MUA Twelfth Night Palette

MUA have done it again with another amazing palette. I am always so surprised when I try out these £4 palettes, because for the price you can't really have high hopes, but they are always so incredible, and the Twelfth Night palette is no exception.

Each shadow is buttery in texture and extremely blendable on the eyelids. Not only this but there is not one shadow in the palette with a bad colour payoff. With a mix of cool and warm tones, and neutrals and colours this is a super versatile palette. 

I only have a few negative things to say about this palette, the first is that I found after a while the shadows did crease on my lids, but that was without a primer. The second problem I had was that there was a slight amount of fall down when I applied the shadows, but this is always expected with shimmery colours. All of this was forgotten however when I turned the palette over and saw the cute names. Does anyone else get annoyed when makeup is given boring names?

1. Ice 2. Myth 3. Frost 4. Oudh 5. Coal 6. Fir 

7. Hush 8. All Spice 9. Ivy 10. Plum 11. Enchant 12. Star Shine

All Spice is a very similar shadow to MAC Club in the way that it has more of a brown/red tone when it is applied to the lid, but when it catches the light it definitely looks green. It looks lovely with Ivy blended on the inner half of the lid (as shown below). The other shadow which I have absolutely loved using is Oudh which is a very shimmery warm gold, which looks perfect on its own across the lid. 

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MUA Heaven & Earth Palette Tutorial #1

Hey everyone!

The MUA Heaven & Earth Palette is my new obsession, so I thought I would do a look for you all that is so easy and quick to create!

The first thing that I did was apply the Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo in On & On Bronze, just all over the lid. You don't need to do this step but I find that this acts as a brilliant base colour and helps to keep my eyeshadow on longer.

After this, I applied Shade 4 all over the lid on top of On & On Bronze - this shade is a gorgeous shimmery golden beige colour, very similar to On & On Bronze.

Then I applied shade 11 in the middle of my eyes and slightly through the crease. Unfortunately this colour does not show up too well on my camera, but it is a wonderful colour to help blend the lighter and darker shades. 

I put shade 5 in the outer V, being sure to work it into the crease of my eyelid. I also ran this along the outer third of the bottom lash line just to smoke the look out a bit more.

Lastly I applied shade 1 just on the brow bone as a highlight. Then I got a fluffy brush and blended all the colours together seamlessly and ensured that the crease definition was blended well.

I think this look is gorgeous for a night out when you don't want heavy makeup or maybe even a meal out with friends. The MUA palettes all have such a wonderful selection of natural shades that can create all sorts of looks! If you wanted a more evening look then you could always add a pair of falsies, but I quite like this look as it is.

If you found this tutorial helpful and would like to see more then just drop me a comment below!
P.S I apologise that the quality of photos is poor - the lighting has been rubbish today and my camera is on its last legs!

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MUA Undressed Palette

 Yesterday I finally got my hands on the MUA Undressed palette which has been sold out for so long in all my local Superdrugs'. I was so excited to take it home and try them out because I haven't seen how they come out on my skin tone. 

The packaging of the palette is pretty much what you can expect from a cheap brand like MUA, it's not amazing but it does hold all the shadows nicely and I think it is quite a nice design. The hinges don't look like they'll hold for very long as they don't feel too sturdy but at £4 what more can you expect.

I love how there is a range of matte and sparkly colours as I find that sparkly colours look slightly OTT and really dress up an outfit, so if you're simply going out shopping, you're going to look a little silly - in my opinion. This palette therefore can be used during the day for a natural look and at night. It really reminds me of the Sleek palettes and its been said before that this is like a dupe of the Naked palette by Urban Decay - but a quarter of the price.

excuse the fact the palette is looking dirty, I did swatches with it before taking this picture.

 At this point I had really high hopes for this palette so I decided to swatch each colour on my arm. Some of them I was impressed with, others...not so much. I found that shade 3 did not even come out the palette, it was like there was a thin layer of plastic covering it but there wasn't , so I had to scratch into the surface to even get a small bit of colour onto my arm. All the other colours were absolutely stunning though! A couple were slightly too similar to my skin tone so I probably wont use them unless I just want to even out my eyelids, but the range of colours is just fantastic. I did find that the sparkly colours were far more pigmented than the matte ones, however this may just be due to my skin tone. I like how there are two smokey colours at the end of the palette which means you can create a perfect smokey eye for a night out if you have slightly darker skin where a brown smokey eye just wouldn't look as nice. 

The colours from left to right are Shade 1, Shade 2, Shade 3 etc etc you get the picture haha!

The applicator that was included in the palette is a little flimsy but it does the job. I would recommend getting another applicator however, if you do not have one already. I find that the ELF ones are amazing and they're literally £1 or something ridiculously cheap like that. It is quite handy though how there is an applicator included, as this means you can use the palette on the go without having to carry an extra brush which will only get dirty in your bag! 

Overall I am very pleased with this palette because at £4 I really wasn't expecting much, and I usually find that with natural palettes the colours don't really suit my skin tone because they are too light and are more suited to fairer skin. However there was a huge range and some of the colours were very pigmented which again I wasn't expecting. I do recommend this palette because it's just such good value for money. If you have darker skin like me, then the sparkly colours will come out so much nicer than the matte ones because for some reason these aren't so pigmented but oh well! I'm still so glad I made this purchase. I give this palette a 9/10 purely because it's so cheap, the packaging is okay and the range of colours is amazing!

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