BY TERRY Ombre Blackstar Eyeshadow - Frozen Quartz

There's only one way to begin this first impression post and that is to simply say, I ADORE this eyeshadow.  The BY TERRY Ombre Blackstar eyeshadow in Frozen Quartz packs a hefty price tag and at £28.00 it's not cheap by anyone's standards, but on first impressions I'm in love.

In Space NK, I swatched 3 different shades on the back of my hand, took a picture and uploaded to Twitter as I was having trouble deciding which to purchase. I read through the replies and then decided to try and rub the swatches off - they didn't budge. So I grabbed the hand sanitiser... nope, still there... these shadows took about 2 squirts of sanitiser and some surgical spirit to get off my hand with an awful lot of rubbing! The persistence of the swatch vs remover made me gasp. I was immediately impressed.

I also love how effortless it is to apply. It's a one swipe wonder and by finishing with a little smudge of your finger, you're good to go. It may seem crazy to spend so much money on one colour, but when you try them you'll understand why.

The Ombre Blackstar Eye shadows definitely have some fantastic staying power - even after a long day at work, they're still there.

After the first couple of days, I love this product... but stay tuned for an in depth review when I get to know it a little better.

Em xxx

KIKO Longlasting Stick Eyeshadow Haul & Swatches!

This week I was a woman on a mission to spend money on things I didn't know I needed, and those things just so happened to 6 KIKO Eyeshadow Sticks. This week also happened to be a week of first times, as these were my first ever KIKO purchases. I'd been into the store in Westfields Stratford before, but it was so busy I couldn't even get to the products and I sensibly left the store before I started getting pushed and shoved.

On Monday, I must have got lucky as on the suggestion of a few bloggers on twitter I walked to Regent Street in London, and popped to the KIKO store. I'd heard that the KIKO eyeshadows are good dupes for the By Terry, Ombre Blackstar Eyeshadows and having just spent £28.00 on one, I was keen to see how a £6.90 Dupe would compare.

There are 32 Eyeshadows in the range and I must've spent about 40minutes swatching and walking back and forth the shop trying to decide what to get. I finally settled on the 6 shades above as I felt that they were the perfect mix of every day wears and comfort level pushing shades.

My favourite on first swatch, has to be 07 as I think this could easily work it's way into my everyday look! Coming in close second is 36, this is a stunning rose gold shade and as beautiful as this is, I'm not sure If I can pull it off yet! I think it's going to take some experimenting!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on these shades! Which is your favourite?? Let me know in the comments...

Em xxx

My Space NK Haul!

Sometimes, a little retail therapy is just the pick me up I need, so on Monday I headed to Space NK for a browse and to buy some Nars Sheer Glow Foundation. Believe it or not, this was actually my first ever Nars Purchase!

I feel like such a fraud as a beauty blogger saying that, but for some reason, Nars has always been one of those brands that I've never actually managed to add to my collection, but not for the want of trying. I must have the worst luck, as a few weeks ago I went into 4 different stores and called around but nowhere had the Siberia Sheer Glow in Stock. After calling the store on and discovering it was back in, I made sure I headed there to pick it up. At £31.00 It's one of the priciest foundations I've purchased, but I'm hoping it will be worth every penny as I've read so many great reviews about it. 

However... that wasn't the only thing I came home with! 

Monday afternoon, I mentioned on twitter that I had been lusting after one of the By Terry, Ombre Blackstar Eyeshadow Sticks but at £28.00 for a single eye shadow, I wasn't sure if I wanted it enough to justify the price tag. Upon posting this to twitter, let's just say my news feed got a little hectic, with tweets flooding in half gasping at the price to half telling me to buy it. I soon discovered that twitter is full of bad spending influences! Here are a few of my favourite tweets from some enablers...

Remind me never to actually go shopping with that lot in person as I'd be bankrupt before I even step foot into the shops! 

Even though it has the most difficult packaging in the world to photograph, i'm so in love with my Frozen Quartz, By Terry Ombre Blackstar Eye Shadow already, and I'm so glad the girls encouraged me to buy it, because it's one of the best purchases I've made in a while. I'm looking forward to trying it out and sharing the results with you all!

Have you tried any of the By Terry Ombre Blackstar eyeshadows?? Let me know in the comments... 

Em xxx