Black Cherry Makeup Look

Can you believe that today is the last day of November?! Winter seems to have appeared out of nowhere, bringing with it some beautiful makeup trends. Dark lips and glitter are not only appropriate but encouraged! I'm all over that. Here's my first Winter makeup look of the season, with Revlon's classic Black Cherry lipstick as the star of the show. 

Base Milani Prime Shield Face Primer Clinique Beyond Perfecting Foundation  Maybelline Under Eye Brightener Kat Von D Lock-It Powder Brows Kiko Precision Brow Pencil Eyes Mac Painterly Paint Pot ABH Warm Taupe shadow in the crease Elf Glitter Primer Mac Deeply Dashing Pressed Pigment on the lid Cheeks Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer  Mac Pleasure Model blush Mac Doublegleam highlighter  Lips Revlon Black Cherry Lipstick  I hope you like it!
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My Fast Autumn Makeup

Lately I've been finding myself with less and less time to get ready in the morning (#mumlife) and when that's the case I have a go-to makeup look that's fast and foolproof. Two matte eye shadows, no liner, natural foundation. The only thing I change up regularly is my lip colour, I mostly wear nudes, but I've introduced a few more Autumn appropriate shades this past couple of weeks. I stick to products that I know work well for me, tried and tested. 

Base Bobbi Brown Face Base Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous Foundation  Maybelline Eye Brightener Kat Von D Lock-it Setting Powder
Brows Kiko Precision Brow Pencil
Eyes Anastasia Beverly Hills Realgar (deep orange shade in the crease) ABH Fudge (chocolate brown shade all over lid and lower lash line) Mac Coffee Eye Pencil in waterline Maybelline Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara 
Cheeks Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer  Mac Pleasure Model Blush Mac Doublegleam highlighter 
Lips Mac Soar Lip Liner Nars Anna Lipstick 

What are your 'in a rush' products?

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Mac Nutcracker Sweet Copper Face Palette

There was a time when I would get excited about every new Mac Cosmetics collection, but these days it doesn't happen often. However, once in a while a special one launches. Enter the 2016 holiday collection, Nutcracker Sweet. This is a beautiful collection as a whole, including the usual gift kits, but my eyes went right to the face palettes. There are two, Peach and Copper, and I'm going to show you the Copper palette. 

Isn't she lovely?! And that highlighter? It's the one and only Whisper of Gilt. *Pause for reaction*

Mac finally brought back the limited edition cult favourite, and I guarantee that this palette will sell out really fast as a result. The hype is justified, it's a stunning metallic light gold highlighter without even a speck of glitter or shimmer. Now that I've own it, I have a 100% perfect dupe. I've swatched them side by side and this is the same in every way. Handy to know, since Whisper of Gilt is limited edition.

I was a bit concerned that the blush in the palette (Pleasure Model) would be too dark for my skin tone, but I'm literally obsessed with it. I'm not much of a blush person, I often just wear bronzer and highlighter, skipping blush completely. I'm not really into pink or coral colours on my cheeks. This blush applied with a fluffy brush livens up my complexion like no other. I can't believe the difference it makes! It's wonderful. 

This palette is an absolute delight, but if you want it you'd better move fast. The holiday collection launches in U.K. stores today. Go! 

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