Britains Next Top Model Palette Swatches

 

 

Here at MUA Towers we love Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model so much that we created our own palette!!

 

 

It includes 28 amazingly pigmented Eyeshadows, a Blusher, a Bronzer and a Highlighter!  You've got everything you need to create some really show stopping looks!

 

Take a look at our swatches of all the amazing shades!

 

 

Top row:

 

 

2nd row:

 

 

3rd row:

 

 

4th row:

 

 

 

Also included in the bottom tray is a bronzer, blusher and highlighter to finish off your gorgeous looks!

 

 

Top row:

 

 

 Bronzer, Blusher & Highlighter:

 

 

 

Get your hands on one of these gorgeous palettes - now £5 off!!

 

Exclusive to our website! 

 

www.muastore.co.uk/britains-next-top-model

 

MUA xx



Sarah from leblogmaquillage.blogspot.co.uk shows us her top 5 MUA holiday products!

Hello fellow MUA fans! I'm Sarah and I usually blog over at Le Blog Maquillage. However, today I'm really excited to be guest posting for one of my most favourite makeup brands. MUA of course! 

 

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My passion for MUA's makeup all began back in 2010, since then I've been obsessed. Over the years, MUA has grown more and more successful. Introducing new amazing products to their line. Therefore, when I received a email from the brand, I was ecstatic about the idea of guest posting for them! So today, I'm here to show you my Top 5 Holiday MUA picks. 

 

MUA Nail Polish in Pistachio Ice Cream - £1

 

Out of all the shades in MUA's new nail polish range. Pistachio Ice Cream has got to be one of the most prettiest shades for Summer! Or perhaps a holiday in the sun? It's a beautiful green mint with a slight blue tone, unlike any other polish I own! Pistachio Ice Cream proves best with 3 coats of polish however it drys very quickly. It's small bottle makes it easy to travel with. Whereas the slim brush allows precise application. Without a doubt I'll be sporting this, come my holiday in the sun!

 

MUA Matte Perfect Loose Powder in Transulcent - £2.30

 

 

 

As a rule, I don't necessarily wear too much makeup in the day time, whilst on holiday. Fortunately, Loose Powders like Matte Perfect here come in handy! This lovely Loose Powder by MUA, makes my skin feel and look velvety smooth. Thankfully, the powder doesn't change the shade of any base products underneath. Making it practical for the evening, in event of any use. It keeps oil at bay, which will work particularly well in high temperatures of heat or sweaty conditions. Futhermore, the powder looks very natural. Making it equally as versatile for the odd day time occasion. 

 

MUA Pro-Base Makeup Fixing Mist - £5

 

 

 

We all like our makeup to last, right? So why should that be any different in hotter climates? The Pro-Base Makeup Fixing Mist, succeeds in helping my makeup stay put longer. Making it perfect for evening wear whilst on holiday! Luckily, the Fixing Mist has no noticeable scent and it's extremely easy to use. A few sprays at arms length and you're ready to roll! In my opinion, the Mist also freshens my makeup and skin up.  This would prove excellent on those long, tiring flights on the plane.

 

MUA Nail Polish in Bright Coral £1

 

I'm a huge sucker for Coral shades! Bright Coral is a coral toned pink, which looks absolutely stunning in natural lighting. If you prefer brighter and bold shades over paler pastels, like wise Pistachio Ice Cream. Then Bright Coral is your perfect match, for Summer or a holiday away this year! Similarly to Pistachio Ice Cream, it drys exceptionally quick however you only need two coats for a opaque finish. Also, it would compliment a tan lovely! 

 

MUA Kiss Proof Lip Stain in Fruitilious - £3

 

 

 

 

The Kiss Proof Lip Stain consists of a felt pen, which helps perfectly shade and line your lips. Because of Fruitilicious's waterproof formula. It's a fantastic product to wear in the pool or at the beach on holiday! Teamed up with a SPF lip balm, for protection from the Sun's harsh rays. However, if you have drier lips like me. I'd recommend you exfoliate your lips before use. The natural tone of Fruitilious would look lovely teamed up with a smokey eye for the night!

 

I hope you enjoyed my post, as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thank you for the amazing opportunity of guest posting on your blog MUA!

 

Sarah xx

 

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All of the products in this post are available on our website

www.muastore.co.uk

and in select Superdrug stores.

 

MUA xx

Tracey from bitenomore.blogspot.co.uk shows us patchwork nails!

Hello all again, another post for the guys at MUA, and I'm so happy to be doing it.

To share with everyone who is also nutty about nails and nail art, 

just how easy it can be, and for you all to try with your MUA Nail Polish.

The first design I wanted to try after doing it on my nail wheel, was Patchwork Nails.

So easy yet also so effective:)

The MUA colours I used where, Lush Lilac, Pistachio IceCream, Frozen Yoghurt, Bold Blue and Bright Pink. 

These colours both bright and pastel work so well together.

The First thing to do is paint your nails with two coats of white polish.

This makes all the colours pop more. 

Then once that is dry, start adding small patches of polish, in any colour order you wish,

in random places on the nails. I found it easier to do all nails with one colour at a time. 

It doesn't matter if the colours touch slightly, as this will add to the end effect.

Looks a bit messy if it was left like this, but it comes to life when the tiny stitch marks are added.

This is done using the black acrylic paint and a fine detailing brush. 

I cut my brush to make it even thinner.

Where each colour touches, make tiny straight line stitch marks, pretty close to each other, but not touching. Do this for every join in colour. As your doing this, you will slowly see the design coming to life, and Oh Boy it looks awesome :)

The next design I have for you is making a Leather Effect look using Nail Quake Polish.

The wonderful people at MUA sent me some Glitter Nail Quakes in

Blue, Copper, Silver, Pink, Gold and Green :)

I wasn't sure how well this effect would work with the Glitter Quake, 

but was very please to see it does create a different effect to the normal one you get

with this polish, when you paint your nails normally with it.

Start by choosing a colour very close to the shade of Glitter Quake, 

and paint two coats on your nails.

Then instead of painting down the nail like normal, but still starting at the base of your nail,

side swipe the polish, from left to right or right to left.

Do this right up the nail. As it drys and crackles its creates a different effect to what you'd normally get.

Making a somewhat Leather Look. So two different effects with one polish :)

I hope you all like these design, and try them yourselves :)

Enjoy the sunshine too :)

Tracey

xxxxxx

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Send us photos of the nail art you do using your MUA Nail Polish!

We'd love to see it!

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You can find all of the Nail Polishes used in this post on our website
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and in select Superdrug stores

MUA brings you FashionistA!

Here at MUA Towers we've done some shopping of our own and we're all very excited about the arrival of FashionistA to MUA!

One of the (many) great things is that we can now customise our own palettes to suit us personally and easily re-fill the shades we use the most!

They come in two sizes - either 4 or 6 products - and you can combine eye shadow, blusher and bronzer in any way you like!

Obviously everyone jumped at the chance to build their own palette - so we thought we'd share a few with you here!

This is Xavia's Every Day Palette - she's selected 2 eyeshadows - 'Sweet Kiss' and 'Nude' and added a Bronzer in 'LA' and Blush in 'Flush'

Here's how it looks!

Now it's got a bit sunnier everyone is dreaming about their holidays , and the next palette is Xavia's Evening Holiday Palette.

This palette is 4 eye shadows  - 'Sweet Kiss', 'Bronze', 'Auburn Glow' and 'Foxy' with the 'Amber Glow' Blush and 'Barcelona' Bronzer.

In Holly's Palette she has gone for pretty pastel shades for Summer!  She picked 4 eye shadows in 'Sweet Kiss, 'Glamour Girl', 'Icey' and 'Silver Lining'.

Jade's gone for something sparkly for the evening with 4 eye shadows in 'Cafe Au Lait', 'Stylish', 'Subtle Glamour' and Embellished'.

Maggie's Palette is made up of 2 eye shadows in 'Stylish' and 'Exclusive Collection', a Blush in 'Glowing Shade 11' and the 'Barcelona' Bronzer.

Build your palette on our website now!

Step 1: Pick your palette, there are 2 options to choose from

- Fill with 4 shades for £7

- Fill with 6 shades for £10

Step 2: Pick your favourite shades for your unique palette & add them to your basket!

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MUA Summer Looks!

As we're (hopefully) coming into Summer, here at MUA Towers we thought we would share some of our favourite holiday make up and nail looks!

Brights

Brighten up your make up and give it a summery twist by adding a pop of colour!

Here we have added our Gel Liner in Tribe on our bottom lash line - keep the rest of your make up quite neutral for a day look, or team with a smokey eye for a dramatic evening look!

 Coral Lips

It's no secret that we're fans of the coral lip trend this Summer! Why not try using our Lipstick in 'Shade 16 Nectar', it gives you a coral hue but without being too over-powering, so it's completely wearable for day or night!

Pastels

Pastel shades are great for Summer, they're really pretty and they also bring out your tan! ;)  We've got our £1 Nail Polish in 'Lush Lilac' on our fingers here and 'Pistachio Ice Cream' in our hand.

Fun Accent Nails

Here we have used 'Lush Lilac' as our base colour, with 'Pistachio Ice Cream' on the tips of our nails for a pretty pastel twist on a French Manicure!

- Use a waterproof plaster or some tape across your nail to give yourself a straight line to do your tips!

For the accent nail we used 'Pistachio Ice Cream', 'Frozen Yoghurt' and 'Perfect Coral' from our FashionistA range!

- All you need is some Nail Polish and a thin straw!

Step 1: Paint your base colour over your entire nail

Step 2: Take one of the other shades you have selected and drop a dot of Nail Polish onto your nail, take the straw, and blow as hard as you can!  You need to work pretty quickly as it will become harder to achieve the look as the Nail Polish dries.

Step 3: Repeat with the other shades that you have selected until you get a design you like!

Step 4: Add a clear top coat on your entire nail and sweep across the end of your nail to avoid chipping and to make your nails lovely and shiny!

To avoid getting your fingers messy, tape around the edges of your nail so when it's done you just peel the tape away and there's no mess!

What is your favourite Summer look?

We'd love to see photos of your Summer make up and nail designs!

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MUA xx

The products that we have used in this post are:

Gel Liner - Tribe

Heaven & Earth Palette

Blusher - Lolly

Lipstick - Shade 16 Nectar

Nail Polish

Lush Lilac

Pistachio Ice Cream

Frozen Yoghurt

Perfect Coral from MUA FashionistA range - web exclusive

You can find all of the products used in this blog post on our website

www.muastore.co.uk

and in select Superdrug stores.

Prom/Special Occasion Makeup!

It's almost summer (we hope!), which means lots of you will have your proms or other special occasions coming up!

 

Here at MUA Towers we thought we would do a blog post of a few makeup ideas that you can wear to your prom, that wedding you're going to or simply on an evening out!

 

 

1950's Prom Look

 

 

 

For the first look we have gone for neutral eyes, some winged liner and red lips! Hot Pink lips - such as Shade 3 Lipstick would also look great!

 

For this look we have used the new Merged Eyeshadow Trio in 'Legendary', using the lightest shade to highlight the brow bone and swept into the inner corner of the eye and down to the inner corner of the lower lash line.  We have then used the middle shade all across the lid.

 

We've added Liquid Eyeliner in 'Black' and Every Lash Mascara in 'Black'.

 

For the lips we have used our Lip Liner in 'Red Drama' and added the lipstick from the Lip Boom in 'Bring It' - for that extra little bit of Hollywood glamour use the lipgloss over the top of the lipstick!

 

 

 

Pretty Pink Prom Look

 

 

For this look we have used the Merged Eyeshadow Trio in 'Legendary' again, using the lightest colour to highlight the brow bone and inner corner, the mid colour on the lid and then sweeping the darkest shade into the socket line to add depth!

 

We've then added the 3 in 1 eXtreme Contour Eye Pen in 'Auburn' to create a winged liner on the top lid and a soft smokey liner on the lower lash line.  We then used the E1 Eyeshadow Brush to add the darkest shade from 'Legendary' over the liner to give it a bit more of a shimmer!

 

To finish off we've used Mega Volume Mascara in 'Black/Brown' and then our Cream Blusher in 'Bittersweet' on our cheeks and lips for a lovely pretty pink makeup look!

 

 

 

Simple Smokey Eye Prom Look

 

 

A failsafe evening look that always looks great is a monochrome smokey eye!

 

We've used the Eyeshadow Trio in 'Smoke Screen' to create this look, team with a winged liner and some Every Lash Mascara in 'Black' you've got an evening classic!

 

If you're going for smokey eyes then why not team it with our Power Pout in 'Rendezvous' to give your lips a bit of colour that will really last!

 

We have a step-by-step guide of this eye look here

 

 

 

Smokey Eyes with a Twist

 

 

For this eye look we have created a colourful twist on a smokey eye - you could team this with nude or pink lips!

 

Why not match  your eyes to your nails?

 

First off, choose your colour! - we've gone with pink from the Glitterball Palette, but any bright colour would look great!

 

Take the colour you've chosen into the inner corner of your eye, onto your lower lash line and about half way across your lid.  Then add the black (or whatever darker shade you have chosen) into the outer corner.  Blend the darker shade using upwards, inwards circular motions.  Use the 3 in 1 eXtreme Contour Eye Pen in 'Black' to create a winged liner on your top lash line and a soft smokey liner on your bottom lash line!

 

A great colourful twist on a classic smokey eye!

 

Send us pics of your prom makeup looks you create using MUA!! We'd love to see them!

 

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MUA xx

 

The products we have used in this post are:

Lipstick - Shade 3

Lip Boom - Bring It

Lip Liner - Red Drama

Merged Eyeshadow Trio - Legendary

Liquid Eyeliner - Black

Every Lash Mascara - Black

Cream Blusher - Bittersweet

Mega Volume Mascara - Black/Brown

3 in 1 eXtreme Contour Eye Pen - Auburn

Eyeshadow Trio - Smoke Screen

Power Pout - Rendezvous

Glitterball Eyeshadow Palette

3 in 1 eXtreme Contour Eye Pen - Black

 

All of the products used in this post can be found on our website

www.muastore.co.uk

and in select Superdrug stores.

 

 

 



Tracey from bitenomore.blogspot.co.uk shows us some lovely summer nails!

The lovely guys at MUA asked me to do a post on Water Marbling using MUA Polish.

Of course I said yes  as the polish is now in a new designed bottle, it water marbles so much better, spreading well in the water, better than some more expensive brand polish!

 

So I was sent some polish and a fur effect to do this post.

                         

 

 

 

 Bright Coral, Natural Days, Fever Red, Top Coat, Strawberry Crush and Fluffy Puff.

 

 

These were the colours I chose to use.

 

I had a beautiful water marble design in mind with these wicked colours, and an accented nail on the ring fingers using the Fluffy Puff Fur Effect.

 

The first thing I did was paint my ring fingers with with two coats of Fever Red, and all the others with two coats of Natural Days.

 

 

Then using bottled water at room temperature, filled a paper drinking cup, to an inch from the top.

 

I have tried glass bowls, but not deep enough and too big. Plastic drinking cups are a big no no, as when I tried the nail polish burnt a hole in the cup and the water went everywhere!

 

 

The brush must be fully loaded with polish to drip into the water. Hold close to the water, but not touching, and don't let it drip from to high up, as it will just sink to the bottom, and not spread. Drip the polish in colour by colour, till your happy with the rings (bullseye) of colours.

 

 

 

 

I use a cuticle stick (orange stick), but a needle or cocktail stick will work too, as long as it has a point on the end. Very carefully and lightly draw the polish from the outside, into the middle.

 

Do this from all angles, to create a flower in the middle of the ring of polish.

 

 

Fingers already taped with masking tape, to save on the clean up after, line your nail up, and dunk it into the water. Keeping it under, clean the remaining polish on the surface, I use a cotton bud. Then slowly lift your finger out. 

 

 

 

 

Then just continue the same method for the rest of your fingers 

 

 

For the accent nail, I was going to do a pink Fluffy Puff flower, but wasn't too keen when I tried it out on a nail stick. It looked to plain against the rest of the nails. So I decided to do fluffy Polka Dots. 

 

 

 

 

 

The finished design rocks 

 

Hope you all like this, and try it yourself.

 

Tracey x x

 

http://bitenomore.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 

The products used in this post are:

£1 Nail Polish - Natural Days

£1 Nail Polish - Fever Red

£1 Nail Polish - Top Coat

Fur Effect Nails - Fluffy Puff

 

All of the products used in this post can be found on our website

www.muastore.co.uk

and in select Superdrug stores.

 

MUA xx