Bright and sparkly FOTD

I felt like doing something with some colour today so I reached for the neons in my Sleek Acid palette.  And then I added glitter.  I patted a bit of Bobbi Brown Silver Lilac sparkle shadow over the pink and purple on my lid but the photos don't show it.  Apologies for the messy eyebrows.  They're in need of a trim!

Face
YSL Touche Eclat foundation BR10
Illamasqua Skin Base Lift Concealer White and Light 1
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural Light
Illamasqua powder blush in Hussy

Eyes
NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
Sleek Acid palette
Urban Decay Blackheart eyeshadow (Naked 3 palette)
Bobbi Brown Sparkle Eyeshadow in Silver Lilac
Rimmel Glam Eyes black liquid liner
Collection Glam Crystals liner in Dancing Queen
Illamasqua pencil in Sophie
Lancome Hypnose Star mascara
MUFE Aqua Brow

Lips
Illamasqua Sheer Lip Gloss in Tantrum

Nic Cage with glitter FOTD

I'm so glad we have sunshine.  Taking photos is so much easier!  I used one shadow over my whole lid, but two different bases beneath it to get the colour gradient.

  

Face

Maybelline Baby Skin primer

YSL Touche Eclat foundation BR10
Illamasqua Skin Base Lift White and Light 1
Urban Decay Naked Skin Ultra Definition Loose Finishing Powder Light

Benefit Dandelion blush

Illamasqua blushes in Honor and Hussy

Eyes
NARS smudge proof eyeshadow base

NYX jumbo pencil in Milk

Bobbi Brown Silver Lilac sparkle eyeshadow

Shiro Cosmetics eyeshadow in Nic Cage Raking Leaves on a Brisk October Morning

MAC Mineralize eyeshadow in Young Punk

Boots Natural Collection eyeshadow in Soft Pink

Urban Decay 24/7 pencils in Woodstock, Scorch and Vice

Rimmel Glam Eyes black liquid liner

Lancome Hypnose Star mascara

Sleek brow set in Light

Lips

Armani Lip Maestro Shade 505

Pink and Copper FOTD

I've been favouring softer looks lately.  The only way I ever seem to use MAC Mineralize Shadows is as liners.  I just don't get along with them as eyeshadows.

Face

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundaion 02 and 06 mixed

Illamasqua Skin Base Lift concealer white and light 01

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Light

Benefit Dandelion blush

Eyes

NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Urban Decay eyeshadows in Magic (Glinda palette) and Trick (Naked 3)

Bobbi Brown Sparkle eyeshadow in Silver Lilac

MAC eyeshadows in Amber Lights and Beauty Marked

Boots Natural Collection eyeshadow in Soft Pink

MAC Mineralize eyeshadow in Young Punk

   mixed with

Illamasqua Sealing Gel

Urban Decay 24/7 pencils in Empire and Scorch

Lancome Hypnose Star mascara

Lips

MAC lipstick in Of Royalty

Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in Aragonite

Boxing Day FOTD

Merry Christmas!  I hope you all had a great day yesterday!  Just a quick FOTD today.

Face

YSL Touche E'clat foundation in shade BR10

Illamasqua Skin Base Lift in White and Light 1

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Light

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Porcelain Pink

Eyes

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Bobbi Brown Silver Lilac glitter eyeshadow

Sleek Oh So Special palette

Illamasqua black gel liner

Illamasqua pencil in Vow

Lancome Hypnose Star mascara

Active Cosmetics lashes

MUFE Aqua Brow

Lips

Chanel Rouge Allure in Rouge Noir

Festive sparkle FOTD

Sometimes I like to just add black liner to the outer half of my upper lash line, as it creates a different eye shape.  I wish the camera picked up on the sparkle from the Bobbi Brown Sparkle Shadow.  It's so pretty in real life

Products Used

Face
Illamasqua Skin Base Lift White and Light 1
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural Light
Fashionista blush in Butterscotch

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Beauty UK Shadow and Liner duo - black and white
Bobbi Brown Silver Lilac Sparkle Shadow
Sleek Sunset palette
MAC Beauty Marked eyeshadow 
MAC White Frost eyeshadow
Illamasqua black gel liner
Illamasqua Sophie Pencil
Lancome Hypnose Star mascara
MUFE Aqua Brow

Lips
MAC Nightmoth liner
Chanel Rouge Allure in Rouge Noir

Spending more money: Bobbi Brown sparkle eyeshadow, and Inglot lipstick review

I'm on a bit of a makeup buying binge at the moment.  My eyeshadow collection, whilst large, is lacking in glittery eyeshadows.  They're not something I'd reach for on a daily basis, but it'd be nice to have the option for when I do feel like sparkling a little!  So I headed to my nearest Bobbi Brown counter, and picked up one of their sparkle eyeshadows.

After covering myself in so many swatches that I looked like a character from Twilight, I chose Silver Lilac.  The colour is, well, a silvered lilac.  The lilac leans more pink than blue, and boy is it sparkly!  Despite this, it's kind of a grown up sparkle, although I do like to team it with some non-glitter shadows so it doesn't look too OTT.  Surprisingly, I didn't have a ridiculous of fall out from it.  I used a base, but it was a non-sticky one (Too Faced Shadow Insurance).  I'm totally in love with this shadow, and I'm sure I'll be adding more to my collection soon!

My second purchase was a lipstick from Inglot.  They're a brand I've been wanting to try for a while, and when I spotted a candidate for 'the perfect dark red lipstick' (separate review coming soon), I felt like I had to buy at least one other item to justify the £5 postage.  I was slightly overwhelmed by their eyeshadow selection, and being the lipstick addict that I am, I decided to try a lipstick from their freedom system range, so I chose a 3 slot palette, and decided to just try one lipstick to see how I liked it.  I was immediately drawn to their Colour Play range, which features a variety of bright colours, including green, blue, and yellow.  I opted for number 95, a bright, blue toned lilac.  There's a fair few purples on the market, but because of the amount of blue in it, I haven't seen anything quite like this Inglot lipstick.

I totally love this colour.  It's bright, and different, without being totally out there.  I had to apply a couple of layers to build this up to full opacity, as it looked a bit strange with my natural lip colour showing through, but it wasn't hard to do.  The formula is wonderfully moisturising and comfortable to wear.  It's got quite a bit of slip to it, which does effect wear time, and I found I had to touch up the colour on a couple of areas where my lip colour showed through after about 3 hours.  Given the right occasion, high maintenance lip colours don't bother me too much.  I didn't have any problems with it smudging everywhere though, so that's definitely a plus!  

The palette I bought to put the lipstick in is able to hold 3 more lipsticks, so that's a good enough excuse to buy more colours in this fantastic formula!