FOTD!

Face-

ELF cover stick 

Clarins' True Radiance foundation- shade 03 soft ivory

ELF mist and set spray

ELF eyebrow kit

Eyes-

ELF (essentials range) primer

Urban Decay Sin- Naked palette- all over mobile lid and up into crease

Urban Decay Toasted- in crease

Urban Decay Naked & Virgin as highlight

ELF cream eyeliner in Copper on upper and lower lashlines

17 Wild Curls mascara & L'Oreal telescopic mascara. 

Lips- 

Revlon Colorstay lipstick in Tender Pink. The bottom picture shows the true colour of this the best. It's quite frosty but just enough to add dimension, love it. You can find it here.

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NYX Tea Rose lipstick/FOTD

Face-

 ELF all over cover stick

Clarins' True Radiance foundation (003, Soft Ivory)

ELF studio blush in Candid Coral

Eyes-

ELF cream eyeliner in Copper

Wild Curls mascara 

Lips-

NYX round lipstick in Tea Rose

This was my first NYX lipstick and I'm really pleased with it, the texture is wonderful, smooth and silky but not too slippy with pretty decent staying power. Plus there's no cheap lipstick smell/taste! I'm looking into different shades now, so if you've got any personal favourites that you'd recommend then please do let me know! 

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FOTD, new eyeshadows

Face- 

Everyday minerals concealer, intensive fair & Aussie Perk Me Up.

Everyday minerals base, fair medium, matte.

MUA blusher- shade 1.

Eyes- 

GOSH eyeshadow base

New Saffron palette (I'm an addict, picture below)

L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara

Lips-

MUA lipgloss- shade 3

I was looking for some new eyeshadows at the end of last month, and with it being the end of the month the budget was tight! I think this particular palette cost me about £5, with 27 colours. It's a bit of an odd one, as when I first got it it was all (off-puttingly!) shimmery, but as you can see on the pictures, (especially the middle "box" at the top) it becomes a lot more matte once you get past the top layer as it were, which makes them much more wearable. 

Colour pay off is impressive, especially when applied with a wet brush, fall out's not great, so again, using them foiled is the way to avoid masses of shimmer on your cheeks (this is something that lessens once you've used the top layer of the colour anyway). These are meant to be cream eyeshadows, but they're not too creamy in my view, which is good, I'm not a huge fan of cream eyeshadows if I'm honest.. 

For this particular look I used the two pinks at the top left, the top one for all over, the bottom one for crease, and then the purple (which is more of an indigo) in the bottom left hand corner box, middle shadow.. If that makes any sense ;)

Have you been buying new shadows recently... What are they?! 

Rach xx

FOTD- Primark style!

By Primark style I mean- "Oh look, I used 2 Primark products at the same time!"

L'Oreal Telescopic mascara

Everyday minerals "Weekend getaway" blush.

Band of Bold blue chunky eye pencil and some carazy liquid lipstick... (Onto the story I know you've been waiting for..! Or you know, an insanely long ramble...) 

Primark had a load more make up products in the store than last time I went, although for some strange reason they seem to have 99 of each product... Which I feel is a little OTT! Anyway, this rather snazzy lipstick lookalike caught my eye as it sat prettily in it's packaging, despite the fact it looks a little like something that a 7 year old would own

Anyway, I bought it, and once at home ripped (hence why you don't have any pictures of it..) off the packaging to quickly try it out.. Oh dear. I read on the back of the annoying plasticky thing they used to trap the lipstick that you twist the base for the liquid lipstick to come to the top. 

Now let me explain, the top is made out of something resembling the material that they put on some (only the special ones'!) teddy's noses.. it may feel soft on the bear's nose.. not so much on lips! Obviously I twisted the thing too much- NOTHING WAS COMING OUT!- and so I ended up with a hysterically large amount of this rather thick "liquid" lipstick on the top of the weird flocked tip, and let me tell you, once it was on my lips (which took some doing, the applicator is useless, the lipstick just smooshes into it, instead of onto my lips! and then smudges and drags it's way across..) I looked like a 5 year old who's got into her mum's makeup...  Or a clown.. The applicator is crap on this thing, rubbish at smooth application, it drags, it leaves all product on one side of your lips, and beyond the lip line border... Pah. I'll have to try and recreate the situation and take a picture for you ;)

I have however discovered a way to use it without looking like a clown, you got just the watered down version in the above picture, where I used a little of the lipstick and attacked it with a lipbrush of vaseline, but it is possible to use it as a proper lipstick (albeit still with a little vaseline attacking..) 

Primark's make up is worth buying purely for the entertainment it gives!

Rachel xx

FOTD

 

It's been a while since I've done an FOTD, been feeling somewhat uninspired!

Face: Everyday minerals concealer and base (intensive fair concealer and fair medium base in matte) and MUA blusher in shade 1. 

Today's eyes are done with my saffron palette, that thing has unending looks in it I tell you! Rimmel Special eyes eyeliner on upper and lower lashlines, plus L'Oreal's Telescopic mascara in Black. 

Lips- peony pink lipgloss from The All Natural Face and Carmex!

Rach xx

FOTD

Simple eyes as I just wanted something that looked subtle, yet still made the whole look more polishes. 

It's two Saffron colours and The All Natural Face's gel liner in swiss chocolate.
Mascara is one that I'm trialling for Clix Research and LOVING!

Blusher is MUA in Shade 1
Highlighter- crescent shape from eye to cheek and along the top of cheekbone is Aussie Perk Me Up from everyday minerals, as is my foundation! 

What are your go to products when you want a simple but polished look?

Rach xx

FOTD- daytime teal look!

Face: 

ELF mineral primer

The All Natural Face mineral powder foundation in Ivory Rose

The All Natural Face - Peachy Blush

Eyes:

GOSH shadow base

NYX- Pure skin and cream from Primark duo

NYX eyeshadow pencil- Gold in crease

Fyrinnae- Bamboo Revolution (I forgot about this one when I did the post!) eyeshadow mixed with The All Natural Face's eyeshadow sealant on my upper and lower lashline :)

L'Oreal Telesopic Mascara (still in love with this!)

Lips:

Fyrinnae Lollipop pop lip lustre and MUA lipstick on top- this lasted well with no eating or drinking.

Rachel xx

FOTD/EOTD

GOSH eyeshadow base
Lemon Ice- the all natural face
Nonsense! - Fyrinnae
No.17 (VaVaVoom palette) white
MUA glitter eyeliner
Choco cake mix as eyeliner on top lid over glitter eyeliner
Rimmel Special eyes brown lower waterline.
L'Oreal telescopic mascara

Face
ELF primer
E.M foundation- fair medium & intensive fair concealer
Blusher- the all natural face
E.M highlighter- Aussie Perk me up

Lips
Fyrinnae lip lustre- lollipop pop
Vaseline

MUA FOTD/EOTD

I didn't take these in the dark :P but to get the best picture of the colours I had to use the flash!

This is what I used....

The little pots of eye shadow are samples from fyrinnae in colours Montalivet- I LOVE this, and Choco cake mix. Plus I used Pixie Epoxy too, which gives a really intense foiled look to the shadows without water.

I also used a gel liner from the all natural face in Swiss Chocolate on my upper lid.


I used the MUA glitter eyeliner on my lower lash line with a bit of choco cake mix on top so it looked less like explosion in the glitter factory! I really like this with something layered on top :)


MUA eyeshadow shade 16 as my highlight- really like this, smooth and lovely.


MUA blusher in shade 1- not overly keen on this.. it has gold spangly sparkles in... I don't like that.


And MUA lippy in shade 6 plus lipgloss in shade 3 on top. Pretty rubbish staying power from the lipstick though!


Rachel xx

FOTD

Eyes:

GOSH eyeshadow base
ELF olive duo- light green.
Saffron palette- medium pink & medium yellow to make an orangey yellow
Rimmel special eyes eyeliner
L'Oreal Telescopic mascara- black.

Face:

Avon MagiX primer- review to come
Everyday minerals foundation & concealer
Everyday minerals blush- Weekend Getaway
Everyday minerals highlighter- Aussie Perk Me Up.

Lips:

Blistex!
The all natural face- Angel wings pink lipgloss

FOTD

Please excuse my poor chapped lips, I can't get them to behave properly for any length of time...

Face:
Avon MagiX face perfector
Everyday Minerals foundation & concealer

Eyes:
GOSH eyeshadow primer
ELF eyeshadow duo in Olive- lighter green on lid, olive in the crease and as a liner top and bottom
Rimmel Special eyes eyeliner on lower lashes (under olive eyeshadow)
L'Oreal Telescopic mascara

FOTD

Face: 
Botanics SPF 15 face calming cream
ELF mineral primer
Everyday minerals intensive fair concealer
Everyday minerals Fair medium semi-matte finish base
No7 Natural blush cheek colour Petal

Eyes:
GOSH eyeshadow base
ELF Studio eyeliner/shadow stick in Brown/basic- shadow on lids up to crease, liner on top lids
No7 Stay perfect shadows in Mink- all over lids, Truffle outer, and then used foiled as a liner, and a light colour that seems to be nameless! as a highlight.
L'Oreal telescopic mascara in black
Rimmel SpecialEyes liner pencil in 114 Rich Brown on lower lash line for a slightly softer look than the ELF liner.

Lips: 
No7 moisture drench Lipstick Pink Lemonade & Vaseline!