Another Face #5 - Niamh

Hey!

I did more practice makeup last night, this time on my friend Niamh :) I did a full face of makeup again with contouring. She wanted something sort of natural which is just as well because I think I'm done with my colourful phase for now! I'd never worked on Niamh before, but she was lovely to work on. She has evenly spaced eyes that are a little on the small side, small/standard eyes. I wanted to try a couple of eye enlarging techniques I saw recently. Curling the lashes and smudging kohl liner on the upper lash line to define and extend the eye, as well as placing more mascara on the outer lashes to open the eyes up more. I didn't use nude liner though, I didn't want it to seem too much like a daytime look.

This was sort of a test run for makeup I'm doing for Jordan today. She's going to a fancy ball and is looking for a nude look. Super sophisticated! I did up a nude cut crease already and I'll show her this one too. I want to use taupe shadow on Jordan to make her blue eyes stand out, so I tried this on Niamh too.

I didn't take before shots again because I forgot. Here are the after shots.

Amazing lower lashes!! :O

I'll be working on Niamh more in the future, hopefully often enough! Here's a product list, I'm off to do more makeup. Busy busy!  See you soon >_^

Products used:

Face:

Revlon Photoready Primer
Stargazer White Foundation (Highlight)
L'Oreal True Match Liquid Foundation - Golden Amber (Contour)
Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation - Ivory
Soap & Glory Kick-Ass Concealer - Light
Natural Collection Loose Powder - Neutral Translucent
NYX Blush - Silky Rose

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay - Buck, Foxy
NYX - Taupe Pearl, Deep Bronze
The Body Needs - Iced Copper
Urban Decay Glide-On Pencil - Zero
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Light Brown

Lips:

Rimmel Apocalips - Nova

Neo Sunflower Aqua Lens Review

Hey!

I love coloured contacts, and I have a good few pairs but I don't wear them often enough. I buy yearly disposable ones so they last a long time, but I think I should start using them a lot more than I do. Today I'm reviewing Neo Sunflower Aqua. I've had them for a while but only worn them a handful of times. This is what they look like on me.

I got them on honeycolor.com for $24. They are 14.2mm diameter so they're only slightly enlarging. They look nice though, I really like how they look in my eyes. They look a little more natural in dimmer lights when my pupils are more dilated. They don't look unnatural in size but this aqua shade is quite bright. I think these lenses in other colours could look quite natural, I'll have to get some more and find out :D

They're yearly disposable and came with a free case. They're quite comfortable! I wear them for long periods of time without needing to remove them. They dry out, but not too often. I use a dry eyes mist to help with that so it's not much of a problem. These lenses are also available in green, blue, violet, grey, brown and hazel! Check them all out here. I'll leave you with a product list in case any of you were wondering about the makeup! See you soon, expect more lens reviews :)

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX White Base
Sugarpill - 2am, Dollipop, Tako
The Body Needs - Play Thing
Urban Decay Glide-On Pencil - Zero
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Lenses:

Neo Sunflower Aqua

Lashes:

Cheap ebay lashes :O

MUA Glitterball Palette Review, Swatches and Look (with Sugarpill too!)

Hey!

Here's the review I threatened you with! I made an order from MUA a couple of weeks ago. Among the items I purchased, I got the Glitterball palette. It was only £4! Definitely check out the site here, your money goes so far it's actually hard to believe. Let's take a look at Glitterball!

Stop giving us these crappy sponge shadow brushes, nobody wants them >:(

For your £4, you get twelve soft, shimmery, well pigmented shadows. After swatching them, I couldn't believe how cheap they are, check it out.

You have to build them up a bit and you would definitely need a primer, but look at them! From these swatches you could easily mistake them for a high end brand. Some of the shades in this palette remind me of some Urban Decay shadows! The quality isn't high end, but it's very good especially considering the price. They perform incredibly well. These shadows apply nicely, they're very buildable and blend easily too. I didn't have much problem with fallout either. There was some, but not a great deal. Here's the look I came up with.

I'm not done with my colourful phase, but definitely excited to use some shimmer for the first time in a little while! I paired a couple of Glitterball's lovely shimmery shades with some matte Sugarpill shadows to create this look. I went light on the liner and kept it looking pretty soft. I filled in my super scruffy brows with shadow instead of pencil so as to not overpower the rest of the eye makeup. I am super impressed with this palette. What you get for your money is unreal, I can't wait until my new spending ban is lifted and I can get some more of their stuff. Here's one more photo and a product list, see you soon!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Sugarpill - Mochi, Tako
Essence Kajal Pencil - Tu-Tu-Turquoise
Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl - Nude
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Catrice Gel Liner - It's Mambo No. 2
MUA Glitterball shadows used:

Sugarpill Blue & Green

Hey!

Another colourful eye look, blue and green this time. I'm crazy about Sugarpill lately! I'd love to get my hands on some more of their loose shadows too, I only have Goldilux but it's fab. I wore this look out to a party at a friends house last night. I paired it with clear gloss and Bourjois Blush Pot in Rose d'Or, keeping it toned down to show off the eyes. I can't find my eyelash glue but I wanted to wear false lashes too. I really need to practice applying them. Here are some photos and a product list! I'll post again soon with a product review or something hopefully for a change.

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX White Base
Sugarpill - Afterparty, Mochi, Acidberry, Tako
MUA matte eyeshadow shade 20 (black)
Urban Decay Glide-On Pencil - Zero
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Sugarpill Green & Purple

I suddenly got colourful today. I got a sweet new Totoro t-shirt and it's green and purple, so I did some makeup to sort of coordinate with it. Ta-dah!

My eyebrows D: Eyebrow maintenance is the biggest pain. Purple brows might be cool with this look actually. I think coloured brows look odd on me though so it doesn't often occur to me to try it. Ooh, I got the Sigma Precision Eye Kit this week and it is so badass. The brushes are amazing, especially the crease brush and the blending brush. I'll review it at some point but I want to use them more first. So far I love them anyway! Here's another photo and a product list.

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX White Base
Sugarpill - Midori, Acidberry, Buttercupcake, Tako, Dollipop, 2am
Urban Decay Glide On Pencil - Zero
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer

Blue Smoky Eye

I haven't done makeup on myself in a few days! I wanted to try something that I'd seen around recently, this dark blue smoky eye look. I'm a big fan of Gossmakeupartist on Youtube and yesterday I watched one of his videos on complimentary eyeshadow colours. A dark blue shade was on the list for brown eyes, and that reminded me about this look! I didn't work from a tutorial or anything, I just sort of winged it with a basic smoky eye method. I hope you like, see you soon!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NXY White Eyeshadow Base
Sugarpill - Afterparty, Velocity, Tako
Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette - Foxy, Bootycall
Urban Decay Glide On Pencil - Zero
MUA Shade 20 Matte
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Another Face #3 - Keelin #2

Hey guys! My friend Keelin called round last night, she cooked us a super tasty dinner and then I did her makeup! It's another colourful and dramatic look. This time when she left mine she was going to a cousin's party in a house, so I laid off the glitter. Plenty of shimmer instead! I used some loose shadows by The Body Needs again, I had such fun with them on Thursday. I'm so happy that Keelin allows me to do dramatic looks on her. Some people can be really scared of trying new looks. 

Practicing on other people is helping me to improve my skill a lot. Keelin has different shaped eyes to me so I'm learning what sort of shadow placement suits her eye shape best by working on her. I feel like I'm able to apply makeup on someone else just as well as I am able to apply it to myself which is a big deal for me. When I took the makeup class I once did I had no idea to apply makeup to someone else, and I hadn't used brushes much. Needless to say I struggled for a bit, but now I'm feeling so much more confident. Here's the before and after shot, followed by some eye closeups and a product list. See you soon!

Products used:

Face:

Maybelline Dream Satin liquid foundation - FawnSoap & Glory Kick-Ass Concealer
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Under Eye Concealer
Maybelline Fit Me Powder - 120
The Body Needs Blush - Barely There Pink

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

The Body Needs - Iced Blue, Pearl Blue Sky, Blackened Blue

Sugarpill - Afterparty, Tako

Inglot Gel Liner - 77

Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara

Essence Eyebrow Designer - Light Brown

Lips:

Essence Lip Liner - Satin Mauve

Essence Lipstick - Fairytale

Essence XXXL Shine Gloss - Pure Chic

Blackened Teal

Hey! I've been using a lot of palettes lately so I thought it would be nice to use some loose shadows for a change. I did today's look using some loose shadows by The Body Needs. They're one of my favourite brands, I have a ton of their glitters, blushes and shadows. Definitely check them out! The most prominent shade in this look is Blackened Teal. It's available alone or as part of the Blackened Collection, which contains ten shades. I swatched them before, check them out here. It's an incredible collection, especially if you're into smokey looks. See you soon, I hope you like my look!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
The Body Needs - Beyond Teal, Blackened Teal, Iced Teal
Sugarpill - Afterparty, Tako
Urban Decay Glide-On Pencil - Zero
No7 Stay Perfect Liquid Liner - Black
Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Urban Decay Naked Palette Look

Hey! I got a €100 One for All voucher for Christmas, so I went shopping in town with it last Friday. One of the things I picked up was the Urban Decay Naked Palette. I've been dying to use it but I had some other palettes I wanted to post about first. I've only got time for a quick post today, so I'll save the review for another day! Here's the look I made and a product list, see you soon!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Naked Palette - Sin, Naked, Buck, Virgin
No7 Stay Perfect Liquid Liner - Brown/Black
Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl - Nude
Max Factor 2000 Calorie Dramatic Volume Mascara - Brown/Black
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Urban Decay Vice Palette Look #3

I'm back again already! I couldn't leave the vice palette alone, I did another look with it today. Please ignore the brows, they're getting shaggy :/ Tell me what you think!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Vice Palette - Muse, Desperation, Echo Beach, Anonymous, Chaos
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Milk
No7 Stay Perfect Liquid Liner - Black
Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Urban Decay Vice Palette Look #2

Hey! After using my Vice palette on Keelin Friday night, I remembered how awesome it is and vowed to use it more. There are some crazy awesome colours in there! I did a look with it today and I think it came out great! Take a look:

I didn't have much time today so this was a pretty quick look. I hope you guys like it! Do any of you have this palette? I don't see it used that much by many bbloggers, do you? I feel like if I saw other people using it more it would remind me to use it. My go-to palette is normally Naked 2, so Vice gets a little neglected. I really love this palette though, I need to use it a lot more. Here are some more photos and a product list! See you soon >_^

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Vice Palette - Unhinged, Rapture, Vice, Blitz, Laced, Anonymous
No7 Stay Perfect Liquid Liner - Black
Urban Decay Glide-On Pencil - Zero
Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Another Face #2 - Keelin

Tonight my friend Keelin called over and I did her makeup before she went out! She was going to a gig so I did colourful, dramatic party makeup with glitter.

Before, wearing only foundation

After

Both of those photos are unedited, just cropped. I think I did ok! I don't get to work on other people as often as I'd like so it's kind of hard to tell how I'm doing, but I like how the makeup came out. Still, I feel more confident working on people than I used to. Hopefully I'll get to work on Keelin some more in the future >_^ Do some different kind of looks and stuff. Let me know in the comments what you think of this look! I know it's pretty crazy but it's night out makeup, and glitter is so much fun! Here are some more photos and a product list, see you soon!

Products used:

Face:

Maybelline Dream Satin liquid foundation - Fawn

Soap & Glory Kick-Ass Concealer
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Under Eye Concealer
Inglot Transluscent Powder

The Body Needs Blush - Barely There Pink

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

NYX White Base

Urban Decay Vice Palette - Noise, Vice, Black Market, Provocateur

Sugarpill - Tako, Dollipop

Inglot Gel Liner - 77

Urban Decay pencil liner - Zero

The Body Needs Glitter - Superstar, Holo-Blue

Benefit 'They're Real' mascara

Lips:

Essence Lip Liner - Cute Pink

The Body Needs Lip Luster - Rumors

FOTD#6 - GOSH Look #2

Hey! I did another look today with the GOSH palette from yesterday. This time I used the greens, I wanted to do a colourful look! I did a full face today, except shading. At least I highlighted this time.

Why do I look so angry? O_O

Some eye makeup shots!

I do like this palette. Again today some of these colours weren't so pigmented. These ones applied a lot better on my arms yesterday, maybe it's something to do with my lids? I'm not sure! The colours are nice though. I really feel like this palette would be amazing for bridal looks. The colours blend out so well and the looks appear soft and feminine. The colourful shades aren't so bright as to draw all eyes on you, they're awesome daytime shades. If you want your look a bit more dramatic, you can play it up with colourful liner like I did here!
I'll leave you with another photo and a product list, thanks for reading!

Products used:

Face:

Maybelline BB Cream - Light
Soap & Glory Kick-Ass Concealer
Soap & Glory Trick or Treatment Under Eye Concealer
NYX Blush - Silky Rose

Eyes:

Green - Lid | Red - Crease | Purple - Lower Lid | Blue - Highlight

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
No 7 Stay Precise liquid liner - Sky High
NYX Studio Liquid Liner - Extreme Coffee
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Peacock
Max Factor 2000 Calorie Dramatic Volume Mascara - Brown/Black

Lips:

Revlon Lip Butter - Berry Smoothie

GOSH Eye Shadow Palette look and swatches

Hey! I picked up this GOSH palette on sale in a pharmacy just after Christmas. It was reduced to €14.99 from €28, and there are 22 shades in it. I'd never tried GOSH cosmetics before and I hadn't heard anything about them. I looked them up online briefly and learned that they're a Danish company. I picked the palette up since for the price and with this number of shades, I can get a good idea of what their shadow range is like! I don't see a whole lot of GOSH stands around here, I think I know of two. Like any other cosmetics enthusiast, I was curious and wanted to try them out. Here's what the palette looks like:

I like the packaging! The outer box looks great, it caught my eye in the store. Palette itself is matte black and quite small, it measures six inches across and four down. It's a pretty portable size and contains a decent sized mirror, definitely good for taking on trips.

Swatches, over Too Faced Shadow Insurance.

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

These colours are beautiful. The shadows are soft and just the right amount of crumbly when  you swirl your brush in them. Some seem better pigmented than others, though. The shimmer ones seem to have the best colour payoff. Some of the paler shades and mattes are just a little lacking in strength, but not to an off-putting degree. I did a look using mainly the pink and purple shades. Check it out!

These colours are really soft and pretty. With nude pencil on the waterline and maybe less dramatic liner, I think this would make a nice bridal look! I was wearing this as an evening look though so I added the black instead.

These shadows are very nice to work with. They blend extremely well, I was really impressed with that. I can really suck at blending pretty often, so it's always nice with a product makes that easier on me. This isn't a proper review since there are so many shades, I'm not sure I can get a fair idea of them all without wearing more of them. I'll most likely do another look too and then say whether or not I'd recommend it. So far it's looking quite good though, and I feel like I'll be even more impressed by the other shadows. Here are a few more pictures and product list. Sorry for the monster post! <3

Products used:

Green - Lid | Red - Crease | Blue - Highlight

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
No 7 Stay Perfect Liquid Liner - Black
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil - Zero
Benefit 'They're Real' mascara