One Week,One Palette Challenge: Juvia's Place Nubian II

Hi peeps,
So occasionally, I like to challenge myself to use one palette to come up with multiple looks without using any other palette or eye shadow. It's a way for me to get maximum use and enjoyment out of my palette, since I spent all my hard-earned coin on these 😊

I decide to start the Nubian II palette from Juvia's Place. Out of all my palettes, this is the one I use the most. It's got good transition colours, two dark colours for a smoky eye and gorgeous jewel tones. Sometimes, I like to use the dark shades Kenya and Leyla for contour (cautiously with a light fluffy brush!) and I use Zuri and Sheba as highlighters (with a fan brush and a light hand 😉)I've compiled all my looks below, showing the shades used as well.
To prime my lids, I use the Urban Decay primer potion in Caffeine. I love how this creates a velvet even canvas on my lids. My eye makeup lasts all day without creasing or fading.
The eyeliners used for all these looks are from Essence cosmetics:
Black -Black love
Blue - Cool dawn
Green - I have a green
Purple - Purple rain

Look #1

Crease: Morocco
Outer Corner: Jezebel
Inner & Centre Lid: Nairobi
Centre lid: Nefertiti

On my lips is Black Up 2-in-1 Jumbo Lip Pencil in 08

Look #2

Crease: Madagascar
Inner: Zuri
Outer towards the centre lid: Jezebel

Lips: L'Oreal Colorriche Matte Pure Reds Collection Doutzen

Look #3

Crease: Morocco and Jezebel
Lid:Leyla

Lips: Ciate London Liquid Lip in Obsession

Look #4

Crease: Morocco
Inner & Centre Lid: Egypt
Outer: Jezebel

Lips: OFRA Liquid Lipstick in Americano and Essence soft contouring lip liner
in 10 Miss you much

Look #5

Crease: Madagascar
Lid: Cleopatra
Outer: Leyla and Kenya

Lips: ORFA Liquid Lipstick in Napa Valley

I've done many more looks with this palette; but these are the ones I came up during my challenge.
Juvia's Place is available from third party sellers in South Africa: SAMIKA, Pink Cosmetics, Fashion Police and Beauty Gifts By Melanie.
Or you can get it directly from the  Juvia's Place online store since they do ship internationally.
Have you tried the Nubian II palette or any of the Juvia's Place palettes?
Let me know in the comments below. Also, post some of your looks on Instagram and tag me.

See you in my next post, 

xoxo

MakeUp Review: ColourPop Cosmetics

Hey everyone,
As promised, I'm finally doing a review on some of the ColourPop cosmetics products in my collection. Now, I'm all about the eyeshadow; when I discovered ColourPop earlier this year my reaction was "where have you been all my life?"
Colourpop launched  in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles. They're budget-friendly and bunny friendly too.
Their products include eyeshadows, highlighters, blush, liners, liquid lipsticks and lipsticks.
I own at least one product from each of the product categories, but today I'll only be sharing my thoughts on the eyshadows and highlighter. I'll review the lip products at a later stage :-)

I cannot say enough about how much I love these shadows; they come in little white pots and you get 2.1g of product which is standard for single shadow pans. They're cream shadows that come in metallic, ultrametallic, satin, pearl and matte finish. The range of colours available is just amazing; there's a lot of something for everyone.
I am a colour fiend, so most of the shades I own are bold and bright.
Here are swatches for some the colours that I have in my collection. 

1. Krinkle; 2. Rex; 3. Coconut; 4. Nillionaire; 5. Stereo; 6. Telepathy

1. Shameless; 2. Friskie; 3. So quiche; 4. Lace, 5. Glo up (6 swatch); 6. Bae (5 swatch)

Some looks achieved with Colourpop shadows

How to apply:
Colourpop shadows and highlighters have a cream shadow consistency and are therefore best applied with the fingers. Some people don't like this, so I would suggest that you use a flat synthetic cream shadow brush (it works almost as well as fingers). For those who live in South Africa, I got my cream shadow brush from Edgars for about ZAR80.

Longevity:
I can wear all the shades I've got with and without primer. On average, I wear my makeup for at least 8 hours and I don't experience any creasing or fading.

Pricepoint:
If you order directly from ColourPop each shadow goes for U$5 which is really affordable. They have a prmotion going right now for free shipping worldwide for orders >U$50 and U$4.99 for less. You may or may not have to pay customs for those living in South Africa (I didn't pay any on my last order).

If you're not keen on doing an international order and you live in South Africa; you can order from a couple of local sellers. Here are a few links:
www.samika.co.za
www.pinkcosmetics.co.za
www.glamourisebrands.co.za (COUPON code: PEWAOFTHENAMIB15 for a 15% discount)

I think I've covered everything :-)

Let me know what you think of ColourPop shadows.

Love xoxo,
N