Get Ready with My HAUL ♥ MUA Cosmetics

I don't do creative very well. When I try, I end up with blog post titles like today #fail. They do say it's all about what's on the inside though and today I have lots of exciting new MUA makeup to share, everything from blush & eyeshadow to concealer & brushes. If you want to see these in action along with my raw first impressions then have a look at the video below. If you want the dirty details and swatches, then keep reading!

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Romantic Efflorescence Palette
(£4, MUA's Website) In the past I've loved MUA's Palettes, they're usually very good value for the money. However I've yet to be wowed by this one, it just doesn't have the same feel to it. The shades aren't that pigmented and are so powdery that they fade when you blend them. You can see the fun I had trying to get them to look okay in the video above! The colours are just my thing though, taupes, bronzes and purples, oh my! It's just a shame the qualities been taken down a notch.

F9 Flat Top Buffer Brush
(£5, MUA's Website) I've been after a proper contour brush for ages ever since the Nars (I think it was Nars!) one released. You know me though, I'm not willing to pay that much on a single item - if you are that's perfectly fine too! To put it simply this is a rectangular brush, great for getting into the hollows of my face. I did think that it was a bit wide for my small face at first, but it seems to work really well.

F11 Highlighting Brush
(£2.50, MUA's Website) Generally I'm more of a fan brush kinda girl when it comes to highlighter. Recently though I've been feeling the urge to try some new brush shapes (Is anyone else super excited for the Real Techniques Contour Brush Kit!?). Put simply this Highlighting brush is a huge fluffy crease brush. Personally I think it deposits too much on the cheeks giving more than just a glow. I think I'm going to try it for setting powder under the eyes next and see how that goes!

Whipped Velvet Blush - ChiChi & Spry
(£3, MUA's Website) In all honesty, these don't seem much different from the standard cream blushes, I was hoping they might have the slightly moussey/airy texture that other whipped blushes have. That doesn't mean I don't like them though, they're super creamy (probably need setting with powder, although I've not tested much yet!). They do seem to blend well though! Spry is a pinky nude shade, these kind of colours are great with dark and dramatic lips. ChiChi is a bright coral shade, which is going to be perfect for summer!

Pro Base Prime & Conceal - Lilac
(£2, MUA's Website) I actually quite like MUA's concealers, their £1 one that looks like a lipstick is actually one of my favourites, the coverage is surprisingly good! So when I noticed that they'd added some colour correcting concealers, I had to try one. I didn't want to go for the standard green one, so chose the lilac shade - I didn't have a lilac one! This shade is good for illuminating and counteracting yellow tones in the skin. There are 4 shades available, this one alongside Yellow, Peach and Green, although all are available together in a mini palette too. The texture seems okay and blends well, although it does settle into creases a little (I used without a primer).

Sweet Sheen Lip Balm - Peach Dream & Cherry Bomb
(£2, MUA's Website) There's not that much I can say about a lipbalm, especially when I haven't used them too much. Tinted lipbalms like this seem to be becoming very popular at the moment, but they're so practical I wonder why this never happened before! I picked up a couple of shades - Cherry Bomb which is very similar to the cherry coloured baby lips and I also picked up Peach Dream which is a slightly pastel peach shade. Both give a slight tint and have a vanilla scent to them.

Whipped Velvet Lips - Ritzy
(£3, MUA's Website) Something else the MakeUp world has exploded with is matte lips, especially the creamy/liquid ones! I can barely keep up with all the different ones. I do actually (on first impressions) rather like these new ones from MUA though as they don't dry down and flake off in the centre of the lips like I find a lot do for me. The pigmentation is sheerer though - the price you have to pay. But the formula does make it better for those with dry lips. I bought this online so the shade came as a little bit of a surprise to me, it's very pink, I should have know it's not like they don't have swatches on the website...
Let me know if you want to see a review of any of these, I need to post more!

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