Hello lovelies!

Today I'll be reviewing the fantastic MUA Undressed Palette.

If you didn't already know, it's a certain dupe for Urban Decay's Naked Palette. 

Naked, Undressed, get it?

It costs £4 and can be bought from any Superdrug where MUA is sold, and the MUA website here. It's actually on offer on their website £1 off, so snap it up if you're interested!

On with the review . . .

The packaging is plain, but it's actually really sleek and sturdy, not flimsy at all. 

Open it up and it looks like this . . . 

I took this picture when I first bought it. After having it for almost a month, it's gotten a lot more messy and smudged! This doesn't bother me too much, I'll just have to give it a wipe clean.

And you also get a wonderful double-ended brush with it, which really isn't a cheapy-cheap flimsy, spongey brush, it's soft and is holding up really well. These pictures were also taken when I first got the palette, so it's gotten a little less clean too.

Here are the shades you get.

The one furthest left on the top row (called Virgin on the UD palette) is a lovely shimmery white/pink which I like to use for the inner corner of my eye and brow bone as a highlighter. The rest are all shimmers, except for two mattes. The third (Naked) and fifth (Buck) on the top row are both matte browns, one lighter than the other and are great for bases or just a subtle contouring of the eye. The top right shade (Half Baked) is the most gorgeously pigmented gold shimmer. Most of the colours are browns and pinks, except for the two bottom right shades. (Creep) is a very dark blue-black with flecks of tiny glitter in it. (Gunmetal) is a blue colour which again has some miniscule glitter added.

The Urban Decay Naked Palette

As you can see, the shades are extremely similar. I can't comment on similarities in pigmentation etc. because I have never actually got my hands on the UD palette, but I can say that I find no faults in MUA's version so why spend £36 when you could get it for 9 times cheaper!

Here are the swatches of all the shades in the MUA Undressed Palette.

From the left to right, the first 6 are the top row, and the other 6 are the bottom row. As you can see, they are all amazingly pigmented and you get a range of gorgeous colours. 

What more could you ask for?

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As you may know MUA have other palettes available in their range, but the question is, would I purchase any of those?

The answer is yes! 

When I went in to buy this palette, I very almost chose the Dusk Til Dawn palette instead. I might end up getting this next, and also Poptastic to extend my range of brights. The Artiste Collection palette also looks like a winner, just haven't got round to picking one up yet.

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Have you got the MUA Undressed palette?

Got any other of the MUA palettes, singles, or trio eyeshadows?

To buy any of MUA's products, go here - they currently have an offer online where when you spend £10 you get a nail polish, eyeliner pencil and trio of eyeshadows all for free! 

M :)

And to avoid this being a pictureless post, I just wanted to add a photo of this Marilyn Monroe quote.

-"You're the beautiful one, it's society that's ugly."

Hey lovelies!

It's hard to believe we're almost finished October - what a quick month this has been! - for me anyway. But we all know what that means . . . one month closer to Christmas!

This month I've picked up plenty of lovely things so I thought I'd group them all together and show you.

NYC Nail Polish - Clear

£1.79

I was out shopping in Superdrug with my sister about 2 weeks ago, when she decided to hand me this and told me to buy it for us. She's 18, she shouldn't be telling her 15 year old sister to buy her things! But anyway, it wasn't expensive and we needed a clear polish so I didn't argue. I say 'we needed' because we share nail polishes - sisterly love haha! ;)

Miss Sporty Metal Flip nail polish

£1.99

I picked this up yesterday - I wanted to get a really unusual colour and this fits the bill. It's so unique, and hard to describe, I'd say it's black with tons of purple shimmer thrown in and a hint of that 'rainbow spilled petrol' colour? If you get what I mean. Nevertheless I love it - amazing for Halloween!

Models Own trio of nail polishes £6

I also got these little miracles yesterday! The day before, I actually read on a couple of blogs that TK Maxx had OPI and lots of other amazing things instore. So I decided to walk into my local TK Maxx and I was stunned. Their beauty shelves amaze me. They had so many fantastic things . . .Orly polishes, Calvin Klein makeup, OPI polish sets, a couple of packets of Models Own trios! Just the other day I posted on here a Models Own wishlist! I never owned any of their polishes - I've also never owned any OPI polishes but when I went in the only OPI thing was a Serena Williams set of a khaki green and white shatter which didn't appeal to me. But this did. It's a massive bargain - it retails at £15, TK Maxx were asking for £7.99 but then it was in the sale for £6!

Left to right:

Champagne - Pink Lady - Peacock Green

Champagne is fast becoming my new favourite polish.

I'm telling you, if you have a TK Maxx near you, don't walk pass it!

Revlon lipgloss - Coral Reef

£1

This is a Poundland bargain I got a couple of weeks ago. It's a lovely coral colour, super pigmented and glossy and such a bargain. I looked it up on the internet and I think it usually costs £6.99? What more could you ask for?

MUA Professional Eye Primer

£2.50

If you read my blog often then you'll know I'm a massive fan of MUA. Their eye primer has been recommended to me by a few bloggers here so I went and got it - haven't used it yet but no doubt I'll let you know how I get on with it.

MUA Extreme Felt Eyeliner

£2

I picked this up yesterday after wanting it for quite a while now - I swatched it on my hand once and I'm telling you, it doesn't budge! The swatch stayed on til the next day so I'm excited to see how well this works on my lids.

MUA Every Lash mascara

£3

This is now my everyday mascara. I was previously using Benefit They're Real, which I used until it could be used no more because I loved it so much, so I needed something really good to succeed it. Every Lash does exactly what it says on the tin (tube) - it coats every lash which is brilliant obviously. It does smell like apples! This might be off putting for some, but it really doesn't bother me. I can smell it when applying but the scent doesn't linger. I do love it, but I wouldn't say it's as good as my holy grail Benefit mascara. It's an excellent successor though, at £3 it's a much more purse friendly mascara!

River Island 3 heart shaped rings

£1

I almost walked past River Island yesterday until I spied the 50% off signs in their windows. I rarely buy anything from River Island unless it's in the sale (far too expensive for me) so I walked in hoping to find something bargainous. And did I? Yes! I had a good poke around the jewellery section and picked out these rings. They didn't have a price on them so I asked a girl who worked there and said they were £1 so I didn't hesitate to run to the checkout! They're so tiny and cute - heart shaped in gold, silver and rose gold colours. For school, the rules say we can only wear one small ring so I've been on the hunt for a pretty small ring - and when layered these do the job very nicely!

So many ways you can wear them!

Handbag (from charity shop)

£3.99

You know me, I love a good thrifty bargain. This is a little 'sit on the elbow' type bag in a dark olive green. I love it and it's in excellent condition, not much more I can say!

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So there we have it, my recent purchases in the month of October.

What have you bought recently?

Want any individual reviews? Just say in the comments!

P.S. You'll notice in the very first picture there is a bottle of Vaseline Cocoa Butter lotion, but the picture I took of it went missing. I love this so much - the scent is to die for and it works wonders on dry skin.

M :)

Hey lovelies!

I went thrifting on Saturday!

It feels like I haven't thrifted in an age - nothing has appealed to me for weeks but last weekend, there were so many nice things - I guess that's just the way thrifting goes.

I saw so many things I would have love to have bought but I didn't have the money as I really wanted to get some MUA things as well. (my little MUA haul here!)

At the minute, I'm up to my eyeballs with revision for school tests and assessments, and in a couple of weeks our school is getting an inspection so teachers are pushing us to our limits, making sure everything is right. It's only Tuesday but I feel like this week is going to drag on foreeeever. I've had an english assessment which is a percentage of my GCSE! It's creative writing so I don't mind too much. I just can't seem to get a spare second to myself, I'm surprised I have time to write and post this! Anyway, what's happening in your week?

Well I suppose I'll crack on and show you what I got . . .

Denim Jacket

I paid: £2.50

Originally from: River Island

I've been on the hunt for an oversized denim jacket for so long. This is actually UK size 14, and I'm usually a UK size 6 or 8 so it is very big on me! I love it though, so soft and just the right colour! 

If you think about it, this would probably cost around £30 - £40 in River Island so I got a huge bargain.

I adore rolled up sleeves!

Fancy River Island label.

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Wooly Jumper

I paid: £3.80

Originally from: Dunnes Stores

This is another thing I've been wanting for so long - a cream coloured jumper! We had foreign exchange students in our school last week, and a girl from Germany was wearing a cream jumper under a hoody with jeans and brown boots, and I thought that was such a lovely outfit. It was so simple and casual but absolutely  gorgeous. Coming into the colder months, this jumper will be essential. It's also really soft and I can't wait to wear it!

It has this cute button detail on one shoulder - what not to love?

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Well that's it for my short but sweet thrifty haul, I hope you like what I got!

Have you been thrifting your Autumn/Winter wardrobe yet?

I also want to thank you all, I am at 33 followers at the minute! Thank you so much, it means so much to me. That's more than half way to 50, I can't thank you enough, you are all lovely and fantastic.

M :)

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I used to never use eyeshadow. When I was younger and only starting out with makeup, I bought myself a big palette with loads of colours, thinking that would be me sorted. It was used to a bit, and still to this day that palette is still in my makeup drawer, but I gave up with it. Since then, I've bought a couple of individual shadows but again, they've been put away in the 'I might use this one day' bag.

It's not that I wasn't able to do eyeshadow, it was just extra effort and I was always apprehensive that it would look silly. 

Until the other day. I took out that big palette and had a play around with it! I used to shy away from brown eyeshadows, sticking to blacks and blues. But since playing with that palette, I now love brown shadows! They open my eyes up way more and look loads more natural than darks.

ANYWHOO, that's why I bought the Undressed palette!

I'm super excited to try this out.

I haven't used it yet, but the brush looks fantastic! Not like a typical, flimsy, spongey brush that you usually get in cheap eyeshadows at all.

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As I've said before, I'm really trying to build up my collection of MUA so expect more MUA hauls!

If you want full reviews on any of these, tell me in the comments below!

When I was at the checkout in Superdrug, I spied this little magazine and noticed it was free so I picked it up! It gives you an insight on the products they have, ways to wear the makeup, style and all sorts. What I noticed was that there's a whole page dedicated to the new things MUA has brought out! I'm hoping that these will be instore soon because they look amazing.

M :)