Sleek Makeup: Highlighting Palette.

Hello everyone! MERRY (one day belated) CHRISTMAS!!!! I hope you had an amazing celebration. We're almost at the end of the year! It has been five months since I posted my very first entry on this blog back in July. It's crazy how quickly 2014 has flown by. 

On another note, I mentioned in my previous post that I would be doing separate posts on the Sleek Makeup's products that I had purchased. Today, I will be talking about the highlighting palette! I think that it's the most unique one out of the others in my haul. It's priced at USD14.99 on Sleek's official website. 

↑ The packaging

↑ Highlighting palette in 029 Precious Metals

↬ Shade 1, Platinum

↬ Shade 2, Royal Gold

↬ Shade 3, Renaissance Gold

↬ Shade 4, Antique Bronze

Shades 1, 2 and 3 have velvety, creamy formulas, whereas Shade 4 has a powdery formula. With this palette, you can use any of the aforementioned shades on the inner corner of your eyes or on the brow bone, or even the tops of the cheekbones, as mentioned on the official website (link here!). But of course, one is not limited to its prescribed ways of using any makeup product. You can use it even on the bridge of your nose or on your cupid's bow. Simply put, use it on any features in which you want to bring out or complement. 

As for myself, I would probably use this palette, not only for highlighting purposes, but as eyeshadows or eyeshadow bases. You could pop Platinum, Royal Gold and Renaissance Gold on your eyelids as eyeshadow bases and then layer on normal eyeshadows, which would in turn have more intensity. Antique Bronze is my thanggggg. I love my bronzy, brown shades! =3

I guess this is it for today! Sleek Makeup ships internationally to Brunei at an affordable shipping rate, so if you're looking for a good highlighting palette, this could just be it! I hope this has helped you in a way or another. Do leave a comment down below if you have any questions :D Thanks so much for reading!

Happy (advanced) New Year errbadeh!!! Here's to an amazing year-end and an even more amazing 2015...(and more makeup!!!)

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Sleek Makeup Haul.

Hi errbadeh!! I don't know about you, but I often sign up to receive newsletters from websites (especially those that sell makeup) in order to get some inside scoop about discounts or sales! In October, there was a 25% discount provided on Sleek's website.....and that only means one thing: online shopping!

My order date for five items was made on the 22nd of October. The subtotal was USD68.95 and with the discount code applied, it was reduced to USD51.70! Might I also mention that the shipping to Brunei was free! So it was definitely a good deal! My packaged arrived nicely packed in a black box and with the items bubble-wrapped. Without further ado, here are ze pictures!

↑ New Skin Revive foundation in White Rose, USD11.99

↑ Eye & Cheek palette in Dancing Til Dusk, USD14.99

↑ Eye & Cheek palette in See You At Midnight, USD14.99

↑ I-Divine palette in Arabian Nights, USD11.99

↑ Precious Metals Highlighting palette, USD14.99

I can't wait to try them out! I feel that Sleek is one of the most affordable makeup brands that offer high quality. Blogposts on each of the aforementioned product will be up soon, along with more pictures and swatches! I actually have four other eyeshadow palettes which were bought last time. I should probably blog about them too yes? :D

Feel free to leave any questions in the comments section below if you have any! As always, thank you so much for reading!

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Urban Decay - Pulp Fiction palette.

Hi errbadeh! I'm back for another blog post!

My homegurl who's at the UK currently sent me a goodie a month ago and it is Urban Decay's Pulp Fiction palette!!! Pulp Fiction was a movie released in 1994 and it starred Uma Thurman as Mia Wallace, which this palette is based upon. Not knowing anything about the movie, I asked my mom about it and wanted her opinion if the eyeshadow shades truly scream Mia Wallace's character, and mom said yes. So, well done UD!

I've always wanted a small palette with neutral and warm shades that is suitable for travelling. And since I don't have any of Urban Decay's Naked Basic palettes, Pulp Fiction it is!  

↑ The box that the palette comes in. Sleek and straight to the point, Pulp Fiction style!

↑ Back of the box.

↑ The packaging of the palette.

↑ The palette, with 5 eyeshadows and a brush.

↑ The dual ended brush included in this palette, in which the bristles are very dense (love it!).

↑ Righteous, Tyranny, Vengeance, Furious, Anger.

(Awesome names for an awesome character)

Here are the swatches applied dry, without any eyeshadow base and under white LED lighting.

(L-R)

↬ Righteous - a light cream matte shade.

↬ Tyranny - a burnt brown shade with a little orange undertone.

↬ Vengeance - a medium-dark brown shade with a satin finish.

(L-R)

↬ Furious - a light, shimmery white shade (perfect for highlighting the inner corners of the eyes!).

↬ Anger - a black shade with a satin finish.

/rant

(I was expecting the Furious to be the black shade and Anger to be the white one. That's because, from what I can see, the palette above shows the black one above the white one, with the names labelled as "Furious/Anger". But I thought to myself, "Black sounds angrier than it sounds furious", so I double-checked UD's official website to be sure. Turns out that I was right, black is angrier than it is furious. Perhaps the shadows were potted in this particular palette of mine wrongly as the one on UD's official website had the white shade on top of the black one, as opposed to mine.)

/rantover

Regardless of the misplaced/mis-potted eyeshadow, this palette has some amazing color pay-off! They are that pigmented, even without the need to apply them on any base or eyeshadow primer. But one thing though, the eyeshadows are a little chalky so having fallouts is likely. That wouldn't be a problem for me as I can always apply my eyeshadows first and wipe away the fallouts with a facial wipe prior to applying foundation and the likes.

I haven't come across any online sellers in Brunei that carries this particular palette, except for @theitgirlbn (click here for link!). This palette is priced at BND64. If you are interested in it, just holla at them!

I hope that this post has helped you! Thank you so much for reading and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below. Have a great weekend ahead of you!

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