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

Winter Lip Routine

Yes I know the title does sound a bit like it might be an exercise but really it's not! It's what I generally start doing around mid-September to stop having chapped lips over winter.

So during the day is a bit boring and basic but if I'm at college I just use one of my MAC tinted lip conditioners (in Petting Pink and Gentle Coral) or if I'm at home or work I'll use a Lush lip balm (current favourite Maple Taffy YUM!). The main routine (if you can really call it that) comes in just before I go to sleep. Firstly I scrub my lips with a lip scrub (I'm currently using Lush's Bubblegum sugar scrub) or a dry toothbrush to exfoliate your lips of the dead skin. This is then followed up by a lip balm (currently using Lush's Ultrabalm) and I would recommend definitely using a lip balm or butter and it can sink in overnight so completely slap it on!

Sorry for the lack of pictures I just forgot to take some and now it's dark. I also couldn't have made this post possible without the amazingness that is the spell checker on Google Chrome and I'm pretty sure it's sick of drawing red lines on my screen.

Disclaimer - I was given the lush products for free as I work there but these are my honest opinions and you don't have to buy them if you don't like them!

NOTD - OPI for Sephora Metro Chic

I asked my friend to pick this up for me when she went to America and she said "of course any excuse to go into Sephora!" Sorry for the slight wear at the end of the nails but this was taken 4! days into wearing it! I have found a new way to make my nail varnish last longer and I do this by buffing my nails before I paint them and they tend to last a good 4/5 days. The buffer I have been using Ms Manicure In The Buff-3 Way Nail Buffer and I prefer this as it doesn't have the files on some of the sides so I don't end up slipping and sandpapering my nails! Anyway back to the actual colour it's a nice grey colour that's quite wearable for autumn.