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Make Up Academy is fast becoming my go to brand for eyeshadow, due to their fantastic pigmentation, staying power, range of colours and affordable prices.  So like nearly every other girl in the country earlier this year I purchased the Undressed Palette.  With its likeness to Urban Decay's Naked Palette and £4 price tag it has been my most used palette this year.  I buy most of my MUA make up from their official site click here to visit their site.  There is also a 3 for 2 offer on everything on the site at the moment.

In stead of doing a full review of this product today I wanted to show you one of my favourite eye shadow creations using this palette. 

When I go out I like to make a statement with either with eyes or lips because im not brave enough to do both. So with this heavy smokey eye look I have teamed it with a subtle pinky nude lip, using MAC Angel and Mac Plushglass in Ample Pink. That way all the focus is on the eyes.

To create this look I only used MUA's Eye Primer, shade 11 and 12 from the Undressed Palette, My HD Brows palette for the black eyeliner and Loreal Volume Collegen Mascara.

What looks ave you created with MUA's Undressed Palette?  Fell free to send your links of Blog posts featuring the Undressed Palette.

Dont forget to 'like' Make Up Academy on Facebook and when they hit 35,000 there is a 35% off and free P+P offer across the whole range online.

Lots of Love

Gem

xxx

Recently I have becoming so much more experimental with eye make up so I have decided to start a weekly post showing you which look has been my favourite of that week.  I will try to do a tutorial on how I achieved the look and which products I used, I am by no means professional but just thought Id show you how I do it.

 

Purple Passion

 

This week the reason I decided to use purples is because I have green eyes and I have always found purple really brings out the green in my eyes and makes them pop.

 

Step 1. Cover your eyelid in your favourite eyeshadow primer, I chose MUA's professional eye primer.

Step 2. Using an all over shadow brush, apply the forth shade on the bottom on the MUA Pretty Pastels Palette, all over your lid

Step 3. Using a thiner shadow brush, apply the first shade in the MUA Poptastic Palette, in the crease of your eye and blend well

Step 4. Highlight your browbone, I used Benefit's High Brow Glow under my eyebrow with a sweep of the first shade in the MUA Pretty Pastels Palette.

Step 5. Apply a thin line along your bottom lashes of Barry M Supersoft Crayon in No.5 and blend with a smudge brush.

Step 5. Create a medium thickness black line along your top lash line using your favourite liquid liner I used Rimmel's Exaggerate Liquid Eye Liner

Step 6. Use a white liner pencil along your waterline to give the illusion of wider eyes, I used Bourjous Noir & Blanc Eyeliner Pencil(just the blanc side)

Step 7. Coat your lashes in mascara, I used Loreal Volume Million Lashes and Yves Rocher Sexy Pulp.

Step 8. You should end up with a finished result as below

 

 

 Hope you enjoyed this post

 

Lots of love

 

Gem

 

xxx

I can not go even 1 week without purchasing some thing from the MUA range, I just love it.  Its becoming more natural for me to pop out and buy some MUA than it is a loaf of bread.  I purchase most of it from online as my local superdrug store has a very poor selection and most things are always out of stock.

 

 Do you own any of these and if so what are your thoughts?

Im extremely excited about the new products MUA are launching on Tuesday 26th September, I will be purchasing the Artiste Palette, at least 2 of the Cream Blushes when I go shopping with my birthday money

Lots of love

Gemma

xxx
 

On Sunday it was my boyfriend's cousin's little boy's Christening, wow what a mouthful. The perfect excuse to dress up.  Adam(the boyfriend) and myself were honoured to be asked to be Godparents, so knowing that I was going to be standing in front of the whole family I made an extra special effort to look nice and wear something different.

I love this dress so much, it was such a bargain at only £10 in a sale in my Outfit(the one with Topshop, Miss Selfridge, etc.) store but I cant remember which shop, I have worn it once before so wearing it for the Christening was a must.  My shoes were £6 from Matalan, they have some great cheap and cheerful pumps and boots in at the moment.  My bag was also from Matalan (I work right next door to matalan now..can you tell) it was only £3 and I do not have a satchel type bag so this filled the gap in my wardrobe for now.

 

On my face

Benefit Porefessional

Collection Lasting perfection Concealer

Clinique Stay Matte Oil Free Foundation

MUA pressed powder shade 2

MUA bronzed perfection to contour

MUA Blush shade 2

 

On my Eyes/Eyebrows

MUA Professional Eye Primer

MUA  Pretty Pastels palette

MUA Poptastic palette

Loreal Volume Million Lashes

Benefit High Brow Glow

Hd Brows Palette 'Vamp'

Benefit Speed Brow

 

On my Lips

Mac 'Angel'

Mac Plushglass 'Ample Pink'

 

It is no secret that MUA (Make Up Academy) are really at the top of their game when it comes to eyeshadow.  With the vast range of shades there is something to create a look day or night, summer or winter.  When the Going for Gold palette was launched I was not crazy about the colours as they seem very loud but as it was free gift when I spent £8 on the MUA website it was worth a try.

 

 

Have you reviewed Going for Gold, leave your links as a comment for me to have a peak

Lots of Love

Gemma

xxx

You an use the lip stick on

its own for a matte look.

Lip stick with the gloss applied

only to the centre of the lips to

As of this week I will be doing a 'product of the week' post every Tuesday, this may be something new I have purchased or something I already have but cannot live without.

This week we have:

MUA FACE POWDER

I was only made aware of this brand about a month ago, since then I have tried a few of their products, this is definitely a favourite of mine.

I use this pressed powder most days, sometimes just over a primer if I'm just popping to the shop or work, sometimes over a liquid foundation to give me a matt finish for when I'm going somewhere nice.

I apply with a powder brush as this gives me the most even finish, its very crumbly  which I like in a powder as I find it blends better.  It gives me the full coverage I like so is perfect for me.

It comes in 3 shades numbered from 1-3 with 1 being the fairest, as I sport a Golden Glow all year round I use shade 2 and 3 mixed to match my skin tone.

I have struggled to find a powder that I feel comfortable with for years and finding this has been fabulous.  The most delightful thing is you can purchase this for just £1!! 

There whole range includes numerous must have products for  face, lips, eyes and nails all under £5, keep an eye out for future posts as I can see myself using this product and exploring this brand for a very long time as the quality is outstanding for the price.

Have you used this brand or product?  Let me know what you think and if you have any recommendations for future purchases I would be delighted because i cant make my mind up.

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