Wet n Wild Trio in 'Silent Treatment'

It's Friday! Yay! Happiness all around! Although I still have to work tomorrow, boo!

I meant to post this trio ages ago, but better late than never, right?

I got on much better with this trio than the previous one, which I posted about here. There wasn't as much fallout at all and the pigmentation was decent. However, while this look turned out fine, I just didn't 'love it'. Every time I looked at it in the mirror it just felt all very meh. While I love a good natural eye, I think this one was just a bit too boring by itself and I'll definitely have to jazz it up a bit the next time I wear it. 

Apologies for the slightly unfocused photos, my camera was acting up (i.e I couldn't remember how to change the settings:p) when I took these photos.

 

To get this look I:

1. Applied Urban Decay Primer Potion Original

2. Applied MAC paintpot in Bare Study

3 Used the palette as intended

4. Maybelline gel eyeliner on upper lash line and to tightline.

5. Lancome Hypnose Mascara

All in all a good wee trio, just not my personal favourite to wear alone. It would probably be ideal for people who like very subtle make-up or people who are just beginning to wear make-up. 

I still have one trio left to show, I'll post it sometime next week. And then that's the end of my Wet n Wild palettes:( 

Autumn Lights E.O.T.D.

 

I did this eye look on November 1st inspired by true Autumn weather. The morning was dry and very very blustery and fresh and just my favourite type of day so I wanted to en-capture it an eye look! 

I'd been neglecting my Mac palette in favour of my Urban Decay one for too long so I opened it up and used the most autumnal colours I could find!

 

To create this look I used:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin
• All that Glitters all over the lid-brow
• Amber Lights all over the lid
• Mythology in the crease
• Just a teeny bit of Antiqued in the crease and on the lower lashline
• Vanilla on the browbone
• Maybelline Gel Eyeliner on upper lashline 
• Mascara was Lancome Hypnose

I didn't want a super done up look on this particular day so I felt that this was a subtle eye look but still bright.

Are you excited that it's November? I am, November and December are probably my favourite months of the year!

Collective Haul - October 2011

I meant to get this up much earlier, but I didn't have time to finish it before I had to go to work. 

I really can't believe that another month has gone. October's purchases were mainly nail varnish related with most of the damage done in the first week alone! After that week I put myself on a nail varnish ban for the month and it was quite successful. I only got two during the rest of the month - one was a No7 varnish that I got with a voucher I needed to use and the other was an Essence one which was really really cheap! Make-up wise this month I got a few things from MAC. 

L-R China Glaze It's Alive, Ghoulish Glow, Concrete Catwalk, CG in the City, Skyscraper, Midtown Magic, Urban City and Frostbite.

L-R Zoya Marley, Danni, Caitlin, Dove, Jules, Gemma

L-R OPI A Dozen Rosas, Sweetheart, Suzi Takes the Wheel, Uh-Oh Roll Down the Window and Roadhouse Blues.

No7 Blackberry, Essence Blue Addicted, A selection of image plates from Born Pretty

MAC Paintpots Genuine Treasure, Nubile, Imaginary and Pure Creation.

MAC Lipstick in Russian Red and Lipliner in Redd. 

It's only November 1st and I've already made nail varnish purchases this month! Oh dear, I have a feeling it's going to be a heavy on the purse month!

What have you been purchasing over the last month?:)

31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 31

Day 31

And this is it, the final day of the challenge. And it's not even a challenge today, just a recap! 

I have to say I enjoyed this nail challenge immensely. Whilst I am the first to admit that I still need plenty of practice in the nail art department I do feel that this challenge has allowed me to experiment a bit more with nail art and I'm really looking forward to doing even more experimenting with it. 

Another bonus with this challenge is that you really go through your nail varnish collection and root out varnish you otherwise may not have used! That being said I did end up using OPI's Alpine Snow and 17's Nightshade quite frequently! 

Another thing I loved about this challenge was blogging every day. I thought I might struggle a bit with it but aside from having to schedule a few posts due to being away, I really didn't find it that bad. I'm looking forward to blogging more frequently in the future but I don't know if I'll do it on a daily basis or not. I want to but I don't know if readers like it? People might not have the time to read a post every day by every blogger they follow. What do ye think? Would ye like to see a blog a day?   

I can't have the final post of the challenge without a picture so I'm going to include a few pictures of my favourite designs throughout the challenge:) 

Day 11

Day 10

Day 19

Day 20

Day 26

Day 27

Let me know if you decide to do the challenge!

31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 30

                                                                            Day 30

Today is going to be my last nail post! I can't believe that we are at the end of the month already and that it is Halloween tomorrow! I have enjoyed doing this challenge so much but I'll expand on that in tomorrow's recap post!

So for today, the final challenge was to be inspired by a tutorial. I decided to use a tutorial given by one of my all-time favourite nail bloggers, Kayla. She first started off as a general beauty blogger but recently changed her domain name to acknowledge that her main focus is now on nails. This girl does epic nail art (and epic hauls and swatches!) so I was delighted when she started doing step by step tutorials of some of her nail art designs. 

The one I chose was of course a Halloween themed one. This is her 'Mummies' nail art design and I love it! Check out her tutorial of it here. 

 

I used

OPI Alpine Snow (Base and Eyes)

Revlon Grey Suede (Sponged over base)

Revlon No Name Gold (Sponged over Grey Suede)

17 Nightshade (Stripes and Eyes)

So that's the last design in the challenge:( But check tomorrows post for the recap and my thoughts on the challenge!

And go check out Kayla! Seriously you won't regret it!

31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 29

Day 29

The weekend again! And it's Halloween this weekend,I don't even know what I'm doing for it yet!

I can't believe that this is the second last day of the challenges! (Day 31 is a kind of recap) 

The challenge for today is Inspired by the Supernatural. I couldn't have chosen a better weekend for this challenge to fall on. 

I couldn't really decide on one solid theme for this so I decided to use a few different things. Apologies for the desperate photos, my camera was not in a co-operative mood. 

Little finger is supposed to be a blood stain

Ring finger is fangs

Middle finger is a broomstick

Index finger is a witches hat

 

I think I'm starting to wane and lose imagination at this stage:/ This is certainly not my best look!

 

I used:

China Glaze Pelican Grey

OPI My private Jet

OPI Decades of Shades

OPI Rising Star

OPI Alpine Snow

Rimmel Desire

Don't forget to turn the clocks back tonight!

31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 28

Day 28

Today's nail challenge is to be Inspired by a Flag. I searched google images for flags and what I initially decided to do was the South African flag but then this one jumped out at me! The Olympics flag! Seeing as the 2012 Olympics are being held in neighboring London next year, I thought it would be a good flag to do.

 

It should have been simple, but this is me haha! Ah it turned out fairly acceptable. It looks decentish from afar and even close-up it's okay albeit the circles are a little bit wonky!

 

I used

OPI Alpine Snow

OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui

GOSH Yellow Doll

17 Nightshade

OPI Jade is the New Black

Rimmel Hot Gossip