Back with a bang!

Well I just noticed it's actually been 2 months today since I last blogged and I have a lot to catch up on. There's a lot of stuff sitting in my "waiting to review" box which are all the things I have purchased since my last reviewing session.

I will list them below so that I can take them all out of the box and actually find them a home!

• Elizabeth Arden - Bronze in Bloom
• Bare Minerals Get Started Complexion
• Smashbox Beauty To Go Photo Finish Foundation Primer Set
• YSL Touche Éclat (Radiant Touch)
• Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils (Luxurious Mascara For A False Lash Effect)
• Sleek Caribbean Collection Curaҫao Palette
• Sleek Primer Palette
• Sleek Mediterranean Collection Monaco Palette 
• Front Cover Go!Go!Go!
• BeneTint (free with Glamour)
• Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Grapefruit (free with Glamour)
• Boots Expert Sensitive Daily Defence Moisture Cream SPF 12
• The Body Shop Lip Scuff
• The Body Shop Lipstick in Soft Sienna
• The Body Shop Big & Curvy Mascara
• No.7 Exquisite Curl Mascara
• No.7 Beautifully Matte Foundation in Almond
• No.7 Eye Awakening Gel
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Eye Palette
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Lipstick in Grace
• No.7 Spring 2011 Limited Edition Eyeliner in Turquoise
• Max Factor Miracle Touch Liquid Illusion Foundation in Warm Almond
• 17 Natural Radiance Foundation in Caramel
• 17 Skin Perfecting Shine Free Foundation in Caramel
• L'oréal Infallible Make Up Long Lasting Perfecting Foundation in Vanilla
• No.7 Lift & Illuminate Foundation in Almond
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Gold
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Silver
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Green
• 17 Metallic Eye Pencil in Bronze
• No.7 Beautiful Brows Pencil in Brown/Black
• Rimmel Professional Liquid Eyeliner in Dark Chocolate
• Models Own Eye Pencil in Neon Hot Pink
• Models Own Eye Pencil in Peacock Green
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Orangeade
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Hot Red
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Pale Jade
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Bright Grass 
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Emerald Green
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Bright Turquoise
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Purple Sky
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Gold
• Models Own Powder Eyeshadow in Brown & Gold Sparkle
• Models Own Nail Polish in Pastel Pink
• Models Own Nail Polish in Vintage Pink
• Models Own Nail Polish in Red Alert
• Models Own Nail Polish in Cherry Pie
• Models Own Nail Polish in Lime Green
• Models Own Nail Polish in Lilac Dream
• Models Own Nail Polish in Becca's Brown
• No.7 Speed Dry Nail Colour in Violetta
• Barry M Nail Effects in Black
• Barry M Nail Effects in White

Please let me know if there are any items you would like me to start reviewing first, otherwise I will slowly go through the list one by one. I won't be buying much in the next few months - or the next year as I have a wedding to save up for!!

I'm going to start reviewing my most recent purchase first because I was so excited when I saw them on the Sleek make up stand. I had hoped they were on 3 for 2 like the last time I bought my Sleek palettes, but no such luck!! So this week I will be reviewing my new Sleek palettes - Caribbean Collection Curaҫao, The Primer Palette & Mediterranean Collection Monaco.

Short NOTD

I am starting netball tomorrow night so I had to cut my nails short :( If you know me then you know it is a sad time as I love my pretty long nails. But I am going to prove that you can have pretty short nails too! So here is my first attempt. Simple to achieve as well!

First I used No.7 So Smooth Base Coat. Then two coats of Models Own Lilac Dream. To give it a bit of edge I added Barry M Instant Nail Effects to give it the crackled look. Then finished off with No.7 Stay Perfect Top Coat. It only took about 10 minutes, each layer dried quite quickly.

What do you think? To let you know what I think, I'll be reviewing the Barry M Instant Nail Effects tomorrow :D

Sleek Storm FOTD

After yesterday's review of the Sleek Storm palette, I thought I would use it for a natural look that was a bit more exciting than normal. It didn't take long to do this as I only used a few products, and I think it looks great considering.

I used:

FACE

No.7 Mineral Perfection Foundation in Almond
No.7 Mineral Perfection Blusher in Soft Damson

EYES

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Sleek Storm Palette:-

1. all over eye - upper & lower

2. upper eyelid

3. crease

4. lower eyelid

Barry M Shimmering Eye & Lip Crayon in Gold - highlight

Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black

No.7 Lash 360° Mascara in black

LIPS

No.7 Pink Crush Moisture Drench Lipstick

What do you think? Have you created any FOTD's from the Storm palette??

Green Glitter Gradient Manicure

I decided I would try the sponge effect manicure - also known as a gradient manicure. I used 4 colours and thought a little bit of glitter on the tip would look pretty. It turned out ok, however if I do it again I must remember to dab a bit more than swipe, as I seemed to just try to paint it on almost as normal. It is weird to get the hang of I suppose after you've been swiping/painting nails for over a decade!

Anyway, a partial success. Sorry the pictures have been taken pre clean up, I was a little bit excited about getting this up and will probably do the clean up when I'm having a lovely soak in the bath tomorrow morning to warm me up as there is still masses of show outside!

First I added a base coat - No.7 So Smooth, then I added 2 coats of No.7 60's Mini Skirt. Next came the first sponging colour - Barry M in Mint Green (as pictured below).

Then came the second sponging colour, what I liked is that you didn't have to leave the sponging coats long until they had dried. The second colour was Barry M in Spring Green.

After that I added a little bit of Models Own in Peacock Green to the tips and then coated that in a purple/blue/silver flecked glitter and left it to dry. And that was it! Quite simple really, but as mentioned earlier it does show in the pictures that I need to get used to the sponging method a bit more as some of the colour changes just look like bold lines, rather than a complete gradient look.

Better luck next time :D

Have you tried this before? Have you got any tips for me? Thanks!! xx

Bright School Disco FOTD's

I was asked to do the eye make up for two friends who were working at a pub whilst a school disco evening was being held. Below are pictures of the looks we chose together.

First I did Carlene's make up, and it was chosen from a previous FOTD I did: 

I used:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Aromaleigh Les Papillons in Spread Your Wings - top inner corner
Aromaleigh Hot In The City in Return To Tiffanys - top outer corner
Aromaleigh Hot In The City in Coney Island - lower centre
Aromaleigh Hot In The City in Italian Ice - lower inner corner
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero
No.7 Exceptional Definition Mascara in black - upper lashes
Barry M Lengthening Mascara in Electric Purple- lower lashes


Then I did Errin's make up and her favourite colour is yellow so I decided to do a gradient look going from bright yellow to a dark shimmery green:

I used:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Eyeshadows from the 120 Palette below

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero

No.7 Exceptional Definition Mascara in black - upper lashes

Barry M Lengthening Mascara in Electric Purple- lower lashes

Don't they look lovely :)

EOTD - My First Cat's Eye

Ok, so today was my day off work and I wasn't planning on going anywhere so I was gonna do my nails, but then we (my partner and I) decided we would go out for dinner. Therefore I thought I'd give a cat's eye a go, and if it looked bad it wouldn't matter as it would be dark! I didn't want to take too long over it as sometimes that just makes things seem harder and you won't want to try it again - or perhaps that's just me? I used my No.7 Smoky Eyeliner as I thought it would make the look easier. Here are the results:

I used:

FACE

Actually nothing - I wanted to give my skin a day to breathe as I seem to have a few light spots at the moment and I don't want them to get any worse!

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
UD BoS II - Ecstasy - eyelid
UD BoS II AC/DC - crease
UD BoS II - Sellout - highlight
No.7 Smoky Eyeliner in Black - upper/lower lashline & cat's eye flick
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero - upper/lower waterline
No.7 Lash 360 Mascara in Black (freebie) - upper lashes
Barry M Lengthening Mascara in Electric Purple- lower lashes
Black glitter for the edge of the cat's eye (last minute decision)

LIPS

Avon Extreme Glazewear Gloss in Sand Shine

I wanted to add in one final picture today - which I think shows how long the No.7 Lash 360 Mascara lengthens my lashes - it kinda shocked me - it was the first time I'd used it since receiving it as part of a free gift (see here for details).

What do you think? I actually found it easier than I thought it would be and I love the way it turned out - I think I may be experimenting more with this in the future!! Thanks for reading :)

Paramore Shiro Cosmetics FOTD

I've had a busy week and yesterday morning was pretty stressful so I really wanted to get into my bed and sleep rather than go to London and see Paramore. But once I was there I had a lot of fun!! Buy 1 get one free cocktails in the o2 VIP Lounge - who wouldn't! Thanks to Leoni Adams and her uncle Adam West (teehee).

Here is my look:

I used:

FACE

New ID I-Conceal in Medium
New ID I-Perfect Foundation in Vanilla
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
New ID I-Glow in Ice Pop

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Shiro Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Pikachu - eyelid
Shiro Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Squirtle - under eye
Shiro Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Hyperbeam - crease
Barry M Shimmering Eye Crayon #1 - highlight
Wet n Wild Mega Length Double Action Mascara
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black

LIPS

No.7 Wild Vlume Lipstick in Toffee Apple
Avon Extreme Glazewear Gloss in Sand Shine

Here's a random pic of my outfit and Hayley from Paramore too:

What do you think - do you go all crazy when you see a band??

FOTD - Comfort Green

I feel like whenever I don't have much time to apply make up I go for green! I wonder why that is? I thought to myself - perhaps it's my comfort colour...do we have comfort colours where they will work for different moods?? Who knows...wonder what I'll have on tomorrow!

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Foundation (W3) in Golden Beige

No.7 Perfect Light pressed Powder

No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk

No.7 Mineral Perfection Blusher in Soft Damson

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

MUA Shade #7 - crease

Collection 2000 Dazzle Me in Dreamland - all over eyelid

MUA Shade #6 - lower eye

Barry M Shimmering Eye Crayon #1 - highlight

L'oreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara in black

Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black

LIPS

Avon Extreme Gloss Glazewear in Sand Shine

What item do you reach for when you don't have much time for make up??

Eye Pencil Collection

I haven't got much time today so I thought I'd show you my eye pencil collection. If there are any "must haves" missing that I should get please let me know :)

My collection

Top to bottom: Models Own - black, L'oreal - black, Rimmel - black, H&M - sparkly black, Pure - white

My favourite of these is the Rimmel and L'oreal pencils (hence why the Rimmel pencil is so small!!) they are so easy to work with.

Top to bottom: Gosh - 102 Lemongrass, Gosh - 103 Aqualife, Gosh - 008 Silver Screen, Gosh - Sparkling Coal

I love how bright these pencils are, they go on quite easily too.

Top to bottom: Urban Decay - Covet, Urban Decay - Zero, Urban Decay - Lust, Urban Decay - Eletric, Urban Decay - Lucky, Urban Decay - Zero, Urban Decay - Bourbon, Urban Decay - Zero, Urban Decay - Topside, Urban Decay - Zero, Urban Decay - Ransom

I really like how creamy these eye pencils are and how long they stay on for - pretty much all day!

Top to bottom: Barry M - black, Barry M - Shimmering Eye Crayon #8, Barry M Shimmering Eye Crayon #1

These shimmering pencils are great to use for a highlight or all over colour, they're quite subtle which I love. I haven't yet used the back pencil so I wouldn't know what that's like!

Top to bottom: Avon - In A Blink silver smoke, Avon - In A Blink steel smoke, Avon - In A Blink violet smoke, Avon - In A Blink green smoke, Avon - Chocolate, Avon - Surf, Avon - Metallic Bronzing, Avon - Arabian Glow Bronze, Avon - Arabian Glow Sunny

The smokey eye pencils are great because they are double ended and one side has eyeshadow in the lid to create the perfect smokey effect! The brown and blue pencils are so great to a striking effect - they're so pigmented! I love the bronze pencils too and they are perfect for my skin when I want to go for a natural but different look. I suppose I should buy a new Avon eye pencil as it seems I have quite a collection and love them all!

What do you think?

Neon Blue & Yellow FOTD

Last night I attended a work leaving do with my partner and decided to do a bright, eye-catching (get it?) look! I wore black jeans, a black and white top, with a blue scarf and silver heels, silver headband and silver earrings - see a small pic below.

You'll have to excuse the little bit of eyeshadow that fell onto my nose that I clearly didn't notice until I finished taking pictures!!

I used:

FACE

No.7 Shine Free Primer
New ID I-Conceal in Medium
New ID I-Perfect in Vanilla
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
New ID I-Glow in Ice Pop
New ID I-Shimmer in Sherbet

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Shiro Cosmetics in Squirtle - eyelid
Shiro Cosmetics in Pikachu - crease
Shiro Cosmetics in Hyper Beam - outer corner
Collection 2000 Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner in Purple - upper lashline
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in Black - lower waterline
Barry M Shimmering Eye & Lip Crayon #1
Wet n Wild Mega Length Double Action Mascara in Black

LIPS

Avon Kiss n Shine Lipstick in Sequin

What do you think of this bright look? Something to get you noticed on a night out?

Barry M Nail Effects

I spotted this online whilst looking at new Autumn/Winter Barry M shades and got in from Boots the other day for £3.95. I will be using it many times, just to show how versatile it is. I've only used it once, but already I'm in love! I think it will take a few applications to get used to it. Unfortunately I was a little tight for time tonight - hence why I'm posting this so late - so I've gone for a very ordinary white base coat white my black nail effects "cracking" polish on top! I will do a review of it once I've tested it out properly.

What do you think? Have you used something like this yet? Any requests for what colours I should use as a base next - let me know!!

EOTE

Hey all, firstly I want to apologise for not posting since Wednesday. I was supposed to blog on Thursday evening but I ran out of time and didn't feel like it due to being involved in a minor car crash. I'm ok, cuts and bruises, which is lucky really. But I just haven't been in the mood to put make up on - let alone post about it!!

My friend got me to leave the house last night as it was two friend's birthdays and we wanted to at least see them. I did my nails (separate post to come) and did an experimental look with my Barry M Glitter dusts. I don't own many - probably about 10...so sometimes I'm quite restricted for colour, but this look really didn't give that impression.

With flash

Without flash

From below

I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Barry M Dazzle Dust 31 - middle of eye, 58 - inner corner, 69 outer corner
Blue from No.7 Colour Rebellion Eye Palette for crease
Urban Decay Glide on Eye Pencil in Zero
No.7 Exceptional Definition Mascara in black
No.7 Amazing Eyes Liner in black

FOTD - Liquid Eyeliner in Mojito

I wanted a look where I could use my No.7 Glitter Eyeliner in Mojito. This is it!!

I used:

FACE

No.7 tinted moisturiser in medium
No.7 light pressed powder in medium
Rimmel blush in santa rose

EYES

Aromaleigh Creme eyeshadow in Carbon
Barry M Dazzle Dust in silver - eyelid
Gosh Effect Powder in steel - crease and outer corner
No.7 Liquid Glitter Eyeliner in Mojito
H&M Glitter eyeliner in black - lower waterline
No.7 Exceptional Definition mascara in black

LIPS

Fyrinnae Lip Lustre in flavor of the day
No.7 Lip gloss high shine in hint

It reminded me of the sea because the black cream eyeshadow base has given the silver a blue tint. What do you think?

Green Barry M Manicure

Yesterday I bought two Barry M nail varnishes, the first two for my collection. My local Boots store had them on offer; 2 for £5.

I bought mint green and spring green. I did a similar look to my blue summer nails, but have also added a black konad stamp under the French tip.

It was my first proper go at konad stamping so it's definitely not perfect but I still really like it.

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