Karen Constantine

When I first heard that Urban Decay where retiring the original Naked palette, I had all the sad feels because when it was released way back then, I think it changed the game when it came to eyeshadow palettes. I love the fabric packaging as it's a lot more streamlined than any of the other Naked palettes, but I wonder about how messy it will get and how easy it will be to clean. The shimmers are so smooth when applied to the lids which I just love because while I do love a bit of glitter, sometimes it's a bit too much for me for first thing on a Monday morning! Now to compare the original palette and the reloaded palette.

I filmed a video showing how to spot clean my makeup brushes and how to deep clean my makeup brushes and both methods involve products I've been using for ages now. Spot cleaning my brushes, particularly my eyeshadow brushes, is a doddle thanks to the Ella & Jo Squeaky Clean Brush Cleanser (€20) and I'm on my third bottle now, such is my love for it. It works really well on my flat eyeshadow brushes, pencil brushes and fluffy brushes and my experience is that generally, I need to give each brush one or two rounds of it. For more stained brushes like you'll see in the video below, I need to give each brush a third go, just so it's properly clean because lads if I'm going to the effort of cleaning the brushes

The Flormar Precious Curl Carbon Black Mascara and the Catrice Glam & Doll Boost After falling in love with the original Precious Curl mascara from Flormar a couple of years, I wondered how the Precious Curl Carbon Black would compare. On the left is the Flormar Precious Curl Carbon Black Mascara and on the right is the Catrice Glam & Doll Boost Lash Growth Volume Mascara. The Flormar Precious Curl Carbon Black is €9.99 and is available in selected Penneys and selected pharmacies nationwide and the Catrice Glam & Doll Boost Lash Growth Volume Mascara is €5.50 and is also available in selected Penneys and selected pharmacies nationwide.

I only double cleanse in the evening if I've been wearing makeup because the first cleanser, that breaks down my makeup and removes it. This doesn't at all and makes quick work of removing my makeup with the next product in the trio - the Double Cleanse Facial Cloth. .The second cleanse in the system is the Renew Illuminating Lightweight Gel Cleanser which has fruit enzymes which gently exfoliate and increase cell turnover along with Superoxide Dismutase ( But if you do want to try the full sized ones, you can buy the Erase Makeup Removing Balm * in full size separately for €45 here along with the 100ml bottle of the Renew Illuminating Lightweight cleanser is €43