Ballet pink

When looking at my recent make up purchases I see I have brought a lot of things that fall under the neutral, soft, ballet pink colour. From blushes to lipsticks, as I am pale I was looking for more things to wear everyday. As I don’t suite a beige nude lip I have found neutral pink tones suit me much better. The appropriate term to describe the look I have been going for is the English rose look. Anyway a rather long introduction before I write about some of my favourite new products under the ballet pink roof (I can’t think of the right word, also I need to get better at starting blog posts!!!).

These are too older buys – as you can see by the dent in the the blushes. The first one I have talked about before is from Topshop, it is a pretty and gentle blush with silver shimmers throughout. It works really well on light and fair skin. The second blush is from the Body Shop it is in the shade bubblegum, this I brought when I was trying to find an alternative to a Clinique limited edition blush from a neutral palette. This blush came out to be far more superior, it work well on light skin and is pigmented. It is a matte shade and gives a nice pop of colour to the cheeks. It also lasts a long time on the skin.

This blush is a more recent purchase as it is new to the drugstore. The blush is from max factor. In appearance they look similar to the Hourglass blushes however they are a fraction of the price. The colour is the lightest colour, lovely pink. The blush will only suit people with fair skin as it is light. The blush applies well and looks natural and glowy on the skin. I really like the formula of the blush and with the other shades I have swatched and seen in the shop they are all creamy and well pigmented. Also there is usually always a deal involving max factor products making them even more affordable.

Onto more Max Factor products I have been using a gloss a lot that I have written about before on my blog post called Pucker Up. After buying £15 worth of max factor products I got a free gift – a mascara, nail varnish and lipstick. 

The colour is a girly your lips but better shade. It is really wearable and has a nice creamy finish on the lips and it wears well.

Overall I think subtle pops of pink on the face can add a more flushed and healthy look to the face whilst still being natural.

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Sleek Face Form review

My favourite face product is currently the Face Form from Sleek. I own the shade light, there are 4 shades from fair to dark.

The palette is £9.99, it has solid packaging and big mirror. The blush is pigmented and has gold shimmers running throughout it looks natural and gives the skin a sun kissed appearance. The highlighter again has gold shimmers throughout. I have owned two of these palettes (one I dropped and the blusher smashed) the first palette the highlighter was a lot more pigmented and applied quite strong. With this palette the highlighter is less pigmented but still applies as well on the skin giving a more subtle glow. Finally the main draw to the palette the bronzer, the bronzer is matte, smooth and pigmented. It applies evenly and can be used in the contours of the face as it isn’t orange, but it can also be used to give the face some warmth. Overall I think this palette is a really good buy, individually each powder is nice in colour and texture and the three work as a nice combination on the face. The price is good and is all you need for the face.

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Glowing crazy

I am obsessed with highlighters, anything that glows or is sparkly I like it. So thankfully more drug store brands have been coming out with highlighters. The first on I have is quite new to Rimmel – Good to Glow in the colour 001 Notting Hill Glow

The product is pink toned and has a pearly finish. It does have some specks of glitter but it is very easy to blend so it is less in your face on the skin. It can be worn on top of foundation can be blended into foundation to sheer out the product and give healthy and summery look to the skin. It is quite similar to Nars highlighter Copacabana although I have tested that in shops and it seems to be a chunkier highlighter also it £23 whereas the Good to Glow highlighter is £4.99. Also they give you a lot of product and a very little goes a long way! The product is available in 2 other colours getting darker in colour.

The other highlighter I have is from Sleek it is the highlighting palette in Precious Metals, there are 4 colours, two of which are quite wearable the other two are very intense and glittery highlights which I like but might be too much if you like a subtle glow.

The colours are called platinum, royal gold, renaissance gold and antique bronze. Antique bronze is a powder glittery bronzer which works well on the cheeks and forehead, the colour renaissance gold is the most wearable shade as it doesn’t have big glitter particles, it works nicely on the bridge of the nose and on the top of the cheek bones. Royal Gold is the most over the top shade and has a lot of glitter, I like it for the top of my cheeks if I am going out at night otherwise it isn’t the most subtle. The white shade is only works for the inner corner highlight as it is white and pearly and is very pigmented. The 3 cream shades blend and set well and the power shade blends well. It is £9.99 and comes with a brush which was the worst part about the product as whole, all the products work well blended with your fingers. I like the packaging as it fits with the precious metals look and is sturdy it also has a good sized mirror.

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