Valentines Hair and Makeup (Sweet and Subtle)

Going on a date for Valentines day?

Here's a subtle hair and makeup look I did today for the occasion, and I filmed the video for YouTube doing it, so go check out my channel to see that!

Makeup Essentials and What's In my Makeup Bag!

Click the image to take you to the video!

Links to the products in the video:

- Revlon Colourstay Foundation

- Max Factor 3 in 1 Foundation

- Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

- Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

- Sleek Face Contour Kit

- Rimmel Scandaleyes Mascara

- Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil

- MUA Blusher

- Maybelline Colour Tattoo Eyeshadow

- Sleek i-Devine Eyeshadow Palette

- Collection Extreme Felt Tip Liner

- Miss Sporty Eyeliner Pencil

- Max Factor Colour Elixir Lipliner

- Revlon Matte Lipstick

- Avon Perfect Kiss Lipstick

Go check out the video!

Muted Winter Greys

                        1. Grey Jersey Waterfall Jacket, £35.00                      2. ASOS Portobello Platforms, £30.00
                        3. Black/Grey Colour Block Tote Bag, £29.99          4. Revlon Matte Lipstick, £7.49
                        5. Light Grey Cap Sleeve Tunic, £9.99

With Christmas over and the rest of winter to deal with, the colours of this outfit reflect my current mood perfectly.
I picked out a jersey jacket for keeping warm, and platform shoes to help protect your feet from any winter frost or snow on the ground - the dress and the bag just looked cute!
I already own the shoes, and they are honestly the comfiest heels EVER, now I've just got to get my hands on the rest of the outfit!

Sleek i-Divine Palette and Face Contour Kit Reviews

Surprisingly, I had never actually tried any of the Sleek palettes before now, so when I picked a couple up from my local Superdrug, I thought I would give them a first impressions review. 

I'm going to start on the face contour kit, as I had heard a lot of good reviews for the Sleek bronzers and blushes, so as I was in need of a new bronzer, I thought I would pick up this kit that contains both a contouring bronzer and a highlight. 

First of all, I like the fact that the bronzer part is larger than the highlight as this is the part of the product that I'm going to be using more, as I often forget to highlight (oops!), and the pan is large enough to pick up an even amount of the product without touching the highlight section.

The bronzer is VERY pigmented but also very blendable and this is great as only a small amount of product is needed, and the colour is actually very flattering too (I bought this kit in 'light'), the highlight part however, isn't as good and is barely noticeable in my opinion, but I guess if your looking for a really subtle highlight, then this could still work for you.

The most impressive thing about this kit is that it is only £6.49! so I will definitely be repurchasing this again, and I will definitely be trying a Sleek blush next time I pop into Superdrug as hopefully they will perform like the bronzer did!

The next product I bought was an eyeshadow palette as I had also heard great reviews on these too, so I picked this up in 'au naturel', a palette of neutral browns and beiges.

For a neutral palette, there are a nice selection of colours;

Top row: 'Nougat' (a soft, matte white, perfect for the inner corner of the eye and highlighting the brow bone), 'Nubuck' (a muted, matte grey, great for a smokey eye), 'Cappuccino' (a soft, neutral brown, perfect for a base colour), 'Honeycomb' (a creamy, matte yellow), 'Toast' (a beautiful warm orange base colour - one of my favourites from this palette), 'Taupe' (a deep shimmer, perfect for the brow bone or centre of the lid).

Bottom row: 'Conker' (a deep, rich red/brown shimmer - another one of my favourites), 'Moss' (a warm, shimmery olive/gold), 'Bark' (a basic matte brown, suitable for filling in the brows!), 'Mineral Earth' (another warm brown shimmer, great for the crease), 'Regal' (a warm, matte red/brown, another great crease colour) and 'Noir' (a basic matte black).

(See swatches below)

Although the top swatches in the above photo are harder to see as they are light colours, all of the eyeshadows are actually very pigmented, and also very blendable and they actually stayed on all night which I'm really impressed with, especially as this palette was only £7.99!! I also like the fact that the majority of this palette is mattes - 8 mattes and 4 shimmers to be precise, as a lot of palettes tend to be mainly shimmers and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for super sparkly eyelids, so this palette is VERY wearable.
However if you are looking for something bolder, this palette comes in many colour variations, ranging from dark, sultry reds and purples, to super bright pinks, yellows and greens!

So all in all, I am very impressed with these two products, and even more impressed with the price, thumbs up Sleek!