Wonderful Dreams

L-R: Midnight Swim, Crystal Ball, Marron Glacé, Chantilly Lace

L-R: Hot Cocoa, Pretty Sunrise, Toasted Almond, Soft Cookie

Hi everyone,

Following my last post, I thought I'd share one of my Christmas presents with you as it's also a Sephora palette that my lovely brother got for me. It's called Wonderful Dreams and is a little eyeshadow palette, perfect for on the go makeup. The palette has eight different eyeshadows, both matte and shimmer, and light and dark. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it because the shades are so gorgeous. There's something for everyone in this palette, whether you're going for a smokey eye or just throwing on some matte shadow. 

I used Marron Glacé all over the lid and topped it with some Pretty Sunrise on the middle of the lid so that it catches the light nicely.

I hope you enjoy this little post on this adorable palette and I hope you all had a great Christmas! 

Wishes Come True

Take A Selfie, Café Latte, Creamy Cashmere

Friday Night, Scented Candle, Pretty Pearls

Feeling Pretty, Nighttime Glow, Midnight Magnificence

Hi everyone,

So whilst out Christmas shopping I came across this adorable little palette in Sephora. It's by Sephora themselves and is a multi-functional palette called Wishes Come True. It had six eyeshadows, three matte and three shimmer, a gorgeous blush and two highlighters. The eyeshadows are stunning and super pigmented and the highlighters are amazing. The names are adorable and so is the packaging, you pull it apart to open it. 

It's the perfect little palette, especially for travelling and for when you're on the go. It would make such a great Christmas present too!

I used Creamy Cashmere all over the lid, Café Latte in the crease and then Scented Candle over the lid. I feel like Scented Candle would be the perfect Christmas day eyeshadow! I also used Feeling pretty and Midnight Magnificence on my cheeks.

Let me know if you have this palette and your thoughts on it!

Muted Colours

I feel like my eyeliner skills have got so much better lately and I absolutely love my Hema liner as it's so easy to use and I can get them nice and even. This time I decided to use a matte shadow as I was feeling like darkening up the look a little. I paired that with a darker matte lip colour. I'm obsessed with the Revlon Matte Balms, they last forever. 

Face:

Sleek Face Form palette in Medium:

contour & bronzer 

Eyes & Eyebrows:

MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown

to shape and fill in my brows

Hema Tinted Eyebrow Gel

NARS Pro Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

MAC eyeshadow in Brown Down:

all over lid and blended through crease

Hema Soft Eyeliner liquid liner pen

Hema Black Waterproof Liner:

bottom lashline

Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara

Lips: 

Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in 225 Sultry Sulfureuse

Smokey Bronze Valentine's Day Look

This is my second Valentine's day/date night look, you can read the first one here. This look is slightly darker what with the red lip and bronze eyes but involves a lot less eyeshadows. I decided to do my base differently and used a brown pencil that I then blended upwards as well as a cream eyeshadow. Together they made the colours a little more intense and they lasted quite some time too, considering they are both by Maybelline (as opposed to my usual Nars base). I kept the rest of my face quite bronzed and let the lipstick steal the show. Cruella is a velvet matte lip pencil and I absolutely adore it. It lasted all day and looked amazing. I don't often do dark red lips but I really loved this one. 

Hope you've all had a great week!

Face:

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Cool Medium 2:

on blemishes

Manhattan Soft Compact Powder in 0 Transparent:

to set the concealer

Sleek Face Form palette in Medium:

contour, bronzer & highlight

Eyes & Eyebrows:

Soap & Glory Archery Brow Pencil in Blondeshell:

to shape and fill in my brows

Maybelline Master Smoky Shadow-Pencil in Smoky Chocolate:

on the lashline then blend up all over the lid

Maybelline Color Tattoo in 35 On & On Bronze:

all over the lid as a base

NARS Eyeshadow in Lola Lola:

all over lid, blended out and on lower lashline

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette:

Snakebite & Busted on outer corner

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero:

smudged on top and lower lashline

Maybelline Go Extreme Mascara in Leather Black 

Lips: 

NARS Cruella lip pencil

Matte Chocolate & Shocking Pink

I have recently been obsessed with two things: the Sleek Face Form palette and the NARS Digital World Lip Pencil set. I was lucky enough to get both of these for Christmas last year. I had never really been into contouring or even using bronzer but I"m starting to make more of an effort with both of those steps. I've also been using the contour and bronzer shades as eyeshadow because they are both so gorgeous and this makes getting ready a lot easier as I'm using one product for several different parts of my face. Most of my matte brown eyeshadows are on the cooler scale of shades so it's nice to have some warmer tones. I've been switching between theNARS lip pencils a lot and my absolute favourites at the moment have to be Yu and Descanso. Both extremely beautiful and they last quite a while. I really love pairing a brown smokey eye with bright lips and Yu seemed like the perfect option. 

Have a great week!

Face:

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Cool Medium 2:

on blemishes

Manhattan Soft Compact Powder in 0 Transparent:

to set the concealer

Sleek Face Form palette in Medium:

contour, bronzer & highlight

Eyes & Eyebrows:

Soap & Glory Archery Brow Pencil in Blondeshell:

to shape and fill in my brows

NARS Pro Prime Eyeshadow Base:

all over my eye lid and crease

Sleek Face Form palette in Medium:

matte shade all over the lid and blended through the crease

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero:

smudged on top and lower lashline

Maybelline Go Extreme Mascara in Leather Black 

Lips: 

NARS Yu lip pencil

Festive Red & Gold

Hi everyone,

I decided to do a test run of the make up look that I want to do on Christmas day. I love playing around with make up and will use any excuse to go all out with it. I definitely wanted to go for the classic red and gold and I used several different eyeshadows to achieve the perfect gold. Not too bright but not too muted. I went for a mix of lipsticks again, as NARS Heatwave seemed a bit too bright on its own. I really like how it turned out, especially the winged liner. I blended out the bottom liner to create a sort of shadow of a wing underneath the liquid liner wing, which I think looks quite nice. Hopefully I will be able to recreate this look perfectly on the day!

Face:

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Cool Medium 2:

on blemishes

Manhattan Soft Compact Powder in 0 Transparent:

to set the concealer

NARS Dolce Vita Blush:

on cheeks

MAC eyeshadow in Naked Lunch:

as cheekbone highlight

Eyes & Eyebrows:

Soap & Glory Archery Brow Pencil in Blondeshell:

to shape and fill in my brows

NARS Pro Prime Eyeshadow Base:

all over my eye lid and crease

MAC eyeshadow in Dark Brown and Charcoal Brown:

blended through the crease

MAC eyeshadow in Woodwinked and Amber Lights:

blended together all over lid and on lower lashline

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Half Baked and Toasted (Naked 1 Palette):

blended together all over lid

MAC eyeshadow in Naked Lunch:

in the inner corner and as a brow highlight

Hema Liquid Liner:

top lashline

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero:

 lower lashline, blended out into a a second wing

Maybelline Go Extreme Mascara in Leather Black 

Lips: 

MAC Hot Gossip lipstick

NARS Heatwave lipstick

mixed together