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Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminator - Starlight

A Beverly Hills Moment...

Anastasia Beverly Hills has worked up quite the reputation for itself over the past few years. I'm sure most of you might know the brand best for its eyebrow-related products, but as of late, the skin products have been becoming more and more hyped up in the blogging world. I recently ran out of my MAC Mineralise Skin Finish (Lightscapade) and considering I've gone all cruelty-free, I couldn't repurchase it. So I decided to take the plunge and purchase my first ever ABH product. I chose the Starlight shade because not only do I have incredibly pale skin - and so the warmer shades are often too dark to work as a highlighter on my skin - but I'm also a fan of super intense highlight. I know it's sort of a love-hate debate, but I'm absolutely a fan of the disco-ball cheekbones. I think adding highlighter to a make up look is the prettiest possible element, whether it's classical on the cheeks or used to accentuate the brow bone, tip of the nose or cupid's bow. I read quite a lot of reviews on this product before purchasing, mainly to make sure I wasn't disappointed when it showed up in the mail, especially considering it costs a hefty £28 (Beauty Bay price).

As you can tell, the outer packaging (and inner, actually) is fairly simple, just black with gold lettering. This isn't too big of a deal for me, as these cardboard boxes end up in the bin anyway. That's something that always used to make me struggle with brands like Benefit - their packaging, I mean literally the little cardboard boxes that the products came in, were so beautifully coloured and designed, I never had the heart to chuck them. At one stage I had about six old Glossyboxes full of pretty make up packaging. Madness! The actual case itself is sturdy, glossy and super sleek, complete with a lovely sized mirror, which is always helpful with cheek products.

The product itself has a beautiful layered 3D texture and is silky smooth to touch and apply to the face. It is super pigmented, exactly the kind of shimmering pearlescent white I was looking for. Of course, use with caution, even I'm aware that there's such a thing as too much highlighter, especially when it comes to such a good-quality pigment as is used in this ABH product. If you're not a fan of intense shimmer, this might not be the product - or at least not the shade - for you, but I reckon with a light hand and some caution, it could work even for the slightly more faint-hearted out there. 

So, is it worth the price? Well, for a make up lover who is more than accustomed to spending such large amounts on simple beauty products, yes it is absolutely worth the money. Of course £30 is, in reality, sort of a ridiculous amount to spend on a make up product, but in the blogging world, it's not even as pricey as it could be! I would so highly recommend this highlighter to anybody. The product stands up to its price-tag perfectly well and is one of the most beautiful highlighting products I have ever used on my own face.

Anastasia Beverly Hills is a slightly tricky brand to get hold of in the UK, but my recommendations for buying it would be Cult Beauty or Beauty Bay - both fabulous websites for buying luxurious beauty products, ABH included.

Thanks for reading!

Katie x

Anybody Out There....?

It's been so long...


Well, it's been years and years since I posted here, and I'm really curious to know if there's anybody reading still. Last time I wrote here, I was still a young teen at school, just discovering a love of make-up and fashion. Now I'm 19, studying English and Creative Writing at university and my passion for make-up in particular is stronger than ever. I've spent the last few years developing my beauty skills and collection. 

I've just this month decided to embark upon cleansing my beauty collection of all products that are not cruelty free. As a student, I'm becoming more and more financially aware; I'm certainly not chucking out every item of MAC, Bobbi Brown and L'Oreal (and more) cosmetics I own, because that would constitute a huge waste of money, but I certainly am planning to only buy from cruelty-free brands in the future.

Blogging has always been something I've been so interested in taking further, and I'm really hoping there is still a small audience that wants to read whatever I post here. 

Please leave a comment down below if you're reading still, tell me what you'd be interested in reading about.

Love,

Katie