Quick FOTD

Here's a quick look I did using the following:

Face:
Chanel Blanc Universel
Chanel Teint Innocence
Mac Select Cover Up
Mac Lilicent blushcreme
Benefit Coralista

Eyes:
Too Faced Natural Eye Palette
Barry M Black Kohl Pencil
YSL Singulier Mascara

Lips:
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Coral Reef

An Oldie but a Goodie....

...actually make that two oldies but goodies. The other day I had time for a mini haul before catching the bus home from work, so I popped into Boots and then to Mac. I picked up a couple of items which have been around for a while and which I have wanted to own for yonks - and now I do!

First of all, my much coveted Too faced Natural Eye Kit. I am a massive lover of neutrals, and slightly bored (for now) of using my Mac shadows so I thought I'd finally give in and buy this. For £22.50 in the UK I don't think it is too bad a deal, as the shadow quality is good, although some pans are a little on the small side for my liking! (Which also makes it a bit harder to give a brush a good swipe across the surface, but hey, I love it anyway).

It comes with a little sliding out drawer with a double ended brush in it. One side has a pretty useless sponge tip to it, but the other is an angle brush which is not all that bad considering it came in a palette, and which could be called upon in a brushless emergency. It also comes with three little cards inside the lid which show you how to apply the shadows for three different looks, using all three 'levels' of the shadows - Day, Classic and Fashion. I absolutely love the first two, they are both gorgeous! The Day look is a stunningly simple, work-appropriate neutral look.

Unfortunately this palette doesn't have a mirror - if it did, then it would be perfect!

At the moment in Boots if you spend over £20 on Too Faced you get this free gift:

It includes a Starry Eyed glitter liner (mini) in Mad Mad Love, which is a pinky lilac glitter liner (swatch below), mini Mirror Mirror lipgloss in Don't Hate Me (pinky lipgloss bordering on clear - but lovely texture) and a mini Lash Injection mascara in Black. All contained in a pink satiny bag. All in all well worth the £20 if you ask me!

From left to right, the shadows are the Day look, Classic look and Fashion look - and the glitter liner:

The other item I picked up was a Blushcreme from Mac in the shade Lillicent. How gorgeous is this?! It's a pale pink with a hint of peach. On my NC25 skin it looks so natural. Combined with the day look from the palette above, I look polished but not overly made up. These two items are my new favourite look :) The Blushcreme also looks good on the lips - a peachy nude. Would be great mixed with some balm.

Have you tried these? If so, what did you think?

FOTD & OOTD: Coco Pigment, Coralista & Karen Millen

Hi! Hope you had a great xmas? I went to a wedding on Sunday which was fantastic. This is my makeup, which I wasn't too happy with but thought I would take pics even so. I got my highly-anticipated Benefit Coralista for Christmas, and it's even better than I thought!

Face:
DiorSkin Forever Extreme Wear Flawless Makeup foundation (my skin is anything but flawless at the moment as you can see and it didn't really help)
Bobbi Brown Corrector and Concealer under the eyes
Benefit Coralista
MSF Natural in Light

Eyes:
UDPP
MAC Coco pigment used wet
Woodwinked
Ricepaper
Blanc Type
Smolder e/l
Maybelline Colossal Lash mascara
Mac Brun on brows

Lips:
Gosh lipliner in Chocolate Kiss
Benefit lipgloss in Freshly Squeezed (later changed to I'm With the Band)

Did I mention how much I love Coralista??!! ♥

Normally I'd wear falsies but I've completely run out of them.

This is when I changed the lipgloss to I'm With The Band (much better :)

I dyed my hair as well, using L'Oreal Casting in Jamaica - it's very dark but I like it anyway.

This is the best shot of my outfit I could get. It's from Karen Millen and is a deep electric blue:

The dress is sadly now covered in beer and wine since the wedding was such fun, everyone was dancing crazily and there were the inevitable spills! A chemical clean is on the cards this week.

Collective Haul - MAC, Stila, Too Faced, Sleek, Nails Inc!

This is my first haul post to share with you what I've bought recently. We got a surprise Christmas bonus in our pay packet at work, so I thought I'd treat myself to a few new things. However these were all bargains as I bought them online from various places (everything except the Sleek item that is, but that was a bargain too, as I'll explain :).

I bought most of these items from a lovely seller on Specktra, where they have the most fantastic Clearance Bin section where you can pick up new and rare items from so many sellers worldwide. I've had some great experiences on there. For about £60 including shipping from the US, I got:

Stila Blanc Palette - BNIB

This palette is beautiful! It's from Stila's winter collection a couple of years ago, and not only is the packaging gorgeous, but the 3 eyeshadows and blush are so wearable and lovely. They are perfect if you love neutrals like I do. They are so pigmented and soft.

I also got a Perfect Topping MSF from Mac which I missed out on when it came out. It's a great highlighter for paler skins and is perfect for daytime as it's not overly shimmery.


My haul also included Pinch O Peach blush pan, and Sable, Signed Sealed, Femme Fi and Style Snob (♥) eyeshadow pans.

...aaannndd the item I was most excited about, the Too Faced retractable Kabuki Brush which I can say is everything I thought it would be! It's so soft (it's their "Teddy Bear Hair" bristles) and is such a beautiful, girly thing to behold ♥ This I believe cost me about £10 compared to the retail of £21 :) My iPhone photos are crap as I'm sure you've noticed so here is a photo showing it in its full glory:

From another seller I got the Mac 181SE mini kabuki brush, shown here next to its larger cousin the 182:

I also bought the Sleek Pout Polish in Perfect Plum from Superdrug (3 for 2 on all their makeup at the moment, so I got a couple of Christmas presents and this was free for myself! It's normally £3.99). I love this stuff - it's very moisturising, extremely pigmented and smells lovely. Highly recommended!

I also got a mini Clinique Clarifying Lotion #2 from the great seller who sent me the 181SE brush, a Nails Inc nail polish in Marco Polo House which I am yet to try out, and L'Oreal Exfotonic which is an awesome body scrub.

More stuff is coming too! I love getting packages through the post :)