Makeup Revolution Awesome Metals Eye Foils

Awesome Metal Eye Foils

As a fan of glitter and metallic eye shadow finishes, I was naturally drawn to Makeup Revolution's Awesome Metals Eye Foils! I had originally seen a lot of hype on social media regarding the 'magnificent metals foil finish eye shadow' by Stila Cosmetics, and as stunning as these do look they retail for £33.50 each!

I found the Makeup Revolution metal eye shadow in my local Superdrug store and bought the shade 'rose gold' for £5! The packaging and contents of these products are definite 'dupes' of Stila's version. Both contain a liquid eye primer in a dropper form and a small mixing tray to mix the primer with the shadow. 

This is a little bit of a fiddly and messy product as you can tell from the photos, and getting the right amount of the eye shadow with the right amount of the primer does take a little bit of trial and error, when aiming to achieve the perfect consistency.  However, as I see this product as one to use to add a bit of glamour on a special occasion, the extra time needed to apply it is not an issue for me!

 (Swatches without flash) left to right: with primer and without primer

(Swatches with flash) left to right: with primer and without primer

As you can  see this shadow has a high metallic shine and is quite pigmented. I think the eye shadow is still very pretty without the primer and is more glittery as opposed to metallic. However, as you can tell from the swatches, the primer makes the shadow smoother, more opaque and less patchy.

Here is a photo of me wearing the eye shadow all over the lower lid and smoked out in to a gold/black smokey eye. 

Overall, I think the quality of this eye shadow is superb and the shade is beautiful. The price is fantastic and you can even purchase these online from the Makeup Revolution website: http://www.makeuprevolutionstore.com/ for just £4.

The only downfall is that there are only 3 or 4 other colours in the range and one of which I cannot find anywhere - 'Magnificent Copper', which looks stunning and is unfortunately the only other shade I feel I would wear. Stila, on the other hand, do carry 12 shades of their version of the product but I personally feel the price is too high!

I hope this helped any of you looking for a pigmented metallic eye shadow or a dupe for Stila's magnificent metals!

Love,

Jas 

x

REVIEW: Daniel Sandler Watercolour fluid blusher - highlighters: 'Truth' and 'Icing'

'Truth' and 'Icing'

Although this is a blog post mainly about the watercolour fluid blushers in the colours: 'Truth' and 'Icing', I will also mention what I think of Daniel Sandler's, rather infamous, watercolour blushers.

My first couple of watercolour blushers were actually the shades 'Acid' and 'Trip' which were respectively a neon pink and a neon orange. I love both of these shades and will try to do a blog post on them soon. 

The watercolour blushers are one of the most unique products I have used. The consistency is extremely watery- as the name suggests, although the product in fact sets on your face and is very long-wearing. I found Acid and Trip easier to work with than Truth and Icing just because as such vibrant colours- the watery, sheer consistency of these products very quickly formed pretty blushes on my skin. Especially as I am of a tan/medium/dark complexion with mac NC44 equivalent skin. So as a blush, which I assume is the main purpose of the product, the consistency works well. I will also add that the coverage is build-able, so the blush can appear as subtle or as prominent as one would like.

On the other hand, the reason I found Icing (which as I understand is the lightest shade of the fluid blushers) and Truth more difficult to work with, was because I wanted to use them as highlighters. Being a huge fan of highlighters and keen to try new ones, I found on Daniel Sandler's instagram that these would be good highlighters to experiment with.

Left to right: Truth, Icing

Swatches left to right: Icing, Truth 

Swatches- blended out

As you can see from the photos, Icing is more of a silvery cool pink colour and Truth is more nude and gold and less glittery. I think Icing would look particularly lovely on lighter skin tones, and is comparable to Benefit's high beam. I think Icing is more of a winter/evening highlighter and Truth is more suited to Summer and for a tanned glow, although it is quite neutral so good for a general day time highlight. Both can be blended in to the skin just to give a polished look, although the silver glitters in Icing mean it will always stand out more. Blended out they both actually look quite similar on my skin, however in photographs the silvery sheen of icing and the coolness on my warm skin (with yellow undertones) definitely stands out more. 

Overall, I do really like both of these colours although I would recommend picking one depending on whether you prefer a slightly more dramatic highlight for nights' out  or a more neutral glow. I would also say application is key with these blushers, I think the Real Techniques setting brush is a good tool if you start tabbing a dot of this product on to your cheeks with your fingers and then blend out with the brush.

I have actually also ordered the Daniel Sandler waterbrush (because I found these slightly tricky to work with) to see if this makes much difference to application and the overall finish!