MUA Glamour Nights Eye Shadow Palette | Review

Hello beauty lovers,

I've got a palette review for you today, I purchased this MUA palette back in July for my birthday and I've been testing it out since and I've got an opinion on every shade. I'm not going to bore you with that kind of analysis, just my favourites and least favourites.

At £4, this palette is great value for a drugstore brand and I'm happy I can trust MUA to give me good products for amazing prices.

My favourites from this palette are the navy, black, grey and brown shade. I bought this palette to help venture into colour but the more neutral ones seem to be my favourite shades. The black shade is incredibly pigmented, got to be careful when applying it haha. I love the navy shade, I use it all the time, it's quite dark for everyday use but I really like it and brighten it up with some white eyeliner and a lighter in the inner corner.

My least favourite shades are the green, purple and occasionally the red shade. First of all, they're not as pigmented as I thought they would, the purple shade is quite chalky and don't really like green and shimmer together. The red shade is an on and off for me, sometimes I want it to be more pigmented, other times I love the way it is, depends on the look I'm going for.

Another downside for me was that it's not a palette I could live off as the colours aren't as easy to put together as the Undressed palette, I usually use one or two shades from this palette and use my Undressed palette to bring it together.

Overall, I really like this palette, especially the neutral shades, it defeats the purpose of buying a palette for testing out more colours but I'm quite happy with the palette as a whole.

What are your opinions on this MUA palette? Let me know guys,
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LA Colors Metallic Eye Shadow - Devious - Review

Hey everyone,

This is going to be a review on an eye shadow palette I purchased from Beauty Base in Westfield.

It has 5 shades and goes from light to dark.
This palette is great for creating a blue/purple smoky eye, it's super pigmented so you have to be careful not to pack too much onto your brush or you'll have too much product on your lid.

It performs best when it is applied with a primer, the colour is much bolder when a primer is used.

I don't see the difference between the two blue shades and I think it's a waste of a shade, a darker purple could've been added instead of another blue. What do you guys think?

The great thing about this palette is that it was only a £1, which is crazy for the quality it provides.
I'm definitely going to be purchase more shades. £5 for 25 shades sounds so good and definitely not bank breaking.

I love LA Colors and their price range is unbelievable.
I'd really recommend them.

Have you tried anything from LA Colors?
Let me know!

Thanks for reading!

Applying Eyeshadow For Hooded Eyelids | FashionSquash's Helping Hand | Beauty Series

Hello!

This is the second post of the beauty series (click here if you missed the first post and here if you missed the explanation post) and it's a eye shadow tutorial for those that have hooded eyelids. Hooded eyelids can be a pain but why not rock it with some killer eye shadow?

Let's get started!

Tools & Make Up

Superdrug Blending Brush

w7 Angled Eyeliner Brush

Real Techniques Detailer Brush

MUA Glamour Nights Palette - Shade 3, 4, 11

MUA Undressed Palette - Shade 5

Maybelline FIT Me Foundation 315 Soft Honey (not pictured, sorry!)

1. Apply a primer or a base colour all over the lid.
 

2. Using an eye shadow brush, apply shade 11 from the inner corner to two thirds of the lid.
 

3. Using shade 3, gently pat it onto the outer edge of the lid.
 

4. Without adding anymore eye shadow onto the brush, blend the eye shadow upwards and into the crease of the lid.
 

5. Using shade 5, blend out shade 3 into the brow bone to make sure there isn't any harsh lines.
 

6. With the detailer brush, apply shade 4 from the tear duct to about a third of the bottom lash line.
 

7. Using concealer (or a lighter foundation), follow your bottom lash line upwards and draw a line with the concealer and blend it out.
 

8. This is the stage where you would add some liquid eyeliner. (I didn't because I wanted the eye shadow to be the focus!)
 

9. Put some mascara on or eyelashes (or both!) whatever you prefer!

And there you have it, some lovely eye shadow!

Tips

Don't do too much crease work because once you open your eyes, it's going to be hidden.

Applying lots of mascara or lashes can help open up the eyes.

Concealing upwards from the lash line also helps lift the eyes.

Applying a bright colour eye shadow on the bottom lash line open up the eyes too, white eyeliner is also great.

I hope this helped you lovely ladies.

If you try this look, tweet me some pictures on twitter @JesslynJuly, I'd love to see them!

Thanks for reading!