Welcome to the 2nd part of my
Front Cover Blogger Launch post!
I always save the best until last - I'd eat my pudding before my main
course if it didn't blow people's minds, and always leave my Yorkshire Puddings until last when I'm having a Sunday roast. The kit I'm showing
you next is the one I chose to take away with me. I honestly think I was
invited to the event because of the launch of the Nail Kits, and I feel
exceptionally guilty that I didn't choose to take one of the Nail
orientated palettes home with me (we were allowed to choose only one to
take home) as I'm pretty sure that it was expected of me. I have,
however, discussed with you that although I think the Nail Art kits
would make great gifts, they're nothing special to me, and so I chose
the next kit,
Style Queen, for a few reasons.
The first reason is that
it had a great set of brushes in it. When doing my make-up Leanne used
only
Front Cover brushes, and they are fantastically soft on the
eyelids, really great quality. The second is that it contains the most
"every day" type eyeshadow shades, including some more satin finish
shadows, as opposed to the really shimmery baked shadows. I wanted to
pick something that I would use often, and be able to give a good
review, so I chose Style Queen because I would get the most out of it.
The third reason is that it is JUST TOO AWESOME. Here it is:
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| Style Queen - RRP £35.00 (remember, you can click to enlarge!) |
OK!
Look at all that. the top row are the baked eyeshadow domes, the second
row are the satin/matte eyeshadows, and the third row is the lip
glosses. Here are the swatches for the baked eyeshadows, in the order
they appear in the kit from left to right:
I
love every single shade here. I will wear them constantly, the darker
ones are fabulous for an alternative smokey eye, where as the lighter
shades are subtle for every day wear. To get the strongly pigmented you
do have to apply them wet or over
Shadowbase, which is the only
downside. Once you've built that colour, though, they stay put and look
brilliantly shimmery. Here are the Satin/Matte swatches (the second
row):
More really wearable shades, and slightly less shimmery.
I
don't necessarily rate the lipglosses a great deal, they're OK
formula-wise, and there is a wide range, but I think I just love my
Rimmel Vinyl Gloss in Heartbeat too much. The advantage of these is,
however, you can mix them, with the lipbrush provided, to create your own
shade. This is probably my favourite from the glosses though, one called
Red Moon, and it's 5th from the left:
It;s
still a natural colour, just slightly warmer and more red-toned. These
are not sticky at all, and I reckon this kit will be so popular, it was
half price in
Boots last week.
You also get two
iridescent pigment powders in this kit, a black and a red-brown, loose
eyeshadows that are rich in colour. The black is called
Coal Hoal, and
the brown is called
Saddle Brown. I really like these, the colour goes
on so strong, and I hardly got any fall out with the
Front Cover
brushes:
I mentioned the
Shadowline product earlier, and I used it
to create a brown liquid liner from
Saddle Brown iridescent pigment
powder. Leanne the Make-up artist showed me the best way to mix them is
on the back of your hand, creating the right consistency as you go. It
really is easy to use:
I don't rate the mascara much, the brush is tiny and very curved
and not a match for the almighty
Max Factor False Lash Effect. Sorry,
Front Cover. I will however be using the mascara sealer which is on the
other end of the wand. It stops your mascara from slipping, which is
always useful.
This kit also comes with two other baked domes, one is a bronzer
split into three parts, and one is a highlighter, also split into
three different shades. The idea is that you sweep over every shade, but
you can mix and match depending on the season, or your skin tone, so
that's a great idea. These can also be used as eyeshadows. Here is the
Bronzer swatched in its different sections:
Here
is the Highlighter CHeek Dome swatched in it's different sections,
designed for sweeping over the cheekbones and brow bone for added shimmer
and dimension:
Here is an eye look I created using this kit, I wish the lighting was better for the photographs, but it was dark ALL DAY, that's British winter for you:
Here is the eye again, but with annotations of which products I used from the Style Queen kit, and where they are applied:
As
you can see, I started with
Sandstone on the centre of the lid, and
blended the gold area of the
Cheekdome into the corners. The two golds
really compliment each other and are so easy to blend. I did apply them
wet so I could get the richest colour possible. I applied a slight
brushing of
Brown Cork into the crease of the eye to add depth, and
brushed some of the entire
Cheekdome across the brow bone to highlight
the shape. I added
Amber Green under the eye and into the outer corner,
making it quite a subtle smokey eye. I hthen used the
Shadowline to
create a liquid liner out of
Saddle Brown Pigment Powder, and ran it
along the top lash line, ending in a flick. I added a couple of coats of
Front Cover's mascara and it was done! Voila!
Here you can see the
Saddle Brown Shadowline detail better, as well as the shading in the crease of the eyelid. The great thing about all of these being to gether in a kit, is that they all compliment eachother perfectly, the hard wok of searching for blendable products, that work together, is done for you. I just wish it was more portable, I cannot take it ANYWHERE. It's even too large for my draws, so it sits permanantly on my dresser. The only drawback.
I hope this has given you a good idea of what
Front Cover products are out there, what's new and what's good. Hopefully you can make your own mind up about which one you like the best, and I've shown you the blending capabilities and how easy it is to create a look with them!
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