HUDA BEAUTY - DESERT DUSK PALETTE REVIEW

After the major success of Huda Beauty's Rose Gold Palette, Huda Kattan and team came out with yet another exotic eye shadow palette, this time called Desert Dusk Palette. According to Huda, the shades in this palette were inspired by the striking beauty and charm of the Arabian Desert. The palette is a mix of warm toned colours, mostly rustic oranges and purples.

SHADE 
The palette has 18 beautiful shades that include neutrals, rustic oranges and purples.

There are 8 matte shades, 6 pearl pressed shades, 3 duo chrome toppers and 1 pressed glitter. I've played with the palette and I'd say duo chrome shades are my favourite, they're insanely beautiful. Huda mentioned how she actually made the Twilight shade herself and it's so unique. The pearly metallic shades are very creamy and easily to use too, best way though is to use your fingers or a wet brush to get the right intensity. The only shadow I felt underwhelmed by is pressed glitter named Cosmo. Although it's a beautiful colour, I just think I would've preferred a black matte shadow instead to make this palette more versatile.

FORMULA 
This palette has talc free shades that are packed with pigment. Most shades easy to build up as well as blend.

PACKAGING 
When you bring out a new product into an extremely competitive beauty market, your products branding should be dead on alluring. The packaging of this palette is soooo attractive and mysterious, you can just keep staring at the reflective magical box. I love the fact that Huda actually listens to the feedback from her followers and this time the palette has a huge mirror inside and the palette itself seems to be sturdier.

VERDICT 
Overall I feel this is a great addition to my collection, as the colours of this palette compliment my medium-tan skin tone exceptionally well. This is a warm toned palette and its aligned with current trends. For the price you pay, you get quality eye shadows.

Retailing for £56 in the U.K, it's available at www.cultbeauty.com, Selfridges and Harrods.

Here are a couple of looks I created with this palette...

  

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BOTANICS ORGANIC FACIAL OIL - Review

Facial Oil treatments continue being an essential part of beauty routine for most. You can use them to improve the condition of your skin, add them to your moisturiser, use them as a makeup remover or as a makeup primer. While there are many high end brands that have come out with their own amazing facial oils, today I'm going to talk about Boot's Botanics Organic Facial Oil. This little gem has been around for some time and is quiet popular since it's mostly out of stock at Boots and online. It's 100% organic and contains rosehip oil for extra nourishment.

PRODUCT

This oil has a very light feel on the skin, once you put it on it melts right away and doesn't feel oily at all. It smells very nice, kind of flowery. I have very dry skin so I'm using it at night before putting on moisturiser and although I've only been using it for a week, my skin already feels smooth and hydrated.

PACKAGING

25ml of organic oil comes in a simple frosted glass bottle with a glass dropper and rubber top. For the price tag it comes with, the bottle feels very luxurious and high end.

VERDICT

If you haven't jumped the facial oil bandwagon yet, I would suggest you try this. Biggest plus is that it's 100% organic and pocket friendly. Originally it retailed for £9.99 at Boots but it's mostly on offer for £4.