REVIEW: Charlotte Tilbury Eyeshadow Palettes

As you may all know I have recently purchased 2 of the Charlotte Tilbury Eyeshadow palettes from Selfridges over this year.

My past 2 makeup Monday's have been focused on my most recent buy and I promised you I would do a review this week. 

Pretty obvious that I'm going to say I'm in love with them, but my reasons why are different to every other palette....

The 2 palettes I own are 'The Sophisticate' and 'the Dolce Vita' 

Charlottes makeup collections have different range names which work together as a whole look.

My first buy was 'The Sophisticate' which is aimed at one of the most natural, minimal looks of them all.

Urban Decay Naked Palettes 1,2 and 3

When I am doing my clients make-up they always love all of my Urban Decay Naked Palette's so I thought it would be perfect to write up a review with advice for which one would suit you.

I brought my first Naked Palette when number 1 came out.
The best time to buy these palettes is when Debenhams do there 10% weeks or point offers as you save a fair bit of money as they can be expensive when you especially wanting to buy all 3 palettes.

I would recommend Urban Decay as my number 1 go to brand for any eyeshadows as each shade is highly pigmented, stays on your eyelid, and there is no fall out with the sparkly shades. There is a shade for any colour you are after and you can also build your own palette with them.

Naked 1 was the perfect neutral palette when it first came out. It had all the colours you would ever need to do numerous eye make-up looks.
It is full of 12 Bronze-Hued neutrals in a range of textures including Mattes, Satin, Shimmers and glitter eyeshadows.
With this palette you can go as neutral or smokey as you like with champagne to gunmetal shades.
From Naked 1 my most used eyeshadows are Virgin, Buck, Half-baked and Darkhorse. Definitely my go to bronze smokey eye.

Naked 2 contains another 12 shades but this time they are Taupe-Hued neutrals. Again with textures of Mattes, Shimmers and Glitter eyeshadows.
This palette is best for Neural looks, soft smokey eyes and more dramatic looks as it is not a shimmery than Naked 1.
My most used eyeshadows from this palette are Bootycall, Tease, Verve and Blackout.

Naked 3 contains another 12 BRAND NEW shades which are Rose-hued neutrals. Textures of this palette are Mattes, Pearls and Shimmering Metallics.
This palette is best for you ladies who want to experiment more with on-trend make-up looks.
It is not the easiest palette to mix and create tons of different looks as they are all pink shade with warm undertones. For people who have always wanted that pink eyeshadow that doesn't make your eyes look sore then you need this palette!
You can create soft romantic looks with these colours as well as making a more dramatic eye looks using the right side of the palette as this contains the more bronze to red shades.
My most used eyeshadows from Naked 3 are Dust, Burnout, Nooner and Blackheart (the amazing black with red glitter)

I hope this has helped you decide which palette is best for you or even just an understanding of each palette for your future make-up looks.

Sophie xxx

Make-up Trends Autumn/Winter 2013

My favourite time of the year for big trends, think after a while I start to get sick of my summer wardrobe as the fashion is 10x better in winter. I've always preferred my big coats over frilly dresses, but back to make-up everything goes more daring in the winter as your not always sweating your foundation off, haha - nice ay!

The big trends this season are;

Cat Eyes - All about the flicked liner. I suppose I constantly wear this look throughout the year anyway as it gives a great shape to anyone's eyes, but for this season you can go as thick, thin, long or short at anytime of day even bring in a bit of colour for a twist.

Copper Shadow - Well this would be the least of colours I would expect to hit the big trends as its a colour that can go all wrong if your don't get the correct shade, as it can make eyes look a little sore, but after trying it on myself I LOVED the overall look it gave as it was different to what I usually go for. Be daring and smudge it all around the eyes then you will be hot on trend!

Red/Purple/Wine Stained Lips - A bold Red or Wine lip looks great on anyone, its the colour of autumn, definitely my go too colour as winter approaches. Either use a matte lipstick or dab it on with your fingers to give a stained effect which is the way everyone did it on the catwalks.

Smudged Eyes - Black, Grey, Charcoal colours for this seasons 'smudged' trend are the colours to use. MAC went for the grungy/rebellious look which includes these colours but going for the messy look, so you people that aren't that into applying make up then this trend should be easy to achieve just don't worry about it looking perfect...Its not meant to!

To me all these colours and looks make me think of Autumn/Winter so I think everyones going to look great this year ;)
I will definetly be daring and creative this season, along with my upcoming photoshoots, keep updated on my blog to see all the new work that I have done.

What do you think of these trends?
Like? Dislike?

Sophie xxx