Sleek Haul! Review + Swatches (Part I- Del Mar Limited Edition Palette)

Hi yall, long time no blog. I've been swamped with uni/work/life blah blah the usual! But I have a review for you today, of the ever so popular Sleek eyeshadow palettes.
You've most likely heard a tonne about these just as I have. I was very excited to try them as they're highly recommended by many beauty bloggers and I am a novice makeup enthusiast looking to expand my range.

I decided to pick up unusual colours that pushed my comfort zone as there was a low commitment factor due to the affordable price of each palette. Even if I didn't particularly like the shades, I wouldn't be too devo testing them out as they are great value for money. I wanted to divide the posts up into short and succinct reviews, so here is part 1.

"DEL MAR" Limited Edition 

Del Mar is...
A bright matte dominant palette that verges on the edge of vibrant and lively.

The good:

• Great variety of colours to sample, affordable, generally very good quality.

Standout shades: 

• Blue Marlin- a gorgeous rich matte turquoise with exceptional colour payoff, blendability and staying power.
• Lounge Lovers- satin "baked" style shadow in a unique blue/grey toned gold. Opaque and buttery.
• Chilled Out- non chalky white shade perfect for highlight. Great quality in such an affordable palette!

The bad:

• Overall not too bad, but the lighter colours were a little chalky and the colour payoff was not bad but not as amazing as the deeper shades. Would have to say talamanca looks quite gross on my skin and opening party looked plain tacky on my yellow asian skin tone.
• Not very versatile- colours are difficult to use together. Unless you are a fan of bright looks, it will be difficult to get a lot of use from this palette solely without other neutrals.
• Packaging is surely very sleek and secure, but dummy proof since an idiot like myself constantly has trouble opening it.

And here is a random eye look I played with using Chilled out on the brow highlight, Lounge Lovers as the inner corner highlight, Feel Euphoric as the lid shade and Blue Marlin as and eye line. Excuse the grossness of flash and my uneven discoloured skin and ungroomed brows (It was the end of the day and I was oily and had removed all my day makeup. We're all human hahaha.) I am used to desperately relying on primers to get the desired colour payoff so I was very happy with the shades I used to create this look.

My next reviews will be on the Supreme Palette, the i-Divine Vintage Romance, and Face Form contour kit in "light"!

:)

17/3 Instagram Weekly

Hey everyone! I recently got instagram and I love it. I hope I can bring you my week in instagram more in the future. If not, I'll aim for fornight~ly or so. Here are a few snaps so far.

L-R: 

1. gloomy- starting uni imminent!

2. goodbyes and awkward smiles

 3. green tea frappe cheers me up

 4. making breakfast perfect thanks to five:am organic yoghurt!

 5. knee deep in study already

 6.  long waits at the bus stop

7. watching way too much Walking Dead, obsessed

 8. wishing I could still draw well

9. uni ready

 10. a lazy ootd

11. discovery of instasize- life complete

 12. currently obsessed with the CW's Beauty and the Beast, most specifically Jay Ryan aka Vincent Kellar: swooon

How's your week/s been? I'd really like to see how everyone has been in instagram. It would be so interesting.

x Angie

16/10 What's Happening

My life is kinda hectic right now. Involving primarily eating, sleeping and exams. You can see that food is the only thing I have time for these days. haha.

 

1&2// My mum whipping up this delicious Asian treat recently. I haven't had it for a long time, hence my excitement over it.
3// starting off my day with a beautiful tropical smoothie

4// Order from zipia.. yeh. It was 9kg. o_o

5// Amazing cut out boots that I wear 24/7. I don't need a man, I've got Felix (my boots) hehe.

6// drawing quite a bit lately. Except guns look like mini hair dryers.

7 & 8 // home made salad, so beautiful
9// the usual smoothie goods

10// wheat germ is my secret ingredient. Very filling.

11// hmmm strawberries. I prep the fruits fresh and freeze them for an amazing thick texture to the drink

12-13// mixes .. so colourful and interesting 

14// the usual. Love :)

have a great week.

I'm now brunette! + 120411 OOTD

I haven't shown my face properly, so here it is, keke.

Before:

After:

jump the cut for more pictures and what I used :)