MUA is quickly becoming one of my go to brands, firstly because of the price and secondly because they actually have some pretty good stuff there!

My all time favourite MUA product has to be the 'Heaven and Earth' palette. Its amazing, with every shade of brown you could possibly wish for. With a brown smoky eye being almost my signature look (seriously, I love a brown smoky eye!) this palette is perfect for me. The palette consists of 12 highly pigmented eye shadows with a mixture of shimmer and matte finishes, with most of them being a shimmer finish, all for £4!! Its a bargain!

[this is the colour I'm wearing in the picture]

Another product which is fast becoming a favourite of mine is the nail polish, in particular shade 19, which is a pale taupe colour. Its a perfect neutral colour for the summer and will go with just about anything! The polish always takes a good few days to chip, which is amazing for me as nail polish is usually chipped by the next day on my nails! The only problem I have with this polish is the brush, its really not very smooth at all and can leave faint lines when you paint your nails, meaning it can be quite fiddly to get a smooth finish. So instead I have swapped the brush for one of my old nail polish brushes and it now goes on perfectly, and for a £1, I'm not particularly fussed that the brush isn't of good quality anyway!

The next product is the single matte eye shadows, and these I'm really not too keen on which I found surprising since I absolutely loved the palette. They are meant to be highly pigmented but I just don't find that they pay off much. In order to get a solid colour you have to pile your brush with the eye shadow quite a few times and even then it still isn't an amazing colour. I'm not too sure whether it is because it is a matte shadow but for me, at £1, I still don't think I'll be purchasing again.

Finally is, for me, one of the worst products that MUA sell which is the pressed powder. I have fairly oily skin however I find that this powder is too chalky and does absolutely nothing for my skin. I have found that it lasts barely an hour before I'm shiny again which is really bad quality! The range 4 colours are relatively good, it just really is a not very good pressed powder, rubbish.

So I hope I haven't rambled on too much and I hope that this has been helpful for you, even if it only saves you a few pounds.

let me know if you've tried any MUA products and what you thought of them?

xxx

I took a trip down to my local Superdrug last month in search of this eye shadow; I had heard good things about it! What's even better is that it was 3 for 2 on all cosmetics! So I decided to purchase the Colour Tattoo in 'On and on bronze', and boy was I not disappointed.

The Colour Tattoo is a cream gel eye shadow that has a shimmer finish and is supposed to last for 24hrs without creasing, what more could you ask for in an eye shadow! The moment I opened the pot, I had a good feeling about it; I firstly applied it with my finger as I find its always nice to get a feel for a product when you first try it. It glided on beautifully, and I needed very little product to give a lovely colour! After applying it, all I needed were a few lashings of mascara and I was good to go, which is perfect for those mornings when you miss the alarm (a pretty often occurrence for me!). After all this build up I was not disappointed as the eye shadow lasted the whole day, with very minimal (barely there!) creasing towards the end of the day. The minimal creasing was a miracle for my eyes, as I have fairly oily skin and so most eye shadow just slides off within a few hours. 

Since then I have found many uses for this little wonder pot, I have found that it works wonderfully as a base coat for eye shadows. I have heard also that this product is very similar to the MAC Paint Pots, as I don't own any of these I can't really comment but in terms of look and texture I'd say they are pretty much identical, only the Colour Tattoo is half the price (how I love a bargain!).

I'm rambling on way too much, so I'll wrap this up, basically this pot is amazing and it is definitely worth a buy, you will not be disappointed!

Emily xx