Smokey Brown Face Of The Day

This is another post that has been sat in my draft folder since last year. I still love these colours though so thought I would post it now!

Products Used

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Illamasqua Cream Pigment Hollow as Contour

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Illamasqua Blusher in Excite

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac Style Snob on lid and under lower lashes

Mac Midnight Madness in crease and outer corner

Mac Carbon in outer v

Mac Graphic Brown Fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Lips:

Max Factor Lipstain forget the shade, sorry!

Huge Taupe Comparison

I took the photos for this post last year before I moved house and it has been sitting in my draft folder ever since! As I am a complete Taupe addict there are a few more that have found their way into my collection since then so I will try and add them into this post later. Advance warning this post is very picture heavy!

So there you go, that was my Taupe collection as of last summer, I have at least 5-10 more to add! What have I learnt from doing this? If there are any shadows you are interested in seeing a review of please let me know in the comments.

I MUST STOP BUYING TAUPE EYESHADOW!!!

Face Of The Day Featuring Mac In Extra Dimension Grand Galaxy & Modern Pewter

On Friday we all went to an awards dinner as my Mum had been nominated. It was a really nice evening and was a great excuse to get dressed up! I used the two eyeshadows I picked up from the Mac In Extra Dimension collection - Modern Pewter and Grand Galaxy. I have enough eyeshadow to last me a lifetime but these two were just so beautiful I had to have them! They are really nicely pigmented and can be used wet or dry, I used them dry here and they blend like a dream!

Products Used:
Face:
Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in Bone
Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque
Illamasqua Hollow Cream Pigment as contour
Shu Uemura colorless Setting Powder
Illamasqua Nymph Blush
Mac Wonderwoman MSF as highlight
Eyes:
UDPP
Mac Extra Dimension shadow in Modern Pewter on lid and under lower lashes
Mac Extra Dimension shadow in Grand Galaxy in crease and outer corners
Mac Avenue Fluidline
Mac Blanc Type as highlight
Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara
Lips:
Mac Creme Cup lipstick
Have you got any items from this collection?

Nails Of The Week - Barry M Magnetic Red

I thought it was only right that my first post should be on a product I am absolutely loving right now. I was so excited to see Barry M bringing out magnetic polishes, I have always been a fan of their nail paints and they are one of my favourite drugstore brands. I picked up the red, dark silver and blue polishes from this range, I am only missing the purple which hasn't appeared in store so far. I have tried out all 3 and the red is definitely my favourite.

These photos were all taken in natural light and as you can see the effect is really good. The best way I have found to apply these is paint one coat on all nails then paint a thick second coat and hold the magnet over the nail straight away, I hold it for about 20 seconds to give it time to develop, I then wait until its dry to put on a topcoat as otherwise it can disturb the pattern. I found this magnet worked the best out of the 3 and made the most uniform pattern.

Have you picked up any of these polishes?