Recent Eye Make-up Looks

Recently, the only times I've really been wearing make-up is to go to work - laziness and heat mean I'm more than happy to bob about bare faced! I have, however, managed to snap a few quick pictures of what I've been wearing before running off to the train station...

I USED - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Elvin Magic', Darling Girl 'Joust', Natural Collection 'Shell', FashionistA brow palette medium brown shade, Sleek dark purple, MUA eyeliner, mascara.

The easiest kind of look if you still want a bit of impact - shimmery neutrals and a brighter shade along the lower lashes. 'Joust' is such an amazing shade - greyish brown which seems to transform to plum-pink, green and complex shades of taupe, just stunning!

I USED - TFSI, Chinovi 'Princess', Darling Girl 'Joust', Darling Girl 'Strut', Sleek matte black, MUA eyeliner, mascara.

Here's 'Joust' again! See how this time it looks to have blue-green shimmer instead of plum-pink? The lid shade didn't photograph too well - but 'Princess' is actually more a bubblegum pink with golden shimmer.

I USED - TFSI, MAC 'Pink Bronze', Fyrinnae 'Picture it, Sicily', Sleek matte black, Heavenly Naturals 'Hummingbird', MUA black eyeliner, Sleek matte peach, mascara.
This is what I wore for the 'FABB Bloggers Manchester' event on Saturday and I loved the duochrome-iness of it. 'Pink Bronze' is one of my all time favourite shades - is it bronze, pink, or orange? It's a mish mash of all three and truly striking.
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FOTD - Persuasion

Now, I don't know about you, but I find applying actual loose glitter a bit of a ball ache. A super glitzy eyeshadow paired with a sticky base, is always an easier option! Darling Girl 'Persuasion' was my weapon of choice today - a pale lavender toned pink with gold and turquoise sparkle.

 

EYES - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Glitter Glue', Darling Girl 'Persuasion' (applied dry, then wet), Fyrinnae 'Faerie Glamour', Sleek black, Sleek pale yellow and white mixed, MUA liquid eyeliner, mascara.

FACE - New Cid primer, Collection 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, NYC mousse foundation, Collection loose powder, The Balm 'Frat Boy' blush.

LIPS - Detrivore vanilla 'embalming stick'.

Let me just tell you, these pictures do 'Persuasion' no justice. I wish I could capture just how much sparkle there is when this gem is applied wet! It's amazing! If you're a fan of Darling Girl 'My Little Pony', this is basically a paler, way more attention grabbing version. You should go and perv over Swatch Freak's...um...swatches.

Right! That's me suitably glittery! I'm off to go and help Momma Bad Habit prepare some food for my Uncle's birthday gathering. Hope you're all having a lovely day!

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FOTD - So This Is the New Year...

Hola, amigos! I hope you're all doing dandy after Christmas and New Years celebrations and looking forward to whatever 2013 may bring! Here's what I wore on New Years Eve, which I spent with my boyfriend, sister and sister's boyfriend eating pizza and watching Predators :)

 

EYES - TFSI, Sleek black eyeshadow, Fyrinnae 'Faerie Glamour', Sleek white eyeshadow, Darling Girl 'Unicorn', mascara.

 

FACE - NYC mousse foundation, Collection 'Lasting Perfection Powder', Stargazer bronzer, Illamasqua 'Hussy' blush, NYC eyeshadow as highlighter (I'll find out which later!)

 

LIPS - MAC 'Honeylove'

 

Have you made any resolutions or goals for 2013? What exciting things will be happening for you in the coming months? How did you welcome in 2013? Let me know!

 

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FOTD - Radical Gold

Yesterday I received my latest Darling Girl Cosmetics order and today I played with a couple new shades and a couple golden oldies :) I also realised how quickly my Darling Girl collection is growing! It'll be growing even more soon with the release of their Halloween collection...

EYES - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Glitter Glue', Darling Girl 'Patty O'Green', Darling Girl 'Roots Radical', Darling Girl 'Totally Teal', Darling Girl 'Graveyard Glamour, Sleek black, white and cream eyeshadows, Illamasqua sealing gel, Fyrinnae 'Shrouded in Gold'.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Collection 2000 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, Collection 2000 face powder, Stargazer bronzer, No.7 highlighter.

LIPS - MAC 'Honeylove'.

I'm obsessed with mixing my own eyeliners using Illamasqua sealing gel, lately. You should see how this gold looks 'in real life' - it's like gold leaf, gorgeous! Speaking of Illamasqua, are you planning on buying anything from the 'Generation Q' collection? I have my eye on the Sophie blush... 
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Latest Fyrinnae Buys and Swatches!

I received this order months ago, took the jar pics...then forgot to do any more. Silly me! Anyhoo, I'd decided to pick up a few shades I'd been meaning to try for ages and a couple of the newer shades, too. Here's what I bought!

Everything came well before the stated turnaround time, well packaged and nicely presented as always.

CALAVERA CUPCAKES: Silver with pink sparkles. I'd call this a fairly muted silver, though that might just be down to the pink sparkles giving it a slight lilac hue. I like my silvers more...blinding, so this aint really my cup of tea.

CUDDLEFISH: When I was trying to figure out what to buy, Wendi of Makeup Zombie insisted I had to have this. Had to. There was no choice. I'm glad because it's stunning! A true, bright purple with sparkles.

FAERIE GLAMOUR: Purple with strong aqua shimmer, super pretty. Apparently this takes on a pink hue in different lights, but I can't vouch for that myself.

MADAME AND EVE'S: Now this is an awesome shade. To me it looks like teal and green on a dirty, dark brown base. In some lights it looks dark plum, either way, it's pretty epic.

PYROMANTIC EROTICA: Bright, medium orange with green highlights. The green looks quite golden, so it's actually less unique than it sounds on paper. It's still a lovely shade, though!

RAPUNZEL HAD EXENSIONS: Pinky peach with a strong golden highlight - this is actually my second jar! I didn't use up my first jar, spill it or lose it, I just think my sister was also a fan of this gorgeous shade.

 SUPERSTAR: Hot pink with strong blue highlight, a fun, bright colour. This was my free sample shade.

 

 VELVET VAMPIRE: A soft crimson which shifts to a more firey, dark red with a heap of golden sparkle. This would look great on those of you with green eyes!

The stand out shades for me in this bunch are 'Madam and Eve's', 'Cuddlefish', 'Rapunzel Had Extensions' and 'Velvet Vampire'. Which stand out to you?

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FOTD - Calavera Cupcakes

A few days ago I spotted Fyrinnae 'Calavera Cupcakes' sitting, unused since purchase, in my eyeshadow drawer. I'll admit, I wasn't exactly blown away by it when I first swatched it so I've been more or less ignoring it! I figured I'd give it a go today...

 

EYES - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Glitter Glue', Fyrinnae 'Calavera Cupcakes', Fyrinnae 'Superstar', Darling Girl 'Obviously a Wig', Mad Minerals 'Camisole', Madd Style 'Plan 9', MUA 'Shade 12', Illamasqua sealing gel, Sleek white, cream and black eyeshadows, Collection 2000 pencil eyeliner, mascara.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Natural Collection 'Shine Away' foundation (this stuff is crap but fine for mixing with other foundations), Collection 2000 concealer, Collection 2000 powder, Detrivore 'Spoiled' blush.

LIPS - MAC 'Creme d'Nude', Beauty UK 'Sweet 16' gloss.

I'm still not sold. 'Calvera Cupcakes' is staying firmly in the 'meh' category for me! It's pretty but not very interesting or bold. This reminds me that I haven't swatched my last Fyrinnae haul, which arrived AGES ago. Keep an eye out for that, because I received some very non-meh shades, too :) In the mean time, check out some cupcakes I am definitely a fan of!

Despite the promise of death and Hell, these are the salted chocolate cupcakes I made using the recipe on Lipglossiping. They're delicious! Plus, how pretty is my cake platter?! Mum was going to give it to me for my 21st, but she got too excited and gave it to me early!

What's your most dramatic silver eyeshadow? Favourite Fyrinnae eyeshadow? Tastiest cupcake recipe? Let me know!

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FOTD - Death Rock

Yesterday evening, I settled down and started watching Under Blue Lights videos on Youtube. After watching a few of her incredible videos, I felt inspired to have a go myself, though I didn't come close to her level of awesomeness!

 

The light was dying since it was late in the evening and therefore photos were pretty horrific. Layering images hides a multitude of awful image quality, though you can't see the make-up as clearly. Ah well, you get the idea of it! I felt like a death rock bride of Frankenstein!

PRODUCTS - Stargazer white liquid foundation, No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, baby powder, Illamasqua sealing gel, Fyrinnae 'Harlequin', Detrivore 'Spoiled', Sleek matte black, Collection 2000 eyeliner, Stargazer black glitter.

 

It's been a while since I did an 'out there' looks, so it made for a nice change!

 

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FOTD - Aztec Eyes

I rarely do dark lids fading out (AKA true smokey eyes), since I don't think they suit me as well as other colour placements. However, I do think they're the epitome of 'sexy' on other women! Well, maybe not ones including turquoise and bronze, but still, you catch my drift, right?!

 

EYES - TFSI, ELF cream eyeliner (black), Sassy Minerals 'Gasoline Rainbow', Fyrinnae 'Digital Faerie', random bronzey colour, Natural Collection 'Sea Shell', MAC 'Vanilla' pigment, mascara, Collection 2000 black pencil eyeliner.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Collection 2000 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, Colection 2000 powder, Stargazer bronzer.

LIPS - Random gloss.

 

Please excuse the ratty circa 2005 scene kid hair, I had a bad incident with some spray wax -_-

What are yor favourite shades to combine with black eyeshadow? Do you wear 'true' smokey eyes?

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FOTD - Make Mine Melon

Since realizing a few days ago that my Fyrinnae 'Rapunzel Had Extensions' eyeshadow has vanished, I've been torturing myself thinking of ways in which I could use it. With bright golds, with hot pink, over a black base...Lucky for me, MAC 'Melon' pigment is pretty close, so I put together a look with that instead!

[[ In case you didn't know, cool toned purples look awesome with brown eyes! ]]

Please excuse the fact that my hair is somewhere between 'that crap your dog coughs up' and 'swamp monster' colour wise. I used a colour remover to take out the dregs of greeny-blue that were lingering - that's for an entirely different post, though!

EYES - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Glitter Glue', UD 'Lust', MAC 'Melon', MAC 'Her Alter Image', NYX 'Cottage Cheese' jumbo pencil, Natural Collection 'Sea Shell', Barry M 'Purple' bold eyeliner, mascara.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Collection 2000 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, Collection 2000 powder, Sleek 'Life's a Peach' blush, No.7 highlighter.

LIPS - Barry M '152' and another pale peachy Barry M shade I now can't find and also can't remember the name of (how useful) with a discontinued toffee colour gloss.

I'm debating dying my hair again tonight! Who can guess which colour? It's really easy to guess since this colour is in almost all of my FOTDs!

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FOTD - Golden Oldies

Yesterday I dug out some eyeshadows that I bought WAY back when I was first getting into make-up. This includes shades from my very first Fyrinnae order (my first step into the world of indie cosmetics.) Since that faithful day there are two eyeshadows that I recommend to everyone ordering from Fyrinnae - 'Digital Faerie' and 'Shrouded in Gold'.

 [[ Aint is annoying when the pic you're pulling a weird face in shows off the make-up the best?! ]]

 

 [[ Soz but I liked my hair in this picture! ]]

EYES - TFSI, Darling Girl 'Glitter Glue', Fyrinnae 'Polar Bear', Fyrinnae 'Digital Faerie', MUA 'Dusk til Dawn' palette dark blue, Fyrinnae 'Shrouded in Gold', MAC 'Vanilla' pigment, MAC 'Melon' pigment, Barry M 'Blue' bold eyeliner, Collection 2000 felt tip eyeliner, mascara.

FACE - No.7 'Beautifully Matte' foundation, Collection 2000 'Lasting Perfection' concealer, Collection 2000 face powder, The Balm 'Frat Boy' blush, MAC 'Vanilla' pigment.

LIPS - Shu Uemura 'BG 90', MAC 'Honeylove' lipstick, New CID gloss.

I LOVE BLUE EYESHADOW. People should wear it more often to make my soul happy :) I realized I don't own many indie blues though - which are your favourites? Any recommendations?

(P.S) STILL fading the blue out of my hair. I quite like this weird grey-green it's turned, though! The roots, however, are dark blonde...Not good! Can't wait to dye it another colour!

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