EOTD - Brown smokey eye MAC

I decided to do a smoky eye look using the MAC items I had picked up over the last couple of weeks, and here it is:

I used bare study paint pot all over the lid and up to the brow, then quarry in the inner corner and a blend of quarry and folie all over the lid. I then used Brown down in the outer corner and along the lower lash line and finished with two coats of Rimmel's Lash Accelerator. 

I think it's a nice look for everyday without being too dramatic.

Jessie

NOTD - Nails Inc, Warwick Avenue

Yes the first thing I think of when I hear the name of this nail varnish is this! However this is a really nice nail varnish and doesn't go on as streaky as Pink-ing of you by OPI does. This is about 4! coats but it's a lot pinker in real life and slightly brighter than the bottle. I didn't photograph it in the normal style as the bottle colour really drained out the colour from the nails. It's a nice change from a nude colour without going for statement nails. Like all Nails Inc it dries really quickly and I think it may be one to look at if you feeling a bit girly!

Jessie

Collective MAC haul

This is a couple of weeks worth of MAC shopping and just a look at what I got.

So I went in for the Cham-pale collection which didn't really grab my eye but this pallete in the Mickey Contractor really caught my eye. So I picked it up and then really like the look of the Gulabi lipstick but it had sadly sold out but the assistant told me it was practically a dupe for Girl about town so I got that too!

Swatches L-R: Jaan, Vivah, Folie, Carbon and Girl about town.

Then I was watching Michelle1218's brown smokey brown eye and was feeling pretty inspired so I brought:

Quarry, All that glitters (why did I not own this before?), Brown down and Hue. Which compared to above looks a bit boring but I think I might be a little bit more excited about these at the moment!

Swatches L-R: All that glitters, Quarry, Brown Down and Hue.

Have you brought anything exciting recently?

Jessie

Backcomb in a bottle.

I got this product a while ago as I picked it up when Laura mentioned the Umberto Giannini dry shampoo. Anyway the day I picked it up my hair had no volume and to be honest I didn't really have high hopes for it but boy I was wrong. I use just by spraying it straight onto my hair and then pushing my hair upwards towards the roots. I will admit that I haven't tried anything fancy but it works for me like that so that is how I shall continue to use it! My only flaw with this product is that if you get it ANYWHERE on your skin it literally starts to burn after a few seconds. It does go away not long after but it's definitely something that you should be pre-warned about, (it's not just on me I did also deliberately spray it on my a few of my friends for full testing purposes!). Smell wise  it's not that bad just like hairspray really and the hold has lasted me for nights out/the next morning very well.

For £5.61 it's a darn good product and if you haven't checked it out it's worth a look.

Stock photo as mine looks like something died on it!

Jessie

Blog Fail!

Yep over the past 3 *cries* months I've been having a bit of a blog fail. I'm hoping to change this now that I have finished the dreaded personal statement for my university application! A few small updates I dyed my hair using henna so it went from a weird mismatched blondeish/greenish! colour:

 To an overall much more brown colour all over:

Yes I did collect all the Glamour magazines and the nail varnishes however I didn't manage to get all the ones from the diet coke offer (forever ago). I have also managed (despite working in a shop) to fail at sale shopping and now we all have to face the delight of VAT going up tomorrow!

Onwards with report writing! 

Jessie