New CID Palette: Eyes, Lips & Cheeks >

Let me introduce you to a great little palette for the busy girl on the go!
I recently discovered the New CID Cosmetics Eyes, Lips & Cheeks Palette ♥
“The Eyes, Lips and Cheeks palette is your perfect make up ‘wardrobe’ to create stunning looks on the go.
Use the combination of shimmering and matte eye shadows to create a sexy smouldering look for both day or evening wear. There are also two lip colours or a lip-gloss to choose from. Finally, to complete your look, use the powder blush which will add a natural pink glow to your complexion. All contained in one palette with a mirror and applicator - what more can a girl ask for?!”
The packaging of the palette is a hardened white cardboard, meaning you probably wouldn’t want to get it soaking wet but then again I don’t think it’s going to fall apart if it accidentally got a little wet (aka in the bathroom). The palette includes: 4x Eye Shadows (3 shimmer, 1 matte), 2 lipsticks (round pans – the 2 on the left), 1 lip gloss (the 1 on the right) and a blush. What I think is great is that the Eye Shadows are generously sized at 5.4gm a piece! The set also includes a brush, but as with so many brushes supplied with palette’s – it’s nothing to rave about, no shape so I don’t bother using it! The palette then also has a little ‘drawer’ part which contains the lip colours and blush. One slight negative point on this ‘drawer’ part is that it’s not connected to the palette as such so if you hold the palette the wrong way it would just fall out. Therefore you’d have to be very careful if you were take this palette out and about with you (in your handbag for example) as the drawer could easily pop out in transit…However this could easily be fixed with a bit of tape!

Here are swatches of the Eye Shadows, Lip colours and Blush in the palette:

The shadows don’t have names but I would describe them from L-R as: cream/ivory shimmer, taupe shimmer, deep brown shimmer and a soft chocolate matte shade. It might come across as quite a neutral palette, but because of the mix of shimmers & matte you can create lovely natural looks but also more dramatic smokey eyes with the gorgeous taupe & dark brown eye shadows! The shadows are well pigmented, long lasting and very smooth to apply and blend. Have to say I was impressed! They all complement each other so beautifully which allows you to create so many looks just using this one palette. Ideal :) The lipsticks/glosses have a nice consistency and feel smooth when applied. Plus the blush gives you a cute soft pink glow which I have been wearing it a bit recently on the apples of my cheeks!

Here is a FOTD that I created with the new CID cosmetics palette. A gorgeous smouldering smokey eye!

♥ Face:
Pink Blush of the CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette

♥ Eyes:
Matte brown colour of CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette (slightly brushed into eyebrows)
Light shimmery colour of CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette (inner corner of the eye & browbone highlight)
Dark shimmery colour of CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette (rest of the lid/outer crease & lower lashline)
Medium shimmery colour of CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette (blended into inner left corner of crease)
Barry M Liquid liner in black (upper lashline)
L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara
♥ Lips:
Pink Lip colour of CID Eyes,Lips, Cheeks Palette (most right -3rd)

Overall think this palette is a fab little purchase and perfect for girls that love natural or brown smokey eyes.
You can by this palette for £24 at Debenhams, House of Fraser or online at www.newcidcosmetics.com

Plus at the moment it's on SALE at ASOS for only £12 - such a bargain. Check it out here!