The 'what I got for christmas' post.

I know this is a little late, but instead of reviewing all the little beauty related bits and peices that everyones probably seen reviewed one hundred times before, I thought I would give in, pick five things I got for christmas, and just write a little bit about them! Without further ramble, here we go...









1. Benefit high beam - This is something I've wanted forever! I remember my year 11 leavers prom in 2008, my friend Cheri had the nicest shimmer on her cheeks. Turns out it was Benefits high beam! It's just something I have never got round to buying after all these years. Finally it's mine!

2. Max Factor masterpiece mascara - I will actually never love another mascara as much as I love this. This has been my favourite mascara since about 2007ish? I actually don't use any other mascara, and if I had to pick one makeup product for the rest of my life it would be this!

3. Gucci envy me - I first bought a bottle of this in 2009 in Manchester airport before I went to Barbados. I had forgotten to pack a perfume so I was desperate to find one! As soon as I smelled this it was love! I seem to like my perfumes quite strong, I'm pretty sure I repulse some people...

4. Mac eyeshadows - I actually got 3 eyeshadows, 2 of which have already been put in to my palette, the shadow in this picture, 'Beauty Marked' isn't quite done in my palette yet, so it's been put to one side for now. The other two I got were 'Sumptuous Olive' and 'Cranberry'.

5. Sleek Bad Girl palette - Another product I should've had in my possesion a long time ago! I would've went out and bought this myself but I put it on my christmas list a long time ago and didn't want to risk my mam getting it for me! This palette is great value for money, which you all know!

I hope you enoyed this little Christmas post! Late I know.
One more thing! #prayforkelly
That is all.

Love, Hol xxx

MUA Starry Night palette

Hi all! I've been spending my Christmas money on some lovely goodies! Up until now I havn't owned any MUA, ( shock horror ) a brand which has become somewhat famous in the blogging/youtube world, just like Sleek has! Best known for their £4 eyeshadow palettes, more precisely their Heaven and Earth palette, MUA has a wide range of products in which most of them cost just 1 whole pound! The other night I was having a little nose on the Superdrug website when I thought to myself, today is the day I'm going to introduce myself to MUA.  I bought myself 3 of their eyeshadow palettes, 2 nail varnishes, and 2 glitter eyeliners! This all came to a whopping....£16! How cheap! I kept looking at my basket expecting it to be somewhere in the £30 region but then I remembered MUA prices are insanely low! I also bought myself some Blanx whitening toothpaste as one of my resolutions is to do whatever it takes to have Simon Cowell sparkly whites! But that topic is for another day!

Even though you've probably seen these palettes reviewed and swatched a thousand times I didn't think it would hurt to add my input to the whole MUA craze. I will get round to showing all the things I got but I thought I would start with the rather pretty Starry Night palette.



Honestly, the palette itself does feel a little bit on the cheapy side but for £4 what do you expect, and after all it's whats on the inside that counts! The only other issue I had with this palette is the clasp the holds it shut, I have a really difficult time getting this palette open. I eased it open very carefully with a hair pin, but it's the kind of plastic that makes me think if its forced too much it will DEFINETELY snap! Uh oh! It feels okay to pick up but I get the feeling that one little accident with this palette and it could shatter, time will tell! I'd really like to think that it wont though.





Inside the palette there are 12 eyeshadows which are very pigmented and creamy. The palette also comes with a sponge tip applicator which I personally would just throw away, I don't have much use for these. On the whole this palette is definetely full of very cool toned eyeshadows, it's packed with creamy silver toned shadows with the odd cool pink and blue thrown in. I don't really like pink eyeshadows as anything remotely red or pink on my eyes makes me look ill! There isn't actually one single matte eyeshadow in this palette either, personally I like to mix up matte and shimmer. I don't think thats a bad thing though! It's obviously aimed at people who want a very glittery/sparkly look when they go out (and obviously the palette is called STARRY night, duhhh) The shades in this palette will definetely be perfect for that injection of glamour you look for on a night out, or even for a little bit of sparkle in your everyday makeup!



Top row L-R




Bottom row L-R


Overall I think the colours in this palette are gorgeous, and even though I probably won't create an eyeshadow look using just this palette ( I like to mix me matte and shimmer! ) I'm almost sure i'll be dipping in to this every now and again to mix up my eyeshadows and to create some glamerous looks! But really...for £4, how can you go wrong!

Love, Hol xxx

SLEEK POUT PAINTS! ♥

Okay i know this is the second lip product post today, but mammy dearest just came home from town with these for me and im just too excited to keep them to myself! I know theres been a ton of blog posts about them but i thought i contribute my pictures and thoughts to the blogging world :)



The colours i got were "159 Port" (on the top) and "156 Peachy Keen"



So the first thing i did when i got them was squeeze a tiny little blob of each on to the back of my hand, i know a little goes a LONG way with these but i wanted there to be enough to get a good picture. From the swatches i had seen on the internet of peachy keen, i was in two minds about wether it would be a wearable shade, or wether it was one that you were supposed to mix. It did look very orangey on the back of my hand but ill let you be the judge of that! Port is beautiful! Just a gorgeous, deep plummy red, totally wearable alone, and i can already see tons of beautiful shades being created from it with other colours!

 They have a very distinct smell about them, i cant quite put my finger on what it is! I think its quite pleasant though, the only word i can think to use to describe it is sweet! so no problem there!



Port is my favourite! So gorgeous!

Now one thing i did notice was when i took off the lid, the part where the product comes out of isnt shaped like your traditional lipgloss, which at once indicates that this is a product not intended to be used straight out of the tube! I cant stress enough how much you will need a lipbrush for these, its definetely not a lipgloss you grab and go to have a drunk night uptown with. Well i mean, since theyre calling it paint, its a dead giveaway that its gonna be a whole lot thicker and brighter than your usual slick of gloss across your lips.

 Application straight from the tube = Hot mess!

Will anybody else be trying these out?! Im loving sleek so far!!

Love, Hol xxx