NYX Haul

Today I went and picked up a few things in boots, my new favourite stand by far! So today I found their Ombre blushers which are gorgeous! They remind me of the Estee lauder blushers, but for a fraction of the price. I picked up the shade in Heat wave and Mauve me. They're both really pretty and blend really well on the cheeks, I've also noticed that they last a really long time which is perfect. Additionally I love the concealer and contour palette. The product is very creamy and blends well although I find that unless I bake it under my eyes it creases a lot but it's fine on my face in other places. The highlighter I love and looks really great on my face! Blending nicely across my cheekbones and brightens my face a lot.

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Soap and Glory highlight

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So I was in boots and saw that they had new products. I was really intrigued to try out their highlight as it looked very similar to benefits watts up highlight which was really nice. There's also a bronze highlight and a more pink blush highlight. The packaging is really nice and I like the twist up aspect of the highlight and I can just swipe it on a then blend it with my finger or a brush. I find that it is a little dry however and works best if you warm it up with your finger and then blend it on your cheek bones, for the best effect. 

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Topshop Sweep and Swipe

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Today I saw these in topshop and I knew I needed to try them, I've been loving these products, more so the contour shade, which is perfect for my contours and I can easily blend the colour into my skin to give a natural and flawless contour, and I can then set it with a powder contour if I wanted to have a more dramatic longer lasting look. The thing about the highlight that I'm not loving is the fact that it's just a matte white and I like to use it under another highlight otherwise it sits strangely on my skin. But I do like it, however I'd recommend the cream contour over the highlight and the contour also comes in a darker shade, Swerve, if Sweep is too light for your skin tone. 

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MUA powder brow shape and highlight

Today I was browsing round super drug *a dangerous place to be* and I was drawn to the MUA counter as there were a few new products that I wanted to try out, and one of them was this brow product. 

Starting on the brow side, it's a good match for my eyebrows and the product is good and waxy, I've worn it for 6 hours and although the product faded slightly there were no other problems with it and the waxy-ness of the product worked well to keep my other eyebrow hairs in place. The only negative I have about this product is that it's a very dark brown and I tend to wear this product on a night out or if I want dramatic makeup, if I'd found a lighter shade I'd have gone for that. 

The highlight is nice and creamy and although it's a bit shimmery I've used it on the high points of my face and blended it under my foundation. I'd say that I love the highlight part of this product more than the brow product. It's also quite similar watched next to benefits Watt's Up! highlighter, which might interest some people. 

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Favourite highlighters

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These are my favourite highlights...

Sleek highlight in precious

L'Oreal lumi magique primer

The body shop honey highlight

Soap and glory hocus focus

Benefit shy beam

Topshop highlight in crescent moon

Benefit watts up highlight

Topshop glow in polish

Soap and glory glow all out

Sleek barekissed illuminator monaco

Revlon photo ready skin lights in bare light. 

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Bourjois Java de Riz poudre

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Bourjois java de riz poudre is a repurchase product for me, the powder is heavily perfumed and isn't so sparkly as some highlight powders. Personally I don't use it all over my face but if I want a bit more of a glow then I'll blend it over my cheeks and sometimes down my nose as a bit of a highlight. 

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Sleek highlight palette in Solstice

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Sleek highlight palette in solstice if a warm toned equivalent of the previous highlight palette that was bought out. As you can see the highlights are very pigmented and can be used as eyeshadows as an alternative. The packaging of the palette is beautiful I love the magnetic closure and the gold makes it really lovely and look a lot more expensive than the actual price of £9.99. 

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The Body Shop Honey Bronze 01

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This post is on my favourite highlight of the moment, it's a cream one and was £9 I think from the body shop, which is quite expensive, but it's amazing. I like the packaging, it is a little bulky, as I think they could have halved the size but oh well. It takes a while warm up the product as it's quite a dry cream formula. But I love the product it stays on the skin for a long time and doesn't move leaving a beautiful sheen on the cheeks which is perfect! 

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Ways to highlight....

Some times the number of different ways to highlight is overwhelming, there are so may different ways to do it, so I'm going to try and cover most of the ways and their purpose, but if I forget anything then please point it out in the comments or link a post of your own!

Illuminating primer - This can be great for tired dull looking skin, because it can give you the lit from within look and general contains light reflecting particles so that you sort of get a glow from under your foundation. This is a useful an quick way of including highlight into your routine. Some good examples - Bourjois happy light illuminating primer, Becca illuminating primer.

Liquid highlight - This can be mixed with primer or foundation to achieve the result of the Illuminating primer, or it can be used on specific high points of the face to achieve a glow to the skin which is a little more pronounced and give more dimension to the face. Some good products - Mac luster drops, Benefit high beam and Revlon Photo ready highlights. 

Cream highlight - This can be used under or over foundation, and is used for targeted highlighting, it's less subtle than liquid or powder, but is great to give a stunningly obvious highlight. Some good examples - Benefit watt's up, Topshop glow, Sleek highlight palette.

Powder highlight - This is good for directed highlighting and is easier to place and blend out compared to liquid or cream, it can be build up to be bold, or dusted on the high points to give a subtle glow for every day. Some good product - Topshop highlight powders, Soap and Glory way to glow, Becca highlight powders. 

Highlighting powder - This is a more subtle version of powder highlight, and is usually used on a dull skin tone, to brighten up to face and give it more dimension, it's also good if you're feeling ill or tired to inject a few more hours of sleep into your skin. Good Products - Bourjois Java powder, Ben Ney   Banana powder.

Highlighting foundation/concealer- This is similar to the highlighting powder, it just injects an all over highlight, but looks a little more natural as the product seeps into the skin more than a powder. Good products include - Rimmel Wake me up foundation, L'Oreal lumi magique concealer/foundation and Maybelline lumi touch concealer.

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Revlon highlight and blush...

So today's post is really exciting, I've been lusting after the revlon highlighting blocks that are reminiscent in my opinion of the Bobbi Brown shimmer bricks. They're awesome and I've been using the pink toned one as a 2 in 1 blush and highlight when I'm going for a more casual look. I love the coral chic blush as well, it's really nice and it really brightens up my features and make me look awake. Which is always good! 

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Sleek Highlighting palette

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So I've been absolutely loving highlight at the moment, it's my favourite thing to use I love the boney and icy colours that this palette incorporates. I'm not overly keen on the top left shade, it just comes off as glitter on my cheeks which I'm not overly keen on, and it's formula is less thick than th other two creams in the palette, but the other threader gorgeous and the bottom left cream highlight is very similar to the benefit watts up highlighter! Which is great when you can get 4 highlighters for £9.99 rather than one for £24.50! 

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Bourjois Delice de Poudre DUO

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So I have to say on the bat that I really like this product and I've been taking away with me on holiday because it's such a great travel product. Having the two products in a small compact. As you can tell they're not the most pigmented and I tend to reach for my Topshop or NYC bronzer/Highlighter if I want a more dramatic face makeup, but the Bourjois one is great for every day as I can go heavy handed and it won't look like I'm trying to join a circus. 

Overall I love it and the only thing it's lacking is the fact that it doesn't have a mirror in the packaging but I can look past that.

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Stila Convertible colours

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I bought the palette, but found it to bulky in my collection and so I deported it into my z palette because I had to reduce the amount of size it took up in my makeup collection. This product is in theory for cheeks and lips, and includes an amazing cream highlight which I love.

However I feel like the actual convertible colours aren't particularly the best on the lips, but I love them on the cheeks and find that they have great colour pay off and staying power. Overall I would highly recommend you checking out the Stila convertible colours to use them as cream blushers and not lip products.

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Makeup revolution blush and contour...

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So when Makeup Revolution landed I particularly wanted to try out these palettes, they're £6 each which is amazing of 7 blushers and a highlight! The Blushes are all really good quality and on have a good staying power, on me they last about 5 hours which I think is a good amount of time.

As you can see one palette is more pink toned and the other is more peach toned. I love them and I think it's a really good way to try out lots of blushes for relatively cheap! Plus you can use some shades for a contour and other shades as highlight, so it's really a very versatile palette!

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