FOTD: One Palette Wonder.

I reviewed the Extremely YSL Tuxedo Travel Palette yesterday and I wanted to share with you a FOTD I created using it. I love the blush and highlight combo for an every day rosy glow and as someone who never usually braves jet black eyeshadow I thought i'd give this palette a shot and see what I could create using it. 

Foundation: Nars Sheer Glow - Siberia

Concealer: Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer

Powder: Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

Eyeliner: MUA Cosmetics Liquid Eyeliner

Eyelashes: Mac #35 Eyelashes

Contour: NYX Taupe Blusher

Blush / Highlight / Eyeshadow / Lips / Mascara: Extremely YSL Tuxedo Travel Palette

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this look. Let me know in the comments... 

Em xxx

Yves Saint Laurent, Extremly YSL - Tuxedo Travel Palette

A few weeks back I popped to the #JetSetBeauty event to spend some time with the lovely team from World Duty Free.  I think I almost died when I found out that they had kindly gifted me the Extemely YSL - Tuxedo Travel Palette* in a goody bag. After a week or so of being too scared to use it in case I broke it, I started testing it out. 

The Tuxedo Travel Palette features five eye shadows, four lip colours, one blusher, a white highlighter and a Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils in Shocking Black as well as 3 adorably cute mini brushes, which i'll likely never use - but they're super cute!

I must say that the blusher and highlighter in this palette are so pretty. I've been wearing them together for the past week and they work perfectly on pale skin to create a natural flushed look.

The eyeshadows are pigmented and apply easily, although when testing the matte black shade, I did notice quite a bit of fallout, so if you're looking at creating a deep smoked out eye using this palette - I'd recommend eyes first, base second. 

The palette contains 4 different shades of lip products and whilst the diverse range of colours is great, the fact that they are sandwiched between the powder products without any sort of protection isn't. After using the black eyeshdaow, I did notice a fair amount of fallout had made it's way on to the lipgloss, it wiped off easy enough - but i'd much rather some sort of protective layer to keep the lip gloss safe.

The Tuxedo Travel Palette comes with a mini Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils and having not used a YSL mascara before, I can't say I was prepared for what seems like a totally unnecessary high amount of perfume. I'm not sure I ever needed a perfumed mascara, but I'll give it a shot....

Overall, I think this palette is beautiful, It's carved it's place into my daily make up and certainly worth picking up if you find yourself passing through the airport any time soon as it's a travel exclusive you won't find it in the shops!

Which swatch is your favourite for this palette? Let me know in the comments...

Em xxx

An Evening of High End Beauty with World Duty Free.

On Wednesday I headed to the fabulous MW Nails in Shoreditch for an evening of High End Beauty with World Duty Free at their #JetSetBeauty event . I think I may have squealed a little when the invite landed in my inbox as one of my favourite parts of the holiday experience or travelling abroad is the chance to pop into world duty free to swatch and try new make up - of course to buy too. 

There's something about a duty free shop that makes us fall a little bit more in love with High End Beauty, maybe it's the amazing edited selection of products, or maybe it's the fact that things are that little bit cheaper than on the high street.  The team at World Duty Free did such an amazing job organizing the evening and the attention to detail was outstanding. I had such an amazing time with April and Monica and the selection of brands on display to play with and swatch was perfection. 

The Event was a high end beauty lovers dream and there were so many products on offer but I wanted to share my favourites with you. There were a selection of fragrances from the  Marc Jacobs Daisy Collection, Mascara from YSL, I fell in love with the Burberry Body Perfume and actually squealed from excitement when I realised I'd been given a sample in a goody bag. I thought the YSL travel make up kit was incredible and such a perfect space saver in a travel make up bag.

I felt incredibly spoilt throughout the whole evening with the beautiful cookies, cupcakes, Prosecco (or elderflower cordial if you're a non drinker like me) and a fantastic manicure. Monica and I both opted for the same gorgeous dark o.p.i shade, whilst April went for a daring burgundy.  

I loved the Clinique Chubby Stick Trio set, but the absolute stand out brand this evening has to be Givenchy. I Loved their travel exclusive pieces such as the Givency Glamour on the Go Palette which is a travel exclusive. I loved that it has a separate layer for each part of the face and an amazing clasp. The Givency Les Mini Prismes which looks just like a mini jewellery box with pull out drawers was divine and The Givency mini travel exclusive lip gloss set was just perfection, so much so that Monica and I wasted no time in swatching and applying it. 

We had a fantastic evening thanks to World Duty Free and I think April had her day/week/year made when she met Ashley James' Puppy Snoop! The evening left me wondering one thing... when am I going on holiday next so I can buy new make up? 

I'd love to hear what your favourite high end product is! Let me know in the comments!

Em xxx