Alexa Chung Inspired Look

This was requested and you can find the tutorial here

Hope you like!

Products used:

Painterly PP

Illamasqua Servent Eyeshadow

MAC Soba Eyeshadow

Dark brown under lower lashes

Liquid Liner

Mascara

FOTD 08-11-09

Ok this is the last one! I promise!!

I was using the Notoriety Quad and i came up with this soft autumnal look.

Blush Review.

MAC Dame Blush.

Initially I really liked this blush its a gorgeous colour, pink with pink and blue sparkle.

But it's a woeful blush. Its streaky and had bad pigmentation, I literally had to scrub the blush for the swatch below.

Illamasqua Katie Blush

Love this blush its super pigmented and almost a creamy matte texture.

It gives you a really cute pink cheek like you have been pinched.

Illamasqua Panic Blush

Another one thats amazing! You need a very light hand if you are my skin tone.

It gives you a berry coloured cheek, thats really in for winter.

(L toR) Panic, Katie, Dame

In short: Illamasqua, hell yes they are gorgeous!!

MAC..not so much.

Hope you found this helpful :D

Face of the 30th of Oct :)

This is a complete steal from Tiffany D's look

Eyes:

Painterly PP

Sharkskin Shadestick

Smoke & Diamonds

Carbon

Liquid liner

Mascara

Cheeks:

Illamasqua Panic blush

Lips:

Maybelline 112 Ambre Rose

Illamasqua soul lipgloss

Lush Review.

I love Lush, my sister got me hooked years ago I have gone through quite a lot of stuff.

My favorite are the soaps and massage bars, I like sugary sweet smells.

So I saw this Fairy Tail Sugar Scrub for €3.50!

I thought this was brilliant as its not small so it's good value.

Its limited edition for christmas but the other sugar scrubs are permanent.

Its a great scrub, if you don't like abrasive you will not like this. I love this, its very sugary scent with great exfoliating ability. Leaves the skin amazingly soft I would repurchase these again and again. You can get about 3/4 showers out of it if you break bits off.

In short, brilliant product, great value and I'd definitely buy again!

Tim Minchin Inspided look With my style.

Eyes : Painterly PP

Satin Taupe

Shadowy Lady

Fashion Groupie

Fig 1.

Smolder eye kohl

See it here

MAC Style Black : Baby Goth Girl

I first saw this on TiffanyD's blog and I really wanted it. I have wanted a good black nail polish for a while now so when I saw this I was very excited, I love purple and burgundy and gold.

In normal light it looks like a very very very dark burgundy black and then it moves into light and it goes to purple and it has quite big flecks of gold. I love it! I wore it without a base coat or topcoat and I wasn't that gone on in and this morning I tried with both and it looks gorgeous!!

It was €12.50 and its 10ml

To get list.

MAC Baby Goth Girl nail polish - Its a really cool black with burgundy sparkle - Love.

A red lip pencil, Im going to an 18th dinner and want to wear a red lip.

Only snag..I have no money!!

MAC DSquared2 prices

*Please excuse errors in the prices as the magazine I get prices from is sometimes wrong.

Sculpt and Shape - €24.50

Lipsticks - €17.50

Lip Conditioner - €17

Greasepaint Stick - €19

165 Brush - €40

Mermaid Aqua Look. 18-09-09

This look is really simple but I really like it.

Steamy is a gorgeous colour

Enjoy :)

TFSI

Steamy on the lid

Illamasqua Never in the crease

Skintone 1 in the inner corner

Smoulder eye kohl

Mascara

Have a look at the tutorial here.

Review : Notoriety Quad

I was mulling over the three quads and I really couldn't decide, I kept swatching and I really liked this one. It has very neutral colours but they are really nice finishes. Im sure you could find dupes of these but I really liked the colours.

(L-R) Skintone 1 (L) and Rich and Earthy (VP).

Skintone 2 (F) and Notoriety (V).

This is Skintone 2 which is a gorgeous light gold. Its so beautiful and Notoriety in the crease which I love as it is a matte brown with red, gold, green and blue sparkle. I adore this colour!!! So beautiful!

(L-R) Brash, Rich and Earthy, All that Glitters

I thought Rich and Earthy was too similar to All that Glitters, and it does but it is more orange/coppery than All that Glitters. Really nice colour, can't wait to play with it.

Top - Skintone 1

Bottom - Notoriety

Skintone 1 is a lot like a pink based Polyester Bride from Urban Decay

Very glittery but I like it for some reason. It would be good with a matte look although I like a matte highlight I have a look in mind that I want to try out.

I love this quad, simple colours but they are gorgeous. At 47.50 it is expensive so choose wisely. I am really happy with it!

New Purchases 18-09-09

Hello Im back with another purchases. I need to stop.

I will be doing reviews soon but I am very busy.

Enjoy :)

Soap and Glory's Fab Pore Minimizer Mask I saw this on Zoella's blog and wanted to try it out cause my pores aren't nice. I really like this product!!

MAC Fuschia glitter. Really cool glitter.

So I caved and got the Notoriety quad. I love this it is beautiful!!

Looks will be coming up soon!!

New Purchases.

I got 2/3 of the postcards which is really cool! I only was expecting one.

My nails are in bits so I decided to get a strengthener. I wanted to try this as I saw this in a video.

Illamasqua eyeshadow - Never. It is lighter in the picture it is like MAC plumage e/s but it is more blue. It's beautiful! It's so pigmented!

I asked for a sample of Reflects Red and she gave me loads! I love it it's gorgeous. Im very tempted to get Fuchsia glitter too :/

I have never been happy with my MAC purples so when I saw this new pigment, Push The Edge I really wanted it. It's a beautiful colour with purple sparkle and I love it!! At 24.50 it's very steep.

Irish Prices.

MAC

MAC 217 - €21

MAC 187 - €45
MAC 109 - €30.50
MAC Holiday Brush set - €65
MAC Empty Quad - €7.50
MAC 15 Eye shadow Palette - €16
MAC Refill Pans - €11.50
MAC Eyeshadow - €15
MAC Prep & Prime Translucent Powder - €24.50
Beauty Powders - €26
MSF - €26
MAC Shadesticks - € 19
MAC Paint Pot - €19
MAC Cream Colour Base - €19
MAC Eyeshadow Duo - €19
MAC Lipstick - €17.50
MAC Lipglass - €17
MAC Dazzelglass - €20
MAC Pigment - €24.50
MAC Liquid Last Liner - €21
MAC Liquid Liner - €19
MAC studio sculpt Foundation - €35.50
MAC Select spf 15 foundation - €29

Urban Decay

Urban Decay Primer Potion - €16.50
Urban Decay Eye Shadow- €31.50

Benefit

Creaseless Cream Shadow - €22

Box Blushes - €33.50

NARS
Laguna Bronzer - €33

Too Faced Shadow Insurance - €17

Bobbi Brown Eyeshadow - €22
Smashbox Photofinish - €38
Clarins instant perfect touch - €26
Clinique Pore Minimizer - €20.50
Gosh face primer - €20

FOTD 28-08-09

I decided to give the Natural Flare mineralised eyeshadow another try (I'm not that impressed TBH) It ended up being slightly arabic inspired. Hope you like x

Eyes:

Benefit CCS Samba-dy loves me

The orange and bronze on the lid

Brash in the crease

Sweet Chestnut on outer V

Carbon on the outer V

Illamasqua servant eyeshadow

Sleek gel eyeliner

Under eyes:

Orange in the corner

Sweet chestnut along the lash line

Face:

Illamasqua Matt Primer

Studio Sculpt foundation

Illamasqua undereye concealer

MAC prep & prime transparent powder

Illamasqua Katie blush

The Balm bahama mama bronzer

What I'm Using at the Moment

I wasnt tagged but I wanted to do it. If anyone wants to do it they can!

Shampoo: Toni & Guy Shine Enhance Shampoo
Conditioner: Toni & Guy Rapid Response Leave in conditioner
Styling products: Toni & Guy Iron-it heat defense spray
Shower Gel: Lush Rockstar soap
Moisturiser: The body shop Seaweed mattifying Day cream
Deodorant: Soft and Gentle....green
Fake Tan: Never

Cleanser: Clean and Clear Deep cleansing cream wash (oil free)

Exfoliator: Aapri exfoliating facial scrub cream
Primer: Illamasqua Matt Primer
Foundation brush: Hands
Concealer: Illamasqua Under eye concealer
Powder: MAC prep and prime transparent finishing powder
Blusher: Illamasqua Blush in Katie
Bronzer: The Balm - Bahama Mama
Highlighter: None
Eyeshadow base: TFSI or Benefit CCS in Samba-dy loves me
Eyeshadows: All that glitters, Smoke & Diamonds, carbon
Eyeliner: Sleek gel eyeliner
Curler: None
Mascara: Lash Blast CG
Lipstick: Maybelline 112 Ambre Rose
Lipgloss: Smile Dazzelglass
Nail Colour: Barry M in Mint Green

Collective Purchases Part Two

This is my collective purchases from London and from today plus a little review of each product. Hope you like :)

Illamasqua Soul Lipgloss. I decided to get the lipgloss from the Sirens collection as I think it will look gorgeous over a nude lip. It's beautiful and peachy with glitter. It's beautiful!

I wanted a midtone brown for the crease and I saw Soba and i thought it was very pretty. I looked at Cork and Wedge but I didn't like the finishes. This was more pigmented. I really like it. Smooth and it will be great for the crease for neutral looks.

MAC Fashion Groupie. I am a little disappointed with this when I swatched it looked a really pretty purple with blue sparkle but i wish I got the blue/teal to be honest. I am actually not very happy with most of my purples from MAC. I think this works well over a black base. It is a lovely colour, a bit sheer.

Maybelleine Ambre Rose lipstick. Gorgeous pink. I saw this on Lollipop26's blog and video and didn't really think twice about it but I was in boots and saw that it had gone down from €10 to €7 so I thought i would give it a go and I love it! It's beautiful. I don't own MAC's Colour Crafted but I don't need to if this is the more wearable version. I love!!

Such a pretty pink. Its smooth and not drying. A great everyday colour.

MAC Lipstick in Russian Red. I love this!! It is so beautiful. I feel like such a lady wearing it. Matte finish and lasts quite long.

Barry m Lipgloss in No.9. It is slightly sheer but its lovely and tastes if cherries.

I decided I wanted to get this ever since I saw it on the Barry M website. It's in No.9. It is a red lipgoss with a ton of glitter. It would look AMAZING! over red lipsitck.

I had enough points on my boots card and saw these were down from 7 euro to €5.20 so I decided to get them. I love them they give volume and length. They are gorgeous!

I haven't tried many Collection 2000 products but I saw this at Gatwick airport and I really loved the colour. The pigmentation was very surprising! I would say 2 coats for a very opaque finish. It is around €3. The only bad this is that it chips easily but If you change your nail colour frequently I don't think you will notice.

I decided I wanted to try the body shop products and I saw this, I like seaweed and thought a mattifying cream would be good to try out. it was 14.25.

I saw this of LetzMakeup's blog about Muji and they have these stackable storage units.

They are quite expensive at 14.50 for this and 10.50 for one drawer.

I really like them and hope I can get more.

FOTD 25-08-09

Face :

Illamasqua undereye concealer UC210

Illamasqua powder blush in Katie

The balm bronzer in Bahama Mama

Eyes:

Sharkskin shadestick

Fashion Groupie e/s

Shadowy Lady e/s

Liner and Mascara

Undereyes:

Penny Shadestick

All that glitters e/s

Lips:

Lip balm

Barry m lip paint 101

Smile Dazzelglass.

London Purchases & Review Part 1

Some quick reviews of stuff I got in London.

Rated-R Eyeshadow. Like Sharp e/s from the tempting quad. Beautiful colour.

Smoke & Dimonds Eyeshadow. Nice gray colour. Great for a smokey eye.

Samba-dy Loves Me, Beautiful colour with gold green and red sparkle. Like All that Glitters e/s. Doesn't crease.

Sleek gel eyeliner. Good pigmentation. Very Creamy and easy to apply.

Matte primer. I don't know about this. I havent seen a difference.

Panic Blush. I got this as a bigger Deamon e/s. Great colour.

Under Eye Concealer in 210. Light-medium coverage. Creamy easy to blend and apply.

Beauty UK palette in No.2 Good pigmentation. Nice colours.