Seriously, have you ever seen such perfection? This palette is what I'd call heavenly. I literally love everything about it, the shades, the packaging, the names... 

Let's start with the packaging. I am a very big fan of gold monochrome and so when I saw this palette for the first time online I knew I would like it regardless of what was inside. It's literally so beautiful I could die. This palette is also quite heavy and you can recognize the quality of it just by looking at it. Another thing I love about it is that right in the bottom right corner on the mirror there's a quote: 'Magic's in the Make Up', which I completely agree with.

There is a variety of cool, warm, shimmery, matte and metallic shades and most of them are super pigmented. The only one I didn't find it has much pigment is Harajuku shade and Danger works better with a wet brush. As for the rest, they're all amazing! One thing I'd recommend is, if you're going to use this palette make sure you do your eyes before you put any foundation on as there will be traces of eye shadow all over your cheeks! 

I have always loved Gwen Stefani's style. I love the whole 90's punk/grunge style and this palette represents that era perfectly. Urban Decay and Gwen Stefani have also come out with a range of lipsticks that will come out early next year and after this palette, I really cannot wait to see the lipsticks! 

Overall, this palette is perfect for every day due to the good amount of neutrals that it offers but it's also great for a more intense look with the blue (Danger) and the gold (1987). I also must say, the black shade (blackout) is super black, which is awesome as you don't have to pack up much product like you normally have to do if you want a very black lid!

A couple of days ago I felt like the luckiest girl on earth when I got invited to a blogger event at the Urban Decay counter at John Lewis in Cardiff. Both Kate and Zandra were amazing, super friendly and helpful. I had my make up done by Zandra and I can't thank her enough for making my eyes look so stunning! In this occasion Zandra used mainly 'Danger', 'Serious' and 'Plum' to make my eyes look super intense. Of course she also used some of the transition shades.

 

I honestly have so much love for this palette and I can't wait to play around with it every day for the next few months! I'm thinking I might do a post with a few different looks that you can create with this palette, what do you think?

MISS - PATISSERIE BLOGGER EVENT

Earlier today I attended a blogger event at Miss-Patisserie. I am so happy that I got invited to this because if I'm being honest, I had never heard of this company before. 

Miss Patisserie offers amazing, beautiful handcrafted bath and skin care products. All of their products are made in Cardiff and everything is hand made, from the products to the packaging. The company started in 2009 primarily selling online or to other stores but a month ago the first store was opened at the High Street Arcade in Cardiff.

The first thing I noticed when I walked into the shop was the relaxing atmosphere, the smell and the very cute bath bomb cupcakes display. The whole place is very simplistic and rustic but chic at the same time. I always say for a skin care store less is more and they've definitely done it right. The clean space allows the products to speak for themselves and everything is so colorful and pretty it makes me happy!

At the event, Charlotte demonstrate some of the products on ourselves. I tried a body scrub, a face oil and a face mask. All the products are made from natural ingredients and they all smell super yummy. 

Unfortunately I don't have a bath at the moment so I didn't pay much attention to the bath bombs (even tho they all smell and look amazing). I concentrated on the skin care products and the perfumes. I ended up getting a body scrub, a face oil and a roll on perfume. Stay tuned as I will be writing another blog post once I've tried the products! 

Over all, I am extremely happy to have discovered Miss Patisserie as I think it's a much better alternative to Lush. The fact that everything is made local and that it is a relatively small company makes me really excited and I think it's great for us bloggers to help small local business. If you're in town make sure you pop in and have a look at everything they have to offer. The staff is great, very helpful and knowledgeable and they take the time to explain how to use the products or what they're best for. If you don't live in Cardiff you can check out their website here. 

Before I go, I'd like to thank Charlotte and Jorge for inviting me to the event, again, I am very happy to have discovered Miss Patisserie! 

If you'd like to know how I get on with the products I purchased make sure to visit my blog again soon for the review.

DIOR CHRISTMAS COLLECTION EVENT

In my teens I always saw Dior as more of a grown up brand. There's no doubt that it is a lot more sophisticated, elegant and classy that many of other brands. It was almost inaccessible and quite expensive for a seven teen year old just getting into the whole make up 'thing'. But guess what? I am now a more sophisticated, elegant and classy twenty eight year old grown up. Or at least I like to think so. It's no lie that I got mega excited when I got invited to the State of Gold DIOR Christmas collection blogger event in Debhenams Cardiff and I could not refuse the invitation.

Apart from the J'adore perfume, I've never had a Dior product before so it was great to see not only the Christmas collection but everything else they have in store.

At the event, Anthony (in store make up artist) showed us how to create a winter/festive look with a gold and copper tones using the Blazing Gold eye shadow palette which, by the way, I love!

What struck me most was that he also used the Diorskin Airflash spray foundation. Some of us got to try it after the demonstration and I can honestly say it looks flawless. You can use on top of your regular foundation for an airbrushed finished or you can use it as a foundation by itself. The bottle is £33 but unlike most foundations this one is 70ml.

When having a look around I found these Addict Fluid eye shadows and I couldn't resist swatching them. They are absolutely gorgeous and so long lasting that even five hours after the event finished they were still intact on my wrist. I especially love the copper tone on the top right corner, I think it would look great on the eye lid with a black smokey eye. I will definitely be adding them to my letter to Santa. 

We also got an amazing goodie bag *who doesn't love a goodie bag*. There's some perfume testers (great to have them in your bag) and the cutest little samples!

Dior Maximizer Lash Plumping Serum. A lash primer that creates a smooth, even mascara base while promoting long-term lash growth, strength and vitality.

Dior Addict Lip Maximizer. Give your lips an instant volume and shine with this lip plumper.

Rouge Dior 999 Red Lipstick, A luxurious, full-coverage lip colour. 

I can't thank enough the staff at the Dior counter as they were both very nice and helpful. I bought something from their Christmas collection and it's limited edition so I will be writing another post about my purchase. Stay tuned because it is beautiful! Also, if you haven't checked out the Dior counter at your local Debhenams lately do it, because this collection is amazing!