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

FOTD #5

Hey guys! I wanted to share a look I did last night. I used the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette for the eye makeup. I've been wanting to use this palette more, you can do so much with it! I was a little lazy with my face though and didn't do any contouring.

Now some eye closeups!

Products used:

Face:

Revlon Photo Perfecting Primer
Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid foundation - Ivory
Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment Under Eye Dark Circle Concealer - Bright On
Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer - Light
Essence Silky Touch Blush - Adorable

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Urban Decay Naked 2 palette - Snakebite, Half Baked, Tease, Blackout, Chopper, Pistol, Verve, Foxy
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil - Zero
No 7 Stay Perfect liquid liner - Black
Benefit 'They're Real' mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

Lips:

Essence Lip Liner - Nude Coral
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick - Mauve It Over
Essence XXXL Shine Lipgloss - Pure Chic

Lenses:

EOS Ice Green

Gold Festive Look

Hey guys! Quick post on a look I did today. Everyone's posting festive looks so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon :) Here's what I came up with:

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Urban Decay shadows - Blitz, Echo Beach
The Body Needs shadows - Blackened Gold, Smoked Gold
TKB Trading mica - Forged Gold
Sugarpill - Tako, Goldilux
Inglot Gel Liner - 77 (matte black)
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On pencil - Zero
Essence Eyebrow Designer - Brown

This Week's Nails #12 - The Man with the Golden Gun/Skyfall

I'm super excited about this post! I've had my eye on OPI's 'The Man with the Golden Gun' topcoat since I learned of its existence. I couldn't justify buying it for myself with its €36 price tag, but my awesome husband bought it for me as a gift for our 5th wedding anniversary! Our anniversary was on November 23rd, but my gift arrived yesterday. Here's a photo of the outer packaging:

*Swoon*

It's beautifully packaged in its own display box. I'm going to keep it in this box to protect the bottle which looks very fancy with a mirrored gold finish. I don't want my other bottles knocking off it and potentially scratching or chipping it. Here's a photo!

When I wear this top coat I feel like the queen of the world. I have never owned something so luxurious before and I love it :3 It looks so pretty and classy, and it's likely my most treasured possession. This is one layer over 'Skyfall', which I got in the 'Get Bonded' set. It would work fantastically over a wide range of colours. Black, midnight blue and deep purple are the first that spring to mind. Here's a closer look:

I love it so much! This is the perfect Christmas gift for the fanciest lady you know. The whole premise of a real gold top coat may seem absurd to some people but I like it. It makes me feel spoiled and special, and that's not so bad. Yolandi knows how it is:

I'll sign off with a photo of the 'Skyfall' bottle. It's a gorgeous colour, a very deep vampy red creme. The closest polish in my collection to this one is Revlon's 'Forbidden', but 'Skyfall' is deeper still. It makes for a trendy and festive manicure. Catch you soon!

This Week's Nails #11 - Goldeneye

Hey! It's been a busy week so not a whole lot of time for blogging. My nails were a complete mess until yesterday, I was quite disgusted with myself! I feel so much better now that they're manicured again. I got the 'Get Bonded' collection by OPI this week. I was dying to get some of the Skyfall collection polishes, I picked it up for €19.95 on http://www.cloud10beauty.com/, reduced from €29.95. Such a steal! The set contains three full sized (15ml) bottles of polish. 

The Spy Who Loved Me, Goldeneye, Skyfall

I've ordered some nail wheels from ebay so that I can swatch my polish hauls, and I was going to wait until they arrive to show you guys this collection but I couldn't wait to wear Goldeneye! The Spy Who Loved me is a bright red with gold shimmer, and Skyfall is a deep, oxblood red. Very trendy for both autumn and the upcoming festive season! Here's a photo of Goldeneye on.

I'm crazy about this polish. I'm not that fond of gold in general, I don't like gold embellishments on clothing or purses, or gold jewellery, but I love gold nails! Goldeneye is kind of a glitter polish, but the glitter doesn't feel rough like in other polishes. It's more like foiled gold. It's opaque in two coats and looks super fancy! This is the first OPI polish I've used, and I haven't worn it for long enough to comment on its longevity or anything like that, but I'm very impressed with the formula and how it looks. This collection would make a great gift for a loved one, or for yourself if you're having trouble choosing from the extensive Skyfall collection.

Review with Look - Soap & Glory Lid Stuff - 'Off the Wallflowers'

Hello!
I'm really excited about this post, because I've wanted this eyeshadow palette for a long time! I read a glowing review on it somewhere online, but I can't remember where. It's a Lid Stuff quad palette from Soap & Glory, the one I chose is 'Off the Wallfowers'. I picked it up for €14.50 in Boots. There are two more Lid Stuff colour choices available too, 'What's Nude' and 'Smokey Dokey'. At the moment I feel like I have enough nude shades with my Naked 2 and Sleek 'Au Natural' palettes, and I love a bit of colour so I chose 'Off the Wallflowers'. Here it is in all its (Soap &) Glory!

One of the things I really love about it is that there is no sponge applicator! I hate those crappy useless things! There is a short statement about this on the back of the packaging - 'We chose not to include a cheap spongy shadow brush, because not only would it drive the price of this palette up, we thought you'd rather opt for a proper one' Good work, Soap & Glory. Can any of you remember the last time you actually used one of them? What a waste they are!
On to the swatches.

Sugar Violet, Dandy Plum, Minky, Wild Blue

'Sugar Violet' is a beautiful matte violet shade, it's actually quite bright! 'Dandy Plum' is a deep, red brown toned plum with a shimmer finish. 'Minky' is so pretty, pale gold shimmer with subtle pink undertones, while 'Wild Blue' is a bold blue shimmer.
Here's the look I created with this palette!

Ta-dah!

I used 'Minky' all over the lid, applied 'Dandy Plum' in the crease and blended 'Sugar Violet' above it. I placed Wild Blue all along the lower lash line.
The quality of these shadows is so good. They're soft, very pigmented and they're lovely to work with. I love this palette! I'm so glad I finally got it and that it didn't disappoint. I can see myself using it a lot. There's a great mix of colours to make a bunch of different looks with. I'm really looking forward to using it more and I might even pick up another one. I hope they'll come out with a wider range of eyeshadows, as far as I know the Lid Stuff palettes are the only shadows they do. I'd definitely like to see more colour combinations from them.

This is the second Soap & Glory product I've used. For my birthday my Mom got me one of their lipsticks, a Super-Colour Fabulipstick in 'The Missing Pink' which is a medium pink shade. It's a great lipstick, it's really moisturising and I use it quite often! I also have their Kick Ass Concealer but I haven't used it yet. I have a Maybelline Cover Stick on the go and I'd like to get through a bit more of that first. I have my eye on a few more of their products too, hopefully I'll get my hands on them in the future.

I'll sign off with more pictures of the look. Enjoy!

Other products used:

Urban Decay - Bootycall (highlight and inner corner)

Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner

Anonymous black kohl pencil

Essence 'Cool Breeze' Kajal Pencil

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

Essence Eyebrow Designer - 'Brown'

This Week's Nails #1 - Go Bold!

Hello! I do my nails just about once a week, so I'm gonnna post a pic here each time I do them!
This week it's an Essence polish. The shade is 'Go Bold!', it's one of the new ones. They recently released new packaging for their polishes, the new bottle shape looks so much nicer. The new bottles contain 8ml, the previous smaller bottles contained 5ml, and the price of these new ones is 50c more at €1.79 which is fine for 3ml more of polish.
There are a ton of new shades! Some of the old ones are still available, but it was a real overhaul for the polish line. I'm glad I have so many of the old shades since they'll be discontinued now, but I wish they all had the new brush that's in the new bottles! It's much denser and wider, it makes things so much easier. I'm not the best at painting my nails. My left hand usually goes ok, but to be honest when I do my right hand it looks like I've used my foot. 

Without further ado, here's a pretty picture that I took with my new camera and ring light that I got in the mail today! Hooray for not relying on daylight anymore \o/

Classy colour, right? It's a really nice pale gold. Definitely one of my favourites from Essence! It's one of those colours you can wear anywhere too, it's not too flashy for the office or school, and it's still exciting enough to wear on a night out! I totally recommend the new line of Essence polishes, they're such a cool change from the old ones and you can't beat the price! I got most of them recently so you'll definitely see some more pictures here in the coming weeks. See ya soon!