I won I won...Haul

Hello my lovely readers. Not while ago I won Christine's and MUA Cosmetics' giveaway. To be honest I never thought I would win since usually I don't win giveaways,I'm not that lucky. Yesterday I received the package and I was really excited to open it :). Here is the picture of my prize.

What I won

MUA Lip Boom in Doin Good

MUA Nail Crackle Glitter in Green and Gold

MUA Mosaic Blusher in English Rose

MUA Matte Foundation in shade 2 Honeycomb

MUA Undressed Palette

MUA Going for Gold Palette

MUA Extreme Volume Black Mascara in  extreme black

MUA Extremme Curl Mascara in Black

Soon I will have reviews for all of them so stay tuned :)

Thank you Christine and MUA for those prizes

MUA Haul

The past week MUA had an offer,you would get their new limited edition palette Going for Gold with every order over £8 so as you can understand I could not pass this offer.I didn't buy a lot, just few goodies that I wanted to try out.Here's what I bought.

Undressed Palette £4.00

 Extreme felt eyeliner £2.00

 Eyelashes in Vixen £2.00

 Blusher in shade 2 £1.00

 Going for Gold Palette free

This week I will try them up and the next week or at weekend will post reviews and swatches for them so stray tuned :)

Did you take advantage of this offer and bought something?

Have you tried anything that I bought?

New FREE Gift with every purchase from Sigma

Hello lovelies.

You all know that Sigma does pretty awesome offers each month. So this month apart from the 10% off of your purchase using the code AP2012 you will also get a really pretty mini eyeshadow palette with every purchase over $30. This is available only throughout the month of July.

The palette has 3 shades from their Bare,Dare and Flare palettes:

Reveal (Dare palette): A deep rust shade with a pearl finish. Great for contouring the eye as an alternative to brown. Also makes a unique smoky eye.

Act (Bare palette): A neutral, medium brown tint. Great for everyday use for all skin tones.

Oversee (Flare palette): A subtle ocean blue with a gold pearl.

(I must say that I honestly love the colors they chose for this palette)

If you were planning on buying something from Sigma in July this the perfect time to do so.

Happy shopping :)

Note: The sub-total of the purchase must be over $30 to recieve the FREE gift 

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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