Ebay Palette Review - 88 Warm Palette

I’ve seen so many of these palettes floating around on blogs and Youtube but never took the plunge in buying one. I know they are really cheap but I had low expectations of them with their extremely low price. After much deliberation I decided to take the plunge and buy one from Ebay. I purchased it from a UK seller so it would get to me quickly and that it certainly did. I ordered Wednesday night and it arrived on the Friday. 

Unfortunately as the shadows are quite delicate and Royal Mail aren’t a few of the shadows smashed. I’m not too fussed though as there are loads to choose from and a couple shadows are quite similar so I don’t feel too bad about this. 

The palette cost me a whopping £6.25 and that included delivery. This to me is absolute madness, madness I tell you!  This works out at just over 7p per shadow. I don’t even know how this is possible.

The first thing I have to say is that I am in love with this palette. It really is truly amazing and I will be buying the others they have also, they do some brights and shimmers etc and I will be getting all of them. 

I’ve done some swatches below for you, you can see how pigmented these are, they are really soft so there is quite a bit of fallout but for 7p an eyeshadow can you complain? 

  These are just a couple I chose at random, look at that black! I find it really difficult to find a really good matt black from any brand including high end brands and this one is so good, it really is incredibly black. The other colours are beautiful too, there is a good mix of matt and shimmers. There is also plenty of highlight colours, browns, taupes and a few really nice colours thrown in. There are so many looks you can do with this palette. I have been using it for a very neutral base but quite a strong crease colour and it blends perfectly, dare I even say better than my Urban Decay which has recently been neglected due to me finding a lot more affordable brands that I find better quality. Yes, I know this may be considering swearing in the make up world but in my opinion its true :-) 

You can find these palettes all over Ebay, if you type in 88 palette or 120 palette it will bring up lots of results for these.

What do you think of these palettes? Are you sceptical at the price or do you actually own one? I would love to know your thoughts!

Topshop Secret Admirer Lipstick

This little beauty came into my life the same time as the eyeshadow palette and I fell in love with it as soon as I put it on my lips.When I first saw it I didn't think it was going to look good on me as dark colours usually suit me better and I tend to avoid pinks at all cost as they usually just make me look quite ill. Not this little stick of loveliness. They retail for £8 and can be purchased from Topshop online or in some stores.

 Again I think the packaging is so cute on these lipsticks and they feel nice and sturdy and well worth the £8 price tag.

The lipstick itself is so creamy and goes onto your lips really nicely, its not drying at all and doesn't cling to any dry bits on your lips which just looks awful. I would definitely say that these compare to my Mac lipsticks in terms of quality, the only reason Mac comes out on top is because they have such a vast range of colours.

 I would recommend giving these lipsticks a go, I don't have anything negative to say about the actual product and I think this colour would look nice on most skin tones.

Topshop Constellation Eye Palette

I've never really got into the whole Topshop make up range. I've had one or two items but never been overly impressed with them. I recently got the Constellation Palette that they do and I have to say I'm rather impressed. It retails for £12 and can be found here on their website. Its a really nice smokey eye kit and would be great for Christmas.

Here is the palette, I love the packaging. Its really sturdy and feels like it would hold up if you popped it in your hand bag. It includes a mirror and an applicator.

Here is what it says on the back of the packaging.

The palette includes a very glittery black, a dark  glittery silver, a shimmery pink and shimmery light silver. As you can see the palette doesn't include any matt shades but who doesn't want a bit of glitter at Christmas? 

Now, it isn't the most pigmented of palettes, the swatches below took quite a bit of building up to get the colours as close to the pan as possible. The only shade that didn't quite get there was the black but I don't think that is really an issue if you are wanting to do a subtle smokey eye. All the other colours are lovely and really soft to work with and they don't create a lot of fallout which is really good, I hate having little speckles of shadow on my cheeks.

I think this is a really good palette, the packaging is cute, the colours are nice and do blend nicely and the price is not too bad. However I do think there are other products on the market that are as good or better than this palette for less money. 2  that spring to mind are the MUA Pro Glamour Nights Eyeshadow Palette 
This is only £4 and has 12 shades, definitely good value for money as these shadows are so pigmented, although I would recommend a good primer with them, the second palette is the Sleek Bad Girl Palette 
This retails for around £7.99 and again has 12 very pigmented shades, there is also the storm palette which would be a good alternative that retails for the same price. I love Sleek palettes and reach for my Au Naturel palette alot more than I do my Urban Decay Naked 2.

Have you tried any of the Topshop make up range yet?

My top 5 products

So onto my top 5 products, this was a difficult one but these are the ones I decided came out above all the rest. They are in no particular order as I love them all equally.

 

I chose this palette because quite frankly I'm sick of wearing nude shadows on my eyes, since the day I purchased my Naked 2 palette the only eye looks I did was a nude and it was just boring. I bought this to change things up a bit and I'm so glad I did.

 

The palette includes 6 colours and retails for £31.50, you can find them here on the Boots website.

The colours in the palette are

Bliss - Matte beige

Putty - Taupe

Blacktop - Black with glitter

Mist -A shimmery very pale lilac

Royal - Dark matte purple

Nocturnal - Royal blue with glitter

I was a little disappointed at first as I felt that they weren't incredibly pigmented for the price. However the shadows are very blendable and easy to build up and the colours complement each other very well and make it really easy to achieve a smokey eye. On the back of the palette you can also peel back the label to find instructions on how to create a smokey eye which I think is a great idea if you are a beginner or just want a bit of help.

 

This is a fairly new addition to my collection but it has gone straight up there to my favourite foundation ever, this is the Max Factor Xperience Foundation. I usually wear Lancome on bad skin days and Yves Saint Laurent on good skin days but this is now my all round foundation. It offers excellent coverage without looking like I have piled on the make up and I don't find the need to powder at all with this. The colour match is also perfect for my skin. Max Factor say:

Love a full coverage but hate that heavy foundation feel? 

Well treat your skin to a new Xperience. 

Weightless to the touch and flawless to the finish it's what your skins been waiting for

The cost of this foundation is £9.99 and can be found at Boots here. Its almost a third of the cost of my usual foundation so I am really happy to have found this little gem.

 

I don't have a lot to say about this product other than it does what it claims to do. It really does make my pores to appear reduced. I have large pores on my nose and cheeks which I am quite conscious about but this product is a little miracle in a tube. You smooth a small amount over your make up and they disappear. I have no idea how this product works all I know is it does. I'll definitely be repurchasing this product over and over.

 This can be purchased at Boots here for £18.00. If you have enlarged pores I would definitely recommend giving this a try.

I've only recently purchased this at my local CCO for the bargainous price of £9.25. I am absolutely in LOVE with this lipstick. I usually go for the my lips but better shades of lipsticks and never really branch out into the brighter shades but this is amazing and really brightens up my face. 

This swatch does this lipstick no justice as its just a stunning shade and I think it would suit most skintones. 

Finally I have chosen Mac Breath  Of Plum blush, this is the perfect blush for me for autumn/winter. Its blends really well. I can be a little heavy handed with blusher sometimes and have to spend a while trying to tone it down but this can be built up from very sheer to more dramatic if required.

 

 

 This blush is £17.50 and can be purchased from Mac here.

So here is my top 5, as I said it was extremely difficult and I do have a lot of other products that come incredibly close to these but these just pip them to the post ever so slightly. Are any of your favourites featured in mine? I'd love to hear your comments.