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Friday, 8 June 2012

Sleek MakeUp: Westfield Pop-Up & Base Duo Kit



Over the Jubilee weekend I decided to  visit Sleek's Pop-up store in Westfield Stratford to pick up a few bits. I love the idea of a pop-up store and attended their last event in Westfield Stratford where I was sucessfully matched in thier foundatuion range (Choclolate Fudge) and manged to pick up a few blushes at a decent price. 

If you’re new to Sleek then their Pop-Up store is an excellent way to learn about the products in their range, directly from their makeup artists. A vast array of their products was on sale, with some lines being discounted. 

Base Duo Kit (Foundation): 
Base Duo Kit, Foundation
I was pleased to see that Sleek had also allowed visitors of the Pop-Up store to get their mitts on their forthcoming Base Duo: a compact that contained a cream foundation and with the corresponding powder to be placed on top. You can tell that a lot of thought has gone into this product; the addition of a mirror on each section and a compact design ensured that this new product will fit into all of my hand bags without any problem. 

Purchases:

I decided to add three new lipsticks to my collection and try the Kajal in Odyssey, a vibrant metallic purple. Bare All and Barely There are two shades that I have been trying to get for a while, seeing them in the Pop-Up store it was a no brainier that I would make them mine as they are always sold out in Superdrug.  In keeping with the ethos of my blog I have provided swatches below of each product.

 Bare All, Barely There, Papaya Punch

Overall I was pleased I attended the Pop-Up, nothing beats being able to play around with products in a relaxed enviroment!

Saturday, 10 March 2012

MAC's Lady Danger- swatched!

Today was a day of discoveries for me in Westifield Stratford....
  1. I discovered that Victoria Secret is going to be opening a large store there (about time)
  2. I discovered that there is a Mac store in the complex

Since my previous post I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to purchase Miss [Lady] Danger  but to no avail. Upon discovering that there is a free standing store in Westfied  I decided to break my own self imposed rule of NEVER venturing into a MAC store when its packed and skipped into the store to spend some dough.

 There result was >>>>> fail! They had the tester, but had sold out. No!!!!!!


MAC Lady Danger

Thankfully, the associate who was booking people into get seen managed to multitask, locating the sample for me to play with and an alternative, So Chaud, for consideration. I should like to take this opportunity to once again say thanks as this wasn't an easy feat, the store really was heaving. I did try So Chaud but forgot to take a picture.

Having no real shame I decided to take a pic (or five) in store and thought I should post one.

To the left is a picture sans foundation to mute out the eczema / pigmentation around my mouth. It was the best I could do as I was fighting for space in the mirror.

UPDATE: I went back the next week and managed to pick up a tube!