Urban Decay Smoked Palette Look 4 - Red Carpet

Here is the 4th look from the Urban Decay Smoked Palette and I have to say that so far this is be far my favourite, it's absolutely gorgeous. It's smokey but wearable, a very classic look. Urban Decay describe it as "A nominee favourite, this smoky look is more pretty than edgy. Wear it for magnetic eyes with Hollywood glamour. It's the perfect eye for your wedding day or anytime you need to be a knockout." Again I haven't lined my waterline as I don't really like it in the daytime but I have followed all the other steps.

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Natural Light

 

Products Used:
Face:

Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation

Bobbi Brown Corrector Porcelain Peach

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Illamasqua Nymph Blush

Eyes:

UDPP

Backdoor blended into crease and outer corners and on upper and lower lash lines
Freestyle used to blend out the crease
Kinky as highlight

24/7 Glide On Pencil in Perversion close to lower lases on outer third then smudged into Backdoor

Blackout blended tightly into outer v

Kinky applied on lid and blended where it meets Backdoor

Mushroom patted on centre of lid where Backdoor and Kinky meet and under lower lashes

24/7 Glide On Pencil in Perversion tightly on upper lash line

Avon Spectra Lash Mascara

Lips:

Mac Angel Lipstick

 



Urban Decay Smoked Palette Look 3 - Rock Star

Here is the third look from the Urban Decay Smoked Palette Look Book, the first two looks you can see here and here, this was the one that I couldn't wait to do as purple is my favourite colour and I definitely consider myself a rock chic! Urban Decay describe it as "There's a wanna-be groupie in all of us and this is the makeup she wears...drop-dead gorgeous, sexy and alluring" Again I skipped lining my waterline as I was going out and I didn't want to take my liner with me.

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Products Used:
Face:

Revlon Colourstay Foundation

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Peach

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as Contour

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Mac Posey Blushcreme

Benefit Highbeam Highlighter

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

24/7 Glide On Pencil in Perversion on outer thirds of upper and lower lash lines then smudged

Rockstar on lid and under lower lashes

Asphalt in crease

Freestyle to blend out crease

Blackout blended tightly into the crease

Kinky as highlight

Maybelline Colossal Mascara

Lips:

Clinique Chubby Stick in Whopping Watermelon

I am loving trying out all these looks so far, the book is so detailed and easy to follow. There are 9 more looks still to go!

Face Of The Day - Sparkly Smokey Bronze

This look was inspired by Tanya Burr's birthday make up video which I'm sure you have already seen, but if not you can find it here. I didn't use exactly the same products as I don't own them all but I found suitable replacements in my stash!
In the area I live we are having lots of Olympic celebrations and I got tickets to a concert so decided to try out this look. I really like how it came out.

Products Used:

Face:

Misha M BB Cream

Bobbi Brown Corrector in Porcelain Peach

Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

Illamasqua Hussy Blush

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow as Contour

Mac Redhead MSF as Highlight

Eyes:

UDPP

Smashbox Waterproof Shadow Liner in Starstruck all over lid and blended in to crease

Mac Bronze eyeshadow on middle of lid

Nars Galapagos eyeshadow on outer third and under lower lashes

Mac Redhead MSF lightest shade on inner corners

Mac Shroom as highlight

Collection Black Gel Liner on upper lashline

Stila Stingray liner on waterline

Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara

Lips:

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey

Laura Mercier Pink Diamond Gloss

Face Of The Day - Golden Bronze

It was my Nan's 82nd birthday on Monday so we went out for a family dinner, it was a bit of a hard day as it was also the first anniversary of my Uncles death so obviously Nan was upset, we tried our best to cheer her up and we spoke about happy times. In the end I think she managed to enjoy the day as much as she could.
I went for a gold/bronze eye and pink lip.

Products Used

Face:

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation

Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light Peach

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow as contour

Illamasqua Excite Blush

Mac Rose Quartz MSF as highlight

Bare Minerals Mineral Veil as setting powder

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac All That Glitters on lid

Mac Mulch in crease and under lower lashline

Mac Shroom as highlight

Mac Avenue Fluidline on upper lasline

Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Zero on Waterline

Avon Spectra Lash Mascara

Lips:

Mac Dervish Lip Liner

Topshop Show Off Lipstick

And I couldn't put up this post without including some pictures of my Nan, I think she looks incredible for 82 and I am very proud of her, we are a very close family so she has always been a huge part of my life. Love her to bits!

Face Of The Day - L'Oreal Flashback Silver

This is another post that has been sat in my draft folder and I thought it was time it got published. I did this just after I bought the L'Oreal shadow and I still absolutely love it.

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as Contour

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Mac Sakura Mineralise Blush

Eyes:

L'Oreal Flashback Silver on lid, crease and under lower lashes

Mac Knight Divine lightly on the outer corners and crease

Mac Blitz & Glitz Fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Mac Playtime Cremesheen Lipstick

Smokey Brown Face Of The Day

This is another post that has been sat in my draft folder since last year. I still love these colours though so thought I would post it now!

Products Used

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Illamasqua Cream Pigment Hollow as Contour

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Illamasqua Blusher in Excite

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac Style Snob on lid and under lower lashes

Mac Midnight Madness in crease and outer corner

Mac Carbon in outer v

Mac Graphic Brown Fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Max Factor Lipstain forget the shade, sorry!

Face Of The Day - Golden Purple

I went for dinner with my boy and wore a new purple dress I picked up in the sales, I wanted to include purple in my makeup but in a wearable way so I came up with this. It's a really pretty gold and purple look. Even if you don't feel comfortable wearing purple I'm sure you could pull this off!

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Natural Light

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Topshop Cream Blush in Flush

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac Vanilla Pigment used wet on lid

Mac Trax in crease, outer corners and under lower lashes

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Mac Blitz & Glitz fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake Peek

Lips:

Mac Marquise'd Lipstick

Face Of The Day - Silver and Brown

This look was inspired by one of my favourite girls on youtube, I have been subscribed to Haley (colormemakeup) for a couple of years now and was really happy to see her pop back up in my subscription list with a new video! This made me go back and look through her older videos and I had to do this look. It's a gorgeous silver and brown smokey eye.

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow as a contour

Topshop Cream Blush In Flush

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Mac Emphasis Highlight Powder

Eyes:

UDPP

NYX Silver all over lid and under lower lashes

Mac Tempting in crease

Mac Sable in crease and outer corners

Mac Charcoal Brown in outer v

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Stila Smudge pot in black on upper lasline and waterlines

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake Peek

Lips:

Mac Creme Cup Lipstick

Urban Decay Naked Palette Look 2

Another quick look using the Urban Decay Naked Palette, this time I went for a lighter, more neutral eye. I really am loving this palette, its just so easy to use and all the colours are nicely pigmented and blend easily.

Products Used:
Face:
Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation
Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder
Nars Laguna Bronzer
Illamasqua Hussy Blush
Eyes:
UDPP
UD Sin on inner third
UD Toasted on rest of lid and under lower lashes
UD Naked in crease
UD Buck in outer v
UD Dark Horse on upper lashline
Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
Lips:
Poppy King for No7 Lipstick in Allure

Face Of The Day Featuring Urban Decay Naked Palette

After a bit of a nightmare day at work I finally caved and got the Urban Decay Naked Pallet. I have gone to buy this palette so many times but walked away as I felt I owned to many of the colours already. Well that's what a bad day does to me, all my resolve goes out the window! I have to say I am really glad I did cave and pick it up. I only have 3 of the colours already and the palette is so convenient. I have used it a fair few times already and can see it becoming a staple item in my go to make up bag.

Products Used

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Mac Studio Sculpt Foundation

Topshop Neon Rose Cream Blush

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Eyes:

UDPP

UD Sin on inner corners

UD Toasted on rest of lid

UD Hustle on outer third of lid

UD Dark Horse in crease

Mac Blanc Type as Highlight

Mac Blitz & Glitz Fluidline with Chanel Rose Platine on top on upper lashline

Chanel Rose Platine liner under lower lashes

Lips:

Mac Candy Yum Yum Lipstick

Do you have this palette? If you have done any looks using it please leave me a link so I can check them out!

Face Of The Day Using Some Bargain Buys

I noticed that a lot of my FOTD's recently have featured mostly high end brands so I wanted to create a look using some of the bargain buys I have picked up lately. The Beauty UK Eyeshadow trio I used is absolutely gorgeous and in my opinion performs just as well as some of the more expensive products I own. I did sneak some of my usual products in but the key items in this look are all drugstore price range items.

Products Used

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Topshop Skin Tint

Topshop Cream Blush in Flush

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Eyes:

UDPP

Beauty UK Baked Eyeshadow Trio in Earth

Lightest shade on inner corners

Light Golden Brown on lid and under lower lashes

Dark Brown in Crease and outer corners

Topshop Kohl Liner In Saddle on upper lashline and waterline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Topshop Lipstick In Show Off

Face Of The Day - Smokey Taupe

On Tuesday night me and my family went to the Royal Albert Hall for a concert, we all decided to dress up a bit, my dress was black and orange so I decided to go for a taupe smokey eye with red lips. We had a lovely night and I loved having the chance to get glammed up!

Products Used:
Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Revlon Colourstay Foundation

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Mac Taupe Contour Powder

Illamasqua Hussy Blush

Mac Redhead MSF as highlight

Eyes:

UDPP

Benefit Creasless Cream Shadow in Skinny Jeans on lid and crease

Urban Decay Sin on inner corners

Mac Satin Taupe on outer corner, crease and under lower lash line

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Mac Blacktrack Fluidline On upper lashline and waterline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Mac Cherry Lip Liner

Revlon Cherries In The Snow Lipstick

I had never tried the creasless cream shadow as a base before but it worked really well. I love the colour anyway but I can see myself using it a lot more now!

Nars Make Up Your Mind Eyes Set And Face Of The Day

I couldn't resist ordering the new book from Francois Nars, I ordered it from the Nars website and at the same time got a couple of the sets released with the book. The first one I wanted to show you is the Eyes set. In the box you get a 6 eyeshadow palette, mascara, travel size smudgeproof eye base and travel size make up remover.

Left to right: Abyssinia, Silk Road 2, Strada

Galapagos, Fuji, Brumes 2

All of the shades in the eyeshadow palette are new to me so I am looking forward to having a play with them! I am really looking forward to testing out the smudgeproof eyeshadow base, as much as I love my UDPP it can be a pain to blend shadows so will be testing this out to see how it compares.

Here is a quick face of the day I did using the palette

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow as contour

Stila Convertible Colour in Orchid as Blush

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Eyes:

Nars Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base

Abyssinia in inner corners and as highlight

Silk Road 2 on lid

Galapagos on outer corners, crease and under lower lashes

Mac Blitz & Glitz Fluidline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Nars Roman Holiday Lipstick

First Impressions and Face Of The Day Using Nars Taiga

Taiga is a duo I have wanted for a long time and a bad day at work resulted in it finally coming home with me. I was really looking forward to using it as the colours are gorgeous but I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The duo is a light champagne paired with a pewter/green with gold sparkle. The champagne shade hardly showed up on me, I had to apply it wet to get any colour payoff at all. The other shade is decently pigmented. I haven't really experienced this with any other Nars eyeshadows. I am going to experiment a bit more with layering it and using different bases to see if I can get it to work. But anyway here is today's face.

You can see in the close up that even used wet the champagne shade doesn't really show up!

Products Used:
Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Beauty UK Baked Blush in Baked Peach

Eyes:UDPP

Nars Taiga duo champagne on inner third, pewter/green on rest of the lid, crease and under lower lashes

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Mac Black Line Pearlglide on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:Poppy King for No7 Lipstick in Allure

Rimmel 8 Hour Colour Mousse in Sassy Review and Face Of The Day

I saw this featured in one of Lisa Eldridge's videos on youtube and thought it looked gorgeous so I popped into Boots and got myself one. Sassy is a gorgeous taupe colour with a beautiful sheen. They have a bit of an odd texture, they are called Colour Mousse but to me that makes me think of a light whipped product whereas this is more of a thick liquid, that being said it applies really evenly and blends out beautifully. It dries quite quickly to an almost powder finish so you need to work fairly quickly to blend it out. This actually looks gorgeous on its own and is really fast to apply. They come in glass jars but the glass is very thick so is pretty sturdy, they have a little black insert covering the product, this helps to keep it airtight and prevents it from drying out.

The swatch above is swatched heavily on the left and blended out on the right.
This was pretty much my everyday look while I was on holiday last week as it was so quick and easy!

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

No7 Triple Protection Tinted Moisturiser

Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour 

Mac Studio Fix Powder

Illamasqua Hussy Blush

Eyes:

UDPP

Rimmel Colour Mousse Sassy on lid, crease and under lower lashline

Mac Charcoal Brown in crease and outer corners

Mac Blitz & Glitz Fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast

Lips:

Beauty UK Lipstick in Snob

I was so impressed with this I went back and picked up a couple more shades, I haven't tried it without primer underneath but with UDPP I wore it from 10am until about 11pm and it hadn't creased at all.

Face Of The Day Featuring Nars Exotic Dance Duo

I had no intention of picking up Exotic Dance but I went into Space NK on Friday, swatched it and somehow it ended up coming home with me! Although these shades don't look that special in the pans I really don't think I own colours that are exactly like these. The white shade is very shimmery and can apply a bit patchy but if you pat the colour on you get a much more even application, you can get a bit of fallout with this shade so I prefer to do my eyes before foundation. The gold shade is very pigmented and applies true to colour in pretty much one swipe. This is a very wearable duo and I think I will get a lot of use from it.

Products Used:
Face:
Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation
Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour
Make Up Forever HD Powder
Beauty UK Baked Peach Blush
Eyes:
UDPP
Nars Exotic Dance white shade on inner two thirds of lid, gold shade on outer corners and crease
Mac Blanc Type as highlight
Mac Blitz & Glitz Fluidline
Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
Lips:
Poppy King for No7 Lipstick in Intrigue

Face Of The Day Using Mac Sweet Sienna

Sweet Sienna is one of my favourite Mac Pigments, I only have a small sample jar of this so really hope that Mac re-release it at some point. Please excuse these photos, they were taken when we got back at about midnight and I was slightly worse for wear!

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Illamasqua Hussy Blush

Mac Pearl Cream Colour Base as Highlight

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac Sweet sienns on lid, crease and under lower lashes

Mac Shadowy Lady in crease and outer corners

Mac Blitz and Glitz Fluidline on upper lasline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Mac Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick

Nars Dogon Swatches, Review and Face Of The Day

As soon as I heard about the new Nars summer collection I knew I had to get Dogon. I have an obsession with Taupe and after hearing how impressed everyone that saw this duo at the preview event was I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. The duo consists of a taupe with a green iridescence/duochrome and a charcoal with a very subtle shimmer. The taupe is gorgeous on it's own but looks even more gorgeous layered over the charcoal.

Left to right: Charcoal, Taupe, Taupe over charcoal

People have been comparing this to Club from Mac, it is similar in that it is a brown based shade with a green duochrome but as you can see from the swatch they are not really similar at all.

Nars Dogon on left, Mac Club on right

I finally got a chance to wear this duo this morning and I love it! Please excuse how tired I look in these photos, they were taken when I got home from work. The good thing is it has shown how well the products last as this is about 12 hours after I put my makeup on and the only things I touched up were the powder and lipstick.

Products Used:
Face:
Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque
Bourjois Bio Detox Foundation
Mac Studio Fix Powder
Mac Sakura Blush
Eyes:UDPP
Nars Dogon charcoal shade in crease and outer corners
Nars Dogon taupe shade on lid, crease and under lower lashes
Mac Blanc Type as highlight
Gosh Long Lasting Eyeliner Pen Green on upper lashline
Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
Lips:Beauty UK Lipstick in Snob

I also picked up the Cap Ferrat trio so will post a look using that soon!

Face of The Day using Fyrinnae Shadows

It was my Dad's birthday on Sunday and we had a few people come round for a BBQ, the weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had a lovely afternoon out in the garden. I decided to use some of my new Fyrinnae shadows as they are so sparkly that they look gorgeous in sunlight.

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

 Illamasqua Hussy Blush

Eyes:

UDPP

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy on lid

Fyrinnae Dinosaur Plushie on Lid

Fyrinnae Calavera Cupcakes

Fyrinnae Arcane Magic Glitterboi mixed with Illamasqua Sealing Gel as liner on upper and lower lashlines

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Sleek Heartbreaker Lipstick

None of these pictures show you just how amazing Dinosaur Plushie really is, its contains so many different colours of shimmer that it almost looks holographic, it's definitely worth buying so you can see it in person!

I was also really impressed with the Sleek Lipstick, I ate and drank and the colour stayed on my lips really well, I didn't feel the need to re-apply at all.

Summery Face Of The Day

The weather has been beautiful for the past couple of weeks and I have been trapped in my basement office at work! I know have 11 days off so hopefully I will get to enjoy it. I wanted to wear Mac's Candy Yum Yum today as it's such a perfect summer colour. I teamed it with a neutral brown eye and pink cheeks. I have to say I am really impressed with the Rimmel Colour Mousse, full review to come soon!

Products Used:
Face:
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation
Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque
Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour
Illamasqua Rude Cream Blush with a little bit of Mac Giggly on top
Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder
Eyes:
UDPP
Rimmel Colour Mousse in Sassy all over lid and blended into the crease, also under lower lashes
Mac Espresso eyeshadow blended in the crease and outer corner
Mac Blanc Type as highlight
Gosh Long Lasting Eyeliner Pen in Grey
Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
Lips:
Mac Candy Yum Yum Lipstick

Have you been out enjoying the sunshine?