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Benefit's High Beam accentuates your cheeks and brow bones giving you a dewy look. This satiny pink liquid highlighter can be used over the top of your makeup or underneath your foundation. 

The packing is simple and the highlighter comes in a translucent glass bottle with a brush applicator (just like a nail polish bottle!)

High Beam gives the most beautiful, natural, dewy glow to your skin, giving you a more radient look. 

I apply High Beam to my cheekbonesand cupids bow to add radiance and to the bridge of my nose to give definition by dotting the product on over the top of my makeup using the brush applictor then using my fingers or brush to blend in. You can also apply it to your forehead and brow bones. You could also mix a small amount of this with your moisturiser for an all over glow. 

The liquid hightlighter lasted me pretty much all day whilst I was at work although when I got home I did notice that it wasn't as intense looking as when I first applied it, so if you are going to be out all day and night I would recommend to take it with you in your makeup bag for a top up. 

For me it does give the right amount of highlight I want but I do find that it is buildable if desired, so you can add more if you are going on a night out and you want a bit more of a glow.

Benefits High Beam retails for £21.50 which is pricey but you only need a small amount so the bottle will last you forever! 

 



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The MAC Mariah Carey collection landed in the UK December last year and
features a whole array of different products for lips, eyes, cheeks and even body
and as soon as I saw the items online I knew I had to get my hands on some of the products. I bought a few items which one of them included the Sweet Sweet Fantasy Blush. 

The packaging is very glam and comes in this gorgeous glittering silver box, once opened the blusher is held in this gold compact casing and features Mariah's signature on the lid. I do like the packaging of this but I feel it is very basic in comparison to the rest of the Mariah collection I would of prefered it to have been in the glitter packaging (not just the outerpacking) just like the rest of the items such as the lipsticks/eyeshadow palettes. The more sparkles the better!


 

The Sweet Sweet Fantasy limited edition blusher is a warm toned pinky, coral shade with a soft matte finish. It has a soft texture and doesn't have a powdery feel to it at all. The blush applies smoothly and is very buildable depending on how vibrant you want your blusher to be. It is very pigmented and I am finding that this is one of my daily blushers to use. For me it gives just the right amount of colour to my cheeks.

Did you manage to get your hands on any of the limited edition Mariah items? 

 

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I love MAC lipsticks and I am starting to widen my lipstick collection by adding more of MAC products to my collection. 

I was looking for a lipstick that I could wear as an everyday lip colour so I thought I would try out the cremesheen lipstick in shade Creme Cup as it one of MACs popular products. MAC describes Creme Cup as a light blue pink but for me i'd personally say It's more of a nudey-pink.

When it comes to buying pink lipsticks i'm always worried if it will look too, shall we say "Barbie" but this shade is perfect for me to wear to work or as an everyday look as the colour is a soft pink but has a buildable covarage if you are wanting to wear it on a night out. 


The lipstick has the cremesheen finish which has a glossy look to it. The only sligh problem I have found with cremesheen lipsticks is that it slightly shows my dry skin areas on my lips but it's no biggie. The formula is creamy and does not dry out my lips at all compared to some matte formulas. 

The only main thing is that I find the colour doesn't last that long at all and I find myself having to re apply the lipstick a couple of times during the day. 

The lipstick comes in the usual bullet style packaging and has the MAC scent which is just good enough to eat.  

MAC lipsticks are priced at £16.50 

Which are your favourite MAC shades? 

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I love a good bronzer and now it's coming up to summer it will give you the perfect sun kissed look although no matter what season it is this will give you an all year round glow. 

Benefits new liquid formula bronzer "Dew The Hoola" comes in cardboard packing with a very tropical feel. Inside is a rose gold, bamboo stick looking bottle which is featured on other beauty products in the Hoola collection. It also has a very handy pump dispenser to get the product out. 


 

No holiday this year? Don't worry this soft matte liquid bronzer will give you a natural bronzed glow that is convincing enough! 

I must admit when I first did a swatch of this product I did find it looked fairly orange on my skintone so I thought I would be disappointed in this as I wouldn't get much use of it. But once applied and blended onto the skin it gives your face a lovely, subtle bronzed look. With this bronzer being matte, you don't have to worry about any shimmers once applied to your face. I have had shimmer bronzers in the past and there is nothing worse than looking overly bronzed.   

The formula can be buildable but you could also sweep the powder Hoola over the top. 

Benefit says "Create the illusion of a more slender face by applying this soft-matte liquid bronzer under your cheekbones and along your jaw & hairline."

Dew The Hoola retails for £24.50

Have you tried out Dew The Hoola? 

  
 

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The MAC Sweet Peach Face compact was part of the Nutcracker 2016 Christmas collection. As it was limited edition these products did sell out quite quickly but I managed to grab my hands on this online as luckily they still had a few avaliable. 

The Sweet Peach compact features Extra Dimension Skinfinish in shade Tutu and Extra Dimension Blush in shade At Dusk. Both of these are stunning shades.

 
 (sorry I couldn't edit the photo to make it brighter as it made the shades too light/completely different and I wanted to show the correct shades in natural light) 

Tatu is what i'd personally call a light champagne shade. It is a soft, shimmering highlighter and I must say it has been one of my favourites since buying it. I'm hoping MAC release this as part of their permenant line as I would love to repurchase this.

At Dusk is what i'd call a soft pink. It is described as peach but for me neither the blush or the highlighter is a shade of peach. The blush gives a lovely flush of colour to my cheeks and paired with Tutu they both look beautiful together. Both the highlighter and blush are buildable when applying so you can add more or less to achieve your perfect look. 

The packaging is lovely, the compact comes in a cardboard box which features the same design. I love the colours and feel the gold stitching around the compact is a lovely little touch. The design did resemble the Nutcracker that you may have saw around the MAC stores duing Christmas period. Both the blusher and highlighter are embossed with the same design as the compacts outer packaing. Once you open the compact up it features a well sized mirror which makes this whole set perfect for travelling or popping in your handbag. 

Fingerscrossed the bring out Tatu and At Dusk as their own individual shades! 

Did you buy anything from the MAC Nutcracker Collection last Christmas? 



 
 

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Since the Too Faced Sweet Peach was launched there has been a huge hype over this product and was in and out of stock for a while. All my local stores were out of stock and so was online so I personally waited a couple of months before I ended up buying this. 

I only own one Too Faced makeup product which is one of their heart shaped blushers and I have never tried out their other eyeshadow palettes (such as the chocolate bar ones) but I have heard great things about them so when I saw this was being launched I just knew I had to try it out. 

 

The shadows are housed in this metal, pencil tin like case. The casing has an ombre effect from pink to peach and has peachs embossed onto the tin. The palette comes in a cardboard box and also comes with a guide which features three different looks you can create using the Sweet Peach palette. 

Once opened you are greeted with the beautiful array of colours and the pleasant smell of sweet peaches. Now when buying this I didn't actually think it would smell of peaches so when I first opened this up I was surprised, it smells lovely! The case also includes a decent sized mirror in the lid which is handy if you are taking this away with you.  

 

Sweet Peach contains 18 eyeshadows such as peachy pinks, bronze and purple shades which allows you to create endless, modern looks.

The shades include:
  • White Peach
  • Nectar
  • Peaches 'N' Cream
  • Luscious
  • Cobbler
  • Georgia
  • Just Peachy
  • Candied Peach
  • Caramelized
  • Bless Her Heart
  • Bellini
  • Puree
  • Tempting
  • Peach Pit
  • Summer Yum
  • Charmed, I'm Sure
  • Delectable
  • Talk Derby To Me 
 

 

The eyeshadows have a good combination of matte, shimmer and satin shades. They are well pigmented although I feel White Peach and Nectar are really pale. The colours blend in easily and I didn't have a problem with any fall out. The shadows can also be applied wet to give you more of an intense colour. 

For me as much as I do love the shadows that are in this palette and the different shades it has and the looks they can create, personally I feel it should have more orangey/coral/peachy shades due to the name of the palette being "Sweet Peach".

 

This palette retails for £39.00 

 






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