Try It Out Tuesday #TIOT 4 Looks 1 Palette

Makeup Academy: Burning Embers Palette

This is the palette I am reaching for most of the time, I've had it for a few months now and it is truly the best budget palette I have used, I think maybe, ever. It competes with most high end palettes because of it's versatility alone.  There are brown mattes in warm and cool tones for the every day and the most amazing shimmer shades I have come across for the nights out and the formula is just lovely. Here are the swatches...

Unfortunately some of the paler mattes don't show up on my pale skin because I am freakishly pale. I don't say that in jest, Match the first colour on the top row could be used as a matte colour to brighten under the brow for most people but for me it is pretty much my shade and I can use it as fixing powder! 

There are a few shades to point out for different reasons but the first would be Glint.  This shade would be a great highlight. It isn't at all glittery but it has some luminosity to it that has a slight pink/purple sheen to it that when blended out is super subtle but just stunning.  

All of the shimmer shades are beautiful but there are five standouts for me.  Ignite is a striking gold, Energy is a soft reflective peach, Blaze is a hot maroon red, Flame is a cute shiny pink and Dazzle is the perfect brown shimmer to jazz up a smokey eye. 

I have only created four looks for this blog post but there really is an infinite amount of possibilities.  Here is look one...

This is a brown smokey eye.  I love to use browns, I have green I eyes and this just made them pop.  Here's how I did it... 

I used Blush in the crease then went onto the lid with Dazzle and then darkened up the outer corner with Char.  Under the lower lash and in the inner corners I put Urban Decay's Heavy Metal in Junkshow, the liquid liner is Collection's Fast Stroke (dirty!!) Eyeliner in brown and then finished off with some black mascara and Bourjois Rouge Velvet in Beau Brun. 

I loved this look, it was sophisticated but striking and lasted the whole evening out.

Look two was softer and designed for a Sunday lunch out with the folks so it was a lot less intense.

Inspired by spring and the few days of gorgeous sunshine we had I wanted to create a light look that felt fresh and clean.

I started out this look with Sizzle in the crease and on the lid.  I then went over the lid with Energy and blended them together with Burn,  I also used burn in the outer corners just to add a little depth. Once I had finished I added Heat in the inner corner and blended out, this gave the effect of fading from a light pale copper to a deep peach.  

Once the foundation was on I again, used Urban Decay's Heavy Metal in Junkshow.  This time I didn't want to go dark with a liquid liner so I put some white eyeliner on the waterline and finished off with some black mascara. The lips for this look is an MUA lip pencil in Pink Me Up with a gloss over the top for moisture. The pencil itself has shine but is too drying to wear solo. This look is pretty and subtle with less drama than a smokey eye or a vivid colour.

Speaking of vivid colours, I spent the week binge watching Ru Paul's Drag Race and I wanted to go bright, so look three was inspired by those beautiful ladies.  

Unfortunately my camera does not really pick up how pink this is.  It is princess pink to the max, like 1980s prom queen pink.  

This look was a little trickier as the shimmer shades don't blend as well as the matte shades and I was working with three shimmer shades. I started out with Glint in the crease, then went on the lid with Flame. I then went back into Glint to blend the two colours together so there were no harsh lines.  I then used Sparks in the inner corner. 

Again I went under the lower lash line with Urban Decay's Heavy Metal in Junkshow (love that liner) and the liquid liner is Maybelline's Master Ink Satin in Luminous Black. The lipstick is Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in Pink Pong! I wore this to go baby sitting my niece, she is a very cute kid who is very into pink so I thought she might like it and it is fun and bright and very outgoing. I wore this look from about 8am, by the time I got home at 3.30pm the shadow had started to crease.  I think this is because there were three shimmer shades on top of each other and (humble brag coming your way) I have big eyes so I usually have creasing problems with any eyeshadow no matter price point or primer.   

For the last look I went gold because, well why not!! It is probably more of an evening look but because I am the way I am, I rocked it all day and night.  

This one is a bronze gold so again it makes the green eyes pop.  This look would go great for the red heads amongst us, teamed with some beautiful freckles and auburn hair I think it would just be stunning.  

To create this look I started out with Warmth in the crease as a transition shade that I also used to blend any harsh lines out with later.  I chose this one because it was almost the shade directly in between the two glitter shades I wanted to use.  On the lid I went with Ignite, then in the inner corners I went with Flash. I put Flash on the inner of the lower lash line too. I then deepened the outer corners with Fume and brought it down on the outer corners of the lower lash line.  I love this one, it feels very fantasy regal like something Cersei would rock while staring down her minions on the iron throne in Game of Thrones...to nerdy? 

I finished this look off with a sweep of Collection's Fast Stroke eyeliner in brown and some black mascara.  On my lips I have Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in Beau Brun. 

I love this palette, it really is so versatile.  I didn't get a chance to show off the red shimmer shade in Blaze which is just beautiful.  If I were going on holiday or away for the weekend I would pack this palette. It just has so many options and really does last well.  Here is the big reveal...I bought this for £8 from the Superdrug website.  Seriously! Unlike some palettes, I can safely say that I will use every single one of the 25 shades (that's 32p per shade BTW) I mean you really can't knock that.  

I am sure that there are people who are more experienced than me with makeup that would not agree and doubt this, but here is what I say...If I am a novice and I can make this palette work then whats not to love.  This is the perfect example of how affordable makeup really can work as well as the high end products.  

As always I hope you enjoyed this, if you have any other budget recommendations, questions or opinions please feel free to comment below.