5 Best Things from Makeup Revolution;-

Makeup Revolution is by far my favourite brand. The majority of my collection is Makeup Revolution products. I've eargerly awaited all of their new product Instagram posts pretty much from the beginning. The price is always purse friendly and the quality of the products usually match makeup at a much higher price point. I thought it would be really nice today to give MUR a little bit of love and share my 5 favourite things from them.

Before delving into the makeup, my first favourite product is the Pro Hygiene Anti Bacterial Brush Cleaner. I've never been a major germaphobe when it comes to most things, except my makeup brushes. I simply have to spray this brush cleaner straight onto my brushes, then wipe away any product onto a clean flannel. This is a really quick way of cleaning excess product from your brushes and sanitising them. I will say it doesn't make your brushes as squeaky clean as using a brush shampoo, but its really good for a spot clean. I use a lot of different eyeshadow colours, so I like using this to stop any colour transfer.

My next favourite is the Pro Fix Oil Control Makeup Fixing Spray. I literally swear by fixing sprays if you want your makeup to stay put, and I wear this every single time I put makeup on. As this is also designed for oil control I sometimes use this in place of a powder because I know it will keep my makeup in place without any risk of making my foundation look cakey. This only costs £5.00, which is a fraction of the price of higher end setting sprays. This does such a good job, I've never tried any high end setting sprays.

Something I think Makeup Revolution are famous for is their eyeshadows. The reason I first ordered from Makeup Revolution was because of the Iconic 3 palette, a complete dupe of the Naked 3. Makeup Revolution have a really extensive line of different eyeshadow palettes, so there's definitely something to satisfy everybody's preference and at a great price. All of their palettes contain pigmented and blendable shadows, definitely comparable to a lot of high end brands. The majority of my eyeshadow palette collection is Makeup Revolution, my favourite palette at the moment, is my Flawless 4 palette. This contains a lot of really on-trend warm shades, and this is definitely a palette that provides me with a lot of inspiration for different eye looks.

Something I really love is baked blushes, I just think they suit my face the most, and Makeup Revolution know how to do baked blushes right. Another one of the first products I picked up from Makeup Revolution was their Vivid Baked Blush in 'All I Think About Is You', which only costs £2.25. I still have this in my collection, and its one of my favourite blushers ever. Since then I picked up this blush palette, with 5 baked blushes and a really bold highlight. So I now have a baked blush for every occassion. The blushes aren't overly pigmented, I'd say they're more buildable, which I personally prefer for a blush so I don't go overboard! All of the blushes provide a sheen to the cheeks, without being full of chunky glitter. They provide a healthy looking glow, without needing highlight.

Just like Kylie Jenner, Makeup Revolution have come out with entire range of lip kits in every finish, but at a fraction of the price. I have a couple of each finish, I probably wear the matte liquid lipsticks most, but I've found the liners to be a bit of a dud as they're quite sticky and uncomfortable. The metallic lip kits are the ones that have stolen my heart. Each kit comes with a lip liner and a liquid lipstick. The lip liners are comfortable and provide an opaque base for the liquid lipstick. The liquid lipstick is comfortable and long-wearing. My favourite shade is 'Worth It', which is a deep berry colour, with a metallic sheen. It makes for amazing, eye-catching lips. 

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18 Eyeshadows in 2018;-

I've dipped my toe into the panning pool, but someone I really need to get under control is my eyeshadow collection. The thing I love about makeup is being creative, playing around with different looks and colours is most of the reason that I have a rather unruly amount of eyeshadow. But lets be honest, most of the colours in my collection I probably have dupes of across multiple palettes, and I only have one face and one lifetime to use makeup. I couldn't pick just one palette to pan this year, instead of doing a 'Pan That Palette' I've picked 18 shadows across multiple palettes that I'm going to try my best to use up by the end of this year. I'm a little bit (two months) late to this train, but hopefully I can still get in a decent amount of progress before the end of 2018.
As I've never tried to pan any eyeshadows before I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to finish all of these shadows in this year, but I'd be pretty happy if I managed to hit pan on the shadows which I haven't yet and the finish the ones I have. Something that I'm doing a little different, is that every time I hit pan on a shadow I'm popping 50p into a jar, and every time I finish one I'm popping £1 in. So every shadow used is a step closer to a new palette - as if I need one!

The first two shades I've decided to include are from this mini palette from Smashbox, I want to finish them up because I definitely have multiple dupes for both of them. There was once a third shade, but I finished that up a long while ago. I've managed to hit pan on both of these shades already, but I do use them all the time. The lighter shade works well as a transition shade for a lot of looks, and I use the darker shade to fill in my brows. So I'm hoping to completely finish both of these shades by the end of the year, and be one palette down in my collection.

Next up is this quad of shadows from Mac, I've decided not to include the dark brown shade as I don't think I'll get through two dark shades in this year, especially as this one is too cool-toned to use on my eyebrows. As you can see the cream shade is very well-loved as I use this everyday to set my primer, I'm hoping to finish this shade as soon as possible as I have another similar shade that I'm hoping to dig into. I am hoping to just hit pan on the light pink and taupe shade in the palette, which I'm sure I should be able to do. I'm trying to get some more use out of this palette as although I love the formula of the shadows I don't find it very inspiring, so I'm going to give it one last run and then I'll probably throw away what is left at the end of this project.

The next set of shadows are my single shadows from Freedom housed in this palette from NYX. I actually love all of the shades, I picked most of them to fill a gap I had in my collection, but since I bought them I've bought an entire purple palette and a couple of palettes with warm toned reds and pinks. I want to try and hit pan in every shade, and just show them some love so they don't get lost in my collection. I also picked these as there's some different shades that I think will give me a lot of inspiration for different looks. I think I will hit pan in the sparkly brown first as I like wearing it all over the lid to work.

My last palette is my Sleek Au Natural palette. I want to finish the shade 1, 3, 5 & 6 from the top line.  As you can see  I've already got quite a bit of use out of the shimmery shade already, I find this really easy to use and I also like wearing it as a highlight too. I'm hoping to completely finish the shimmery shade, but I'd be happy to just hit pan on the others. This is the oldest palette in my collection, but I don't really reach for it that much anymore. I used to really like this palette, but its not something I would pick up again. I will either try to finish the other shades next year, or I may declutter the palette after this project.

I'm hoping to post updates every month, so watch this space to see how I do.
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Project 10 Pan 2017 - Finale!

Ok, ok... So I forgot about my blog again... But I didn't forget about my Project 10 Pan items! Its been a long old time since I posted my last update, so I thought I'd come back and round off on all of the items that were left after my last update, so I can start a fresh on a new project.

First up is my 'Be Kissable' perfume, which is entirely empty! I think I finished this up about a month after my first update, once I got past the half way line, I was excited to finish this so I wore every single day without fail. I still really like the scent, its nice and wearable and I didn't get bored of using it every day. Now I'm in the habit of remembering to put on perfume in the morning its definitely something I'd think about putting into another project.

Shortly after writing my first update I used up my Smashbox Photo Finish Primer. I'm really glad to have this out of my collection as although I liked it in the colder months it really isn't the best primer I've used and I'm enjoying using another one now.

Onto my other face product, I used up the last of my L'oReal Infallible 24H-Matte foundation within the month of May. For the longest time I couldn't tell how much of this was left, and then suddenly it was gone. I really love this foundation down to the last drop, I already have another full bottle in my collection that I love using.

Next up is my is my little Rimmel white eyeliner. About a month ago I finally gave up on this thing, I found the pencil had become dry which made it a lot more effort to apply and not all that comfortable to wear. I didn't think it was worth the risk to try and finish this up, but I got so much use out of it I don't see it as a waste.

My Body Shop lip balm should also be pictured, but I used this up a couple of weeks after my first update, and have since lost/thrown away the packaging. Considering how long it has been since my update I'm quite surprised that I haven't lost more. This lip balm was ok, but I have a tonne of lip balms and I'm glad I am whittling down my collection.
The last thing is my Revlon Lip Butter in Macaroon, I finished this up probably a month or two after my last update. Its not a shade I will purchase again as I think its one I can live without in my collection, but I'm glad I used this as I feel like I went through everything with this lipstick and found a lot of different ways to use it.

I set myself on a no buy while I was doing this project and I managed to keep to it pretty well. Even after I used all of these products I didn't really buy a lot of makeup that I didn't need until the end of last year/ the beginning of this year when I decided to treat myself a bit. I don't know if no buys are for me and I might switch things up when I do another project, but I feel like I've learned a lot about makeup and consumerism by trying to limit the amount of makeup I buy.

I'm really looking forward to setting myself on a new project soon!

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My Pin Badge Collection;-

Over the past year I've developed a new obsession, collecting pins. I sort of fell into this obsession whilst browsing through Etsy for patches for my denim jacket. There are so many amazing designs for every interest, and I love the fact that I can wear a symbol of something I love with any outfit. So I thought today I'd show you my collection so far.

The pin that started the collection is the X-Men themed Mutant and Proud pin from Get a Life Designs, which was a gift from a friend when she began her own pin collection.

One of my favourite stores for both pins and patches is Punky Pins, everything I buy from them is always great quality and arrives in good time. Their website carries pins for almost every interest. I have two girly pins and another reader related pin, bonus points to anyone who knows where the quote is from!

Another favourite store of mine is Really Big Dill Store, mostly because of their Pokemon as food collection, which I own most of. I've worn this Jigglypuff cartridge pin the most out of any of my pins. My absolute favourite pin is this Pikachu Gameboy Advance pin, as it opens to reveal the handset with a little Pikachu on the screen (this is no longer available from their Etsy store, so I'm glad I nabbed it when I did). As these pins come from Australia they do take a while to arrive, but they're so worth the wait.

I've also received a few pins as gifts. The first two Harry Potter themed pins were bought for me by my boyfriend from a local store. Unfortunately the first one ended up in the washing machine and ended up a little discoloured, but I still wear it! A friend bought me this 'Take Me to Neverland' pin for Christmas, and another sent me this band-aid pin after a tough time so I absolutely love it!

The past year Primark have released an extensive Harry Potter range (you definitely already know this) including a set of pin badges for each Hogwarts house. I finally tracked down a store that still had any of the range still in stock, I knew I needed the Gryffindor pins as according to Pottermore (who I whole-heartedly trust) it is the house belong to. But once I saw that the Slytherin set had a Dobby pin, I bought all four sets. At only £3 a set I regret nothing!

Some of the latest pins to arrive in my collection are these two pins from Punache, who are all about punny pins. These are glittery, pastel glories. On the left we have the genie from Alladin and on the right the grimm tea leaves from the Prisoner of Askaban. These pins also arrived in the cutest little bag! I also picked up the most adorable Charmander pin from another store called Midnight Alien Studios, he literally looks so cute holding his Gameboy and I love it!

I purchased a few more Harry Potter themed pins from Rad Girl Creations. I really love these because they're more subtle than some of the rest, and they're all beautiful. We have a little bottle of Skele-Gro, a grindylow in a tank and a chocolate frog box. I'm also itching to get another design named 'Journey of the First Years' but I really need to calm down on buying pins for the moment!

Does anyone else out there collect pin badges? How do you wear them?

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Project 10 Pan 2017, Update 1;-

Two months later, and I'm finally back to share an update on my project 10 pan! I'm going to jump right in and show you the progress on the products.

Can I first say what a difference two months make looking at this photos, with the sun finally making an appearance my photos are looking much better, roll on the summer!
I've been making steady progress on my 'Be Kissable' perfume, though I have to admit I've been slacking over the last week or so. I'd say I've used about half of what was left, and I think it will be all finished in another month or two.

My Smashbox Photo Finish Primer feels so close to being done, you should be able to see that there is next to no product left at the bottom of the tube. The only trouble is that its getting really difficult to get the remaining product out of the tube. If this isn't done within the next week or two I will probably cut open the packaging to use up the rest. I'm really eager to get this done and out of my collection because now its warmed up outside this isn't working with my skin so well.
I said this in my introduction but I really can't tell how much of my L'oReal Infallible Matte foundation is left. It is really light to pick up now and I have to store it upright and give it a good shake every morning to get any product out, so I'd say its nearly empty. I really like this foundation, but I have a few in my collection that have been completely unloved since I started using this that I want to get some use out of.
I managed to use up the last of my Rimmel Stay Matte powder the morning I took these photos. I've been using this product to set my under eye concealer and in my 'T' zone in the mornings and then to powder my whole face around lunch time. I'm so glad this is finally out of my collection as this really isn't my favourite powder and I'm exciting to try out a new one.

Onto my little rollover product, that is older than I care to admit, my Rimmel white eyeliner. I said in my first update that I was going to try to use this product in a few different ways, but that hasn't really worked out for me. I tried it under my foundation to brighten areas and it made my skin look cakey in those places, I tried it as an eye base and it creased. I have been using this religiously in my waterline though and I think I've made quite a bit of progress. If I don't use all of this product up by the end of this project its going straight in the bin, its been in my collection for a disgusting amount of time.
I managed to use up the very last of my Avon brown eyeliner the morning I took these photos. As I said in my introduction I usually wear quite subtle looks to work, but I've been incorporating this eyeliner into my everyday looks by lining the very outside of my eyes and smudging it in. I really like this eyeliner, but again I have more in my collection that I'm glad to move onto.
As I predicted in my introduction there was only a few uses left in the pencil from my Arch & Shape by Makeup Revolution. I had to use a really light hand as this shade was too dark for me, which was why it had been hanging around in my collection for too long and I'm glad I put this in my project to push me to finish it. I actually really liked the product and I'd definitely buy it again in the correct shade of course!

First up in the lips category is my Bodyshop lip balm, I think I've made pretty good progress on this one. At least a quarter of the pot is completely empty. I've been working around the pot to finish it and I think it will be completely gone in a couple of weeks.

Next up is my Rimmel lip liner in Eastend Snob, which as no surprise is completely empty. There was next to nothing left of this so I'd completely used it up within a week. Although this is massively raved about I'm really glad I've finished this because its one of those shades that you see everywhere and I've got others in my collection, and this snapped so many times which was really driving me crazy!

Onto another product that has snapped it is my Revlon Lip Butter in Macaroon. I feel like I've been through everything with this lipstick, first I alternated it with the lip liner, then I had a couple of weeks where I loved just wearing this, and then I got really bored. I have paired this with a dark lip liner to create a browney shade, I have smudged it into my lips with a brighter red in the centre of my lips for that bitten lip look, now I'm back to wearing it alone. This lipstick is actually quite versatile and I've enjoyed experimenting with it. But the last little bit did snap a few days ago so I'm having to be quite delicate with it. I've used at least half of what was left so by the next update I'm hoping this will be completed entirely.

I said in my introduction post that I would be doing a no-buy while I was on this project.... and oh, have I failed. Ok, ok I did really well up until last week I had bought nothing although I had drawn up quite an extensive list of items I was lusting over. But then my birthday came around and alot of my family gave me money and makeup is one of those things I like as a treat. I only bought 5 things totalling less that £20, I'm kind of justifying it because I didn't buy anything with my own money and I'll allow this little slip up, if I get back on the horse and try again.

Let me know if you're also panning, because I really love reading other people's projects!

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