New CID Cosmetics Review

I recently spotted this brand on a couple of peoples blogs and also on the QVC website. I never really paid much attention to them because no stores near me stock them and I do like to test a brand before purchasing when possible. I needed a new translucent powder and spotted on this on the QVC website for £17.52 + £3.95 postage and it came with a brush so I thought it would  be a great way to try out the brand.

I received the product really quickly and I was really excited to try it, I applied the powder with the brush supplied after my foundation and immediately I really disliked it. It didn't mattify my skin it just wasn't very good at all. However I think this was down to the brush, the brush has rave reviews on the website but I found it to be really difficult to work with. Its a beautiful brush and its so so soft  but I just didn't think it does anything for the product. I've used the powder with my normal brushes and its so much better. It does what it says on the tin, its a translucent powder. It mattifies my skin and leaves a nice finish. Although I don't think its worth the price. I have found other much cheaper powders to be just as effective. This one for example in my opinion is just as good. 

Next up I have the pressed powder in extra light, I love the packaging and I love that it has a little light on it. Its so cute! This retails for £24.00, again it does what it says on the tin. Theres not alot to say about it really. It does mattify my skin and eliminates any shiny areas on my face it is a very light coverage. I like the powder but don't think I would purchase it again at the price. Some much cheaper alternatives that are just as good in my opinion are the Rimmel Stay Matte priced at £3.99, the 17 pressed powder priced at £3.42 and the MUA pressed powder priced at £1.00, I love this powder and think its a bargain at only £1.00.

I picked up the Look Book palette from TK Maxx for about £7.99, it looks really nice but its a fingerprint magnet. It contains 4 neutral coloured eyeshadows, 2 lipsticks, a blush and a highlighter (it also has 2 of the rubbish applicators you usually get with palettes that are really not worth mentioning) The highlighter is beautiful as are the eyeshadows, they are so incredibly pigmented and give a gorgeous finish. The blush is slightly less pigmented but for me thats great as I am really heavy handed when applying blushes and its much easier to add more if you haven't put enough on than take some away when you have applied to much and look like a clown. The lipsticks are very sheer, they look fairly bright in the palette but just leave a very nice tint of colour and a sheen to your lips, again perfect for me as I haven't quite got round to rocking the bright lipsticks yet, I'm such a wuss!

 3 down, 2 to go. The I-Shimmer, a double ended highlighter with brush. The shade is marshmallow and its so nice. Its a lovely colour and I love that it has a brush on the end, its so handy and I think its much better than blending with your fingers which I always end up doing with other stick highlighters. This retails for £18.50 and is so worth it. I would purchase more but after looking at the other colours the marshmallow is the best for me but I will be repurchasing once this runs out. Love it so much. A cheaper alternative would be the ELF all over colour stick in either spotlight or toasted and these are priced at £1.50. I have tried these and they are good but I personally prefer the New CID.

Finally we have a lip product, its the i-gloss, light up lip gloss with mirror in baby doll. These retail at £16.00 on the website. This is alot more than I would normally spend on a lip gloss I will be honest. Its very glossy, a gorgeous colour and its not sticky at all and lasts a while before you need to apply but unfortunately I would not pay the full price of these or the £4.99 I snagged this for at TK Maxx. I'm not really  a gloss fan usually I just thought the name was quite cute, I'm more of a tinted lip balm kinda girl so will be sticking to my Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain which I am in love with at the moment.

Hope you enjoyed my little review. If you have tried any New CID cosmetics that you have thought were worth the quite hefty price tag please comment below I would love to try something on someone elses recommendation.

Lots of Love

CF x x x

MUA palettes review

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a couple of palettes from MUA, two of the newer ones. The undressed palette and the going for gold palette. Both cost £4.00 and were ordered from the MUA website.

The reason I placed the order was for the undressed palette. It has been said that its a dupe for the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette (I will be doing a comparison post on these two shortly). I guess this is what MUA were trying to achieve as they have called it the undressed palette, undressed, naked geddit! Very clever MUA :-)

So onto photos and swatches

Undressed Palette, how pretty are these colours

 Swatches of top row of shades

Swatches of bottom row of shades

As you can see this palette contains 12 eyeshadows with a mixture of matt and shimmer. The only two matt shades are the third and fifth shade on the top row. One of the matts isn't particularly pigmented so I don't think I will get too much use out of this, the second matt shade is a little better. The shimmers on the other hand are absolutely beautiful, they are incredibly pigmented, blend easily and last all day with a primer. This palette is great for neutral lovers but there are still a couple of darker shades for creating a gorgeous smokey eye. Overall I give this palette a 9.5/10, it would have been an easy 10 if it wasn't for the lack of pigmentation on one of the matt shades.

 Going for gold palette

 Top row of shades

Bottom row of shades

This palette was designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympics, so the palette is made up of golds, silvers and bronzes. This palette is different to the others that MUA have released, it has square pans instead of round and it only has 10 shadows instead of twelve, however both palettes do contain 9.6g of product even though there are only 10 they still contain the same amount as the others. The whole palette is made up of shimmer colours so if you prefer matts this palette is not for you. Each and every colour is pigmented and so easy to blend. I really can't wait to try out some different looks with this palette. I definitely give this palette a big fat 10/10 I love every colour and for £4.00 I think its a steal!

Overall I love both of these palettes, I think they are perfect for people who like to experiment but perhaps don't have the budget to stretch to the Urban Decay palettes but don't want to compromise on quality. If this sounds like you then I would say give these a try. I looked in my local Superdrug but they didn't have these palettes in stock. I'm not sure if they had sold out or if it was just they hadn't brought them into that particular store. I ordered online and they arrived within 2 days which I think is fab and much quicker than some other much bigger companies that I have ordered from.

Well done MUA on two absolutely, stupendously, amzazingly, beautiful palettes!!!

Hope you enjoyed, if you have either of these palettes and have done any looks with them I would love to see for ideas.

See you all soon

Lots of Love

CF x x x