Purple Haze E.O.T.D.

I do love wearing a purple eye, so here's a look I've sported a few times recently.

To get this look I used the following products

• I primed with UDPP in Eden.
• I applied NYX Jumbo Pencil in Purple all over the lid.
• (All shadows are MAC) I packed Satellite Dreams all over the lid.
• Placed Blackberry on the outer lid and used Fig.1 in the crease and lower lash line.
• I also ran a little bit of Universal Appeal MES through the crease.
• Trax was packed on inner part of the lid.
• Vanilla was used on both the inner tear duct and brow area.
• Then Shroom was applied in the arch of the brow and Phloof! in the tear duct area.
• Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in Zero was used to tightline and on the lower lash line.
• Essence liquid eyeliner was applied to the upper lash line.
• Finally I applied both Maybelline's Illegal Lengths mascara and Benefit's They're Real.

Do you like to wear purple eyeshadow?

Golden Green E.O.T.D.

This is a quick and easy green/gold slightly smoky look that can be easily worn during the day.

To get this look I:

• Applied UDPP in Eden all over the lid.
• Used Maybelline Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze over 3/4 of the lid.
• Used Catrice eyeshadow pen in Precious Nectar on the inner quarter of the lid.
• Packed No7 Golden Leaf eyeshadow on 3/4 of the lid and up into the crease.
• Placed L'oreal Infallible shadow in Iced Latte on the inner quarter of the lid.
• MAC Mineralized Eyeshadow in Universal Appeal was ran through the crease.
• MAC eyeshadow in Brulé was applied under the brow bone.
• NYX eyeliner in Jewel was used on the lower lash liner and waterline.
• Essence Liquid eyeliner in Black was used to line the upper lash line.
• Finally Benefit's They're Real mascara was applied.

I was really pleased with this eye look, especially as I was trying to use products that have been a bit neglected such as the No7 eyeshadow.

Pink Eyeshadow

I was originally going to call this post 'Pink Eye' but then thought better of it!

While doing my first 'shop the stash' post, one of they items I included was a NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Oyster, a light pink colour. 

With that, I re-disovered my love for wearing pink eyeshadow in general. While it's a look that not everyone will like, I think it is bright, fun and pretty funky! I had no problems wearing this as a daytime look but you could certainly just wear it out at night. 

The main products used - NYX Oyster, MAC Yoghurt, Pink Freeze, Stars n Rockets and Fig.1.

To get this look I:

• Primed with UDPP in Eden
• I applied NYX Jumbo Pencil in Oyster all over lid
• I packed MAC Pink Freeze over Oyster
• I used  MAC Stars n' Rockets on the outer lid and crease
• MAC Fig.1 was blended into the lower lash line
• MAC Yoghurt was used beneath the brow bone
• A dab of Urban Decay's Junkshow (found in the 15 Anniversary palette) was used to deepen the crease
• Maybelline Gel Eyeliner was applied
• The mascara used was Maybelline Illegal Length

I wore this look a few times during the week, trying different comboinations. If you want a softer look, just do a wash of Pink Freeze all over the lid. Junkshow is quite a deep pink and definitely made this a stronger look.

Unearthing My Make-Up: Shopping The Stash Vol.2

I was delighted with how last week's Shop The Stash went. I used some of the products from last weeks post every time I did my make-up, it really is a great way to fall in love with your make-up products all over again.

Now onto this weeks products!

My eyeshadow base of choice is going to be Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin. It's a great base but I often pass it over in favour of the Original or Eden.  I also want to get some more use out of MAC Paintpot in Genuine Treasure. It can be a bit patchy and does require a little effort so that's why it is often forgotten about. Eyeshadow wise, I am solely going to use the Urban Decay Naked Palette. I have a wonderful neutral MAC palette which I tend to grab instead of this. Also when I lived in America last summer, this palette contained the only eyeshadows I had with me so after such continuous use I think I just automatically go for other shadows now for a change!  I have chosen to use my Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Bourbon. A fabulous colour but I nearly always end up going for black. Definitely need to mix it up a bit!

Cheek wise I want to use MAC Creme Blush in Ladyblush. It was my first ever MAC blush but I've leaned towards powder blush as of late. I also want to use MAC Crew Powder, I haven't used it nearly enough.

On the lips is going to be Revlon Colourburst Lipgloss in Strawberry, it's definitely pigmented enough to wear alone. YSL Rouge Volupte in Lingerie Pink and NARS Turkish Delight Lipgloss.

And that's this weeks stash picks!

Mac Phloof!

I was watching a YouTube video a few months back and the girl was wearing just Mac Phloof! on her eyes. I thought it looked great so I thought I would give it a shot.

To get this look I:

• Primed with UDPP in Original.
• Applied Mac Phloof! all over lid to brow
• Put the tiniest amount of Urban Decay Naked e/s above the crease to add some dimension
• Used Maybelline Gel Eyeliner on the upper lashline
• Finally some Maybelline Falsies mascara

I really liked how this looked. It is very simple and quick but offers a great bright eye look.

E.O.T.D Feat. Mac Paintpot in Pure Creation

There I was with a hand covered in swatches as I went through my make-up to see what I should get rid of, when I came across my old Bourjois eyeshadows. Among them was a sole Bourjois pigment in Bleu Rosé that I think I bought discounted at an Off The Rail Live show in the RDS circa 2005/2006. Honestly I don't think I had ever even used it. So I decided to lob a bit of it on my hand to check the colour pay-off and where better to place it than over the blue patch already on my hand created my Mac's Pure Creation paintpot. 

As I applied the pigment the most beautiful blue-pink sheen appeared. It was so pretty I couldn't help but ooh and ahh over it. I couldn't wait to try this out on my eyes so the very next morning that's what I did.

Bourjois Bleu Rose and Mac Pure Creation

Pure Creation on it's own

Bleu Rosé over pure Creation

L- Bleu Rosé alone, R- Layered over Pure Creation

You can slightly see the sheen here, but in real life it looks exactly like the swatches, it is that vivid

To get this look I:

• Applied Mac Paintpot in Pure Creation all over the lid and above the crease.
• I blended Urban Decay Naked shadow from the Naked Palette between the Pure Creation and my skin just to make it softer.
• I patted Bourjois pigment in Bleu Rosé over Pure Creation.
• I used Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in 1999 on the lower lashline.
• I used Mac NC15/NW20 eye pencil on the waterline.
• Maybelline Gel Eyeliner was used above the upper lashline.
• Finally I used Chanel Sublime de Chanel mascara (A sample I had!).

The eye pictures are really not showing just how vibrant this looks together. I loved wearing it and I felt it just made my eyes sparkle. Going to be wearing this combination quite a few times!

Urban Decay: The Black Palette

This is the final palette in my forgotten palette series! The original post is here.

I have been trying to get a post on this palette up for ages but because the shadows are so dark I have found myself using it mostly at night. Then by the time I'm ready to go out I'm late and I either forget or simply don't have time to take photos of the look I created.

Eventually I decided to use it during the day to finally get some pictures. I'm glad I did in the end because it shows that The Black Palette can be surprisingly versatile and you don't have to keep it exclusively for more extreme night looks.

I created a very simple look with it.

To get this look I: 

• Applied UDPP in Original all over the lid
• Applied Mac Sumptuous Olive all over lid
• Mac Humid was placed on the outer lid
• Libertine from The Black Palette was used in the crease and outer v
• Mac Brulé was used on the brow bone
• Maybelline Gel Eyeliner was placed on the upper lashline
• Finally Maybelline Falsies mascara was used

I was so glad to be able to create a day-time look with this palette instead of just keeping it to use at night.

You can check out the other forgotton palette posts if you want - Benefit, Rimmel and MAC.

Look What I Found!

Urban Decay The Black Palette, Mac Cool Eyes Trip Palette,
Benefit Big Beautiful Eyes and Rimmel Quad

Top-Bottom Rimmel, Mac, Benefit and Urban Decay

As I was going through some drawers where I keep my make-up, I unearthed this small drawer of old make-up palettes. Some of them are the ones I used before I was properly into make-up and others are ones that just fell by the wayside. I kept them all together and now that they are resurrected. You can expect some posts featuring these palettes over the coming weeks! 

E.O.T.D #3 feat. Urban Decay 15 Anniversary Palette

It has been so long since I have posted an eye look using the UD Anniversary palette. 

This time I went for a blue look.

 

To get this look I:

• Applied Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
• I used Deep End all over the lid
• Evidence on the outer lid
• Half-Truth was applied in the crease
• Flow was applied to the browbone
• Maybelline gel eyeliner was used on the upper lashline and to tighline
• Finally Maybelline Falsies mascara was used

E.O.T.D Feat. Urban Decay Naked Palette

I haven't done an E.O.T.D. in an absolute age! Last week as I was getting to ready to go out for a late breakfast (midweek!) I found myself reaching for my Urban Decay Naked palette.

I know I'm more than a little late showing an E.O.T.D. using the Urban Decay Naked palette, especially considering that the Naked 2 palette has already being released! 

However, this really is a great palette. It was the only only eyeshadows that I brought with me when I moved to California for 3 months last summer. It was used every day and every night and never failed me. 

So after all the hard work it did for me, I think it deserves to be used in an E.O.T.D.!

I wanted to create a soft smoky look. 

The shadows I used (after UDPP in Eden and Mac Paintpot in Bare Study as bases) were;

Sin all over lid

Sidecar on outer lid

Smog on outer lid and 'v'

Darkhorse in crease and lower lashline

Creep on lower lashline

Virgin on browbone

Other items used to create this look L-R

Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden

Mac Paintpot in Bare Study

Maybelline 'Cat Eyes' Mascara

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Bourbon (Upper lashline)

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner in Black (Upper waterline)

Urban Decay Browbox in Brown Sugar

The Naked Palette. 

This turned out to be a real Urban Decay lovin' post :D

Are you still using your Naked Palette? Have you deserted it in favour of Naked 2?

Products I am looking forward to 2012 edition

Happy 2012! I decided to do a fun little post about what new beauty products I'm looking forward to trying this year.

Most of the items are from new collections that are coming out very soon. I'll start with nail ones!

OPI

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The Nicki Minaj collection. This is a 6 piece collection and I suppose it is on a similar vein to the Katy Perry collection which was released at the same time last year. Black shatter was introduced to us with that collection and there is a plum coloured shatter included in this collection. I've heard that this is probably going to be the last shatter going to be released by OPI. I can't say that I'll be picking it up myself, I bought the original shatter and while I really like that I just was never that enamoured with all the coloured shatters that started doing the rounds. As for the colours from the collection I like all of them, there are three cremes and two glitters, including a bar glitter! I don't have any bar glitters! More than likely I will pick up all of these, the only possible exception being the grey black glitter one as it looks very similar to the recently realeased Tinsel Town from the China Glaze Let it Snow Holiday collection. I'll decide once I see some swatches and comparisons!

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The other OPI collection that I'm excited for is the main Spring/Summer 2021 collection which is called the Holland collection. No joke I think I'm going to have to get this entire collection. From what I've seen so far, it is a superb collection and definitely the best main OPI collection that I've been aware of, since I became interested in their newly released collections. And that's me still in my newbie state! 6 of the colours are beautiful cremes and the other 6 have gorgeous flecks of glitter going through them! I don't think the collection is out until February but I can't wait to get my paws on them!

China Glaze

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The Prism Collection is being released for Spring 2012 and it is a 6 piece collection.The stock pictures seem to show that they are holographic glitters - should be fun!

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Another China Glaze collection that I'm looking forward to is The Hunger Games - Colours from the Capitol collection. I've read the book series and can't wait for the film, so I think it's only natural that I'm looking forward to the nail varnish collection! I think this collection has a great range of shades but the ones that I'm looking forward to most are Smoke and Ashes, Electrify and Luxe and Lush.

Essie

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Essie's Spring 2012 collection looks very promising as well. It contains 3 brights and 3 lights and one of the shades called Navigate Her looks to be the most amazing pistachio green!

Chanel 

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Oh how I blame Sarah from Saloule for my interest in Chanel's nail varnish! I  avoided them for as long as I could but once Péridot came under my radar, I succumbed. There are 3 fabulously bright nail varnishes out for Spring 2012 named April, May and June and the colours are gloriously happy. I want them all but I don't know yet if I can warrant getting the lot so if I had to pick a favourite it would be June.

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Another Chanel release that I'm looking forward to is their new foundation, the Perfection Lumiére which is supposed to be the replacement for Pro Lumiére. I've tried Vitalumiére Aqua before and I really liked it but I think I'm going to try this new one as I've heard such great things about it. That it's suitable for different skin types and leaves a lovely finish. It's released in Ireland on January 13th I believe, so not too much longer to wait now!

MAC
There's no way I couldn't be excited about some of the gazillion upcoming MAC collections! Some of the ones that I'm looking forward to the most is the Naturally collection, Iris Apfel collection, Shop Shop Shop/ Cook Cook Cook collection and the Mac for Chen Man collection.

Out of all those, I'm really excited for the return of the Tendertones in the Shop Shop Shop/ Cook Cook Cook collection as there seems to be a lot of love for that product and I'm excited to try it out for myself!

Revlon
Lip Butters! I'm sure you have all read about them on American blogs or YouTube videos. They're basically a tinted lip balm and I want to try some so bad! I believe they're being released here in March so I'm glad that we're actually going to be getting them!

Urban Decay
The Naked 2 is being released! Yay! Do I need it if I have the original Naked? Probably not, but i'm still excited

Clarisonic
Now this is certainly not a new product but I hope to get one at some stage this year so I'm looking forward to trying it out and hopefully it will work as well as people say it does!

What new products or collections are you looking forward to this year?