// Review: The most hyped eyebrow product ever

Hi guys!

As you've probably seen in my post about my new babies (aka my Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kits), I also ordered one of the ABH dipbrow pomades.

And yes.

It is worth the hype.

I ordered the dipbrow pomade and the ABH brush 12 along with the contour kits on beautybay.com.

Before ordering, I did a bit of research as I wasn't too sure about which shade I should get. My eyebrows aren't blonde or brown so I had to get something in between. A shade not as dark as the NYX eyebrow pomade in "Chocolate" which I've been using for a while now.

So for me, it was pretty obvious that I should get the ABH pomade in "Taupe" but it was kind of hard to find some reviews of taupe that didn't only include a swatch but also a pic of someone wearing it.

Long story short: The only thing I found were swatches. That's why I'll put a pic of me wearing it at the end of this post.

I'm in love with this.

You don't need a lot of product and you can blend it easily.

And it's not too dark. For me, it's perfect.

I tried to take pics of a swatch that show the "real" colour but it's kind of hard. So, if your eyebrows are neither blonde nor brunette I would definitely recommend the ABH pomade in "taupe".

As swatch:

On your eyebrows:

(it's a bit blurry and yes, it's a pic I posted before but I'm not good at taking selfies haha)

// Review: BHcosmetics vs Sleek

 

G'day Internet.

I'm back with another review, or, this time, I would call it a competition. (yea, let's just pretend it isn't Valentine's Day)

BHcosmetics vs Sleek

First, you need to know that when Urban Decay released their Electric palette, I fell in love.

Those colours. Those bright, bright colours.

And that price.

You know, I own two Naked palettes but you can use those colours every single day but as long as you don't want to be an eyecatcher, like literally, or if you don't go clubbing regularly, 47€ is just way too much money. Eventhough UD is worth it.

Anyway, I knew I needed some bright colours along with my dark and nude shades so I ordered the BHcosmetics "Take Me To Brazil" palette (10,95€) and the Sleek "Ultra Mattes v1 Brights" palette (9,90€, both on kosmetik4less.de)

So, you get 30 colours in the BHcosmetics palette and 12 in the sleek one.

Below you can see some swatches. I used my ZOEVA eyeshadow primer.

Sleek palette:

The pink, purple and blue shadow on the right are the shades itself on the primer, the three on the right are on top of a white eyeshadow. I used the NYX jumbo eye pencil in "Milk".

BHcosmetics palette:

Same as for Sleek: only primer on the left, "Milk" as a base on the right.

I highly recommend a white eyeshadow base if you ever want to use such colours. That's the point of bright eyeshadow. You want the colours to pop!

So, the best way to really "test" bright eyeshadow is by creating a rainbow eye makeup.

Therefore, I used similar colours from each of the palettes.

Sleek

BHcosmetics

Left: Sleek

Right: BHcosmetics

Both palettes are great, you can't deny that.

The colours blend in easily and you can create various different styles.

But anyway, my fave is "Take Me To Brazil" by BHcosmetics. 30 shades for less than 1€ more than you would spend on the Sleek palette and their pigmentation is a bit better than the Sleek ones.

//Photo Series: My new vanity

Hi Internet,

I hope you guys are okay as I am ill. Again. Probably because school is stressing me out so much.

Oh well, just a few more weeks and I'm done.

Anyway, during my winter holidays I finally had enough time to assemble my vanity area and, as it's my favourite part of my room, I thought I should share some pics with you :)

I love it.

Haven't put all of my makeup in the drawer yet, and I probably won't just because it looks so clean right now haha 

// First impression: Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit

Hi, hey, hello Internet.

I'm back again. Well, for a while.

School is just very time and life consuming at the moment that's why I haven't posted for what felt like ages. But on the bright side: there are only like 6 weeks of school left. And like 8 until my exams. But I promise, once they are done I'm going to post regularly. (I know I said that before but you know, school is my number one priority at the moment.)

You guys probably know about my obsession with makeup so you won't be surprised if I told you that I bought quite a lot of new stuff during my absence. And I got some makeup for Christmas as well. Like the ABH Self-Made eyeshadow palette. Yes, I cried. :D

But today I want to tell you about the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kits which I ordered about a week ago and received them after only 6 days. Well, it would've been 4 days but there was a weekend and concerning that it has been only 4 days, it was here faster than the shop, beautybay, said on their website. Thumbs up for that!

I also ordered the Dipbrow Pomade and the eyebrow brush (but there's going to be another post about that).

I got the cream contour kit in Fair, the lightest one, as highlighters so far never really worked on me and I can tell, this kit is the answer to all my prayers.

I tried it for the first time the other day and this cream contour kit is my holy grail already. I always wanted to try cream so seeing an ABH kit suitable for my skin tone was freaking awesome and I actually didn't mind spending 46€ on it. And I usually regret buying more makeup really fast haha

The highlighters really DO highlight my face. They make your cheekbones, bridge of the nose and forehead pop! The contour shades are a bit more ashy than in other contour kits and that's just another pro if you're looking for other arguments.

They also blend in so easily!

The only thing I don't really get is the "white highlighter" in the middle.

Whereas the other shades, contour and highlight, are richly pigmented, this is just like... nothing. It actually makes your cheeks or nose look wet. 

But 5 out of 6 shades are awesome anyway and I recommend this to everyone who wants a great cream contour kit.

Highlighters (left to right): Soft Light, Lustre, Fair 

Contour shades (left to right): Fawn, Shadow, Mink 

The powder contour kit was 46€ as well and I got it in case I wouldn't be able to handle cream contour.

And also because I wanted something different for my everyday contour.

I've been using my smashbox contour kit for almost one year now and yeah... I got tired of it so I needed something new.

The powders blend in perfectly and they're just as richly pigmented as the ones in the other kit.

I don't regret buying this one as well and if you prefer contouring using powders, you should definitely get one of these.

Highlighters (left to right): Vanilla, Banana, Sand

Contour shades (left to right): Java, Fawn, Havana

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