{EBAY DUPE} iMagic 12 Flash Colour Case - First Impression

I was astonished when I heard about a possie dupe for the Make Up For Ever Flash Palette, I've been lusting after that palette for a very long time. There's something about bright cream colours that gets me interested. But alas, that particular palette is $99 USD and almost impossible to find in Australia so I went searching and came across the iMagic Flash Palette...

It originally took a while to arrive, a little less than a month- but I didn't mind, eBay can be pretty rubbish when it comes to timing. I was so happy to see that it was just as bright as in the photos and that the colours seemed pretty true to the description in terms of texture 

I had to hold off on swatching until I got out my camera (it was a 10 minute tourture, I promise) but once I started swatching I was so pleasantly surprised. (all images are with one swipe of colour)

There are two shades in the palette are metallic- but nowhere near as pigmented as the matte vivid shades. They're kind of lack lustre but I'm not too disappointed , I'm sure I've got my fair share of metallic eyeshadows from Makeup Geek and/or ChiChi to get me through. 

The rest of the colours are incredible,  ridiculously creamy, pigmented and blendable, I mixed some of the colours together in the image to the right and they moulded together beautifully to create a purple & orange colour!

Major Pros: 

-creamy 

-pigmented 

-blendable/mixable

-safe ingredients 

- true to colour as seen on website 

Minor Cons:

- metallic shades aren't very pigmented 

- stains the skin (wouldn't recommend for long wear (5+ hours)) 

-smudge without setting with powder 

-crease on the eyes without setting 

Overall I think the palette is incredible, I will have to check out the wear time and staining problem an update in an insta photo (heads up, they do stain). I hope you'll be seeing this palette quite a lot in our Australian summer time 

Thank you for reading! I hope you have a lovely day , check out my insta for other looks using this palette and makeup in general; chelseadawidowski

-chelchea :))) 

Christmas Makeup Look - Gold Eyes & Pink-Red Lips

ITS DECEMBER! This look is simple, classic and stunning for the festive season. I think it would work well in both wintery and summery seasons, seeing as Aus is in summer atm. Regardless, its gorgeous, and features a bronzy-gold eye and a pinky red lip :)

BASE:

I tried something new for my base, I was in my beloved Kmart when I saw a foundation shade that might actually fit me. I picked up ELFs' Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain, which unfortunately pulled a bit pink on me, but it was definitely light enough (major plus). It was my first time trying it in this look and I was positively surprised by the amount of coverage, even while using a beauty blender, as well as the overall blendability. The fragrance is pretty strong, and almost floral- but it didnt bother me much at all.
I used my trusty Maybelline Fit Me Concealer, in 15 FAIR and ELF's under eye setting powder for exactly that.

CHEEKS:
I did a pretty standard look on the cheeks for me, contoured with Model's Prefer's Contour Kit (middle bottom shade) and warmed up the cheeks with a peachy blush from essence called Secret It Girl, I highlighted as always with the MaryLouMansier by TheBalm, because I basically can't live without it- and that was the cheeks all done! super simple.

EYES:
Today I used my favourite palette in the whole world - The Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette. I thought it was especially fitting after receiving it for Christmas last year. I started with a bit of Milk Chocolate and Salted Caramel in the crease. I deepened the outer V, and a small portion of the inner third with haute chocolate & Hazelnut and to add that christmassy, festive feel, I patted on some Creme Brûlée with my finger to add the perfect gold holiday sparkle. I used the two crease colours under my eyes to ground the look and added a bronze liner into the water line to further smoke out the look for a 'night time' feel. This particular liner is a Model's Prefer Infinite Colour Eye Pencil in Choc Frost (hmm a chocolate theme- this is technically discontinued but the line is still available) but any bronzy or brown colour will work just as well. I mixed Champagne Truffle and MaryLou as my inner corner highlight to brighten everything up, added some Loreal Miss Manga Mascara and I was set. I did add some half lashes from Ardell in the 301 Black style,  just to make the look as dressy as possible. For brows, I used my Rimmel Colour Tattoo in Tough As Taupe and the Rimmel Brow This Way in Blonde to keep them in place all day.

LIPS:
The star of the show! It's currently summer in SLIGHTLY more pink-red. This particular shade is from Daiso, (I talk about it in this blogpost), and its perfect! Its not matte so it might not last through a christmas dinner BUT it looks gorgeous, and wears super well until the 3-4 hour mark when a touch up in definitely needed. Also a lip liner wouldn't go astray seeing as it SO creamy and pigmented, but for $2.80AUD it is a MAJOR steal.
Australia so I thought rather than going a deep, traditional red, I would brighten it up a bit with this

thats it! Thank you so much for reading, if you got this far, I really appreciate it! For more photos on this look and other relevant things, check out my instagram chelseadawidowski (theres also a direct link in the icon to the right)

Thank you again
-Chelchea :))))