I picked up the Zoeva Rose Golden Palette after spotting the brand in Selfridges. I had originally gone in to buy the NARS eyeshadow duo in 'Isolde.' But it's sold out everywhere - for good reason too, its gorgeous! I swatched it at the counter and fell in love, and then my heart sank when the assistant told me they we're sold out. After a quick mooch on the internet, it seems to be sold out everywhere.

So after perusing the Selfridges counters, I came across the Zoeva stand, and immediately they had 4 gorgeous palettes for only £18. It was hard to only choose one, but I walked away with the Rose Golden Palette and couldn't be happier!

It's super sleek packaging is ideal for travel, and includes 10 eyeshadows. 3 are matte, and 7 are shimmers. All the colours are really wearable and great for all year round. With warm coppers and golds, and smokey cool toned browns. This is really versatile and the shadows are great quality.

Considering I was going to spend £25 at NARS for two colours, I think this is a pretty great find. They would also make fantastic Christmas gifts for any beauty lover. The other palettes had some gorgeous berry tones which I would love to add to my collection too.

My favourite colours out of the whole palette are 'Just A Rose' and 'Copper Is King' (Obvious choice
really!)

I'd also love to try the Zoeva brushes, they had some beautiful gift sets for Christmas available - maybe next time! That's all my spending for the year done!

Time to save up for next years adventures <3

I certainly didn't need it.....but it just happened to fall into my basket in Boots before heading for a weekend away to Bruges.

I'd already started packing for our little trip away and was about to pack my Naked palette...whilst perusing for minis to pack, I stumbled across this teeny weeny (ridiculously priced) eye shadow palette by Smashbox - I'd seen this in Sephora hauls and was so excited seeing it my local boots It didn't even take a second thought! 

The palette is super compact and contains 8 beautiful eye shadows. There are 4 shimmer shades and 4 mattes - each a perfect neutral shade perfect for day and night looks. The pigmentation is really good and they blend together nicely. I still think the Urban Decay shadows are more 'buttery' but these are still really good quality. The shimmer shadows look gorgeous on the lid, and a little smokey matte shade on the crease look perfect.
I find with 8 colours it's a lot easier to create a simple, elegant look. 

This palette was £17.50. Pretty pricey but for a wearable compact palette that's going to get plenty of use? I think it's worth the splurge if you go away a lot or need it for your handbag.