As a self proclaimed makeup lover, I think it's fair to say that I own just a few too many palettes. The Naked palettes from Urban Decay have always been a favourite since their very first release, but it was only this year that a drugstore dupe started lashing out products to rival their high end competitors. Of course I'm talking about Makeup Revolution. Whilst they've also offered dupes for products from brands like Too Faced and Lorac, I wanted to focus on my comparison between their shadows and Urban Decay's. With that said, I don't actually own one of the MR Iconic Palettes, the dupes for UD, but I do own a couple others...and surely the formula has to be the same, right?!
After seeing Zoe's recent video about her new beauty products, I knew instantly that I needed them in my life. I've loved the previous products that I've purchased from her collection before and somehow just the news of this one excited me more than the rest - I think it's because some of the products are a little more unique than those in other collections, and ones that I can see myself using on a more regular basis.
I'm sure that the odd one of you is aware that I actually have my own YouTube channel, and for those of you who aren't...I have my own YouTube channel!! As I've previously held giveaways on my blog before I wanted to spice things up a little bit and hold one on YouTube instead, so when I heard that Zoe was coming out with her new range, I also knew that I needed to pick up some of the products for you as well!
So I headed over to Superdrug, and after many, many visits (we're talking a lot here) and scouring each store for the newly released products, I finally managed to pick up all the ones I wanted for myself, as well as this giveaway.
Everything that I purchased for myself I also purchased for one of you too! These products are the hand cream, soap and solid fragrance and I'm so excited to use them for myself! I also decided to pick up the collar makeup bag - possibly the cutest makeup bag I ever did see. But as I'm not in desperate need for a new makeup bag anytime soon, this ones for you guys!
If you would like to hear a first impressions/review of these products and more info on the giveaway, make sure to watch my video below!
The Rules!
- This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL!
- You must have parental/guardian permission if under the age of 18.
- The winner will be chosen at random.
- To enter this giveaway you must be subscribed to my YouTube channel and leave a comment in the video saying which product you're most looking forward to try from the new collection. No extra entries required!
- Only 1 entry per person. People who comment multiple times will not be counted - trying to keep this as fair as possible for everyone.
- The winner will be contacted through their preferred method. Leave your Twitter or Instagram username if you would prefer to be contacted this way. Everyone else will be agreeing to be contacted through YouTube direct message.
- The giveaway will end on Saturday the 31st of October with the winner to be chosen and contacted the following day.
- The winner will have 4 days to reply or a new winner will be chosen.
As you may or may not know, I was recently contacted by the haircare brand Maple Holistics. A few weeks ago they allowed me to hold a giveaway for my readers (which is now closed) to win a shampoo and conditioner set. They also allowed me to pick out a shampoo and conditioner of my choice to try. In both instances I picked the Argan Shampoo* and the Silk 18 Conditioner*. Why you may ask? They simply had a lot of very good reviews.
For those of you who are not aware of the company, I'm going to give you a quick break-down of them. Maple Holistics are a beauty brand who specialise mainly in shampoos and conditioners in the USA, although they do sell bath, body and skincare products too. The great thing about this company is the fact that their products are made from all natural ingredients and they're cruelty free too - something I appreciate so much more nowadays! And if you're unhappy with your purchase they'll either give you a full refund or you'll have the option to choose another product to try out instead - it doesn't get much better than that!
Reading that title, I'm sure that you will most likely be completely unaware as to what I'm actually talking about; in fact you may think I've gone completely crazy. But I haven't. In fact I was contacted by the people over at Madison Reed, a hair care company who specialise in permanent colour, asking whether I would like to write a post about my views on their Hair-o-Scope - apparently the traits of each zodiac sign says something about your hair too!
You can check out Madison Reed's hair dye advisor page HERE! You'll be able to find out what tones will work well for you by taking a short quiz!
Although I'm not necessarily someone who believes in everything to do with astrology, as I'd never quite heard of anything like this before, I was pretty intrigued. So I thought why not give it a go...this could somehow be true and may even tell me something about my hair I never knew. So I sent my zodiac sign over to them and they responded with my own Hair-o-Scope. From that I then needed to make decisions as to whether I agreed or disagreed with the assumptions.
Now that it's officially Autumn (boohoo), it's now time to start pulling out those warmer clothes. I seemed to blink and summer went by...that's how fast it was for me. And although Autumn and Winter are my least favourite seasons in term of weather, I absolutely love Autumn fashion - there's just something special to me about colours like khaki and maroon, and now I can finally pull them out on a daily basis.
So as it's the start of September I decided to wrap up in a chunky jumper and give you an insight into my first Autumn outfit!
