Sleek True Colour Lipstick / FOTD

HELLO! I'm loving these lipsticks from Sleek MakeUP! These are nicely pigmented, creamy, and affordable ( £4.99 each from SleekmakeUP website)! The packaging is elegant and the colour is long lasting, I can get around 3 hours wear before it starts to fade. There are 20 shades of these lipsticks and they are available in two finishes - Sheen and Matte. I have these lipsticks in shades ‘Barely There’ and ‘Fuchsia’, both have a sheen finish. I Love both shades!


 I would wear the Fuchsia on a night out or during the evening and wear Barely There during the day as it looks so light and fresh, and looks gorgeous with dramatic eye makeup!. 


The Sleek True Colour 'sheen' finish lipsticks just glide on and have a waxy finish, nice and shiny but still very pigmented.

The texture of these feel very similar to the MAC cremesheens.

FOTD - I'm wearing the Sleek True Colour Lipstick in shade 'Barely There'.


I love these Sleek True Colour lipsticks and I'm going to the shops this weekend to purchase matte colours :)

Twist Up Lip Pencils - Sleek Makeup

HELLO! Lining the lips is important for me especially when my lipstick has a bright intense colour. I generally start out with lipliner before applying my lipstick, lipliner gives me a guide for applying the lipstick and keeps it stay in place as I don't like it when the lipstick colour starts to bleed.

Recently I have been turing to the Twist Up Lip Pencils by Sleek Makeup (RRP £2.80) for my daily lip ritual and I've three in my arsenal:
- Twist Up Lip Pencil 651 in Current
- Twist Up Lip Pencil 653 in Chestnut
- Twist Up Lip Pencil 652 in Deep Cherry

EOTD with Sleek Curacao Palette and Ballerina Eyelashes

HELLO! Here is my EOTD with  the Sleek Curacao palette and the new Ballerina Eyelashes (CM 424) [eyelashes were sent to me by KKCenterHK a while ago].

I love Sleek's Curacao palette for creating bold and bright eye looks. I usually opt for bright and colorful eye looks to make me feel cheerful and alive when the weather gets cold and gloomy.

A Look With Sleek Oh So Special

HELLO! Today I grabbed my Sleek Oh So Special palette and created this look! And as I’ve mentioned it before – Sleek Oh So Special palette is a perfect everyday neutral palette for natural/smokey makeup.

Sleek Curacao and Oh So Special Eyeshadow Palettes

HELLO!  I finally  got around reviewing these lovely eyeshadow palettes from Sleek MakuUP - Curacao (part of their Carribean Collection - Limited Edition) and Oh So Special (Permanent Edition). Both of them  contain a contrasting array of shades in them...while differ strikingly from each other yet being brilliant in their own ways!

FOTD Using Sleek Monaco Palette

HELLO! Today I was in the mood for wearing bright colors on my eyes, lips and so I pulled out my new Sleek Monaco Palette (Mediterranean collection) and Kryolan Mini Lip Rouge palette and created this look...

Products used for this look:-
Foundation - Makeup For Ever HD foundation - shade 125
Eyeshadow - Sleek Monaco Palette - shades - Summer Breeze, Midnight Garden, Magenta Madness
Eyeliner - Eye's Chic Gillter Eye liner
Eyelashes - ES Eyelashes - A254
Eyebrows - Illamasqua Eyebrow cake - shade Vehement
Highlight and Contour - Makeup For Ever Sculpting Duo - shade 3
Blush - Sleek Blush - Shade Pixie Pink
Lipstick - Kryolan Mini Lip Rouge Palette - Palette no. - L2 - Shade LC122

Hope you liked my look using the Sleek Monaco Palette! Thanks for dropping by!

Sleek Monaco Palette (Mediterranean Collection)

HELLO! The Sleek MakeUP Limited Edition Monaco Eyeshadow palette (Mediterranean collection) was released quite sometime back and by now lot's of bloggers have already raved about this 'Monaco' Beauty, but that won't stop me from talking about what I would call a perfect 'summer' palette! I love all palettes from Sleek and this one is the latest addition to my ever growing Sleek Palette collection!

Monaco palette comes with a great mix of matte and shimmer shades along with the choice of bright, subtle and dark colors, which means that you can create endless combinations of daytime/nighttime looks from just one palette!



Just like every Sleek palette, the shadows are well-pigmented, easy to blend and stay on the eyes all day long. However, there is one thing that I am unable to get of my mind and it is the recent price hike (sans any justification!) - from £4.95 to £6.49 seems quite a significant rise in the price when in reality the pigment quality and packaging appears to be unaltered..... Guess it must be the VAT increase and inflation in the economy which made them do it!



To conclude this is a nice palette and would be getting a plenty of use from me this summer.

p.s: my next post is gonna be a FOTD post using the Sleek Monaco palette so be sure to check it out!

Must-Have Face Products For Spring/Summer!

HELLO! It's transition time from Spring to Summer! During this lovely period I have fallen in love with some products about which I'm gonna talk about today!

First it's the limited edition Sleek Sparkle palette [released last Christmas]! It has glitter particles in them which sadly tend to fall off on application, but then I don't care much about it because what I really love in this is the crazy pigmentation and vibrant shades which hold on pretty well even on the greasiest eyelids! This palette is not sold anymore in stores and you would be lucky if you found it in websites such as ebay and recommend you grab them while you can!



Most of the shades in this palette are matte, except the gold and silver ones which have a pearly finish to them. Look how pigmented the swatches look without any base underneath!



Next up is Stop Shining Shine Corrector from Make Up For Ever which I use as a Skin Mattifying agent, especially during summertime when my skin turns oilier than usual and I struggle to achieve a shine free look! As much I love blotting papers for on go touch ups I still use the Shine corrector underneath my foundation to stay grease free for a longer time!



I think It's a worthy product to consider for those who have an oily/ combination skin and want to retain a matte look for longer!



Continuing on with products I have fallen in love with is the Stila Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer! Though not being a big fan of full coverage foundation during spring/summertime as the foundation melts away due to the heat making me look patchy and uneven, the Stilla is my preferred choice during this time, with an SPF of 15 for sun protection, it provides light coverage which blends beautifully giving my skin a radiant glow while keeping me well moisturized during the crazy dry weather! I use the lightest one as it's very forgiving and doesn't look odd on my NC 25-30 skintone.



Another love, about which I have already spoken about in an earlier post is the Lord and Berry Lip crayon, a versatile and perfect product for everyday use! It's a highly pigmented pencil and I don't need a separate lip liner or brush as it's so easy to apply!


The shade here is Earth - a warm brownish peachy colour and for me, it's so 'in' for summer!


And finally it's the Dermalogica Suncreen about which I won't tell anything now as I am going soon post a review about it!

What are your top picks for this Spring/Summer?

My Sleek Blush Collection

HELLO! I think it's time that I introduced all of you to my humble Sleek Blush Collection that I've collected over a couple of years and planning to collect more of them in the future.



At Present I've 5 blushers from Sleek which I wear regularly & love them all!




They are perfect for everyday wear and stay true to their color throughout the day. They show up pretty well on my skin and with the crazy pigmentation they have, I am sure they show up just as well on darker skintones.



Its really hard for me to pick my favourite from all 5 blushers as I rather like to match my blush color according to my mood and choice of outfit that I'm going in for. But if I had just one choice to make I would pick up the Rose Gold blush as my anytime must-have color, the reason being it's a beautiful coral color with gold sparkles (reminds me of the NARS Orgasm) but it's not so much sparkle that I hate wearing it. It could also be paired well with a bronzer and looks beautiful on the cheeks!
If there's anything I dislike about the Sleek Blushers it's the design of the case. The case is very hard to open! When I first bought it, I chipped two of my finger nails while trying to open it and even after gathering all the strength that was left in me, I still couldnt open it, and finally when I managed to open it in a jerk I accidently ran over the blush and made a big dent into the product and due to this my Rose Gold and Pixie Pink blushes look like a bit of a mess ...I wish Sleek MakeUP would bring some change to their design flaw or else soon the day will come when I wont be left with any nails in my fingers :P


L to R (Picture taken with Flash): Flushed, Pixie Pink, Rose Gold, Pomegranate, Sunrise


L to R (Picture taken without Flash): Flushed, Pixie Pink, Rose Gold, Pomegranate, Sunrise

All in all, just for under a fiver, the Sleek Blushes get a thumbs up for me for the quality and pigmentation and, I would highly them to anyone!

Do you own any Blushes from Sleek MakeUP? How many have you collected so far?

MY PEACHY INDULGENCE...

HELLO! Last week while returning home, I got this sudden urge to self indulge resulting in my going straight to the shopping mall where I ended up buying some makeup and stuff...

My inspiration for this week is peachy and sweet...and so I'm excited to share with all of you some of my latest peachy additions in makeup!

The first thing that I bought is the gorgeous Sleek Paraguaya Palette (Avior la Peche collection), a newly released limited edition eyeshadow palette from Sleek MakeUP which comes in a fabulous case and contains 12 peach-dedicated shades, all for a budget price of £6.49!



The texture of these shadows is lovely and smooth, all nicely pigmented plus some shades could also be topped as a blush colour, which is amazing! I would do an eye look soon with these as there are so many combos to try!



The second thing that I picked up from the NARS website is their single eyeshadow in Faith (£16.50). It's a perfect peachy golden color, sort of falls into the duochrome category.



This shade would look great as an all over lid shadow together with a burgundy/brown shade applied on the crease area. I would try it as a blusher on my cheeks as it reminds me of the infamous NARS Orgasm but it's a bit on the sheer side and has more of a golden tone to it.



My last makeup pick is the MAC Tinted Lipglass (£12.50) in shade Lychee Luxe. I just fell in love with this color as soon as I swatched it on my hands and there I was ready to stop swatching any other bright colors on my hand and instead chose to fully indulge in this peachy heaven!



Colorwise it's a perfect peachy pink lipgloss, neither too orange nor too pink. It has an amazing color pay-off and contains tiny specks of gold shimmer in it to offer a high quality shine on lips. I love how it just brightens up my whole face and it would look even more gorgeous with a bit of tan on!




So what have all of you been indulging in lately?

My Verdict On the Sleek Primer Palette

Hey all!
Sleek MakeUP recently added a new and permanent member to their Palettes - the I-Divine Primer Palette (RRP £6.99)!

Most of the colours in this palette are bright, shimmery and opaque while some are duo cromes (white, silver)! A let down was the limited shade selection (no orange, yellow or bright green) and lack of mattes. Texture wise, it's quite creamy and not greasy or gloopy. These can be applied with fingers but a synthetic brush makes it easy to blend and build up colour but I suggest to not use the crappy brush that this palette comes with as it's not right for the cream colors - I threw mine into the bin :P!

Due to a printing error the names of shades in the palette card dont match the colour they refer to - eg. the green shade is named Peach :0 !
My Verdict - As its been marketed as a 'Primer' Palette, I expect it to do the basic job of priming the eyes, such as bring out the vibrancy and shine of eyeshadows and prevent them from creasing on the eyelid. But when I tested them against my beloved Urban Decay Primer Potion (UDPP), I was somehow not convinced that these are as good a 'base' as the UDPP, well, I mean if you check out the textures of both these primers then you'll know what I am saying!
The Smear Test: On my hand, I applied a green shade from my Sleek palette (without any base underneath), then on top of a Sleek Primer, and then on top of UDPP. I clicked the pic below just to show you that the Sleek Primer failed to hold the Sleek eyeshadow on its place once I gave it a good rub while the UDPP did a great job of holding it.

Next, I used a blue eyeshadow from a different brand to test it and find out if the Sleek primer works differently for non -Sleek shadows.

Even this time the results were the same! Sleek Palette could not live upto the smear test.

I would like to add here that the Sleek Primer Palette would definitely see some use by me If I am trying to bring out the vibrancy and shine of my less-pigmented eyeshadows but otherwise it is just not what I would reach for if I want my eyeshadow to stay in place and not crease or smear on my eyes. I might use it as a cream eyeshadow but would do so only after dusting it with a bit of powder on top to prevent creasing or, use a good base underneath. I feel that this palette would have been a sure-shot hit if it was rather pitched as a 'Cream' shadow palette by Sleek...

So any of you planning to try out the the I-Divine Primer Palette or already done? Feel free to share your views in regard to it!

THINK PINK!

Right now I am just thinking about Pink! No not the singer but the color! Well if you have been keeping track of the fashion and design world, you would know that PANTONE have officially announced PINK as their color for 2011 and as Pink is a classic favorite of mine I decided to dedicate it by renovating my blog with some shades of Pink! And so today's post is in honour of the color Pink!

So I start by talking about Illamasqua Loose Powder 005, which you all guessed is Pink colored, has been designed to brighten dull skin and make it look more healthy in appearance. If your skin has started to look a bit sallow, green tinged or yellow then this product will fix it! When applied on the skin, it looks translucent with no pink tones noticeable. One thing I like about it is that it's very finely milled due to which it does not look powdery or cakey on skin & also gets rid of shine so this is a perfect finishing powder to give you that airbrushed look!


Now let's move onto lip balms which right now are very much in use due to the wintery weather and the one I am gonna talk about is Eyeko strawberry fat balm! It is a dual action balm in form of adding color and shimmer to your lips thereby making them look pretty and also moisturising the lips and make them soft and supple! Plus it smells of strawberry...yumm! Add a little bit of the Eyeko Lipgloss in Primerose Hill on top and you will have lips to die for! The lipgloss is a pretty pinkish brown colour and the fine gold shimmer particles in it will make your lips dazzle with shine!


Swatched together on my lips - Eyeko Strawberry Fat Balm and Eyeko Lipgloss in Primerose Hill


Next, the Nails Inc Instyle Candy Pink nail paint which is a lovely pink nail polish that looks great and wears well on any skintone!


Sleek Good Girl Palette is an ultimate palette to reach for if you are planning to give your eyes some serious pink makeover! It offers a lovely variety of pink shades that are sure to give your eyes a romantic look! A special thing about this particular palette is that you could use it as a blush and highlighter palette! Yes ladies! It works great as a blush and highlighter!! Now thats what I call a truely multi functional palette!

Onto the swatches!


Speaking of jewellery... here are a few pink ones from my jewellery collection that I absolutely love to flaunt on my ears!


Moving onto some hot pink shoes! These stylish peep toe heels are from brand F&F and feature a strip pattern on the front part, and have a 5 inch heel to them! Absolutely love them!



That's it for now my lovelies! I leave by just repeating two words - THINK PINK!