Shu Uemura Haul

Finally, after a loooong wait (five week months are a total drag), I got paid, and was able to treat myself to a couple of bits... *makes mental note that Christmas is coming and she has to actually buy thing for other people, and so mustn't let the makeup haze take her...*

Spurred on by Cosmetic Candy's tweets about a "cat collection in shu uemura", which in turn triggered memories that BritishBeautyBlogger had mentioned this too a while ago... I decided a little trip to the Trafford Centre to investigate further was warranted. Unfortunately, my trip coincided with last years X-Factor losers runners up JLS, who were switching on the Christmas lights and throwing some shapes - long story short, parking was a mare and it was an even bigger mare to get home afterwards, but if they float your boat you can see how they "thrilled fans" here *MizzWorthy tries not to be all Bah Humbug about JLS, but makes mental note to check the events section of the Trafford Centre website next time*

Anyway, the end result, I picked up three things - 2 from the"cat collection", as well as an eyeshadow I liked the look of...

First up, the thing I wanted most of all - The Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Duo Colour Highlighter i "Stardust".
Yes people, this is a highlighting powder with a cat on it! Not just any cat though - a cute gold cat.... look - Its just peeping over the "wall" there... awwww.

Sorry to be a bit of an odd bod too, but I can't bring myself to swatch this baby just yet - I don't want to "spoil" it with my mucky paws, and ruin its perfection. Obviously though, I will soon. The cat bit is not just an overspray either - I checked that! Beeyootiful packaging too. It cost an eyewatering £35, but I LOVE IT!

From the same collection, I also picked up a Rouge Unlimited Lipstick in the shade "Jupiter Brown", which has similar cute and adorable packaging. There is also a pink shade in the collection, but I didn't really think i would work with my skintone, so I plumped for this one...

As you can see, its a really warm peachy brown, and it appllies very sheerly, and on me this works well as a nude colour with a bit of punch - proper nudes make me look like one of the undead, but this, I like... Here it is on the lips;

There are some very lovely palettes too in the collection, but I felt a lot of it was dupable and exercised a rare restraint. I can never resist their eye shadows though - they are very very good indeed in my opinion. Very blendable, creamy consistancy, and some lovely colours too...

I picked up the shade ME Orange 250. Here is a picture of it, with a swatch thrown in for good luck...

I really like the formulation of the Shu lippies actually - they are light and sheer, but that makes them more wearable - I am going to look next time for a sheer wearable red that doesn't make me look like a serial killer next I think.... Any hints from ladies in the know would be much appreciated...

MizzWorthy xxx

London Haulage!!! Shu Uemara, Mac Pro etc!

Hi everyone,

So its finally time to share the goods, and show you the things I got from lovely London - this lot of course doesn't include all the lovely goodies the Body Shop gave us! Obviously I don't often get the chance to go to London (this was only the second time I've ever managed to go!), so I was determined to take full advantage of the possibilities! I must say thanks too to the lovely Jasmine ( http://oxfordjasmine.blogspot.com/ ) for meeting up with me and showing me the shops etc!

First stop was Shu Uemura - I was absolutely thrilled to go, and to be honest I wish I'd bought a few more things now - I don't really have access to this brand where I live, so I should have taken more advantage of the opportunity - I'm really really pleased with what I did get though!

I bought a gorgeous blue eye shadow, which has a lovely metallic silver-aqua undertone. It called "me blue 600", I also got a lovely orange shimmery "glow on blush", in the shade "P Orange 53". This photo is for some reason making the blush look really dark, and it's homestly not!



I've also swatched the colours - I had to swatch the blusher fairly heavily by the way - it comes out very sheer on the cheek when applied with a brush by the way - I just wanted to show you the colour!



Next up I went to "B Never too Busy to B Beautiful", which is the cosmetics branch of the "Lush" company - as you would expect, the company prides itself on its anti-animal-cruelty stance, and all it's products are vegan - they also have an online shop too...

I only picked up a couple of things here as I didn't really have a lot of time to browse - I bought a lipstick and a cream eye colour...



The cream colour is a really unusual shade - green and orange mixed together if that makes any sense! I thought this might make a nice base for greens and oranges etc, and I also thought it would look good with "club" shadow from MAC which I already own...

Next up, we took a little trip to the MAC store in Covent garden, which is a non-pro store (Pro goodies coming up!), and I picked up a few bits from the sugarsweet and colour ready collections, as well as MACs clean up sticks which are really really hand little cotton buds all prepped with makeup remover and individually wrapped, perfect for sweeping away mistakes! I also picked up the new prep and prime powder, and Lipsticks in "lollipop lovin", "bubbles" and "show orchid". I've wanted show orchid for ages, but it was a pro product til this collection came out.



I'm not sure about the prep and prime powder yet - to be honest I find it a little bit gritty, and I haven't noticed any magical reduction in lines etc when I use it...

After the Body Shop event, we all tracked up the road to the MAC Pro store...

I only ended up picking up a couple of things at MAC pro - I'm really annoyed with myself though, cos I forgot to buy mixing medium, which I really want - I might make a phone order for them in the end, as I'm unlikely to be back in London anytime soon lol!

I picked up some invisible setting powder, which I really like - it keeps foundation put and doesn't dull it down. I'm so pleased with it, and the tub is really big too so should last me for ages! I also got a paintpot in "Delft", a blue colour I've liked for ages - that shu uemura shadow gave me the excuse to finally get it, as I thought this would make a perfect base for that shade, and I also picked up another lipstick in "Violetta" a pro shade I've been eyeing up for a while on the pro website...


The photo makes violetta look really really dark, but it actually isn't. It sounds just like it's name too - a true violet purple shade as you can see in the swatch below...


Final MAC purchase of the day was "Gorgeous Gold" in pan form for my quad palette - I'm not sure what colours I'll be teaming with this, but I fell in love with it as it it seems to have a lovely lime green tone to it...



I also wanted to show you a little something non London related but forgot to show you all - Bobbi Brown's Brights Palette..

This is a limited edition palette for spring/summer 2009. I have never bought anything from Bobbi Brown before, but I was impressed with the look of this - I love bright shade and this looked like it had a great range of colours in it. And that is true, but I have to say, the actual size of the shadows is very small - I'm talking smaller then a 5p coin here... The colours are amazing, with great range of shade, they are well pigmented and easy to blend. I do like the palette, but I suppose for a few pence short of £50 I'd hoped for larger sized shadows... It's perfect for travel though, and I'm glad I have the range of colours to play with... Does anyone else have this? What do you all think?

So there you go... London called and I hauled!

Hope you enjoyed

Love

MizzWorthy xxx