YSL Pure Chromatics Review!

 Every year after Christmas I go shopping at the sales, and every year I buy things that I do not need. This is one of those items, although I am glad that its in my life! I was walking through House of Fraser with my mum and we noticed that YSL had a couple of items in their sale. So I went to look and returned with this little gem. It was £19.50, reduced from £40 odd pounds. I immediately fell in love with the packaging and the colours. This palette is number 6 in the Pure Chromatics wet and dry eyeshadows collection. You can create two different looks with each colour. A dry look which is more subtle, or an edgier look using water which is much bolder. The palette comes with two double ended brushes as well. One for the dry application and one for the wet application.

 The whole packaging of the product is stunning. YSL have used the classic golden casing which is like a little mirror.

 The colours in the palette are a forest green, gold, pink and purple. I love all of the colours, however I feel like I am not going to get much use out of the green shade as it isn't really a colour that I would use, however this may change!

Eyeshadow swatches when wet

Eyeshadows swatches dry 

 It is clear to see that the colour payoff isn't as strong dry than it is wet. I didn't use a primer on my hand before applying them so this may make a change. I can say though that when I applied it and left it for a couple of minutes it did seem to set on my hand. When I wiped over them they smudged slightly but not as much as other eyeshadows that I own do. I used this palette on New years eve and it lasted the whole evening and way into the early hours of the next morning (there was a lot of eye rubbing going on too!).

Overall I really love this palette. It is my first palette brought from YSL and it has really impressed me. I would love to try out some of the other colours as well. I will never use the brushes provided but who does? It is a handy little palette to have in my makeup bag as I feel it can give you both daytime and evening looks. It is one that I think I am going to use a lot!
Let me know what you think of the palette in the comments, or if there is anything from YSL that you think I should try out!

Thanks for reading! 

Benefit Porefessional review!

Hello! 

More recently I have been really enjoying the whole process of applying and trying out different kinds of makeup. Over the past year I have started to buy more and more and have forgotten about some of my old favourites which have been pushed to the side a little. Last Tuesday my family and I went out to a curry evening to support my great aunt who was raising money for charity. I decided that I was going to do a natural evening makeup look.

I have had a lot of problems more recently with my liquid foundation appearing 'patchy', and due to my pale skin I find foundations hard to really blend in to my skin without this 'chalky' look. My favourite YSL foundation has also been giving me these problems. Last week I posted about buying the Benefit 'Porefessional' makeup primer. I have always been a little sceptical about how primers work. I don't want to be too over the top, but seriously this product has changed my whole makeup look. The box says that you can use it by applying before or after makeup application. I put moisturiser on my skin beforehand and then apply the primer afterwards. Immediately after applying this product you can feel the difference it does to your skin. It turns the touch of your skin to silk and feels really lightweight.

I am really impressed with how much longer your makeup looks without budging after using this product. I was also really worried about how it would feel after everything has been applied on the skin as the primer is another layer, this is not a problem as once blended into the skin it is unnoticeable.

Here is the makeup look that I did on the evening of the curry night. I used the Porefessional primer first then used my YSL foundation on top. I applied this using the KIKO 106 face brush. This is a brush that I haven't had much joy with and was actually giving it a 'last try' on the night I used it. I have since then decided that I LOVE the brush and want to use it everyday! I then applied a little bit of Rimmel London wake me up concealer underneath my eyes. I then used Revlon photo ready concealer on any blemishes/redness that I had. I set this with the Stay Matte powder. For bronzer I used Hoola by benefit and applied that in the high points of my face as well as contouring with it. For my brows I used Maybelline brow drama. The brows is something that I have often left out from doing as I didn't know how to do them properly, and I didn't want to ruin them. This brow gel is in the form of a wand so applies nice and evenly without looking to dramatic or over the top. For my eyes I used the NYC Individual eyes for brown eyes palette's primer and applied that all over the lid up to the brow. I then used a Benefit creaseless shadow pot in 'samba-dy loves me' with 'Buzz' from the naked 3 palette in the crease. Afterwards I applied my They're real mascara from Benefit. This was another favourite that I had completely forgotten about and rediscovered in my collection. I also applied a little bit of gold eyeliner in the waterline as it opened the eyes a little and made them look a little brighter. I used a Barry M double ended one, however it was a limited edition eyeliner and I got it many years ago and have never used it or opened it until now!

I finished my look by using Tanya Burr's lipgloss in Aurora. This is a product I have been absolutely loving for my lips recently as it adds colour as well as being moisturising and smelling AMAZING!

That is all I have to talk about these products..for now. But I am really looking forward to seeing if the primer carries on working as well as it is at the moment!

Let me know in the comments whether you have used the Porefessional primer and what you thought of it!

Have a lovely week!