Sleek Storm Palette review

This product has been reviewed many times on the blogging communities (and is the main reason I decided to buy this palette) but there are some people who will not have bought this so I thought I'd do a review.

Firstly, the only palette that looks any good is the Storm palette because I really don't like bright colours. I like very neutral/natural colours so I like the colour choice of the palette.



SLEEK DIVINE EYESHADOW PALETTE IN STORM

Cost: £5.00.

Weight: 12 eyeshadows = 1.1g each.

Size: roughly 14x7.5cm.

Packaging quality (/10): 7.

"crumbliness" (/10 - 1=very crumbly, 10-not crumbly): 4.

Good Points: Big mirror inside, sponge wand inside, price, colours are nicley pigmented.

Bad Points: Very crumbly, especcialy the matte black eyeshadow, which is not good when you have a cream carpet. Because of the crumbliness of the product I can not use it as a mirror in my hanbdbag because it will probably crumble EVEN more. However my aunt also has this palette and she said hers didn't crumble - maybe I got the bad one? After a while some colours gather in the crease line of my eye, but that may be due to not using eye primer, but foundation instead.

Would I re-purchase? I don't know yet, probably. For the price and the pigmentation of the colours it's very good but areas my carpet are ruined because of this :S

Swatches They are in the same order as the colours in the palette. I took 2 pictures to give you an idea in different lighting





Looks created with the palette (Click for a larger image) - sorry for my incredibly short eyelashes I hate them :'(

Avon Planet Spa African Shea Foot And Elbow Cream

I have used this cream for ages but decided to review it as I have got a new hand cream and thought I could review and compare the two. I haven't used the new one (Palmers cocoa butter formula) yet so I'll compare them when I get round to using it. That probably wont be for a long time because I want to use it for a few weeks before I tell you my opinion, plus I have to let my hands get dry again :P

Onto the review...



AVON PLANET SPA AFRICAN SHEA FOOT AND ELBOW CREAM

Cost: (don't know - I didn't buy it) no more the £5.00.

Weight: 75ml.

Packaging quality (/10): 4.

Good Points: I know it's for foot and elbows but I use it for hands last thing at night because it is very thick. However it is absolutley brilliant after about a week of using it on dry hands every day. It also softens my cuticules as well.

Bad Points: When I wake up in the morning my hands are still a little bit greasy but it's not too bad. I can't use it in the morning because, although the smell is quite nice - it isn't to anyone else you meet in the day. I didn't give it good marks for packaging because once you have put the cram on your hands you have to screw on the lid again, which is annoying. The mixture is quite thick, thicker than suncream so takes a while to soak in.

Would I re-purchase? Definatley but I might have to transfer the butter into a new container that has a push down nozzle.

E.L.F Studio Line Blush review

Left to right: Candid coral, Tickled Pink

I bought these 2 items a few days ago along with a concealer which I will review soon. This is the packaging they came in. It's just a regular brown box and nothing was damaged when I looked inside.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Customer service wasn't impressive but I can't really judge how they deal with problems because I didn't have any problems with the order. I choose the standard delivery and it arrived 2 days after I got an email saying it had been shipped, which I was very happy about as I hate waiting for something I've ordered.


E.L.F STUDIO LINE BLUSH IN TICKLED PINK

Cost: £3.50.

Weight: 2.75g.

Size: 7x6cm.

Packaging quality (/10): 8.

Good Points: No particular smell, small mirror inside but I would have preffered it to have covered the whole of the lid, the packaging is very similar to NARS blush and is the main reason I was attracted to buying this product, excellent value for money compared to other brands.

Bad Points: A little dusty when I put the brush in, not my favourite colour.

Would I re-purchase? No, but only because I don't like the colour as much as the other one and I'd like to try other colours out from the range


E.L.F STUDIO LINE BLUSH IN CANDID CORAL

Cost: £3.50.

Weight: 2.75g.

Size: 7x6cm.

Packaging quality (/10): 8.

Good Points: No particular smell, small mirror inside but I would have preffered it to have covered the whole of the lid, the packaging is very similar to NARS blush and is the main reason I was attracted to buying this product, excellent value for money compared to other brands, the colour is absolutley gorgeous.

Bad Points: A little dusty when I put the brush in.

Would I re-purchase? Definatley

Left to right: Candid coral, Tickled pink

Overall: I think these blushers are great, mainly because I like the packaging and that they are small and so easy to transport. I love the colour of Candid coral and will definatley re-purchase this item and I may try the other colours as well. Also, for just £3.50 it is definatley worth it.