Sleek Brow Kit Review

I am a big believer that well-groomed eyebrows can transform a face. A lot of girls leave this step out when doing their makeup but I think by just shaping and setting your brows it will frame your face and complete your look. I love using MAC charcoal brown eye shadow to fill in my brows and then setting it with a clear brow gel. I also use the HD brows set (review here) plus have many times thought about adding the Benefit Brow Zing or ELF Eyebrow Kit to my makeup collection. Late last year Sleek released their brow kit and ever since then have read rave reviews. So when I was in Superdrug the other day and it was just sitting their staring at me for only £7.99 I couldn’t resist giving it a go!

The Sleek Brow kit is available in two shades; light and dark. I decided on the light version which suits my colouring perfectly.

What they say “For perfectly shaped, groomed brows look no further than Sleek MakeUp’s brow kit. Complete with all the tools you’ll ever need for brows that flatter and frame your face, choose from two shades in light or dark to compliment your natural colouring. Just a few simple steps are all it takes for preened and polished brows!

The kit comes with a pigmented wax (right), setting powder (left), an angled brush, blending brush and even wee tweezers to pluck out any stray hairs. This all in a nice handbag sized compact complete with in-built mirror so perfect for on the go! Swatched is powder on the left and wax on the right.

I have been really impressed with this brow kit and it’s now part of my daily makeup routine. I start by combing my eyebrows into shape and then apply the wax, which has a lovely smooth texture, along the natural shape of my brow to create a perfect arch. Then I apply the setting powder to keep the wax from slipping off and fill in any sparse areas.
For on the go the little brushes provided in the kit are fine but at home I tend to use this angled brush by EcoTools.

“EcoTools is a leader in eco-conscious beauty products, most notably known for its incredibly soft cosmetic brushes. They take pride in offering a collection of cosmetic accessories and bath products that feature innovative, earth-friendly materials. In a continued effort to give back, 1% of EcoTools annual sales is donated to 1% For The Planet®, an alliance of businesses committed to leveraging their resources to create a healthier planet.” More information on EcoTools and their brushes here.

So have you tried the Sleek Brow Kit? If not, how do you do your brows?
The kit retails for £7.99 and can be purchased from www.sleekmakeup.com and Superdrug.

Friday FOTD

YAY it's Friday! Here is a quick & simple FOTD:
Really liking the mix of pink & burgundy/maroon colours.

♥Face:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid & Powder in NC20

Revlon Concealer

1.       MAC Bronzer - Refined Golden
MAC Belightful Iridescent Powder
NYX Angel Blush

♥Eyes:

MAC Prep+Prime Eye Base

Sleek Storm Palette - shimmery pink colour (all over lid)

CS 26 Shadow+Blush Palette - Maroon colour (crease & lower lash line)

MAC Brule (brow highlight)

MAC Smolder (waterline & smudged into upper lash line)

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara

♥Lips:

Guerlain KissKiss Maxi Shine l/s in Nude (#644)

I'm having a super lazy & relaxing Friday night in tonight in my PJ's! Can't wait for my guilty pleasure shows on TV this evening; ANTM, Making over America with Trinny & Susannah and Restaurant in our living room. Sometimes I find there is nothing better than just blobbing out on a Friday night! (Loser much? haha)

My very first....

Hi ladies,

I finally decided to do it; my very first....VIDEO TUTORIAL!

The look I created for my tutorial was a simple natural smokey eye using my Sleek Storm Palette.  This is the finished look:

Before the start of the video I had already applied the following products:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid & Powder in NC20

NARS Orgasm Blush

MAC MSF Sunny by Nature Bronzer

Bobby Brown - Natural Brow shaper

So you would like to see how I created this look, please watch the tutorial below :)

I finished off the look with Australis (colour inject, mineral) lip-gloss in "Contemporary". This lip-gloss was a recent drug store purchase (at only NZ$11!) and love it.  Very gorgeous pink beige nude crème shade, plus it has the most delicious lychee/peaches fragrance! I love it when a lip-gloss has a yummy taste :)

Hope you all liked the video tutorial? If yes; I will plan to do more! 

Victoria Secret Inspired FOTD >

Just like many girls out there, I secretly dream of becoming a Victoria Secret Angel! Haha well a girl is allowed to dream right? ;)

Some of my all time favourite VS Angels are Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Miranda Kerr, Tyra Banks & Karen Mulder and Doutzen Kroes (both fellow Dutchy's!)  They are all so gorgeous!

I love watching the VS Fashion shows. The other day a repeat of their 2009 Fashion show was on TV and was just admiring all the stunning models with their big wavy hair & their dewy and sparkly-looking pink makeup! Check out  these images of Miranda & Doutzen at the 2009 Fashion show for a better idea of their make up. 

I really wanted to try to copy this look. 

So here it is my Victoria Secret Inspired FOTD :)

♥ Face:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid & Powder NC20

NARS Orgasm 

MAC Bronzer - Refined Golden

MAC Belightful Iridescent Powder

♥ Eyes:

MAC Bare Study Paint pot (base - all over lid)
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Milk (base inner corner & tear duct)
Sleek Storm Palette - Light brown/taupe matte colour (all over lid)
NARS Hula Hula Duo - strawberry pink with gold particles (crease & blend to just below brow bone)

Sleek Storm Palette - Light champagne/white colour (inner eye & tear duct)
MAC - All that glitters (lower lash line inner to mid)
Bobbi Brown Chrome Palette - mix of silver &  more muted grey (lower & top lash line)

MAC Dazzlelight (brow bone highlight)
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Milk (waterline)
CS Gel Liner - True Black (thin line on upper lash line)
MAC Zoom Lash Mascara

♥ Lips:
NYX Mega Shine Lip gloss in Smokey Look

I really love this look !! It is soft and girlie but sexy, glamorous and sparkly at the same time! All I need now is my Angel Wings :p

Sleek "Storm" Palette

Sleek MakeUP is a UK based lower budget cosmetics brand and is mainly known for their range of 12-colour i-Divine Palettes. You can buy the Sleek palettes at Superdrug in the UK or if you live out of Europe you can get your hands on one of these palettes online, either through EBay or other online cosmetic websites. I got my palette through Crush Cosmetics.

This is my review on the Storm Palette. The palette contains 12 mineral-based eye shadows in gorgeous jewel tones. There are three matte shades (a light brown, dark brown and black) and the rest are highly shimmery, beautifully rich and pigmented shadows. They are slightly smaller than a MAC shadow, and the texture of them is quite different. Although they are pressed powders, they are almost creamy in texture - which gives a lovely metallic finish

Colour descriptions:

Top Row L-R: shimmery pale gold, shimmery light 'champagne' gold, matte light brown, shimmery dirty gold, shimmery light pink, shimmery 'cranberry'.
Bottom Row L-R: shimmery bronze, shimmery grey/blue, shimmery green, shimmery dark blue with hint of purple, matte dark brown, matte black.

Swatches

PRO's

- Great pigmentation and true to the colours as what you see on the pan

- Great selection of colours, it has both neutrals and dramatic colours.

- Has both matte (3x) and shimmery (9x) colours

- Long lasting and doesn't fade easily (when used with base or primer)

- Smooth texture
- Shades are easy to blend, meaning you can control the intensity of the colour
- Very affordable price tag (sells for £4.99 in the UK. I paid AUS$18.95 for mine)

CON's

- A bit powdery so you have to be careful with fallouts
- Shadows are quite soft so could have tendency to break easily when travelling.

- Palette doesn't really have a great brow highlight colour. I personally find the lighter colours a bit too much to use as brow highlight (however great for inner eye highlight!)

Overall I think that if you like neutrals & smokey eyes then the Storm Palette is a fantastic versatile palette to own!  You can easily create a soft neutral eye for the day with the lighter shades or a more dramatic smoky eye with the darker colors.  I can definitely see why the Sleek MakeUP palettes have become so popular. Even though I think that the quality isn't as good as say MAC or other high end brands but for the amazingly low price you get a fantastic selection of colours that are very pigmented and pretty good quality. Good value for money. Expect some FOTD's coming up with this new palette :)

I might consider getting some of their other palette's now like Original or Graphite! Do you own any of the Sleek Palette's? If so which ones and what do you think of them?