My Favourite Travel Eye Palette: Mac Enchanted Eve Eyes Palette

Hi guys and welcome back! 

Recently I have had to do some traveling about including going on planes with just hand luggage and I have come to appreciate how hard it is to find a good eye shadow palette that can do it all but still be compact. Enter the Mac Enchanted Eve Eyes Palette in 'Warm' 

I absolutely love this palette, it was given to me as a Christmas present and I loved it then and love it even more now! There are 3 main things that make this perfect for traveling (and life in general) 

1. The size: 

I don't know if you can guess scale in this picture but this little guy really is smalli can hold it in the palm of my hand (we'll sort of). This makes it perfect for traveling as it fits in any bag really easily and doesn't take up much room (it's smaller than my iPhone 5s!) super easy and convenient to transport! 

2. The shadows themselves: 

As you can see from the photo these colours are simply gorgeous! Really lovely warm yet neutral browns with a cpup of shimmers aswell. 

The 3rd, 5th and 6th shadows down are all matt finish and the 1st, 2nd and 4th are shimmer. 

Having the 3 matt shades means you can build up a lovely crease colour by using the 3rd as a transition shade and the others to intensify it. Or you can use these to create a basic eye look of you just want something super subtle. 

The shimmer shades can be used to add another dimension to your eye look and to brighten and add extra colour. They are subtle and pretty and will suit any skin tone! 

One thing to add about the formula of these is although they apply like a dream and blend out beautifully they aren't very pigmented and are quite hard to get much product on a brush, how wet they are easy to build. You will need to take a bit more time to build up a really intense eye look. 

3. The brush: 

How cute is this diddy little brush?! Aside from this brush being super cute it's also super helpful to have, and I love it when a palette comes with a brush especially a good brush at that! This brush appears to be a combo of the Mac 217 Blending Brush and the 266 Small Angle Brush which makes it really handy to have on the go and traveling. All of your basic crease and lid shadows you can apply with the fluffy end and if you want to intensify a colour then use the angled end, also if you don't pack an eyeliner you can wet the angled end and then use the darkest shadow as an eyeliner! This makes it so versatile which is what you want when traveling. 

Here is a look I created with it a while ago: 

The only thing that isn't good about this palette was that it was limited edition for Christmas! Sorry guys! However I promise to keep my eyes open for anything else that will work as well for me as this one does!! 

Hope you guys found this useful and I'll be back soon! 

Love 

Elle X 

My favourite foundation brush- Real Techniques

Hey guys and welcome back! 

Today I wanted to tell you guys about a brush I have fallen in love with in the last couple of months; the Real Techniques Sculpting Brush! 

This brush interestingly isn't actually a foundation brush, it's a contour brush! For those of you who don't know Real Techniques brushes have a colour coding system; gold handles for your base (like foundation and concealer) pink handles for finishing (like blusher and contour) and purple handles for eyes. 

This brush I'm talking about is their contour brush and it has an RRP of £9.99 (prices correct for the 12th March 2016) and I think it is well worth the spend! 

The actual brush head itself is slightly angled hence its original purpose for contouring but what I like is it is really densely packed with brissles which make it fantastic for buffing in foundation and I find gives me a beautiful streek free finish which I love. 

I tend not to be a big fan on the traditional paint brush style foundation brushes as I find they tend to leave streakes which is what attracted me to this brush in the first place. 

I use this brush most days as I find it workes well if you need to apply your makeup quickly as it worked liquids in so easily and quickly. On a day to day basis I don't use a Beauty Blender as I find this takes too long, so this brush is ideal. 

A nice touch to this brush is due to it ha being a flat base that tapers out it stands up on its own super easy which is something I've found useful when I have a big mess of makeup in front on me on my desk each day. 

The handle on this is also nice and thick so you have good control but it doesn't feel bulky in you hand. It's also nice and sturdy so I'm not worried about the handle breaking and none of the brissles have come out either!

Finally I will say that I really rate this brush I personally think it was a fantastic find and highly recommend that everyone gets one. Also despite Thai being designed as a contour brush there really is no set rules on what you use it for, brushes are your tools so use them however you want. 

I hope you guys liked this and found it helpful and I'll be back soon! 

Love 

Elle X 

Fierce liner: Rimmel London Scandal Eyes

Hey guys! 

This week I wanted to talk about a new eyeliner that I got that I'm seriously in love with right now! 

This is the Rimmel London Scandal Eyes waterproof gel eyeliner and I picked it up in the colour '001 black' RRP £6.99 This is what the packaging looks like:

So the product comes in this neat little box which I like as it helps protect the glass jar the product comes in, and helps protect the brush too. 

This is what comes inside the box, you get 2.4grams of the gel liner which comes in a glass jar and the Rimmel London logo on the screw on lid. It also comes with a neat little eyeliner brush with it aswell, which is nice if you don't have any brushes yourself, a lot of liners don't come with brushes. 

The brush is not bad for a complimentary brush and does a reasonably neat application and can create a clean line but personally I found it worked better with an angled liner brush. 

The formula advertises as being 24hour wear and although I haven't had it on for a full 24hours it did last really well from morning till night.

The formula it's self is really soft, smooth and creamy it really does glide on super easy, it a good one to go for if your starting out using gel liners. 

One thing I will mention is to screw the lid on tight as it will dry out quickly if you don't, but this is typical with all gel eyeliners. 

The eyeliner is really opaque so you don't need to use a lot to get a sharp black line, and it doesn't come off patchy either. 

You can see on my hand how opaque the formula is and it feels so comfortable to wear too o haven't even noticed it on my eyes where as some eyeliners can make them feel tight. 

This is what the liner looked on me when I did a small wing with it: 

This is it with my eye closed: 

It looks really neat on the eye and it's easy to get it to look nice and sharp I didn't need to sharpen it up with concealer. 

Overall I'm really happy with this eyeliner I think that for the price it's really good, I will definitely repurchase it when I run out. This is definitely a good gel eyeliner to start with if you are trying to learn liner tricks. 

Hope you guys find this review helpful and I'll see you guys again soon.

Love 

Elle X