MAYBELLINE | Master Sculpt contouring palette

If you haven't seen it already, Maybelline have launched a contour kit called Master Sculpt. The kit comes with a matte bronzer, and a highlighter that has a subtle, delicate shimmer (not glittery at all). Underneath the powders in a separate tray, sits a brush similar to those in the Benefit box blushers.

The formula is soft, nicely pigmented and without a hint of orange.  It blends beautifully on the skin and isn't easy to overdo (I love that).  The highlighter is very soft in texture, you only need to dab your brush on top to pick up a decent amount of product (I say that but I'm not sure if mine is like that was it was slightly broken in transit).  I love that it isn't too glittery, it really is a very soft sheen, it's more about adding light to counter the darkness in the bronzer.

This really is a lovely product, one of the nicest bronzer/highlighter duo's I've seen.  It's a beautiful texture that blends really well and looks lovely on the skin.

The Maybelline Master Sculpt costs £6.99* and comes in 2 different shades Light Medium (pictured) and Medium Dark and is now available to purchase from either Boots or Superdrug.

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MeMeMe | Goddess Rocks

//Excuse the imperfect skin - I don't believe in photoshopping my images//

I must be honest, I'm not typically one for any kind of shimmery bronzer - however, these are a little different.  The MeMeMe Goddess Rocks come in a pretty, grey cardboard pot, with a wedge of foam to keep them in place and stop them getting smashed up.  They cost £12.95 and fantastically, they haven't been tested on animals, yay :)

They're very sparkly - made up of 3 different shades - a bronze, a rose gold and a highlight beige shade - swirled all together they create a gorgeous soft shimmery bronze colour.  They're designed to be used on cheeks, cupids bow, decolletage and any other areas you want to create that bronzed goddess look.  Personally, I just used them on my cheek bones by dabbing a very fluffy brush in there (Real Techniques blusher brush) and applying it to my cheeks - I actually really like this look if you're going for dark or sultry eyes and a nude lip gloss - I think it creates a very glamourous dewey look.  I can see these sitting well in a makeup artists kit too as I think they add a gorgeous glow to the skin - but be warned, it is easy to overdo it with these. 

While these may not be something I reach for on a daily basis, I do think they have a place in my collection - other than looking beautiful, they do look gorgeous on the cheeks and work beautifully as a highlight and on top of blusher to add an extra dimension.

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Makeup Revolution Blush, Bronze & Brighten palette

Today I bring you some more Makeup Revolution releases, this time, they're bronzer, highlighter and blusher palettes similar to the Sleek ones we've all come to know and love.

These are different to the Sleek contour palettes though - I don't know about you, but as much as I liked the Sleek palettes, I did find that the blushers were far too pigmented (resulting in blotchy clown cheeks) and very glittery (not a good look on a 35 year old mummy!) - that's what I love about these, the blushers are appropriately pigmented (very well, but not like clown face paint!) and they're virtually matte.  I don't know if you can see from the swatches, but they blend beautifully too, creating a gorgeous glow on your cheeks.  

The highlighters are really gorgeous too, they're not too glittery and look lovely on the cheekbones (also work nicely under the brow bone, on the inner corner of the eye and on the cupids bow on your lip).  The bronzers are lovely as well, pretty much matte, some with a delicate shimmer which didn't really translate to the skin.

What I like is that there's a palette for different skin tones too - for example, take the Rave and Golden Hot palettes - ideal for darker skin tones - that's not to say those with paler skin tones can't wear them, but I think the highlighters and blushers in those palettes will look particularly lovely on darker skin :)

These are lovely quality, I adore the blushers, the soft gentle glow and great blendability, these really are gorgeous!

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New CID i-glow blusher

It's been a little while since a blusher has really grabbed me and I've thought, wow.  Don't get me wrong, there's plenty out there I really like and that I've been genuinely impressed with, but to really get me to oooh and ahhhh about a blusher takes a lot as my standards are pretty high, especially since I tend to get a bit of dry skin on my cheeks, it can make blushers look less-than-perfect on my skin.

First off, lets just take a second to appreciate the prettiness of this blusher, it's a gorgeous dusky pink/rose gold, with baked gold veins running through it like marble.  It's like a hybrid between a blusher and a highlighter, in fact, it's name 'i-glow' describes it perfectly, it really does give a gorgeous glow to your cheeks.

One thing I love about it is that you don't pick up too much product when you swirl your brush in it (don't you just hate that?).  It blends beautifully too and doesn't splodge on your face (not a good look), plus there's a distinct absence of glitter in this blusher, which I can get on board with.  I'm all for shimmery blushers, I'm just not a fan of glittery ones (far too old for that!).

At £24.50* it's certainly one of the most expensive blushers in my collection, but with it working as both a highlighter (albeit, coloured) and a blusher, it does serve a dual purpose, potentially saving you money in the long run.  Do I think it's worth the price tag? I honestly do, it's strikingly beautiful and very wearable, and for the £24.50 you get 9g of product, which is a lot!

Overall I think it's a gorgeous blusher, and while I've only tried this and the foundation from New CID, this certainly was the stand-out product out of the two (the foundation was decent, it's just this is exceptional).  If you're ever near a New CID stand, be sure to seek this out and swatch it (or check it out online here).

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Benefit Watt's Up highligher

A few weeks ago my colleague at work excitedly rushed over to my desk to show me her latest Benefit purchases which included the Watt's Up highlighter.  It really stuck in my mind as a really beautiful product and very pretty highlighter, so when it was the Cardiff Benefayre I snuck into John Lewis first and bought one for me, a little treat for no good reason (the best kind!).  See what I thought of it below.

** product fully extended **

I'll give you a pro tip off the bat - remember to fully wind it in before replacing the little cap, I had an incident with mine where it became stuck to the inside and some tore off - not the end of the word, but a silly mistake by me.

On to the product itself.  It's a cream formula in a stick, but that on application dries to a powder finish, unlike the Sun beam style products which have a slightly different finish.  This is double ended, the highlighter at one end, and a squishy sponge at the other for blending it in.  You could use your fingers to apply this, but I prefer to apply it straight from the stick - I just swipe it on my cheekbones, and switch to the sponge end and dab it across the edges to blend them in.

The lasting power isn't phenomenal, but it is decent.  I didn't really have any left when I was heading home from work (after applying it at about 7:30am), but I do tend to lean on my hands during the day and touch my face, so I wasn't that surprised.  It's a soft gentle highlighter, not in the slightest garish, which some of them can be far too obvious.  It really is very pretty.  It might be because it's a soft focus highlighter that it doesn't last quite as well as it's liquid counterparts, but I'm fine with that because in my opinion, it's much better.

I've managed to wear this every single day since I bought it, which means I might go through it a little quickly, but hey, at least it's being used :)

The lowdown

• You get 9.4g of product
• Cream to powder formula
• Costs £24.50
• A soft focus highlighter for your face
• Ingredients: Nothing nasty :)

This months Bigest-Pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Hayley from Water Painted Dreams

 

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MAC Hey Sailor Highlighter

Hey everyone, slightly old news with this one, but I've been using it a lot and wanted to share my thoughts with you :)

MAC Hey Sailor! Highlighter Crew

So here's the bit where I tell you what I think, and I'll warn you, it's mixed.

So, partly my fault for not reading up reviews first.  But, I didn't have a highlighter and I wanted one.  I was using my MAC msf in Blonde as one and as lovely as it is, I wanted a proper highlighter.  So, from what I can gather, like most people we seemed to think the colours were just sprayed on top and once they're gone you'd be left with a lovely shimmer for a highlighter underneath.  WRONG.

These colours go all the way down.  It's not a highlighter, despite what it says on the back.  It's quite clearly a blusher, as you can see by my swatches.  So, after being initially very disappointed, I then started wearing it as a blusher, and loved it :)  It's just a case of re-purposing this one.  It's a blusher, end of.

Did you get this at all?  What did you think about it?

Pixi3 out

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