Caron Keane a top make up artist for Urban Decay has been travelling through the UK in last few weeks doing an Urban Decay Roadshow. I booked up with two of my girl friends and we got a chance to have a make over and test out some products we hadn't used before and learn some new tips for applying our make up.
Okay so, I often struggle with an oily T-Zone which is the bane of my life and makes my foundation separate on my face and generally just make my face make up look pretty gross. So after explaining this the first thing Caron applied to my face was the De-Slick Setting Spray for oil control. I knew this was used for setting make up once applied but had no idea it could be used on the skin before make up to act like a primer. The setting spray was applied again after make up application was complete and I have to say, I am SO impressed with this product. I had my make up on for over 8 hours and by the time I came to take it off there was no shine, my skin didn't feel or look oily and my foundation hasn't separated! I purchased this product after my make over today and I definitely do not regret it - I cannot wait to continue using it.
Next it was on to foundation, concealer and powder. I didn't purchase any of these products as I wanted to see how the wore first. The foundation used was Naked Skin in the shade 3.0 and the Naked concealer was in the shade fair neutral. I absolutely loved the feel of both of these products - it literally felt like nothing on my skin as opposed to some foundations and concealers which can feel super heavy and cakey. There was definitely good coverage with both products and the concealer was really highlighting under the eyes. It generally lasted on my face well throughout the day though I did feel that very quickly, as in within an hour or so, there was a lot of gathering around my nose and in my laugh lines which doesn't normally happen to me with foundation so I'm not sure I'll be rushing to buy it any time soon. The base was all set with the De-Slick Mattifying Powder, which again was totally weightless on the skin and completely minimised the appearance of my pores - another product I was impressed with.
Next up was brows. I explained to Caron that I use the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade. She then showed me a duo which could be used together to create the same effect as the dipbrow. One of these products was Ozone Lip Pencil. Yup, a lip pencil!! It acted like a clear brow wax and could also be used as an eraser to clean up any mistakes made. She used it along with the eyeshadow 'Faint' from the Naked Basics palette. It was effective and I was impressed with the finish but I've only recently discovered my love for the dipbrow and I really, really love it so I'm happy sticking with that for now.
My eyeshadow was done used the Naked 2 palette. The base was a mixture of Foxy and Bootycall which was used to help the other colours blend nicely. Tease was used in the crease with a little bit of Chopper brought through it. Blackout was then used on the outer V and also as an eyeliner on the top and bottom lash line. I have all three of the Naked palettes and would recommend every single one. A beautiful selection of colours across the palettes with a creamy, buttery texture and a fab mix of highly pigmented shimmery and matte shadows!
Mascara Resurrection was used to help separate my lashes and avoid clumping when applying another top of mascara on top of the mascara I already had on. A handy product and worthwhile purchase if you like to touch up mascara but it's not something I tend to do and therefore I'm not in any hurry to add this to my collection.
A natural contour and blush was created using the Naked Flushed palette in 'Native'. I loved this product so much! It has a contour shade, a blush and a highlight. The all complemented each other so well and I was really impressed with the overall finish and it lasted well on the skin - will definitely be purchasing this in the near future!
Finally, the 24/7 Glide On Lip Pencil in Naked was used for lining the lips (I was given a free mini samples of this, yay!) and then one of the newly released Sheer Revolution Lipsticks were used to colour the lips. She used the colour Rapture and I couldn't help myself and had to purchase it because I fell in love with it! Such a creamy, moisturising product perfect for a sheer wash of colour on the lips - very wearable.
It was such a great little pamper session and I enjoyed learning some new make up tips and ways to use products which I normally wouldn't have even so much as thought of - the lip liner on my eyebrows for example!! If you ever get a chance to head to one of the little pamper sessions I would definitely recommend it.
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Next it was on to foundation, concealer and powder. I didn't purchase any of these products as I wanted to see how the wore first. The foundation used was Naked Skin in the shade 3.0 and the Naked concealer was in the shade fair neutral. I absolutely loved the feel of both of these products - it literally felt like nothing on my skin as opposed to some foundations and concealers which can feel super heavy and cakey. There was definitely good coverage with both products and the concealer was really highlighting under the eyes. It generally lasted on my face well throughout the day though I did feel that very quickly, as in within an hour or so, there was a lot of gathering around my nose and in my laugh lines which doesn't normally happen to me with foundation so I'm not sure I'll be rushing to buy it any time soon. The base was all set with the De-Slick Mattifying Powder, which again was totally weightless on the skin and completely minimised the appearance of my pores - another product I was impressed with.
Next up was brows. I explained to Caron that I use the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade. She then showed me a duo which could be used together to create the same effect as the dipbrow. One of these products was Ozone Lip Pencil. Yup, a lip pencil!! It acted like a clear brow wax and could also be used as an eraser to clean up any mistakes made. She used it along with the eyeshadow 'Faint' from the Naked Basics palette. It was effective and I was impressed with the finish but I've only recently discovered my love for the dipbrow and I really, really love it so I'm happy sticking with that for now.
My eyeshadow was done used the Naked 2 palette. The base was a mixture of Foxy and Bootycall which was used to help the other colours blend nicely. Tease was used in the crease with a little bit of Chopper brought through it. Blackout was then used on the outer V and also as an eyeliner on the top and bottom lash line. I have all three of the Naked palettes and would recommend every single one. A beautiful selection of colours across the palettes with a creamy, buttery texture and a fab mix of highly pigmented shimmery and matte shadows!
Mascara Resurrection was used to help separate my lashes and avoid clumping when applying another top of mascara on top of the mascara I already had on. A handy product and worthwhile purchase if you like to touch up mascara but it's not something I tend to do and therefore I'm not in any hurry to add this to my collection.
A natural contour and blush was created using the Naked Flushed palette in 'Native'. I loved this product so much! It has a contour shade, a blush and a highlight. The all complemented each other so well and I was really impressed with the overall finish and it lasted well on the skin - will definitely be purchasing this in the near future!
Finally, the 24/7 Glide On Lip Pencil in Naked was used for lining the lips (I was given a free mini samples of this, yay!) and then one of the newly released Sheer Revolution Lipsticks were used to colour the lips. She used the colour Rapture and I couldn't help myself and had to purchase it because I fell in love with it! Such a creamy, moisturising product perfect for a sheer wash of colour on the lips - very wearable.
It was such a great little pamper session and I enjoyed learning some new make up tips and ways to use products which I normally wouldn't have even so much as thought of - the lip liner on my eyebrows for example!! If you ever get a chance to head to one of the little pamper sessions I would definitely recommend it.
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