Sleek Oh So Special and Curaçao I-Divine Palettes

Hello folks!

Sleek makeup recently came out with a new collection: The Caribbean collection. The collection consists of an eyeshadow palette, a blush and a tinted lipbalm. I only picked up the eyeshadow palette. After I bought their Storm palette when I was in London, I started collecting their palettes. I think the quality of the eyeshadows is amazing for the prize (around £7 or €9 or $12).

This palette from the Caribbean collection is called "Curaçao" and is filled with bright and fun colours.
Lets have a look:

Sleek Curaçao palette (click for larger view)

Like all the Sleek palettes, these eyeshadows are nicely pigmented. The matte shadows are usually a little less pigmented than the shimmery/metalic ones. The darker matte colours usually show up better I find. Over a base or primer they work great though.

I swatched each row on bare skin and over Urban Decay's Primer potion.

Top row, bare skin, flash

Top row, over UDPP, flash

Bottom row, bare skin, flash

Bottom row, over UDPP, flash

My favorites of this palette are Green Iguana, Purple Haze, Green Martini and Singapore Sling.
Not all the palettes I have from Sleek have names for the colours but I'm glad all these new palettes do.



Sleek also came out with another palette, with more neutral colours, which is called "Oh So Special". I believe this is part of their permanent line since it isn't part of a collection.
This palette has got some great shadows to create any kind of neutral look with. It has some matte and some shimmery colours, going from really light to black so you could do an every day eye look with this but also a really dark smokey eye. If you can't get your hands on the Urban Decay Naked palette or it's too expensive, definitely check out this palette!

Sleek Oh So Special palette (click for larger view)

Here are the swatches, with and without primer.

Top row, bare skin, flash

Top row, over UDPP, fash

Bottom row, bare skin, flash

Bottom row, over UDPP, flash

My favorites: Glitz, Celebrate, Boxed and Wrapped Up.
I'm not too crazy about the matte pinks in this palette. Not as eyeshadows anyway, but I've found they work nicely as blushes.
I love how pigmented the matte black (Noir) that comes with a lot of these palettes is. I won't have to buy a matte black in a looong time, haha.


I'll probably do some eye looks with these palettes in the future, so look out for that!


x
Tanja

Crazy and messy!

Some of the Haul I got while at the beach as well as what I first did with it.

I got Nerds polishes... Why? I like Nerds. XD

This is the Nerds green polish and the Nerds pink polish drag marbled.

This is SUPER messy polish, and I had to take the picture before cleaning it up because it was taking so long to dry and i wanted to sleep. ha ha.

Haul: MAC Semi Precious

Hello!

Last saturday the new MAC collection came out in Belgium: Semi Precious. After watching Temptalia's video review, I wanted to check out mainly the MSF's and the blushes. The eyeshadows did look really nice in the pans, but wasn't impressed by the swatches. 

At the store I swatched the MSF's and blushes and I decided to pick up Semi Precious Pearl MSF and Warmth Of Coral blush. I liked the other two blushes too, but have similar colours in my stash. Same for the other MSF. I chose the Pearl one cause I can use the outside as a highlight, and the inside as a blush.

From all the eyeshadows, Rare Find was my favorite after watching the review. I swatched it at the store and decide to pick it up anyway cause it was alot more pigmented than I expected it to be. I've done a look with it and I love it! (I'll do a post on it)

I also picked up the 234 brush cause I love the 217 and it looked really interesting. I've used it for concealer a couple of times and I like it. Not a must have brush though in my opinion. 

Here are some pictures:

SEMI PRECIOUS PEARL

WARMT OF CORAL

RARE FIND

234

If you want to see pictures and swatches from the entire collection you can watch this video from Temptalia.

Until next time!

x

Tanja

Haul: Dusk

Hey guys, sorry I haven't really been consistent with my posts lately, I've haven't really been sleeping all that well and I've been really stressed lately.

Because of my lack of sleep and inability to relax, my boyfriend took me to this shop called Dusk. At Dusk they sell all types of scented candles, aromatherapy melts and oil burners. Its kind of in the same vein as Candles By Victoria which is an American website where you can purchase hand made scented candles. I've always wanted to get a few products from there after hearing reviews from SayAnythingBr00ke on Youtube but they don't ship to Australia so I kinda miss out (if anyone in America wants to get me some to send to me that would be freaking AWESOME!)

Anyway, so the idea behind this was to go and get a lavender scented candle/oil so I can burn it when I want to sleep. Lavender has always been used to calm and sooth and that's kinda what I've been needing lately. So the following is a list of the things that Stuart bought for me on our visit.

Holly Mosaic Oil Burner ($24.95):

This is the oil burner that Stuart bought for me. It is a pretty mosaic burner that is made of glass with magenta, silver and mauve tiles all over it. Because it is glass, when the tealight candle inside it is lit, it looks as though it is glowing and throws off a slight magenta light around the room. It is so pretty :)

He also purchased for me the following oils which come in 15ml bottles, these were on sale for $3 each (normally $6.99):

- Wild Lavender (x2 because I would be burning this one pretty much every night to help me sleep)

- Wild Bamboo

- Peony Rose

- White Frangipani (one of the flower my mother had in her wedding bouquet so I had to get it!)

- French Vanilla

- Sandalwood

The day after I went with Stuart to get the burner and oils (the first night I actually slept for more than an hour in almost 3 weeks!), I went to another store with my mother just to see if they had any other oils. We ended up purchasing a few more things. When we went to the store we were told that we could also use these things called "Melts" in the oil burner. Melts are like scented wax which you put in the top of the burner and as they melt, they give off their scent.

Water Mosaic Oil Burner ($24.95):

When I saw this oil burner, I had to have it! I love the one that Stuart bought me but my favorite colour is teal so I couldn't resist it. I also had a practical theory behind purchasing another burner because I thought that I could use this burner for my melts and the one that Stuart bought me for my oils. This burner has teal, blue and silver mosaic tiles all over it similar to the one that I already had.

Bondi Melt ($3.99 or 5 for $15):

Bondi is from their  Destinations Collection and it is described as "a smooth and sunny blend of coconut oil, vanilla and ocean freshness" according to the website. It reminds me of summertime at the beach (obviously because it is named after Bondi Beach in Sydney lol)

Brazilia Melt ($3.99 or 5 for $15):

 Brazilia is another melt from the Destinations Collection and is described as "a soft combination of the traditional fragrances of jasmine and gardenia. Carefully blended to create a wonderful, cottage garden scent, you will feel as though you could expect a romantic visitor to arrive at any time". This is one that my mother picked out and as soon as she handed it to me, it went on the purchase list!

Passion Melt ($3.99 or 5 for $15):

Passion is from their Aromatherapy Collection and is described as "an exotic and sweet floral scent.  The essential oils of ylang ylang and patchouli will help ignite your love life and brighten the mood of all around you". Might have to burn this during a date night lol

 

 Rejuvenate Melt ($3.99 or 5 for $15):

Rejuvenate is another melt from the Aromatherapy Collection and is described as "the tantalising scents of rose and tangerine" and as the name suggests is supposed to help rejuvenate you after a long day. This one will probably be burned when I'm taking a long bubble bath or something

Tibet Melt ($3.99 or 5 for $15):

Tibet is another melt from their Destinations Collection and out of all the melts I purchased, it is definately my favorite. It is described as "the fragrances of lychee combined with black tea" but I honestly think I smell a little orange in there too. It kind of reminds me of a fruit salad smell or something like that

 

Do any of you burn oils or fragrance candles to calm you? If so, let me know your favorites and I'll check some of them out. Thanks for reading!

 

 

2nd Rock and Republic Eyeshadow Haul & Swatchesl!!

So I made one more R&R haul on hautelook last month and picked up a few more eyeshadows since they are being discontinued! Here's some pics and swatches of what I got!

Ambition (will have to re-do this pic!): shimmery yellow- gold that flashes yellow and gold and cream
Chronic: forest green

Envy: dark emerald green

Twisted: blue based purple

Ambition, Chronic, Envy, Twisted

All my R&R babies

Tried to show some comparison swatches above!

-Ambition: couldn't really find a dupe in my shadows. Mac Creme de miel is not as shimmery and is more yellow

-Chronic: Nouveau Monde is much more olive than green

-Envy: same color family as Mac Humid but richer and darker

-Twisted: Nocturnelle is more red based. UD Purple Haze is in a similar color family but has more of a sheen and is a bit lighter. Twisted also has more blue in it than Purple Haze.

The quality of the shadows is really wonderful. Buttery, blendable, pigmented, and long-lasting. Get your hands on them if you can!

If you're interested in seeing my first post on R&R eyeshadows please click here.

Hope the swatches were helpful! Do you have any R&R eyeshadows you love!? let me know ;)

Random haul

Hi ladies,

Was felling a bit bored yesterday so went for a little shopping. Thought of sharing my stuff with you guys. It’s nothing much…just 5 things Have a look-

1. Lotus herbals White glow range Intensive skin whitening and Brightening Serum- Rs 195

2. Himalaya Deep cleansing milk- Rs 65

3. VLCC Pista massage cream-Rs 170

4. VLCC strawberry lip shield-Rs 95

5 Clean & Clear blackhead clearing scrub-Rs 90

After removing the packaging-

So this all that I wanted to show you…will soon review these things one by one after using them a bit.

Have a great week end and don’t miss out my FIRST GIVEAWAY!!

xoxo Rakhshanda

Rock and Republic Haul & Swatches from Hautelook

I ordered some R&R eyeshadows and their blending blush off of Hautelook last month and it finally came today! I had such a hard time choosing colors since EVERYTHING was on sale, but here's what I ended up picking...

Blending brush! It's very very soft and a perfect size for blending the crease!

Diffused (this one photographed lighter than real life, its more medium brown. darn flash!)

Snakeskin

Skintight

Tempting

-Tempting is a really pretty shimmery medium toned lavender purple with a touch of gray in it. It's a very, very unique taupey purple!

-Diffused is medium/light taupe brown (i love all shades of taupe as you can see haha!) It's a perfect everyday brown, I think this will be perfect on the lid or in the crease. It also has a very subtle gold shimmer in it. Beautiful!

-Skintight is a very shimmery cream color with a touch of gold. Lovely highlight or lid color!

-Snakeskin is a really complex color. it's the perfect mixture of grey, green, brown, and gold. I can't even tell if it's warm or cool, but this color will be gorgeous for a smokey eye!

Here's some more swatches and comparisons with some other eyeshadows I own...

I didn't really have anything comparable to Diffused. It's more brown than satin taupe and darker and more gray than Patina!

Tempting is probably closest to the taupe "lap dance" from the Too Faced Naked Eye Palette, but Lap Dance is a bit more gray and much more shimmery. As you can see from the picture, it has more gray and taupe in it than the rest of the other purples.

Had a hard time getting a good picture of Skintight. I think it's a tie between Femme Fi and Skintight for my favorite skin toned/highlight eyeshadow. Skintight is more cream than gold when compared to Femme Fi while shroom runs more peach and Virgin runs more white!

Lastly, Snakeskin is completely unique to my collection. In the pan I thought it would appear much more olivey green on my skin, but it's definitely a complex mixture that I didn't have anything to really compare it to. Nars Nouveau Monde is much more green, Mac Henna is more gold, and Urban Decay Darkhorse is more true brown!

I hope these swatches were helpful! If you can get your hands on some of the Rock and Republic eyeshadows you won't be disappointed. They are buttery smooth and incredibly pigmented! They also blend beautifully. I'll do some looks with them soon!

Let me know what you think about them or if you have any favorite R&R eyeshadows! ***and note to self, I am NOT allowed to buy anymore eyeshadow!!!