Shimmery Gold

Hey my lovely readers! The weather has been so lovely the last few days, unfortunately I can't enjoy it, because I've been quite restricted these last few days. I had to have a laparoscopy on Thursday, and then I caught a bad cold on Friday. So I've been getting better (I can sit down without help now!) and I decided to do a nice, golden make-up look to cheer myself up a bit. I also wanted to use some of the birthday presents I got from my sister, I get so excited about using new things!

Benefit Brows a-go-go;ELF Small Angled Brush;Hema Cream Eyeshader;ELF Palette;ELF Blending Brush;Bobbi Brown Creamy Eye Pencil in Walnut; Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara;MeMeMe Blush Me Blush Box in Rouge; Hema Angled Face Brush

Benefit Brows a-go-go Brow And Eye Shaping Kit 

 I used my ELF Small Angled Brush to apply the wax and a tiny bit of the light brown eyeshadow to my eyebrows, because I didn't felt like putting too much on them. I'm still a bit ill, so I felt I'd be slightly uncomfortable putting too much on.

Gold Cream Eyeshader from Hema

I got this from my sister, along with a silver one, and they are so nice! I used this as a base, and put it all over my lid. It goes on so well!

second row, middle shadow

ELF Palette

I've been using my ELF palette a lot recently, the colours are so nice and pigmented. I used my ELF blending brush to apply the medium-dark gold colour all over my lid and then I blended out the crease a little.

Bobbi Brown Creamy Eye Pencil in Walnut & Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara

I absolutely adore my Bobbi Brown eyeliner, and now it's getting warmer, I find I've been chosing brown over black when it comes to lining my eyes. It's a lot less harsh, and slightly more natural. I lined my top lashline very finely, so that's it's barely noticeable. I then made the bottom lashline a little more brown by pressing a bit harder. Then I used a coat of my Maybelline Mascara, for more natural, daytime lashes.

MeMeMe Blush Me Blush Box in Rouge

And finally, I used my lovely MeMeMe blush in Rouge on the apples of my cheeks. To apply it, I used my new angled blush brush which I got from my sister. It's from Hema, which is this great shop that sells a lot of different things, from clothes to make-up to cooking utensils. It's also quite cheap, yet great quality, which is great because most of the shops here aren't.

L-R: gold eyeshader, elf eyeshadow, bobbi brown eye pencil, mememe blush

Hope you like it! What colours do you love for Spring?

Make-Up Haul!

Hey guys, as I've already mentioned in earlier posts, I've been shopping. A lot. And so I bought myself some more make-up. To think, a year ago, I thought make-up ended in drug stores! Since reading blogs and watching youtube videos, I've realised there's a lot more to make-up than just eyeliner and mascara, and I've since been on a trip of discovery of all other kinds of products and brands that are out there. As helpful as this is to my face, it's been a bit hard on my purse.

Some of the following products were purchased in England, others in Metz. (The Metz Sephora is a lot better than the Luxembourgish one!) I've been using them, so they don't look brand new, and my Benefit eyeshadow actually smashed just after I took the picture, which practically broke my heart.
MeMeMe Blush Me! Blush Box in 4 Rouge

I'd seen this on their website and fell in love with the colour, so while visiting my sister, I went to Superdrug and bought it. It's a lot more pigmented than my Chanel blush, which is good, because now I have one for when I want a noticable blush and one for a more natural look. I adore the little brush that came with it too, it's really soft and applies really well. The packaging reminds me of Benefit blushes too, which is cool. I think it cost £8.50 but I got it for a bit less, I think there was a save £1.50 thing going on.
MeMeMe Longwear Satin Lipcream in 06 Ruby Rich
I don't own any lipsticks so I wanted to try one, to see if it suited me. At first I thought the colour would be far too bright, but it's actually really nice and you can layer it up or not, depending on how you feel. It's lasts a long time too, and goes on nicely. I think I got it for £7.00, with the £1.50 off, so it probably costs £8.50. I probably should have swatched it, but the sun was going down and I wanted to finish taking the rest of the pictures, so expect a swatch sometime soon.
MAC Eyeshadow in Young Punk
While at Westfield, we went to the MAC store, and this eyeshadow immediately caught my eye. It's black with a lot of purple and silver sparkles. I like using it in the outer corner, and it's probably great for a nighttime look too. I can't remember how much it cost, between £14 and £16, I think!
Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in Get Figgy
I bought this when I was with my cousin, I fell in love with the colour! It's a gorgeous, light purple colour, and I love how it looks with my eye colour, which is a very rare thing for me. I love using a brown eyeliner with it too. It lasts a long time too, which is great. I can't remember the exact price, but I think it was £14.50. Bobbi Brown Creamy Eye Pencil in Walnut

I'd been on the hunt for a decent brown eyeliner and found this in the Sephora in Metz. It was between this and a benefit one, but after swatching both, I decided on this one. It's lovely and perfect, and has a smudge end as well. That's all I can really say. I'm so glad I picked it, it goes on really easily and looks really nice on the lower lashline, especially. I can't remember the price, I think it was around 16€, but I don't know if I'm just making that up.
Sephora Retractable Blush Brush

I bought this in Metz, and I have to say, for 11.50€ it's a bit disappointing, because everytime I've used it, which is almost every day since I got it, it leaves little black bristles all over my face. It works well for applying products, but the bristle thing is really annoying. I probably wouldn't recommend buying it.