Makeup Revolution collection.

First of all, let me apologise for the absence from this blog lately. I've had so much going on, I've left my job, I've been quite poorly, I've been doing Insanity and to be honest, my heart just hasn't been in blogging lately. However, I'm back! I'm back with a positive attitude.

So without further ado, let's actually get on with this post! Today I'm going to be showing you my Makeup Revolution collection. It's a small collection but I felt it was worthy of posting, and  I felt as MUR is firmly earning it's name in beauty, it's time to add my two pence. 

On the top row we have the Focus & Fix eyebrow palette, Conceal and Cover palette and the much sought after (well...not this one!) I Heart Makeup Death By Chocolate palette. 

On the bottom row we have the Flawless 32 eyeshadow palette, Iconic 1 eyeshadow pallette, as well as Iconic 2 and Iconic 3

I didn't actually take a single photo of the eyebrow palette as it's literally a standard trio of eyeshadow shades with a wax. I normally use the colour above the wax as I find this suits my skin tone the most, it lasts all day and yeh, it's a basic eyebrow palette!

Let's have a look at the Conceal and Cover palette. I purchased this for £6 and I bought this thinking that yes, I'll use every shade and I'll love it and be converted to this. Sadly, this wasn't the case. I've only used 2, maximum 3 shades out of this palette because the staying power just isn't that great and the further down the palette, the more orange the tones get. Now I actually swatched these in the shop to see what the payoff was like and what the colours were like and I thought they were a good match. Maybe I just have a dud? I don't know. I'm more than likely going to pass this on to someone who has darker skin than me, but if you're someone with multi toned skin then this would be perfect for you. 

 The I Heart Makeup Death by Chocolate palette is the newest in my collection and I LOVE it. I've worn shades from this palette every single day since I bought it. I'm pretty sure this was £7.99? I wanted the white palette for so long and I've not been able to find it anywhere and it has been out of stock on the website for as long as I've been checking so I finally bit the bullet and bought the Death by Chocolate palette. Firstly, I love the packaging and I know this is one of the things that has caused a divide in the beauty world, some love it, some hate it. Personally, I love it. It makes the palette chunky, something that I really like. And a bonus with this palette is that is has a full size mirror in the lid which is actually very handy. When I opened this, I don't know if it's psychological but I actually thought it smelt quite...cocoa power...y? Please tell me I'm not going insane and other people have smelt it too? Either way, this palette has a gorgeous mixture of mattes and shimmers which are super wearable, the colour payoff as expected is absolutely amazing and the longevity again, as expected, is extremely good. I'm still on the lookout for the white palette but seriously don't over look this one, you'll be surprised. 

The Flawless palette is one of the largest palettes I have and for the money (£8) I thought the quality of these eyeshadows wasn't going to be so great. My god, wasn't I wrong! I love this palette, it's got such a large mixture of colours and again, it's between mattes and shimmers. I've created so many looks with this palette, it's a firm favourite right now. Colour payoff is to be expected, quite pigmented and long lasting. However, I find these shadows work best with an ever so slightly damp brush to really get that shimmer to show. The packaging is the standard MUR black, slimline palette with the full size mirror, which I really love. I'm surprised that such a budget brand has this type of packaging to be honest but I'm pretty sure it's not just me that likes it. The shades in this palette are such a warm tone, apart from the few at the top which I use as either a base colour or a transition shade. I especially love the second to last row, the colours make my eyes look so green when I use them. I'm pretty sure there's another palette called Eyes like Angels (or something along those lines) but I wasn't too keen on those colours but again, I'm not going to overlook it as I may change my mind in the future. 

 Ahhh, the Iconic palettes. These were the palettes which have lead to my obsession with MUR, as I found out they were a very very good dupe for the UD Naked palettes (which I refuse to part with my money for!). I'd never heard of the company before so after doing a little bit more investigating, I've grown to love them. Even though the packaging on these are a little different to the newer palettes, I still don't feel let down. I purchased these at £4 each which in my eyes, is SO cheap! These palettes are absolutely amazing payoff, again with most of the MUR palettes these are a mixture of shimmers and mattes but in the most gorgeous warm tones. These have taken a bit of a back seat in my collection as it's expanded but after looking at them this morning, I definitely need to start using them again. 

If you're one of these people like me who become addicted to Youtube, watching people buying all these new MUR palettes and raving about them, as soon as you get one you will understand why. I'm not sure just how long Makeup Revolution has been around for but their products are a firm favourite of mine and thousands of others. I don't know how they release so many new palettes so frequently (I've even heard that it's possibly MUA repackaged...I don't believe that!) but this company have certainly taken the beauty industry by storm and for good reason too. I'm slowly going over to the I Heart Makeup range too with their lip lavas (omggg!) but I thought I'd give you an insight in to my collection that I have at the moment. 

Have you tried anything from Makeup Revolution or from the I Heart Makeup range? If so, what are your opinions? 

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Makeup Revolution Iconic 1,2,3 palettes.

Sorry for the awful lighting in this picture, it was so difficult to get a decent photo! 

I'm not even going to lie about how much I've wanted to try these after seeing them being branded one of the many Naked Palette dupes. I've watched so many youtube videos on these and loved every single tutorial I've seen. I've looked at them numerous times on Superdrug and on the Makeup Revolution website and finally plucked up the courage to order them last week after seeing them on 3 for 2 on the Superdrug website. For £4 per palette, I thought, what a bargain! Again, not lying, I kept checking the delivery status every half an hour wishing there was a magic makeup fairy that'd bring them straight to me as my local Superdrug stores don't stock this range.

So yesterday morning, the status had changed to delivered and I knew they were waiting for me on my doormat...the 5pm finish at work couldn't come any quicker! When I arrived home, I promptly opened the package and out fell 3 gorgeous coloured palettes along with three samples and a magazine, courtesy of Superdrug. I don't know if anyone else gets this when they get new makeup, but I just didn't want to open them. They looked far too pretty to even swatch! But I know I actually will use these as they look like very wearable colours even in the container. 

To my knowledge, the iconic palettes are meant to be very good dupes of the Urban Decay Naked palettes and after trying Naked 3 a while back, personally I think the Iconic 3 has a much nicer range of colours. Okay some arent as pigmented, but they really are nice colours. I have quite browny-orange coloured eyes and these shades have really made them pop.

I've recently got the "I need to splurge all my money on makeup" bug again and its slowly but surely happening! I really am in love with these palettes and I cant wait to try Iconic 1 and 2. I've used the more rosey toned colours today as I'm a dusky pink top, but the colours are beautiful. (Excuse the lack of styling in my hair, I've broken my ghd's after 8 years of use!).

If you're on a bit of a budget like I am, but want the look of more high end makeup (especially the Naked palettes!) then give these a try. I'm not disappointed, they've lasted all day without creasing (it's been hot, don't judge my sweaty eyelids..you know what I mean!) and the colours are a near 100% match to the actual thing, so yeh, I really am impressed with these. I've also seen that MUA do a really good dupe called "Undress Me" and "Undress Me Too" however my Superdrug NEVER has the decent MUA in stock. Maybe that's one to try if and when these ones run out. 

There will more than likely be a million and one posts following these with how I've used them etc but for now, I'm going to have kitty cuddles with my Bonnie. 

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