BEST eyeshadow quad yet!

Charlotte Tilbury Eye-shadows

I purchased three of the Charlotte Tilbury eye-shadow quads whilst in London after attending Mario Dedivanovic's Masterclass. These were one of the first products I bought from the brand and have to admit was extremely impressed. For those who have not heard of Charlotte Tilbury, she is a celebrity make-up artist from the UK who has worked with many A-list celebrities for red-carpet events. As well as being a successful make-up artist well known for her signature looks on magazine covers, her make-up products are also currently very hot in the market.

I usually go for soft coloured eye-shadows as I contour and highlight quite heavily so bronze/gold/brown shadows are my favourite to complete the look. One of the quads I bought from this brand is the luxury palette colour-coded eye-shadow in ‘Dolce Vita’. The shadows consist of very light shimmers to a heavy glitter which can be built upon to create a heavy glam look.  I found these shadows highly pigmented and rich in colour. There is nothing worse than having eyeshadow that looks like translucent powder sitting on your eyelids! These colours have a cream sheen look and allow a heavy coverage.  After finally trying out this palette for Eid and falling in love with all the colours I felt the NEED to write blog post! The eye-shadow stayed on the FULL day without looking washed out.

Each individual colour in the quad and its best fitting purpose.

Prime- Top left- perfect base colour to build upon with the harsher shades. Also can be used for highlighting the inner corner of the eyes as well as under the eyebrow.

Enhance- Top right- flat warm reddish-brown tone which can be used as a main colour to fill the eyelid and make the eyes appear more open. This is where the constant blending needs to take place.

Pop- Bottom left- optional if you are going for a glam red carpet look. Once all the shadows have been applied, use your finger to lightly pat on the gold glitter shadow in the middle of the eyelid.

Smoke- Bottom right- greyish brown tone- If you are wanting to create a dramatic look, apply this colour to outer corner of eyes to create a cut crease and blend in towards the middle of the eye, keeping it heavy and dark in the outer corner.

If it’s your first time buying an eye-shadow quad from Charlotte Tilbury, I would highly recommend

‘Dolce Vita’ as it can create multiple looks all depending on the application. The price is near the high end of the scale for an eye-shadow quad but is definitely worth the investment! The other palettes I also purchased were ‘Golden Goddess’ and ‘Vintage Vamp’ which I will also post about once I have the chance to try them out so stay tuned!

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The packaging really sells itself as packaging/labelling can really become a driving force for sales. 

(Above) This is a picture taken of this palette with an iPhone camera flash.

(Below) Without iPhone camera flash.

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Talking lip liners!

In the past, I have always been very simple with my make-up and I would rarely wear bold lipsticks let alone lip liners. Over the past few years, I have become more comfortable with trying a bold lip rather than sticking to my usual routine of applying a soft nude when running out the house or even during a car journey!

I have recently developed an obsession with buying lip liners as I believe you can notice a huge difference when you have lip liner on as opposed to just lipstick/gloss. Lip liner adds more definition to your lips and generates a clean finish to the final look. YES you can use  lip liner to give the illusion of having fuller lips, however major overdrawn lips is not a very attractive look and I would suggest going down the route of fillers (from a safe and reliable clinic) if you are looking for an enhancement. I personally cannot live without my liners! They don’t take up much room in your make-up bag and can be worn without any lipstick colour on top.

 As you have probably come across on YouTube and Instagram, everyone adapts to their own unique way of applying lip liner. Personally I don’t like having harsh lines so I blend the liner further in towards the centre of my lips creating a slight ombre effect. Afterwards, I apply the lipstick of my choice which really depends my mood or what I am wearing.

 [Formulating the canvas] *KEY STEPS*

•  Ex-foliating and moisturising your lips before applying lip liner is vital as the lip pencil itself can be very dry and adding a matte lipstick afterwards can really create an unappealing look. For ex-foliation I use the bubblegum lip scrub by Lush which smells and tastes delicious! I personally use body shop lip butters to keep my lips moisturised throughout the day. EOS lip balms are great, but I personally feel as if it gives my lips an oily/greasy texture by the end of the day. 
• If you have olive skin tone like myself, sometimes lighter lip liners and lipstick colours are not as prominent on your own lips as they may be on someone else. That is why applying foundation to your lips with a beauty blender when blending the whole face can work as a good base colour for the lip liner/ lipstick which will enrich the tone.

And Voila! That is a perfect base for you to now apply your liner and lippy!

So now I am going to talk you guys through my favourite lip liners at the moment

MAC- Whirl

-          This is great for Olive skin tones as it is a dark rose-nude and works great with the the lipstick velvet teddy by Mac for an every day look!

MAC- Dervish 

 This colour is a pinkish-mauve type nude- Although this is much softer, I prefer this lip liner when I am going for a no makeup, makeup look.

       MAC- Staunchly Stylish

 I recently purchased this liner during my stay in London. The colour is very similar to Dervish but slightly darker.

           Charlotte Tilbury – Savage Rose 

      Having tried many red lip liners and lipsticks in the past from Mac, Chanel and even drug store brands, I struggled to find the perfect rich red tone. Whilst shopping in London I came across the deepest and most vibrant red lip liner from Charlotte Tilbury! I loved it so much I bought them for my mum and sister. The packaging is also very stunning.

 Rimmel- Exaggerate  

Believe it or not, my favourite lip liner which I probably wear the most is by Rimmel!

This is a brown-ish nude and can appear quite harsh but that is the reason I love it! When applied softly and blended well it can look very natural but you can also build upon it to create a more dramatic look especially when you are going for bronzey/tanned make up.

I hope this helped! Writing a post and describing a technique can be challenging compared to posting a video, so I have tried making it as simple as possible!
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