MUA Undressed Palette

I am very very late to this bandwagon, but here's my two cents about the now-famous MUA Undressed eyeshadow palette. If you're a reader of Bee's Knees you'll know I do love various products from MUA (their lipstick in particular) but I've found others disappointing (their eyebrow pencil). I could never justify splashing enough cash to buy the Urban Decay Naked palette but I thought the Undressed offering from MUA could be a nice alternative.

MUA make up is always packaged simply and quite classily for such a bargain brand! The Undressed palette features 12 shades which are allegedly dupes for the shades found in the Naked palette. 

Here's the only photo I managed to snap of the palette before I dove in and started using it. I've put a few photographs below of the Naked palette for comparison 

(source: BeautyBay)

As you can see, the range of colours is almost identical! I haven't had personal experience using the Naked palette, but I have used the Undressed palette almost every day since I bought it! Here's that photo of my Undressed palette again:

I used to use a Sleek palette that had similar beige/neutral shades, but what makes me love the the Undressed palette more is that I can do a subtle daytime smokey eye very easily. For example, I use a matte nude colour (e.g. third from the left top row) all over my eyelid, then the lightest cream shimmer (second from the left top row) and the dark brown shimmer (second and fourth from the left bottom row - there are 2 with different tones) blended together to create a graduated smokey eye.

I've also used the gorgeous gunmetal/blue (furthest right bottom row) with the lightest shimmer shades and a bit of the black (second from the right bottom row) blended to create a stunning night look - a particular favourite of mine.

Overall this product is a dream for me! It's great to have one palette that I can keep on my dressing table that is so versatile I use it every day & also for night looks. This is especially handy for me as when I travel back up to Leeds to see the boyfriend or my family, I only need one palette to last me through a weekend of catch ups and nights out! The range is perfect for my pale skin and the subtle eye looks I favour, as I prefer to make a statement with my lips. I've found using the matte neutral tones as a base works wonders and have never found these shades to crease, not even after 14+ hours of wear!

So there you have it, my go-to eyeshadow palette for a mere £4! An absolute bargain compared to the £36 RRP for the Urban Decay Naked palette! You can buy the Undressed palette in Superdrug stores, online or at the MUA online store.

What do you think? Do you own the Naked palette or the Undressed palette - how have you found them?

xx

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MUA Lipsticks #2

If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll know that I'm a firm fan of MUA lipsticks. I did a very complimentary review on them HERE and also gave away 3 of my favourite shades as part of my very first blog giveaway! I found myself in Superdrug recently and treated myself to 3 new shades - Superdrug have a 3 for 2 offer on make up items so I ended up paying only £2 TOTAL for all three! Amazing!

 I tried to go for wintery colours to fit in with the season, so chose a gorgeous nude pink (shade 11) , a lush shimmery berry red (shade 10), and a velvety burgundy (shade 1).

 

Here are the lipsticks swatched on my arm - Top > bottom = shade 1, shade 10, shade 11. As always, I was impressed with the quality of these lipsticks. You can see for yourself just how rich the colours are! I adore shade 1, its such a deep, dark and sultry dark red its perfect for winter with my porcelain skin! The nude shade 11 is ideal for work and is subtle but gives my face a bit of colour. I have to say, although I adore the colour of shade 10 it does look less impressive on the lips and is more of a glitter/shimmer shade - it didn't last as long on the lips as the other two.

But overall top marks for MUA, again! And at £1 each, 3 for the price of 2 at Superdrug, you can't really say no, can you?!

xx

REMINDER: MUA Lipstick Giveaway

Just a quick reminder that my MUA lipstick giveaway ends TOMORROW - so if you haven't entered yet then click HERE for more information! It's quick and easy to enter, and my giveaway is open to all readers wherever you might be in the world! Good luck.

Hope you're having a good week everyone!

Elspeth xxx

MUA Lipstick Giveaway!

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to let you know I'm having a MUA LIPSTICK GIVEAWAY for all you wonderful people! 3 lipsticks in my favourite shades are up for grabs until the 24th June!

It's pretty easy to enter - just CLICK HERE and leave a comment!

xx

MUA Lipsticks

I'm a big fan of affordable, good quality ethical make up. Enter Superdrug's new range, MUA (Make Up Academy). I'd heard brilliant things about their lipsticks, so popped in on my lunch break earlier in the week and ended up buying SIX different shades! I effectively bought every shade I liked the look of. I got these 6 beauties for the price of one regular lipstick - smashing value.

Left -> Right shades: 13, 12, 7, 6, 3, 2 (they only have numbers). And this is them swatched in the reverse order:

Left -> Right shades: 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13

I cannot recommend these lipsticks enough. Not only are they ridiculously pigmented (as you can see), don't dry out my lips, go on smoothly with no problems, but also stay put for a good few hours without any issues. I LOVE these lipsticks! Cannot fault them.

The packaging is also pretty smart and professional for such a bargain priced drugstore brand. I like the little 'peekaboo' parts at the bottom which accurately show you the colour for each lipstick.

And with the lid off, the silver effect tube means that MUA lipsticks could easily be mistaken for more higher end brands! Superb.
I wore shade 12 to work and received about 20 compliments (from different people of course) on how much my lipstick complimented my skin tone! I then wore shade 13 on a night out on Saturday and it lastest (on top of lipliner) ALL NIGHT without any reapplications!

Overall EXCELLENT value for money, lasting power, and attractive packaging. You have no excuse not to own at least one product from this fabulous new make up range!

xx