Simple

I love Simple's Skincare line and one of my favourites are the Cleansing Facial Wipes. I often get lazy removing my makeup and find that I prefer to wipe it all away and then wash my face with my Clarisonic rather than use a liquid remover. The wipes contain no harsh chemicals or artificial perfumes or dyes and they leave no residue on my skin. I often find that's a major issue with face wipes, they'll leave my skin feeling greasy and gross, but these don't! I will say that they're pretty amazing at removing most makeup, although waterproof mascara requires a little work. Sometimes I'll use the Clinique remover on a cotton pad for that.

Overall, I absolutely love these wipes and they're wonderful for travel as well!

What's your favourite Simple product?
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The Cream Eyeshadow Edit

A few years ago everyone started going crazy for cream eyeshadows. I was never that into them. I had several paint pots but I mostly just used my UDPP and powder shadows. The past few weeks however have been full of long shifts that start early in the morning. I still want to look put together but I don't want to put a lot of effort in, so I started reaching for cream shadows.

My MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot is my everyday eyeshadow primer, in fact I use it even when I don't wear eyeshadow. I just included this to point out that the formula of these is beautiful, especially the shades that are creamy versus shimmer. Painterly is the most popular for an everyday base, but I prefer Soft Ochre because of its yellow tone. I recently picked up the Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in Bronze Have More Fun. It's a beautiful "antique bronze" shade that I was really excited to try. Unfortunately I wasn't very impressed with the formula. It's quite thin and applies surprisingly sheerly. You can build it up and the colour is gorgeous but you definitely feel it on your lid. It also wears quite patchily, so I only ever use this with a shadow on top.

The Maybelline Colour Tattoos really are the best of the best. They're inexpensive and the shade Bad to the Bronze is absolutely beautiful. It's lighter than Bronze Have More Fun and much more metallic. A while ago I saw KathleenLights do a tutorial where she just used this all over the lid so I pulled it back out. The formula is pretty hard so you have to pack the colour on with a synthetic brush, but it really doesn't budge. I've worn this from 9am-10pm before and it still looked the same!

Bronze Have More Fun, Bad to the Bronze, Soft Ochre

What are your favourite cream shadows?
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May Favourites

Hello my loves! This month has been all about beautiful skin (isn't it always) and to be honest I've been wearing the same makeup look pretty much every day so that's boring. Here are the face products I've been loving this month.

NYX HD Concealer: I've had this concealer forever but I stopped using it a while ago. The other day I decided to use it and I have no clue why I ever stopped. It is quite heavy so I use very little product, but it's the only concealer I've ever found that I can actually use to highlight under my eyes (pale people probs). It has a beautiful satin finish and stays well throughout the day, just make sure you set it.

Tarte Amazonian Clay Bronzer in Park Avenue Princess: I've never really been a bronzer person but recently I've felt my skin needed a little colour. I sometimes use this in place of blush or with it, but it adds just the right amount of glow to my face. AKA I look like a human being and not a ghost.

MAC Mineralized Skin Finish Natural: If you guys have been reading the blog for a long time, you'll know I used to worship this stuff. But after I finally ran out, I went back to using the Rimmel Stay Matte because it's so cheap. Well, I found the shade Light in my CCO the other day and snatched it up. Boy let me tell you, I forgot how beautifully natural this makes your skin look, even with a heavy coverage foundation on. I love it.

L'Oreal True Match Foundation in N1 Ivory (uk version): When my grandparents came to visit last month, I asked them to bring me the UK version of L'Oreal's True Match Foundation. After hearing so many people rave about how it's like the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk foundation, I had to try it. It has quickly become one of my favourite foundations. It has a beautiful satiny finish and it medium coverage, so my redness disappears but my freckles do not. I've been loving mixing it with the MUFE Mat Velvet + for an all-day wear and even after a 10-hour shift it still looks flawless. I think I'll pick up the US Version soon and do a comparison.

Nivea Men's Aftershave Balm Sensitive: Okay, if you don't watch NikkieTutorials, you'll think I'm insane. But she's been raving about using this as a face primer. It's $5 so I thought what the heck, let's try it. Honestly this stuff is magic. My foundation looks flawless and stays all day even though it's 90 degrees outside right now, ew. I don't even know how to explain how wonderful this is, you'll just have to try it for your self.

What have you been loving this month?
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MUA vs. Naked

I don't know about you guys, but I love high end makeup. My wallet does not. In fact both times I've purchased a Naked palette, I've cringed. But they're beautiful so I did it. If you do not want to shell out the big bucks, boy do I have good news for you.

The MUA Undressed Palettes are literally the exact same shadows. I kid you not. The British beauty brand stocks these suckers for £4 each. FOUR POUNDS. That's 6 dollars. Obviously there's a lot of drugstore 'dupe' palettes out there but honestly these could be made in the same factory. The shades, especially in the original, are the same and they have almost the same consistency. The only difference I can find is that a few of the MUA shades are slightly softer (aka some fallout) and the matte shades aren't quite as buttery as UD's. In Undress Me Too, the matte black is not the best ever. The shadows in the Naked palettes are also slightly bigger, being 1.3g while MUA's are .8g each. I tried to do some swatches but there's SO many shadows and I did them all on bare skin so they don't look amazing. And the first five shadows in the first picture and a few in the bottom don't really show up because I'm a pale peach hehe, but just know that they ARE pigmented!

If you've been wanting to get your hands on a Naked palette but don't quite have the funds, these are wonderful. In fact, I often travel with the original Undressed palette over my Naked (I think the packaging is sturdier). MUA does ship worldwide, but it's a hefty £8.50 shipping charge, so I'd find yourself a friend in the UK if you're elsewhere in the world!

Have any of you tried the palettes? What did you think?
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