Swatches - Sleek Limited Edition 'Sparkle' i-Divine Palette!

Due to being poorly, going to a festive party and then falling over on the ice (and landing on my head), these swatches have ended up going up a lot later than I had intended. Also, in the swatches, please excuse any cuts and scratches that you notice, they are some of my injuries from the aforementioned fall.

Sleek MakeUP’s Sparkle i-Divine palette has been a fantastic purchase for me already, I had been anticipating its release ever since I first saw Sleek mention it on their Facebook page and I’m not disappointed. I must admit that I had my reservations about the red and yellow in the palette from the first ‘palette pictures’ that were released, but actually these are a lot better than I had imagined they would be; especially since the yellow is actually more gold, and the ‘red’ is a lot more wearable than first thought, and can be blended with the blues to create even more sparkly purple hues.

My favourite colours from this palette are Galactic, Twinkle, Illusion, Festive, Mistletoe and Glitz & Glamour; but really they’re all rather lovely colours and will all get used lots over the party season!


Top row (with flash):

Top row (with flash, under day lamp):

Bottom row (with flash): 

Bottom row (with flash, under day lamp):

Top & bottom row (no flash, under day lamp):

As ever, the quality of the shadows is great and lasts really well on the eye – basically everything I have come to expect from Sleek palettes, and yes there is a bit of fall down from the shadow on application but this is easily solved by taking appropriate measures to avoid your foundation base being ruined.

These will not be available for long, as they’re limited edition so if you want one then I suggest you go buy one as soon as you can – especially since they’re still only £5.99 (such a bargain in my opinion)!

Swatched - Sleek Graphite V Sleek Bad Girl Palette!

I've been told that a few people think that the Bad Girl palette is very similar to the Sleek Graphite palette that was released as a limited edition palette about a year ago. I can see the resemblance, in that they’re both quite dark and have silvers in, but personally I do feel they're different enough to warrant owning both.

I thought I would swatch them so that you can see what you think about this for yourself, side by side.

First up is the Graphite Palette!

Now Bad Girl:

Without flash (Top Graphite, Bottom Bad Girl)

 Graphite palette:

Bad Girl palette:



Similarities:

Greys and silvers - close but not exact though!

Differences:

Bad Girl has a mix of matte and shimmer finishes.

Bad Girl has blues, and greeny grey hues included.

The purples are actually quite different in both palettes.

Graphite has very dark shimmery, almost black hues.

Bad girl has dark, but browny hues that are quite matte.

Sleek Christmas 'Sparkle' i-Divine Palette - Sneak Preview Swatch!

I saw Sleek talking about an upcoming limited edition Christmas ‘Sparkle’ palette a few days ago and I was instantly intrigued by it. Their exact wordings in relation to the palette were:

“Ok so for all of you that hate sparkly glitter laden eyeshadows - just ignore Sleek MakeUPs Christmas palette launch!”

and

“We’ve actually been working on a sparkle palette for 2 years it is so difficult to do!! Disco fever, meets Xmas sparkles= Sparkle :) December”

I’ve been so excited and have wanted to find out more ever since! So when Sleek posted this preview swatch earlier on Twitter I just had to post it up, especially for those of you who didn’t see it. So here it is their little preview of their planned Christmas palette.

http://yfrog.com/j0r2xzj

Release date will be announced in a few weeks, but is said to be near to Christmas (to be expected, really).

What do you think of it? I think it looks VERY promising, can't wait to see the rest of the colours.


Bad Girl Palette Swatches here:  http://www.thebeautyscoop.co.uk/2010/10/swatched-sleek-bad-girl-palette.html

Swatched - Sleek Bad Girl Palette!

Now I've got my mitts on one of these palettes, I thought I'd do a quick swatch for you. I took pictures in varying lights/slightly different angles and all with flash (as it's been a dull day, at best), if it brightens up in the next few days then I will take more photo's with no flash.

I haven't put the product on as thickly as I could have done (which is more noticeable on the lighter colours) as I wanted to show you a true colour pay off on the skin, without having to pile it on. Obviously if/when you use the palette yourself, you can build up the colour as much or as little as you'd like, but the darker colours are highly pigmented - as you should see below.

 
Innocence - A shimmery white - but still quite subtle as doesn't apply heavily.
Gullible - A shimmery flesh tone, subtle and doesn't apply heavily, as above.
Blade - Shimmery/metallic silver (the lightest silver in the palette).
Gun Metal - Shimmery/metallic... gun metal grey.
Underground - Deeper grey (heading towards black) with slight metallic/sheen.
Noir - Fairly matte very dark brown, verging on black it seems.
Intoxicated - Metallic very dark olive green.
Envy - Even darker green that verges on the grey side, still metallic/shimmery.
Obnoxious - Fairly matte dark navy blue.
Abyss - Even deeper blue, seems fairly matte.
Twilight - Gorgeous metallic purple.
Rebel - Fairly matte purple that seems a bit more on the plummy side.

I totally recommend this palette, the colour payoff is superb and it actually lasts really well - after doing the swatches I left the colour on for a while and I didn't notice that much deterioration in the end result. It also didn't come off too easily when I was trying to remove it so I'm confident that I could wear these colours on a night out and not have to worry about it sliding off my face before the night is done.

Sleek Bad & Good Girl Palettes Out Tomorrow - Don't Forget!

This is just a quick post to remind you that the Sleek Bad and Good Girl Limited Edition Palettes are out as from tomorrow. I'm so excited to get my hands on the Bad Girl Palette and will be sure to do my own swatching once it's in my possession!

Will you be buying one, both or none of them?

New Sleek i-Divine Limited Edition Palettes - Bad Girl & Good Girl!

JUST CONFIRMED - These palettes will be released on October 27th, get it in your diary!

Yesterday I saw pictures of the next Sleek Limited Edition I-Divine Palettes to be released. They are named Bad Girl and Good Girl; Bad Girl is made up of sexy and smouldering dark colours whereas Good Girl is a very girly, and very pink collection.

Personally I am looking forward to Bad Girl (shown below) more than Good Girl as GG is way too pink and sickly, with nothing to contrast it with that I just can’t see how it would work for most people. I do love pink as a colour, but from the pictures this just doesn’t grab me. I actually thought it could be lip/cheek colours at first glance, which would work much better with the colours included in the palette in my opinion.

As you can see above, Bad Girl looks amazing, I really am wetting myself (not literally you’ll be pleased to know) with excitement about it, and I have linked below to the full original post with pictures and swatches so you can see for yourself. Oh and there’s some pictures of Good Girl on there too, for those who fancy a look.

Go visit - http://www.theglamorousgleam.com/2010/10/sleek-makeup-i-divine-bad-girl-good-girl-palettes-swatches-review.html