Today's Colors: PB&J and ColourpopSSSs

This is another easy look for me that I really like to do:

A couple of weeks ago I made a post about how my eyeliner looked weird. But the same thing happened to day and I realized that it's not my eyeliner at all- what that little line actually is is my eyelash curling extremely inward.

Okay, moving on.

I first used the Too Faced PB & J palette. I didn't think I would like that palette as much as I do- but it's very user friendly for me. I set my browbone and crease with Extra Creamy, which I hope to pan soon, and then used Spread the Love, a pale warm peach in the crease. I then took Peanut Butter on the crease and lid and Nuts about you in the on the outer lid. I don't really use the shimmers in this palette, but the mattes make me very happy.

I then used Colourpop's ZZZ on the lid. ZZZ is a very shimmery copper with a pink shift. I then took Birthday Wish, a soft greyish-gold with a pink shift on the inner third and corner of my lid.

Very easy look!

Highlighter was Nabla Millenium, which is actually an eyeshadow. A new highlighter I purchased from Nabla just came in, so I am excited to use that tomorrow.

Blush was the Sleek coral blush palette, and it lasted a good amount of time.

My look for tomorrow? I want to go a little darker and cooler. I might pull out Norvina again, or use more Nabla products, like grey and purple. That would be cool!

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Sleek Californ.i.a Cream Blush Palette Review

I am having a cream blush moment. I know that when it starts getting hot out and my skin gets oily and sweaty again,  this moment will be over, but for now, I am enjoying myself. Cream blushes blend really well on the skin and have a very natural finish.

After being quite happy with Lipstick Queen's very pink Frog Prince blush, I decided I wanted something coral- a true coral. The only true coral I have is Milani's Coral Cove, and I do think the formula- which includes synthetic wax- is very powdery and does not stay long on my face.

So I did some research, and found that Sleek, a UK drugstore brand, has an entire blush line of powder and creme formulas that look really nice. I settled on Californ.i.a, a name that I don't quite understand.

It cost $5.00.

The palette is composed of three pans. In total, the palette contains 13 g of product. The shades are, from left to right:

1. Newport Peach, a bright peachy-pink

2. The Surf, a very light creamsicle orange with a bit of gold shimmer

3. OC, warmer than Newport Peach, a true coral

I enjoy all the shades in this palette and even enjoy mixing them. To use the blush, I dab the product with a small face brush with synthetic bristles, and then blend it out on my face. A little does go a long way, but the product is buildable.

I found that the shades lasted most of the day, which I found quite impressive.

Below is a picture of me wearing The Surf, which I was surprised to find wears more like a highlighter/blush topper.

I would definitely recommend this blush palette, and I am looking forward to trying more face products from Sleek in the future. 

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Review: Sleek "Goodnight Sweetheart Palette"

This palette took forever to get to me from the UK. I did email customer service, who did confirm that it was shipped. They also gave me an approximate arrival date. It took about three weeks, and cost $15, with shipping.

As I was waiting for its arrival, I eagerly and voraciously read as many reviews about the palette that I could. They seemed promising. ReallyRee, for instance, had swatches and a glowing review.

After attempting to use this palette for two months, I have come to the conclusion that such reviews were simply inflated. This palette  LOOKS beautiful, but does not perform well. Simple as that. Let's look at a picture, courtesy of The Sleek website:

Beautiful, right? And this was to be my first Sleek purchase. I had read really positive reviews about the Storm and Sunset palette, but THIS one was more my style.

Okay. The ONLY shade that had a more workable formula was the third one down on the left-hand column. The lightest shade. The gold-pink duochrome. For me, this seems like an excellent dupe of Too Faced Satin Sheets. I use this one often as an inner corner or all over the lid shade.

The other shimmers are stiff and lack transferability or pigmentation for the eye.  I want to emphasize this. The swatches, both brush and finger, without primer, are not that bad. Some are quite good. But on the eye itself the trouble begins. The shimmer or color shifts on most of these shadows are extremely hard to build up. The brown shimmer in particular is chunky sparkles. The mattes are simply nondescript. Note the swatches, with brush on top and finger on bottom.

This palette has turned me off from Sleek. I still keep it around to look at from time to time, and to use the Satin Sheets dupe. I wish I could de-pot it, but the pans are too thin that they would break or crack if I tried to pry any of them out. I've tried.

This palette, and the reviews of such palettes, has also made me trust certain reviewers less. Of the FEW reviews available, some did attest to wetting their brushes, or using a spray. Their swatches also look heavily built up. I know that Sleek is drugstore, but so is Wet N Wild. If this palette, with the same colors as in the picture, had the formula of Comfort Zone, we'd be in business. But that is not the case.

With that in mind, given the palette is pretty to look at, but waaaaay too much work to use, and given I only really like one shade, this palette has earned a final score of ★ 1/2.