Today's guest post is from a recently discovered blogger Sultana (of Sultana Says), who I started talking to on Instagram without even realising she blogged too!
Once I read her writing style over on her blog I knew I had to have her guest post on mine and when I received these Sleek goodies I thought she would be a fab choice to review them for me (the palette looked so gorgeous and golden, I had to resist from swatching!)

Read on to see what she thinks of some of the new Sleek products out these holidays!

Tuesday Takeover: Epiphannie A

Hi my loves,

It's been a while since I've posted but I promise to be back soon! 

In the mean time I asked the lovely Annie (of Epiphannie A) to write a guest post for me. Annie is another great blogger and friend (who also attended one of my masterclasses, and blew me away with her makeup skills may I add) and she happily took this opportunity to conjure a gorgeous bright makeup look perfect for this hot summer we're having this year! Hope you enjoy the post and do check out her blog too <3

Sleek Rio Rio Palette

Hey everyone!!

I’m Annie from Epiphannie A and let me just start off by saying that I’m so grateful that Safiyah has allowed me to have some room on her blog today – I actually feel really special – I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to talk about but I just knew that I wanted it to appear natural and fit in seamlessly with the tone of this blog . . . which is why I’ve decided to opt for a makeup tutorial (despite the fact that I haven’t post a makeup look in AGES!!).

For this tutorial, I will be using the recently released Sleek Rio Rio Divine Palette which is a gorgeous palette filled with highly pigmented, tropical shades mixed with tuned down champagne shades

1)    I start off by blending Tropics; a matte orange-brown shadow shade, in and above my crease to act as my transitional colour.

2)    Once I’m happy with the way that looks, I pat a bit of Leme; dark royal blue, into the inner corners and outer corners of my eyes, leaving the inner section of my eyelid free for my to add Cachaca; a silver eye shadow.

3)    As I want this look to have a bit of tropical feel, I’m going to go over Cahaca with a lime green eye shadow aka Caipirinha

4)    I’m now going to add Leblon (matte black) eye shadow into my vee area to give my look a bit of definition

5)    Once that’s all done, a spot of eyeliner and false lashes are all you need to complete this look.

I really hope you enjoy this tutorial as I have had a lot of fun making it. Don’t forget to visit on my blog – I’m really fun (On certain days of the week lol)

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Superdrug event

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Hi there my lovelies!
As mentioned in the last post, I attended a great event hosted by Superdrug on Thursday with Numera, where we got to see some great new releases over the coming weeks.
I was welcomed with lovely service from the staff at Haymarket Hotel and after signing in took a quick sweep of the room to see what caught my eye.
There were many great brands there, some that I am familiar with: Sleek, Solait, Andrea Fulerton, MUA, FashionistA; and some completely new: Arora, Faux, Glam Republic and Simply Pure.

As I walked around the room, a nice lady approached me (can't remember her name unfortunately!) from Superdrug's own suncare brand Solait. We got chatting about SPF and also about my terrible reaction to Banana Boat's tanning oil last year and I was pleased to find they did tan-stimulating products with SPF too.. something I may have to give a try (and hopefully not react to).
I did get a Moisturising Lotion Spray Mist in SPF 15 in the goodie bag so will defo be trying that out when the sun pops out again.
I then had a look at some of the MUA Love Hearts range which I've seen so much about and totally love the concept.

Loving the purple shade!

I got Great Lips in my goodie bag =)

The full range of polishes and lip balms should already be available this February all at a steal of a price - £2 each!
Whilst we were looking at these, the company director Ana from We Are Faux lashes introduced us to her brand and we had a little chitchat about the brands handmade lashes inspired by music, fashion and art. The ones she wore were ever so nice and fluttery and she offered us a pair each, choosing Roux Sixteen for me.

My Roux Sixteen lashes

The range will be available in May and prices seem to start from £7.99

We found a great new bath & body brand Superdrug will be launching around April next; Arora. With its tantalising display of ingredients mimicking the fragrances, we were talked through the range Arora offer; body scrubs and butters, bath shimmers and shower nectars. 

I had a whiff of them all and have to say that my personal favourites had to be Sweet Vanilla and Coconut Crème. I reckon I would have liked the Chocolate Espresso too (the bath shimmer looked lush!) had it not have had the honey smell.. I'm not too keen on honey smells as you may know!

These bath products are priced at only £3.99 each, making them an affordable luxurious looking brand without the price tag.

Finishing Touches (Superdrug's OB nail art range) caught my eye next to the Arora stand as I've been trying to play around with my nails a bit of late. 

They had everything from my personal favourites of the minute - nail wraps/foils to stencils, glitter and more.

Next Numera and I decided to get our nails done by the Andrea Fulerton girls, so whilst I waited I went over to the Glam Republic stand where I saw the lovely Kaushal of BeautyFulfilled. 

She was so friendly and as gorgeous in person and explained about this great new concept of appliqué eyeliners that will be launching in May (£4.99 each or £8.99 for a double pack). I'd spotted a great glittery liner on the lady at Arora and then found out that it was in fact one of these stick on liners which was amazing! Kaushal herself was sporting a great velvet textured liner (which looked so classy) and she offered a glitter pair to me as I loved them so much.. Can't wait to try them and possibly do a makeup look with them ;)

Glitter liner has never looked so easy!

I have to say that I love the fact that they're so easy to use.. self adhesive so no messing around with glue, or having to have a steady hand which is something I get asked a lot about eyeliner/eyeliner techniques.   

I then had my nails done "frooti" style.. with the pretty "Popping Pastels" Spring range of Andrea Fulerton polishes which look ever so girly and not too pastel-ly for my skintone. A bit of Glitter puff dust was added to make them look even prettier:

My hand with a great swatch of the new Accessorize brow pencil haha

The colours from the range include: Jade (a minty green), Carrie (pink), Debbie (coral), Emma (Lilac) and Eugenie (blue), all of which are above and will be priced at £4.99 each.

Last but not least I passed the Sleek stand on the way out, which looked exactly like the stands in the Superdrug stores, showcasing the new Blush By 3 blush compacts (£9.99) as well as the even newer Face Form compacts comprising of contours and a blush. 

L- Medium, R- Light Face Forms.

These should be priced around the same price as the Blush By 3's (or less), so I can't wait to buy them once released!

So there you have it, I chose specific brands that interested me in this post but there were a couple of others there too like the new Elemis Fresh Skin (an offshoot of Elemis but aimed at younger skin), FashionistA (the custom design palettes that I'm dying to yet see fully!), Accessorize and Superdrug OB Simply Pure range.

Here's a couple more pics from the day:

FashionistA new bronzer range

Superdrug's OB dry shampoo range

Accessorize eyebrow pencil that seems pretty good!

All in all it was a great event, maintained by the lovely Haymarket staff who kept us fuelled whizzing around with drinks, mini burgers, fish and chips cones and more.

Can't wait for the next one!

Purple and orange cut crease FOTD makeup look

Hellooo, my lovelies!

So the other day I felt like doing an orange look and was thinking to pair it with purple.. I tweeted for suggestions and the purple was confirmed by Tinkerbelldani.. so here it is!

Products used:

> UDPP & NYX JEP in Milk

> Sleek Caribbean Palette - Bloody Mary, Purple Haze, Blue Lagoon, Apres Midori and Espresso Martini

> Sleek Avoir La Peche Palette - Sandstone & Tangelo

> UD 24/7 liquid liner in Perversion
> UD 24/7 pencils in Zero & Lust
> UD Cannonball mascara
> MAC select moisturecover in NC35
> UD baked bronzer in Toasted
> UD Brow Box in Brown Sugar
> MAC lipstick in Spitfire (WW collection), Toxic Tale (VV collection)

After priming the eye with UDPP (original) and NYX JEP in Milk, I used a liner brush to make the "cut crease" with Purple Haze from the Caribbean palette. I then used Sandstone from the Avoir la Peche palette on the inner corner and on the brow bone. Tangelo (avoir la peche) was then placed further along the eyelid, with Bloody Mary (caribbean) at the end. I used a blending brush to place Purple Haze above the cut crease, blending into Sandstone on the brow bone.
For the top liner I used UD Perversion liquid liner and for the bottom lash line I used a liner brush to add Blue Lagoon and Apres Midori, followed by UD Lust pencil on the waterline (and Zero on the top waterline!)
Finishing the eyes, I used UD Cannonball mascara, coating lashes twice as the liner is quite dramatic, so the eyelashes need to stand out more:

For the rest of the face I used MAC concealer under the eye and UD baked bronzer on the cheeks and forehead.

For the lips I mixed a combination of MAC's Toxic Tale (from the Venomous Villains collection) and Spitfire (from the WonderWoman collection).

I decided to darken the purple and added Espresso Martini to the Purple Haze as I wanted the cut crease to be more apparent and here's how it looked:

 

And the full face look:

Which look do you prefer? And what do you think about this crazy colour combination?!

Also, if you have any other colour combination suggestions, please do let me know!

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Naked Arab makeup look..

.. or should I rephrase: Arabic look with the Naked palette!

I thought I'd delve into this favourite palette of everyone's, as I haven't done many neutral colour looks/FOTDs. Personally, I love my bright colours, but as this palette is undeniably a better best seller out of all UD palettes I may aswell use it to do a look that can inspire others =)

I chose to do another Arabic look as I'm getting in the mood for my holiday to Dubai on Sunday.. So I'll be away for a week but I'll be back soon, so bear with me!

Products used:
> UD tinted moisturiser in Bulletproof
> UDPP
> NYX JEP in Milk
> Naked palette: Virgin, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse and Creep
> La Femme pressed eyeshadow (refill in Z palette) White 
> MAC fluidline in Blacktrack
> UD 24/7 eye pencil in Zero
> MAC studio concealer in NC35
> Eylure Girls Aloud lashes in Nadine 
> UD brow box in Brown Sugar
> UD baked bronzer in Toasted
> Sleek blush in Pan-Tao
> UD lip pencil in Wicked
> Sleek pout polish in Sugar May

After using Bulletproof tinted moisturiser all over the face and filling in the brows with the Brown Sugar box, I used the UDPP all over the eyes followed by NYX JEP in Milk.
For the inner corner I used Virgin, followed by Half Baked and Smog on the middle of the eyelid. For the outer corner I used Darkhorse and Creep to make Darkhorse darker. I used La Femme white eyeshadow for the browbone, but you can use any white eyeshadow for this.
To line the eyes I used MAC fluidline in Blacktrack, making sure to line the waterline all the way round, including the inner corner of the eye. Using a thin liner brush, I drew another flick with MAC fluidline creating a "V" shape from the outer corner of the eyes.
I added Eylure lashes in Nadine from the Girls Aloud range, although I think Kimberley lashes would have suited this look better!

After concealing under the eyes, I used UD baked bronzer on the cheeks forehead and chin, followed by Sleek's Pan-Tao blush on the cheeks.
The lips were filled in with UD Wicked lip liner (soft pink colour) and Sleek pout polish in Sugar May.
And here's how it looked:

 

I hope you like this look, I loved doing it and am quite pleased with the results.. so here's some inspiration for the Naked Palette lovers out there!


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Sleek True Colour Lipsticks

Since Sleek have relaunched their improved True Colour lipsticks, I decided to try them out. What I really wanted is to see if I love them as much as the Pout Polishes, but at first glance in Superdrug, I wasn't too impressed. On my second visit to the counter, I realised there were matte and sheen versions of the same colour, which was quite cute. There are 16 shades in total, making it 8 pairs of matte/sheen colours.
They definitely are highly pigmented, quite crayonish in my opinion, but they don't look too bad on the lips and are enriched with Vitamin E, which keeps the lips soft.
I decided to give two of the sheen colours a go (Coral Reef & Candy Cane), a summery coral and pink.

The outer packaging is pretty budget (for £3.99 it's expected!!), but the actual lipstick packaging is pretty sleek, soft-touch with the "Sleek true colour" mark on the lid.
Swatches:

Both look quite bright and almost fluorescent under the bright camera flash, so I've put two pics of each lipstick on my lips, to give you a better idea!
First up, Coral Reef:

Bright flash:

 Less flash:

And Candy Cane:

Bright flash:

 less flash:

I do prefer the pink (Candy Cane) more so than the coral, probably because it reminds me of my Pink Cadillac Pout Polish (which I topped up and rebought on Saturday, cos it's used so much!).

I may just buy two more, especially as they are currently on offer 2 for £5.99 at Superdrug!

Which do you prefer? Have you bought any of Sleek's True Colour lipsticks?

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PPP - Pout Polish Post

Seeing as I am a Pout Polish collector, I decided to add another colour to my collection, the new LE Sugar May. It's a peachy-beige colour and very creamy like all the others (minus Scandal, which is less creamier in consistency). Unfortunately it's not as sweet as the newer Pout Polishes (you'll know what I mean if you own Scandal, or the browns), but nevertheless, a lovely summery colour!

with flash it looks a lot more peachier/bright, but its a very light peach, so here's the pout polishes without flash:
L-R, top row: Perfect Plum, Pink Cadillac, Sugar May, Chocolate Kiss, 
bottom row: Raspberry Souffle, Powder Pink, Electro Peach, Scandal

And with flash:

 

The pictures with flash do however resemble the actual colours more than the individual shot of Sugar May taken above, as you can see its lighter! Must be my camera concentrating the colour when I zoom in or something :S

Anyway, here are the individual shots for the PP with their paper swatch next to them:

Perfect Plum: 

Pink Cadillac:

Sugar May:

Chocolate Kiss:

Raspberry Souffle:

Powder Pink:

Electro Peach:

Scandal:

I do love all my pout polishes, including Sugar May which doesn't actually suit my lips!

Do you have any Pout Polishes? And if so, which are your favourite?

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Arabic Palette Look - Burgundy Red Asian Bridal Look

So this is the other look I did with the Arabic palette last week, it's a (south) Asian bridal look, using burgundy/red to achieve a full on dramatic look.
I remember using a lottt of products (like 3 concealers & 3 eyeliners!), but here's what I defo can remember:

> Bare Minerals makeup - Warm Beige foundation & Summer Bisque concealer
> UDPP
> Arabic Palette - silver white, bronze gold, gold & burgundy colours
> Manly palette - matte white for blending down brow bone, gold for highlighting cheeks
> Sleek Ink Pot gel liner
> UD 24/7 eyeliner in Zero & Yeyo for bottom liner
> MAC rapidblack penultimate eyeliner (to get an even more intense black topliner)
> Eylure Girls Aloud false lashes in Nadine
> Khuraira AC concealer in Light
> MAC Studio Finish concealer in NC35
> Sleek blush in Scandalous
> Pixi Lip Blush in Love
> Sleek Pout Polish in Scandal
> OCC Lip Tar in Harlot

And here's what it looked like!
First two pics are with Pixi Lip Blush in Love:

 

 

 

 

And here's with Sleek Scandal Pout Polish:

 

 

 

And here's the OCC Lip Tar in Harlot and how it looks:

 

Quite red! Finally, here's how it looked after I'd taken the lip colour off (OCC stained my lips a bit):

 

 

 

Hope you liked the look, I tried my best even though I'm still not used to eyelashes! I think my eyes are too small for these eyelashes in particular, so I'll keep trying eyelashes till I find the right ones for me!
 
Btw, if you've gotten paid today or just fancy splurging on Barry M, take their survey to win a goodie bag and for 20% off for this weekend, enter the discount code "SURVEY" when buying from their website!


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