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Atomic Lipsticks Collection Review & Swatches – Make It Right, Make Me Tonight, Atomic Ruby, Me Magnificent, Atomic Serpent

September 11, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Meet the Atomic Lipstick Collection from MakeUp Revolution. Each lipstick costs only £1 and features a range of colours brilliant colours.

There are five colours. All creamy and very opaque. You don’t need a lot to get great coverage. It’s not perfect but you’re paying £1 for a lipstick. For the price, they are practically perfect.

Make It Right is a deep shiny purple
Make Me Magnificent is a lovely shimmer lilac
Atomic Ruby is a lovely blue based red
Atomic Serpent is a deep forest green
Make Me Tonight is a gorgeous deep brown

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The packaging is nice, there’s a pot of colour on the top so you always know what colour you’re pulling out of the drawer. It feels a little like cheap plastic but again you’re paying £1.

Two of them are great dupes for Lime Crime. Serpent is an exact match for Serpentina and Make Me Tonight is a great match for Poisonberry.

For the price, I think these are amazing!

I’m going to point out my skin colour seems to change. It’s the difference in lighting conditions between each picture. They weren’t all taken on the same day. The more light the more washes out my skin tone.

Nail Product Reviews, Nail Product Swatches

Illamasqua Raindrop Polish Review & Swatch – Pink and Grey

September 11, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Here are swatches of Illamasqua’s Limited Edition Raindrops nail polish. Both are limited Edition and cost £13.50 from the Illamasqua website.

Raindrops is described as ‘Sheer light grey, with a jelly finish’. Pink Raindrops is described as ‘cool pink’. There are little bits in each of these to simulate the effects of raindrops.

I purchased Raindrops first. It is as stated a sheer polish, however I’d say it’s more of a blue grey than just a straight grey. It does have a nice high shine finish. In order to get it opaque you need three coats. I do love this polish, despite the need for three coats. I’m not really a sheer nail polish person.
I am ever so slightly disappointed in Pink Raindrops. it is much thicker than Raindrops and does not have the high shine finish either. You can get away with one coat of this polish and be good to go. However if you want high shine you’re going to need a top coat.

The big disadvantage with both of these is that the texture in them is hard to see in unnatural light. The look best in natural light and who spends all their time outside these days? The advantage is that being textured they’re slightly more chip resistant than your basic polishes.

So are they worth it? Yes. Don’t expect the high shine or same texture. They’re in fact very different polishes. They are both however unique and worth the spend.

Nail Product Reviews, Nail Product Swatches

Seventeen Rock Hard Nail Effect Review & Swatches

August 31, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Meet Rock Hard Nail Effects by 17. It’s a textured nail polish that costs £3.99 either online or at your high street retailer.

They don’t have interesting names the deep navy blue one is called Blue and the black one is called Black. Neither are shiny polishes instead going for a more tarmac type look. It certainly looks rock hard.

It’s easy to apply. You need a thinner base coat of the colour and once that’s dry a nice thick layer on top will make it pretty much perfect. It takes a little longer than normal to dry so just watch out for that.
It’s got good chip resistance and doesn’t need a top coat.
It’s textured, so it is as much of a pain to remove as you’d expect.

It love the blue shade of this and how hard wearing it is. I like it a lot.

MakeUp Review, MakeUp Swatches

Thrust Blush by Illamasqua Review & Swatch

August 27, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Thrust is a deep magenta pink powder blush from Illamasqua. It costs £22 for 4.5g. So it’s wicked expensive but it is packed with colour.

If you’re pale as a ghost like me use this sparingly. This package is going to last me forever since I have to use so little for a nice blush. If you’re darker it’ll show up nicely. It’ll also last a good while as long as the base you’re using doesn’t shift.

Is it worth it? well yes because it’s going to last me forever. Can it be duped for cheaper? Yes. In the end the cost is the problem. It’s hella expensive but it’s good.

Nail Product Reviews, Nail Product Swatches

Models Own Banger Nail Polish Review & Swatch

August 24, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Meet Banger from Models Own. It’s part of the fireworks collection and costs £4.99 online or £5 in your local bottleshop.

It’s a glitter polish with a clear base and several different types of glitter in it. There are some really small bits, larger round ones that are blue or pink and lots and lots of long straight pieces that are blue with a green duochrome. It gives the polish an overall blue effect.

The effect is wonderful and definitely looks like fireworks. I love this on a black base but can be used with any complimentary colour for a bang! As it’s a glitter polish it’s a bit of a nightmare to remove but it’s so pretty I don’t care.

I love it. Well worth the cost.

MakeUp Haul

Freedom MakeUp Haul

August 21, 2015August 7, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Freedom MakeUp is the newest brand of Tam beauty. I did a haul of some of the products on offer. If you’d like to see me open it then click play.

MakeUp Review, MakeUp Swatches

NYX Macaroon Collection Review & Swatches Part 2 – Citron, Earl Grey, Lavender, Black Sesame, Coconut, Chambord

August 20, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Meet the Second half of the Macaroon Collection from NYX. Available in the UK only from Top Shop, each lipstick costs £7.00 each. These are the last six, featuring a more neutral colour board.

Citrion is a bright orange. It’s sadly got quite poor coverage, so isn’t very wearable.
Earl Grey is a grey toned light blue. It has surprisingly good coverage for an usual shade.
Lavender is as the name suggests lavender in colour. It’s not got great coverage, definitely needs help with a liner on this one.
Black Sesame is a grey lipstick. It’s a nice grey colour with averaging coverage.
Coconut is a white lipstick. This is one of the worst and needs a lot of help. It’s also the most unwearable but will be good for highlights or lightening a colour you think is too dark.
Chambord is a black lipstick. It’s practically perfect in every way. The coverage is great and it goes on smoothly.

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Are these colours worth £7. In my opinion no. The really unusual colours don’t have great coverage. They’re pretty poor for the price. They perform more like the £1 lipsticks I get from Makeup Revolution. So I have to say I’m not impressed with any of them except for Chanmbord. They have fairly short wear time of a couple of hours and will come off on anything you eat or drink.
Do I like them? Yes because they’re unusual colours but that’s it really. You can get better out there but they are more expensive. To me the extra cost is worth it.

Blog Posts

Delivery and Despatch times

August 19, 2015October 11, 2018by CrimsonFeather

So I often see people praising companies for delivery times. You won’t see me doing that on here. Why not? Because it’s actually got nothing to do with the company. It’s all to do with the courier. What actually matters is despatch times. So what you need to look for is if they pick and despatch their parcels quickly.

Illamasqua is one of the companies that in general has good despatch times, as does Sugarpill. I’ve found that Make Up Academy can have a poor despatch time but generally that’s only around sale times.

You really do need to take into account things like sales and new product releases. During those times they will obviously companies are going to be slower. If they’re taking too long do make sure you contact them. It can help speed up the process of your order getting dispatched. The one thing you should not tolerate is late dispatch when you’ve paid for special/next day delivery, even during sale times. If the option is there, they need to honour it.

MakeUp Review, MakeUp Swatches

NYX Macaroon Lipsticks Review & Swatches Part 1 – Rose, Orange Blossom, Key Lime, Blue Velvet, Violet, Pistachio

August 13, 2015October 12, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Meet the first half of the Macaroon Collection from NYX. Available in the UK only from Top Shop, each lipstick costs £7.00 each. These are the first six, featuring some pretty blues and a lime green.

Rose is the first and it is a pretty pink colour. It’s nice and wearable, with the best coverage but it’s a bit on the light side for me.
Orange Blossom is a lovely pastel orange. Also very wearable with good coverage.
Key Lime is as the name suggests lime green in colour. It’s got quite poor coverage, definitely needing a liner to help with the depth of colour. One of the least wearable shades but good for Halloween or just to freak people out.
Blue Velvet is a bright blue lipstick. Given the colour of this lipstick, it has really nice coverage. It’s a really pretty sky blue.
Violet is unsurprisingly violet in colour. It’s also got really nice coverage. It’s one of my favourites in this set.
Pistachio is a green, it photographs much bluer than it is in real life. Again with the poorer coverage but still a nice colour.

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Are these colours worth £7. In my opinion no. The really unusual colours don’t have great coverage. They’re pretty poor for the price. They perform more like the £1 lipsticks I get from Makeup Revolution. So I have to say I’m not impressed. They have a fairly short wear time of a couple of hours and will come off on anything you eat or drink.
Do I like them? Yes because they’re unusual colours but that’s it really. You can get better out there but they are more expensive. To me it’s worth it.

Beauty News

Lime Crime gets a warning from the FDA

August 11, 2015March 2, 2018by CrimsonFeather

Remember a few months back just after Lime Crime decided to post on their social media after they’d been hacked. No? Well that’s probably because they’ve removed all the posts about it from their social media like I said they would.

Well around the same time people started to notice that the Velvetines had two ingredients listed as not lip safe by the FDA on the ingredients list. They were Ferric Ferrocyanide and Ultramarines.
They were informed on social media and Lime Crime claims it’s a misprint. The problem was months after they were informed, people were still getting products with those on the label. They’ve now been warned by the FDA for either mislabelling their product or selling a product with ‘dangerous’ ingredients.

Lime Crime now had to prove to the FDA it was a misprint and correct it, which they should have done straight away or face legal action.

Edit: Forget the link to the FDA letter : http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2015/ucm456525.htm

EDIT 2: Also Lime Crime says they’re ‘working with the FDA to resolve the situation. ‘Working with’ in the same way someone who’s been caught speeding is working with the police when attending a Driver safety course.

Since they knew about the misprint they were actively breaking the law. Instead of pulling the stock and relabelling it, they sold it as is.