Tag: Seven Deadly Sins Of Beauty

I was tagged by YouMeFriday to do the ‘seven deadly sins of beauty’ tag. I have watched a few youtubers do this tag and it is quite unique - here is my version. 

1. Greed: What is your most expensive beauty item?

My most expensive beauty item(s) are my Dior palettes or my Burberry eyeshadow quad. I have a couple of Dior palettes from my holidays which were around $68. My Burberry quad was £40.

2. Wrath: What beauty item do you have a love/hate relationship with?

My Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation. I love the finish, application, wear and feel of this product but the shade is too dark for me - I believe it I have the lightest shade. I have the shade ‘believe in me ivory’ but I can’t wear it because it is too dark!

3. Gluttony: What makes up brand is the biggest chunk of your makeup collection?

I have quite a lot of products from Rimmel, Revlon and Kiko - I have a lot of cosmetics from numerous brands. 

4. Sloth: What product do you neglect to use due to laziness?

Probably face primer. I love primers and I use eyeshadow primers every time I do my makeup but I am a bit lazy when I comes to face primers - I usually forget!

5. Pride: Which beauty product gives you the most confidence?

Base products like concealer and foundation - mainly foundation. When I have foundation on and my skin looks better, it makes my feel better about my appearance. 

6. Lust: Which item is at the top of your beauty wish list?

The Chanel Illusion D’Ombre cream eyeshadows have been on my wish list for a long time. I will have to treat myself as I received my last assignment grade for uni today (now I am just waiting for the overall grade in June). 

7. Envy: What makeup product looks great on others but not your self?

I think smokey eyes look great on most people but I don’t think they look right on me as my eyes are fairly deep set. 

I tag anyone who wants to do this - post a link to your 'seven deadly sins post' below! x

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Just a little something from Burberry

I went on the Harrods website on boxing day (or just after) and I bought one of the relatively new Burberry eyeshadow quads. Compared to the single eyeshadows I think this quad is great value for money - a great buy if you don't already own any burberry eyeshadows like me. I bought this quad for £40 which is quite expensive but it is Burberry and it wasn't in the sale (cries).

Firstly, the packaging - gorgeous! The packaging looks expensive (probably because it was very expensive!) and the quad comes in a velvet pouch, like Dior palettes come in. The velvet pouch came with three application tools too. The quad itself feels really well made, it looks gorgeous and it has a mirror inside. 

 I bought the shade 'No.2 Mocha' and here are the application tools you get. A eyeshadow brush, a angled brush and a sponge applicator. I have used these briefly but as they are mini tools/brushes they are not that easy to use so I have just been using my normal real techniques/Illamasqua brushes to apply the eyeshadows. 

Here are the shades! I love neutral/natural/nude eyeshadows, I wear them every day and I bought this particular palette as I knew I would get a lot of use out of these shades. They are all basically matte or satin finishes - there are not frosty or glittery shades which I great for me personally as I mainly use matte shades on my eyes. There is a creamy bone shade, a caramel tan shade, a milk chocolate shade and a deeper brown - all of the shades are fairly warm toned. 

Overall, I love the packaging, the shades are gorgeous and the shadows are so smooth, creamy, very pigmented and they apply like a dream. I will post a full review about longevity etc in the next couple of weeks.

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