Boots series #1 New things by Collection | Ayesha

Hi all! 

School's out for summer! It's actually been 2 and a half weeks, but again I find myself being too busy to post.

Anyway, after perusing the shelves at Boots many times these past weeks, today I found myself drawn to the Collection section. The only thing I buy from them is a clear mascara which I use as a brow setting gel, and tend to walk away thinking the other things wouldn't have staying power or be pigmented enough. However, just look at these:

I don't know why, but I have never seen these before! I was SO impressed by the swatches. They felt very soft and were highly pigmented, so much so that they would give the Naked palette by Urban Decay a run for their money. There were three palettes in total. One was called Nude which had lighter pinks and browns; Nude Bronze which is the one I bought; and Nude Grey which had cooler toned neutrals like greys, taupes and cooler shades of brown. 

The shadow sticks in particular made me literally say "wow" as I applied them; they are way more intense than they look in the pictures. The one labelled VB is called 'Vintage Blush' and is a pink shade with gold undertones. V is called 'Vanilla Sky' and is a very light shade of gold; almost like platinum. This looks like liquid gold.

Another thing to note is that when I wanted to clean the shadow sticks off my hand, a baby wipe just didn't work. They claim to be waterproof and long lasting which I now believe! However, I have very oily eyelids so I will test them out to see their true longevity.

If you are into shimmery shades then these will be for you. The Nude Bronze palette is definitely all shimmer, however I am unsure about whether the other ones contain some matte shades!

There are some other new things by Collection here.

All in all, on first impression, I am super impressed and as everything is less than £5 each, it is definitely worth it!

Which palette or shadow sticks would you go for?

The Wishlist - Spring 2015 | Zahra

I do love this series...

So what DO I want to buy?....

MAC

Eyeshadow

Mythology

Amber Lights

Honey Lust

Photo from Pinterest - 'Mythology'

Paint Pots

Groundwork

Lipstick

Brave 

Mehr

Creme in your Coffee

Fresh Moroccan

Dark Side

Diva

Kinda Sexy

Morange 

Photo - Temptalia - Mehr

Face

Studio Sculpt Foundation

Pro Longwear Concealer

'Gingerly' Blush

Cream Colour Base - 'Hush'

Gingerly

NARS

Eyeshadow

'Silk Road' Duo Eyeshadow

Face

All Day Luminous Foundation

'Gina' Blush

'Copacabana' Illuminator

'Gina' Blush

BOBBI BROWN

Eyes

Sparkle Eyeshadow in 'Cement'

There you have it

As you can see this is a very Nars - Mac heavy wishlist so um...oops

What's on your spring makeup wishlist?

My 5 MAC Hearts | Zahra

*Barbie voice* 'Oh I love you MAC!'

Top to bottom:

'Shanghai Spice' lipstick

'Bare Study' paint pot

'Satin Taupe' eyeshadow

'Woodwinked' eyeshdow

'Studio Finish Concealer' (NW25)

5. Shanghai Spice:

To this day, it's still my only Mac lippy, but I am planning to expand on it (that is if Topshop doesn't bring out more shades...)

The colour of this is more of a 'your lips but better' colour on me as my lips are quite pale...it's a sheeny, shiny nude-y/ peach colour (creamsheen finish), perfect for all skintones I reckon because it's not too pale or nude or opaque. I like to wear this when I've gone a bit more peach/brown/heavy on the eyes.

4. Woodwinked eyesadow:

Probably one every eyeshadow lover's favourite eyeshadows. I wrote a little review of it HERE.

It's a shimmery 'suits all' gold colour, with the perfect amount o gold in it-it's more on the warm side, but it doesn't look like you're ill at all, also with a bit of blending, you've got yourself a pretty quick, subtle smokey eye.

3. Bare Study Paint Pot:

This and 'Satin Taupe' are my everyday colours.

I've actually done a whole review on this if you want to see it HERE.

It's a shimmery, champagne that looks super pretty on it's own, or paired with other eyeshadows.

2. Satin Taupe eyeshadow:

Wow.

I love this eyeshadow to bits- it's quite shimmery, but not glittery and is like the perfect shade for this season, hence why I wear it everyday. It's a grey/purple/taupe sort of colour, and I think this looks so pretty on darker skintones.

1. Studio Finish Concealer:

Lastly, my most used and loved Mac product that I couldn't go a week without (I've gone several days without using it). The concealer. The shade I'm in is NW25 which I only use under my eyes as it's too orange (I reckon I'm probably an NW20 all over the face)- I can use it all over the face in the late summer though.

This has the best coverage ever - paired with the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer and any foundation, you've got yourself some flawless skin. It blends out so easily and gives a full opaque coverage (it basically covers up my horrid dark circles), although I will warn you that it hasn't got the best look on dry skin

Ant MAC recommendations?

The Most Gorgeous Quad- Charlotte Tilbury 'The Vintage Vamp' | Zahra

 This.....is the prettiest thing I have ever laid my eyes on

Typical for my phone not to pick up the purple....'Pur'fect

Why so dead?

Why do my fingers look so short :,)

Lets just appreciate the rose gold packaging (I have an addiction to rose gold), and then look at the colours.

The pigmentation of these are incredible, I manged to create a very natural smokey eye (which WAS in fact purple-y but my phone doesn't have the best front-facing camera) but it looked SO SO pretty and I'm super excited to wear this look during the Autumn/Winter.

I used the lighted shade all over my lid, then the lighter purple in my crease, the darker purple on my lower lashline and the gold patted in the center of my lid.

Story time

My sister bought me this palette on her birthday: we were in the Bullring in Birmingham and obviously Selfridges wasn't going to be left out. For her birthday, I bought her Mac's 'Ruby Woo' and she then asked me what I wanted so I panicked and said Charlotte Tilbury. I have no regrets of panicking. We were originally going to go half and half for it, then she decided to pay for it as it was my birthday exactly 3 weeks later (I had to live with the torture of it being wrapped up in my room for 3 weeks-it was painful). It took a pretty long time for me to choose between this and 'Dolce Vita' but you can clearly see which one I chose.

What else is on me...

Face: 

Rimmel 'Wake Me Up' foundation- 'Soft Beige'

Collection 'Lasting Perfection' concealer-medium cool

Mac 'Studio Finish' concealer (under my eyes)- NW25

Nars 'Orgasm' multiple stick thing

Eyes:

Charlotte Tilbury: 'The Vintage Vamp'

Collection brown eyeliner

Rimmel 'Retro Glam' mascara

(eyebrows)- that brown colour in the Sleek 'Storm' palette

Lips:

Topshop 'Chuck' sheer lips (blotted slightly)

Jumper:

Primark (only £6 as well!!)

*I you're wandering why I look so tired, it's because I had a very eventful day in London before I took these photos :)*