Silver Dagger- Prada Beauty Eyes and Lips

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A couple of months ago I was sent a press drop of one of the Prada Beauty Dimensions Eyeshadow Palettes. The palette name is 02 Profusion which as you can see has the most amazing colour story with a pop of chartreuse yellow. It’s based on a print from the Prada house archive and contains four different finishes- satin, soft matte, hyper matte and mega foil. I also have a swatching video of the palette so you can see the detail close up. I wanted to do quite a simple look so that I could get a feel for the eyeshadow formula. I used the silver mega foil formula and the mink satin formula and they are so creamy and easy to work with, I have included the application video of this look below so you can see just how easily they apply and blend out. There are six palettes, each with a bright pop of colour alongside some gorgeous neutrals. 

On my lips, I used the Prada Beauty Hyper Matte lipstick that I bought a couple of months ago from Selfridges. I've been sent a couple of these lipsticks too but the shade I bought is B01 Argile. It had my heart from the moment I saw it last year when Prada Beauty first launched. It's a beautiful light neutral shade that almost has some grey to it. I've seen this shade on various skin tones and it looks great on everyone. It's a matte formula but I like to wear it over a lip balm too for a more sheer and hydrating finish. If you're near a Prada Beauty counter, I highly recommend checking out these lipsticks in person because the formulas are beautiful and there are some really unique shades. 

I’ve been wanting to use these Bakeup Beauty Daggers again and I thought this would be the perfect look, using them almost as bottom eyelashes paired with the silver eyelids. I'm also wearing the Prada Foundation which has quickly become one of my favourite base products. I've been using it for four months now and I absolutely love it. I'm planning on doing a full review as I know it's been one of the most popular foundation launches of the last year. I'll take before and after photos and compare the shade to my other base products for reference. I hope you enjoy seeing the makeup and products up close in the photos below!

*Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Primer 

*Prada Beauty Reveal Skin Foundation (LC5) 

Smashbox Under Eye Brightening Corrector (Light/Medium) 

Fenty Beauty Match Stix (Amber) 

Makeup By Mario Softsculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer (Light) 

NYX Professional Makeup Lift & Snatch! Brow Pen (Ash Brown) 

West Barn Co. Prep Mist

West Barn Co. Soap Brows Extra Strong Hold 

*Prada Beauty Dimensions Eyeshadow Palette (02 Profusion) 

*Urban Decay Naked X Robin Eisenberg Palette (Moonsand) 

*Sweed Cloud Mascara 

NYX Professional Makeup Bare With Me Serum Concealer (Light)

Victoria Beckham Beauty Instant Brightening Waterline Pencil 

*Bakeup Beauty Daggers & Dots Playcard 

*Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 

Pat McGrath Divine Blush (Fleurtatious) 

Nabla Skin Glazing Powder (Ozone) 

*YSL Beauty Nu Dewy Setting Spray

*Sweed Lip Liner (Barely There)

Prada Beauty Monochrome Hyper Matte Lipstick (B01 Argile)

*IT Cosmetics Heavenly Skin Brush 

Zoeva 128 Cream Cheek Brush 

Zoeva 228 Luxe Crease Brush 

Zoeva Luxe Pencil Brush 

MYKITCO Pro 1.15 My Blending Shadow (Large) 

Spectrum Collections x KJH 02 

Real Techniques 200 Oval Shadow Brush 

Real Techniques Setting Brush 

West Barn Co. The Brow Brush 

Surratt Relevée Eyelash Curler 

Thank you for taking the time to read this post, I'd love to know what you think of this look, would you wear it or are there any elements of it you'd wear? If there are any specific product reviews you would like to see from me please let me know. If you'd like to support my work as a Content Creator, you can do so through Buy Me A Coffee. 

Emma x

Recreating Emma Chamberlain's Lancôme Makeup Look by Lisa Eldridge

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When I saw this makeup look on Emma Chamberlain on the Lancôme YouTube Channel at the end of January, I thought it must be the work of Lisa Eldridge. She then posted it on Instagram the following week and I knew I’d have to try to recreate it. It has everything I love in a makeup look- graphic liner, wet-look shimmer, a defined inner corner and different shades of blue. 

One of the things I love about recreating the work of a Makeup Artist is the challenge of finding products in my collection that can replicate the look as closely as possible. I like to go through my collection and use what I already have which can lead to using combinations I've never tried before and using products in a different way. It's also interesting to see how the makeup looks on another person who has different features and perhaps adjust the look accordingly. 

I included the application video of this look below if you'd like to see how I did it but I also wanted to write about some of the products I used in more detail. I began by using the Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation of course. You can read my review if you'd like to know my full thoughts and see before and after photos. I just saw yesterday that she is launching a new base product, the Enhancing Tint next week. I am so excited to try it as her foundation is truly a masterpiece and the Enhancing Tint sounds like my kind of everyday base product. I mentioned recently that I'm almost finished the foundation so I've been using it sparingly but as you can see from the photos below it has such a beautiful finish on the skin. This is such a striking eye look so I wanted my skin to look quite fresh but even toned. A thin layer of the Seamless Skin Foundation is ideal for that kind of coverage. 

I began the eyes with a navy Lancôme eyeliner, Le Stylo Waterproof which is a long-wearing formula. You do get some play time to blend it out which is what I did to create a wing on my upper lash line. I lined my upper and lower waterline with this liner too. I used some of my favourite blue eye products to create the graphic inner corner and inner eyelid. The Half Magic Chromaddiction Matte in Sky Juice is the perfect periwinkle blue and the formula allows me to use it almost like a liquid liner. One of my favourite Urban Decay products from recent years is the Naked X Robin Eisenberg palette. I'm such a fan of blue eyeshadow shades and this palette has such gorgeous shades in it including this beautiful matte periwinkle blue that I've used again and again. In the eye look on Emma, you can see a wet-look shimmer eyeshadow in the centre of the eyelid and the lower lash line and I couldn't think of anything that would look better than the shade Mercurial from Lisa's Sorcery Eyeshadow Palette. It's one of the most special eyeshadow shades I have ever used. You can read my full review of the palette here. 

I finished the look by using the Velveteen Liquid Lip Colour in both Fawn and Muse mixed together on both lips and cheeks. (I'll be writing my review of the Velveteens soon!) For the cheeks, I mixed them with the Elevated Glow Highlighter in Pink Moon which is what I usually do with any liquid blush. I like the cohesion of using the same products for both lips and cheeks and how the warmth of the products contrasts against the blues of the eyes. 

I absolutely loved recreating this look, it made me gasp when I first saw it and those kinds of looks don't come across my social media too often. I hope it's helpful to see everything up close, I'd love to know if you've tried any of these products. 

Auric Cosmetics Glow Lust Radiant Luminizer (Morganite)

MAC Lip Conditioner 

*Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation (No. 5) 

Smashbox Under Eye Brightening Corrector (Light/Medium) 

Fenty Beauty Match Stix (Amber) 

Makeup By Mario Softsculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer (Light) 

NYX Lift & Snatch! Brow Pen (Ash Brown) 

West Barn Co. Prep Mist 

West Barn Co. Soap Brows Extra Strong Hold 

*Lancôme Le Stylo Waterproof (Minuit Illusion) 

Half Magic Beauty Chromaddiction Matte (Sky Juice) 

*Urban Decay Naked X Robin Eisenberg Palette (Home Planet, Ice Crater, Alien Babe) 

Victoria Beckham Beauty Instant Brightening Waterline Pencil 

Nabla Cutie Midnight Palette (Blue Hour) 

*Lisa Eldridge Sorcery Eyeshadow Palette (Mercurial)

Lisa Eldridge Elevated Glow Highlighter 

*Lisa Eldridge Velveteen Fawn 

*Lisa Eldridge Velveteen Affair 

Lisa Eldridge Skin and Makeup Enhancing Mist

*Sweed Cloud Mascara

*Sweed Lip Liner (Barely There) 

Givenchy Beauty Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Concealer (N95) 

*Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 

*IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe Superstar Brush (limited edition, similar here) 

Zoeva 128 Cream Cheek (discontinued, similar here) 

Spectrum Collections X KJH 08 (Powder) 

Spectrum Collections X KJH 09 

Spectrum Collections X KJH 23 

MYKITCO 1.11 Pro My Tiny Liner

MYKITCO 1.24 Pro My Mini Smudge 

Lisa Eldridge No. 15 Seamless Blend Brush 

Real Techniques 200 Oval Shadow Brush (discontinued, similar here) 

West Barn Co. The Brow Brush 

Surratt Relevée Eyelash Curler

Thank you for taking the time to read this post, I'd love to know what you think of this look, would you wear it or are there any elements of it you'd wear? If there are any specific product reviews you would like to see from me please let me know. If you'd like to support my work as a Content Creator, you can do so through Buy Me A Coffee. 

Emma x

Florasis Nomadic Glam Collection

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In January, Florasis released their new collection Nomadic Glam. It consists of six products, the Into the Wild Palette ($55 USD), the Blooming Rouge Ultra Smooth Satin Liquid Lipstick ($30 USD), the Peony Dream Cream Blush ($30 USD), the Flawless Jade Breathable Pressed Powder ($46 USD), the Flawless Jade Breathable Longwear Cushion Foundation ($46 USD) and the Yurong Airbrushed Tinted Pressed Powder ($52 USD). 

I was sent three of the products to test out and I've been using them over the past month. I thought I would write a review and share some photos of me wearing the products so that anyone interested in the collection can see them in action. As far as I know, this collection is Limited Edition but because the products are so unique and beautiful I wanted to showcase them here on my blog. I have a video swatching the collection on Instagram and I included my application video at the end of this post. 

As with all Florasis products, the packaging of this collection is beautifully unique. It's quite a lightweight plastic but the detail of the etched artificial leather is something I haven't seen before and it makes the packaging something special. The knot on the packaging is inspired by the Mongolian Ulzii knot which symbolises knowledge, wealth, happiness and good karma. The collection itself is inspired by the emerald Steppes, grasslands and rolling hills of Eastern Mongolia which is reflected in the campaign imagery. I'm going to be honest and say I do not know enough about the Steppes and the Mongolian Nomads to go into detail here, I know it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and I've seen there are documentaries about it. I plan on doing more research because I shamefully don't know much about it and I'd like to inform and educate myself. That being said I'm unsure as to the use of this culture as inspiration for a makeup collection from a Chinese brand. I'm going to be basing this review on face value as I'm not informed enough to say whether it is anything other than appreciation. 

The palette is absolutely beautiful, I've never seen such beautiful embossing except for on other Florasis products. There are four mattes, two shimmers and one glitter. I’ve tried the palette in lots of different ways already and I've found it versatile and easy to use. It’s quite a neutral palette of earthy tones. The dark turquoise glitter shade Midnight Waters is probably the least easy to wear in terms of texture and colour, so I wanted to create a look using that and the two shimmer shades. The mattes are beautiful, they have that formula that isn’t too pigmented but instead builds slowly and blends smoothly and effortlessly. If you struggle with blending matte eyeshadows, which I do sometimes, I highly recommend the Florasis ones as they’re very beginner friendly. 

The shimmers are beautiful too, they can be applied more sheer or built up using fingers or a damp brush. The same can be said for the glitter shade, although I did find this shade more difficult to build up. It has a deep grey base pigment and can be worn alone but I applied it over a medium brown base to give it some more warmth to tie it in with the gold shade. There is some fallout because the texture is quite chunky but again, if you apply it with your fingers or a damp brush the fallout will be minimised and you'll get the most payoff. You can do a lot with this palette as you can achieve a very minimal matte look or amp up the glamour and go all out glitter. This palette would make a beautiful gift for anyone who likes neutral eye makeup but likes a bit of sparkle too. I'm excited to continue to use it. 

The Peony Dream Cream Blush is described as "a rich reddish brown that transforms into a naturally sun-kissed flush on contact." I would describe it as a ruddy coral with gold micro shimmer. The shimmer looks more apparent in the pan than it does on the skin as you can see from the close-up photos below. On my skin, it leans warmer but it's a versatile blush shade and I can imagine it working on many skin tones as it can be built up quite easily. If you have a similar skin tone to me, I recommend applying it with a light hand as the pigment is quite rich. Despite the name, it has a powder finish but it isn't chalky or patchy, it blends seamlessly on the skin. 

The formula contains moisturising ingredients and a hydrophobic coating technology that locks in moisture while repelling water so it is sweatproof and waterproof. I didn't know what to expect with this product as I had never tried a Florasis blush before and I gravitate toward cream and liquid formulas. However it's one of the most elegant powder blush formulas I have tried. If I was to compare it to any other brand I would say it's similar to the NARS formula although I haven't tried that in years. If you're a powder blush fan or someone who finds blush doesn't last on their skin, I would definitely recommend checking this one out. I think it will be a great option for the warmer months. 

The final product is the Blooming Rouge Ultra Smooth Satin Liquid Lipstick. The shade is described as being "inspired by the naturally rich hues of sunsets and warm milk tea." I love this shade description, I would call it a muted brown-red which is much less poetic. It's almost like a more saturated version of the blush but because of the creamy formula, it can be worn in a sheer way by patting it on or built up for more opacity. It has a creamy mousse-like, silicone texture that dries down to a satin finish. If you've tried the Romand Blur Fudge Tint, it's like a satin version of that formula. It contains moisturising ingredients including calendula, so it feels comfortable to wear all day. It also has no discernable scent which I know will be good news for a lot of people as it can be difficult to find a fragrance-free lip product. I love this shade so much more than I expected to as it’s so easy and comfortable to wear. I wore it today with minimal makeup and I actually patted some of it on my cheeks as I was trying to get ready quickly. 

*Vieve Skin Nova Instant Radiance Primer 

*Prada Beauty Reveal Skin Foundation (LC5) 

Smashbox Under Eye Brightening Corrector (Light/Medium) 

Fenty Beauty Match Stix (Amber) 

Fenty Beauty Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Bronzer (Butta Biscuit) 

Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer (Crème) 

Hindash Cosmetics Color Fluid (Carve) 

*Florasis Into the Wild Palette (06 Midnight Waters, 03 Glittering Sunrise, 05 Golden Dewdrop)

*Florasis Peony Dream Cream Blush (13 Morning Rays)

*Florasis Blooming Rouge Ultra Smooth Satin Liquid Lipstick (Sacred Warmth) 

*Clarins Fix’ Make-Up

Hildun Beauty Silk to Set Kajal Liner (Chocolate) 

*Clio Kill Lash Mascara via Stylevana 

Givenchy Beauty Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Concealer (N95) 

*Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 

Nabla Skin Glazing Powder (Ozone) 

NYX Professional Makeup Lip Pencil (Nude Truffle) 

*YSL Beauty Nu Dewy Mist 

*IT Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe Complexion Perfection Brush #7 

Spectrum Collections X KJH 05 

Spectrum Collections X KJH 08

Spectrum Collections X KJH 15

MYKITCO 0.6 My Flawless Contour

MYKITCO 1.29 My Sheer Blender

MYKITCO 1.15 Pro My Blending Shadow  

MYKITCO 1.24 Pro My Mini Smudge 

Rebeluna R08 Domed Concealer Buffer Brush 

Rebeluna R23 Small Tapered Blender Brush 

Rebeluna R28 Flat Shader/Blender Brush 

Zoeva 230 Luxe Pencil (now named the Detail Smoky Blender) 

West Barn Co. The Brow Brush 

Surratt Relevée Eyelash Curler

I don't see many people I follow on social media talking about Florasis and even though I've been following them for a while now I am relatively new to the products myself. They sent me some of their bestselling products last year and I've been testing them out and so far I've been very impressed. I was worried that this brand was all style, no substance but I'm happy to say that the quality of the products is as equal to the packaging as possible. 

I'd love to know what you think of this look and if you'd wear it yourself. Have you tried Florasis or is it a brand that's on your radar? 

Thank you for taking the time to read this post, I hope you found it to be informative. If there are any specific product reviews you would like to see from me please let me know. If you'd like to support my work as a Content Creator, you can do so through Buy Me A Coffee. 

Emma x