Sleek Eau La La Liners: Swatched and Reviewed

Hi everyone!

Today i'm excited to upload swatches and pics of the new Eau La La liners by Sleek. These liners are similar in concept to the Mac chromographic pencils in that they are made to use anywhere that is desired and not limited  to eyes or lips. When I first heard about these I couldn't wait to try them as I love anything that is multi-functional and versatile in makeup and they came in so many different shades. They seemed to good to be true.

So far I have purchased 8 of the 20 shades they come in and every single pencil is amazing and consistent in quality. They are soft and creamy, highly pigmented and transfer effortlessly onto the skin. I love all the shades and am so happy to see some of the more daring colours like the orange and the yellow pencil which you don't tend to see very often especially not on the high street.

When first applied they are can be smugded and moved around for about the first 20 seconds after this they go slightly sticky and then set so the staying power is really good. On the lips they are a little drying but would be great to make lipstick last longer and look more vibrant. On the eyes they are an amazing base for eyeshadow and last all day.

Sleek is a really great high street brand. I love how they are constantly bringing out great makeup artist products which everyone can get their hands on. These liners are great for personal use and will be amazing in my kit too. They retail at £3.99 each which is unbelievably reasonable as the quality of them is unflawed and yes I want the other 12 shades. They are available st Superdrug and on the Sleek website.

 My only negative is that they are difficult to sharpen. They crumble a little and it is hard to get a real sharp point. This means you end up wasting product while you sharpen them which really saddens me because its really the packaging that isn't good enough for the fantastic product. A tip to sharpen them Iv'e found is to focus on sharpening the black part rather than the colour.

Enjoy them they are a rare find!
Shabs x

 

Best 10 second beauty tip ever!

Hi all!

Today's post is a simple one, and could consist of just one sentence; curl those eyelashes! I will however go into more depth. If I was limited to what I could do in the morning for make up curling my eyelashes would be at the top of the list. Curling the eyelashes opens up the eyes, makes your eyelashes appear longer and helps give your eyes more definition. It's one of those tips that works universally.

When curling the eyelashes place the curler as close to the lash line as possible and squeeze the curler gradually moving it up the eyelashes to ensure you get a curl rather than a crimp.

My favorite lash curler is the one by Shu Uemura. It lasts a really long time and is good quality so curls very well. I am very loyal to it and so would really recommend it. Another more recent addition I've been finding very useful is the half eyelash curlers by Mac. They are really good for getting to the inner and outer lashes to really lift those lashes that the full curlers may miss. I love using both together as the eyelashes end up looking really lifted which makes the eyes look awake.The Mac curlers aren't as good quality as the Shu Uemura ones but they work because they are small enough to get to the hard to reach eyelashes.

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Pastel nails = Nastels!

Just sharing what my nails look like at the mo! Very springy and Easter appropriate I think. Xx

If you're not a fan of glitter then this may be more appropriate:

Shabs Xx