Makeup Revolution Euphoria palette in Bare

Six eyeshadows, 2 mattes and 4 shimmers.  A bronzer, highlight and blusher.

Eye shadows swatched in the order they're in the palette (top to bottom,. left to right)

Bronzer, highlight, blusher

Using just MUR products (viper mascara, Kohl and flick liner, Euphoria palette (2nd, 3rd & 6th shades) and the ultra aqua brow tint in medium

When this landed on my door step, my first thought was 'ooooh so pretty!' - a palette perfect for weekend breaks, or holidays.  It wasn't until I swatched it, that I realised just how pretty the eye shadows actually are.  They're like a hybrid of the best of the Naked palettes, both mattes and shimmer shades.  Then you have the contour palette, a soft matte bronzer for contouring, a soft and gentle highlighter and a NARS Orgasm dupe of a rose gold blusher.

As always the eye shadows are exactly what you've come to expect from MUR, well pigmented and long lasting.  I was going for a very soft look that was all about the eye liner.  I use shade 2 on the inner half of my eye, shade 3 on the outer half, and then shade 6 on the outer v and crease.

I combined the look with the bronzer, highlight and blusher from the palette, finishing off with their anti-shine balm (their Benefit Dr Feelgood dupe).

The only negative I have to say about the look I created is with the kohl and flick liner, the kohl isn't quite black enough for my taste :)

I'm really enjoying doing these makeup looks, yes they haven't been super colourful yet, but I do have some adventurous looks planned for you, so do let me know in the comments what looks you'd like to see me create and I'll do my best :)

At just £6 I think this is a great value palette, it's so wearable and combines great colours, with a face contour palette, a great makeup bag essential.

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Origins Plantscription moisturiser

I've been using this little baby for a while now and wanted to give it a proper road test before I shared my thoughts with you on it.

You probably know I'm a sucker for Origins skincare.  I started off with a complimentary facial from them (which anyone can get you just need to book in), and then bought their Ginzing face moisturiser and their Ginzing facial scrub cleanser (both reviewed here).  So when the opportunity arose to try their Plantscription, I was pretty excited.

It's completely different to the Ginzing products, they're more of a lightweight gel texture (fast absorbing), while this is much heavier and thicker, making it perfect for Autumn/Winter when it's windier and drier.  

It absorbs pretty fast and feels really hydrating and nourishing, it's a very luxurious feeling cream and you only need a really small amount as a little goes a long way (that's what I like to hear from a £50 moisturiser!).

It's place in my skincare routine is in the morning, I use this after washing my face.  It prepares my skin well for foundation, or just the day ahead (in the evening I use a cleanser like Liz Earle C&P or Michael Todd honey & oat, then the Kiehls Midnight recovery serum).

I like to keep my skincare simple and not over-complicate things, I feel like my skin is at it's best when it's not being bombarded with different products, which is why I often refuse skincare reviews that are offered to me as I don't like to try to many different things out, I find my skin doesn't respond well after a while.

I feel that the Ginzing products are better for the Summer or warmer months as they're so light, and this is well suited for Winter.  I've been really pleased with it, it hasn't broken me out, I haven't reacted to it, and after using it my skin feels lovely and soft.  It's just a shame it's quite expensive, as now that I'm on maternity leave it's not something I'd be able to afford to replace.  If you're interested in picking one up for a present, or just a little treat for yourself, you can find it here, or at your local Origins counter.

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Jimmy Choo Star perfume

Just recently I've been branching out in the perfumes I wear.  Typically in the day I'll wear Lacoste Touch of Pink, or Lacoste for Women - these are my 'go to' scents.  While these are 'sweet' scents, I also harbour a love of spicy evening scents, like Lagerfeld's Sun, Moon, Stars (an old favourite of mine).

Jimmy Choo Star is a combination of both.  It has sweet scents of toffee (very easy to pick out), the warm spice of sandlewood (you'll pick this out too) and the musk of patchouli (my mother-in-law informed me that this is a very 'hippy' scent).  Those with fine tuned noses will also pick up tiger orchid and candid orange.

The bottle is reminiscent of a rose gold/toffee grenade, and typical of the Jimmy Choo perfume bottle style.

It's a very strong perfume, you really don't need to spray much of it, 1-2 sprays at most and it'll last for hours and hours - always a mark of a good fragrance.

The people over at Cosme-de are actually having a perfume Christmas promotion.  The perfumes included have:

• up to 50% off high-street prices
• all perfume orders will receive samples of 3 other scents
• all orders qualify for free gift wrapping in time for Christmas :)

What's more, each person that orders fragrance will be entered in a sweepstake to win one of the following prizes:

• SK-II luxury suite (worth $600)
• Dior luxury bundle (worth $400)
• $100 cash voucher

Plus 5 x $25 vouchers to random customers.  The promotion runs up until the 26th December, so there's still time to bag a fragrance and enter the draw :)

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