PIXI Mineral Shadow Palettes.

*PR Samples 

When it comes to brands like Pixi that mostly put out lovely but largely neutral and nude toned products, it's nice to see the odd brightly coloured bits thrown into the mix for a bit of balance.

These 'Mesmerizing Mineral Palettes' are two of eight palettes in the collection which range from super pale and nude to earthy tones, up to this bright gemstone-inspired pair.

These two are definitely the brightest of the lot and each contain six intensely pigmented shades in the same colour family. 

The blue palette is called

MAC Ellie Goulding Collection.

MACs Ellie Goulding collection hit counters earlier this month and while not the most extensive of collections, it does contain some lovely products. I've said before on Instagram that I'm not a fan of the popstrel herself so that won't particularly entice me into buying anything from the collection but it wouldn't necessarily put me

Precious About Makeup aka PAM

P.A.M or Precious About Makeup (Formally known as M.A P) is a professional makeup store located in West Central London that will celebrate it's 20th birthday this year!

It was established by makeup artists for makeup artists and stocks an impressive selection of makeup brands including but certainly not limited to;

Beauty Blender,

 Ben Nye, 

Glamcor,

Kryolan,

Makeup Forever,