmas ready and playing Christmas music. Lots of ice rings and fairy lights, Christmas trees are also out. Oh I forgot to mention Christmas drinks, but that is for another post! 

I feel that is only fair to introduce Christmas friendly products as a lot of people are staring to think what they gonna be wearing on Christmas and New Years and what make-up look will go with their clothes. Christmas time is very magical and glitter is magical too so I think it is the best time to go all out on the glitter and who does better glitter dust than Barry M? 

Well yeah, there are expensive make up brands like MAC for glitter powder but what about cheap options. 

Here I have two different types. One is Dazzle Dust (on your left) and the colour is 90. Which is a purple colour. Dazzle dust is more of a loose eyeshadow rather than a glitter. 

The one on the right is Fine Glitter Dust in colour 21. This one is like a really dark eyeshadow with green glitter. It is very pigmented eyeshadow with a lot of glitter.

Both of these are very messy. Use shields and maybe apply them before your foundation because they will drop everywhere. They are super pigmented but quite workable. However messy they might be I love them to bits! 

They are price at £4.59, which is quite good for a really pretty product that will last you forever, literally. However recently I noticed that Boots or Superdrug don't have it in stock. Maybe the big stores will stock it and you can definitely buy it online.

If you are looking for loose glitter shadows Barry M is great for Christmas or any fancy partaays you might attend! 

Yours Izabele

xoxo

Make-up Palette

Khroma Beauty.

Right, let me get this straight - I don't like Kardashians. I mean I have nothing against them but I don't follow their lifes or watch them. However, when I saw this palette I really wanted to get my hands on. One of the reasons was because it had the colours that I wanted for quite some time and the blushes sold me. 

It is quite a handy thing, it has a lot of products together and it is tiny so it doesn't take a lot of your space. You can do anything with these eyeshadows, from doing a smokey eye to just wear then on their own. I saw this palette at TKMaxx and it cost £6.99 (I think) which I think it is a barging as this palette is brilliant. Unfortunately eyeshadows don't have separate names but the palette is called Complete Face Palette 106. 

Eyeshadows are four matte and four glittery. Matte eyeshadow colours are (from right to left): 1 skin colour with a little brown undertone, 2 coraly orange, 3 wet sandy brown, 4 muted cherry.

Glittery colours are: 1 golden, 2 skin colour but with a lot of brown in it, 3 cherry, 4 brown.

Blushers and highlighter: 1 very pinky blusher, 2 golden sheen, 3 browny blusher.

I have very oily eyelids and usually eyeshadows don't stay long on my eyes and to be honest these eyeshadows are the same but they are quite pigmented colours. Glittery eyeshadow do fall out so pat it on your eyelids and use a clean brush to blend it. They are very bendable and they look very pretty.  The blushers I really like as I feel like they suit my skin colour very well and the highlighter does a good job which I was surprised.   

All in all I love this product and I used it A LOT throughout this month like crazy. And that says a lot. 

Yours Izabele

xoxo

Make-up

My Kiko collection

Before I took all of my items out for the pictures I though I had a variety of Kiko products but it turned out that I only had eye shadows and lipsticks, and I think they are the best.

These eye shadows are super pigmented and can be used wet and dry. It stays quite well and it doesn't fall out that much when applying. However some of these eye shadows that I own are discontinued. For example:
white shimmery (168 discontinued) - really nice as highlighter and to wear on the inside of the eye. It has a lot glitter sparkles so it's great for dressy make up.
sparkly black (28 discontinued) - again great wet or dry. I use it as eyeliner if I don't want to use eyeliner. Sparkly bits are hard to see but I think they make your make up look prettier.
brown (120 discontinued but could be substituted by infinity eyeshadow 217 satin ebony) - mainly I use it for the eyebrows also because it is mat. It has ashy undertone, which works very well with brown. It creates a really nice natural colour for your eyebrows (works well with all type of hair colours).
satin wood brown (123) - also great wet or dry. This one is lighter than 120 and has shimmer in it. Great colour for crease work. It blends easily and it can be build into intense brown colour.
purple with a blue sparkles (159 discontinued) - this is an amazing colour. It works for purple and for blue as sparkles are blue (or at least it appears so). It is a great colour to have.

 

this is another pallet (addictive song 02) that has been discontinued. I think it was one of their street limited edition pallets. It has great autumn colours, which can be use wet or dry and they are really pigmented and stays on the eyes pretty well.
white gold (18) - sparkle based pigment. It's great for snazzing up your make up because the sparkles as very noticeable.

Let's move onto lipsticks. It's probably my favorite part of the make up.

 

coral (904 strawberry pink) - great every day colour. It is bright but not too bright. It is very moisturizing and has a glossy finish.
pink (911 watermelon) - this colour is very subtle and has some shimmer, it would be very nice with heavy eye make up to make those lips even prettier.
purple (914 amaranth) really dark colour. It does make you look a little bit older and without a lip liner you will not survive but it is really pretty autumn colour and it would work really well on a night out with some light eye make up.

pink (804 pearly watermelon) - these lipsticks are in between lip gloss and lipstick, they are pigmented but they do have a really glossy finish. Also they smell really good. It's a subtle colour and has some glitter particles - great for every day.
purple (811 raspberry ) - same as above, pigmented but super glossy, smells great. However it is much more of a darker colour but not too dark so for those who like brighter lipsticks - this one is for you.
dark pink ( 42 discontinued ) - it is a shame that they discontinued it because it is such an amazing lipstick. it smells like cherries and almonds and the colour is deep but really wearable AND it has a velvety finish - PERFECT AUTUMN LIPSTICK or winter.

Last but not least are the lip liners.

 

purple (  710 rouge noir ) - I use this one with my 914 lipstick as they mach perfectly and sometimes with 811. Also I use it under red lipstick and it gives me a nice dark red with a purple undertone, which looks nice. This pencil is mat and stays very well on the lips.
orange ( 605 orange ) - I use this with 804 as it brings out the coral colour of the lipstick. This pencil is a glossy pencil and it is not as pigmented as the 710 so this could be worn just on it's own. AND it smells like skittles!!

My Kiko collection isn't big but I wear a lot of these products daily. They are at a great price and the quality is just amazing. Also I think the packaging looks so chic. However I tried couple of their mascaras and I was not a fan of those. I liked the wands but I didn't like the actual product. And their pink exfoliating wipes are also really nice, if you like wipes that is (but they smelled really nice).
All in all I would 100% recommend this brand for everyone!

Yours Izabele
       xoxo

P.S. I also have nail polish collection if you wanna see that.