Mixology

A couple of weeks ago I was in Berlin for my birthday and of course I made it my business to visit the Sephora in Alexanderplatz. I bought a few things that aren't available here in Ireland, a couple of the Sephora Collection Retractable Waterproof Eyeliners, a Tarte Cosmetics eye set with a mini Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara and Double Take Eyeliner, Lanolips Lip Water and a Sephora Collection Colorful Metal Effect Eyeshadow in the shade Pinkalicious. When I was paying the sales assistant put a Sephora palette in my bag and said it was a free gift. I have no idea why, but after using it a few times now I'm delighted with it. 

It's the Sephora Mixology palette which comes in two colourways- Sweet & Warm (which is what I was given) and Hot & Spicy. It was apparently released a couple of years ago and contains 18 shades of 6 colour combinations, 9 are matte and 9 are shimmer so an overall great mix of shades and finishes. Honestly I wasn't expecting much from this palette, despite being a big fan of the Sephora Collection products. I guess because it was a free gift I figured it must not be great. Then I tried it and I had to eat my words. It's not life changing and the colours are fairly neutral and basic but the eyeshadows are easy to blend and pigmented and I love how the palette is laid out so you know which colours work well together. I've actually worn the bottom left trio several times now as well as some of the other shades and it's gotten me back into wearing more than one eyeshadow at a time which has been fun! The double ended brush it comes with is surprisingly good too. I've been loving wearing cool tones recently and especially sixties inspired looks so I hope you like the look below which I've been wearing a lot over the past couple of weeks. 

Glossier Invisible Shield Daily Sunscreen SPF 30
No7 HydraLuminous Moisturising Foundation (Porcelain)
*bareMinerals bareSkin Complete Coverage Serum Concealer (Fair)
Soapbrows Kit
Glossier Brow Flick (Brown)
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion Anti-Aging
Sephora Mixology Palette (Sweet &Warm)
Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner
Kevyn Aucoin Eyelash Curler
Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara
Fenty Beauty Match Stix Matte Skinstick (Amber)
**Glossier Cloud Paint Cream Blush (Dusk and Beam)
Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter (1 Fair)
Glossier Haloscope Face Highlighter (Moonstone)
*L'Oréal Paris Infallible Magic Loose Powder
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat (Pillow Talk)
Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick (Pillow Talk)

*Press Sample
**I bought Dusk, Beam was a press sample

I recently repurchased the No7 HydraLuminous Foundation which is probably the first foundation I've used up and repurchased in a long time. I used it with this look because I wanted my skin to be luminous rather than matte so I didn't look too overdone. I paired the cool eyes with warm blush and pink/nude lips in the form of Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk which is still one of my favourite neutral lipsticks.

What do you think of cool tones? Has anyone tried this palette?


Emma x