Urban Decay Naked Palette Volume 2??

 There has been quite a lot of rumours going round amongst the whole beauty community about Urban Decay releasing their SECOND Naked Palette! So I decided to look into it a little bit more because as a lover of the first naked palette I had to see if these rumours were true.

I went on the Urban Decay Facebook page and after much speculation I can confirm that it is official!

This was the image that was on their Facebook page along with the US release date being 01-12-2011 which is tomorrow! I'm not sure when it will be available in the UK.

They have also uploaded a sneaky picture of the palettes exterior

What do you think of these swatches so far, very cool toned don't you think? but all colours that I would wear!
I also checked out Urban Decays Twitter and found another swatch of the colour 'Snakebite' which is an exclusive colour to the Naked Palette 2

I also went and searched the web to see if I could find anymore information about it and I came across a few from blogs from the US with even more photos!

(Exterior Packaging) Which looks similar to the sneak peek photo that Urban Decay released on their Facebook page.

(Interior Packaging)

The shade names are:

Foxy, Half Baked, Bootycall, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

 Urban Decay Naked 2 TOP

And

Urban Decay Naked Origional BOTTOM

*These pictures were sourced from http://www.thebentleyblonde.blogspot.com*

There isn't a massive difference actually but all still wearable colours I would buy this palette because I like collecting them not because I NEED them and also becasue the colours look much lighter than the original naked palette with more shimmery champagne colours which are my favourite eyeshadow shades so I think I will be tempted into buying this. If you already have the original Naked Palette you don't really have to purchase the second one. These pictures may not be legitimate however from all the sneaky swatch pictures, it all does look pretty real to me.

The new Urban Decay Naked Palette looks like it will come with a mini Lip Junkie and a Brush.

Will you be purchasing the new palette when it is released in the UK or US?

Joselin

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Inside My Handpicked Media Gets Social Goody Bag!

I asked you all if you wanted me to do a post on what was inside the goody bag that we all received at the #HPMSocial Event last week and some of you said yes so I thought I'd go ahead and do it! Some of the products that were in here I couldn't include in the photos because they are no longer available as I have ate them all up nonetheless what I ate was delicious, they were these apple and strawberry crisps and I would very much like some more! Some of the products are what was being given out on the sponsor tables in the event but I have just put them into the goody bag so that you can see everything including the things that I picked up as well.

(L-R) Green People Fruitful Nights Night Cream
BeauBronz Bronzing Cream #2 Light Shimmer Tan
BeauBronz Bronzing Tanning Cream #4 Advanced Medium
BeauBronz #8 Dark Bronzing Mousse
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Moisturiser
Kieh's Amino Acid Conditioner
China Doll Boutique Necklace
Green People Sample Sachet's

(L-R) Biotherm SkinErgetic
Batiste Dry Shampoo Big & Bouncy XXL Volume
KMS Free Shape Hot Flex Spray
Forest Secrets Skin Serum Trio
Vivo Baked Blush In Cinnamon Glow
Lipcote Lipstick Sealer

(L-R) NCLA Designer Nail Wraps
Shu Uemura Skin Purifier Cleansing Oil
Biotherm Aquasource Eyecream
Kiehl's SPF 15 Lip Balm
Biotherm Celluli Laser D.Code Cellulite Cream
Kiehl's Lip Balm #1 With Petrolium Jelly
Fresh Therepy Nail Varnish Remover
Primavera Sample Sachet's Face Protective Lotion, Hand & Nail Cream and Face Nourishing Cream
Perfume Samples Ellie Saab, Jean Paul Gaultier Classique and Jimmy Choo

I have tried some of these products out so I am excited to write up my reviews on them when I have tested them out enough so look out for those if you want to see reviews on them!

Hope your all well!
Joselin

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Glossy Box - November

The Christmas Gift Guide Part 1
5 things to try before you buy (whether for yourself or others)

I do like the whole concept of this box because you can try products and then buy the full size for Christmas to give to somebody who might like it. These products can be used as stocking fillers too if you don't want to keep them for yourself!

Inside this months box I received
Arbonne FC5 Cooling Foot Cream 15 ML full size 118ML £19.00
I haven't tried this product yet but I always get hard and dry skin on my feet so I will see how this goes in helping out with that problem because I pretty much neglect my feet which is naughty of me because I do need to take care of them more.
Dead Sea Spa Magik Dead Sea Bath Salts 250g full size 1kg £5.50
I wasn't excited about seeing this in this months box as we received a similar product in September's box which I didn't particularly like either they just scratched my skin to death and clumps of it just fell to the bottom of the bath when I tried to use it. I'm not a fan of bath salts and I have only ever brought them once. I wouldn't consider dead see bath salts to be a luxury product either especially the look of the packaging it comes in, it looks quite medical or hardware like. I will still use this product and see if it changes my mind at all.
Monu Skin Perfecter 50ml full size 50ml £16.25
This is the only product that I am looking forward to trying out. I have so many skin care products to try out that I haven't had chance to yet but I will let you all know how I get on with it, I hope its not going to be a let down.
Nail Rock Wraps Full pack £6.65
I have never tried nail wraps before and I know they have been out a while and I am pretty late trying them. So I guess that I am glad that Glossy Box have included these in this months box because I probably wouldn't have brought them otherwise. I have in fact tried these since I got them, I received the stripy ones which I wouldn't have chosen personally but arent totally disgusting like some that I have seen. They were quite easy to apply and once on they do give a nice effect to the nails. They are great for anybody who likes nail art but cannot do it themselves (Like me) I probably wouldn't buy these again because they only lasted 2 days on my nails and for £6.65 I'm not sure if its worth it and they are supposed to last for 7 days. I wouldn't class these as a luxury product to include in this box either.
Serge Lutens - L'eau Serge Lutens - Vitriol d'Oeillet Full size 100ML £86.00 50ML £78.00
This box see's yet more perfume samples which I am always disappointed to see because I haven't liked any of the perfumes that I have received in my Glossy Box's. I feel as if they act as a filler so it looks like more products but really you could get these samples for free at a department store. These perfumes are unisex and they smell quite musky which I'm not a big fan of so I may give these to my boyfriend or dad. 

Overall I wasn't too overwhelmed by this months Glossy Box and I haven't actually been since they put in the HD Brows product, since then I havnt been excited about the other boxes that ive recived. All together this box is worth £27.65 which is still good considering I payed £12.95 but I cant help but feel disappointed because all the products haven't been to my taste despite the value of them. I will be happy if I end up liking the Monu Skin Perfecter and the foot cream because then it wont feel like a waste of money.

I have unsubscribed from Glossy Box now and I have joined Carmine because the contents overall look much better value for money and more to my tastes.

How did you feel about this months box?

Joselin

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Handpicked Media Gets Social London Part 2

*Warning this may be quite a lengthy post*

On Monday I attended my first blogging event in London, it was all very exciting. I learnt so much from this event and it was definitely worth the mission down to London!
This post is going to be everything that had happened at the event for those of you who did not attend and were not following the #HPMSocial feed on twitter.

The event started at 9:00am which I was surprisingly early for because I was almost positive that I would have got lost around London searching for it but my trusty maps app on my iPhone got me there no problem!
When we arrived we got our name tags and goody bags and then went into the blogger bar for breakfast.

I had to restrain from eating to many of these yummy sinful pastries! but they were delicious!

The actual event and speakers started an hour after breakfast which gave me the chance to speak to some other lovely bloggers & Sponsors. It was great to see everyone in person after reading their blogs for a while.

The first sponsor that I visited was Biotherm and got the chance to speak to them about their products and which ones would be suitable for my skin. I picked up a few of the products to take home. I also went to kiehl's and bourjois and picked up some great products from them too!

There was also some great perfumes to try with samples so take away my favourite was the Ellie Saab perfume and will definitely be putting it on my Christmas list!

I was also excited to see that China Doll Boutique was there and go to speak to Nhuc Tran who was lovely and view some of her gorgeous clothing.
Feel good drinks were also there and we were able to try some of their yummy cocktails and fruit juices which were also very nice and refreshing I had the apple and blueberry flavour!

Shu Uremura was also there giving everybody makeovers and false eyelashes. I would have loved the false eyelashes but we didn't have much time in between the presentations. I did manage to get my hair done at Hersheon's salon which I loved and opted for big loose waves.

Sam's Volumous blow dry and my loose waves

Now for the actual events, the first speaker was Gary Davis from Why Communicate
who shared his useful knowledge to us bloggers.

SEO (search engine optimisation) which I thought was absolutely useful and I would never have known about SEO If I had never attended this event! Using google analytics, AdWords/keywords, Guest posts, Alt tags, Linking out and more! so that people can find your blog on search engines.  

"Making sure that your blog post has a good relevant title can improve traffic for up to 75%"  

"Make sure that you rename your Images so that google Images can pick up on your photos so rename IMG_3455567 to Mac Shy girl swatch etc..." 

He also told us about the different blogging platforms to use and the widgets to include on your blog to ensure maximum traffic. "Using a popular posts widget can help to draw traffic to your blog" Gary also told us the powers of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, Tumblr, Flickr, Youtube, Google + and many more and how they can really promote your blog and get it out there to a large audience.

Rebecca Miskin from Hearst came after Gary and she spoke to us about print Vs media and comparing statistics between the two. 

"A blog is made every second" "Is online media taking over print? magazines that are released every month are usually too late because everything has already been seen online"

The Third speaker of the day was Sháá Wasmund, Cosmopolitans business woman of the year and the founder of smarta she has also written a book called 'Stop Talking Start Doing' which I managed to pick up a copy of and I read it on the train back from London, It has given me the heads up to find my niche and decide what I want to do in life. Sháá was my favourite speaker of the day, she came prepared with notes but totally scrapped them in the end, she came across as if she was speaking to us as friends. She is a very inspirational woman. She talked about how to make things happen and that we shouldn't be ashamed for wanting to make money from our blogs as long as we are passionate about it. She was a great public speaker and I wanted to listen to every last thing that she had to say.

We then had a lunch break and after followed the publicist and PR guru Mark borkowski who told us about PR stunts and event went on about Jedward and the fact that they are like marmite which shows that we shouldn't focus on people hating our blog but blog for those that love it.

"Nothing is original steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination authenticity is invaluable; Originality is non existent".

The Final speaker was Jane Cunningham from British Beauty Blogger. I was excited to see Jane as I have been reading BBB for quite a long time so i was keen to hear some of her tips and experiences. She talked us thorough the relationships with PR's and bloggers and that we as bloggers should keep our blogs a part of ourselves, we shouldn't let PR companies tell us the content that we should feature on them.

"Make sure PR's know who you are, send them a Tweet or an email or even write them a letter but don't be a diva about it if you don't get offered a sample your blog may not be what they are looking for.If this happens just be professional about it"

"You do not have to accept every sample that gets offered to you and make sure that samples that you do accept fit in with your blog instead ask the PR for things that perhaps may be a little more suited"

"Don't feel pressurised to write a good review about a product just because you have been sent it, always give your honest opinion because people come to your blog for good honest reviews"

To round the day off we were joined by guest panels which were beauty bloggers and fashion bloggers to share their experiences and tips with us. They all own such fabulous blogs and have come so far throughout their time blogging so I enjoyed listening to what they had to say because everybody has to start somewhere. We were able to ask them questions and find out a little bit more about how they got into blogging and how they gained a large following.

The beauty panel included: Jenny Dickinson, FleurDeForce, The Beauty Button, Beauty Junkie In London, Lee Kynaston, Dil Uppal

The Fashion panel included: Simon Glazin , Lily Melrose, Joe Barnes, Ella Gregory, Angela Buttolph

I hope this post wasn't too long, but I really wanted you to see the whole day not just a little round up. The day was fantastic and it was totally worth going to because i feel like I have learned so much and my motivation to do what I want has massively improved. If you didn't manage to attend the event this year and would like to attend next year, make sure you register your interest HERE.

If you would like to see a post on what I received in my goody bag that day, let me know in the comments!
Joselin
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My Weekend In London Part 1

Over the weekend me and my boyfriend went to London for 2 days mainly because I was going to the Handpicked Media Gets Social Event the next day but we decided to spend the first day in London. This post has the photos that I took from the first day in London and the Handpicked Media Social Event post will be part 2! I wish I could have spent longer in London as we didn't get to do everything that we wanted in just one day. We hopped on the tube and went to Knightsbridge and spent most of our time in Harrods gawping at everything! I couldn't take many photos in there because there were pretty much no photo's signs everywhere. They had their Christmas displays & lights up and they were absolutely beautiful especially the window displays.

All of the window displays were moving and they just looked incredible!

The outside of Harrods was completely covered in Christmas lights too! we went into Harrods when it was still day light outside and then when we came out it was dark and all of the lights had been switched on. It did make me feel all christmassy in November.

Inside Harrods I was like a little kid in a candy store! We started off in the luxury handbag departments, there were so many gorgeous bags everywhere I don't think my boyfriend could keep up. The only downside, was when I checked the price of the bag  "ooooh this is soo nice!" *Checks Price, £1,300* "Oh" *Walk away*
We also visited the Jewelry departments and I have seriously never been so dazzled by diamonds in my life. The chains looked like they would break your neck and the watches were beautiful too I don't normally wear watches but I had been eyeing up the rose gold Micheal Kors watches in there and I am still deciding whether to buy one or not.

I did manage to get some photos in the other parts of Harrods which are the set of photos below my favourite was the food court!

We then finished the day with a Nandos! I had The hot butterfly chicken with Piri Piri chips and corn on the cob. Then a side order of garlic bread, I was stuffed!

My post on the #HPMSocial event will be up soon!

Joselin

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New In: Embroidered Cross Shirt!

Shirt | ASOS £35
Leggings | ASOS £25
Boots | Topshop £75

Afternoon bloggers, Just a quick outfit of the day for you all as it seems like FOREVER since I last did one of these.
I am wearing 3 recent purchases today my favourite being the embroidered cross shirt from ASOS as I absolutely love anything with crosses on. They were recently doing a student 25% off which is pretty amazing and I have been eyeing up this shirt for ages. I wear it with the sleeves rolled up because I prefer shirts to have the sleeves rolled because it doesn't suit me at all when the sleeves are down.

I also popped these leggings into my cart too when doing my crazy Asos shop. They are From River Island because Asos also sell River Island Clothes, which I love because River Island doesn't offer student discount! They are a very thick material so great as winter leggings because they are very warm and they fit really nice because they are quite stretchy. What caught my eye with these is that they have a leather paneling down the side and I am also a big fan of leather too and these are just something a little bit different from plain black leggings.

I am also wearing the very popular Topshop Allegra Chelsea Boots. I have had my eye on these for so so long and they sell out quite quickly but they always restock which is lucky so if you want them I'd hurry and get them becasue Im not sure when they will stop re-stocking these. These boots go with absolutely everything and they can be dressed up or down. I have worn them nearly every day since I have had them. They are very comfortable to walk in because the heel is quite chunky. They are made from a very soft leather and I get compliments every time I wear them. These are probably the shoe of the season because everybody who owns a pair loves them and chelsea boots are everywhere at the moment.

Also I will be attending the Handpicked Media Gets Social event in london on Monday the 21st November and also spending the say in london on the Sunday. If you are going to this event too, leave me a comment becasue It would be lovely to meet some bloggers and get to know you all. I will also be taking lots of photos of my day out in london and when I am at the event so you can all see how it went even if you're not attending.

Joselin
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New Additions To The Perfume Collection

A while ago I wrote about my perfume collection and reviewed each one. You can view that post HERE
Since then I have 2 new additions to that collection so I thought I would do an updated post which includes these newbies! I never usually review perfumes because different people like different scents and each scent reacts differently on each persons skin. I will do my best to describe the scents and how long they wear on my skin but make sure you go and test them on yourself before you purchase any perfume.

Harajuku Lovers fragrance G EDT Spray 30ml

I cannot say enough about how cute the packaging is for this perfume. She reminds me of Alice In Wonderland with her blonde hair and black bow. The bottle size looks quite big until you take the lid off which is the whole figurine as the cap and you realise that you don't actually get a lot of perfume. I cannot fault the quality of the packaging though It looks lovely on my dressing table and instantly catches peoples eye. Enough about packaging though and onto the actual smell. This perfume is an Eau de Toilette spray which means it is a much lighter fragrance then Eau de Parfum but this surprisingly has quite a distinct scent for an EDT so I was surprised about that. It smells slightly powdery and I can pick a few floral and fruity scents too. Most of the fruit coming from coconut and tropical fruits which reminds me of being on some exotic island! On myself this perfume did fade quite quickly, roughly about 3 hours of wear and then I could no longer smell it. I kind of wish it did last longer so I don't have to keep spraying it but most EDT sprays don't last that long on me anyway.

This scent has discontinued now so you probably wont find it in the shops, but you can get it on various website for less than £20!

Benefit Ring My Bella EDT 30ml

This is a perfume from Benefit cosmetics which I got lucky enough to be sent this product in a competition from Handpicked Media. I am a big fan of their makeup so I had high hopes for the perfume. I had to keep the box because it is just gorgeous and the attention to detail is amazing! They have made it look like a shop window with a sexy lingerie mannequin in the window. I absolutely love the colours and how much has been put into just the packaging.

The box opens up which has even more detailing of inside the shop with the flap coming down looking like carpet in the entrance.

The actual bottle of the perfume looks like a cocktail shaker which I think is very unique and it has the same lovely colour scheme as the box. I think the name that they have given to it 'Ring My Bella' is such a cute name and a good use of pun!
The scent of this perfume is also an Eau de Toilette so it is going to be much lighter but it still manages to have a sexy and sweetly seductive smell to it and I have had people ask me what perfume I have on when I wear this. It is quite a distinctive smell I can pick out a hint of rose petals, other floral scents, vanilla, white musk and jasmine the smell definitely matches its packaging of being quite sexy hence the lingerie mannequin pictures. 

Price: RRP £29.50 It is available cheaper if you shop around.

Have you tried any of these perfumes or any of the other smells in the collections?

Joselin
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Lumiere Cosmetics Mineral Makeup!

Lumiere cosmetics were giving the chance to bloggers on twitter to sample a few of their makeup products. As I hadn't tried any mineral makeup before which is shocking I know but I tend to stay away from any powder products on my skin apart from blush and bronzer but even then I prefer creams. I have decided to give mineral makeup a try to see if they really do live up to the hype.

I was sent 7 little pots of their mineral makeup which includes 2 mineral foundations, 1 Blush, 1 Bronzer and 3 eye shadows. I have looked on their website and they have a huge array of different colours on there. I'm glad that I received wearable neutral colours because I wear them the most and I wanted to get lots of wear of of these.

The 2 colours that I received are Medium Warm and Light to medium warm.
The lightest shade is a better match for my skin than the dark shade but I have tried using them both together and it is just fine. I'm not a huge fan of these powders as they don't blend all that well especially if I have applied moisturiser on before, the powder will just cling on to the first place that I apply it, so the coverage doesn't look even it just looks patchy. I think if i had a kabuki brush to really buff the powder in it may work better than just the regular powder brush.

This was as even as I could get this foundation to be as you can see, there is a big brown patch on my cheek ( oh and a nice little brush hair)

Spiced Apple  and CinnamonThese colours do not suit my skin at all and when paired with the mineral foundation powder I just look like a powdered mess! I cannot work with these products at all they don't look natural on the skin and they make so much mess and just refuse to blend.

The colours look lovely when swatched but not on my cheeks, I may use them as eye shadows instead.

On a much more positive note, the eye shadows I received were beautiful! just what I wanted and I will definitely get a lot of use out of them.
Soft brown, Halo and Nougat are the colours. Soft brown comes out a goldy brown colour and I use that all over the lids. Halo is the most gorgeous highlight colour that I own and it is perfect for the inner corners of the eyes. Nougat is great for the crease and adding depth to the eyes and the socket.

Overall this mineral makeup wasn't really my thing, that's not to say that I wont be trying any other mineral makeup because I am on the lookout to find the perfect one and this is just the beginning. I am very pleased with the eye shadows though, they blend beautifully and apply very pigmented I would definitely recommend these if you like the Barry M loose eye shadows.

Availability:  Lumiere Cosmetics website HERE
Pricing: The website is US pricing but they range from $8 to $20 depending on the size jar that you want
Marks: 5/10 overall but the eye shadows 9/10. They lost one point because I'm picky and I hate fallout with loose pigments!