EOTD - 17 Funfair: Pretty In Pink!

As I said, I'm hoping to introduce a few more general beauty-based posts into the mix, one a week or so, as that was my intention when I first started this blog in February! Here is what I've been playing with recently, a sweet, everyday look using 17 Funfair (available at Boots), a pastel pink shadow flecked with gold microglitter. It's really pretty, and I paired it with 17 Gold Digger in the corners:

sunlight - eyelids are weird when you're that close to them! I look like an old woman! Damn you Macro setting!

 

Foundation: Collection 2000 Lasting Finish

Blusher: Benefit Coralista

Under-eye concealer: Benefit Erase Paste

Lid eyeshadow: 17 Funfair

Corner of eye eyeshadow: 17 Gold digger, lightly tapped on with finger

Liquid Liner: Topshop Felt Pen Liner in Jet

Lips: Rose Tinted Vaseline

I really like this eyeshadow - 17's eyeshadows in general are great, they're really pigmented, affordable and all your favourites come in Trios, with two other complimentary shades that would create dramatic looks. As I wear this look during the day, and it is a softer look, I didn't add a third (darker) shade to the crease of the lid, or any eyeliner to the water line as it would have made it too harsh, in my opinion. The slick of Liquid Liner is enough drama for this 'pretty in pink' look! :D

So there it is, the shadow I'm wearing practically every day at the moment! Let me know what you think everyone, have any of you UK ladies a favourite 17 eyeshadow? Any questions, let me know! :D

All products were purchased by myself!

FOTD Green Eyed Monster

...Well, not "monster" hopefully. I used to rock this look a lot in my final years of school, I was a lot bolder with my style back then - I had pink hair for a start! I met my good childhood friend Emma for a free lunch today. I am a 'mystery diner' which means we get £40 to spend on food if we do a review afterwards! SWEET DEAL! We stuffed our faces, naturally. I was wearing a forest green dress from forever 21, and I decided to co-ordinate my make-up -

I absolutely HATE taking pictures of myself haha! here we have:-

• FACE - Benefit Erase Paste in Medium, Rimmel Stay Matte foundation in 100 Ivory, MeMeMe Blusher in Rouge (these are meant to be a dupe for the benefit blushers, and although very pigmented, this is muuuuch redder than Coralista despite looking almost identical in the box. I'll have to do a comparison one day)
• EYES - I used a very, very old 17 green eye palette. Dark forest green, light green and a yellowy gold - none of them have names. I don't think they do the exact combination anymore, but their green Eye Shadow Trio will do a treat, with a yellow gold shadow, in creating this look. Eyeliner is H&M Brown, Mascara is Max Factor False Lash Effect.
• LIPS - Topshop Lip Polish in Iced Coffee. 

Here's a couple of shots so you can see the blending on the eyes -

This look is dead easy and you can use the same technique with literally any 3 shades of you choice. I started with the medium green on the eyelid, then used the gold in the corner, blending it outwards and slightly under the eye. I then took my darker shade of green, with a smaller shadow brush, and blended this from the outside edge inwards, creating a slight taper as I went, taking it under the eye and across to about halfway. Added some eyeliner to the water line and just along the top lash line, some mascara, and voila!

This is what my hair looks like from the back today, a messy rosette with the hair from the crown:

Close you eyes to the mountain of crap on my bed...cheers!

Another easy one - take two medium sized pieces of hair from each side of the crown, bring to the back of the head and pin in a cross shape, with 2 bobby pins, so one overlaps the other (this will hold it in place better). Take the little pony bit and wrap it around your finger so it makes a twist. Form the twist into a circle and pin in place at the end and the top, weaving the bobby pin inside the rosette so it cannot be seen. Spritz with hairspray. Five minute up-do!

I hope you enjoyed that my dears, any questions just let me know on the comments, or drop me an email :) A bit of exciting news, I will be doing a guest post for Leanne over at DoNotRefreeze in the next couple of weeks - it's a nail art tutorial, and a good one at that! :D

I'm trying to do tomorrow's Mani tonight and I'm SO uninspired. Need to have a think and a peruse of the BundleMonsters  I reckon. Only thing I know, it will be blue haha.

Take care everyone! xxxxxxx

Coral Crush - and 50 followers!! XD

I can’t believe with the amount of time I spend on this blog, and the amount of hours I fritter away reading other people’s wonderful blogs, and I missed the rollover!

50 followers! This is amazing, thank you to each and every one of you!  I never started with the intention of racking up followers, this blog is about my discovery of the wide versatility of Nail Polish and creating something pretty. It means a lot that ONE person would want to read it, never mind over 50 J

STAY TUNED FOR A CELEBRATORY GIVEAWAAAAAY! What better excuse to go shopping?! I'm so excited to pick out my favourites and give them away to you! Giving is definitely better than receiving! :D

I bought one of my first PROPER Lipsticks the other day. I usually stick to balms or glosses (even though I cannot stand the sticky feeling on my lips of some glosses) and make the most of my eyes – seen as eye makeup was my first love! I thought I’d broaden my horizons, however, and I didn’t start small...I went for a bright Coral.

I love the coral colour, and I cant wait until summer so I can rock this baby literally everyday!

This lipstick is from the Accessorize range and there's not a thing about it that I don’t LOVE. From the packaging to the formula to the price (£4.00). In fact, i love the whole Accessorize range so far, the nail polish range looks so great - can't wait to pick a few (or all of them) up.

First things first – this lippy smells LUSH! It’s a lovely sweet vanillary scent and its gorge. It's a really smooth application with a reasonable shine – I wouldn’t apply a gloss over the top. It also looks beautiful if you mix a touch of it with a Balm to give the lips a flush of colour while you moisturise. My favourite to use with this is Vaseline Cocoa butter (the smells compliment each other too! Yummers!)

Here are some pics of the lippy itself:

The lid has a big sparkly (faux) diamond top! LOVE IT.

And these are my luscious corally lips:

It's a wee bit oranger IRL and definitely brighter - at least it feels it to me! I'm definitely not used to bright attention grabbing lips.

And here is my whole FOTD. I tried (and possibly failed) not to make these too "myspace-y" ahah, but theres only so much you can do when you're taking a picture of your own face! The foundation base is Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection. The bottle says it lasts 16 hours which I think is both a bold and ridiculous claim, but it does stay put rather well, even if I do get a bad case of the shinies after a while. This isn't my everyday foundation as it's a bit heavier and not massively natural looking - i wear it for nights out :) Blusher is Benefit Coralista (coral overload? NEVAAAAR!), and my eyes I left simple, lining the top, water line and a bit underneath with an H&M pencil liner in Brown. I only used a couple of strokes of Max Factor False Lash Effect mascara in Brown/Black.

After spending hours taking over 100 photos...this is the first one I took. c'est la vie.



So you can see the pencil liner detail.



And because I love you all SO much, a big, wet, corally kiss from me to say thank you!!! Here is my most ridiculous face :D

also, astounded that the combination of the pout and my recent weight loss has given me cheekbones...GET IN!

Until tomorrow my lovely readers, let me know what you think on the comments! xxx

FOTD cinema night!

Tonight, me and my lover-ly housemates went to the cinema. In Birmingham, where we all live during term-time, there is the kitschest little cinema at the back of New Street Station called The Electric Cinema, which was the first screen in Britain! It still has alot of the original fixtures, and you can opt to sit on huuuge comfy sofas at the back (for an extra fee....some day on a special occasion maybe haha!). You can also take drinks in from the full bar, which, being students, we naturally took advantage of (red wine daaahlings, I'm not that much of a hooligan).
We had some 2-4-1 vouchers, so it only cost us a couple of quid each to see True Grit, which, I have GOT to say was absolutely fantastic - what a stunning motion picture, and such dry humour! I really cannot praise it enough, and it may end up one of my favie films of all time alongside Monsters Inc, Back to the Future and Uncle Buck hahaaa! No wonder its nominated for so many oscars!
SO! On to my FOTD. I'd just been shuffling round the flat all day doing bits of work here and there, so i started my makeup from scratch. Obviously we were only going to the cinema, so I wanted a casual look, but suitable for the night-time as we planned to visit a couple of bars after the (FANTASTIC) movie. I left my hair naturally dried an unstraightened.

In case you were curious as to the products i used, and a bit of techy talk, I started with a base of Rimmel "Stay Matte" Foundation in Ivory (100), sweeping over it lightly with Rimmel Clear Complexion Translucent powder. I then highlighted my cheekbones with Benefit's Blusher in Coralista (actually one of my prize possessions!)
For my eyes I used Benefit's Erase Paste in Medium to hide those nasty black circles, then used a No.7 eye palette on my lids. I got this for Christmas and the outer packaging has the colour info on it - i dont know the shades as of yet, but I will get my Sherlock Holmes Google Skillz out and find out for you should you like to know! :D I used the light, shimmery cream colour on my inner lid, graduating to the chocolatey shimmer, sweeping it outwards, and under the eye to create a soft smokey effect. I then used Rimmels Liquid Eyeliner in Black to line the upper lid from halfway along,  and made a small flick. I added some of Max Factor's False Lash Effect in Brown/Black and some of Topshop's Lip Polish in Iced Coffee and then I was ready to go and sit in the dark for 2 hours....lol.
Here is that troublesome No.7 palette and the eyes on their own:-

Here's a close, side-view of the smokey eye, you can see the liquid liner detail more clearly:-

 ...and here's the finished product! I look really stroppy and unimpressed - there were better photos of me, but none that quite showed the colours as accurately, especially of the lovely, corally blusher. Oh the sacrifices I will make for accurate swatches!

Just...want...to.....poke...through...laptop screen and move that strand! flkhjlhjtlkt!!!!

I know my hair is in the way of my right eye...you know when you really wish you were Mary Poppins so you could reach into the photo and just sweep that annoying bit of hair out of the way?!?!?! oOoO so frustrating!

well, Goodnight happy Bloggers, I realise this is a long'un and I appreciate you reading, I really do. I would love to hear some comments from you lovely lot, hit me up yo!

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