I’m so excited…and I just can’t hide it….. September 7, 2010

I am so excited about this that I had to share it with all of ye-You are now looking at (or reading about, as the case may be) the proud owner of (cue drum roll) the Urban Decay NAKED palette!!!!!

I was in Debenhams on Saturday, having a browse, when I wandered into the perfume/make-up session, when, all of a sudden my eyes honed in on the UD naked palette sitting on the top shelf. I couldn’t believe my eyes, given that this is sold out in so many places! I have been salivating over this since the blogosphere went wild with rave reviews about it. However, given its popularity and elusiveness, I didn’t think I would manage to snag one for myself.

Anyway, back to the story….

They were so hot off the shelves, that they didn’t even have a tester palette.  The woman at the till said that they only get five palettes per store, and that she had also put one away for herself (meaning three were left). It cost 36 euro-a little more expensive that the typical UD eye shadow palettes, but so completely worth it for 12 gorgeous eye shadows, two 24/7 pencil mini eye liners and a mini UD primer potion.

First impressions:

My new IT concealer-Benefit IT stick! July 12, 2010

Quite a while ago, I said that I would do a review on the lovely Benefit freebies with the June Glamour magazine. Anyway, after using the IT stick for a good few weeks now, I thought that it was time for a review….

I really like this concealer pen-it’s a nice chunky pen that still allows for quite precise application and though you would think that the concealer texture would be hard, it isn’t! It is butter soft, and easy to blend. The IT stick has a lovely creamy consistency and is great for around the eye area.

Unlike some of the packaging on other Benefit items, *cough, Benefit blushers, cough*, the packaging is appealing and most importantly durable!!!

I have done a bit of research, and found out that this item is discontinued, which is a real pity, as I would definitely buy it again. I’m just sorry that I didn’t pick up two of them, while the offer was on Oh, well, I’ll learn from my mistakes next time.

Have you used IT stick? What did you think?