My New Favourite Eyeshadow Palette

Quite a bold claim to make, I know, but certainly in terms of travel makeup this little quad fits the bill nicely. I'd never tried any makeup from M&S before, it seemed to be quite expensive for what it actually was, so it had never tempted me before. But, with so many people raving about the Rosie for Autograph collection, it thought I'd take a look at least. This beauty, the "I Feel Like A Million Dollars" palette, caught my eye straight away, and I was really pleasantly surprised after swatching it. It was so pretty I had to have it, and I have to say the name is very apt.

My Favourite Neutral Single Eyeshadows

When it comes to eyeshadow, the majority of the time I stick to my palettes. It's so much handier to have an array of colours at my disposal for those days when I fancy doing something a bit more experimental, or I just no idea off hand of exactly which shades I want to use. However, when you're staying over somewhere, or going away, it can be much easier to go for the fuss free and space saving option of just chucking one single eyeshadow into your makeup bag, As I'm a big fan of the neutral eye look, I thought I'd share with you my favourite single neutral shades.

Urban Decay Alice Through The Looking Glass Palette

Usually I'm a lover of neutral eyeshadows - I'm completely obsessed with my Naked palettes, but having seen pictures of this online it had really caught my attention. I wanted to swatch before buying, as this was a slightly riskier purchase for me with it being a more adventurous shade range than I'm used to, but my naughty husband went and bought it for me anyway! I literally squealed with delight when I saw thing on the sofa when I got home from work (then promptly told him off for spending so much money!). So here's what I think of the palette so far, baring in mind of only had the palette for a few days!

Clarins The Essentials Eyeshadow Palette

I was well and truly spoilt this Christmas, and none more so than by my lovely friend Alison. I was so shocked and excited when I opened my presents on Christmas morning to discover that she'd given me The Clarins The Essentials eyeshadow palette. I'd seen a lot of posts about this palette in the run up to Christmas, and even had a little lust after it when I've walked past a Clarins counter, but I managed to hold off purchasing it - and it's a good job I did!

No7 Mini Eye Palette

You know me, I can't resist a new eyeshadow palette. I also can't resist shopping in the Boots 3 for 2 Christmas gifts, whether that be for myself or others! No7 have some really great gifts this year, and when I saw this little palette for just £10, I had to treat myself using some of my Boots points! Whilst they do also have a much larger palette for double the price, the colours didn't really appeal to me, whereas some of the shades in this mini version just called out autumn/winter to me.

Collection Eyes Uncovered Nude Bronze Palette

I remember when Collection was a relatively unknown brand, but since the blogging world fell in love with their Lasting Perfection concealer, it seems like they've really upped their game, and have launched some really good products recently. I still have a few on my wishlist, but one I did purchase quite a while ago now was their Eyes Uncovered Nude Bronze eyeshadow palette. A lot of people had compared these shadows to the likes of Urban Decay, so when they are a fraction of the price, of course I had to pick up one of the palettes to see if they really lived up to that hype.

Urban Decay Naked Smoky

So many people were excited about the launch of Urban Decay's latest Naked offering, whilst I spent rather a long time pondering whether it was something I actually wanted - perhaps to much pondering over just an eyeshadow palette! I decided I would have to go and swatch it before I could truly make up my mind, rather than making a rash online purchase. Of course as soon as I saw it in person I instantly fell in love and had to take one home with me!

Makeup Revolution Iconic Pro Palette

Makeup Revolution are the kings of high end dupes. Their Naked palette dupes have been huge successes, and when I saw that they'd released a dupe for the gorgeous Lorac Pro palette I had to get my hands on it. I'm a little late on the bandwagon, but I finally bought it earlier this month. The Lorac palette is not the easiest of things to get hold of here in the UK, so having a cheaper alternative available is great, as the original always looks stunning whenever I see it in blog posts or on YouTube.

MUA Elysium Palette

I hadn't bought anything from MUA in such a long time, but when recently browsing my local Superdrug, I spotted this gorgeous palette which screamed Naked 3 to me. Whilst it's not a complete dupe, some of the shades are very similar and this palette has more darker toned shadows in it, which I much prefer.

My Favourite Budget Eyeshadow Palettes

Whilst for me nothing will ever quite beat a good Urban Decay palette, there have been some really good alternatives cropping up on the high street recently which are really starting to rival them in terms of quality, and beat them hands down on price. It's making feeding my eyeshadow addiction that little bit cheaper! Here are some of my picks of the drugstore palettes.

NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow Palette

Oh my days, I am in love with this palette. I've wanted to try the NARS Dual Intensity eyeshadows since they launched. They looked so pretty wherever I saw them, but at £21 per shadow, I really couldn't justify making a purchase. I first saw images of this palette just before Christmas, and knew instantly that I wanted to buy it, so I waited with bated breath for it's UK release - which seemed like a lifetime by the way!

Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 Palette

Yep that's right, it's another Urban Decay palette! They've thrown so much at us recently and as you can tell it's been really hard to resist. I now have the entire Naked eyeshadow palette collection, which may be a little unnecessary, but they are all so stunning in their own way. I didn't think this palette would ever come to exist - they did the whole Naked Basics thing and I didn't really think there'd be anywhere to go with a second one, but I guess I was wrong!

Charlotte Tilbury Fallen Angel Palette

Oh my this palette is simply stunning. I spotted this on the Selfridges website around a month ago which I was looking for Christmas gift inspiration. The Fallen Angel palette has been launched as part of the Supermodel collection for Christmas 2014. Whilst the entire collection did look beautiful, £200 for the entire set was a little out of my budget, so I opted for the item that had me lusting after it the most and grabbed this palette.

L'Oreal La Palette Nude Rose

Yes ok, I've bought another eyeshadow palette. But, in a refreshing change from my usual palette purchases, this one doesn't come with a whopping big price tag, and is actually quite different to any other palette I own, so I feel like this one is totally justified! The drugstore seems to be catching up with the nude palette craze now, and this offering from L'Oreal is a real beauty.

Satin Taupe Versus....Satin Taupe!

I was flicking through one of the recent Avon brochures, when I noticed that one of their True Colour Eyeshadows was called Satin Taupe and looked very similar to one of my favourite eyeshadows, MAC's Satin Taupe. With MAC's single eyeshadows costing a whopping £10 each, I decided to order Avon's cheaper alternative, just £4, and compare the two. Have I found a good dupe?

Perfect For Autumn - Charlotte Tilbury Dolce Vita Palette

This little beauty has been sat patiently waiting in my drawer since I bought it back in July, but now it feels like autumn is finally upon us, I've decided to whip it out and keep it in my everyday makeup stash. This was my first delve into Charlotte Tilbury makeup, which I'd been dying to try ever since the launch and whilst I had a little play around with it when I first purchased the palette, the autumnal shades meant I wasn't going to get this best out of it until now.

My Favourite Neutral Eyeshadow Palettes

I'm a huge fan of the neutral eye look, I very rarely go for anything else on my eyes. I've also got a bit of an addiction to palettes, so as you can imagine my collection is pretty extensive - I have one big draw dedicated to my larger palettes and another for my quads and duos within my makeup storage system. Rather than do a massive post on all of my palettes, I thought I'd narrow it down to just some of my favourites, and today I'm sharing with you my top three neutrals.

Too Faced Natural Eyes Palette

Oh my, I think I may have found my new favourite eyeshadow palette! I don't own much Too Faced makeup, it's not really a brand I tend to gravitate towards, but this little palette caught my eye a couple of months ago. I first saw Fleur mention this as her new go-to palette and thought it look stunning and, after seeing so many more reviews crop up with beautiful swatches, I had to have it. I don't really like ordering makeup online - I always worry it will come smashed up or leaking - but I couldn't find this in stores anywhere, the stand was always empty! Luckily mine arrived in tact!

Completing My MAC Palette

I've had three empty spaces in my MAC eyeshadow palette, begging to be filled, for quite a while now. After much trawling through blogs and YouTube, and asking for your advice on Twitter, I ordered my final three shades last week and I am pleased to say my MAC palette is now complete! I don't even want to think about how much this palette is worth - building your own MAC palette is most definitely a very expensive thing to do, but all the shades are then tailored to your specific tastes (and let's face it, collecting them is fun!). The only problem is, I've seen so many other shades I want, I may have to start building another palette soon.

Makeup Revolution Romantic Smoked Palette

So here comes the first of my reviews from my pretty hefty Makeup Revolution haul. I've been trying the Romantic Smoked palette a few times since I bought it and have to say I am pretty impressed with this palette, considering it's only £4.