Lucky Dip 3!

Third time lucky? We’ll see! As per my last Lucky Dip posts, four indie eyeshadows, one loose glitter and one pencil were chosen at random and I had to create a look using only those products (and basics like mascara, brow pencil, primer, etc.)

Fyrinnae Shinigami, Daring Girl “Plush”, Aromaleigh Frutti di Bosco, Fyrinnae Danse Macabre, Fyrinnae Electric Stardust, LA Colors Turquoise

Fyrinnae-tastic! I was pretty darn chuffed with this selection to be honest! I didn’t think this would be too much of a challenge, although I’d have preferred to have pulled out something less similar to Shinigami to make it more difficult.





First I took the pencil in “Turquoise” as it’s pretty soft and used it as a base on my lid and lower lashline, blending out with my finger. I then went in with “Electric Stardust” on the inner corner of my lid and “Danse Macabre” on the outer half, going back in with “Electric Stardust” to blend the two together, and did the same under my eye. Then I mixed “Shinigami” with mixing medium and drew a shape through my crease, then a winged liner, connecting the two together. I then took “Frutti di Bosco” on a small brush and softly blended the liner in the crease so it looked less harsh. Then I patted “Plush” over the top of that area with my finger, using some Pixie Epoxy to help the glitter stick. Finally I went back in with “Turquoise” for a funky brow colour.

My favourite combination so far for sure!

Lucky Dip 2!

Time for instalment number two of my Lucky Dip experiments – four indie shadows, one glitter and one pencil liner plucked at random, and then hopefully some magic/epic fail occurs.

Clockwise from top left we have: Silk Naturals Heat, Darling Girl The Final Gift, BeautyUk Glitter (no name/number), Darling Girl Death & Redemption, Sugarpill Lumi, Rimmel Soft Kohl pencil in “Lovely Lilac.”

Oh, balls. I didn’t like this one so much! Two FIERY metallics and a bunch of icy, cool colours…. ugh.





First I patted “Death & Redemption” all over the lid, trying to knock out the pink sparks as I thought it’d bee too much with all the other colours going on. I then went in with “Lovely Lilac” on the outer corners of my lashlines. Next, I took Lumi and used that to highlight my browbone and crease, taking more of “Death & Redemption” into my crease afterward. I then took “The Final Gift” on a damp brush and used this to line both outer halves of my lashlines, joining them up to create a wing. With a mixing medium I then used “Heat” close to my lashes on both lashlines. Finally, I dabbed the BeautyUk glitter in the centre of my lid.

Oooh, I’m not sure about this one. “Lumi” and “Death & Redemption” look great together and I liked the glitter in the centre of the lid, but there’s no way I’d normally put the gold/coppers with the lilacs and I think “Heat” and “The Final Gift” were much too similar. Ah well, can’t win ‘em all!

Lucky Dip!

Lauren Luke of YouTube (and I’m sure other YouTubers as well) has been doing a series of Lucky Dip posts – rummage in your storage, pull out something at random and make a look with it! I thought it looked fun, so I’ve done a few Lucky Dip looks for you. I decided to use my indie eyeshadow and keep them to an eye look rather than a full face look – mainly because all my indie shadows are stored together and the jars are really similar, so I wouldn’t be able to tell what I was picking by touch! I’m going to use four shadows for each look, and pick a glitter and a pencil eyeliner for each look as well. Again, these items are easy for me to rummage for! Because I don’t have a ton of bases and brow products, I’ve allowed myself to chose whatever I normally would use for my brows if I need to, and use regular bases like my MUA primer and NYX Milk (but not coloured primers or paintpots.)

Let’s see what I pulled out for Lucky Dip number 1:

Clockwise from top left: glitter from eBay, Silk Naturals Kingfisher, Living Dead Grrl That’s A Fact, Darling Girl Wisteria Cloud, Darling Girl Peacemaker, Rimmel Cool Blue.

Well, this could have turned out a lot worse! The eyeliner and the chartreuse shade worried me, but I really like what I came up with…





First I applied “It’s a Fact!” to the outer half of my lid. I then applied “Kingfisher” to the outer half, and then went back in with “It’s a Fact!” and blended in the middle. Next I went in with “Peacemaker” and blended that through the crease.Then, I took Rimmel “Cool Blue” kohl pencil and lined my waterline and lower lashline, taking it up past my waterline to join the shadow on the upper lid. I then took “Peacemaker” again and blended that over the pencil on the outer half of my lashline, again joining it up with the top. Then I took “Wisteria Cloud” and use it as a highlight on my inner corner and browbone. Mixing “Peacemaker” with some mixing medium, I then used it as a liner and winged it out to join up with the “Peacemaker”/”Cool Blue” combo on the lower lashline. Lastly, I tapped a little of the glitter over Pixie epoxy to give my lower lashline some sparkle.

I think I got quite lucky with this one, no?