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

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 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

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

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

Review with Look - Bourjois Smoky Eyes Trio

Hello! Sorry it's been almost a week again, I was sick and I couldn't show anyone the horros of my face :( I heard good things about the Bourjois Smoky Eyes Trios so I decided I'd pick one up. The one I got is called 'Mordoré Chic', and was priced at around €10. I normally dodge Bourjois products like the plague since I've always been disappointed whenever I've picked anything of theirs up before, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt this time. Here's what it looks like:

The packaging is super cute, I love it. It's very portable, small enough to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. Check out the swatches:

There's a look idea illustration on the back too. Normally when I do a smoky eye I'll use the medium shade on the lid and the darker shade to blend out, but this look idea has the dark colour on the lid so I decided I'd try it that way. 

I lined the upper lash line with black kohl pencil and smudged it out to darken the look a bit more. These shadows are nice to work with, they blend nicely and the colour payoff is decent. My favourite one is the dark brown. I think using the medium shade to blend out with looks nice, but it doesn't make the look all that smokey. I much prefer the more common method of blending out with a darker colour. Bourjois claim that this shadow will last up to eight hours, and it certainly did with the help of Too Faced Shadow Insurance. You definitely need a primer in general, but with Bourjois shadows I find the colour payoff especially weak without one. I like this trio, I think it's really nice and I would buy it again. It would make a great stocking filler for a friend at Christmas too! I'll leave you with a couple more photos of the look and a product list. See you soon!

Products used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Bourjois Smokey Eyes Trio - Mordoré Chic
Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil - Zero
Maybelline Falsies Mascara
Essence Eyebrow Designer Pencil - Brown