I finally got my hands on the amazing “In The Light” eye shadow palette from Stila, and boy do I love it! Just about every beauty blogger has raved about it, and it was actually sold out in South Africa, so I couldn’t even get my hands on it. Thankfully the lovely ladies at Stila SA sent me one as soon as it arrived back in the country, and I haven’t been able to put it down since! It’s been my go-to makeup palette for the past week or so and I’m sure it will stick around for much longer! The palette consists of 10 absolutely amazing colours, plus a waterproof smudge stick. There is a combination of solid shades as well as shimmer shadows. But don’t think cheap and nasty shimmer – the shimmer shadow pigments are tightly packed, so you don’t get big blobs of shimmer on your eye lid, but rather a smooth, silky effect. All of the shades are highly pigmented and on application there is very little fall out. They also stay put all day! This is a big thing for me, as I have oily lids and shadows usually start to shift around after a couple…

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Here’s a quick beauty byte on some of the amazing new makeup goodies I’ve been playing with recently. Tried, Tested and LOVED (as always)! Woolworths Makeup Wink, Wink, Blush, Blush! Woolies have launched an exciting new range of makeup that’s bang on trend and budget friendly! Some of the goodies I got to try: WINK Eyeshadow trio (R49.95) and BLUSH lip & cheek tint (R49.95). The eyeshadow I got to play with, Khol Maybe is absolutely stunning. I’m in love with the burgundy shade on the right and the khaki green on the left is also gorgeous. A great combo for winter! These WINK shadows are highly pigmented and great for adding metallic colour to your lids. In general I don’t like using the applicators that come with compacts, and prefer to use my MAC 217 blending brush to create a blended shade and my MAC 239 brush to pack on the colour.  You can even amp up the intensity of these shadows by dipping your 239 brush in a drop of water before packing on the colour. This will make your eyes pop! The BLUSH lip and cheek tint is a lovely cream blush that diffuses effortlessly on the cheeks and adds a perfect pop of colour to your lips.…

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I am such a sucker for pretty, glowing cheeks (think Naomi from 90210), and the best way to achieve this gorgeous look is with cream blush. I have been on the hunt for a pretty cream blush for ages, and have finally found my perfect match! Thank you Stila for coming to South Africa and allowing us to get our hands on your gorgeous range of goodies! Stila Convertible Colour Dual Lip and Cheek Cream is the perfect cream blush that also doubles as a lip gloss. Each shade comes in a colour coded compact to match your cream blush. The compact is small, super light and comes with a mirror; making it ideal to pop into your handbag for a quick touch up! There are five beautiful colours available to choose from in this range. My favourite three include Gladiola (peach), Poppy (berry) and Peony (pinkish brown). The product goes on flawlessly and blends into your skin like magic, giving you that perfect pop of colour! You’ll  notice that the Gladiola is very bright, but once you apply and blend it into your skin, it turns into a pretty peach. And that pretty much goes for all three; the colour intensity blends…

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Stila is one of two international makeup ranges that is new to South Africa, and I for one am super excited that they are finally here! I’m a huge beauty vlogger stalker addict on Youtube, which means I’ve heard so much about this brand already and always been a little jealous that I couldn’t get to try out any of the products that the beauty gurus rave about.Stila being one of them. Stila is brand out of Los Angeles and is available worldwide, from America to London and now, finally in South Africa. Watch out ladies, as this brand may just replace your current faves as it’s done mine! I got to try out three products from Stila and am really impressed with their Stay All Day Foundation & Concealer. So much in fact, that it’s currently at the top of my fave foundation list! Other foundations in this list include; Chanel Perfection Lumiere, Makeup Forever HD and MAC Studio Fix – so that’s already gives you an idea of what types of foundation I like! Besides it’s awesome coverage and true “stay all day” powers, there are so many things I love about this foundation. Firstly, the shade I’m wearing (medium 9) is spot-on…

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