Review: Stila Eyeshadow - Cloud

I recently bought a few things from CheapSmells. A website i found when looking for make up. They sell discounted perfume and cosmetics from a range of brands. I was excited mostly over the cheap Stila and the fact they sell NYX - I'm always interested in trying different brands.

I got this one eyeshadow - Cloud - and i love it.

It's smooth, blendable and buttery almost. I could see this easily breaking if it was dropped, but it is a dream to work with. The color looks very, very neutral grey-brown in the pan but comes out as more grey, and is quite shimmery. The colour pay off is fantastic - I am impressed.

One critism i have, which wouldn't bother everyone, is that it does come in pan form. I am keeping it in the plastic case it comes in but i think i will buy a magnetic palette eventually.

This cost £3.45 (RRP £11) from cheapsmells.com. The postage can become pretty pricey if you buy a lot, but for a few things, its not so bad. This took 3 or 4 days to come, i can't remember exactly so not bad shipping and all products i bought were packaged in loads of bubble wrap, so weren't likely to break.

Have you tried Stila? Do you recommend any products from them? I definetly want to try some more :)

Alice in Wonderland Palette Review

Hey guys! Wow i feel like i have been posting a lot, but this i'm really excited about!

Its the new urban decay book of shadows, the Alice in Wonderland palette! ;D I have been wanting to get my hands on a book of shadows for a long time and i finally have, and even better this one has beautiful packaging yay!

Here are some pictures for you, even though I'm sure you have seen this already, a lot of people have been reviewing it. My images aren't great because of lighting but i didn't want to wait until tomorrow!

Here is the cover

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and the pop-up image of Alice in the mushroom forest

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And you can see the mirror inside is broken, I'm not bothered because i didn't buy it for the mirror and i won't use it, but i know some people would be.

The colours!

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Here are some swatches, and my sister kindly let me use her arm for them haha
(again sorry for the poor lighting)

The top two rows, from left to right
Underland, Alice, Oraculum, Queen, Chessur, White Rabbit, Wonderland and Curiouser.

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The last two rows from left to right
Muchness, Mushroom, Midnight tea party, Vorpal, Absolem, Drink me Eat me, Mad Matter and Jabberwocky

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I am so happy with this palette! The colours aren't to crazy bright, like with my Urban Decay Deluxe Palette, although not all neutral, much more wearable. The quality is great as all of you who are familiar with Urban Decay products will know.

All of these colours are original UD colours, just renamed so if you already have another book of shadow or a lot of shadows from UD, this might not interest you too much.

The palette is limited edition and only avaliable from Debenhams. When i checked, it was sold out on the website but keep checking it might come back in stock! Or check your Debenhams store if you can.
People are selling them on eBay but don't get ripped off! This palette costs £28 new, but with some clever searching i found some discount for debenhams.com and got some money off.

I hope to post some looks with these colours soon! :)