Blog Sale - Nars, MAC, Sleek, Urban Decay, Barry M, Stila etc

Ok first the rules

- All items are sold as seen, no returns
- Payment by paypal only, please leave a comment stating the item/items you would like and your paypal email address and I will send you an invoice, please let me know if you are overseas.
- Shipping will be £1.50 for UK and £3 for overseas, if you buy more than one item I will work out the postage, it may stay the same depending on what the items are.
- You will have 24 hours to pay the invoice otherwise the item will go to the next person or go back up for sale!

So onto the goodies, these are all items that have been lightly used (apart from the ones that state they are new), they are just very unloved in my rapidly growing collection!

 Bare Minerals Multi-tasking Concealer Bisque - Used once, just doesn't work for me £8

 Mac Pigment vials in Gold Mode *sold*, Pinked Mauve and Melon*sold* - These came as part of the little darlings sets and are just colours I never reach for £3.50 each.

 Urban Decay Book Of Shadows Depots - These are in an ELF magnetic palette and all come with a magnet and label on the back, the colours are Uzi, Sphynx, Last Call, Sidecar, Half Baked, Smog, Midnight Cowboy, Goddess and Perversion. £6*pending*

 Mac lipsticks in Racy*sold* and Plum Dandy*sold*. Mac Tricolour Lipglass in Triple-Yum £6

 Front Cover Easy On The Eye Cool Palette - £2

 Jemma Kidd Vintage Glam Palette - Usage can be seen in the photo £3

 Mac Night Violet Mattene Lipstick - Only used a couple of times £6

Bare Minerals Full Flawless Face Brush - Brand new and sealed, I already have one of these! £6

Face Of The Day - Golden Purple

I went for dinner with my boy and wore a new purple dress I picked up in the sales, I wanted to include purple in my makeup but in a wearable way so I came up with this. It's a really pretty gold and purple look. Even if you don't feel comfortable wearing purple I'm sure you could pull this off!

With Flash

Natural Light

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Topshop Cream Blush in Flush

Eyes:

UDPP

Mac Vanilla Pigment used wet on lid

Mac Trax in crease, outer corners and under lower lashes

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Mac Blitz & Glitz fluidline on upper lashline

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake Peek

Lips:

Mac Marquise'd Lipstick

MAC Semi Precious Haul And First Impressions

I had resisted looking at the new Mac collections but I went back to work today and with Selfridges 5 minutes up the road it would have been rude not to go and have a look! I ended up coming away with 3 products from the Semi Precious collection that I am really looking forward to trying.

Swatches from left to right: Outer pink colour, Centre colour, Mixed together

MSF in Rose Quartz, I only own 2 MSF's so can't really say if this is similar to any of the previous ones available. The outside is a gorgeous pink that will make such a nice blush on its own or mixed with the centre portion, the center is a mix of green, pink and gold which can be used separately as a highlight.

Swatched dry on top and wet underneath

Mineralize eyeshadow in Clarity, this is such an unusual colour. In the pot it looks...odd. Its a mixture of black, green, blue, pink, white with a ton of shimmer. It's completely unique. Can't wait to wear this one.

Swatched dry on top and wet underneath

Mineralize eyeshadow in Rare Find, this is a gorgeous purple/taupe/brown and it is such a me colour! It is similar to Earthly Riches mineralize duo but not an exact dupe which is my justification for having both! I can see this becoming a staple product of mine! This one is much smoother than Clarity and a lot more pigmented. This has more of a sheen then obvious shimmer.

There were a couple more eyeshadows I was tempted to get so don't be surprised if there is another Semi Precious haul in the near future! Did you pick up anything from this collection?

Nails Of The Week - Mac Rain Of Flowers

I picked this up at the Cosmetic Company store a couple of months ago as I missed it when it was originally released. It's a gorgeous dark purple with blue shimmer. It does have a tendency to look black in some lights but under bright lights the shimmer is absolutely beautiful.

The wear time on this wasn't great, it lasted a couple of days before I got some major chips and had to take it off!

Face Of The Day - Silver and Brown

This look was inspired by one of my favourite girls on youtube, I have been subscribed to Haley (colormemakeup) for a couple of years now and was really happy to see her pop back up in my subscription list with a new video! This made me go back and look through her older videos and I had to do this look. It's a gorgeous silver and brown smokey eye.

Products Used:

Face:

Bobbi Brown Corrector Light Bisque

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Hollow as a contour

Topshop Cream Blush In Flush

Shu Uemura Colourless Setting Powder

Mac Emphasis Highlight Powder

Eyes:

UDPP

NYX Silver all over lid and under lower lashes

Mac Tempting in crease

Mac Sable in crease and outer corners

Mac Charcoal Brown in outer v

Mac Blanc Type as highlight

Stila Smudge pot in black on upper lasline and waterlines

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake Peek

Lips:

Mac Creme Cup Lipstick

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation First Impressions

Illamasqua very kindly gave me some samples of their new Skin Base Foundation. I was matched up to shade 2 but they also gave me shades 1 and 3.

Shade 1 on the left and Shade 2 on the right, as you can see shade 1 is pure white, this makes a great matte highlighter and is also really useful to lighten other foundations. Shade 2 matches me pretty well, it's a little light but workable.

Blended out in the same order as swatched, as you can see shade 2 pretty much disappears into my skin. Shade 1 just lightens my skin slightly.

I have been testing this out for the last couple of weeks and I have to say I have mixed feelings. I haven't tried any BB creams so I can't compare it to one. What I can say is I feel this is a medium to full coverage foundation. You really do only need a tiny bit, less is definitely more as I have found if you have too much on your brush it can be really hard to blend. I have combination skin and I do get oily on my nose after about 3 hours with this and need to powder. I do like the finish but it's just not really what I was expecting.

Would I recommend it...that depends, I do like the product and will probably buy a full size once my sample has run out but I would say for those with oily skin you might want to try it before you invest.

Sad Times

I just wanted to put up a quick post to explain my absence.

My uncle passed away recently, he was only 47 and it was a big shock to all of us.

Because of this I really haven't had much time for blogging, hopefully I will be getting back to it next week.

Thanks for sticking with me!

Beauty Blog Link Love Saturday18th June 2011

At Musing on Beauty, Mariella tries the Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman brushes and tells you everything about them.


Ever wonder how to airbrush your own makeup photos? Well, now you can - check out theNotice's basic Photoshop tutorial for your exclusive look behind the scenes of a beauty blog!


Now that summer's in the air, Musicalhouses shows you a Summer Eye Look and a Summer Lip Look for cheap!


Need melt proof makeup? Check out the new Summer collections from Tarte. Gouldylox has the swatches and details.


Madame B Fatale shows you how to use a conical wand!


Tired of eyeshadow and blush pots taking up too much space? Try de-potting them using Kajal Couture's de-potting tutorial and place them in palettes.


Phyrra's Independent Spotlight for June is with Belén from Lost in Makeupland!


Addicted to Beauty gets serious tween envy when she spies the Happy Faces hair salon. Who wouldn't want to get their hair done whilst sitting in a pink chevrolet?


Amy Antoinette shares her top tips for dealing with Keratosis Pilaris.


Lovelaughlauren tells us her favourite products from the last few months.


Prime Beauty discovered Burberry's newest lipstick formula, Lip Mists and has some insider info for you!


At Eyelining Obsessions Claire finds her perfect pink bluch while trying some ELF Barginous Blushes.


Rachel McAdams sends Lydia from Perfectly Imperfect running to the NARS counter. Find out why!


The coveted Asylum by Sugarpill is back in stock and in the Christina the Glitterholic's hands!


Looking for an affordable gel eye liner? Be sure to check out this fabulous Gel Eye Liner by Essence at Makeup, Beauty & More.



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Handmade Reviews is hosting a Sigma Summer Giveaway with over $300 in prizes and winners every month.


Beauty Crazed is giving away 5 Lancome Desert Rose Blushes - they still think they are too pretty to use but maybe you aren't that squeamish so enter to win one!

Nars Make Up Your Mind Express Yourself Inspired Look

I absolutely love the new book from Francois Nars. I have spent hours looking through the book at all the different looks and finally decided to give one of them a go. This isn't identical to the image in the book but more my interpretation of the look. I am not sure on the rules regarding posting photos from books on blogs so I won't post one but the image I took inspiration from was from the play section and was done on Jihae. I didn't own all of the Nars products so I improvised using what I had.

Products Used:

Nars Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base

Nars Copacabana Multiple applied on lid

Shimmery silver from 88 shimmer palette on lid and crease (Nightlife used in book)

Nars Strada in the crease and blended up. Also under lower lashes.

Matte dark purple from 88 matte palette on outer corners and upper and lower lash lines (Lulu used in book)

Shimmery white from 88 shimmer palette on inner corners and under brow (Bombshell used in book)

Mac Blacktrack Fluidline on upper lash line and waterlines (Black Moon and Nuits Blanches used in book)

Nars Larger Than Life Mascara

It is not at all the same as the photo in the book but as I said it's more my interpretation of it.

Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Rose Platine Review and Swatches

I have owned this liner for about two weeks and already it has become one of my favourites. I am tempted to get myself a back up as I have been using this most days and its limited edition.
This is the first Chanel liner I have bought, the price has always put me off in the past but I felt this colour was unique enough to splurge on.

I picked this up in Debenhams and it was around £17. I did try and talk myself out of getting it but I knew I would regret it if I didn't.

Its a gorgeous taupe with shimmer, it looks different depending on the light, it's sort of a mix of taupe, brown and gold with a tiny bit of pink thrown in. I have mostly been wearing it on the lower lash line or over black liner on the upper lash line. The best thing is that it seriously does not budge all day, I have quite watery eyes and anything I put on the lower lashes seem to disappear at the corners after a few hours but this lasts until I go to take my make up off.