Summer is over but it doesn't matter! Bold colours all round!

It rained today. Not autumn-ry weather at all. Praise God I was wearing boots when I went shopping today. My jacket smells like wet sheep! Anyhoo wanted to share today's haulage. It involves one of my two favorite highstreet brands...yeah you guessed it: Sleek and Barry M.

So I picked up:-
Sleek Sunset palette [permanent]
Sleek Pout polish in Chocolate Kiss
Sleek True Colour Lipstick in Mulberry
Barry M blush in Raspberry [Both a lot brighter in real life]
Barry M blush in Apricot

This palette is being rolled out at the moment with the new Sleek stands in some Superdrugs. So I suspect we will all get it at random times. But Sleek has said that it will be a permanent palette.

First impressions of the Sleek Sunset palette are good. I feel like Sleek might have changed the formula of these eyeshadows a little bit. They all feel a tad bit creamier. And that orange colour in there isn't like the one in Jewels palette that comes out as a horrid non-pigmented glittery mess. It actually looks like it could work very well indeed. Would have loved to have done a FOTD for y'all today but I just did not get the time. Very soon though.

The red eyeshadow in this palette I suspect will be the star of the show. It is gorgeous. I am trying to think if I have anything like it and at this present time my mind draws a blank however I do think I might find something in my stash somewhere.....I shall continue on blissfully ignorant!

The Pout polish is the pleasant surprise for me. I'll be honest. I wasn't expecting much but its turned out to be pretty awesome! It smells cocoa buttery and it goes on very smoothly. I've used it all evening and I think I'm going to have to get more.

Y'all know that my favorite lipstick by far is Sleeks Amethyst. However this new Sleek Mulberry lipstick is hot. A total killer for autumn and its cheap too. I thought it might be a good dupe for Night Violet from Style Black but this actually darker than that and has more of a brown tint to it that Night Violet. Swatches for you!!!

Mulberry on the left, Night Violet on the right.

Eh now about these Barry M blushes. Hand on my heart I thought they were going to be a waste of my time. I have to confess I am *initially* rather impressed ! Better review to follow. On the left is the Apricot one and on the right is Raspberry. I quite like the orange blush. There's something understated but very glowy about it. And the red one...well if I'm going for the flushed cheeks look this is it!
And that is all for now lovelies. I owe you guys a proper FOTD sometime soon. I know. I've been slacking. But I'll be wearing falsies in my next one just for you!!!

Stay blessed lovelies!
God loves you xxx

Are you sick of it yet? :- MAC Style Black Spoils

It's saturday. Oooooh ooooooooo! How you guys doing today? I hope you are blessed!

I almost didn't blog about my Style Black stuff. This collection was EVERYWHERE. If you follow more than 5 blogs the chances are you've heard everything there is to hear about it and well as seen all the swatches of this stuff. Sooooo no swatches. This is what I got...

Blue Flame MES
Young Punk MES
Gilt by Association MES
Cinderfella MES
Black Greasepaint Stick
Midnight Violet Mattene

This collection is, for me, the best MAC collection this year. The eyeshadows are MINT! Would have been nice to have a green one and a red one too! They are very special and Mac did well with these. However I believe that the eyeshadows are quite limited in what you can do with them in certain capacities.

Hear me out.

I am all for the smokey eye. I love it. Completely. However these eyeshadows restrict you to have the colour on the eyelid and then just smoking it out. 9 times out of 10 the looks that I've seen from style black are pretty similar and that for me is a bit of a bummer. I fall into the same category. I, too, have not figured out how to wear them differently. Please do direct me to ones that are quite different if you know of any. I'd love to see them.

You can't really use these eyeshadows for crease colours....swatched dry they hardly show up. And good luck to you if you're gonna try and blend them wet. It's quite a mission to accomplish if you still want to keep the sparkle, opacity and smooth coverage all in one. So whilst I love the eyeshadows [and love them I do!] room for creativity is kinda limited. At least in my opinion.

Midnight Violet is so beautiful. I love this colour. Worn it a few times and everytime I get compliments time and time again. I think because I don't have issues wearing bright or bold colours it never occurred to me that this was a dark lipstick....I just wore it and liked it. It's certainly a lot lighter than I thought but that's not a bad thing.

Greasepaint stick. Oh my days. I know some people aren't keen on it because it dries so quickly but I love this thing!!! I know that there are 101 other black bases out there but this one for me is special. It does not move. It grabs incredibly well and works with a large variety of pigments. I've tried it with Barry M, Sleek, Stargazer, Clinique, Bobby Brown and even Collection 2000. For me, this little stick is totally worth it.

Now the rest of the collection I could pass on. The glosses....waste of money in my opinion. You could dupe them with other glosses. Nailpolish...not too bothered with my nails....I did want the 214 brush but it was sold out at my local counter...the other lipsticks, got Barry M for that... The facial stuff that a lot of people loved...I just wasn't feeling it. It bugs me that it's LE in the first place and I'm quite happy with the exfoliators etc that I have already.

I'm thinking of re-doing my blog set up. Thinking about moving over to wordpress. I like their style. Anyone on wordpress here? If so what are your opinions on Wordpress?

And now for the FOTD which is so not style black related but thought you might like to see.... :)

Eyes:-
Barry M no 78 [I think]
Sleek Acid Palette Purple
Sleek Acid Palette Black
NYX Eyeshadow in Highlight

Face:-
Warm Blend MSF
Graftobian Foundation Powder

Lips:-
Midnight Violet
Elite Lipgloss in Tempting Plum

And this lip look is Barry M lip paint no 37 with Elite Lipgloss in Tempting plum. It was totally inspired by Erin's gorgeous lip colour combo from this post . It's not as dark but I think it's a pretty close dupe! Check out her blog if you ain't following it yet. She's cool :)

I'm hungry now....gonna go get me some chicken wings me thinks!

Have a blessed weekend lovlies :) xxx