IMATS London 2018

It's that time of year again when IMATS comes to London. The International Makeup Artist Trade Show tours in various locations around the world every year. One of these places is London and is held at Olympia. I went to the show last weekend, and as usual enjoyed every moment.

The show is a great way to see various makeup talent and has different demos from body painting to beauty makeup. It's also a good way to pick up some good bargains from various brands that have different discounts on.

I went on the Saturday. Sunday tickets are available, as well as full weekend ones. I find that Saturday is the best day out of the two to go. I enjoyed looking at all of the different demos and items for sale. 

I did a lot of shopping and actually left with bags full of goodies. Here is what I bought.

Royal Langnickel Brush Set

MAC Blot Powder

Melanie Mills Gleam On The Glow

Urban Decay Setting Spray, Primer Potion, Lipsticks

Inglot Eyeshadows

Glitter

Mehron Brush Cleaner, Paints

Nanshy Brush Holder And Brush Set

Da Vinci Brushes

Revolution Pro Eyeshadows And Brow Pomade

Ben Nye Blusher Palette And Pressed Colour Palette

NARS Eyeliner

I recommend IMATS as a must have visit for anyone interested in makeup. If going, make sure you are wearing comfy shoes as you will be on your feet for most of the day. Cash is King!! While many stands took cards, quite a few were cash only. So make sure you take plenty of cash with you too.

I really enjoyed IMATS this year and look forward to the next one.

Dior Cool Down Eyeshadow

For anyone who loves bright colors, especially for summer, the Dior Cool Down 5 color eyeshadow palette is a must. I saw it a few weeks ago when I was shopping and had to get myself one. The palette is from Dior's Cool Wave summer collection and features 5 colors in blue shades.

When I saw this palette I knew I had to get it as these are the sorts of colors I love to wear. They can be worn individually or as I like to wear them - altogether. I used the palest color as a base and applied the turquoise shade into the crease and blended up. I then put the bright blue all over the lid and the dark blue into the outer corner. The grey color I put into the inner corners of the eyes.

Every color was very pigmented and went on the eyes nice and smooth. Once on they stayed on all day without creasing or fading.

NARS NARSissist Wanted Cheek Palette 2

I do love a good blusher and cheek palette and noticed that NARS have released two new palettes called Wanted. They come in two different shades, one lighter and one darker. I decided to go for the darker one out of the two called Wanted 2. The palette features coral, red and deep raspberry tones. I do love blushers that really stand out so when I saw this one I noticed it was right up my street. 

In this palette are the colors - PYT (Metallic Rose), Ambition (Satin Tangerine), Taos (Soft Red With Golden Sheen), Exposed (Matte Dusky Rose), Penthouse (Matte Raspberry) and Queen (Matte Ruby). All colors are limited edition apart from Taos which can be bought as a color on it's own.

The colors in this palette are extremely pigmented which means you don't have to use a lot to get the color to show up. The best way to use the colors is to gently pat your brush into the color as a small amount really does go a long way.

All colors look great on the face and the shimmery colors give a nice glow. The matte colors looked great too and didn't feel at all drying and stayed on all day without fading.

Even though this is the darker palette out of the two new ones, the colors looked great on my face and weren't too dark for my skin tone either.

Exposed

Penthouse

Queen

Taos

Ambition

Too Faced White Peach Palette

A while ago I saw that Too Faced had brought out another Peach palette and was told that in the UK, the store in Carnaby Street in London would have it. It's the latest addition to the Peach range and is called White Peach. It's very similar to the Just Peachy Mattes palette, but has more cool tones in it. Out of the two I prefer White Peach as I'm a big fan of those cooler tones. 

The palette features 12 shades in a mix of mattes, shimmers and glitters in champagnes, soft pinks, plums and peaches. It also has the most amazing scent of peach in it too as it is infused with refreshing peach and sweet fig milk.

The pigments in the colors are amazing and really stand out. I didn't have to use a lot of color to get the colors to show up either. Blending was like a dream and I was able to create a few different looks with the colors in this palette. Once on, they stayed on all day without creasing or fading.

Here are some of the looks I created with White Peach. 

Peach Cream, Peach Ice, Creme De La Peach, Peach Sorbet, On The Grill

Peach Smoothie, Sweet Fig, Fuzzy, Peach Icem Peach Passion

With so many fantastic colors to choose from it can be hard picking a favorite. Out of all of them my favorites had to be Peach Passion, On The Grill, Peach Ice, Sweet Fig, Peach Smoothie and Peach Sorbet.

MAC Nico Panda

Back in March I was shopping at MAC and noticed this awesome limited edition collection in the most amazing packaging called Nico Panda. Not only did it look amazing but the colors were right up my street. In the collection were products like lipstick, lashes, lip glass, face kits and a brush set. I decided to grab myself two items - a lipstick and a face kit.

The lipstick I got was called Kawaii Party and is a matte lavender. The panda packaging looks super cute too, I just love MAC limited edition packaging. Pigment wise this color has plenty and glides on the lips nice and smooth. It may be a matte but it doesn't feel at all drying either and felt nice and comfortable on my lips all day.

I thought the face kits looked fantastic so I got myself one in the color Preppy Panda. The face kit features 4 eyeshadows in - lilac, purple, dark purple and mint. The blusher is this awesome shimmer pink color. As for pigment the blusher seemed to have a good amount in it and built up on my cheeks nicely. The shimmer wasn't too much either and gave a nice sort of glow to my face. 

I just loved the colors in the eyeshadows too and my favorite way to wear them was all blended together. I first applied the mint up into the crease and blended up. I then put the lilac all over the eyelid along with a bit of the purple. I then blended the dark purple into the outer corner to create a unique look. I did think the mint could have done with more pigment in it.