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  • Primark P.S. Love Eye Liner and Eye Brightener Review

    Primark P.S. Love Eye Liner and Eye Brightener Review

    Primark eye liners and highlighter

    I’ll be honest, I’ve never been one to spend much money on eye liners. So when I spotted these ones (along with the eye brighter pencil) in Primark recently, I didn’t even hesitate to make the purchases. Unlike many other makeup products, for me (going off past experience) most eye liners have been pretty much the same, especially when it comes to pencil eye liners. If it’s black and it comes out bold, then it’s fine by me. And with regards to liquid eyeliners, I’ve often found a firm wand, as opposed to a flexible one, works best for me when creating a cat eye flick.

    Smudger Eye Liner

    P.S.Love Smudger Eye Liner

    At one end this liner is a pencil and at the other end it has a small foam smudge stick, perfect for creating a quick and easy smoky eye look. It also comes with a sharpener in the lid, so you never have to worry about it going blunt when you’re on the go.

    Smudger Eye Liner

    smudge eye liner

    Black Pencil Eye Liner

    On the below image I applied my line using just this black eye liner and as you can see it came out bold and I was able to create a perfectly precise flick. (I didn’t apply mascara, just so that you can see how the eye liner looks alone.)

    Pencil Eye Liner

    Primark Eye Liner

    Eyeliner Smudge stick

    Next I used the smudge stick end of the eye liner to create a subtle smoky liner.

    Primark Pencil Eye Liner

    Then I went along the bottom of my eye with the pencil to create a more smoky eyed look.
    Smudged Eye Liner

    Smokey Eye Liner

    Liquid Eye Liner

    I always have to carry a liquid eye liner in my makeup bag, just because you never know when those bold cat flicks might need to come out!

    P.S.Love Liquid Eye Liner Review

    The wand of this liquid eyeliner is firm and so works well at creating that perfect flick.

    P.S.Love Primark Liquid Eye Liner

    Black Liquid Eye Liner Review

    In the image below I simply drew over the smoky eye liner (from the images above) with the liquid eye liner to at first give a subtle smoky eye with a winged liner.

    Smudged pencil liner and liquid eye liner

    To create the look below, I then made the line thicker to create a dramatic cat eye look, again using the liquid eye liner.

    Cat Eye Eye Liner

    Flick eye liner

    Highlighter Crayon (Eye Brightener)

    This is such a handy little highlighter crayon that you can keep in your bag when you’re on the go. It’s perfect for highlighting below your brow or on the waterline of your eye to make the whites of your eyes appear brighter and bigger. You can also you the pencil at the inner corners of your eye (as I have done below) to add a highlight and again brighten your eyes.

    P.S.Love Eye Brightener

    Primark P.S.Love Eye Brightener Review

    Pencil Eye Brightener

    Under brow highlight

    Under brow highlight eye brightener blending

    Primark P.S.Love Makeup Eyeliner and Eye Brightener Review

    I’m super pleased with all three of these products, at only £1 each, how could I not be. I also on like the fact that these products come nicely packaged. It means that they would look good as part of a present. For Birthdays I often like to buy my friend’s lots of little gifts rather that one big thing and things like this make nice little inexpensive present fillers as part of a gift.

    I seem to go through so many pencil and liquid eyeliners, so I will certainly be purchasing these ones again for myself. I’m also sure the highlighter crayon will often come in handy and will be a another item I repurchase once it’s finished too. Overall I give these products a big thumbs up!

    Samio x

  • Illamasqua Multi Facet Palette Review

    Illamasqua Multi Facet Palette Review

    Illamasqua Review

    As much as I said I wasn’t going to shop in the sales, some things are just destined to make me fail. Like the Illamasqua sale for example. I’d noticed this delightful shiny Illamasqua Multi Facet Palette when it had first gone into the sale at £22 (if I remember correctly) down from £45. A whole week went by without me making the online purchase of this incredibly tempting item, until a few days ago when the price went down in the sale even further, to £13.50! So I have to admit, this time I didn’t even hesitate. Will power had gone out of the window and this gorgeous little palette had arrived before I knew it.

    I have to say though, that this Multi Facet Palette certainly did not disappoint and I definitely got a bargain with this one…
    Okay, so what’s inside. Well, the product contains eight different palettes including,a highlighter, blush, contour cream, three eye shadows, a solid brow powder and solid powder eye liner. Not forgetting the double ended brush that comes with it too.

    I went for the palette in Semblance. I was a little worried at first that maybe the brow powder might be a little too pale for my eyebrows but it turned out to be the perfect match!

    Illamasqua MULTI FACET PALETTE in Semblance
    Illamasqua makeup

    Illamasqua Sembalance review

    Illamasqua Makeup brush

    The highlighter is creamy and is really easy to apply. I used it to highlight my cheeks and below my brow. It’s nice and subtle too, so it gives a great shimmery glow without being to shiny and dramatic. So it’s definitely a good one if you’re a first timer at trying out a highlighter.

    The eye shadows come in three gorgeous colours. The shimmery nude for the base, the pink for the lid and a pretty bronzed brown sort of colour which I used to define around the eye socket area. The three colours blended onto the eye together look splendid.

    The blush is so vibrant, I love it. It’s a really nice shade of pink and it’s easy to blend in to give a nice rosy tint to your cheeks.

    The eye liner was probably the product in the palette that I was unsure about as it is a powder and I’m used to using pencil or liquid eye liners. Anyway, I decided to give it a go and I can’t believe how much I loved it. It’s actually really easy to apply and using the angle edged end of the brush that comes in the palette, you can create a great slick line and flick.

    The only thing in the palette that isn’t quite right for me is the contour cream as it’s not right for my skin tone. I gave it a go none the less and I’m wearing all of the products in the palette in the images below.

    Illamasqua multi face palette review

    My foundation is also Illamasqua. If you’d like to find out more about that one you can read the review I previously did on that here. Also my lipstick is shade Growl from Illamasaqua, it’s one I’ve had for a while but I think that one is currently in the sale at the moment too.

    Illamasqua eye makeup

    Overall I’m absolutely delighted with this palette. It’s actually so handy and the large mirror that sits in the inside lid of the palette stands up itself so that you can place it down anywhere and do your makeup. It’s such a perfect travel size palette and I only wish I had had it last weekend when I went to stay in Liverpool for a night out with my best girlfriends. It would have saved me bringing a few different products that’s for sure.

    Samio Makeup

    I give this palette a big thumbs up and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a travel sized multi purpose makeup palette. But I’d say to be quick if you are wanting to purchase this one as it is limited edition and apparently the sale ends on Monday! You can shop the Illamasqua sale and their other products at Illamasqua online.

    Samio x