Packing

I recently went away for about 5 days and I was quite shocked to see how much makeup I had to pack. When I got back, I realized that I had actually used most of what I had took.

My friend then asked me what if I could choose one thing to take with me, what would I choose? I couldn't decide on one thing and I am now torn between red lipstick and concealer!

What make up item can you not live without?

Urban Decay comes to South Africa!

A few weeks ago, I did a post on Urban Decay and how I wished it was sold in South Africa (read my post here). I recently received an email from Ruby Box telling me that if you are a VIP Insider on their site, you can now order selected  Urban Decay products through them!

What is Ruby Box?

Ruby Box is a monthly subscription box that allows you to test various beauty and skincare products for R119 a month. They send you samples, tools and sometimes full size products. They also have an online store where you can purchase products and review them.

To become a VIP insider though, there are certain requirements.

Currently they only have two Urban Decay products for sale, but I am hoping that they add more to their store soon! I am very interested in the Primer Potions though.

I hope everyone has had a good weekend. Mine consisted of studying and eating. The joys of student life :)

Visit the Ruby Box site (here) to view their previous subscription boxes and to view their online store.

Urban Decay Naked 2

After a little break from blogging, I am back! So I will get right into it. I mentioned in a previous blogpost that I received the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette as a gift. I decided to do a review on it today but very soon I will have a post up on the different between the real and the fake palette. The palette comes with 12 neutral eyeshadows which are a mixture of matte and shimmer, a double ended eyeshadow brush and quite a large mirror in the lid.

The eyeshadows are incredibly pigmented and I found that they lasted all day. Some of the colors seemed very similar to me but once you play around with them, you find out exactly what works better in the crease and what works best on your eyelid.

My favorite shades are definitely Half Baked and Chopper. They work so well together and Chopper reminds me a lot of rose gold. Snake Bite and Busted are also winners for me because they are very neutral and seem to work with a lot of my neutral makeup looks. Another color that deserves a mention is Foxy. I have never been a person that applies eyeshadow underneath their brow but Foxy works so well for me. 

I hope everyone had a good week and has an even better weekend.

My new favorite palette

I honestly could not think of a title for this post. I am extremely excited as I type this and I hope you will be too. I recently received the Naked 2 palette as a gift and the person who bought it for me actually bought a fake palette at first. After realizing that it was fake, the original palette was purchased.

Packaging wise, you can definitely see what is real and what is fake. The real Naked 2 palette comes with the mini lipgloss and is packaged in a clear box.

Can you tell which is the real palette and which is the fake? After I took it out of the packaging, I was so confused.

Would you be interested in a post where I compare the two?

Brands I wish were sold in South Africa- Urban Decay

I loved doing last weeks post on Nars so I thought I would make this a weekly post on my blog. If you follow any beauty blogs that are not South African, you will hear them rave about the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. It seems to be the must have item in your makeup kit. I have some other items that I would love from the brand.

The Naked 2 palette is obviously the item I want the most from Urban Decay. It reminds me a lot of the Stila in the light palette (review here) but with a few more colors which I could wear during the day and night. It also comes with a brush and a mini lipgloss. Naked Flushed is also very appealing to me because I love contouring and highlighting. The bronzer in the set seems quite light for my skin tone though.
Have you tried anything from Urban Decay? Would you like to try?