Emma Jade: highlight

Showing posts with label highlight. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 June 2018

Pixi Glow!!

I was blown away by yet another beautiful PR package from Pixi, This time it contained some gorgeous highlights and glittery eyeshadows!

First up the liquid eye shadows:

Pixi Liquid Fairy Lights Features

- Long-wearing, glimmering liquid eyeshadow

- Infused with chamomile and rose, to nourish the lids

- Delivers super fast metallic eye looks

- Uses light-reflecting, richly saturated colour pigments

- Sets to a long-lasting finish

- Can be used alone or as a shadow topper

There are available in 5 shades:

- Crystalline

- SunRay

- RoseGold

- BareBrilliance

- PassionLight

They are really easy to apply. You swipe them on to the lid, you can then gently buff out the edges with a fluffy brush. They set pretty quickly and then last really well. I didn’t get any creasing or fading for the good few hours that I was wearing it!

Next the amazing highlighter duos:

I just love a dewy look in the summer time! Especially now with all the heat, we tend to go for lighter coverage. I always love a bit of highlight. Pixi Glow-y Gossamer Duos come with two shades in each compact: light and slightly darker. The finish is amazing and flawless! You know the type of finish that usually gives you a liquid formula? That’s the one you’re getting with Pixi Glow-y Gossamer!

The first shade in Delicate Dew. The stunning lightest pink highlighter without that ‘too cool’ undertone which can sometimes look ashy and generally not a good look. This one’s perfect, very light yet very sparkly. The second is little darker, warm golden hue yet when mixed with the light pink.

The next duo called Subtle Sunrise comes with champagne and slightly darker copper shade. These shades are perfect to compliment those golden red smokey eyes. It can also be usedin the inner corner of your eyes as well as on the cheeks and the bridge of the nose! The darker shade is almost coppery.

Beautifully applied with a fan or highlighter brush, Pixi Glos-y Gossamer duos work also with the fingers thanks to the buttery texture. Whatever your method of application, you’ll find yourself with an incredible glow.

Hope you are all enjoying this lovely sunshine, i'm definitely making the most of it!

Em x

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Pixi Pretties 2018

I received another exciting package, which definitely improved my Monday!

It was this beautiful package from Pixi, Pixi always come up with amazing PR packages and this certainly did not disappoint! One year after the launch of the original Pixi Pretties collaborations, they partnered with several YouTube beauty influencers to launch all new products! The latest launches are in collaboration with Dulce Candy, Chloé Morello and Weylie Hoang.

I just really can't get over how pretty this package is... Or quite how big it is! I struggled to get this into one shot!

Chloe Morello

Dulce Candy

Weylie Hoang

Palette Chloette - The palette of Chloé Morello has struck me the most. Neutral eye shadows and pink blushes are quite my thing. In addition to 3 beautiful blushes, there are 3 pairs of eye shadows containing all the shimmering shades (which can also serve as highlighters) I love a multi use product! There is also a trio of matte shades for the eyebrows, linings or contours. The colors are so pretty and portable, nothing too pigmented or bright. Eye shadow are overall pretty good, I would have liked there to be some more matte, especially if they are going to be used as brow powders. But I think she did a good job making this palette a complete face that is not too cumbersome. She has also created a gloss lip gloss that is beautiful on itself or layered on other lip products.

Coffee Con Dulce - This is again a lovely palette. I love that she has designed a universal palette that works for your face and eyes. It's A really affordable price for the amount of product included.. This is ideal for all skin tones. For shades that do not work as a highlight for you specifically, they make really lovely eye shadows. It is a powder with the consistency of the cream and these are really pigmented and intense.

Dulce's Lip Candy - Dulce has also created a palette of lips as part of her collection. These also look beautify really wearable shades and they have a lovely pigment to them. However, I am not really a fan of lipstick palettes as I feel that of all of my makeup I fell that lipstick is the item that needs to be topped up the most and its not really all that practical to be taking a palette with you day to day

Dimensional Eye Creator Palette - Weylie's palette is a daily palette that appeals to most of us, as it has the most lovely everyday colours. It's also the idea size if you're traveling a lot or even just throwing your purse for makeup on the go. After all, there are not too many neutral pallets. Nope! It also includes a black double-ended kohl pencil and liquid eyeliner.

I am really looking forward to getting plenty more use out of these items, I can seem them been a favorite on my vanity!

Em x

Saturday, 3 March 2018

Evening Makeup Look

I have been having a play around with some of my make up to create this evening look, which is something that I really need to make more time to do! I did have a reason to get dolled up though, going out for a few birthday cocktails seemed a good enough reason.

I have been using my Revlon Colour Stay foundation which has been a favorite of mien for a long time. I have been setting my makeup with some setting powder from Pixi, which is a relatively new find but I am loving using it. I have used a palette from Nip + Fab this was actually in my advent calendar this year and I love it! Its just the right shades for me.

I have been sticking with my eyebrow pomade from Makeup Revolution, which again is something that I keep on coming back to. My eye shadow is mostly from the Urban Decay Naked Heat palette which was a Christmas gift and I defiantly love this palette I was expecting good things from this one as I have all of the other Naked palettes and I really do love them all. I had a go at a cut crease look which is something that I do want to keep practicing for sure. I added a little bit of glitter on the top using Mac's reflects gold which is such a lovely colour.

Finally my lip colour is from Phase Zeros new range this is a liquid lipstick, it goes on really well and did stay put pretty much for most of my cocktails!

Em x

Saturday, 13 January 2018

Mai Couture Blotting Paper Review

I have been sent over some blotting paper, which is something that I used to carry around with me pretty much all the time, I'm not actually sure why I stopped, its the perfect thing to keep in your hand bag to keep your face looking fresh! These papers from Mai Couture are certainly a lot fancier than anything that I have tried in the past!

They sent me a selection of their products to try, some where what I would describe as skincare there was the Rose Hip Oil Blotting Paper and Skincare Blotting Paper Vitamins C & E, these are blotting papers that are infused with rose hip oil and the second with added Vitamins C and E all of which are great for your skin!

They also sent a Bamboo Charcoal Blotting Paper, which to is great for blemish prone skin

The next few blotting papers are makeup ones, the conveniently contains makeup actually on the paper itself, which I found to be really handy! The first 2 are blush papers: Blush Blotting Paper shade Montecito and Shade Sunset BLVD these leave a lovely flushed look to your face.

Next there was a Foundation Blotting Paper Shade Golden Glow and a Highlighter Blotting Paper Shade Crystal Cove these were also great for little on the go touch ups or added that little glow when needed!

Em x

Saturday, 28 January 2017

Seventeen Wow Concealer Review

I love this style of concealer pen and was very keen to try out this affordable one from SEVENTEEN at Boots. I love concealing my under-eye so I am pleased to say that the SEVENTEEN Skin Wow Concealer is pretty good, especially for the price.

You get the product out by licking the button at the end of the pen, this slowly eases it out the brush end, which you can then use to apply directly to your face. This makes for a really effortless application that can really be achieved on the move to.
I found the effect to be brightening under the eye area, but it is also a full coverage that I like from a concealer. It was very blend able and it didn't crease which is always a bonus for me!

You can find this concealer as park of SEVENTEENS range Here at boots

As it is priced at a very reasonable £4.99 I find this to be a very good value product

Em x

Friday, 9 December 2016

Pixi's Holiday Collection

I was lucky enough to be sent this lovely package from Pixi this is part of their holiday collection, and I had been so excited to giv these products a go!

This package included the Pallette Rosette which is beautifully packaged in their lovely green packaging. It includes 8x eyeshadows 3x brow shades and 3 different face shades a contour colour, a blush and a highlighter. I have to say I have been using these 3 powders so much since opening them. They are so blendable. I have found myself reaching for these more and more especially the contour powder it's the perfect shade for me! The eyeshadows are all really blendable and very pigmented, along with the eyebrow shades to the middle shade worked best for me.

There was also a mattelustre lipstick in the shade classic red this is a lovely cool toned red that is perfect for the festive season. It is matt but isn't drying as some can be. It has brilliant staying power I wore this on a trip to a Christmas market and it survived the mulled wine!

Next is a Endless Silky Eye Pen in the shade OpalOvercoat. This is defiantly silky it went on great and I have found that it sharpens well which is a pet hate of mine when I have a lovely pencil until the first time that you come to sharpen it!

Finally is the Fairy Dust favourites in the shade metallic warmth. There again are brilliant quality they are so pigmented and have very little fall out. I have always been wary of using pigments as I feel I could quite easily get into a mess but these are great and so easy to create looks that are perfect for the festive season!

You can purchase all the products I have mentioned plus more from theirs Bolidau collection from the pixi website here.

This was a look that I had created with the products except for the lipstick. This is my trusty Velvet Teddy by Mac as this was more of a daytime look. The products are great to switch between an evening or a daytime look just by changing a couple of things.

I also thought it was worth a mention that I got the eyebrow gel in my M&S advent calendar when I was trying these products, so it seeme a great opportunity to try it with their bow powders. I am wearing both in the imgw above and I think it just finished the brows off nicely. Even doesn't a good job of taming my brows and kept the look in place

Em x

Thursday, 2 June 2016

Drugstore Contour Kits

I have been having wanted to try some contouring kits for a while, I have been using highlighters for some time mostly powdered ones but thought I would like to see the full effect of using a kit. I have contoured with some darker concealer in the past with varying results! Some looking lovely others looking more like a bad fake tan job! 😂

I have had a lot better luck with these two contour kits in particular, the first been the Define and Contour Kit by Seventeen. The 2nd the Loreal Infallible Sculpt Contour Kit. I have to say how much I love both of this kits! Seventeen's is a powder kit and Loreal is a cream consistency in the UK version. Depending on what is your preference or skin type there may be a formulation that is more suited to your skin type. I would say that I have a combination skin type and I didn't have a problem with either of these.

Firstly the Seventeen Pallett:

I love the packaging for this it looks really sleek and the mirror fills the entire lid which is so useful especially for travel, it almost has a Nars feel to it which I love! I did my usual foundation/ concealer routine then used this as a final step. I used my real techniques brush and it blends out so perfectly it is really an amazing consistency it didn't look cakey. I would say i could set my makeup with this product, I don't get particularly oily skin but this product did last very well on me. They are both Matt shades so the highlighter doesn't leave you with a shimmery glow but is is brilliant down the bridge of your nose and under your eyes across your cheekbones which was here I used it. It is perfect for hollowing out your cheekbones.

Next the Loreal Pallet:

I was excited to see this as it was a cream consistency which I have not seen so much of in drugstores. The packaging on this pallet for me doesn't look at good, I know that is not the most important thing for a beauty product but it looks cheaper and the mirror that is on the lid had actually come unstuck on the mine so was face down in the product which was not a good start! It was easy to rectify though. You do get plenty of product in this pallet I was suprised. The consistency of this product is amazing it's a cream but it's such an opaque colour and isn't greasy at all it almost drys like a powder which I found really interesting. I think it was easier to get more of a chiselled cheekbone look with the cream contour but wasn't as highlighting with it been so matt?

Overall I have loved both of these products will defiantly be repurchasing when these are out

Em x