Naked Shimmer from Fashionista

I was excited to try out the Fashionista palette I put together so when I went out for my friends birthday last night I used it and this is what I came up with.. pretty samey for me but I thought I'd share my first "look" from the range. I used Nude Glimmer on the inner corner blended out to Berry Brown in the outer corner and crease and Black Out to define my lash line. First impressions on applying them.. the pigments pretty standard for drugstore shadows. They are very similar to the MUA Heaven and Earth palette so if you have that already I'd recommend you branch out into colour from the Fashionista line. I don't feel like I've added anything new to my collection here but they are nice to work with and these pictures were taken at 1am (after we got home) so I can definitely vouch for their staying power!

*Please don't scrutinize my eyebrows too much... I'm putting off tinting/plucking until I have time to film a how-to video*

For my original swatch post from this palette check this link

Have you tried any of these shadows yet? I am going to have to go back to get a colour quad so any recommendations are very welcome

Fashionista Shadow Swatches

 You may have seen my original post about this range but if not you can find it here

I was waiting to see it in one of my local stores rather than order online. There aren't that many posts online about this brand yet so I had no swatches to go by.. I needed to see for myself. First of all I want to mention the awesome deal that is a quad palette. When I first looked into it I saw that each shadow was £4 and the palette was £5 but what I didn't see was if you bought a full quad you paid only £12!!! Bargain!!!

I was always going to buy 4 and the palette but this was I saved £9! It's practically 5 for 3.

I don't know if this will be the permanent offer but just in case I intend to go back for more over the coming weeks. My first impressions are that much like W7 and MUA the shadows are hit and miss. The metallic/shimmery shades are best as you'd expect, there are some with glitter fall out that aren't so great but I can tell you the few matte shadows there are are pretty good. I didn't immediately need any of the blushers so I stuck to shadows this time but I swatched some and they seemed ok. You never really know til you try them out of course but I wouldn't rule them out in future. As usual I plumped for a neutral selection first. I would love to buy a few palettes and fill them with a range of colours but given that I've just left work I'm not in the ideal financial position to do that right now even at £12 a go.

 Clockwise - Nude Glimmer, Bella, Black Out, Berry Brown

L-R Nude Glimmer, Berry Brown, Black Out, Bella

Nude Glimmer and Bella come across as similar I know but Bella is really sheer and packed with fine glitter where are Nude Glimmer is a really dense, highly pigmented formula. Berry Brown is much the same and Black Out is a matte black. As with most brands the matte black is the most difficult shade of the bunch but I thought I'd give it a go, It's not the worst I've tried but it's nothing special. I will do a look with this palette soon.. I'm looking forward to layering Bella over some of my other shadows to give some extra sparkle.

Here's my Fashionista review video...

Have you tried anything from the Fashionista Brand yet?

Everything seemed good value for money size-wise so I will be trying more of it for sure

Fashionista Arrives at Superdrug

You may already have heard about the new Fashionista range that hit Superdrug this week. I'm not sure if it's available in stores yet or just online (nowhere near me has it yet that's for sure). If their site is anything to go by the range will be a comprehensive one but right now all that's launched are the custom palettes. Lucky for me that's what I was most interested in!

The palette itself retails at £5 and there are 49 eyeshadows and 12 blushers which fit in the palette each at just £4. You could create a seasonal blush palette, an eyeshadow quad or mix and match for travel. I LOVE customisable ANYTHING as you know so this is what really has me excited about the Fashionista brand. You may remember I posted about The Saturday's magnetic nail polish? Well that's part of this range too! I'm interested to see everything else they introduce and will be getting my hands on a palette as soon as they arrive in my local store.

For now you can buy it from Superdrug online here

Have you tried anything from this range yet?

*EDIT*

I've since bought a palette..

you can find my swatches and review here