GO-TO PALETTES FOR SUMMER

Hello everyone! Over the past couple of weeks i have shared a couple of summer related posts from a summer style wishlist, a best of beauty:coconut, as well as a handful of "my go-to products" posts. So for today's post i thought why not combine the two together and share with you some of my go-to palettes for summer, from cheek and face palettes to eyeshadow palettes, as i haven't done a palette post in quite some time.

nip+fab blush palette in the shade 01 blushed

Kicking things off with a blush palette from Nip+Fab, which is brand who's new makeup range i am loving right now from what i have tried, including a liquid lipstick in the shade tart that i blogged about here recently. If you have read quite a few of my posts then you will probably know that i haven't always been a blush person, but now i am a total convert and i am a sucker for a palette. The formula of these blushes are like nothing i have ever felt before from a blush, they are super silky smooth almost suede-like, highly pigmented (so a little goes a long way) and has a mixture of shades from soft pinks, light peachy/coral shades and some deeper almost plum toned shades. This palette retails for £8.95 from Superdrug or the Nip+Fab website.

zoeva cosmetics basic moment blush palette

Sticking with the blush palette theme but this time a face palette from Zoeva, which happens to be one of my favourite brand for blushes and i own so many different palettes and some individual ones also. This particular palette is a new go-to/favourite of mine, as it was only just recently released along side an eyeshadow palette which i also own. The formula of the Zoeva blushes/face products are so lightweight yet pigmented, they blend so effortlessly and i am literally obsessed with the blush shade called yet to come, as it is the most stunning pastel pink-y shade perfect for any look this summer time. The highlight shade called liquid clock is also stunning, not to mention glow-y with its finely milled texture. This palette retails for £13 from BeautyBay or Cult Beauty. 

too faced sweet peach eyeshadow palette

This eyeshadow palette along side another palette in this post, was probably my most reached for palette last summer and it will be this summer also. I mentioned this particular palette in my recent updated go-to crease/transition shadows post, as well as quite a few other posts. I think this palette is one of those that i will never get bored of reaching for, which makes me happy that they made it a permanent line as at the time it was a limited edition item. The shadows in this palette are incredible just like every other Too Faced eyeshadow palette, the pigmentation, the shade range and the easy to blend quality. I also love how amazing these palettes smell, this one smells like pure peaches (hence it's name) and the chocolate bar palettes smell like...you guessed it chocolate! This palette retails for £39 from Selfridges and Debenhams.

mac cosmetics warm neutrals eyeshadow palette

This particular palette from MAC, is the one i have had in my collection for the longest out of the bunch of palettes in this post and will always contain some of my favourite eyeshadow shades. MAC eyeshadows were so hyped up for so long and of course we all splurged so often on shadows at £10 a go, but this pre-made warm neutrals palette is such a great deal if you want to give multiple shadows a go, at the time i swear this palette was a good deal at around £60 but now this palette is under £50. My go-to summer favourites from the palette are saddle, gingersnap, creative copper and of course honey lust. 

morphe 12s soul of summer eyeshadow palette

I love love love Morphe eyeshadows in general, but there is just something about this particular one that i will forever be in love with and that is probably because shimmery shadows from Morphe are literally the bomb, they are so pigmented, buttery soft/smooth and are amazing used both wet or dry. If i am ever stuck on picking a shimmery lid shade, i will always reach for this palette and is perfect for all year around not just summer. I really wished these shadows in the palette had names but they don't, but my favourites are the first shade on the left in the middle row and the first three on the bottom row. This palette like all Morphe products is super affordable coming in at just £13 for 12 shimmer shadows and you can get this from BeautyBay. 

anastasia beverly hills modern renaissance eyeshadow palette

Finally and probably saving the best one until last (well in my opinion anyway ha), as well as it being the priciest palette of the bunch coming in at £41, from BeautyBay, Cult Beauty and the Anastasia Beverly Hills UK site. I have been in love with ABH shadows since i first tried them, they are just so unique in formula, pigmentation and everything, so naturally i had to pick this palette up when it was released last summer because they are my kind of shades, which i have mentioned on so many occasions now. My favourite shades from the palette are raw sienna, burnt orange, primavera, love letter and cyprus umber. Whilst on the subject of the warm toned neutrals, i am super excited to get the new Naked Heat palette bu Urban Decay when it launches. 

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FINALLY TRYING LIQUID LIPSTICKS BY ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS

Hello everyone! So if you are from the UK you will know that we have been able to get our hands on the majority of the products from Anastasia Beverly Hills, all except for the liquid lipsticks...until now that is. Earlier this year ABH finally launched a UK website, where you can buy every single product from the brand. This was super exciting to me and i was straight in there to try and finally get my hands on some liquid lipsticks, but there was a slight drama because all of the nude shades sold out in rapid speed and they seemed to be out of stock forever.

As i mentioned above the liquid lipsticks were obviously the most wanted items (just like i wanted them) which resorted in them selling out super quick and every time i checked the site over weeks to come, they were still out of stock. Anyway to cut a long story short, i happened to randomly click on the site for a link to post and what do you know, they were in stock...every single shade! First of all i did a little happy dance and second of all i placed two of the shades that i have been lusting after for so long, straight into my online cart. 

anastasia beverly hills liquid lipstick in the shade milkshake

So first up we have the shade called milkshake, which is described as a milk-y shade with a hint of peach and is honestly so beautiful. Obviously this particular shade is on the lighter end of the nude scale, so it is obviously not going to for everyone but i personally think this type of shade suits my colouring and everything like that. Moving onto the actual formula of the liquid lipstick, obviously they all have a rich matte finish that claims to be long-wearing yet comfortable to wear and honestly so far i am not disappointed in the slightest, so worth the wait. If you are from the UK, the shade milkshake retails for £20.

anastasia beverly hills liquid lipstick in the shade naked

Obviously i always knew i wanted to get the shade milkshake, but the next shade was a toss up between this shade called naked and the shade pure hollywood. So what i had done previously is search a ton of different swatches online and i decided naked was 100% the shade for me, which i am so glad about now because it is honestly my perfect nude in a tube. I have the biggest feeling that this is going to be the satin ribbon lingerie liquid lipstick by NYX, go-to nude all over again and i won't be able to put it down. Just like the shade milkshake, naked is a peachy toned nude but a lot more nude with a slight beige base to it over the milky base that milkshake has. The formula is also a rich matte finish that is long wearing and if you are from the UK this shade also retails for £20.

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