I won an amazing giveaway!

Hi everyone! I won a giveaway from the beautiful Yasumi from Worship at the House of Blues. She has an amazing and super gorgeous blog, I highly recommend a visit!

The prize is Shu Uemura's Abracadabra Fantasy Peace and Harmony Mini Brush Set.

The super cute card from Yasumi.

You don't know how happy I am to have won this giveaway. It's the first giveaway that I have won. I really liked this brush set when I saw it in Shu Uemura, but couldn't afford it! The outer packaging is a triangular shaped pink box.





The pouch is so pretty! I love the shiny pale pink/lilac colour, and unique shape.

Adorable heart and diamond zip tags.

Here's what is looks like inside the case. There is a zip compartment to out little bits and bobs in. The brushes are protected by a layer of fabric.

The set includes 4 brushes; a lip brush, shader brush, tapered blending brush, and powder/blush brush.

Each brush has a pretty bright pink handle. The brushes are of great quality, and the bristles feel silky soft to the touch.

Thanks again Yasumi for the amazing gift!

Shu Uemura Abracadabra Fantasy Aya Takano mini haul

Shu Uemura's Holiday Collection 2010 has finally reached the UK. It's called Abracadabra Fantasy, and all the products look super cute and pretty! Aya Takano is a Japanese artist who draws inspiration from science fiction and Japanese manga.

The main attractions of this collection are the adorable palettes shown below.

The Shu Uemura website also includes a little guide on how to achieve the makeup looks of the 2 girls featured in their promotional poster.




From this adorable collection, I bought the Reindeer Kiss Palette xxxx as well as the Miracle Cherry Blush Tint.




The packaging of the Reindeer Kiss Palette is gorgeous. The palette is encased in thick, chunky, good quality plastic.

This is the side view of the case. The plastic is pink on the bottom layer, and clear on the top.



What's in the palette:




The palette contains 3 eyeshadows, one eye liner, one highlighter, one blush and two double-ended brushes.




Here are swatches of the eyeshadows. There are two icy blue colours and one silver shimmer.



Below is a swatch of the chocolate brown eyeliner and the cream/gold shimmery highlighter.

I especially love the palette's blush. It's a cool tone bright pink. I like this palette so much, I bought an additional one as a gift for my sister.

I couldn't resist getting this Miracle Cherry Blush Tint. It's inspired by the blush on the cheeks,elbows, and legs of Aya Takano's cute and sexy characters.

The tint is housed in a small pink squeezy tube.

The tint is in the form of a watery gel, and the colour itself is a strong pinky-red.

Once blended out however, the colour becomes a lot more subtle resulting in a pink tint to the cheeks with a tiny hint of peach.

I'll now leave you with a piece of artwork from Aya Takano!