Best Summer Highlights Review and Swatches

The Best Highlighters 
(Highstreet and High-end)

This year highlighting and contouring has become the biggest make-up trend to happen. Whilst I am a strong fan of contouring I prefer to pack on the highlight as I am so pale its just easier for me than to spend hours blending in contour. This blog post shows some of my favourite highlights I love.

Mineralize Skinfinish
Mac's Mineralize Skinfinish in the shade 'Soft and Gentle' is quickly becoming a cult classic for highlighters. At £24 it is quite expensive however you get a large amount of product and it will not be running out any time soon. This shade is a golden champagne colour and only a tiny amount is needed to give bright dewy skin.

Laura Mercier Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
 'Guilded Honey' highlighter from Laura Mercier is one of those products that I have heard about from every blogger and youtuber so when I was bought it I was so excited to see if it could live up to the hype. It is. The highlight gives off a stunning gold with reflective glitter thats leaves such a bright sheen onto the cheekbone and works so well for nights out when I have full make-up on. The only downside to this highlight is the price, at £21.00 it is very much on the pricey side for a highlight.

Soft&Gentle, Guilded Honey and Barekissed with flash.

Sleek MakeUP Barekissed Illuminator
Sleek's Barekissed Illuminator is the only liquid highlighter I own. After a few attempts of putting this on without smearing off any foundation and other products underneath I have found a way to apply this by gently patting it onto the skin with my little finger. The shade 'Monaco' is perfect for us extremely pale people as it is completely silver/ pink and cool toned, but still stands out and leaves a great shine.

Golden Lights, Peach Lights and Pink Lights.

Makeup Revolution Highlighter Palette
First of all this palette is £8 for three full size highlights! This palette contains Makeup Revolution's most popular highlight shades: 'Peach Lights, Pink Lights and Golden Lights'.  The shades are very different from a peach, to a silvery pink and a gold, so there is a highlight for each possible occasion and makeup look. I always go to grab this palette and particularly love the shade Peach Lights and the shade Pink Lights works perfectly with subtle pink eye makeup for a whole pink look.

Golden Lights, Peach Lights and Pink Lights with flash.

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Kylie Lip Kit: Posie K Review and Swatches

Unless you've been away from the internet for the past six months you will have heard about Kylie Jenner's Lip Kits.With new shades and effects being added and all items constantly selling out I waited until I had seen reviews on these Lip Kits before investing. I bought the shade 'Posie K', a dark pink shade.

Shipping

I ordered my Lip Kit on the 6th June and it arrived on my door on the 15th June. A week isn't bad in my book for something to come all the way from the US. Shipping to the UK cost $14.95, which is around £10.50. My order wasn't called in to pay any customs luckily but I know that other people have had to pay more money for theirs.

First Impressions

Firstly, the lipstick has an amazing scent almost like a vanilla cupcake. It smells as though it could actually be eaten.
The second thing I noticed was how true to colour the product is along with the packaging, it's a dark yet bright pink that drys into a matte finish.
The packaging is also so chic and looks so pretty just to have on show.

Wearing The Lip Kit
Honestly, this lipliner might just be one of the best lipliners ever. It's so creamy and applies so well to the lips without smudging or the colour wearing off. This lipliner could be used just on its own to create a lip look without the layering of the slightly brighter liquid lipstick.
The lipstick also applies very well and the applicator allows it to be applied easily. The lipstick does take a while to dry matte, however once it does eventually dry it stays on the lips forever and will not rub off!

Overall
Overall I would say these Lip Kits are definitely worth the money as they are some of the best formulas for liquid lipsticks I have used. The staying power of this liquid lipstick is amazing, and I didn't have to top it up at all during the day. However I would still only buy the colours that are the most wearable rather than the darker shades such as 'Kourt K' and 'Dead of Knight' as I don't think I would get enough wear from these to make them worth their price.

Have any of you got any Kylie Lip Kits and do you love them as much as me?

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