Morphe 35k Palette Review!

I'm so excited to be writing this post. Today I will be doing a review of my brand new Morphe 35k palette, including swatches!

So I'm sure, you will have heard all about Morphe brushes and their famous 35 pan palettes. I have been waiting to get one for a while now and the only thing holding me back was the fact that I had no idea which one to get. I was considering purchasing the 35o as it is probably the most raved about in the beauty blogger world. However it is constantly sold out so after much deliberation I decided to go ahead and get the 35k. I am so glad I did.

I ordered mine from Cult Beauty and I was very impressed with how quickly it arrived (only two days after I ordered it) and it was packaged so securely!

Right now onto photos and my thoughts:

 

So firstly the packaging is generally what people like least about these palettes. I agree that they are not the prettiest but I actually think they look pretty sleek.

As you can see from the photo, this palette consist of mostly cool and warm toned brown shades with a few blue toned greys and some darker and lighter shades. There are 16 true matte shades, about 8 shimmers, 1 with actual bigger pieces of glitter in it and 10 metallic, foil type shades.

All the shades are pigmented and buttery and although at first glance you may feel a lot of the colours are fairly similar which was also one of my reservations, but I have already found myself using most of the shades and they are all unique and so pretty. Right, now onto swatches of each row:

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First Row: (L-R) this is the least pigmented row and does not show up as well on camera... it is still one of my favourite rows.

1. This shimmery white shade makes a gorgeous brow bone or inner corner highlight.

2. Really pretty peach toned transition shade, perfect for summery looks!

3. This is really lovely shimmery pink beige colour, looks gorgeous when it catches the light.

4. A great neutral, matte transition shade.

5. A gorgeous metallic light corally beige colour for the centre of a halo eye. It would actually be a really pretty face highlight too.

6. A dusky pink transition shade which looks really good in the crease and I use it quite often in for a halo eye transition shade.

7. I love this shade. It is a warm toned, orangy brown and is so good for more warm eyeshadow looks.

 

 

 

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Second Row: (L-R) This row is very warm toned and made up of beautiful brown colours.

1. This metallic shade is so stunning. It is an amazing coppery brown colour and is so pigmented and creamy.

2. This is a matte, light taupe brown colour. Really pretty in the crease.

3. A more warm toned brown, this colour is needed in every collection.

4. This is like a shimmery version of the last shade, it is also slightly pinker.

5. This shadow is one of my absolute favourites, it is a beautiful reddish brown and I have used it the most out of all of the shadows.

6. This is a brown with pink shimmer in it. It reflects the light and looks really pretty.

7. This is a more cool toned brown which would actually work quite well as an eyebrow shade which I might test out at some point.

 

 

 

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Third Row: (L-R) This row contains slightly more cool toned shades and a few shimmery or metallic shades.
1. This is one of the most gorgeous shadows. It is a really warm, beautiful gold.
2. A deep metallic bronzy brown.
3. This rich matte brown is so pigmented and amazing for darkening the outer v.
4. This colour is a true brown and is darker in the photo than real life.
5. A really dark, cool toned brown.
6. This one is similar to the last, though slightly more warm toned.
7. This metallic shade is a brown with a slight purple hint to it.

 

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Fourth Row: (L-R) This row has a mix of cool and warm shades.

1. This one just reminds me of Elsa from frozen, the camera doesn't quite pick it up but its a beautiful frosty, foil blue. I'm not quite sure how to use this one yet but I really want to try a look with it, please leave suggestions down below!

2. A slightly darker simmery blue/grey shade. Really pretty winter colour.

3. A not matte but not shimmery caramel brown. It has a slight sheen to it.

4. A warm silvery metallic shade, looks gorgeous in the light.

5. A unique rose gold bronze colour. Really really pretty.

6. A matte dark grey that everyone needs.

7. A cool, coffee toned colour, great for darkening up a look.

 

 

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Fifth Row: (L-R) This is where all the cool tones come into play.
1. A greyish blue with a sheen that is perfect for a subtle shimmer.
2. A darkish grey with a very blue hint to it.
3. Subtle dark blue with a shimmer, perfect for a night out.
4. A very dark grey, almost black with a very slight shimmer.
5. This is my least favourite colour in the palette, only because it has chunks of glitter in it which I don't really like.
6. Simmery navy blue/black, gorgeous dark colour.
7. The classic, cool, matte black that we all need. A great end to an amazing palette.

I decided to photograph some of the more shimmery shades with flash so you can see their true beauty! They are all simply gorgeous.

 

I would really recommend this palette, and if not this one then definitely think about purchasing one of the morphe palettes. They are beautiful quality for a beautiful price.

 

I hope you enjoyed. :)

 

-Anna x

W7 Products: Review

So today I am going to be doing a review of some products W7 kindly sent me!



1. Cheeky Chaps Multi-Blush in the shade Hot Gossip:

I'm excited to use this because I have just recently started getting back into blush because I went through a phase of not really wearing it. When you swirl all the colours together it makes a gorgeous, slightly shimmery light pink shade. Perfect for everyday use! Some of the shades can be used separatly as a pretty highlighter or bronzer. The pigmentation is fairly low but this makes it easy to apply and gives a more natural glow.

2. Lashtastic Mascara:

This is probably my favourite product of the four I recieved. It is such a brilliant mascara, it contains a lot of product and the packaging is sturdy. I'm not personally keen on the yellow packaging but I can over-look that. It lengthens and thickens my lashes and makes them look really good! Slightly clumpy but I have seen a lot worse. It is a good one to add to my collection. To me the wand looks a bit like a mixture of Maybellines Rocket mascara and They're Real by Benefit (without the bristles on the end)

 

 

 

3. Making Waves Eye colour:

It's always nice to have a good neautral palette so this was lovely to see. It has all the basics, a couple of pinky shades and a cream - all good for transition shades and a really nice matte brown to darken up an eye look. The shades are all warm toned and although they aren't too pigmented they blend really nicely. The packaging again is very sturdy and I really like the design.

 

 

 

4. Tinted Kiss - tinted nourishing lip oil in the shade In The Pink

 

I love this lip product so much, it is nourishing and gives a slight pink tint to the lips. I was expecting it to be quite a greesy product given that it is a "lip oli" but it isn't greesy at all. It gives such a nice shine to the lips which makes them appear plump and the pink tint is subtle and pretty. This is a lovely lip product. Would definitely recommend.

 

 

 (I also love this applicator.)

 

So there you go, my thoughts on a few W7 products I recieved. I just want to thank W7 again!

 

My next post is probably going to be another review so I'm sorry about that if you don't like reviews but I really want to review a Stila palette.

 

That should be up soon.

 

- Anna xx

 

 

 

Aikosmetics Makeup Brushes Review!

Finally writing this post!

Today I am going to do an in depth review on the Aikosmetics makeup brushes! I have been waiting to do this review ever since I opened the box but I wanted to try them out everyday for over month so I could give you a proper and honest review. 

First things first, I received the full set for Christmas. However you can also buy the essentials set or purchase the brushes individually! 

The full set comes with 11 brushes and is packaged beautifully in a baby pink box with gold embellished writing on and a gorgeous personal note.

The personal touch makes it so special and I have kept all the packaging. :) 

Now I'll go through each of the brushes and then at the end I'll tell you which are my favourites and least favourites and why:

1. Lasting Perfection Brush

Firstly is their fluffy powder brush, it applys powder all over your face to set foundation, help mattify your skin or just give you an even complexion.

This brush is the softest brush I have ever felt, it is also really big therefore covers my face just in a couple of swishes. It picks up my powder well and feels so lovely when applying it.

2. Radiant Complexion Brush

Next is the first one their two foundation brushes. Use this brush to evenly apply foundation for a 'flawless and radiant complexion'

Although the collection comes with two foundation brushes, this brush is the one I prefer to use for my foundation. I find the curved top easier to work with, it applys my foundation well and blends completely without leaving streaks. It helps to create the perfect base for my makeup.

3. Flawless Finish Brush

Their second foundation brush. This is a flat topped buffer brush.

Although I don't use this to apply my foundation, I like to use it afterwards to make extra sure everything is completely buffed into my skin because I like to mix my foundation with a light moisturiser so it tends to take a bit more work to get rid of shininess. It is good for making sure everything is well and truly blended into your skin!

 4. Blush Brush

This is an angled brush, used to apply blush to give warmth to your cheeks.

I actually like to use this brush for contour because I have a mini MAC 116 brush which I use for my blush so I can't tell you what it is like for applying blush but it works really well for blending out contour for a natural look. The only flaw with this brush is that when I wash it, the bristles tend to spread outwards and lose the shape of the brush a bit. However I'm sure this can be fixed by drying it in a certain position.

5. Skin Luminosity Brush

This is their tapered highlighter brush, use it to sweep highlight across your cheekbones to create a gorgeous glow.

I love this highlighter brush, it is the perfect size and shape for the top of my cheekbones and distributes the product beautifully.

6. Imperfection Concealer Brush

A small brush for blending concealer to cover blemishes and dark circles.

This is probably the brush I use least OU of the collection, only because I prefer to use my finger to blend concealer. However in the last couple of days I have found this is useful to get the concealer right up below my eye and for better coverage! 

7. Perfect Brows Brush 

A minuscule angled brush great for filling in your brows or getting that perfect eyeliner

I use this for my brows every single day, it works so well and makes my brows look full and helps to create a great shape! I haven't yet tried this brush with eyeliner but considering how small and precise it is I'm sure it would work great. 

8. Colour Precision Brush 

This is the first of the four eye brushes (not including perfect brow brush) use it to apply eyeshadow evenly all over your lid. 

I use this brush with it's original purpose, to apply my base/main shadow. It works great at giving an even application. However I do sometimes find, because the brush is so smooth, the colour pay off is sometimes a little weak. This in mind, I still use and love this brush daily. 

9,10 & 11. 

(From bottom to top: Smoky Eyes Brush, Beautiful Eyes Brush and Eye Contour Brush)

These three brushes add depth and detail to your eye makeup and create the perfect look. 

Last but not least! These three are definitely some of my favourites in the collection. 

I especially love the Beautiful Eyes Brush which is an amazing fluffy blending brush, it does such a great job of blending out any harsh lines and creating a flawless finish. 

I also adore the Eye Contour Brush, this one I use to apply shadow to my crease and it is perfect as it fits so well into the crease of my eyelid. 

I use the Smoky Eyes Brush to apply a darker shadow to my outer v, it is really nice because it is small and precise and does a great job! 

There you go! A summary of all eleven brushes. I kind of gave away my favourites and least favourites whilst writing about them but here they are: I love all of them so I don't think I can pick one favourite but I love the Last Perfection Brush (powder) the Radiant Complexion Brush (foundation) Blush Brush (contour) Perfect Brows Brush and the Beautiful Eyes Brush! My least favourite would probably be the imperfection concealer brush, only because I use it least although I am growing to love it! 

I would definitely recommend these brushes. Gorgeous, amazing quality and so affordable compared to others on the market. I would say buy the whole set but they are available to buy individually! 

Hope you enjoyed this review, go check out Aikosmetics! :) 

Until next time 

-Anna X 

Birthday/Shopping Haul

Hey guys! 

So today I'm going to do a haul of things I've got recently from my birthday and shopping. Reviews of all these products will be written throughout the year when I've tried them properly! I won't show everything in this post just a few bits. 

I received quite a few Lush bits because of my Lush obsession:

1. Mask of magnaminty, Angels on bare skin and a new pot of my favourite cleanser, let the good times roll from my parents 

2. The shampoo bar montalbano from Libby 

3. Snow fairy shower jel, pink fun and the popcorn lip scrub from a group of friends 

I can't wait to try out all of these products and will definitely be doing reviews! They all smell amazing, Thankyou guys! 

Here is the makeup I either received or bought: 

Collection contour & highlight kit, Kiko cream shadow stick, Kiko eyeshadow, Mac upward lash and Mac lipstick in Brave bought by myself. 

Pauls Boutique eyebrow kit from Libby

Lola highlighter, stila lip glaze, origins mascara, maybelline lipstick and Laura Mercier lip gloss from my Aunty.

My Aunty also signed me up for birch box for the next 6 months which I was so so grateful for because I've always wanted to try a beauty subscription! 

I decided to only show you the beauty products as I thought that would be the most interesting and I didn't want to make this post too rambly or long. 

 

Leave post suggestions in the comments.

Thankyou

-Anna x 

Christmas Haul 2015

Hey everyone and Merry Christmas! Although this is going up on Boxing Day. 

I hope you all had the best day yesterday and are still enjoying the festive season. Remember to eat as much of the delicious food as you can! :) 

So I thought I would do what I did last year and do a Christmas Haul and show you the main presents I got this year! 

*Disclaimer: I am not trying to show off in any way, shape or form. I am doing this because I enjoy finding out with others got for Christmas. I am so grateful to all my family for everything I received!* 

So the first thing I got was Taylor Swift merchandise because as you all know, I love Taylor: 

I got a Taylor Swift hoodie which I love and is so comfortable and two of CDs that I didn't have in hard copy (1989 and Taylor Swift) from my parents, one of her perfumes (enchanted wonderstruck) from my cousins and it smells divine! Also a 'dress up Taylor Swift' book from Libby which I love because it shows you actual outfits she's worn and I've been using it loads! Thankyou everyone I love it all<3

Here is a close up of the perfume because the bottle is gorgeous! 

One of my main presents were these amazing boots from Dune 

I really wanted a pair of almost knee high boots as I had some a couple years ago but grew out of them and I love boots! I'm so grateful to my grandparents, I have already worn them a couple times! 

One of my favourite presents are these makeup brushes by Aikosmetics 

I love them so much, they come beautifully packaged and are absolutely stunning and are really soft! Before Christmas I was going to ask for the Real Techniques bold metals collection but we all know how expensive they are, I came across these one day on Instagram and fell in love! Not many people know about this company but they are amazing, the brushes are so pretty and they package them so nicely and make it so special! You can get the full set, the essentials set or now buy them individually, I will definitely be doing a full review of the whole collection sometime in 2016! 

I also got a few makeup bits from my Aunty :) 

A few stila products, a Mac mini brush set, Mac eyebrow pencil and white eyeliner and a ciaté nail polish. Love them all! 

The last thing I'll tell you about is clothing and pyjamas. 

I got a new outfit which is a denim A line skirt, a checkered shirt and navy blue flats. The pyjamas I got was two sets of checkered pyjamas, one full length trousers which are red with a navy blue vest top and the other are grey, blue and pink checkered shorts with a turqoise vest top because I generally wear vest tops as pyjama tops, and I love pyjama shorts! I also got a really fluffy white hoodie/cardigan thing and soft baggy leggings/sweatpants to lounge around the house in and they are both so comfortable and soft. 

I would like to thank everyone for my presents (even though most of them won't read this, except Libby who is like to thank: Thankyou so much Lib it's such a cool book! I've been using it so much and also the tree decoration is so pretty :) and Thankyou to anyone who wished me a Merry Christmas and Thankyou to anyone reading this because it makes my day when people read my posts! 

Well and I guess I'll speak to you all in the new year! 

Until Next Time/Next Year

-Anna X 

Makeup Revolution Iconic 2 Palette Review

I've always wanted the Urban Decay Naked Palettes. Unfortunately for me they are about £30-something each so that idea was out of the window. However luckily enough makeup revolution have created amazing dupes for all three of the naked palettes! And at the affordable price of only £4. 

It has a great range of matte and shimmery shades, warm toned and cool toned. Going from light to dark, it is amazing for everyday and also if you have a fancy occasion, it is great for creating smoky eyes! 

Here are swatches of all the shades after just one swipe. They are so pigmented for the price and almost exactly like the naked 2 palette! 

The black is especially pigmented, and I use it for my eyeliner a lot! 

So if you are like me; desperate for the naked palettes, maybe try out these palettes first! I will definitely be picking up the other two and maybe trying out some other makeup revolution palettes.

Hope you enjoyed this short review! Let me know what your favourite makeup revolution products are. 

Until Next Time 

-Anna X 

Blog Anniversary Post ~ Autumn Lookbook

Hey Guys!

So as you have probably guessed by the title that this is going to be an Autumn lookbook, however there is a very special reason that I have uploaded this today, the 13th of October. It is because today is the first anniversary of It's-Anna's-Life! I've been sharing my thoughts and opinions and ideas with the internet via this blog for a year now. That it so crazy to me! We also hit 8000 views about a month ago which is amazing and I would like to say a massive thankyou to anyone who reads my blog!

I wanted to do something special for today so I decided to do an Autumn lookbook because I love Autumn, fashion and lookbooks, so I thought it would be fun. Here you go!

Look 1: Casual Day Out Look

Shirt - Primark

Bandeau - New Look

Jeans - Primark

Jumper - H&M 

As we go into Autumn the weather is very  changable. At the moment it is at that stage where it isn't too cold but there is a sharp breeze in the air. This look is perfect because if it starts to get a bit chilly you can just pop a casual sweater on, you can't see it here but I love how the cream shirt collar sits on top of the jumper! 

Look 2: Relaxed Weekend Look

Top - TK Maxx 

Jeans - Primark

I love this one because it is so comfortable, this top is so soft and I love the different lengths of it! It is very swishy and quite boho. These jeans weren't ripped when I got them but I've had them for over two years so the knees wore down. I love the light wash colour! 

Look 3: Dressy Day/Evening 

Top - Primark (surprisingly) 

Skirt -

Necklace - Random shop in Mallorca 

Tights - Anywhere 

Boots - 

This look can be quite versatile as you can dress it up with a bit more jewellery and a nice cardigan or leather jacket to make it more of an evening look, or keep it casual with a big jumper over the top or just as it is! :) I also love a bit of tarted so this skirt is perfect. 

Look 4: Cozy Autumn Day 

Crop Top - Topshop

Highwaisted Jeans - H&M 

Cardigan - Primark

Beret - Accessorize 

Shoes - Rocket Dogs 

Bracelet - Cancer Research 

I've saved my favourite look until last, this outfit is casual and cozy but still looks like you put some effort in, the white and black threads running through this gorgeous big cardigan make this whole outfit come together nicely. It is great for Autumn because it can still be warm outside so this look keeps you cozy whilst not being to hot! 

So I hope you enjoyed this Lookbook! I loved writing it and getting the photos! Leave blog post suggestions down below :) 

Until next time

-Anna X