Sleek Makeup Carribean Collection Aruba Blush: Swatch and FOTD

One of the key trends this summer has been that of orange and coral face colours. Of course, Sleek Makeup has come out with just the thing to indulge your craving for an on-trend cheek colour without breaking the bank! The Aruba Blush, part of Sleek Makeup's Carribean Collection, is the perfect shade of trendy summery orange going on right now. Just look at all that pigment!



I don't know about you, but I was a bit surprised when I first opened this. I mean, Aruba is perhaps as neon as a blush probably can get! This is easily the loudest, brightest, boldest blush colour I've seen - it would seriously put even the famed NARS shades to shame! Come to think of it, Aruba does kind of remind me of NARS Taj Mahal, although I'm not sure if they are dupes or not. But for a fraction of the exorbitant NARS price, Sleek Makeup's Aruba Blush is definitely in the same colour category, being also a bright orange-based blush.



I know I've said this before, but I love the design on the Sleek Carribean Collection. Just look at the cute little illustrations of a boat and a palm tree. Feels like summer, doesn't it? Other than the cute design, the packaging is pretty much the same as the other Sleek Makeup blushes, consisting of a sturdy plastic case and a small mirror in the lid.



As you can see from the photo above, the colour in the pan looks really scary - I thought it would be too dark or bright or just too neon for me! So I gingerly swatched it:



There, not so bad, right? The blush can be intense, but once blended out it can leave a sheer wash of colour. I'm thinking for warm-toned girls, this colour would look really pretty on. On cooler-toned girls, the orange hue can look a little weird, since the shade clearly leans warm, but if blended out, can still be wearable. After all, orange is one of the hot shades this summer.

Finally, I worked up the courage to actually try it out on my face:



There, it wasn't half as bad as I thought! When sheered out, it can definitely be used on paler girls as well. I think good application and blending is key - you definitely want to use only a little bit at a time, and blend it well. Given how little I used, I think this blush is going to last me forever, making it really great value for money.

If you're looking for a trendsetting colour, and want something cheap, or just want a more affordable version of NARS Taj Mahal, this is definitely worth checking out. If good-quality pigmented blushes are your thing (and they're definitely mine), the entire Sleek Makeup range of blushes in general would definitely be your cup of tea too.

(Product was sent for review. Review is my complete and honest opinion. I am not affiliated with/compensated by the company.)

Sleek Curacao Multicolour Sunset/Bird of Paradise Eye Look

The more I play around with my awesome new Sleek Curacao Palette, the more I think its bright shades are starting to grow on me. Although I didn't think I would reach for this palette, I'm starting to really love the wide variety of looks and effects its rainbow of brights can produce. Just look at today's eye look! Is that hot or what? I've actually done a previous sunset inspired eye look, but I think this look just blows it out of the water!



Jamilla Camel actually commented that this look reminded her of the Bird of Paradise plant, and you know what - I think she's right! So here's a photo of the Bird of Paradise plant, just so you know what I mean. Don't you think it sort of looks like the plant, with the same mix of colours? I've even gone back to change the blog post title, just because I love the comparison so much!

Image from thaifoodandtravel.com

Surprisingly, I didn't actually have to use 99 shades to get such a vibrant effect, which is really impressive. I did use four colours from the Sleek Makeup Curacao Palette, though. The colour names used are Tequila Sunset, the shimmery rust orange, Martini, the pale light beige, Green Martini, the deep shimmery olive geen, and Singapore Sling, the bright hot pink!



I know the colours don't look all that blended in the phoot, but I promise they look better in real life! Singapore Sling was used on the inner corner of my eyelid, while Tequila Sunset was used on the lid (mostly in the middle). Green Martini was used in the contour area, and Martini was used as a highlight. The shot below shows my closed eye, so that you can get a better sense of colour placement.



For this look, I actually didn't have much problem blending the eyeshadows. I was actually a little surprised by how blendable they were. I was half-expecting to end up with all these big blocks of colour on my eyes given that I was cramming so many colours onto my puny little eye space, but the end result turned out better than I expected!



Don't you love how vibrant the colours look? This is definitely one of my favourite looks using the Curacao Palette, and perhaps the look that demonstrates just how awesome the palette is. I am totally thrilled with this look, and I don't think I can say much more about it - it's just so absolutely, steaming, flaming hot! With all the connotations of sunset and greenery (hey, there is some olive green in the eye look after all), I feel that this eye look really brings out that feeling of a summer sizzle!

(Product was sent for review. Review is my complete and honest opinion. I am not affiliated with/compensated by the company.)

Aqua and Purple Eye look with Sleek Curacao Palette!

I'm so excited about this eye look, because I think for possibly the first time ever in my life, I'm wearing aqua eye shadow! I'm normally a colour-shy, neutrals-only kind of girl, but thanks to Sleek Makeup's Curacao Palette, I now have a whole rainbow of brights to play around with!



The photo below shows the shades that I used for this eye look. I decided to use Blue Hawaiian, that awesome blue-green aqua shade I was raving about when I swatched the Curacao Palette, and I paired it up with my favourite colour ever - purple! Purple Haze is the shade name.



The photo below shows the closed eye so you can get a better sense of colour placement. Blue Hawaiian, the light (but bright!) aqua shade was placed on the lid, and Purple Haze was used in the contour area and the outer corner of the eye. Martini, the light beige in the palette, was used as a highlight colour.



I love how the colours blended so nicely. I especially love that although I used just two colours for the lid and contour area, the look somehow looks more complex than that - it kinda looks like I used more than two colours, doesn't it?



I'm not normally a brights kind of girl, but I definitely appreciate having such beautiful shades to play around with! I love how this looks cool yet intense at the same time - something about the combination of light, floaty aqua with a deep smokey purple, and is still summery while having some oomph. I definitely can't wait to try out more looks with this palette, and see what other combinations I can come up with!

(Product was sent for review. Review is my complete and honest opinion. I am not affiliated with/compensated by the company.)

Sleek - Oh So Special Palette

After looking in all Superdrug I could find, and not finding the Oh So Special palette, I decided to order it online, and I am so glad I did. I am in love with this palette. There are so many looks I can create and for me it is one of those palettes that will take you from day to night.

The shadows are so pigmented, and so pretty, there is the right amount of shimmer and matte eyeshadow, and I love that.

Here are the pictures.

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Depois de procurar e procurar em todas as Superdrug que encontrei, e nao encontrar a paleta Oh So Special da Sleek, finalmente decidi compra-la online no site da Sleek, e ainda de bem que o fiz. Eu amo esta paleta. dá para criar tantos looks, e na minha opinião é uma daquelas paletas que dá para o dia a dia e para a noite.

As sombras são tão pigmentadas, e esta paleta tem o numero certo de sombras com shimmer e mate.

Aqui ficam as fotografias.

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Sleek - Storm Palette

This Storm Palette is definetely for me a night palette, most shades are so shimmery but gorgeous.

All the shades are so pigmented even without primer, I took pictures with and without primer and the difference is almost not visible.  

I love this palette, and I am so happy that I finally got it.

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Esta paleta da Sleek, a Storm para mim vai ser uma paleta que vou usar mais para criar looks para a noite ou mais dramaticos, a maioria das sombras tem bastante shimmer, mas são lindas.

Todas as sombras desta paleta são bastante pigmentadas mesmo sem o primer, eu tirei fotos com e sem primer e a diferenca não é quase nenhuma.

Adoro esta paleta, e finalmente decidi compra-la, não me desiludiu.

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Sleek and ELF Haul

So earlier on, I posted about two parcels that arrived for me today.

So I received some ELF and Sleek products that I ordered on Friday, so I am very happy about the time it took for it to come, it was very quick.

Form ELF I got a High Definition Powder from the Studio line, a mineral lipstick in Nicely Nude, A studio cream eyeshadow in Candlelight, I also bought two new products that are now available on their website, which are the eyeshadow primer trio, in three different colours, Nude, Champagne and Pearl, and also the new Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets.

I plan to do a full review on the eyeshadow primers and the Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets once I've use them.

From Sleek I bought two eyeshadow palettes, the Storm, and the Oh So Special. 

I will do another post latter on or tomorrow, with swatches.

I am so excited about these two palettes I cannot wait to use them, and do some looks with them.

No meu outro post, eu disse que tinham chegado dois pacotes para mim.

Recebi umas coisinhas da ELF e da Sleek que encomendei na Sexta, estou estremamente contente com o tempo que demoraram a chegar, foi muito rapido.

Da ELF, comprei o High Defenition Powder da linha Studio, um batom mineral na cor Nicely Nude, uma sombra em creme na cor candlelight tambem da linha Studio, e tambem comprei dois produtos novos no site deles, um set de 3 primes com cores diferentes, Nude, Champagne e Pearl, e tambem comprei ums Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets, que é para usar durante o dia quando a minha pele começar a ficar muito oleosa, vamos ver como eles trabalham.

Quando os usar faço uma review deles e dos primers tambem.

Da Sleek comprei duas paletas de sombras, a Storm e a Oh So Special.

No proximo post irei falar delas ainda hoje ou então amanhã.

Mal posso esperar para usar estas paletas especialmente a Oh So Special, que é linda, tem cores mesmo lindas, e vai ser tão facil usar essa paleta para fazer look que vão do dia para a noite.

XOXO