Body Shop Hair Chalk// Tickle Me Pink

I am so happy this chalk trend has stuck around! Back in summer I chalked my hair (using my own chalks) with purple, pink and blue shades and absolutely loved it... however it did slightly dry and ruin my hair! So when I heard that The Body Shop had released some hair chalks in their Spring collection I was fairly intrigued to try them out. I chose the pink shade named Tickle Me Pink just because I think pink looks so pretty in blonde hair :) 

These are very simple to use and come with very simple instructions as follows: 

'1) Place a towel around your shoulders to protect your clothes. 2) Gather a section of hair, place the colour pad on top with your thumb underneath and glide down to the tip. 3) Brush through the excess powder. Seal in the colour with hair spray. 4) Wash out with shampoo to remove'

It is literally as simple as that. If you are going for the very light pastel look brush over once or twice and for a more vibrant pink just repeat several times and voila! I particularly like the formula of this product as it doesn't feel drying on the hair at all, is so smooth and doesn't crumble or anything. It's fab and adds extra excitement to your hair instantly.. and best of all if you hate it, it washes out so easily!

It works much better on fresh clean hair and suggests that if you do have dry or damaged hair use a leave in conditioner before using this product. 

So last night I used this and I had so many compliments. It hardly took any time at all to do the ends of my hair and I used a curling wand to mix up the different layers! Yes it has ended up on my white top and I am hoping it'll wash out but who knows... 

Overall I loveee it, and I apologize for the photos! This isn't my fresh hair but it has still stayed in over night, bonus!!

You can find these in Body Shop for £5, and here is the blue shade (Falling for Blue) if you are interested :)

Kathryn xx

Garden of Eden Sleek i-Divine Palette

Sleek have gone and done it again! They have created this gorgeous eye shadow palette consisting of 12 super pigmented shades inspired by mother nature. This new Garden of Eden i-Divine palette has beautiful earthy brown shades with dusky purples and organic greens. 

Please ignore my goosebumps

There are 4 matte colours; Flora, Adams Apple, Entwined and Tree of Life leaving the remainder 8 as frosty shades which are all stunning! One thing I love about i-Divine palettes are the amazing pigmentation of the eye shadows, especially the frosty shades. The matte shades are a little bit harder to work with so make sure you have a good  eye shadow primer for them to stay on with good colour. The textures are wonderful and are super soft, almost like a cream feel.

I never venture out much with eye shadows but I couldn't help myself when I saw this lovely hues of green, especially the shade Evergreen. I can't wait to experiment with this Garden of Eden palette and would highly recommend it. One thing to note is that unlike my other sleek palette the matte shades really aren't as great as I hoped.

Overall though it is such a great palette for an amazing price (£7.99). It isn't limited edition however the snazzy packaging is!  

Sleek Blush By 3: Pink Lemonade

Seeing as the ever popular Nars One Night Stand palette sold out instantly I was eager to find another blush palette.I have always loved Sleek products as they are highly pigmented, cheap and have a fab lasting power, especially there eyeshadow palettes! 

Pink Lemonade is the new Blush By 3 palette by Sleek costing £9.99 and includes 3 blushes; 2 powders and 1 cream blush.

Icing Sugar is the first, a medium pinky plum shade with a silver sparkle. Overall this blush is okay. I had to layer is quite a bit to get the pigment I wanted which is slightly disappointing but I do love the colour once it is on.

The middle shade is Macaroon, a cream blush! I had never tried a cream blush before so I was a bit unsure how to apply it HOWEVER I love it and have had so many compliments saying my skin looks like its glowing! It is a medium pink that left me with a luminous finish and was very easy to blend on the skin.  

The third and final shade is Pink Mint, another powder based blush. It is a medium-dark muted orange shade with a frosty finish. The colour is very well pigmented unlike Icing Sugar with a soft texture. However this is my least favourite shade as it felt to dark on my complexion and I didn't find it that easy to work with. 

 

Overall I am glad I bought Pink Lemonade Blush By 3 even though I sound negative. It's nice to try a range of blush colours without hurting the bank account and I am glad I have tried a cream blush finally. The packaging it lovely as per usual however having a cream blush in the middle of two powders was not thought through logically was it? 

Kathryn x