Johnson´s Baby Wipes (TBS´ Aloe range is amazing, but it is just so expensive. I am exploring alternatives… screw the enviromentand wastage!) No 7 eyeshadow base, a Sleek Ink Pot gel eyeliner in Dominatrix, and two Barry M Nail Paints in Fuchsia and Raspberry.

Also, the silver thing is apparently a toast rack?!?! As P-bop informed me when I presented it to him yesterday. Pffft, useless invention much? Anyhoos, I got it for 50p at a charity shop and used it to organize my many (and soon to be more) palettes.

I love favorites posts. So I thought I would share five of my current favorite make up items!

Elegant Touch Diamond Defence & Strength
This has changed my life. My nails used to flake ALL THE TIME. Like I had the weakest nails known to man. My nails were weaker than Richard Gere´s penchant for gerbils (zing!) I use this as a base coat under my regular nail polish. Already on my second bottle of this stuff, and this is definitely something that I will continue to repurchase.

Godiva Shampoo bar from Lush
At first, when I got this a few weeks ago, I thought I would hate it. I just thought the concept of a bar of soap for your hair was freakish. But again, Lush has converted me. This smells SOOO GOOD. Flowery-ish, but not too flowery. I prefer rich creamy scents to bubblegum flower rainbow smells, but this is incredible. I make my boyfriend smell my hair constantly when I have washed my hair with this.

Elf Studio Powder Brush
This brush is FAAAANtastic. I use it to apply my liquid foundation (from my hand, I don´t pour it onto the brush, that will just absorb all the liquid and be bad news for your brush) and it gives such a flawless finish. Sometimes my Sigma SS190 can give a slightly streaky finish, but this is just… gah! I love it. Worth a whole lot more than the £3.50 I paid for it.

Maybelline Pure Liquid Mineral Concealer
My favorite concealer. Reminds me a little bit of the Clinique Airbrush Concealer, but a little bit more runny and thicker (if that makes sense?) Blends equally fantastic though and is about a third of the price. The only thing is that sometimes it can irritate my skin, but I have cahrazee sensitive skin and can suck it up.

MAC Vanilla Pigment
I use this pretty much everyday for my all over lid color and highlight. Possibly my favorite pigment of all time, and works just as well pressed in my little homemade palette as it does as a loose shadow.

Since the last time I blogged here i have bought enormous amounts of make up. The best buy is the Sigma bruhes, but there is no need to write a review on them since Deniz did it so well in April (yes I am a copycat). And I don’t really know where to start with so let’s start from TODAY. This is what I got in town:

This is a new set from Urban Decay called Hall of Fame. I was just going to buy a new primer potion because it is the best, but then I saw this baby and it was only £7 pounds more. Instead of the regular size you get the XL size primer + travel size eye pencil #Zero, Cowboy Lipstick, LipGloss #Timothy, and the Skyscraper Multi-Benefit Mascara. I haven’t tried these on yet but I am really excited to. I really like Urban Decay because of their sets and palettes, they are always very price worthy.

And also I went into Lush to spend my 10% discount. I got the Angels Delight soap from their Christmas collection, a new body butter, and the Catastrophe Cosmetic “fresh” face mask. I love Lush but when I got home I checked the expire date on the face mask and it said 26/10/09 and that doesnt seem very fresh to me. So hopefully I will be able to return it and get a new one. having said that I have tried this mask before and it is amazing and it really does help. I tried the soap and the body butter on just a few minutes ago and I give the soap A+. The body butter was good also but it wasnt amazing. It is still awesome to not have to put on lotion after you get out of the shower though. Score.

Got my stuff from E.l.f!

Unfortunately my Sigma SS150 powder brush recently started shedding like a mofo (bad Sigma!! Bad bad Sigma!) So I have been on the hunt for a new one. Both of these brushes work great for powder, but the powder brush (flat top one) eats kind of a lot of powder, so I like using that for conturing (for which it is AWESOME.) and using the complexion brush for my finishing powder. It´s not too dense so I like it because it doesn´t put down a lot of color and make my look spackled. Only complaint about these brushes is that they are a bit hard to clean because they absorb so much product and so, they like eating shampoo too.

Also got this bronzer in the shade Warm. (Sorry about the blurry picture, but I didn´t notice until I was gonna post and I will be damned if my lazy ass ever retakes a photo once I consider it took.) Anyways. I LOVE THIS! It is soft, glowy, natural and super easy to blend. You would never know it only cost £3.50. Very, very highly recommend this product. Btw, all this stuff is from the E.l.f. Studio Series.

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So I have been enjoying my make up for the past month. But lets get real peoples, you know I never really stopped buying make up, I was just too ashamed of my consumerism to post it here. But I got over that shiz and here we go!

Got the Lush Fresher´s Box. £10. Was kinda worth it but the body scrub and the fizzy vitamin tablets blew chunks. I´m sorry to say.

Then I got the new Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume II.

As you can tell from the already dented shadows, I´ve been using this like crazy. I love it!

Swatches! In palette order.

These miniature eyeliner pencils came in the kit too, along with a travel size Primer Potion. I love these pencils, especially the brown one. It is an awesome base and I will deffo buy the full size when I run out of this.

Then me and Maria each bought one of these miniature OPI kits. I´ve never used OPI before because I thought £9.50 was ridonkulous for a nail polish, but… there is a place here that sells them for £7.50. And now that I have sat in OPI´s luxurious lap, that seems totally reasonable. PS: Don´t know how I ever lived without a quick-drying top coat.

Two Barry M Dazzle Dusts I picked up the other day. 01 Ice Pink and 71 Burnt Orange.

Swatches of them bad boys..

And I may have ordered something from E.l.f. yesterday. MAY HAVE.

Just a little photo to show you one of my favorite lipsticks of the moment - Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick in Fuschia. It´s bold and colorful and goes nicely with my skin tone. And it smells like ice cream. A winner all around!

Here is what the Soft and Gentle looks like on… sort of. It isn´t as shiny as this but I had to up the contrast and lean towards a light so it would show up. Haha. It looks so sheeny and pretty! In this photo I also used the blackground paint pot as a base on my lids under Barry M´s Dazzle Dust in 90 Pearly Mauve.

Basically I am really happy with all the things I bought. Porcelain Pink is absolutely gorgeous and leaves the prettiest pink sheen I have ever seen. That being said, I think this is going to be my last major make up shopping for quite a while. I mean, I won´t stop buying make up altogether, but I think what I am going to do is just match up my colors (eyeliners and bases to match shadows I already have) but I think the size of my make up collection is getting too big for me to justify any more major purchases. I think I have my bases covered, and to be honest, I am just really enjoying everything I have at the moment. I think i might do some favorites posts and divide them into categories, blushes, eyeshadows etc. But to sum up, my new mentality is to shop less and enjoy more

A couple of days ago Deniz sent me link on this turotial and I got so excited because her hair is so similar to mine. So today I tried it and obviously I didn’t have all the same product (I used my Curl Amplifier and Loreal texture wax) but the method really worked. I can see it working even better with the correct products. I am going to invest in some good curl products because I can see myself living with this:

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I have a job. I saved up. I went and shopped FROM MY HARD EARNED MONEYS!

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft & Gentle, MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Porcelain Pink, Too Faced Shadow Insurance, GOSH Velvet Touch Foundation Primer, Barry M Nail Paint in Bright Purple, GOSH Let´s Twist Eyeliner in Carbon Black, GOSH Velvet Touch Eyeliner in Blueberry Ice, MAC Mineralize Blush in Gentle, MAC Paint Pot in Blackground.

The Skin Finishes look similar in this photo… but they are so different! AND I AM SO EXCITED TO USE THESE! Look so prettttyyy!

Foundation and concealer: Maybelline Pure Liquid Minerals, Bourjois Powder Compact in 71 Beige clair
Eyes: UDPP, Isadora Eyeshadow palette in 59 Mauve Delight, Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner (white) Maybelline Line Definer Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Maybelline Colossal Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: MAC Cream Color Base in Hush, CoverGirl blush that I have had forever
Lips: Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick in Pinky Beige

I got this mattifying powder from Bourjois because my mineral powder just would not set my foundation properly and it would get all patchy after a few hours. So far, I LOVE THIS! It is really mattifying, if that is what you want (I like it because I like using a highlighter too so I don´t want to be too shimmery) and it helps my make up stay on like nobodies business. And it´s also lightly scented and smells reeeeally good. Score!

The brush I just got today because I needed another angle brush for my eyeshadow. I had an incident where I accidentally had black eyebrows because I forgot I already used my angle brush. And this cost me £1 because I had a £5 voucher from Boots. Score again!

I bought an Isadora Wonder Nail polish today. The colour was 195 Velvet Matte . I really like the concept of matte nail polish because first of all the dry so so quickly! And also I think they give a very sophisticated look.

Ok, Firstly I want to say that I love Bourjois. It´s an amazing drugstore brand, one of my favorites. Their eye pencils, nail polishes, face powders and basically everything that isn´t baked is awesome. And I want to love these blushes, but I don´t They are so pretty, and the testers are so soft but the new ones are another story. I own two of these, and they are both HARD HARD HARD. Basically impossible even to swatch on your hand, and forget trying to get any color onto your face. I´m thinking of just throwing mine out because they just depress me when I see them lying in my make up drawers, unused and sad. Their eye shadows aren´t as bad, but they are pretty hard and unworkable as well. I have actually read that they have recently reformulated the consistency of these, so maybe the new ones are better? Anyway, I will pass on these in the future and stick to my other well-tested brands. Sorry Bourjois!

Foundation and concealer: Maybelline Pure Liquid Minerals, Bourjois Powder Compact in 71 Beige clair
Eyes: UDPP, Coastal Scents 88 Palette, Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner (white) Maybelline Line Definer Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Maybelline Colossal Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: MAC Cream Color Base in Hush, Bourjois Pastel Joues Blusher in 33 Lilas D’or
Lips: Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick in Pinky Beige

And the bow I made myself!

Today I went to a shopping center to buy stuff for my eyebrows. And the first thing I saw when I walked into Kicks (aww Kicks… how I love you) was Isadoras new eyebrow-pencil + highlighter. It felt like a sign so I bought it. Then I looked into the more expensive stuff and bough a gel to keep the eyebrows in shape and stay that way. It’s from Anastasia Beverly Hills.

This is what my eyebrows looked like before. Not very pretty, I know.

I honestly don’t know if I like it. I am such an ameture when it comes to eyebrows. I think I’m gonna go to a professional after I’ve let it grow out again. And when I say professional I mean I might let Deniz wax them for me. Oh wells. At least I like the affect that the highlighter has.

Okay so friday I dyed my hair blonder. And I have to say that bleaching your hair stings like HELL. Seriously. What I go through to look this stuntastic! I do it for you people. Anyhoo. Since I have straightened my hair for 5 years now I think that I my hair would benefit from a break. I have a complicated relationship with my curls. I hated them for so long before I discovored the starightener and since then I haven’t really given them another chance. But my hair is now longer than it’s ever been and I like the thought of me and my curls having a healthy relationship. And I think I might have found the product that could make that possible. And that is Tigi Catwalk Curls Rock Amplifer. It doesn’t make my hair feel grasy or heavy at all. It gives it a very light and healthy feeling and it is easing me into a new found love for my curls. HUZZAH!

Okay so summer is over! This only means one thing: my passion for everything beauty is back. It is totally fine to paint your face for 30 minutes before leaving for work/school again. This is from a couple of days ago and the shadows are from an old Dior palette and the lipstick is from Lancomé. Dior shadows really are top notch, shame that they are so fucking expensive.

I’ve been thinking about looking into a good eyebrow kit and maybe start going a bit lighter on the colour. And looking at this photo I am thinking, Yes Maria I think that might be a good idea.

Really enjoying doing these now

Foundation and concealer: Maybelline Pure Liquid Minerals, Bourjois Powder Compact in 71 Beige clair
Eyes: UDPP, Make Up Store Microshadow in Goal, Isadora Classic Browns palette, Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner (white) Maybelline Line Definer Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Maybelline Colossal Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: Benefit Perfect 10 Blush
Lips: Elizabeth Arden Color Intrigue Effects Lipstick in 03 Mango Cream

Foundation and concealer: Maybelline Pure Liquid Minerals, Lily Lolo Foundation in Blondie
Eyes: UDPP, Isadora Mauve Delight Palette, Barry M Dazzle Dust LED 2 Bright Purple, Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner (white) Maybelline Line Definer Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Maybelline Colossal Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: Benefit Perfect 10 Blush
Lips: Nothing at all

This is from a few days ago but I didn´t have enough time to put it up before having to dash to work. BTW the Barry M dazzle dust is so pretty, but it stains like a mofo! The next day I looked like I had the worst dark circles under my eyes à la a cancer patient. Lame!

Foundation and concealer: Maybelline Pure Liquid Minerals, Lily Lolo Transclucent powder
Eyes: UDPP, MAC Vanilla Pigment, Make Up Store Microshadow in Khaki Gold, Elf Brightening Eye Color (the white color), Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner (white) Maybelline Line Definer Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Maybelline Colossal Volum Express Waterproof Mascara
Cheeks: The Body Shop Blushing Dasies in 02, Benefit Perfect 10 Blush (pink side)
Lips: Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick in Pinky Beige

Actually did a FOTD! I can´t believe I could be bothered.

So I went make up shopping after I got paid for an album cover I did for my brother. And I think that´s ok - I didn´t go crazy or anything, just a few nice little cheapie things to cheer myself up after working hard!

Two Barry M Nail Paints in 161 Vivid Purple and 292 Navy Blue. I am FEELING the dark nail polishes and lipsticks that are in for this autumn. And I can´t wait for sweaters and boots and cups of tea and coziness and for GOK WAN TO BE ON TV AGAIN! Bring on the fall.

Contradicting the last statement about dark lips a little, I have been coveting this Barry M Lip Paint in 147 Peachy Pink for a few weeks now, and this is how it looks on the lips. Very light for me, but it is such a nice statement color and will look amazing with a neutral eye.

Yay!

I ordered this palette off eBay a few weeks ago. Last week it finally got here and I have been having so much fun pressing all my MAC, Bourjois, mineral and Barry M pigments:

Oh, and a little tip if any of you out there care about pressing pigments. If you use MAC pigments (or Bourjois) just using alcohol (70% or more) is fine. But Barry M and mineral pigments, you MUST use a binder! I got some glycerin from my local chemist for like £1.80 or something. Here is a tutorial i found really helpful - minus the flat iron. Totally unnecessary and dangerous :p

From left to right, top to bottom: Lip Scuff, Sparkle & Shimmer Puff in Sunset Peach, Lip & Cheek Stain in 01 Rose Pink.

The lip scrub and lip stain are both FANTASTIC. Excellent buys. The shimmer puff was a free £5 gift cuz I finished my card and unfortunately it is pretty much just a glitter bomb. Ok if you want to be a glitter bomb, but I am more of a shimmery gal.

Swatches:

Went on a trip to my boyfriend P-bop´s hometown about two weeks ago and (of course) picked up a few things there, as well as a little MAC pigment when we stopped at the MetroCentre on the way back.

Barry M pigments in 96 Gold, 39 Tan, 98 Petrol Black, LED 2 Bright Purple.

MAC pigment in Vanilla.

Swatches of 96 Gold, 39 Tan and Vanilla.

Swatches of 98 Petrol Black and LED 2 Bright Purple.

No people, the backlog is not over yet! One more post to go. That is, if I can control myself in the next few days. (:

In the spirit of posting my humongous backlog of new make up, here are a few lipsticks I bought a while back!

Both are from Maybelline´s Moisture Extreme line of lipsticks. The left one is 163 Fuschia, and the second one is from the Satin Collection and is in 188 Silky Pink.

Swatches:

I can report both of these lipsticks are made of awesomeness. Fuschia is the color I have been craving for so long and Silky Pink is my go-to color for everyday makeup. Maybelline is one of my favorite brands for lipsticks - I definitely think they can compare to higher-end products.

Ok, I buy like an embarrassing amount of make up. But you don´t even know the half of it, because half the time I don´t even post it here. But I am trying to get on top of that. So yeeeeah, on to the make up!

I have never really managed to find a shade of foundation that really really is a perfect match. Well, once. From Lumene. But the staying power was kind of shitty so that wasn´t a great match for my standards. Anyways, the last foundation I bought turned out to be too pink for me. (This isn´t like, really noticeable, just noticeable to me I suspect.) But I wanted a yellower one, especially if I manage to catch some sun on my face I explode into unknown realms of yellowness. So on Lisen´s recommendation, I decided to go for Maybelline Pure Liquid Mineral Foundation. I got the foundation in the shade Nude 021 and a concealer in 01 Nude Beige. Now, the foundation turns out to be sliiiiightly too yellow. Like it would be a perfect match if I got a tan. Ironically, the concealer is like totally PERFECT. If only I could wear that all over my face :C

The staying power, awesome. The coverage is sheer, which I am into lately. Don´t like to cake the make up on. Oh and then I got a Watershine lipstick in the color 05 Juicy Bubblegum and a Barry M Nail Paint in Mint Green. Addicted to make up? Nah.

I got this a few days ago as a freebie with Tatler when I was stranded in an airport overnight (blerrrrghhhhhhhhh) and thought I´d do a little review as it´s my first Essie nail polish.

(Please ignore my gnarly cuticles, I have been without my Burt´s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream for 2 weeks and it seems the natural state of my nails are DRY. AS. FUCK.)

Anyways, on to the review. I picked this light grey color because it was kind of unusual and a nice break from all the pinks I favor. The nail polish formula is really nice, and goes on really smoothly and evenly. To get a nice amount of coverage, I had to apply 3 coats, which dried… not that quickly. But it stays on very well and has a nice shiny finish. Overall, a pretty good nail polish and definitely a worthy freebie since they ordinarily cost £8.95!

First off - got some presents for L-birds birthday.

From left to right, top to bottom: Make Up Store Cybershadow in Baby Doll, Isadora Eyeshadow Duo in Purple Haze, Viva la Diva lipgloss, Face Stockholm Blush in Hot Pink, Hello Kitty pot lip balm from H&M.

Then got some junk for myself!

Make Up Store Blushes in Fresh Rose and Passionate Pink, Depend Nail polish in 153

Swatches:

Then I also ordered an eyeshadow from Asos and got a free Essie nail polish with a magazine.

Shady Lady eyeshadow from The Balm in Sexy Stacy, Essie nail polish in Great Expectations

Swatch:

Yay Swedish make up!

During the summer my interest for make up goes from WOAOAODOWEOWOWOO!!!”%#/!(!!!! to meh. It’s got to do with the fact that there are a million other things that are so much more exciting. Like getting a tan. And along with that tan I get the freckles. And I love the freckles. So I don’t want to hide them under make up. The only time during the summer when make up really exciting is when you are going out. So I am going to give you all my latest party make up:

This was my face friday night. I have been wanting to do something with grey for a while now. I had a palette from Isadora that had a very glittery grey that Iused as an eyeliner and I am really happy with the result.

Upclose of the eye.

OMG! My new lipgloss from ISADORA oh my fucking god. It is my favoruite buy in a really long time. It is from their summer collection and you can see it here.

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This is a perfect example on how cheap make up can be just as good as the fancy brands. These two nail ploshes are my new favourites. They are from the swedish (I think?) brand called Depend. The pink one is #160 and the purple one is #159 and I love them both equally. They dry really quickly also! But the best thing, I got them for only 40 kronor (around £3)!