So as you guys should know by now, purple (and pink) are my favourite colours and with Ultraviolet being the Pantone colour of the year I knew I wanted to start the year off with a bang, so I created this makeup look using the Urban Decay Electric Palette as it was best fitting (see previous posts with this palette here!)

Naked Heat Makeup Look 3 - He Devil Halo

Last in this Naked Heat series trio of makeup looks is this fiery halo eye that I've called He Devil Halo (antithesis much?!)

I decided to use the reds in the palette to create a "halo" (or 3D) eye effect which is basically a technique using darker/matte shadows on the inner and outer corner eye and shimmer on middle of lid.

This technique suits more rounded eye shapes than mine but is one of my fave styles recently so I hope you guys are inspired by it <3

Naked Heat Makeup Look 2 - Smoked Ashes

Second in my 3 part series of Naked Heat looks is this smoky matte look using shimmer shadows on the bottom lashline and a slight change of colour on the lips as I mixed 1993 Vice liquid lipstick with my fave nude pink shade Backtalk (yes it's personalised!) for this look. Read on to see all products used and more pictures 💗

Friday FOTD: Naked Heat Makeup Looks - Look 1 - Baked Ember

After my Naked Heat review + swatches (here), I wanted to create a couple looks with it so you guys can get some inspo seeing as many of you either already have this palette or wanted to see certain shades used (like Ashes and He Devil!)
I was going to just create two smoky looks (second smoky look here) as that was most requested but really wanted to add a reddish one (here) seeing as this palette is about bringing the HEAT:

Instead of putting them all in one post and making it super picture heavy, I've decided to split them up into three posts so keep an eye out for the other two makeup posts 👀 I pretty much used the same face/lip products for each look, with just a different eyeshadow technique, so I hope you enjoy this quick makeup series!
Read on for the first look and products used!

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay Naked Heat Full Review

Over the years of being into makeup and blogging, I find it amazing how trends change and would never have guessed even 5 years ago that red toned makeup palettes would be a thing as most people were scared to wear it around the eye area for fear of looking like you had some sort of eye irritation/infection!
Back when I worked for Urban Decay, there were probably maximum two pink/red shades that were rarely sold because of the fear of red and I remember telling customers to explore by adding depth to a look - by using a red or pink lightly above the crease if they wanted to try something new.
Fast forward to 2016/17 and warm/red toned palettes are so hot right now we can't seem to get enough as it's wearable all year round but especially for Summer and Autumn/Fall.
I missed the flash preview sale of the UK Urban Decay website of this Naked Heat palette and vowed to make a beeline to the store as soon as it was released to add it to my Naked palette collection. Then Urban Decay ever so kindly sent me this palette before the release date this week and I was positively grinning from ear to ear and knew I needed to swatch, wear and review it asap and I've literally been wearing different looks every day with this palette to test it out since receiving it.
Read on to see my thoughts on this new addition to the Naked palettes..

 

Friday FOTD: Mermaid Lashes Makeup Look - L'Oreal Miss Baby Roll

So lately I've been skipping uploading makeup looks to my blog purely because it's hard work enough uploading x3 makeup look IG posts these days let alone here on the blog with full reviews and swatch posts too!
I also find it easier to do a fast makeup look and take selfies with my phone if I have to, to keep my creative juices flowing and my instagram feed active. But for this particular look I brought out my SLR to take proper pics as it really made me feel some type of way. 
In case you're not following me on Instagram, I recently have remembered my fondness of colour and how happy it makes me feel to wear bright colours, so I thought I'd upload the latest IG post here that made me feel all mermaid-y using blue shades. Read on to find out what I used!

Midweek Makeovers

Happy New Year my lovelies!
Hope you all had a fab time off for the holidays; I had a bit of a break myself after being sick for two weeks straight with my little one.. but I'm back now with a Midweek Makeover post on a friend using the Urban Decay Full Spectrum palette, so I hope you enjoy!

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics

Hi my lovelies!
So this week's Sunday Swatches post (as the title suggests) features the Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics palette which you may have already seen me use in my Soft Glitter Cut Crease Tutorial or of course featured in the Rose Gold Gift Guide, but here's the palette in it's full glory, complete with my review, so read on for more!

Sunday Swatches: Foundation Files - Urban Decay All Nighter

So this is the second post in my series of foundation posts and it is of the Urban Decay All Nighter foundation today, which is a full coverage foundation. I did briefly try out these foundations on my Snapchat (safiyahtasneem), with live swatches so if you're not following me there, I suggest you do for further mini reviews and swatches. Before I start, I'm going to recap of the Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation which I reviewed back in 2012 here. My thoughts are somewhat still the same on the Naked skin foundation but in all honesty I don't wear foundation on a daily basis as I don't feel like I need to but if I did, Naked Skin would probably be my choice more so than this All Nighter foundation or any other similar lightweight foundation.
I have however found since experimenting a bit more with different shades of UD Naked Skin, that the .0 shades aren't as yellow as I'd have liked them to be and shade 7.0 is slightly dark for me. 5.0 seems quite pink and 6.0 slightly yellower in Naked Skin and I found that in the sample of All Nighter, the 5.0 seemed pinker than the other two I was sent (4.0 and 6.0). In this post I'll be showing the shades 4.0 (as it seemed the yellowest) and 6.0 for a possible colour match for warmer South Asian complexions.
Read on for more!

FF: Easy Glittery Moondust Palette Make Up Look + Eye Make Up Tutorial | Eid

It's been quite a while since I've done a make up look on myself but I'm indeed back and with another YouTube video too *gasps*.
If you've kept up with me on my social media channels (Snapchat/Instagram), you would have probably seen me post about this beaut of a palette I received from Urban Decay: the Moondust palette. I was obsessed with the colour "Lithium" in this palette when I first swatched it and knew straight away I had to create a look with it (see "Magnetic" being used in the make over I did here). As Eid is coming up, I thought it would be fitting to do a simple glittery make up look and one that doesn't require eyeliner so that it's super simple.

I thought I would make also make use of my Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette as it's sooo versatile and of course is currently sold out, so I'm assuming a lot of people have this as a staple palette too now! (If you don't, see me rave about it in this post). Read on to see all the products used!

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks | Comparison And Review

Hi my lovelies!
Today's Sunday Swatches post is of course featuring the new Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks. As you may know, I've been a fan of UD for almost a decade now, even worked for them briefly when I worked in retail and absolutely loved adorning my face with their products in that time.
Seeing them go from strength to strength as an original fan has made me proud and now they've collaborated with OITNB's Ruby Rose for their new Vice Lipsticks, it's a pretty epic step up.
The new Vice lipsticks collection is here to replace the all the lipsticks UD do; including the Revolution lipsticks, Matte Revolution lipsticks and the Super Saturated Lip Color (SSLC) pencils (all previously reviewed on the blog, click links for more).
I don't quite understand why Urban Decay decided to revamp the whole collection seeing as the Matte Revolution lipsticks were only released last year, but it makes more sense in terms of organised lippies/consistency in packaging. I'll compare these lippies to the previous Revolution lipsticks and give an overall rating below.

FF: Smokey Grey Alice Through The Looking Glass Make Up Look

This weeks look is using the new Urban Decay Alice Through The Looking Glass palette (to which I have the original that you can spot in this UD post here). I asked you guys what colours you'd like me to use for a look and decided to pick Dream On as I haven't done a greyish look in a while.

FFF: Motives Spring Fever x Urban Decay Gwen Cheeks & Lips Makeup Look

Gosh this post's title is a mouthful! These days I try and specify the products used in a look seeing as I've kind of already used the colours to describe a look plenty of times before lol.

Anyway, as the title suggests, this look uses a combination of the new Spring Fever collection from Motives Cosmetics and the new additions to the Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani collection - the Blush Palette and 24/7 lip liners and lipstick.


Products used
Eyes: 
• UDPP - Eden
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade - Chocolate
• Motives Cosmetics Pressed Eyeshadows: Temperature Rising (crease, blended up and outer corner of eyelid), Tension (inner corner & browbone), Sizzle and Hot! Hot! Hot! (inner eyelid), Summer Glow and Summer Fling (middle and end of eyelid),  Steamy Night (lighthanded on outer corner/crease)
• Motives Gem Sparkles Eye Glitter - Citrine
• Rimmel ScandalEyes pencils - Nude
• Inglot AMC Gel Eyeliner - 77
• NYC Liquid Eyeliner 
• Ardell Demi Wispie lashes (120)
 
Face:
• NARS foundation - Stromboli
• Motives Cosmetics Liquid Correction Concealer - Light
• Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Blush Palette - Lo-Fi as contour, Easy as blush
• Motives Sculpt and Shape - contour shade only
• theBalm - Mary Lou Manizer  
  
Lips: 
• Urban Decay Gwen Stefani 24/7 Glide On Lip Pencils - Ex-Girlfriend, 714 and Rock Steady

FFF: Urban Decay x Gwen Soft Neutral Romantic Makeup Look

This weeks FFF is yet another look using the Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani palette (swatches and review here!)

As you can see I can't get enough of this palette and think it's versatile enough to create a colourful look like my previous look or a soft muted romantic one like this; let me know which you like better <3

FFF: UDxGwen "Danger in 1987" Blue-Gold Makeup Look

Hello my loves,

Thought I'd start 2016 with a fresh, colourful FFF/makeup look featuring the same main two shadows as the last look (1987 and Danger), but used in a different and more colourful way (as requested).

I also followed the Dress Your Face contouring technique with the LA Girl concealers I already owned (Creamy Beige & Fawn).. Hope you like it as much as I did creating it <3

FFF: Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Palette Makeup Look

So following my last review post of the gorgeous Gwen Stefani palette, I had to use the two colours I picked out asap for a makeup look; 1987 (a bright yellow gold) and Danger (a deep royal blue).

love this palette! <3

I also added the electric blue 24/7 eyeliner on the waterline.. full product list and more pics below! 

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Palette

Hello my lovelies!

Today's Sunday Swatches post features the highly anticipated Gwen Stefani palette which has been on my wishlist since I first laid eyes on it.. 

Not only is the packaging of this palette a beaut, it's also luxe looking, much like the style icon herself and the colours are just a perfect selection of neutrals with a pop of jewel colours as you'll see below.
12 of the shadows are completely new, and 3 are repeats. So basically the whole palette is practically new for a hardcore UD fan.

No Doubt you'll be lusting after this palette too once I've finished this review too (see what I did there?!), so read on for more info and swatches.

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette

So this weeks Sunday Swatches post follows up from the Vice 4 Palette look on Friday (here).
The last Vice Palette I have is the Vice 2 (missed out on the 3 last year!) but this palette looked promising and I love that it comes with a pouch so when I was kindly sent the palette to review I knew I had to dig in and create a look with the burnt orange shade "Bitter".

FFF: Urban Decay "Flame" Vice 4 Palette Look

I'm back with a makeup look I created using the new Urban Decay Vice 4 Palette.. I fell in love with the shade "Bitter" (a matte burnt orange shade) and knew I had to use it for a look so I decided to also use the fiery golden "Flame" and add a pop of purple colour to finish the look..

Sunday Swatches: Urban Decay Matte Revolution Lipsticks

Hello my beauts!

After my last post regarding The Swatch Gallery Project, I thought I'd follow up with a swatch post of my own with the relatively new Urban Decay Matte Revolution lipsticks.

If you remember my post with the non-matte Urban Decay Revolution lipsticks, you'll know I rated them with a FrootiFactor of 5 because they reminded me of the YSL Rouge Volupte lipsticks and were insanely pigmented.

I have to say these Matte Revolution lipsticks are just as impressive as the original Revolution lipsticks. I'll be showing the lipsticks swatches and comparing them to the original Revolution lipsticks in this post.