Happy New Year!! + Bronze EOTD

So 2013 is here and I hope it is better than 2012!
I'm starting as I mean to go on - getting shit done - so here is my first EotD of the year:

Base - Maybelline colour tattoo Bronze
Lid - B.E. READY palette apricot
Socket/ outer corner - Brown from same palette
Upper lashes - MUA eyeliner pen Black
Lower lash line - Mally saddle shimmer shadow stick
Inner corner - Mally champagne shadow stick
Waterline - Mally onyx eye pencil

Belated Boxing Day EOTD

Can't believe that Christmas has come and gone so quickly!
To hold on to the festivities a little while longer here is my, very simple, Boxing Day look

- Maybelline colour tattoo in Bronze as a base over my lid, blended up to my socket
- MUG Purely Naked in socket
- MUA Eyeliner pen in Black applied thinly along lash line
- lots of mascara!

On my cheeks I wore Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Rose and on my lips, Prescriptives lipgloss in Meteor (sheer cranberry, sadly discontinued).

Hope you like it :)

... beauty: EOTD - red and gold smokey!

It's Chinese New Year!!!
Cue the gratuitous red and gold eye shot!

I'm afraid I couldn't resist! Not that I ever need much encouragement ;)
Here what I used:

1. Primer: Mally Beauty
2. MAC "Smoulder" pencil smudged along upper an lower lashes
3. Smoked out the black using Cranberry from MAC (this rhymes, it was not on purpose)
4. Blended out my socket with Glamorous from MUG
5. Highlighted under brow with Shimma Shimma from MUG
6. Added a little bit more intensity on the top lashes by blending in a little MAC Beauty Marked

I hope you like it - it made me feel festive!!
xx

... beauty: Bare Escentuals Ready 8.0 Palette - Review + EOTD!!

I heart B.E. I love the sparkle, what else can I say? So when I heard they had released a festively golden palette crammed full of sparkly deliciousness how could I resist? Seriously.

Here are the colours:

I don't know how to rotate this photo - I 'm sorry!!

Here is the first look I tried:

PRODUCTS USED:
Primer: Mally Eye Primer
Lid + under eye: Remix (the golden colour in the bottom row)
Socket + under outer corner: Pumped (warm brown in the top row)
Liner: Clinique Cream liner True Black (winged out + brought underneath)
Highlight (brow + inner corner) : One Hit Wonder (the shimmery off-white in the bottom row)
Waterline: MAC eye kohl Smoulder




I can't say that I am 100% happy. The amazing looking teal shows up more as a black with a teal shimmer unless I use a greeny base underneath so that was a little disappointing but, overall, I am pleased, so if you see it in the sales treat yourself!

Thanks for reading :)
xx

... beauty: EOTD - Experimental Smashbox

You know when you have something you don't want to do and so you put it off and try not to look at it?

Well that is what I have been doing with my Smashbox Shadow & Liner Trio in "Hot Date" that had somehow broken without me dropping it...... but not anymore!!!!! 

Inspired by my liner-as-shadow success in my green/gold EOTD, I decided to try the same sort of method with the Smashbox cream liner that is included in the trio. I am not particularly keen on these liners, I find that they disappear really easily, but using it this way has proved far more longwearing.

Here is the look:

Here is the palette:

image from justbeautydirect.co.uk

Base: Very light application of Mally eyeshadow base

Lid: Pale colour from the palette

Socket/ top+bottom lashline: Cream liner with the purple eyeshadow blended over the top

Liner (top lashline): MUG Corrupt eyeshadow (intense black - love it!)

Waterline: MAC Smoulder

Mascara: Maybelline Full 'n' Soft Waterproof + L'oreal Lash Architect 4D

I really like how this turned out. It's a bit smokier in real life but I'm so pleased that i have found a way of using this trio, I will be trying it out with the Girls Night Out trio (that was part of the same kit) asap!!

Thanks for reading xx

... beauty: Classic golden brown EOTD featuring Make Up Geek eyeshadows....

First of all I have to apologise for the distinct lack of a picture. It is soooo dark here at the moment and I just cannot get the colours to show up on my camera phone.
I will keep trying, though, so do check back here if my written explanation isn't enough.

This is a classic, wearable, Sophia Loren-style look. It is extremely flattering on most people but I absolutely adore it for bringing out the warmth in my dark brown eyes.

Primer: Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Socket: Purely Naked as the main colour with a little Cocoa Bear added for extra depth
Lid: Glamorous
Under eye: Purely Naked with a little Glamorous blended over the inner third
Liner: Corrupt
Highlight: Shimma Shimma on browbone and tearduct

I hope this explains the look clearly. Please click here to see swatches of the shadows if you would like to recreate it for yourself.

All the shadows I used were from Make Up Geek and I bought them myself.

Thanks so much for reading. Please check back for my blog sale - it'll be up as soon as I have some light for pictures!!