Review: YBF Yellow Neutralizing Powder

The YBF Yellow Neutralizing Powder retails for £18.30 from QVC. It claims to help tone down redness as well as cover up imperfections and set foundation.

I have a bit of redness in my cheeks and the only thing that seems to cover it is foundation. However, to be honest I don't really like wearing a full face of make up everyday. I do for school just because it gives me a bit more confidence but on the weekends I normally just go without make-up except for some concealer and mascara. I thought that this would be my holy grail product and that I would have finally found something that I could use daily to help calm down my redness and maybe even replace my foundation. Unfortunately it didn't really do that. I do use this product on a daily basis to set my make-up. However, for me this just is not worth the money. I didn't pay the RRP for it as I got it as part of a set but I wouldn't really recommend this except to set make-up.

Review: Sleek Palette Storm

The Sleek palettes cost £4.99 from Superdrug, inside the palette there are 12 eyeshadows. There are a selection of 4 palettes overall but I only have the Storm palette as I think that the colours inside are quite universal.

These eyeshadows don't budge I can where them all day and unlike a lot of other cheaper eyeshadows I am not left with glitter around the lower lash-line. These colours can also be great as eyeliners if you use an angled brush and dip it in a tiny bit of water. As for colours, personally I think that the selection of 4 palettes contain a great variety of colour. A good example of this is the Acid palette as the colours inside this palette are actually neon colours. However, if you are going to use this palette I would say that you need to use some sort of primer or concealer on the lids as these eyeshadows can be quite hard to remove and you don't really want to wake up with bright green eyelids. As for pigmentation it is great, I think that this is because the Sleek range seems very much geared towards darker skin tones and I can definitely see these colours showing up on any skin tone and staying true.

The packaging for me is very similar to high end brands such as Nars. This is because they do come packaged in a plastic tray. They are very sturdy and look much more expensive then they actually are. The mirror above the colour is as big as the actual palette itself. The only down-side to this palette is that it only comes with a double ended sponge tip applicator and with this amount of colour I definitely need more than just two applicators.