fashion-down

 On the weekend my friend came down & it had been a while since I had seen her, so we planned a night of drinking & dancing. I had been wanting to do just a full on smokey eye look for a while now but didn't have anywhere to wear it, and didn't want to wear it during the day haha. I added some glitter under the lower lashline & falsies to make it look more "glam". It was also meant to be more black then silver but I used slate JEP when I should have used black bean. Something is missing... can you spot it lol Emma (friends SIL/ one of my bosses) did my hair & I put on my falsies at her place. I usually have to get ready by myself so it was nice to have someone else do my hair :) Products:: Eyes; Slate JEP, an array of black eyeshadows , smoked out with a bit of satin taupe . Nyx glitter liner in disco ? on lash line with Fyrianne Immortality over the top (hint of glitter), White pearl to highlight. Nyx silver glitter on the lower lash line (doesn...

So this is a delayed post from the other weekend.. we had hired out a bus for my aunties birthday & decorated it & went out for tea to a place that's about 25 minutes out of town.. by the time we had picked everyone up it took us over an hour & we had (between us girls) 5 bottles of champagne 0_o Anyway, I went smokey again but decided to add some glittaa & I was going to do lashes but ran out of time 'coz I did my aunties makeup before..... pics of that at the end! Playing around with the colours.. this is probably more correct. Before I changed my clothes.. coz I like the way my hair looks he he Added some lipgloss because I wasn't too happy with the lip colour.... after all of those damn photos >.   I also layered some Nyx Iris over Revlon Nude Attitude (whats wrong with that picture.. bahah), but that's the basics. For the eyes I first used The Face Shop uh Shimmer Stick in silver then Stila Kitten & then the black shade in that palette, t...

Geez I need to get more creative with my titles haha. This was actually from last week, I took a break from the naked palette & went back to using NYX pearl pigments. This is just a simple look using Oro, Walnut & Nude.  Since I couldn't take any decent full sized pics, why not take a million of different angles haha. Oh these were taken before my eyebrows & my face were done.  On one eye I used Pixie Epoxy but honestly it makes it harder the blend the eyeshadow so I went without on the other eye & found that I didn't really need it with these pigments. Oh & I'm pretty sure I used UD Zero eyeliner. L-R; Oro, Walnut, Nude Well I may as well include another recent look. I just wanted a shimmery e/s on the lid (Kitten) with a hint of definition in the crease, & black winged eyeliner with gold on top of it. Oh yuck this isn't such a nice pic after all.. Ignore my mouth being open in a weird way haha. Oh & my hair is soo poofy here =/ first close ...

lol at another lame title. Hope everyone had a good weekend!! I had my first baby shower to go to on Sunday arvo which was heaps of funn :) Anyway I'm sorry that this is another Naked look, & there are a few more to come then I will give it a break for a while.. or I may just space out the posts :) I also feel the need to go back to colour before it gets warmer! Silly smile :P It looks like I cut my hair short!! But I didn't which is obvious in the first pic it was just sitting that way. On 1 eye I placed the black a bit too low, & the eyeliner turned out thicker but oh well. Used Stila palette on the left. EYES:  Stila Kitten [lid, lower l/l] Black [outer v + crease] UD Smog [crease on top of the black, lower lash line] Lightest colour [to blend crease] UD Virgin [highlight] Maybelline liquid e/l Cheeks: probably Nyx Peach blush Lips: Mac Hue L/S with Nyx Sugarpie L/G Oh & since its (kinda) on the subject of the title, just wanted to update with a picture of the ki...

 I tried out that NYX glitter cream palette , but I had already applied some e/s & didn't like that so I used it under Pixie Epoxy. I guess it wasn't really a fail I just couldn't get it to blend in the outer corner. I will try it next time on its own, but when I was picking it up with my brush it felt like chunky glitter that was not creamy at all. Lips are NYX soft matte lip cream in Addis Ababa (not as bright in these pix as in real life!!!) It doesn't look so matte coz I left too much lip balm on my lips before I applied it, but it didn't take long for it to go matte. Silly Face :P So I basically used the 2nd lightest colour & then the gold in front of that & the darkest purple in the outer corner ,which was the one that was hard to blend. I think that could have been from the Epoxy though. The purple e/s I used first was the one from the Stila Palette I received from Amalia, I used the lightest colour on the lid but that looked not so good so I wan...

So thanks mainly to Makeup and Meme & Starryskies for their swatches, I ordered a few NYX soft matte lip creams. L-R Amsterdam, Addis Ababa, Tokyo  I am sure you will be seeing these in many FOTD's to come!! From what I've tried, they are beautiful!! I also decided to try a glitter cream palette, I've heard these were hard to work with but why not give it a go!? oh & on a sad note, we had to take the kitty to the vets this morning, mum found her a bit matted up and dirty & she couldn't walk properly, so she's getting a few x-rays done now. Looks like the worst thing could be a broken pelvis! :( UPDATE: Unfortunately, her hip has been dislocated & they have popped it into place but it pops straight out which requires surgery which is $$$, lets just hope she wont get hit by another car after it!!

I have more of a bottom lip then a top lip ( especially when I smile, it almost completely disappears lol) so here is a tutorial on some tricks that I have learnt on making your lips bigger & fuller. Before & After. I think my lips look a little too porn star like though ;) You don't have to agree!Sorry that it goes off into the sidebar (on my computer anyways) to view properly, left click on it & it should open a new window 1. Start by applying lip balm & blotting the excess of it. 2. Apply a nude lip liner just on the outside of your lips & blend. This is one by Avon (not the best colour- I need a new one!) You do not want to go further than your lip line or it will look too fake. 3.Apply a mauve or skin toned lip liner that is just darker then your natural lips just inside the lip line & blend. I used Mauve l/l by NYX which I find is just a bit too dark for me if not blended. 4. Apply your lipstick. I went nude- Pumpkin Pie from NYX. 5.Dap a white pearly ...

Hey lovelies. Just a simple eye look with bright lips! Sorry I look so tired :/ this was actually from last week. & I know its a look y'all have probably seen before but its nice & simple! Yah I know, way too much highlighter underneath my eyes Nyx Vanilla Shimmer on lid David Jones E/S (bronze + brown) Nyx White Pearl to highlight Nyx JEP in Black Bean as a highlight Maybelline xxl extensions mascara BYS glow pearls BYS bronzer Revlon Fushia L/S thanks for looking! p.s I think I need to start playing around in more dramatic eyeshadow more, before the warmer weather comes!! I didn't do this last year & I got jealous when I saw every bodies winter looks, he he