While I was in London recently I picked up some more of these Make Up Academy lipsticks. I have one and I love it very much. I have included Shade 9 in this haul post. I thought the best thing about these products was that they were £1 but actually after purchasing more of these I am even more impressed.
L - R: Shade 9, Shade 3 and Shade 13
So I went for much bolder colours this time as you can see from the picture above. I said in the last post on shade 9 that it wasn't very pigmented. That was obviously just the shade I picked up because have a look at these one swipe swatches...
L - R: Shade 9, Shade 3 and Shade 13
Too good to be true? Nope they are absolutely amazing.
BE WARNED they do stain but I prefer lipsticks to stain because I am very hard wearing on my lips so having a bit of a stain, while a pain during application, is good for me.
And another plus:
Shade 1
The bottom is a little tiny tub of gloss. Now when I say gloss, don't expect a thin sticky type substance. It is almost the same consistency to the lipstick and is exactly the same shade as the lipstick too.
All in all I can't praise these products enough for me. They have just released a MUA Pro Collection which I am actually dying to get my mitts on.
(I also have Shade 13 as part of a give away that I will hopefully be posting up later this week)
The best part is everything in the range is only £1!!!!
So as some of you may know I am living in Ireland and so many brands are out of reach for me but I was very excited to be travelling to Manchester last weekend so I could have a gander at some of the brands that I can't get at home.
I had recently seen these two wonderful videos by RebelMakeUp on YouTube and fair play to her she got me very excited about the Superdrug brand Make Up Academy. Have a look at her videos here:
So in I trotted to Superdrug, armed with a list as long as my arm of things I wanted to get. (The sales assistant thought I was a bit mad but sure we all have been there at one point or another.)
So despite my list I came out with only seven things, that is not because I didn't love their products, because trust me I fell in love, but because I was actually overwhelmed by how much I actually wanted to buy. You know what it is like, you pack your basket, look at it have a panic that you are buying too much and put it all back and start again.
I am so very happy with the products I did purchase though.
Eye Shadows:
Matte Black : Shade 20
Forest Green, Pearl: Shade 7
Really Dark Plum, Pearl: Shade 13
The consistency of these is beautifully creamy and glides on the eyes. They are amazingly pigmented for £1 eye shadows too but I will say however that the darker shades can stain a wee bit, so I would definitely recommend using a base of some sort.
Here is a swatch of all three:
Blusher: Shade 3
The blusher is the same consistency as the eye shadows and this shade is perfect for me. I don't usually use blusher because I have very pigmented cheeks but this blusher is the perfect shade not to draw attention to my cheeks.
Here is a swatch of this:
Lipstick: Shade 9
Now this is not very pigmented and does have a "lipstick" scent to it but it is a nice colour over the pigment of my own lips. I don't feel that I can criticise this range's lipsticks because I just tried the one. Actually if you try any of the lipsticks you love let me know and I will add them to the list for the next time I get to a Superdrug.
Here is a swatch of the lipstick:
Nail Varnishes:
Green: Shade 13
Pink: Shade 16
Look at those shades ^ Holy goats! Seriously! They are absolutely beautiful. I haven't tried the pink yet because, of course, this week is St Patrick's week so I have only been wearing the green but the green is so gorgeous. It's the kind of shade I will probably never come across again. My nails are still in crap form but if you want to see swatches of the nail varnishes I got have a look at the videos I posted above from RebelMakeUp.
In case you missed it under the first picture: The best part is everything in the range is only £1!!!!
Have you any more recommendations of which of this range I must ABSOLUTELY try?
