MUA Professional

MUA have somewhat recently launched the professional line. It has some really great items in it (I have yet to try them all but it's my mission for now). I have picked up some things and some are brilliant and some are okay. There isn't anything bad in it to be honest. It's a bit more expensive than the £1 line but the quality if just that little but higher and there are brilliant ideas in the line. As far as I know there are two mascaras (curling and volumizing - dont quote me), a eyeliner felt tip, some eyeshadow trios, some eyeshadow palette, nail quakes (shatter polishes). That is what is stocked in my superdrug, I think in bigger stores they have a mosaic blush (I think there is a bronzer too). I really want to say they have liquid foundation but I'm not sure at all. They also have metalic eyeshadows but I'm clueless about them.

So I have picked up the curling masacra, the primer, the Heaven and Earth Palette and a trio (I have no idea what the name is). I got the curling mascara in brown (or brown-black), the heaven and earth palette is a collection of browns and neutrals and the trio I have is also two browns and a ivory(ish) highlight colour. I want to say innocene but I could just be thinking random words right now.

I love love love love love what I have so far, bar the mascara. The masacara is good, don't get me wrong, but I just find it super hard to use the curved wand without getting it on every single but of my eye. It's just me, I'm a bit useless with things like that. The packaging really reminds me of the Loreal Lash Archietect (spelling is so not my thing) D mascara. I think it's one of the newest mascara's from Loreal. In fact when I picked it up I thought someone had dumped it on the stand and it was in the wrong place. The product itself isn't really compariable but the packaging is super super super similar.
 

The primer is good, I can't say that it's the best I've ever had (GOSH primer is the best by the way) but it most certainly not the worst (no7 Shine free primer is the worst). It's creamy unlike the gosh one and runny unlike the no 7 one. It's kind of what I wanted the no 7 primer to be like. If I had to compare it to any primer I would say it's the Witch blemish fighting primer (the name is something like that). It dont test it out for lenght of wear with other primers but it kept my make up on just fine through out the day. It's super good and I would recommend it to any one. It was also only £4.00 which is considerably cheaper than the GOSH primer at £13.99 and the No7 primer at £11.00 (I did get it for £6 with the voucher they give out to eveyone).

I think that this primer is the only thing that hasn't sold out stupidly on the MUA professional stand I just can't understand why. It's a good price and it's a good product. People, sort it out and go buy this! It's worth it (or it is to me). The MUA professional stand in my superdrug it some silly cardboard thing that needs to be replaced and I wish it was bigger and stocked more things like the blush and things like that. The stand is always empty because of the brilliant quality and the small stand and the amazing price.

I'm going to do a whole seperate post on the Heaven and Earth palette because it's that freaking awesome. Enough said for now.

The trio is what I reach for every single day. It's had the three perfect colours for everyday and they can be made more intense by using them wet (they look soo good when they are applied wet). They are very very shimmery but when they are blended nicely and applied in moderation they work for school/work/everyday. I love love love love this. This is my second fave MUA professional product that I have. The palette being the first, then the primer, then the mascara. The trio's are really compariable to the Boujouis Trio's accept I think they are much better (in quality and price). I have one of the Boujouis Trio's and I hate it. I love the colours it just dont think  the colour pay off is good and I find it really hard to work with.

I no this range ins't avaliable world wide but if you can get your hands on it, do it right now! (well wait till the shops open)

(Disclaimer - Yes, I'm trying to be witty. Yes, I am aware that it's not funny and No, I don't care so I thought I would let y'all know that)

Everyday Makeup

So, this is the look that I wear on my eyes everyday for college and work. Hope this helps you discover your everyday look.

So, first up this is the look, the picture quality isn't great but hopefully it will give you an idea.

I applied this using a foundation brush that I  brought from Primark. This foundation brush is actually better than the brush that I got a superdrug, even if it is Primark.

 

Next up I applied concealer to the areas that I want to cover up, to my under eye and my eyelids. I apply it to my eyelids because I have veiny eyelids that look better when covered up.  I used Rimmel Match Perfection Concealor. It says that it's a skin tone adapting product that is also a 2 in 1 concealoer and highlighter. I have this in the sahde ivory which is 010. It comes in a tude that has a brush applicator attached but I till used the product on the back of my hand and applied it with a separate brush, also a brush from Primark. 

 

Newxt I applied my eyeshaow. This isn't essential to the look but I like a little colour on my lids. I used 3 shaodws for this look. First I applied MUA shade 17.  It's a matt colour, and it's a very light brown colour. It's barely visable on the lids but it does even the lids out and provides a great base for any other colours. I applied this with my fingers, just for quickness. 

 After I applied this all over the lid and up to the brow bone I took my eyeshadow quad from Avon. It's called colour trend and it's in the set Flirty Eyes: Bashful  Browns. the quad is made up of 4 cream shadows that would can create simple and dramatic looks. It comes in a round tube with a hidden compartment for a sponge applicator. I always find it best to apply cream shadows with my fingers so I've used the applicator for other powder shadows that I have. I used two colours from this quad. I used the first two colours that are cream and light brown. I took the cream colour and applied it to the inner corner of my eyes, just so they looked more awake and wider. I also applied a very sheer coat as a highlight below my brow bone. I used the brown to provide sheer colour to my lid. I just used this up to the cream and it gave my eyes some shimmer and a little bit more colour.

I added a little gloss to my lips just so they weren't nude but I didn't want to much colour. I used sally hansen's diamond 12 hrs lip treatment in the shade honeymoon. I applied a very sheer layer.  It's a good colour to make your lips a pop.

Make Up of the Day - What I'm Wearing Today

 First off I moisturised my face and applied my primer. I used the Superdrug Intense Moisture Cream for my face because the change in weather has really dried my skin out and it need as much moisture as I can get. The Primer I used was from the new MUA Profesional primer. It's decent for £4 and the size isnt to bad either. I like it and the price definatly helps matters.  I think the moisturiser was like £1.29 but it's on sale at the moment so it's normally more expensive.

 Next I applied some concelor to my blemishes. I have some major breakdowns around my mouth and chin at the moment so I applied the concelor before and after my foundation. I did this just to make sure they were covered. This isn't the best concelor but I do prefer ones that come in a liquid form. I only used this because it was the only one I had to hand. The stick formualtion makes it thick and hard to blend but it does have quite good coverage. I used one by Maybelline Cover Stick in the shade ivory. It's a little light for me but I really like the pale look compared to a tan look. I think this cost £4.99 but don't quote me on that.

I used this stick for spots and blemishes and I created an undereye concelor with and ELF All Over Cover Stick and MeMeMe's Beat the Blues highlighter. MeMeMe's range are great dupes for benefit cosmetics... the whole range is kinda a copy of the benefit range but much cheaper. I think it's avalible in both Superdrug and in Argos (that's weird I know but it can be found in the argos catalogue).

I applied the highlighter under my eye first and then added some of the ELF stick over the top. I used my finger to get the colour from the ELF stick and dabbed in under my eye. It covered the darkness there and made my eyes look brighter. I used the hight lighter because my normal undereye concelor containers and illuminator in it to brighten the eyes as well as get rid of the dark circles.The MeMeMe highlighter was £2.00 i think. I brought it as a damaged product because the lid was broken and the seal had been broken. It was perfectly new and I didn't wanna pay full price to try it out so I grabbed it while I could. It was a good deal and I swear it's impossible stuff to run out of. The Elf Stick was £1.50 but I got it when there was a 50% sale so it was 75p. Great deal. ELF always have coupon codes going so if you order from them search out a code.

Next up I applied my foundation. I used a Primark foundation brush from Primark (it's not to bad actually) and I used 2True Matte Foundation in Shade 1.  Both of these items are cheap. The brush (which is dual ended - one end is a concelor brush) was £1.50 and the foudation was £1.99 (cheaper in face because I work where I brought it and got a good discount.

 Next up I applied some bronzer, just to give my face some definition. I dont really wanna look tanned so I used it in moderation. I used ELF Studio Bronzer in the warm shades. You get 4 differ colours with the compact but the sections are to small to really use seperatly so I just used a brush and combined all 4. I applied it all to the areas where you would expect there to be differing colour in the skin naturally. I applied some to the hair line and just under the cheeks and chin area. I also put a little down the sides of my nose to contour it a little. The ELF bronzer was £3 orginally but again I got it when they had 50% off so it was £.1.50

 I applied a blush next. I don't really need much blush because I blush all the time naturally. I used this boxed bronzing poweder by w7 as a blush. I think it was really cheap (maybe £1.50) in savers so I snapped it up to give it a go. It's ok, not the best thing in the world but not the worst either. I used the brush that came with it but that was not so good so next time I'll use a blush brush. The shade I used was Africa. The pink tones in the shade make it okay to use as a blush. It suited me actually so I will use it as a blush again.

 Next I did my eyes. I used Loreal Color Mineral eyeshadow in shade 06. It's a nice brown and when blended well its a good all over lid colour. I used this all over the lid and then I used MUA loose shadow in brown to go in the outer corner and the crease. They two were a good combo that I used when I need a quick eye look. I took the MUA shadow underneath the eye to give a smoky liner effect. I used some liner on the water line but other than that the only thing really under my eye was the shadow. The MUA shadow was from their £1 line and is great (I mean GREAT) quality for the price. The packaging might not be the best but I don't mind when it's so cheap and such great quality.
The colour minerals shadow was £1 in poundland. That may sound weird but if you dont mind end of line stuff and discon stuff you can get some really bargins in their and the 99p shop.

 

 
After I applied the shaodws I liner my lids with VOV proffesional gel liner in shade 02, which is brown. It's dark and still had a dramatic effect it's just not as intense as black which I tend to avoid.
The liner was from ebay and cost £3.00 for a brown and black liner. There was  free brush with it but it was awful so it went in the bin. I used a bent liner brush to apply it. It's so much easier than using kohl and liquid liner. I then applied ELF mascara. This one was in brown but really had the same effect as black. This ELF mascara is double ended (one end is waterproof and the other is normal). It's not the best mascara out there but it's not the worst. It's only £1.50 normally so it's kinda a bargin. I pushed this right to the roots of the lashes so it applied some to the upper waterline (is that a thing?) and made my lashes look thicker. It made the liner more intense to..

 Once that mascara was dry I used a second masacra to give my lashes a second coat and the make them more dramatic. This time I used a NYX long lash mascara in Eletric Blue. It's a super super super good colour mascara in my opinion. It looks great alone or when it's applied over black masacra. I used it over other masacra for a more dramatic effect but it looks great either way. I cannot remember how much this cost but it was in a discount store and I think it was about £3 something,

Next I put some brown liner on my lower water line. The one I used was from maybelline but I brought it from pound land so, of course, it was only £1 and discon. It's a great pencil and it's really smooth and goes on really well without any horrible tug on your eyes.

 Next I went back to my face and applied some highlighter. This one is from Collection 2000. This was about £4 something but it's no longer avaliable. I think it was meant to be a blush because it's been replaced with new style blushes but it's a great highlighter and I used it down the centre of my nose on the tops of my cheeks and as a brown highlight. This look did need the brow highlight just to lessen the eye intensisty a little.

 

Ans last but by no means least it's lips. I'm not a great lips lover and normally go natural but recently I have been obsessed with lips sticks and added one to this look. The lipstick I used is purpley in shade (the picture doesn't give a true colour I dont think.  It goes on more purple than pink like it looks). The lipstick is from the £1 range and is super pigmented and a good quality for the price. The MUA line is amazing and the eye shadows are epic! TRY THEM. NOW!!! (if you want). Over the top of the lip stick I used a Sally Hasen gloss that I got from savers for about £2. That was for 2 glosses soa good deal I think. I love these glosses. I love the want because I perfer wands that have a brush rather than a sponge tip thing. The shade looks super light in the picture but it did match the lipstick really well and made the lips dark and matched the dark eyes that I created. 

 

If you read this up to here youre brave and lasted longer than I would if I read this. I'm sure it's full of mistakes but I'm sure it won't damage your soul. Thanks for reading (if you did) or thanks for looking a my pretty pictures. Good day y'all (maybe I'll never say that again. I just can't pull it off)

MUA Eyeshadows

I recently picked up 4 new eye shaodws from the MUA pound line at Superdrug. This line is well known for it's super pigmented shadows for the excpetionally low price. You get a lot of product for the price to. I picked up some of the new colours and some older colours to.

The first colour that you can see here is shade 24 and that has a pearl finish meaning it's shimmery. This is one of the new colours that have been brought out. It would call it something like a pinky plum colour. It's a beautiful colour and it looks great on the skin.

 The second colour that you can see is shade17 and that's a matt finish. It's an amazing matt shadow and really is matt which is something that most brands struggle with. The colour is pigmented but it might be hard to see in the swatches because it's a skin tone colour. The swatches will be at the end of the post.

 The third colour is shade 11 and that's a pearl finish. It's a nice brown colour, maybe a medium brown, and it has a great finish.

The last colour is shade 30 and its pearl again. it's a beautiful gold/bronze colour that looks slightly orange on the skin. It looks great blended with other shadows.