Beauty on a Budget: LA Girl Nudes Palette

It is known that every single girl wants to get her hands on Urban Decay Naked 3 palette, unfortunately not all of us can afford it. So for my first BEAUTY ON A BUDGET, I will be reviewing the LA Girl Nudes palette, which has been labelled as the much more affordable dupe for the Naked 3 palette. This Nude Palette retails for R70, which I find quite affordable for the amount of eyeshadow you’re getting.

Unfortunately, I can’t compare the two palettes, because I’ve never tried the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette before, so expect something interesting as I unfold the mystery behind the LA Girl Nude Palette. I purchased this palette from Dis-Chem a few months back, which gave me a chance to play a little with the palette before I actually reviewed it.

The LA Girl Nudes palette comes in a high glossy black and nude hard board packaging, which I find pretty sturdy, except the fact that the magnet close isn’t strong enough, which is a big downfall if you want to travel around with this palette. The palette includes a double sided brush, one side has a sponge applicator, while the other side includes a brush applicator. The palette also contains a mirror, long enough to see both eyes, for an even application.

In this LA Girl Nudes palette contains 12 eyeshadows, three matte and nine shimmery shades. Luckily I don’t have a problem with the shimmer shades, because they subtle enough for me to use every day to work. For a nude palette, the shades have plenty of rose gold shades, which is the reason this palette has been labelled as “Urban Decay’s Naked 3 Dupe”.

Let us begin with the actual eyeshadows, those buttery, silky soft eyeshadows, waiting to provide you with the perfect look. I’m being completely honest when I say, I’ve never used the application brush which came with the kit, I’m always using my 27Pinkx make up brushes, because I’m used to them. These eyeshadows feel absolutely soft and smooth, a little creamy for powdered eyeshadows, and they blend effortlessly.

I’ve never used these eyeshadows with an eye primer *insert your awkward look here* even though I normally do use eye primer, I just chose not to with these eyeshadows. They actually proved to be long lasting and got me through an entire day with very minimum creasing due to Durban’s hot weather. I find these eyeshadows to be very “blendable” and very easy to create day time, night time and party time looks in a matter of minutes.

My final thoughts: I would really recommend this LA Girl Nudes Palette if you’re a make-up junkie, if you love eyeshadows, and definitely if you’ve been lusting over the Naked 3 palette. It is a very affordable palette and you can create endless looks with this magical palette. 

27 Pinkx Make up Brushes

Hot pink and glossy black make up brushes? Oh yeah! Just what every girl needs to keep her smiling, looking pretty and let her take over the world, one make up application at a time! These are my everyday make up brushes, which help me get my face ready for work, party and play, so you're wondering what brushes am I raving about?

 

If you don't know just by looking at them... I'm wondering which rock you're living under, because these are the hip, happening and definitely most lusted over brushes by 27 Pinkx. I've been using my brushes ever since I received them from 27 Pinkx a year ago, and they still going strong.

27 Pinkx's description about 27 Pinkx Brushes: All the brushes with black bristles are synthetic because synthetic brushes are suited for soft layering of powder, or best for application of creams (liquid/cream foundation, cream blushes, cream eyeshadows). The white bristled brushes are natural and made from pony hair. These are used for powder makeup applications – face powder, powder eyeshadow, powder blush. Our brushes are cruelty free. We chose Pony Hair because it is soft but strong, The wonderful bristle strength and strong snap makes the bristle prefect for contouring. Dampen the brush to provide opaque coverage or use dry to create a light wash of matte color or a soft, smoky look.

 

My thoughts on the 27 Pinkx Brushes: I love them, for many reasons, they are super cute, travel friendly because they come in a travel bag for easy storage, they are soft and very easy to maintain. The set comes with five eyeshadow brushes: a flat brush, a small flat brush, an edge brush, a pencil brush and a blending brush, plus five face brushes: a blush brush, a lip brush, a foundation brush, a concealer brush and a powder brush.

My final thoughts: I would recommend these brushes to anybody looking for some pretty yet effective brushes, because I've had these brushes for just over a year, and they still going pretty strong! I do experience a little bit of shedding now and then from my pony hair brushes, but they still in tip top shape, even after 365 days.

 

My absolute favourite brushes from the set are definitely the eye shadow brushes, because they're soft yet sturdy enough to give my eyeshadow application complete perfection, defined colour and blends magnificently. So if you're looking for some make up brushes to have a long term relationship with, these are your brushes right here! The 27 Pinkx make up brushes retail for R440 and are available from their website.