Tanya Burr Soft Luxe Collection - Birthday Suit Eyeshadow Palette

It has been a while since I bought new make-up.... I know hard to believe isn't it! But since moving away from the retail world and into office land I've found it a lot easier to avoid those new releases and offers.... mainly because I'm no longer the one putting them out and seeing them first!

Nevertheless there's always going to be something that catches my eye and this month it just happened to be a couple of bits from the new Tanya Burr range.

Now, I hadn't actually tried anything from Tanya Burr before, this was a first, but I've heard good things and when this new collection was released Feel Unique had put them on offer (I'm not sure if this was a mistake or not) - so I got them for a bargain prize!

I ordered 2 products from the new Soft Luxe Collection and first up, I'm going to talk about the Birthday Suit Eyeshadow Palette.

Marzipan - Toast - Cocoa Sugar - Soft Truffle

I'm a sucker for nudes and neutrals - so this palette was a no-brainer!
In gorgeous rose gold packaging this eyeshadow quad is the perfect palette for creating both a soft and a smokey eye, day - to - night sorted!
The palette comes with a cute built in heart shaped mirror and a fab 'tips' section on the back to help you work out what shade to put where. (Fab if you're not an eyeshadow expert or everyday user.)

I love that there's a mix of both shimmery shades and mattes - great for blending and again swapping your look up for something a little more glam. (Personally I love a good shimmer but know not everyone is as keen.)
I'm LOVING Marzipan for my brow bone and inner corner right now, such a pretty pearly shade!

For £6 you can't really go wrong - great for taking away and if you're looking for an easy palette for everyday use, this is a steal!

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I'm Loving... #23

As I decided not to put up a monthly favourites this month because I felt like it was alot of the same stuff I'd previously posted, I thought I'd just carry on with my "I'm loving" posts here and there!

MTV Ex On The Beach

Oh my good god, how on earth have I never watched this show before? It is literally so bad it's good! I cannot believe how some of these people talk, it is outrageous and I can't help but find it hilarious! Cami and Kirk's entrance argument has to be the highlight so far - could not stop laughing! 

Travalo Milano

I spoke about this last week on here. This brand new Travalo is bloomin' marvellous - the new design is slick, luxorious and the new spray action is incredible- read more about it here.

Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer

I stumbled back across this the other day when doing my eye make-up and searching through my primer draw! I only have the mini size as I got in in the Benefit advent calendar last year! This is brilliant and has been my go-to primer when doing a full face of make-up, I think I'm going to have to invest in a full-size!

theBalm Nude'Tude Palette

Even though I own countless palettes I always seem to float between the original Naked palette and this little beauty! theBalm is one of best new brands I've stumbled across since I started blogging and their products are securely placed into my daily routine, this is a fab investment!

WAGs on E!

Yes...... I have been drawn in to yet another trashy American reality show about nobody's. But... I just love them okay! This is all about US WAGs, I'm loving the glam and drama so much already, it's on E! on Tuesdays, check it out!

Little Mix - Hair

My favourite song at the moment! I loveeeee Little Mix and cannot wait for their album to be released later this year.

St. Moriz Fake Tan Mousse - Dark

With Bestival starting (today) I have been desperately trying to glam myself up a little after a summer of working indoors! This is my go-to tan and I'm hoping I'll have a slight glow (that isn't white based) for the weekend!

Rimmel Lasting Finish Concealer

This has been my number one concealer for the past few months, with the amount of early morning shifts I've had recently I've had to have something half decent to cover those big bad bags under my eyes! This works a charm, so so good for the price tag!

UnReal

Another TV show I have been obsessed with is UnReal.  On Lifetime this is a show about the behind of scenes of a show called 'Everlasting' (basically The Bachelor) and it shows the producers manipulating the cast and all the drama that unfolds, it has just finished it's first season but if you get the chance to watch it I highly recommend. It really makes you wonder what really happens on these real 'reality' TV dating shows.......

Mac Lipliner - Whirl

This has got to be my favourite lip liner that I own. I pair it with Velvet Teddy for that awesome KJ look, soooo worth the money  as I know it's going to last months and months. This is a must for the perfect nude lip.

What have YOU been loving recently?

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Latest In Beauty Capital FM Best Of Summer Beauty Box

It's been a while since I've talked beauty boxes. To be totally honest it has to be a pretty special box to catch my eye or impress, over the years I've had some that just haven't been worth pennies I've forked out for them and it's resulted in me not being subscribed to any!7

I was recently contacted by Latest In Beauty and was told all about their Best Of Summer box being released by them this month partnered with the fabulous Capital FM! 
After having a sneak peek at what was featured in the box, of course I took the opportunity to own one of my very own!

Unlike other beauty boxes Latest In Beauty is a non-subscription beauty box service, so you can pick and choose which one/s of the seasonal boxes you want - alot easier in my opinion, no commitments is good with me!

This particular box is in collaboration with Capital FM and is jam-packed with 10 amazing beauty products and a couple of promo codes for this sizzling summer!

First of all I just want to say how impressed I am at the packing of the box. That may sounds stupid but this thing was packed to the brim, with everything having a perfect little slot and position, I was so impressed at how it all fit in there! (I obviously tried to put it all back in and failed miserably aswell!)

 The range of brands and different types of products is brilliant, there's everything from mascara to dry shampoo to lip balm! Most of them are full sized items which made me really happy and I actually hadn't tried any of these items before which made it even better!

Latest In Beauty Capital FM Best Of Summer Beauty Box* £17.95

 List of products included : 

CARMEX Moisture Plus Lip Balm In Berry

I'm a big Carmex fan and I love that these are so easy to apply - no sticking fingers in pots needed! Plus this has a hint of colour which is perfect for summer, I hate it when my lipsticks melt!

COLAB Sheer + Invisible Paris Floral Fragrance Dry Shampoo

I was SO pleased to find this in the box as I have been dying to try this stuff out! I'm a huge fan of Ruth and have heard amazing things about this range so I'll be breaking my dry shampoo fear for this mini bottle! (It smells delish!)

DR. ORGANIC Dead Sea Minerals Bio-Plasma Mud Mask

Face masks are my favourite little pampering treat to do each week and I am always up for trying newbies! My mum spotted this and mentioned how much she loves the brand so I'm really loooking forward to giving this a go! My skin is in dire need of a detox.

FUDGE URBAN Hair Art Spray - Violet Haze

YES! Hair chalk.... but in a spray! SO much easier and washes straight out! The perfect way to funk up your do without permanent colouring.

HAWAIIAN TROPIC Satin Protection Ultra Radiance SPF 30

I love this brand and it's fairly expensive even for these miniature bottles, this is going to come in so handy for day trips out in the sunshine when I'm only taking a small bag!

I LOVE.... Perfectly Peachy Bath & Shower Creme Sachet

I'm really looking forward to trying this fresh and fruity body wash - it also comes with a great how-to guide on checking your breasts and what symptoms to look out for which I'll be keeping in my bathroom from now on.

MALIN & GOETZ trio - Cleanser, Moisturiser, Lip Balm

A few more miniatures here - and a brand in which I've never tried. These are only small so will only provide a few uses but it's a great way to try out something I probably wouldn't have before. I popped on a bit of the lip balm earlier and it felt gorgeous!

MUA Mega Volume Mascara

Can't say no to a new mascara really can you!?

MUA Eyeshadow Palette

Basically summer in a palette here - I know MUA isn't the most expensive brand but still this is a fab product to be included in the summer box! The colours are fun and vibrant and will be so much fun to play around with.

NAILS INC Gel Effect Nail Polish 

Last but not least but favourite product of the bunch, I've already painted my nails with this ( as you may have spotted it on Instagram!) - the shade is a beautiful aqua green/blue and reminds me alot of Tiffany & Co! I'm hoping the fact that it's a gel effect polish will make it last a little bit longer than my usual 'chipped after a day' nails too!

There's also 2 cheeky discount codes included for a couple of the brands too, in which you can save upto 20%!

As I mentioned previously, the box is £17.95 - which I think is fantastic value for the amount you get inside! The nail polish alone I'd happily pay £7-8 for! If you want to check it out just clickedy click - here!

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A Yellow Brick Blog's 2nd Blog Birthday : Liz Earle & Smashbox Giveaway

As I promised.... here it is!
I'm so excited to be holding this giveaway for you guys to celebrate A Yellow Brick Blog's 2nd birthday here on the interweb. 
Both prizes I have bought myself with my own money as a way of saying thank you for all the supporting, love and kindness I've been shown in the blogosphere these past couple of years.

I've picked two prizes which I hope guys will like as much as I do.

The first is a Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish Starter Kit.
You all know by now Cleanse & Polish is my holy grail cleanser, I swear by it and I always urge everyone to give it a go! So I thought this was a fab way of giving one of you the chance to try it out, maybe for the first time? Maybe to enjoy all over again? I know it's not always in people's price ranges for a make-up remover/cleanser so again I thought, hopefully, it was a good idea. This kit comes with a 100ml pump bottle and 2 muslin cloths.

The second prize is the gorgeous Smashbox Double Exposure Eyeshadow Palette.
 I thought a high-end treat was a must for a special giveaway and this palette caught my eye for a number of reasons.
These shades have state-of-the-art coated pigments which actually makes the 14 shadows into 28 different shades. Magic right? The technology basically means that when the shadows are made wet they change colour, so just wet your brush and see the colours transform! 
Smashbox products are always amazing quality and can you ever have enough palettes? Nope!

All you have to do to enter is fill out the Rafflecopter below :) 

There will be ONE winner.

Winner announced on 19th June 2015.

(This giveaway is UK Only)

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Make-Up Revolution Mermaids Forever Eyeshadow Palette Review

Over the last year I have tried my fair few palettes from Make-Up Revolution and have always been impressed and satisfied with the quality, especially for their small (and down right crazy) prices!

So when this new palette popped through my letterbox I was looking forward to seeing what the gang at MUR had come up with now.
With the name "Mermaids Forever" and the shiny blue boxing I expecting some blue, shimmery shades but what I actually got was that and so, so much more!

Make-Up Revolution Mermaids Forever Eyeshadow Palette*

With 32 shades this palette has ALL your colour needs in one handy place. From light nudes to bright fierce emerald greens - this really has something for everyone which is why I've decided it's got to be my favourite palette from MUR so far. It even has a mirror on the inside, another brilliant extra for the price you pay!

I'll admit a few of the lighter shades aren't as pigmented as I would like but the brighter shimmer shades totally make up for this - the quality is insane.
The only other thing I would say is that I would love this even more if the palette itself was a gorgeous blue 'sea themed' colour.
The box it comes in is a lovely metallic blue but the compact itself is the same as all their other palettes, plain black.
 This makes it hard to stand out when sat with the rest of them but at the same time it is understandable as the price you are paying isn't alot so I'm sure they'd rather save money on packaging and put more money into the actually products.

I've swatched all the colours below - I've done 2 vertical lines at the time.

Nudes & Coppers - Bottom to Top : 

Forever | Seashell | Enchant | Future 

Bay | Creature | Starfish | Ariel

(you see what I mean about the lighter nudes?)

Pinks & Purples - Bottom To Top :

Myth | Magic | Pretty | Pink Sea

Song | Urchin | Princess | Ocean

I am obsessed with pretty and pink sea, the pigmentation is amazing, this is just after one sweep of colour. These are great colours for if you are trying to venture of of the standard neutral shades but don't want anything too drastic.

Blues & Greens - Bottom to Top :

Mermaids | Sea | Waves | Splash

Fishtail | Land | Turtle | Undersea

Earth & Smokey - Bottom to Top :

Treasure | Kingdom | Mineral | Seabed

Imagine | Harmony | Prince | Whale

These are the sort of colours I'm so used to using and playing around with, I'm looking forward to trying out some of the brighter colours alongside them though - I need to get out of my neutral comfort zone, espically this season.

How adorable are all the names too? I'm so glad that MUR added this feature - there's nothing worst than a beautiful shade with no name, the names almost make them prettier you know?

At only £8 Mermaids Forever is pretty much a no-brainer - 32 amazing shades to keep you going all summer long... you can find it HERE on the official website.

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Make-Up Revolution I ♥ Makeup I ♥ Obsession Palettes : Born To Die & West End Girls

More palettes?! 

Yes MUR have yet again released even more fabulous eyeshadow palettes! (I am now seriously struggling to pick one each time I want to do my make-up!)

This brand new collection is LIMITED EDITION and are priced at only £3.99 each so if you want one you need to move your butt (fingers) quick!

There are 5 palettes in the I ♥ Obsession range each made up of 10 individual shades with a mixture of shimmers and mattes. 

The palettes in the collection are.... Born To Die, Pure Cult, Paris, West End Girls & Wild Is The Wind and I have two of these to show you today!

BORN TO DIE PALETTE*

Born To Die is a smokey nude palette. Gorgeous browns/creams to help created a fabulous neutral smokey eye - perfect for everyday wear. 

This is made up of both shimmer and matte shades, which is great for me as I do like to use both! I love the details on each shade, the writing and the embossing - it's little things like that that make MUR products look so much more expensive than they actually are!

 6 Top Shimmer Shades

(Wow I'm such an amazing blogger than I can't count to six.... I've missed out a damn colour what a fool!!! Looks like it's the 5th shade along..... I'm sorry guys)

4 Bottom Matte Shades

 WEST END GIRLS PALETTE*

When I first opened this palette up I thought.... oooo could I pull those shades off? But once I swatched these colours up my arm I fell in love! This palette is perfect for a glamorous out night and I can't wait to have a play around with it!

Purple is meant to bring out green eyes so I think that 3rd shade in is going to get alot of use plus the 4 bottom shades will be great for the brow bone and tear ducts!

Top 6 Shades

 4 Bottom Shades

For only £3.99 these palettes are total and utter steal, thank you Make-up Rev for another outstanding collection!

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Make-Up Revolution Iconic Pro 1 Palette

So last week the postman literally made my day when he dropped off a mystery parcel which turned out to be a fabulous make-up delivery!

Yes this surprise package was from the lovely and generous people at Make-up Revolution - what cuties!

I think everyone knows I'm a netural eye palette obsessor! I'm quite basic with eye make-up so love using browns, bronzes, creams and pinks which makes this palette kind of the perfect palette for me!

So because I'm a 'beauty blogger' I whipped out my camera and got a few shots of it in all it's new and unused glory for you lot to have a little nosey at!

 Top (Matte) : Left to right

Ghost | Luna | Must | Enigma | Fade | Drama | Afflicted | Pitch

Bottom (Shimmer) : Left to right

Need | Dawn | Getter | Breathe | Too Grey | Stage | Addicted | Player

  Seriously how beautiful is this?!

The perfect mix of matte's and shimmer's (which is great as I tend to use both!)
 I cannot wait to have a play around with it, being at work for what seems like 24/7 this past week or so I still haven't had time too!

These new palette's are only £6.99 and the quality is insanely good - I'm always so impressed with everything form this brand!

Why fork out for a Naked palette now when you can get one of these for a fraction of the price AND you get more shades per palette!

You can see the palette and the rest of the fab products from MUR on their website - here.

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Sleek i-Divine Eyeshadow Palette - Au Naturel

I am a sucker for netural eyeshadow colours.
I'm not really one for wearing wacky, bright or rainbow colours on my eyes - just for the plain and honest reason that I just cannot pull them off so I'm always going for browns and creams... what a bore!
 I love a natural smokey eye and it is pretty much my deafult make-up when I'm doing a proper full-face. I have been using my Naked palette non-stop since I got it and even though I love it like a sister I'm starting to want some new palettes and shades to play around with when doing my make-up ..... queue my new Sleek palette from the i-Divine collection - Au Naturel.

I'm always so impressed with everything I purchase from Sleek and this has been no exception! 

A gorgeous selection of 12 netural shades with both matte and shimmer formulas. This cost me £7.99 and I purchased it from Boots, although I'm sure it is available in Superdrug too! A fraction of the price of a naked palette with some fantastic colours!

You get this plastic sheet inside the palette with all the names of the shades on which is really handy but I'm praying I'll never loose it! (Although I suppose I can now always come onto here and read the names.... genius!)

From left to right :

TOP  - Nougat, Nubuck, Cappuccino, Honeycomb, Toast, Taupe.

BOTTOM  - Conker, Moss, Bark, Mineral Earth, Regal, Noir.

I'm loving having some new shades to play around with and for the price the quality is fab! Highly pigmented and I can tell they are going to last a long time.

Great for both daytime and for big nights out there is such a great variety for both light and dark colours!

 My favourites have to be Conker & Taupe I think!

Another fantastic purchase from Sleek - everytime I buy a product from them I fall in love with them more and more!

Do you recommend any Sleek products or have you tried out any of the other eyeshadow palettes?