[Beauty] MAC Xmas Neutral Palette

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas this year as well as get awesome presents from Santa! xD

I am extremely grateful for all the presents I got this Christmas (even if I don't really celebrate it) and I thought I'd share one of them with you all.

Some may know that I've been wanting a MAC x4 Eye Shadow Palette for quite a while now and I would always say to myself "One day I'll save enough cash to get one myself". I wanted a neutral palette that I could use everyday so I won't feel bad about spending so much on it and not using enough of it. And it being the Christmas wintery season, I wanted a neutral Christmas palette, just as I've mentioned on the Holiday Wish List Hop post.

Thank you so much to both my cousins for getting this awesome MAC palette for me! I love you loads!!

I've ya'll don't mind, I gave my new eye shadow palette a little photo shoot

I have yet to try out this palette and I'm pretty excited to because I already have a couple of ideas on how I'm going to use it! xD

TUTORIAL

A little tutorial for those who have spent HOURS trying to figure out how to take out the shadow pans from the quad.

So it's a

How to take out the Eye Shadow pan from a MAC Palette quad Tutorial

Step 1: Press down slightly on both sides on the bottom of the palette (use two hands for this - I didn't because I was hold the camera with my other hand) 

As you can see on the photo I'm using my thumb - just press down slightly and the top should pop up.

Like this.

Step 2: I just realized this doesn't need steps but whatever. You can now take out the plate from the casing.

And when you lift it you can see the bottom of the shadow pans, just use your finger to help push out the pans 

and voilà!

I hope this helps because it took me an hour trying to figure it out. I googled, I watched multiple videos on youtube. Then finally I figured it out!

It's amazing how such a small gift can make my Christmas one of the best. :p

Thank you again Yasi & Sawsy for this awesome MAC palette! I will use it wisely! xD

And lets end this post with a selfie!

I got new glasses! yay

[Beauty] H&M Nude Palette Review

Hey everyone!!

I've been wanting to add "Beauty" into my blog for quite a while now and what better way to do so than post about my recently bought beauty product! 

H&M's Nudes Eyeshadow!

I actually gasped when I saw that the Bahrain branch of H&M were selling their own brand of makeup and spent a while in the makeup section picking out which one I should buy. 

So I got the one with the champagne pigment in the middle. There is one with a blush pink sparkly color. 

I wanted a proper nude palette for my everyday use so I got it. 

It was BD 2.500 ($6.63) 

Size: 12cmx5cm

This palette has four colors to it. 

A slightly sparkly pale bright nude - Coral matte nude - Sparkly champagne - Matte dark nude - Slightly sparkly dark light brown

I've used it once so far, and I can say that it takes a few more coatings for the coral matte and pale nude to actually show. I didn't use primer so by a couple of hours, the eye shadow kind of just disappeared. It looked like I didn't put anything on. 

The last three shadows were more pigmented than the first two, which is great!

The palette is portable depending on how big your makeup bag is and if you'll be bringing a brush with you since this does not come with its own brush.

I wouldn't recommend buying this for those who want really pigmented shadows. But for those who are scared to use makeup and want to try it out, but not make a really big impression, go for it. Try it out. There is no harm in trying.

I'm looking forward to using this palette more in the future, since it has all the essential nude colors that one needs for an everyday makeup look.