ColourPop - Mondays In Malibu | Beauty beauty | beautycrowd | colourpop | mondays in malibu | review | swatches | uk | whenflowersfall

Now, it's not very often I win a competition, but I do like to enter them every now and then. So you can imagine my surprise when I won one of two ColourPop sets being given away by Beauty Crowd last week.

If you're in the UK, then you will know how hard it is to get hold of anything from ColourPop over here, and Beauty Crowd are trying their darned hardest to get them to let them stock them for Uk customers.

The set that I won was the 'Mondays in Malibu' eyeshadow collection, and it appeared on my door step yesterday morning. I have never been so excited and eager to take blog photos, all so I could put the products on my face.

The set consists of six of their super shock shadows, two pearlised finishes, one metallic, two satin luxe and one ultra metallic finish. They are beautiful.

The shadows are super duper soft, not powdery in the slightest, and almost feel like a cream. In the US, this set sells for $30, which I think is a bargain for the quality of these shadows.

GECKO is described as a soft opalescent green with a pink duo chrome. As you can see from the photo, it seems more pink than green; and I think that translates more than the green does.


SNAKEBITE is a warm gold with an ultra metallic finish. This is the most beautiful shade and would complement blue eyes perfectly.


SAND SWOON is a true pink shade and is described as a satin luxe finish. The pink has soft gold flecks throughout.


PRICKLY PEAR is my ultimate favourite in this collection. It is a metallic finish and is described as a warm toned plum with gold and pink throughout.


MIRAGE is a soft gold-green tone and is a pearlised finish. Upon swatching, I find the green is very subtle and is more of a gold.


HOT TAMALE is another satin luxe finish. It is a true mahogany brown, with copper sparkles throughout. This is a close runner for favourite again Prickly pear.



I swatched the shadows onto my arm, without any primer underneath. As I said above, they are all super soft and easily workable. I really hope that Beauty Crowd can get ColourPop on their side, and will be stocking the brand soon. The products are incredible and I would absolutely love to try their blushes and lippie stix. The US has gone bonkers for their new ultra matte lip creams recently, and I think they would be top of my purchase soon list, if they became readily available here in the UK.

Would you like to see ColourPop here in the UK? Let BeautyCrowd know on Twitter, and let's help persuade ColourPop to share their amazing beauty goodness with us.

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NYX Blush - Stone beauty | blush | nix cosmetics | NYX | photos | review | stone | swatch | swatches

It seems everyone and their aunt knows that NYX blush in Taupe makes for a great contour shade. I've been on the hunt for it for so long, but the only time I have ever come across it happened to be the one time I had zero pennies to my name.
My local Cosmetics store, (I believe that's actually the name of the shop? I could be wrong.) has a fab  NYX range, but I find that they are a bit slow on renewing stock. Anywho, I decided to try the shade Stone instead and I'm glad I did.

Stone is still quite a bronzy colour, and on lighter skin tones may still come across quite orange; but on my skin it seems to be perfect. It's not muddy looking, doesn't make me look tangoed and because it is actually a blush, I find that it looks great on its own too. I'm putting this is down to the fact that it's a rather deep colour and matte. If it contained shimmer, I think it'd be a whole different story.
The product itself applies like a dream. You can use it lightly to add a touch of colour, or continue to build it up for a really strong contour. Start off softly and work up to something you feel comfortable with.

If you're struggling to find taupe yourself and don't mind a slightly warmer shade, maybe give this a go. Like I said, I'm not sure how it would look on the palest of skin, but I'm certainly not the most tanned.

For reference, I'm wearing it in my latest Monday Make-up post here.

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Rimmel Kate Matte Lipsticks 101 | 110 | boots | kate | kate moss | lips | lipstick | makeup | matte | orange | pink | red | review | rimmel | swatches | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

When I heard that Rimmel were bringing out a new range of Kate Moss lipsticks, I knew I had to have a couple. But, when I heard that the new range was entirely matte, I dashed to my nearest Boots right away. 

Luckily for me there was a 3 for 2 offer on, so I ended up picking two of the new range and one shade from the older line. (I'll blog about that one soon.)

First, I picked up shade 101. Surprisingly enough, I don't actually have many soft pinks in my collection and this one caught my attention straight away.

I'd definitely describe this as a soft baby pink with blue undertones. 

The second shade I picked up was 110, a really bold and daring orange red. 

This colour is amazing, but something I wouldn't normally pick out in fear that it would hake my teeth look incredibly yellow. Which, you'll be pleased to know, it doesn't. 

Both lipsticks are ridiculously long wearing. I actually wore shade 110 a lot whilst we were staying in Leeds and I found it even lasted throughout me eating a 3 course meal. It did need a teeny bit of touching up, but if I had left it back at the hotel, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. 

I much prefer a matte lip for the A/W months, and an extra bonus to these lipsticks, is they don't dry out your lips at all. They're actually pretty moisturising.

For £5.49, you cannot go wrong with these lipsticks. I'm now constantly choosing these over any of my others in my pretty large stash. Hopefully I'll be able to get my mitts on the other three shades in the matte collection soon.

You can click here to head over to the Boots website.

Which shade do you like best?

Rimmel Vinyl Jelly Lip Liners lip colours | lip liners | lips | pink | red | review | rimmel | swatches | vinyl jelly

Hi Lovelies!

Believe it or not, these are my first ever lip liners. I've never been one for lining my lips, but as I have started to wear brighter lipsticks, I thought I'd best invest in a couple. 

Again, these we from the big sale I found. They were £1.50 for the two, which I thought was a bargain, seeing as I really don't know how much use they are going to get. 

Scarlet is definitely a a soft red, swatched it looks ever so slightly peachy, but I kind of like that. I don't think I'm ever going to be one for very bold lip liners. 

Moreish is a lovely smooth pink. It swatches very light and doesn't quite look like what I imagined when I saw it in pencil form. But never mind, I like it anyway. 

Both pencils are very, very soft and I think with regular use, I could get through these quite quickly. If you can get your mitts on these, I would very much recommend them, especially is you are like me and you don't tend to wear lip liners very often. 

Blink + Go Palette blink+go | bush | colourful | eyeshadows | glossybox | high pigments | neon | palette | review | swatch | swatches | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi Lovelies!

This was another December Glossybox goody. This Blink+Go eyeshadow and blush palette is a full size product and retails for £14.95, you can purchase it here.

The packaging is simple, compact and easy to open, which is always a bonus for me! It also contains a mirror on the inside of the lid, which is great so if you're on the go. 

The palette contains 6 shades of eyeshadows and 2 blushes. The eyeshadows are very pigmented and s sparkly and the blushes are both very wearable shades, one being a light soft pink and the other is more of a peachy tone. 

I love all of the colours in this palette. I think the least wearable colour for me would be the green, although it would look amazing on the lower lash line teamed with a very simple upper lid and mascara.  Look out for a tutorial on that one! 

I'm excited to try the blushes as second to lipstick, it's my favourite beauty go to. 

Have any of you guys tried any of their mascaras? That's what's tempting me next from this company. 

MUA Eye Shadows cosmetics | eye | eye shadow | make up | make up academy | MUA | pound | review | singles | superdrug | swatches | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi Lovelies!
   After my fun yesterday and finding out that my local Superdrug was shut, I tried again this morning after a trip to the post office. I purchased a few goodies to add to my collection, but what I was most drawn to were the MUA single eye shadows. Now, I already have a couple in my collection, I also didn't think I would buy any more because I have the MUA Immaculate collection palette, which may I add is amazing and covers every basic colour you could ever need. Oh how wrong I was, I couldn't leave the shop without having at least two new singles, the colours shouted at me and I couldn't say no.

    I ended up purchasing shade 9 and 10. I would describe shade 10 as a dark blue, almost black with blue shimmer and shade 9 is the most incredible shade of purple! I can't really say much else about it apart from it is stunning!

      Eeeee, look at them! SO pigmented and equally as pretty as each other. At only £1 each I am most certainly going to end up with probably every single one!

Is there any shades you guys think I should get next?

MUA Nail Polish accesories | make up academy | MUA | nail paint | nail polish | nail varnish | nails | swatches | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

As you all should know by now, I am a massive MUA fan. So when I managed to return the stuff from Primark that was too small, I treated myself to a few more bits to add to my ever growing collection. 

This included 3 more nail varnishes, I decided to get some more girly colours, as the majority of what I have already are reds or greens. Ok, so I did buy another red (shade7), but this has a gorgeous sparkle to it. 

I also decided to buy the amazing hot pink (shade15) and the pastel purple (shade24)

Above Shades - 15, 7, 24

My opinion of MUA polishes hasn't changed, I am still as impressed as I was when I wrote about the green shade 13 here.

So far I have only tried shade 24 on, the formula is more of a thicker consistency compared to shade 13. I only applied two coats for it to be completely opaque and the wear so far has been top notch. I am yet to see any faults with these polishes and I highly recommend them!

ELF Haul blush | bronzer | clutch palette | ele | eye | eyeslipsface | face | lips | matte lip colour | matte powder | palette | powder | swatches

Hi lovelies! 

   I posted my video haul for this on youtube yesterday, and as promised, here are the swatches for everything I bought. Including the missing eyelid primer that was missing from the video!!

Studio Blush - Peachy Keen - £3.50

Studio Translucent Matte Powder - £3.50

1. Peachy Keen Blush

2. Translucent Matte Powder

Eyelid Primer - Champagne - £1.50

Shimmering Facial Whip - Spotlight - £1.50

Studio Matte Lip Colour - Coral - £3.50

3. Eyelid Primer - Champagne

4. Facial Whip - Spotlight

5. Matte Lip Colour - Coral

Christmas Makeup Clutch Palette - £15.00

32 eye shadows

1 Bronzer

2 Blushes 

1 Face Shimmer

6 Lip colours

1 Eyebrow powder

1 Eyebrow Cream

3 double ended applicators

6. Just a few of the eyehshadows

7. Bronzer

8 & 9. Blushes

10. Facial Shimmer

11. Lip Colours

12. Eyebrow powder

13. Eyebrow Gel

   If you have watched my haul video, you will already know that the clutch palette was a free gift from ELF as part of their 4th birthday. It sells for £15 and I had to spend £15 to receive it. I love every single product in this palette. It's the perfect Christmas gift, so make sure you do buy it!

Disclaimer - I paid for these items with my own money, my opinions are truthful and honest