Sleek Glory Palette Review

Glory is the latest offering from Sleek Cosmetics!

I love the theming of this product!  I'm totally obsessed with anything vaguely Olympics-themed so this is right up my street!  Let's have a look inside...

And here are some close-up's...

Now, when I first saw the quite random selection of colours I thought it was poorly thought out.  However, I think that they have tried to appeal to a wide range of people with this; want a bright look? Check.  Want a bronzey daytime look? Check.  Want a smokey eye? Check.  They really seem to have covered all bases with this palette.  It's also a mixture of metallic and matte textures, although the majority of shades have a metallic finish.

Here are some swatches, over bare skin with no base or primer...

Pretty, ain't they?!

Most of the colours are smooth and pigmented.  The grey and the red, which incidentally are the matte shades, are drier in texture, however they can't be built up over a base if you have the patience.

I decided to do a video review of this product, and I have also filmed a simple tutorial...

 

Here are a couple of quick snaps of the look!

So, do you have this palette? What do you think?

And, most importantly...are you looking forward to The Olympics?? :)

Sleek Tutorial: Curacao Blues

Hello lovelies!

I have quite a large collection of Sleek palettes now...I simply cannot resist picking up the latest palette!  However, they tend to languish around in the back of my drawer and when I do reach for them, I never know which colours to use!  So, I have tasked myself to try and use them all, and to come up with a look for each!

I am starting with the Curacao Palette from the Carribean Collection from Summer 2011 (I think?).  It is a lovely mix of bright colours with a mix of both matte and shimmer finishes.

Here's what I came up with...

Products Used
Face:
Bourjois Healthy Mix in 53 Light Beige & Illamasqua Skin Base in No 9 mixed
MUFE Full Cover Concealer
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Illamasqua Lover Blush
No7 Vital Enilightening Highlighting Powder

Eyes:
MAC Piant Pot in Painterly
MAC Paint Pot in Delpht
Sleek Curacao Palette
Inglot Matte
Fashionista Gel Liner (no name?)
MUFE Aqua Eyes in 10
Collection Big Fake Mascara
Rimmel Brow Pencil

Lips:
Rimmel Vinyl Gloss in Take a Chance
Natural Collection Gloss in Fondant

Please check out the video and let me know what you think?

I got me some Inglot!!!

I must be becoming a proper beauty blogger, because I refused to use these eyeshadows until I had taken pictures of them all! Which, by the way, has taken almost a week because every time I went to take pictures it was cloudy or dark!
So, last weekend I persuaded Darren to go to Aberdeen! What I said: "let's go on a road trip! We can have a mooch round the shops". What I meant: "I would like to go to Aberdeen so I can go to Inglot!"
Anyway, enough of my babbling! Let's take a look at what I picked up, shall we?




The large, round eyeshadows along the top were on sale at £2 each and the square pans were £4.50 each! I didn't bother getting a palette as I have a Z Palette to store them in.
And now, the swatches...




I made a slight swatch faux-pas as I swatched the purples in the wrong order! So, the round pans are, top to bottom: 377M, 379M, 426P, 385M




Left to right: 338M and 388M




Left to right: 433P, 395M, AMC10




Left to right: 352M, 399P, 440P
Jeez! It would be so much easier if the shadows had names instead of numbers!!
I am loving them so far! I had a play with some colours last night and here's what I can up with!








So pretty! Some of those colours are insanely pigmented! They are also super smooth. I'm looking forward to using them some more to see how they wear then I'll probably put up a review on them. If there are any of the colours you'd like to see individual reviews on please leave a comment below!
Have you tried Inglot? Any recommendations?
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Blue & Purple 120 Palette Tutorial

Hello!!

Sorry for my long absence!  Life gets in the way sometimes, as I am sure you'll all understand!

A little while ago I pulled out my unloved 120 palette and came up with this look...

Products Used
Face
Revlon Colorstay Foundation in 180 Sand Beige
MUFE Full Cover Concealer in 6
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Sleek Blush by 3 in Squash
No 7 Vital Enlightening Highlighter

Eyes
MAC Paintely Paint Pot
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
120 palette
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Lancome kohl (colour to follow)
Accessorize False Lashes

Lips
Revlon Super Lustrous Gloss in Nude Peach
Natural Collection gloss in Fondant

Here is the tutorial!