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.

Gold! Always Believe In Your Soul.....

What about a little 80's pick me up song this Monday night!

Love me a bit of Spandu Ballet:)

Anyway the point of todays post is an eye look that I put together this morning and liked enough to take pictures of. It actually looks brighter in real life than it does in the pictures but it still looks pretty gold!

To get this look I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden

Mac Paintpot in Bare Study

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Gold all over lid

Urban Decay Jones on inner half of lid

Mac Mythology on outer half of lid

Mac Antiqued crease and outer v

Mac Smut on crease and lower lashline

Mac Vanilla and Brule blended from crease to brow

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk on inner corner

Mac Phloof! on brow bone and inner corner

Maybelline Gel eyeliner to tightline and on upper lashline

Covergirl LashBlast mascara

Collective Haul - November 2011

This is a little bit later than I intended but no matter!

The collective picture

China Glaze 'Season Sparkles' set - Poinsettia, Twinkle Lights & Champagne Sparkles. Individual bottles of China Glaze - Glittering Garland, Snow Globe, Icicle and Tinsel Town. 'Deck the Halls' set - Velvet Bow, Holiday Berry cuticle oil and Ring in the Red.

NYX Jumbo pencil in Black Bean, Catrice all around concealer palette (re-purchase), Whizzer teeth whitening strips, huge bottle of acetone, Maybelline Gel eyeliner (re-purchase) and Sally Hansen Instra-Dri.

OPI L-R Meep-Meep-Meep, Warm & Fozzie, Russian Navy, Essie School of Hard Rocks, Your Hut or Mine, Sexy Divide, Essence Gagalactic, Barry M Dusky Mauve and Nails Inc Basil St. (magazine freebie!)

Sally Hansen salon effects in Kitty Kitty, Illamasqua Load and Chanel Black Pearl

Mostly nail stuff again this month!

March Favourites

I don't have too many favourites this month, it took me ages to even think of these 3!

Bobbi Brown Shimmerbrick 

I've had this since last summer and used it regularly - until it was just forgotten! I fell in love with it all over again this month and used it nearly every day. The shade I have is in Pink Quartz and I use it as a highlight for my cheekbones and sweep it up onto my temples. I sometimes use it on my collarbones as well.
It really is a wonderful product and I want to pick up some of the other shades!

NARS Laguna Bronzer

This was actually an unintended favourite of the month. I only realised how much I love it when I hit pan a few days ago! I only bought it in January and I really didn't expect to hit pan so soon - I really thought it would last me for ages! Obviously theres's still loads of product in it as I only made a tiny dent in the centre, but still! I'm very pale so I really only use it to lightly contour, or else I'll end up looking tangoed:p
It is a brilliant product and I'm glad I gave into buying it after hearing so many people talking about it on youtube.

MAC All that Glitters and Satin Taupe 


These are two more products that are well mentioned on youtube and in blogs. This combination has been a lifesaver all month. I've been really busy and haven't had much time to do my makeup in the morning. Putting All that Glitters all over the lid and Satin Taupe in the crease and you're good to go. If I have a little more time, I put Nyx jumbo pencil in Gold on the lid before All that Glitters and it gives it a really nice pop of metallicy goodness:)

NYX Jumbo Pencils

Ok, so I know that these jumbo pencils have been done to death but I'm going to write about them anyway!

When I first started reading blogs and watching beauty youtube videos I was intrigued by these pencils that the Americans kept using. I had never heard of NYX but they kept raving about how the pencils were so cheap and so pigmented and I was just itching to try them out.

I was so disappointed when I found out that we can't buy them over here or in the U.K. but a little bit more investigating led me to Amazon, woot! For my first order I had to try Milk as this seemed to be the most go-to colour and I also went for Bronze as I felt it would look good for a neutral eye.

They were delivered pretty quick and I wasn't disappointed with them. They were very soft and easy to blend. The bronze was lovely to use over eyeshadow without even blending.

Probably one of the best things I found about them was that they really get your eye-makeup to stay put ALL day. No joke, I found it was as perfect at night as it was when it was put on early in the morning.

It also held it's own on a night out, it was wonderful going into the bathroom after a session on the dancefloor and seeing that my makeup was where it was supposed to be and not halfway down my cheeks! (That sounds like I'm usually really bad at applying makeup, lol!)

Combine them with Urban Decays Primer Potion and your eye makeup ain't going anywhere!!

After I had tested them out, I decided to buy a few more as there is such a variety of colour that they can be used as part of nearly any eye look.

The other colours I got were: Cottage Cheese (A silvery white), Oyster (A light sheer pink), Slate ( A dark grey almost black), Gold (A coppery yellow), Iced Mocha (A bright mink brown) and Purple (Generic purple).

                                L-R Milk, Cottage Cheese, Oyster, Gold, Slate, Iced Mocha, Purple and Bronze

So there you have it, the NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencils.

Do you use the NYX Jumbo Pencils? Whats your favourite colours?