THOUGHTS & FEELS: JACLYN HILL FAVORITES PALETTE + SWATCHES

I'm trying reeally hard not to freak out over this palette because it's just eye shadow. But oh my god I'm practically vibrating with excitement.

Jaclyn Hill collaborated with Morphe Brushes and created this beautiful palette of 28 warm eye shadows. I love warm-toned eyeshadows so this is right up my street! This palette is limited edition and I know it is being restocked this month (February 2015) because of hiccups with the initial release, though I'm not sure of the exact date. The shadows in this palette are available individually and they are identified numerically instead of by name, which is what all the numbers on the picture below mean. So if you want to avoid all the stress of trying to order a limited edition palette that is really, insanely popular, or if some of the shades in the palette aren't appealing to you than you can head over to Morphe Brushes (link) and pick and choose what you like. You will need to buy a Z Palette or a Mac Pro refill palette or something like that to store your shadows in if you choose to buy them individually as they are sold in the refill pan form.

On with the swatches!

(L-R)
19, 71, 48, 53, 38, 59, 11

(L-R)
74, 24, 61, 15, 16, 68, 33

(L-R)
66, 47, 20, 63, 62, 13, 67

(L-R)
75, 14, 64, 76, 6, 54, 4

Everything you've heard about this palette is true. These eye shadows are incredible. They're wonderfully soft, the pigmentation is insane, they blend so well together and with other eye shadows. and they look amazing on the eye. I was worried that Morphe may have sent the Youtubers the good stuff to get us all to buy this palette and then would have sold us duds, but this palette is honestly amazing. There's a mixture of shimmer, satin and matte finishes and trust me when I say the matte shades are to die for. The only shade that doesn't rock my boat is 56, because it's just not as pigmented or as soft of texture as the other shades. It's still good but it's not as great. As for the actual plastic palette itself, it does feel a bit flimsy but nothing that I'm too concerned with, I'll just have to be careful if I choose to travel with it.

Morphe Brushes is an American brand and I did have to get this shipped from California, which wasn't cheap or very fast but it did come very well packaged. A huge brown box was delivered and the box that the palette comes in was nestled in between packing stuffing. The box that the palette comes in was then wrapped in bubble wrap and inside that box the palette itself was also wrapped in bubble wrap. I'm not sure if this is protocol or just because the item was being shipped over seas they took extra precautions but I was really impressed with how well packaged the palette was. 

Morphe Brushes Jaclyn Hill Favorites Palette - $27.99 (about £18) plus shipping.
Pros: Amazing quality, good range of colours, arrived well packaged, the price.
Cons: Shipping is a little expensive and it's not available domestically in the UK.


This was a really long post but I hope it was informative!
Thanks for reading, xo.

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BLOGMAS | DAY 12: HOW DO PEOPLE DAILY BLOG/VLOG?!

So I didn't blog yesterday, mostly because I didn't feel like it. Daily blogging is exhausting. I have so much new-found respect for people who write and publish a blog post every single day, and for those who film, edit and publish a video every single day. It's different if you schedule your posts or videos so you can spend a whole day, for example, taking photos and writing up 7 blog posts, and then schedule them to be published over the month. But for those who publish daily content, every single day, you are marvellous. My thumbnail today is highlighting that I'm not keeping up with my advent calendar, either. I haven't opened the windows from the 10th or 11th either. Oops.

This is verging on not even being a blog post. I hate it when bloggers who "blog daily" publish a post that's like "it snowed today, here's a picture, thanks for reading!". That's not a blog post, that's an Instagram post on the wrong platform. So I'll try and add something interesting for the sake of my own pet peeves.

Erm..

Oh I know!

I spend a lot of time, probably too much time, watching Youtube videos and wishing I wasn't such a lazy coward and could make Youtube videos myself. I watch so many different people, who showcase everything from Minecraft videos to Makeup tutorials. So, here's a few of my favourite Youtubers, in no particular order.

1. SHEP689

The sweetest and funniest gay couple ever who daily vlog. I've been subscribed to them for over 2 years and they're great. They have the cutest dog called Dobby and aery8wofiuwuadhgfgh relationship goals.

2. JACLYN HILL

If ya don't know who Jaclyn Hill is, get out from whatever rock you've been living under. She's an incredible and hilarious MUA from Florida. I wished she uploaded more because her content is amazing. Did I mention she's stunning? There's literally no need.

3. JARMAINE/JLOVESMAC1

Jarmaine is a beauty guru and I wasn't going to include her because I don't watch her videos that often, but I just watched her latest video and she's bloody hilarious. 

4. FUNGBROSCOMEDY

David and Andrew Fung are Chinese-American brothers who make videos about what it means to be Asian including the most delicious food you have ever seen in your life. I subscribed for the food; I want it all.

5. PATRICIA BRIGHT

Patricia is a beautiful and hilarious beauty blogger from London. She's so pretty and her videos are so informative and she's based in Britain so she often talks about and uses products that are available in the UK. Yay for that!!!!!

Okay before this list gets suuuper long, I'm going to stop. In fact, I may publish a series of blog posts detailing all of my favourite Youtubers, and organise them buy category. Maybe.

Anyway I'm out, PEACE.

Thanks for reading, xo.

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