No7 Stay Perfect Shade And Define

No7 Stay Perfect Shade and Perfect-£8.00

Firstly I'd like to apologise for these poor quality photos, I am on the road to improving my photos and hopefully I will be getting better as I learn more about photography.

Anyway I had to get a post up about this eyeshadow pencil, I had seen this floating around the bloggersphere as a dupe for the By Terry Ombre Blackstar in Misty Rock which I thought was stunning, but really £29.00 for an eyeshadow stick?!
I have the shade No7 Shade and Perfect Stick in Cool Rock and having seen swatches there really isn't much difference between them, the By Terry ones look like they have more pigmentation and admittedly do look that little bit prettier.

I picked this up using one the No7 £5 off vouchers, so it only cost me £3, I then got another voucher and used that one to get a purple shade which I also love. They are always giving out these vouchers and I am definitely going to try and use them a bit more now, it is a free £5 after all!

I think if I manage to use this shade up I might invest in the By Terry one because it is such a dreamy shade.

What I love especially about these eyeshadow pencils is how quick and easy they are to use, if I am ever in a rush or don't fancy a full on eye look then I will reach for this. A quick sweep across the eyelid and a bit of blending and I'm good to go.

Have any of you tried the By Terry Ombre Blackstars? Or the No7's Stay Perfect Shade and Perfect sticks? What do you think? Let me know what you think in the comments below.

House Of Glamdolls GlamBase Wheel 1

 

House Of Glamdolls GlamBase Wheel 1-£25.00

After watching tutorials for years I've always watched make-up artists use cream contour products to create beautiful contours onto the face. I always thought this was something that was best left to the pros but when I saw the Pixiwoo sisters use this in a tutorial and recommend it to us mere make-up mortals so I thought why not give it ago. It was either going to go horribly wrong or I might miraculously get the hang of it.

When this arrived my initial thoughts was that it was very small and would I be able to fit my brush into it? well the answer is no. I had planned to use the new Real Techniques Bold Metals Contour Brush which was the brush Sam used in the tutorial but when I tried the brush was going into the other shades and messing up my contour.

I then tried it out with a Real Techniques domed eye crease brush just to apply the shade then used the contour brush to blend it all out. I actually found it pretty easy to do, I find with time I get better and I know where to place contour and highlight better now than I did at first.

The actual creams are so creamy and pigmented which just makes blending them a dream and for me that's pretty important because I can struggle with blending products onto my face because if they are difficult to blend then I tend to move my make up around and I start looking patchy. Also the creaminess is great for my dry skin and also helps with the blendability.

How do you feel about cream contours? Just for professionals or is it ok for everyday?