Makeup revolution palettes review and swatches! ( Iconic 2 and Salted caramel palette )

Hello everyone,

Today, I would like to write a review for makeup revolution iconic 2 and salted caramel palettes. Makeup revolution is a UK brand which is really affordable and they sell a lot of dupe eye shadow products for Urban decay naked palettes and too faced eye shadow palettes. I picked up iconic 2 palette which is a dupe for UD naked 2 palette and salted caramel palette which is a dupe for too faced semi sweet chocolate palette. I don't have the original UD naked 2 and too faced semi sweet palettes to compare but I can see from online swatches, they are all pretty similar colours. You can check out youtube or online swatches to decide too.  

Lets get to the review. 

Iconic  2 palette and Salted caramel palette 

Iconic 2 palette contains 12 shades ( 9 shimmers and 3 mattes) 

Below is the swatches of Iconic 2 palette. I am sorry that the photos are a bit dark because it is a rainy day outside and my room is too dark to capture good photos without shadows.
But, as you can see from the swatches, they are really pigmented. Iconic 2 is really pretty taupe silver colours. I am really impressed with the quality of the shadows except  2 matte shades that are a bit chalky. However, the rest of the shades are pigmented even with one swipe and is better quality than maybelline and loreal shadows.

Iconic 2 swatches

Lets see salted caramel palette!

Salted caramel palette contains 16 shades ( 7 mattes and 9 shimmers )

 Once you open the palette, you will notice that it smells pretty good and yummy. I really like blue and caramel colour in the middle row.

First row swatches! 

 All of the first row colours are matte ( the glitters in the photos on my hands are from my previous swatches ) I find that the matte colours in this palette are more pigmented than iconic 2 palette.

second row swatches!

I really like the second row colours and quality except the second one from the left is no pigment. Blue, caramel and bronze shades are so pigmented and I am in love.

Third row swatches!

Third row colours are 4 shimmers and 1 matte. As usual, all the shimmer colours from makeup revolution are pigmented and pretty. You can use the first colour from the right as face highlight too. 

To conclude the review for these two palettes, makeup revolution palettes are high quality shadows although you cannot match the quality of UD or too faced shadows. Makeup revolution shimmer colours are pigmented and great although matte colours are a bit chalky - you can still build up the colours for matte and it is usable. I really recommend makeup revolution palettes if you don't want to spend a lot of money on UD naked palettes and too faced palettes or even if you have them, you can still try the colours. Since it is really affordable, it is worth to check out. :)

Hope you enjoy my review.
<3
Violet

What I am feeling! Quarter life crisis??

Hello everyone,

This blog post is inspired by my favorite vlogger, Estee lalonde. You can find her youtube channel with her name. I was watching her video "My quarter life crisis" and I feel related to her video with my life right now so much that I have to write this post.
First of all, I am 26 years old holding undergraduate degree in management and working my 3rd full time job for nearly 2 years now. I started working full time at the age of 20 and working for 6 years now. Now that I am 26, I honestly feel like I am in the quarter life crisis. I managed to get a degree, have a stable job and income although it is not related to my passion and stable relationship for almost 5 years but I feel like my life is pretty much stuck. I am not sure a lot of my friends around the same age 25-26-27 years old will feel the same way but I think they do too. At this age,you pretty much know what you are interested in or what your dreams are but you have no idea how to start. Sometimes, you feel inspired and want to take risks then you think again that you are too old to risk. You can differentiate who are your real friends but you feel lonely at time. Instead of going out with people you don't really like, you prefer to be alone now. You see a lot of young and successful people outside and you feel depressed . A lot of your friends are married or have kids  now and you feel like you have different world from them. You find out that you are not at the age when you can rely your parents every time or tell them your problems. People have a lot of expectations from you and you feel so much pressured. Sometimes, I talk to myself what is the point of doing all this and I just want to stop for a while.

Anyway, I am sure you can relate to some of the feelings and I think it is pretty normal to feel weird, depressed or unmotivated sometimes. I have positive thinking most of the times and I am sure everything will be sort out eventually in life. Anything is possible in your life and nobody can see the future and it is best not to worry too much , right? As long as you believe in yourself, I think nobody can doubt you. My favourite quote right now is " Do more of what makes you happy!" <3

All are just my feelings and 2 cents thoughts! :)

Cheers!
<3
Violet