Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Review ♥

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette £37 - Debenhams

Hello! I am enjoying my week off work, so I thought I would take some time to type up this post and share my love for the Naked 2 palette with you all!

I know so many of you have this palette and a lot of you will have read multiple reviews on it but since having the palette myself I now understand why EVERYONE has to write about it. You just can't not write about it, it's too good, here's why. 

The colour range is amazing, all 12 shades are all I could ever need. The colours are super pigmented, soft, blendable and most of all, they last all day (big thumbs up!). This has been the only makeup palette I have used in 2014, I don't find myself reaching for any other ones, which is a shame but it also stops me from buying endless amounts of palettes I don't really need as I have it all in this one, which is great for my bank account! 

I am really enjoying using the dual ended brush it comes with, it has very soft bristles which pick up and apply a decent amount of product onto my eyelids. I use the flat end for applying a concentrated amount of product all over my eyelid or my brow bone and I use the fluffy, rounded end for blending and applying shadow onto my crease. I haven't abandoned all of my other makeup brushes for this one brush but it is a decent one to add to my collection.

My go-to simple, daily look with this palette is, 'Bootycall' all over my eyelid, this is a lovely shimmery, cream colour, followed by 'Tease', which is a highly pigmented matte brown shade with slight purple undertones, blended into my crease and finally to soften up and darken the outer corners of my eyes I use 'Busted', which is a shimmery, dark brown/purple shade, perfect for the Autumn/Winter months!

If you don't have Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette in your makeup kit then I highly recommend you invest in it! I can tell these eye shadows are going to last me a long time and the makeup looks you can create with it are endless!

Cosmopolitan Blend Perfection Sponge Review (Beauty Blender Dupe)

Cosmo Blend Perfection Sponge - £4.99

Hello again! 

In my recent order from Superdrug, I finally bought the much raved about beauty blender. I wasn't too sure about this sponge as I just didn't believe that by wetting a sponge and using it to put on your foundation was going to work at all. I was so wrong! 

I absolutely loooove this blender, it really does give your skin that airbrushed finish and applies your foundation flawlessly and evenly every time. It doesn't leave any sponge marks either. I find that when I use brushes, they sometimes leave brush lines, so that is why I thought I would try the beauty blender. Obviously this Beauty Blender is the knock off version of the real one which costs about £26, so this one for £4.99 is pretty damn good if I do say so myself!

The pointed tip is brilliant for getting under your eyes and in the corners of your nose, I also like using it for concealing blemishes as it is more precise. The rounded bottom is so good for all over your face, I just wet the the sponge and squeeze out the water, pour my foundation onto the back of my hand, dab the beauty blender into it and bounce it off my face, like it tells you to in the instructions.

Definitely go and buy one, you'll be surprised how good it is!

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual ♥

Hey! I hope you all had a good weekend:) I am having a listen to some old Paramore tracks at the moment while writing this post, I find it easier to concentrate somehow if I am listening to music. Do any of you like Paramore?

£16.99 - Amazon

I would love love love to work in the makeup industry one day, it would be a dream come true, for now I will just have to keep wishing as I live in an area with no decent colleges and the next best one is 3 and a half hours away! grr. 

My mum picked me this book as part of my Christmas and I absolutely love it. It has everything in it that you could ever need to know. I use YouTube a lot for makeup tips and tricks but now I have it all in this book, it is a makeup lovers bible basically, it includes tutorials, career options and help, all about brushes and your equipment, skincare info and loads more. There is 200+ pages and each one is filled with useful information, the photos are colourful, crystal clear and inspirational which I love.

If you love makeup and love learning new things then you NEED this book in your life.