Saturday, 1 September 2012

Mallzee - Making Shopping Social - Exclusive NEW Shopping Site Launching Later This Year


Just wanted to fill you guys in about a new and exciting website launching before the end of the year.....Mallzee!

It's all about creating a new experience for online shopping, and is following in the footsteps of many personalised shopping platforms that have recently launched, promoting the idea of a "personalised" shopping experience. A bit like 'Shoe Mint' if you've ever visited.

 Users create their own personalized shopping mall (Mallzee) by picking their favourite brands and stores. Mallzee then finds products matching your personal style and showcases them in your own unique Mallzee! - convenient, no?

For people that find the world of online shopping daunting or don't know where to start (because it's a big old world out there on the internet!) this is a great idea for really getting that personalised, tailored experience that is really you. I find the idea so helpful, just like having a personal shopper but in your slippers and pyjamas! I often find myself scrolling through pages of clothes I don't care for, so having my own personal style laid out for me in one place sounds perfect.

They've even added a new social aspect which I think is really interesting and could help to shape internet shopping in the future. Users of Mallzee can invite their friends to ‘visit’ their Mallzee through the use of Facebook chat.  Friends can then discuss product choices and key items they think their friends will love and purchase from the mall themselves with great discounts negotiated by Mallzee.

Another unique feature is that if your still unable to decided on a purchase, you can also create polls to ask your friends opinions before you buy - this sounds really clever to me, sometimes it takes a second opinion right?  An added bonus to inviting friends to your Mallzee is that as the ‘owner’ you earn money every time anyone buys from your Mallzee! So you get paid when you or your friends shop!

Sounds too good to be true doesn't it? I can't wait until the site launches to see all the new shopping features in action.

What is really promising is the brands that Mallzee have lined up to feature on the site, they currently have over 200 brands signed up to Mallzee (Urban Outfitters, New Look, Feel Unique and St. Tropez to name a few).  

Mallzee launches later this year and you can register now for a launch invite at Mallzee.com - also, if you spread the word on Facebook or Twitter, they will enter you into a prize for £100/$155 of shopping vouchers and some other goodies.

This sounds like a really fun, unique and helpful way to shop. I am looking forward to all the things Mallzee have to offer! Remember to claim your launch invite so your in for a chance of winning the goodies!


What the Mallzee site will look like

You can follow Mallzee on Twitter @MallzeeHQ :-)

Let me know what you think!

Mini MUA (Make-Up Academy) Haul - Heaven & Earth Palette & Lipsticks




I posted this picture to Instagram a few evenings ago showing a few bits I picked up from make-up brand MUA. Make-Up Academy is a drugstore make-up brand here in the UK and you can purchase their products in Superdrug.

I decided to pick up the 'Heaven and Earth' palette as I've heard good things about it and it's also comparable to the Naked palettes by Urban Decay with it's neutral and natural colours. I picked up two lipsticks also in Shade 16 - Nectar and Shade 4.  At £6 all in for a palette and two lipsticks I couldn't see a reason not to give these bits a try.

I have a few eyeshadows from MUA already and was impressed with the quality for the price of £1.


This Heaven and Earth palette is of the same great quality in my opinion - the packaging is nice, not the best and quite tricky to open but still nice for a cheaper brand. 


This palette has a great selection of colours from the light champagne colours, to deep red-toned browns.



My only criticism of the formula is that it does cause quite bad fall-out on application, but if applied with a tissue underneath the eye, you can avoid most of this glitter! I would have liked to see some matte shades in this palette, but for the price I think it's great!



(Swatches are from left to right in the palette)



My favourite two shades is are the end two - beautiful mink browns!



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MUA Lipsticks - (Left to right) Shade 16 - Nectar & Shade 4



Shade 16 - Nectar
Nectar looks shocking in the tube but is a lovely peach sheen on the lips. This is such a wearable shade and is so comparable to my new favourite lip gloss - Mac's Cremesheen Glass in Richer, Lusher.

Swatch with flash - Shade 16

Both of the lipsticks are extremely sheer and almost like a lip balm or Revlon lip butter. You can build up the colour however, and I really like the glossy finish as it makes the lips look bigger!

Shade 4
Shade 4 is a bubblegum pink and also has a sheen like Shade 16. I really love this shade on the lips. It's such a natural 'slap-on-and-go' colour, I think it could definitely suit most skin tones!

Swatches with flash - Shade 4 (top) and  Shade 16 (bottom)




Heres a few snaps of me wearing a few shades from the 'Heaven and Earth' palette and Shade 16 - Nectar on my lips! 


Close ups of eye make-up

Ignore the flake of orange on the right hand side of my upper lip - haha!
Close-up of me wearing Shade 16 - Nectar

I Instagrammed this pic of me wearing Shade 4 - the shade is
slightly over exaggerated because of the filter, but it is such a
lovely lipstick!

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So there you have it! A few make-up bargains that are great quality for the price. You can purchase all MUA products from Superdrug - the 'Heaven and Earth' palette retails at £4.00 and the Lipsticks are £1.00 each - £1.00!!!!! If you are new to make-up and want to dabble here and there, I really recommend buying some MUA products to play around with and try!

Hope you enjoyed :-)

Friday, 31 August 2012

Instagramming #1


The latest Instagram pictures from my feed....see what I've been up to in the past week or so! and be sure to follow me on Instagram: cocomykel

:-)

Mine and my boyfriends savings fund for the
Pug we want to get :-) he loves Lord of the Rings lol

My pup being sleepy

Face of the Day - post here

My new links!

Chilly posing on the stairs

My dog's toy after I stitched it up - LOL

Nail of the day - Chanel - Satellite

Trying to re-organise my stuff after holiday

My new health kick - Soya milk!

At the airport in Almeria

Me and my boyfriend's Mum texting about him
passing his driving test!!!

Home from holiday with my puppy

My new RSPCA keyring :-)

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation - I really like it!

Me listening to music on the edge of the pool on holiday

Duty free purchase! Mac Cremesheen Glass in Richer, Lusher

Chilly hugging my teddy!

Lipsticks!

New MUA purchases - post soon!

Prawns and wholewheat pasta for lunch!

My "Chilly" keyring :-)

Face of the day post

One of the MUA Lipsticks I picked up! Gorgeous bubblegum pink!

Me being sad LOL

Do I take too many pictures of my dog? Hehe!

Thursday, 30 August 2012

FOTD - 30/08/2012


Base: Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in 400 Natural Beige
Concealer: Clinique Airbrush Concealer in 02 Medium, Mac Moisturecover Concealer in NC35
Eyes: Upper lash line - Mac Eye Pencil in Coffee, Lower lashline - Mac Eye Kohl in Teddy (both smoked out with No7 Smokey Eye Brush), Lashes curled with No7 Eyelash curlers, Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara
Eyebrows: Illamasqua Brow Cake in Thunder
Cheeks: Laura Mercier Second Skin Cheek Colour in Peach Whisper
Lips: Mac Cremesheen Glass in Richer Lusher *drools*

Lastly I set everything with Laura Mercier Translucent Powder and a Laura Mercier large powder puff!

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There you have it, a simple and smokey daytime look :-)