July Favourite

This month's favourite is an item my friend gave me, as she bought a double pack. I was very grateful and offered her some money but she wouldn't accept it. That's what great friends are like! :)

I think it's the best mascara I've tried. I liked it so much I bought a copy in brown from eBay - which I then lost on a drunken night out - meh!

This version of the mascara is in black, and it definitely is. Some mascaras claim to be black but aren't actually that dark (I hate those!). This one really makes my lashes stand out. The brush is the normal type, good size bristles, not too soft or hard etc. So I wonder why it goes on so well...perhaps it's the formula? I'm not a scientist so I'm not sure...but one day maybe I'll actually look at mascara ingredients and be able to find a good one that way instead of buying and trying!

Anyway; thanks again to my friend Sara who gave me this mascara as it's amazing and I use it almost everyday.

9/10 MY FAVOURITE MASCARA

Internet!!

I am back!! The internet is finally working again after almost a month (thanks Dad!!)

I have received my Fyrinnae order so will be telling you all about that soon, and hope to receive my order from Aromaleigh any day!! I have also have my hair cut short so have lots of new hair accessories!!

Stripe Neutral Nails

So I haven't bogged in a while due to lack of internet but I've just set up Blogger on my new mobile (htc desire-awesome!). I decided to do a simple nail design using layers. All 3 colours are by no.7, coconut ice, iced mocha and dreamy. I think all 3 colours blend very well together and u only did a thin layer so it didn't take long to dry either! I want to do a really bright nail design soon though, perhaps black, orange and pink, what colours do you like painting ur nails?

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June Favourite

So here is thew second instalment to my "favourite" series. This month I'm going to tell you what my all time favourite item is and I'm so glad it was bought for me as part of an Urban Decay Set to start with as I don't think it's something I go looking for when purchasing make up.

An old friend bought me the original Urban Decay Book Of Shadows, and inside it was 16 eyeshadows, 2 brushes and an Urban Decay Primer Potion. Unfortunately I've had this two years now and somehow managed to crack the mirror (I know seven years bad luck - eeeek!)

The Urban Decay Primer Potion is a godsend! After using it once, I used it everyday! It kept my eye make up put, after 7 hours it looked as though I'd just applied it, perfect for when you want to go and see your friends straight after work, which I often do.

It's even a good product to buy for when you don't wear eyeshadow, it can really brighten up your eyes and only takes a few seconds due to the sponge tip applicator.

It costs about £10 for a large size (16ml) on ebay, not bad. Some Boots stores in the UK do it but only the bigger ones, and I'm not lucky enough to live near one of those.

10/10 TAKE IT EVERYWHERE WITH ME

Non-England Nails

The World Cup is upon us, but England have already played their first two matches, and although I was going to do England themed nails, I chose not to in the end as I would probably have to change it mid week anyway.

I still fancied using a red polish as I can't remember the last time I did...and still wanted a pale background, but not quite white...so here is my design:

FOTD - using Shiro Cosmetics

 

I used Team Rocket on my outer corners, Zubat on my eyelid, and Meowth above my eyelid.

I'm afraid I haven't yet mastered the skill of being able to take good pictures of my eye yet...

I also used one coat of Extra-Volume Collagene Mascara by L'oreal in black on my top eyelashes, and Bad Gal eyeliner by Benefit in smoldering black on my lower lashline.

I wanted a look that wasn't too dramatic due to work.

Shiro Cosmetics

Ooooo my Shiro Cosmetics order arrived, and within 5 days, can you believe it!! I was so excited when I saw it I started picturing colour combos. Hopefully so will you when you see the pictures.

What I thought was different, apart freom the colours being name after pokemon, was the amount of care Caitlin takes to make your order look pretty. (see pic below) She also includes a personalised hand written note on the back of the Shiro Cosmetics business card which I thought was really sweet.

For £9.49 ($12 + $1.50 shipping) for all the samples I woulnd't have been too disappointed if I didn't like the colours as much as when I saw them on Becky's blog (http://www.sirvinya.com/). You all know what it's like when you see make up on screen, then in real life and it can be very different.

I loved every single colour, and the two free extra samples I was sent (Gengar & Meowth).

I tried out a look using 3 colours to start off with for work, I didn't want it to be too overpowering, but from looking at the range of colours I would say you can get any look you like from these shades.

Overall I find that these shadows are quite pigmented and apply easily, the only problem is I now want to buy the full size pots of every colour!! I may have to spend some time choosing my favourites as I'm not sure I can afford all of them. If you have ordered anything from Shiro, I'd be really interested in what you thought.

Avon Everglaze Lip Duo

Today I want to write about a product I have had for a while - but recently rediscovered - as in yesterday. It's been a while since I purchased cosmetics from Avon as I would end up spending so much money on things I didn't necessarily need  - which is bad for me as Dave says I have too much make up already (considering I don't always wear it).

Anyway, the product is 5ml, and cost about £5 if I remember rightly. I got the "Twig" colour as I thought I would go for something relatively natural - wood is very natural! hehe.

So here it is:

As you can see the writing has worn off slightly it is so old. But for some reason it came to my attention yesterday and I wore it remembering my partner hates the sticky lip gloss/lipstick taste when he kisses me and I thought - with this I get coloured lips, and he can't feel or taste anything different...genius!

I may be tempted to order some more, I checked Avon out today and saw they now have a 3-in-1 lip wand, gloss, lipstick and lip ink!! Will investigate!

Party Nails

Friday was my best mate's birthday and we had plans for a quiet night in with chinese and wine etc on Saturday. And Dave had been bugging me to do a video blog, so Friday night - I did. Only thing is I can't upload the video yet because I lost the cable that connects my camcorder to my PC (good news though, I got one off eBay which is on it's way!).

I decided to go for something simple with a bright spark to it...and added a rhinestone to each thumbnail for a bit of extra detail.

I was quite pleased with the way this design turned out, the black No.7 varnish I used actually dried very quickly and this manicure only took 14 minutes!! So you can never say you don't have time to paint your nails. I only applied one top coat and so far only one of the rhinestones has come off and that was this evening after doing lots of housework, so the nails had a pretty tough day!! I think that's pretty good.

This picture has also been taken after a few days wear; but still looks quite immaculate in my opinion.

I can't wait to do this design again in some more colours, as we get closer to summer I may try some really funky look - watch this space!

July's Glamour Giveaway!!

I know Glamour always send me my magazine earlier than they release it in the shops and I knew that this month they were giving away Benefit eye make up products - that's right, a £2 monthly magazine giving away a £14 make up product. So I phoned the fiance to find out which free item I got, and it was the eye pencil. I was quite excited as that is actually something I use quite often, compared to eye brightener and concealer, but in another way it was a bit of a downer because I already have so many eye pencils.

What I decided to do was...go out and buy 5 more magazines...crazy I know...but it means 2 of each benefit product for just £10, when their total worth is £90!! So actually quite a good idea I thought, or perhaps a little obsessive! But then pencils do last a lot longer than most make up products...so hopefully a good investment - we shall see.

Here are the products...quite nice, smart packaging, very funky looking. I think I will keep them in their boxes as I'm a little bit attached to them...sad I know. The first product I tried was the black eye pencil, it went on smoothly, and evenly, but didn't have as much pigment as I get from my Rimmel eyeliner (which is probably my favourite because it's cheap and cheerful, Urban Decay has probably now been pushed into third place). This eyeliner didn't gather in my inner eye after a few hours which is actually the first time it hasn't happened with eyeliner...

The other two products I tried when going to see my fried for her birthday on Saturday night and I think I put a bit too much concealer on as it wouldn't rub in very easily, but I'm not really used to using it so it'll take me a while to get it perfect.

The same with the eye brightener really, I love to sleep so not sure my eyes need brightening up much, but this was £2 guys, I could not resist!! I will have to use it though, otherwise Dave will moan at me...and plus I think Benefit obviously have some really good products so once I've learnt how to use this properly it could "Benefit" me alot, hehe.