Sleek - Oh So Special Palette

After looking in all Superdrug I could find, and not finding the Oh So Special palette, I decided to order it online, and I am so glad I did. I am in love with this palette. There are so many looks I can create and for me it is one of those palettes that will take you from day to night.

The shadows are so pigmented, and so pretty, there is the right amount of shimmer and matte eyeshadow, and I love that.

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Depois de procurar e procurar em todas as Superdrug que encontrei, e nao encontrar a paleta Oh So Special da Sleek, finalmente decidi compra-la online no site da Sleek, e ainda de bem que o fiz. Eu amo esta paleta. dá para criar tantos looks, e na minha opinião é uma daquelas paletas que dá para o dia a dia e para a noite.

As sombras são tão pigmentadas, e esta paleta tem o numero certo de sombras com shimmer e mate.

Aqui ficam as fotografias.

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Sleek - Storm Palette

This Storm Palette is definetely for me a night palette, most shades are so shimmery but gorgeous.

All the shades are so pigmented even without primer, I took pictures with and without primer and the difference is almost not visible.  

I love this palette, and I am so happy that I finally got it.

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Esta paleta da Sleek, a Storm para mim vai ser uma paleta que vou usar mais para criar looks para a noite ou mais dramaticos, a maioria das sombras tem bastante shimmer, mas são lindas.

Todas as sombras desta paleta são bastante pigmentadas mesmo sem o primer, eu tirei fotos com e sem primer e a diferenca não é quase nenhuma.

Adoro esta paleta, e finalmente decidi compra-la, não me desiludiu.

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Sleek and ELF Haul

So earlier on, I posted about two parcels that arrived for me today.

So I received some ELF and Sleek products that I ordered on Friday, so I am very happy about the time it took for it to come, it was very quick.

Form ELF I got a High Definition Powder from the Studio line, a mineral lipstick in Nicely Nude, A studio cream eyeshadow in Candlelight, I also bought two new products that are now available on their website, which are the eyeshadow primer trio, in three different colours, Nude, Champagne and Pearl, and also the new Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets.

I plan to do a full review on the eyeshadow primers and the Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets once I've use them.

From Sleek I bought two eyeshadow palettes, the Storm, and the Oh So Special. 

I will do another post latter on or tomorrow, with swatches.

I am so excited about these two palettes I cannot wait to use them, and do some looks with them.

No meu outro post, eu disse que tinham chegado dois pacotes para mim.

Recebi umas coisinhas da ELF e da Sleek que encomendei na Sexta, estou estremamente contente com o tempo que demoraram a chegar, foi muito rapido.

Da ELF, comprei o High Defenition Powder da linha Studio, um batom mineral na cor Nicely Nude, uma sombra em creme na cor candlelight tambem da linha Studio, e tambem comprei dois produtos novos no site deles, um set de 3 primes com cores diferentes, Nude, Champagne e Pearl, e tambem comprei ums Clarifying Oil Blotting Sheets, que é para usar durante o dia quando a minha pele começar a ficar muito oleosa, vamos ver como eles trabalham.

Quando os usar faço uma review deles e dos primers tambem.

Da Sleek comprei duas paletas de sombras, a Storm e a Oh So Special.

No proximo post irei falar delas ainda hoje ou então amanhã.

Mal posso esperar para usar estas paletas especialmente a Oh So Special, que é linda, tem cores mesmo lindas, e vai ser tão facil usar essa paleta para fazer look que vão do dia para a noite.

XOXO

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Peachy Keen

After a recent trip to my local MAC, something The Mother has been saying for years finally struck a chord. Not only do I buy too much make up, but I repeatedly buy the same sorts of products. I was looking at the mass amount of blushes available, and was slightly overwhelmed until one of the artists came up and recommended Springsheen. Although I was initially looking for something more bronze, I instantly fell in love with its peachy tones. Money handed over, thank you ma'am.

Only to get home and discover that I had three other almost identical blushes. Doh! At the beginning I was a little miffed, having spent over twenty euro on such a similar product. But then rationalised that its a colour that suits me and as long as I don't buy another one (hopefully) equally similar life is peachy. Yeaah?

So the moral of this story? I should probably invest in a variety of products, but hey, I probably won't need to repurchase for a while!

Do you hoard similar make up? Don't even get me started on eyeshadows..

Nars Orgasm - A peachy pink with shimmer, but not glitter. Believe me, I am not a glitter person; so its fab.

Sleek Rose Gold - Sleek's dupe of Nars Orgasm and they are almost identical. If you have one, you really don't need the other. Oops.

Nars Orgasm Multiple - Ditto. Double Oops.

MAC Springsheen - Although very similar to both the Nars and Sleek blushes, its slightly more of a peach. Again, its probably not a necessity. Triple Oops.

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Sleek - Avoir la Pêche Collection

Hi Girls!!

I finally got my hands on the Sleek Avoir La Pêche collection.

I love all the colours, so wearable from the Summer, when I'm tanner. The colours of this collection are all very pigmented. They come in different finishes, some are matte, others have a pearly finish. At £6.49, this palette is a bargain, and so wearable, trendy colours. I love it.

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Olá meninas!
Finalmente comprei a palete da Sleek La Avoir Pêche.
  Adoro todas as cores, são cores que dão para usar no dia a dia principalmente ndo Verão, quando eu estou mais morena. As cores desta coleção são muito pigmentadas. Eles vêm em diferentes acabamentos, alguns são mate, outros têm um acabamento perolado. Custou-me £ 6,49, esta paleta é muito acessivel, e muito usavel e com cores da moda. Adoro-a.

Parfait - a champagne pink.(pearly)

Blush - a milky, pastel, peachy pink. (matte)

Cameo - a deeper coral.(matte)

Perisian Orange - an intense deep orange (pearly)

Peach Gold - a deep peach with gold shimmer (pearly)

Sandstone - a beige with a hit of soft peach (matte)

Bellini - a soft gold (pearly)

Redstone - a muted neutral orange (matte)

Persimmon - a bright orange with a hint of pink (matte)

Tangelo - an intense orange (matte)

Bittersweet - a purpley grey (matte)

Stone - a grey brown (matte) 

 I also got the Lip Gloss, I didn't get the blush, because they didn't have any left at the Superdrug in Wimbledon. The gloss is also very nice, a bit sticky, but a nice colour that can be build up on the lips. 

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Eu também comprei o Lip Gloss, eu não comprei o blush, porque já não tinham nenhum na Superdrug em Wimbledon. O Lip Gloss também é muito bom, um pouco pegajoso, mas uma cor agradável que pode ser construído nos lábios.

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While I Love My Make Up...

I love my dogs more...

Like the saddo I am, last night I ended up watching Legally Blonde 2 (absolute disaster of a film) on the television. This morning while doing my college essay I began thinking about today's post. Animal Testing. Anyone will tell you that I'm against wearing fur, but strangely animal testing in regards to cosmetic companies was never something I paid attention to. I would never buy a make up product knowing it was tested on animals - BUT - being the slight makeup snob that I am, I was under the insane and inaccurate belief that because the products I buy are more high end, no animal testing would be carried out to produce them.

Fail, Julie.

After doing a small amount of research on the subject (my poor college essay!), and watching some really disturbing videos about the treatment of animals being tested on, I thought I'd share with you some of the information I found out. There's little point in debating the pros and cons of it, as in my eyes its just wrong. Pixiwoo have a list of companies that don't test on animals in full here, and those that are safe include MAC, Nars, MUFE, Eyeko, Beauté, Laura Mercier, Urban Decay, Sleek, Estee Lauder and Illamasqua. Phew! Thank God, if they tested on animals most of my make up would be in the bin.

Those that are ambiguous in their animal cruelty policy include L'Oreal, D&G, Max Factor, Rimmel and Benefit. As much as I loved my Benefit foundation and was ready to repurchase, I definitely won't be doing so now. As for the others they've been removed from my make up drawer. For a list of all the companies that DO NOT test on animals click here. While I love make up and the little collection I have going on, not at the cost of an animals life. This time the price of beauty is too high.

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What do you think about animal testing? Do you knowingly use products tested on animals?

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I Don't Love It

Enter my MAC 100 Followers Giveaway!

I'm not that hard to please.

And I love Sleek. Their eyeshadow palettes are some of my favourites. But..

I bought Sleek's Blush in Rose Gold a few weeks ago and was excited at the prospect of it being a dupe to Nars Orgasm. I haven't tried the Nars version but if this is anything to go by I don't want to. I don't mind shimmer. It can make me happy at times. But this is so shimmery and just doesn't suit me. Having naturally "flushed" cheeks (ie. red) I try to combat this as best I can, but this Sleek blush makes me look like I've been running a marathon. And a long one at that. This probably suits everyone else, but with my complexion, I just have to give it a miss!

I also purchased the Face and Body Highlighter in Peach Shimmer, which is the lightest shade (hence the pale Irish skin). It looked so promising on the website and even when it was delivered to my door I felt a sense of kiddish excitement. Complete disappointment. Although it has a lovely texture, I would need to have lashings of fake tan on to wear this. And I'm not that pale - I don't see how it can be the lightest shade. It almost comes across as a gold eyeshadow (like Amber Lights). Either way, it doesn't come out the way it looks or the way I expected. Hmph.

On the brightside the Sleek Nocturnal Kajal liner (what looks like a tampon) is a new fave! Have you tried these out?

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