Top 10 Drugstore Products

Good afternoon everybody :). I have one exciting plan for this weekend, relaxing :), this week was kinda crazy for me. In today's post I will show you my top 10 drugstore products featuring some of my favorite drugstore brands such as NYX,MUA,e.l.f and more.I forgot to include the Revlon colorstay foundation, with which the total of products is 11 :)

- MUA Undressed palette: This palette is great for everyday makeup, it has a good variety of neutral colors and for £4 it's a bargain, you should definitely check it out. You can read the review here :)

- MUA Blusher in Shade 2: A great matte, mid-tone pink blush which  is one of my favorite blushes :) You can read the review here.

- NYX Round lipstick in Ceto: My go to lipstick for all occasions, I love it and always get compliments when I wear it. I'm almost out of it and will definitely repurchase is once the NYX online store in Greece opens! You can read the review for lipstick here.

- NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk: If you haven't tried this one yet then what are you waiting for? The jumbo pencil is great eyeshadow base and I use it every single day with an eyeshadow primer. I can't do eye makeup without it :).

- e.l.f. Eyelid primer: I like both eyeshadow primers from e.l.f and this is the one I'm currently using. I recently compared it to UDPP and you won't believe how similar they are, you can read it here.

- e.l.f. clear mascara: I really like this and I'm using for my eyebrows everyday, it keeps the eyebrow hair in place.

- e.l.f. High Definition Powder: Great translucent loose powder which I use to set my foundation, you don't need a lot and it will last you for very long time!

- e.l.f Studio Bronzer in Warm: I love this product ever since I got it. I has 2 bronze shades, 1 peachy and 1 kinda beige. I have used this as bronzer, blush and highlighter.

- Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara: My favorite drugstore mascara of all time. I would say that this is even better than some high end mascaras. If you haven't tried it you definitely should!. You can read the review for this mascara here.

- MUA Lip Balm in Great Lips: I recently won this in a giveaway and I can't believe I haven't tried it before. I really like and use it quite often. I will have a review for it very soon so follow my blog to be notified when I will post it :)

- Revlon Colorstay Foundation: I don't think I need to say much about it, everybody knows it and I think it is one of the best drugstore foundations. Also the colorstay active is as good as original but it gives a bit less coverage.

What are your favorite drugstore products? Let me know in the comments below.

EOTD with theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2 Palette

Hello my lovely readers,hope you are having a great weekend. For a long time I wanted to do eye makeup using only the theBalm Shade Lady Vol 2 palette. This is my first palette from theBalm and I really love it. If you want to you can check out my review of the palette here  and also here my everyday makeup using this palette. Here are the pictures of the eye makeup.

Products

ELF Eyelid primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

theBalm Devilish Danielle in the inner corner and under the brow

theBalm Just This One Jamie on the lid

theBalm Feisty Felicia in the outer corner and crease

theBalm Mischievous Marissa on half lower lash line

theBalm Caught  in the Act Courtney on the other half lower lash line

Black eyeshadow to line my upper lash line

Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk on the waterline

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

What do you think of this? Do you own any of theBalm Shady Lady palettes?

MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Collection Palette Photos,Review,Swatches

In my recent drugstore haul I featured the MUA(Makeup Academy) 24 Shade Immaculate Collection eyeshadow palette. It retails for £8 plus shipping and you can buy it online here

This palette contains 24 shades.You get a good variety of colors from warm tones to cold tones,from matte to shimmery,glittery finishes.It also comes with double ended sponge brush which is pretty useless if you have brushes.

As you can imagine some shades are definitely more pigmented than other,mostly the matte shades are those that aren't very pigmented. I would definitely suggest to wear an eyeshadow primer or/and eyeshadow base with these eyeshadows to get the maximum pigment out of them. Because of the variety of colors you could achieve lots of different looks,from a simple day look to a smoky look for nights out.

The packaging is plastic with clear top and it's very light and thin. I really love the fact that the top is clear as you can easily see what shades are inside without the need to open it.

Now lets take a look at some swatches

L-R Shades 1-11

*in shade*

 *direct sunlight*

 L-R Shades 11-21

*in shade*

 *direct sunlight*

L-R Shades 22-24 

*in shade*

 *direct sunlight*

( I used some amount of elf eyelid primer for the swatches)

For the amount of money you pay you definitely get a great quality( you pay about 0.33 for each eyeshadow).This palette is great for someone who is on budget or just started getting into makeup or just wanna play around with other colors to see which suit them.

You will see some fallouts so bare that in mind.

On the negative side I would  mantion 2 things, the first is that I would love the matte shades to be more pigmented because the colors are very pretty ( I love the matte black ). The second is that pretty much all of their cosmetics do contain parabens.

Overall rating: 4/5

Would I buy again?: I will buy more palettes from MUA for sure but I don't know if I ever use up all the shades in the 24 shade palette

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