June Haul Swatch Fest!

Last month I did a fair amount of makeup hauling and I made a video about it. You can watch that video HERE or below:

As promised in the video, here are the swatches of most of the things I bought!

 From Milani

 
Bella Eyes Gel Powder Eyeshadows

L-R: "Bella Champagne", "Bella Ivory", "Bella Emerald"

 

"Bella Champagne"

 

"Bella Ivory"

"Bella Emerald"

 Rose Powder Blush - "Tea Rose"

I'm double checking this is vegan! The website says it is but it has lanolin listed on the ingredients more than once!
*UPDATE - IT IS NOT VEGAN! MILANI MADE A MISTAKE ON THEIR WEBSITE :(

 

Amore Matte Lip Cremes

Top: "Sugar". Bottom: "Gorgeous"

From Sephora

All Kat Von D products 

Everlasting Liquid Lipsticks, Metal Crush Eyeshadows and Tattoo Liner in "Trooper"

Metal Crush Eyeshadow - "Electric Warrior"

Metal Crush Eyeshadow - "Raw Power" (THIS SHADE IS NOT VEGAN :(  I THOUGHT ALL THE MC EYESHADOWS WERE BUT FOUND AFTERWARDS THIS ONE ISN'T )

Everlasting Liquid Lipsticks

Top: "Beloved". Bottom: "Nosferatu"

When I swatched Beloved, I thought it might be pretty similar to "Berlin", which I also have. So I swatched Berlin to the right and they are similar but Berlin is a deeper, brighter pink.

From Feelunique.com 

NYX Prismatic Shadow in "Mermaid"

TheBalm Instain Blush from Amazon and Meet Matt(e) Hughes Liquid Lipstick from Feelunique.com

Instain Blush in "Swiss Dot"

Meet Matt(e) Hughes Liquid Lipstick in "Doting"

From Jeffree Star's Website

 

"Beauty Killer" Eyeshadow Palette

 L-R: "Star Power", "Princess", "Violence", "Rich Bitch", "Courtney". 

The first (left) swatches are finger swatches. The swatch immediately to the right was done with a flat synthetic brush. No primer.

L-R: "Expensive", "Confession", "Vanity", "China White", "Black Rainbow"

As above, finger swatches on left, brush swatch immediately to the right

Liquid lipsticks

Top: "Doll Parts". Bottom: "Rich Blood".

From Makeup Revolution

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Lip Amplification

Top: "High Voltage". Bottom: "Conviction".

I mention in the video that I think High Voltage is SUPER similar to one of the Freedom Pro Melts in the shade "Smooth", that I swatched on my lips in THIS video.

The formula of the Lip Amplifications and the Freedom Pro Melts is pretty much, if not completely, identical (they are sister brands so this is not surprising). These two shades are not exactly the same but they are SO similar that you don't really need both! Also, both are £3!

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L-R: "You Need Love", "Piece Me Together", "One More Piece", "Love Torn", "Stolen Chocolate"

As with the Jeffree Star Palette, the first swatch on the left is the finger swatch and the one immediately to the right is the brush swatch.

L-R: "Thank Friday", "More !", "Pleasure Girl", "Meet Chocolate", "Unforgivable", "Love Divine"

L-R: "Smooth Criminal", "Chocolate Love", "You Need More", "What a Way to Go", "Endorphins  Ready!"

And here's a look I created with it - super simple!

 

"Fortune Favours the Brave with BritishBeautyBlogger" Eyeshadow Palette

As the eyeshadows are smaller and there's lots more of them, I just did finger swatches for this palette as there are so many and I was losing the light :/

Top Row L-R: "Glimmer", "Buffer", "Peachy", "Hope", "Fortune", "Skylight", "Transformer", "Midnight Rainbow"

Second Row L-R: "Ice Cloud", "Golden Coins", "Cashmere", "Tip Top", "Yes Please", "Green Machine", "Smoothie"

Third Row L-R: "Caffeine Fix", "Latte", "Pink Diamond", "Creme", "Drama Queen", "Lonely Planet", "Blacqua"

Bottom Row L-R: "Soft", "New World", "Favour", "Sunset Hour", "Super Gold", "Winning", "Brave", "The Revolution"

I'm working through playing with all this stuff right now still, so I don't want to comment too much on what I like/don't. But if you want a video of an in-depth review or for me to film a look with any of the palettes, then let me know in the comments or over on youtube.

Happy humpday everyone!
Sal xXx

A Friday Favourite

SINCE WRITING THIS IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED THAT NYX HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY L'OREAL SO I WON'T BE FEATURING NYX ON THIS BLOG IN THE FUTURE. 

BOO NYX, BOO!!!


NYX's Xtreme Lip Cream in Nude Peach Fuzz.

I've been reaching for this every day this week and it's the most perfect peachy pink and looks great with most eye looks.  Also, the formula is lovely because it's slightly thicker and stickier than regular lip gloss, which sounds gross, but it means they last a wee bit longer!

This is one of those things that looks vegan to me from the ingredients list, but NYX are utter rubbish when you ask them questions about veganness and generally just ignore your queries, so it's not worth bothering if you have a product you want to check with them. You just have to go by the ingredients list and decide if you're happy with it or not.

Here's to a great weekend and let's all cross our fingers that this lovely sunshine sticks around a while!

Love & stuff
Sal xXx

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Vegan Nail Polish Options

Errrr hellerr everyone. Hope you are enjoying your bank holiday weekend?

I decided to make today's blog post about nail polish, to give you some ideas for vegan options. The ones I've picked are (as far as I know) fully vegan polish lines.  This doesn't mean that all their products are.... just the polishes!

Orly
I'm kicking off with Orly, because I am in love with their base & top coats. I was looking for a fast-drying top coat to replace my Seche Vite. I love Seche Vite and it really does dry quick but it stinks and it goes sticky and unusuable sooo fast.  So I tried this one and I love it.  It dries quick and it's lovely & shiny. Because I liked it so much, I bought the rubberised base coat too. Generally regular polish lasts less than 24 hours without chipping on me* but since using this duo, I get a couple of days out of a mani (way WAY longer on toes!); which is pretty good for me.  (*This is the main reason I prefer gel manicures!)

I have lots of Orly colours too which I like a lot, but most of those colours are in my salon.

Nubar
I researched long and hard when looking for a brand of nailcare products to use in my salon and I settled on Nubar. Not only cruelty free and vegan, but also awesome. Their mani & pedi products smell lovely and Gelicure is just a fantastic gel polish. They have a huge colour range and you can get matching polish usually, if you like your Gelicure colour!

Barry M
Hands-down my favourite 'drugstore' polish brand, if not my favourite in this entire post.. I absolutely love the Gelly polishes but they have a massive range of glitters, regular paints and nail effects like crackle polish (untrendy though it may now be!). Price point wise it's brilliant too.

China Glaze
Massive fan of China Glaze. I really love the polishes and I love their orange scented cuticle oil too; which I really must repurchase asap!! Not too expensive but also not that easy to get hold of; if you have a Sally's near you, you'll likely find some in there, if not you'll have to get them online.  Again, most of my CG polishes are down in the salon but I have some Neons that are fab and I love the polish pictured on the right below (That's Shore Bright, which I featured in a recent Friday Favourite post).

Jessica
A professional salon brand; I've never seen this available to buy in stores, only in Jessica salons. I think they are fantastic polishes with lots of colour choice. (Their Geleration gel polish is also vegan in case you have a Jessica salon near you; I don't know about their mani-pedi products though!) They are a bit pricier than some brands, but they're worth it.

Deborah Lipmann
This is the only DL polish I own; not because there aren't about 7 others that I want but because they retail at £16 each, which I think is FAR too much to pay for a polish. But dang, this is soooo pretty!

ELF
Good old ELF and their awesome veganness! Unfortunately I only own 2 ELF polishes because the 2 I have totally blow! The formula is terrible and really hard to work with.. I hated them, so I never bought more. I keep meaning to try a couple of others and see if I just picked turkeys or if all of them suck. Anyone have good experiences with ELF polishes??

NYX
I've said before that NYX have crappy customer service and they are not willing to take time to find out which of their products are vegan when you ask, so you have to go buy ingredients lists, if possible. So I am not sure about all of their polishes, but according to the PPK list that I have linked to below, the salon forumal polishes are vegan. I like these; they're nothing to write home about though.

MUA
Again, check ingredients lists on these because I only have a couple and they look vegan to me from the ingredients lists.  MUA is super cheap and I like the quake polishes which are basically crackle polishes.

Butter London
Again I only own one. For years I didn't buy any because I HATE the names of these polishes, I mean they're even worse than the stupid names that OPI give their polishes. Trout Pout, Slapper... etc? UGH! But people seem to like them so I bought this one when I was in Leeds. It sucks, it's really sheer and would probably take 5 coats to get a good colour. However, I don't think that's true of all the shades, I think I just picked a bad one. Needless to say I'm not in any rush to spend £12 on another bottle.

Illamasqua

Pricier / high end brand and not as widely available; unless you have a store or counter near you, you'll have to order online. However, Illamasqua do brilliant sales and offer discounts for returning customers on their website. They have loads of colours and so far, I like the formula of the ones I've tried!

OCC

I love OCC! I love that they are totally vegan and cruelty free. I love their pigments, their lip tars.... I really quite like their polishes too. Pool Boy polish was also a recent Friday Favourite of mine - although it does take 3 coats to stop it looking a bit streaky. That mani lasted really quite well!

Models Own

Models Own have a fab colour range, the formula is generally very nice and they're available in Boots, at a decent price point. Win! See that Hed Kandi polish, second from right? GORGEOUS!! So freakin gorgeous. Not sure if it was limited edition but if not, you should buy it because it's the most lovely orange red (it's called Hedonist!)

GOSH

Last but definitely not least, GOSH. I love GOSH, you guys know that and their polishes are pretty freakin ace too. They have a gorgeous holographic polish, pictured left below and it's soooo pretty but it's really really hard to get on without going streaky. I keep trying though because it's gorgeous.

Honorable mention also goes to Spa Rituals, which are all vegan but again, I only have a few and they're in my salon and Zoya - as above. A lot of people rave about Zoya, I found they chipped really quick but I haven't tried them with my awesomesauce Orly base & top coat yet, so I will have to dig them out!

Anyway, hope that gave you a few ideas and if you want some more brands that are vegan, check out this list on the PPK which is awesome.

Enjoy what's left of your long weekend all!

Love & Stuff
Sal xXx

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