MUA MINI MAKE UP HAUL
After reading countless blog posts on various make up bits from MUA I've become a little less sceptical and decided to try a few pieces out. Cheap make up isn't really my thing but you can find decent pieces likes these three which don't ruin your bank account! For me, MUA is like the Primark of the make up world - if you look hard you can find some amazing things. The three products I bought were: Undress your skin Shimmer Highlighter, Pro-Base conceal and brighten kit and Undress me too eyeshadow palette, the latter being the one I have wanted for a while. The trio cost me a tiny £7.50 as it's 3 for 2 in Superdrug right now instead of being £10.50. I think it's a pretty fair price to say all of these are pretty large products. MUA is famed for it's £1 products.
First up is the shimmer highlighter (£3). I normally tend to go for liquid highlighters and at the moment I use VIE liquid highlighter with pink and gold highlighters - similar to highbeam and moonbeam by Benefit. I have been looking for a powder highlighter for a while now and this one ticks all my boxes. If I'm highlighting, I prefer a shimmery pink over gold and this one is the perfect mix. It's extremely pigmented for a drugstore product and does the job perfectly. I dust it over my cheekbones and tried it over my cupids bow and bridge of my nose too. It's so shimmery. I'm not massively enticed to this product by the packaging but all in all it's a good product.
I have read countless blog posts and watched back to back video tutorials which use the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette and the end result is always amazing, but I really cannot justify spending £36 on an eyeshadow palette, especially when I hardly use eyeshadow! A lot of people seem to be comparing this MUA undress me too palette as a dupe for Naked 2 - I obviously can't make the comparison but it does look pretty similar. At £4 you can't go wrong. Undress me too features 12 eyeshadows ranging from soft neutrals to natural gold metallics and also includes a black. It also gives you an idea for a look on the back too. Some shades are matte and others are shimmery, complimenting each other well. As someone with green eyes, this palette is so perfect for me. The shadows are quite powdery on application but I don't think it's anything a good eyeshadow primer could sort out! The shadows are all well pigmented too. There isn't a shade a don't like in this palette but my favourites are probably Devotion (top 2nd) , Shy (top 3rd) and Fiery (top 4th). I love this product already and really really recommend this. I think MUA also do a palette called 'Undressed' which is like Urban Decay's original 'Naked' palette which I might purchase soon!
Finally is the PRO-BASE conceal and brighten kit. It features 2 concealers, one slightly darker and one slightly lighter and also has a pinky highlighter. The concealers are very creamy and seem to give a good coverage covering dark circles - I'm yet to try it over redness/spots. The highlighting cream is shimmery and glides onto your skin. Personally, I don't have that many problems with dark circles or spots, but this product does work really well. It's a convenient little product which you can put in your bag and use to touch up throughout the day. At £3.50 it's so worth it.
I am really happy with these three products I bought and I am so keen to try out some more as MUA really seems to be combining quality products with high popularity and affordability.
Have you tried any MUA products? Leave comments below!
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