Green With Envy LOTD

Hi y’all! I’m back from my holiday – I had an awesome time snowboarding in Italy, eating lots of cake, cheese and pizza and twatting about on the mountain. Thankyou to my guest bloggers Rachael and RaeRae for holding the fort for me – please go and check out their fabby and marvellous posts if you've not already.

Todays look is for the weekly showcase that Wendi hosts in her Facebook group Never Too Much Sparkle – the theme is Green With Envy. I had some new Jessies Girl pigments from Wendy (Sheesh, how many  bloggers can I name drop in one post?!) that I hadn’t played with yet so it was a perfect excuse!

I like my face better this way. Deal with it.

Eyes: Lid,Jessie’s Girl Pure Pigment Eye Dust in Majestic Green . Crease, Jessie’s Girl Pure Pigment Eye Dust in Key Lime. Upper crease, Jessie’s Girl Pure Pigment Eye Dust in Antique Green . Highlight, Jessie’s Girl Pure Pigment Eye Dust in . Lower lashline, Wet N Wild Colour Icon liner in Green, Illamasqua Liquid Metal in Stoic. Liner, Collection 2000 Extreme 24/7 liner in black, MUA Glitter liner.
Lips: Wet N Wild Megalast Lipstick in Ravin’ Raisin
Cheeks: Evil Shades blush in Violet Skies

I’m loving these Jessie’s Girl Pigments – cute colours and super finely milled. I’ve seen lots of people on blogs and YT using Pixie Dust as a highlight and it’s easy to see why – it’s a perfect light gold.None of my pictures really show – this look photogrpahed horribly – but I was going for a sort of double crease thing. Ah well.

 

What are your favourite green eyeshadows?

MAC Red and Orange Matte Lipsticks Swatches

Scheduled post today, kids, I’ll be back on Sunday!

I love MAC Matte lipsticks, so I thought I’d do a quick comparison of the orange/reds I have, mainly to convince myself I do NOT need any more.

Lady Danger

Lady Danger is a super bright tomato red. It’s only available in pro stores which is such a shame as it’s beautiful. I really don’t get why this isn’t more widely available.

So Chaud

So Chaud indeed! A bright red-leaning orange. It’s definitely orange to my eyes, although I see a lot of people list it as a red. If you’re scared of orange but would like to give it a go, well… this is really in your face, so I don’t think it would help with the fear factor but it is stunning. Obsessed with this colour.

Russian Red

Classic  red, leaning blue-based. Lovely pin-up colour and I think it would suit a lot of people. I need to wear this colour much more than I do!

Such Flare!

Very Similar to Russian Red, but somewhat brighter. On the lips it looks more pink that RR to me, but looking at them together I’m not so sure. This was LE from the Glitter and Ice collection but you don’t need it if you have Russian Red already.

Viva Glam 1

Not too bright, not too dark – slightly brick-toned, perhaps? For a good cause and in my opinion will suit almost everyone. No arguments!

L-R: So Chaud, Lady Danger, Such Flare!, Russian Red, Viva Glam 1.

I need to stop buying lipsticks that are all the same :/

Guest Post: RaeRae from Red Lipstick, Black Liner

Hi all! I'm RaeRae from Red Lipstick and Black Liner and I'm guest posting for Robyn today!

I did this look special like for Robyn's blog :)

EYES
Sleek 'Curaco' palette- shimmery white (inner corner) and matte black (crease)
Matte white (brow bone)
Maybelline Lasting Drama gel liner
Rimmel Professional brow pencil in Dark Brown
Boots 17 Wild Curls mascara

CHEEKS
Meow Wild Child blush in 'Meow'

LIPS
Sleek Pout Paint in 'Peachy Keen'

Hope you all like it! Thanks Robyn for letting me take over for the day :D

Guest Post: MUA Glamour Night Swatches by Rachael from The Beauty Spot

Hi guys! I’m on holiday, so please welcome Rachael from The Beauty Spot as my guest blogger today! She makes me giggle and has beautiful swatches, so please go and check out her blog :)

Hiya Peeps,
I recently picked up a few MUA palette's and the first one I have to share is the Glamour Nights selection :)
I wasn't going to pick these up until I saw a review on another blog and really for £4 you can't go too far wrong

All swatched dry no primer.

This is a really pretty palette with some really fun pops of colour to keep me happy. The hot pink is especially lovely and refused to be photographed nicely, my other favourite is the green :) it's a real shame these have no shade names but I understand MUA are introducing names going forward and will eventually backdate (they used a number system before) so everything is named which I'm all for!

There were only really a couple of duds in these 12 shades, the 2nd shade on the first row (purple) was dry and lacked pigmentation which is odd as the majority of the palette is very pigmented and easy to use :| Oh well you can't have everything right! Also the first shade (white) could be a bit more pigmented but I guess that is more personal taste.

Would I recommend this palette? Totally for £4 the quality far outweighs any issue with one or two shades. Also if this palette doesn't float your boat there are lots to choose from, I'm trying to collect them Pokemon style :P I have heard rumours that the Heaven and Earth palette is a good Urban Decay Naked substitute but I haven't tried it myself.

MUA now have a website (HUZZAH!) and you can buy from them here they also offer International shipping however it's not exactly cheap but at least the option is there.
Next up will be the Glamour Days palette :)

Detrivore Cosmetics: Swatches and Looks

Wendi of Makeup Zombie did a beautiful swatch-fest of Detrivore Cosmetics shadows a while back, and I decided it was high time I checked the company out. I was feeling a little poor as it was just before Christmas so I just ordered a few samples. Shipping/TAT was all pretty quick considering I ordered just before Christmas/after Black Friday. Sample bags were $1 and I got two free samples and a coupon code for my next order was included as well. Each baggie has an ingredients list, as well as shadow name, number, and a cute symbol of a creature/scissors to denote the type as well. All really well labelled and packaged securely, so lovely jubbly.

Anyway… onto the shadows!

L-R: Vulture, Midas, Vile, Nymph, Vacancy.

L-R: Dust Bunny, Gorgon, Lobotomy (highlight shade) Leviathan.

L-R: Tommyknocker (matte), Creature (matte, free sample), Bone (matte, free sample), Apocalyptic (blush.)

I’m so sorry for the messy swatches… I did this super quick while the sun was out :|

Lovely, huh? Overall, I really like these colours. The mattes are fantastic, and I’m really pleased that I got a sample of Bone as I think a good white matte shadow is never a bad thing to have. Vulture, Midas and Vile are my favourites, and Dust Bunny is very pretty as well. Some shades aren’t as bright as I thought from the website photos, like Vacancy and Nymph, but it’s not a big deal – different monitors, settings, blah blah. Let’s move on to some looks:

Yes, I’ve done this look before with different shadows! I loved this look.Midas on the inner lid, Vile on the outer lid, a mix of the two on the lower lashline and Vulture in the crease with a tiny bit of Lobotomy to highlight. I might do a tutorial on this look?

This look I didn’t like so much. Dust Bunny on the lid, Creature on the lower lashline and Gorgon in the crease with Bone to highlight.

Tommyknocker on the lid, Lobotomy to highlight and also mixed with my foundation, Leviathan on the lower lashline. Evil Shades Devilista on the lid. How nice is Tommyknocker?

Overall… a great themed shop with beautiful shadows. The mattes are well worth a look, everything applied and blended easily. Great variety in the shop (I’ll be checking out the perfumes soon!) and everything is excellently labelled. 5 out of 5!

Have you tried Detrivore? Any recommendations for me?

Quickie Review: Illamasqua Lipstick in Fetish

I took advantage of the recent Illamasqua sale as I’d never bought any of their products before and thought it was high time I did. I just picked up the one lippy, even though I really wanted Sangers I was planning on picking up some red MAC lipsticks so I was good!

Stunning packaging. Not quite as sturdy as I was expecting, but hardly flimsy. I know packaging shouldn’t really be that appealing and it should be about the product, but come on. That’s nice!

Absolutely stunning, beautiful matte pink-ish purple. I mean, shit son, that is gorgeous. Sadly the formula does not live up to the colour. You know when you open a tube and the bullet looks a little waxy, and you get that sinking feeling? Yeah. It’s not impossible to work with, but the lipstick does cling to itself when you apply it, so it’s hard to get even, and it’s pretty dry. If you like applying your lipsticks with a brush, there’s no way in hell I think you could transfer this onto one. I’d recommend prepping your lips thoroughly and warming this up a tad on the back of your hand.

I’m not too miffed about this because it *is* workable, I only paid £7.50 as opposed to the regular price of £15.50. I’m going to pick up another lipstick before the sale ends. Just to compare, of course.

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to the regular price, Sleek Mystic might do the trick, although it's much brighter and a little pinker.

For more lovely, lovely swatches of Illamasqua Lipsticks and  Illamasqua Intense Lipglosses on the best lips in Eng-er-land, head over to Lillians blog

One lipstick, two looks

I bought MAC’s So Chaud a few weeks ago and it’s become a very dear friend of mine. It’s a bright matte  red-orange (I think it leans more orange most of the time) and I love it! I’ve mostly been wearing it with my Inglot neutral eyeshadows. I’m a bad blogger and can’t be bothered to work out the individual colour numbers for the eyes, but let me know if you *really* want to know and I will try and work it out.

 

Look 1:

 

Eyes: Inglot shadows, Eyelure lashes. Cheeks, Sleek Suede. Lips, MAC So Chaud.

By ‘eck, I were dead pleased with this look. I don’t normally do this shape with my eyeshadow but I think I might do it again soon. Yay or nay?

 

Look 2:

Eyes: Inglot shadows, Collection 2000 Extreme 24/7 pen liner, Collection 2000 Glam Crystals in Rock Chick . Cheeks, Sleek Suede and Accessorize Pretty Pink. Lips, Mac So Chaud.

Wheeee, glitter! I was quite happy with how this look turned out even though it was a simple one.

 

What’s your favourite orange lipstick?