MUA Power Pout - "Crazy in Love"

Do you ever go on a crazy online shopping spree and once you get the products, you forget about some of them? Please, just tell me I'm not the only one.

A while back, and by that I mean in February, I ordered a few MUA goodies as I'd heard amazing things about the brand's new collections but I hadn't had the chance to get my hands on them. One of the things I was looking forward to the most were their famous Power Pout lip crayons. As I always do with the things I'm not sure are going to be right up my alley, I only ordered one - the darkest shade they had. It's not too dark, just a lovely plummy pink, which means it's a highly wearable lipstick product. If you want a lip product that will look good but still won't be over the top, this is your shade. It is also a very glossy lipstick, which I wasn't expecting it to be (I guess I associate the idea of "lip crayon" with actual crayons?), but it feels very mosturising. The glossy touch tends to wear off within an hour or so, but it leaves a lovely rosy stain on the lips which lasts for quite a long time.

However, there's a downside to their Power Pouts. They are really, really soft lip products so they can easily melt, not only in hot weather, but also just by carrying them around in your makeup bag (the writing on the packaging also starts to fade away just by carrying them around, but being such a bargain I wasn't expecting it to stay there forever!). The second day I decided to wear it I was in the bathroom of my university ready to re-apply and the tip of the lip crayon just broke off, which wasn't fun. Hence why it looks like that now. I have to keep it in the fridge in order for to keep it solid - it's not the fanciest thing, but it helps!

Have you tried MUA's Power Pouts? 

Thoughts?

Tania x 

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FOTD: Sister + MUA Immaculate Palette

 

 Bloggesphere meet my sister, sister meet the bloggosphere.

You know what's absolutely fantastic about having a 12 year old girl at home? That she lets me play around with my makeup on her face. Obviously she's too young to start wearing any makeup outside but whenever we're having a lazy day, the question always pops up: Can I do your makeup? Pleeeeaaaseeee?

A couple of weeks ago, in the middle of an "Oh my God I cannot finish all this in time I'm going to die why am I even allowed to go to uni" breakdown (if you've ever been a student, you know the kind), I went online shopping. One of the things I got was the MUA Pro Immaculate Collection Palette. I had never tried any MUA products myself but I'd heard wonders about the brand and wanted a new palette with a pop of colour so I thought that one would be perfect. As soon as my order arrived though, I started wondering how on Earth I was ever going to wear those colours. So I practiced on my sister.

The eye shadows don't have a name so I put together a couple of pictures so you don't have to go and check the colours elsewhere.

My sister is wearing:

Essence "I Love Stage" Eyeshadow Base

(It's not amazing but it does the job. Sort of.)

Shade 15 - all over the lid

Shade 1 - on top for a more vibrant colour

Shade 19 - outer corner and crease

Shade 14 - inner corner and lower lashline

H&M Eye Liner in "Chocolate"

Rimmel London Scandal'Eyes Mascara

And that's the mermaid-esque result! At first I felt like I was just playing around but I really liked the way it looked once I was finished - and I think my sister did too since she wouldn't stop talking selfies afterwards!

Do you dare wear bright eye makeup or are you more of a neutrals kind of girl? 

Let me know! :)

Tania x

Review: MUA Lipsticks

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Laura from Vanilla Kingdom texted us all excited telling us about an Spanish makeup website called Maquillalia. It turns out they sell stuff from a lot of different brands (Essence, NYX, China Glaze...) and obviously we just had to pick up some stuff. 

Seeing as the MUA lipsticks were only about 1'50€ each, I picked up three of them. Yes, three. I figured that if I wanted to try any new lipstick colour, it would be better to go for a cheap one, that way I wouldn't feel bad about wasting my money on something I was probably never going to use again. 

These are my picks! Shade 16 Nectar, Shade 6 and Shade 14 Bare.

I am obsessed with the first one, Nectar. For some reason it does look quite orange on the pictures but once you put it on it's a lot more of a pinkish peach than a bright orange and it has quickly become one of my favourite lipsticks to wear on a daily basis. The Bare one is great too, maybe a bit too pink for me (I just don't think I can pull off baby pink lipsticks), but I quite like it. I'm not so crazy about the pink one, though, but only because I dislike the fact that it's quite shimmery. Not sure if that was mentioned on the website -I didn't see it! However, I do like the colour, so I'll try to wear that one with a lip gloss on top and we'll see if that helps a little or just ruins it completely. 

The only problem I've had with these MUA lipsticks is that my lips are quite dry in general and they only seem to dry them out a bit more, so I would recommend using a good lip base/balm underneath or whatever suits you best and you're good to go. They don't last forever and you might have to touch it up every couple of hours or so, but hey, what more can one ask for?! :)

 What's your favourite MUA product? Do you own any MUA lipsticks? Do they do the job for you?

Tania

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