Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box: I fell in love again

Hi everyone,

First of all, I really want to apologize for the very lack of posts. I have been very busy and I don't even read beauty blogs anymore. As a result, I am quite disconnected of the make-up world. It isn't that bad actually because I don't get too tempted lol!

Nevertheless, I have an EOTD for you that I did this week end. I was looking at the palettes that I don't use that often because I got new babies to play with so they get discarded at the bottom of the drawer. Saturday, I re-discovered Urban Decay Deluxe Shadow Box, one of my very first palette. Let me tell you, it was love at first sight all over again! I love love love this palette!!!


Here is the look:




Products used:

Primer: UDPP
Base: MAC Paintpot in Blackground
All over the lid and in the crease: UD Fishnet (Deluxe Shadow Box)
In the crease: a touch of UD ransom (Deluxe Shadow Box)
Blended with UD Scratch (Deluxe Shadow Box)
No eyeliner
Mascare: MaxFactor False Lash Effects


Very simple look but effective. This palette is so versatile! If you don't have it already, go and get it!


Have a nice evening and hopefully see you very soon!

IMATS Haul and Swatches

Hello everyone,


Finally, finally I am posting my IMATS haul and swatches. I don't really wear make-up nowadays, just the everyday neutral look. It's a shame I know :-(

Onto the haul, pictures talk for themselves:

These are make-up brushes from Royal Brushes. They were around £3-5 pounds each. Very nice quality and for the price you can't really go wrong.





Some lip tars I wanted to try. Amazingly pigmented, like crazy! You need only a tiny tiny amount and even though the pink is too pigmented for me so I have to tone it down which isn't a problem because you can mix the colors without any problem.





Mehron palette in metallic to use as a base. I've wanted this palette for such a long time.





This is a Kryolan palette I regret buying. I came accross the Mehron palettes only after having bought this one. I wanted the Mehron Pastel palette as well but I didn't have money anymore but I will get it probably next month though. I will still try to use this Kryolan one.




Naked Cosmetics eye and lip primers. Really good primer, I was quite amazed.



Pigments haul with wet swatches:

Sierra Nevada

Ebony

Urban Rustic

Tropical Indulgence

I would highly recommend those pigments. Applied with a base and pat on the lid, they last the whole day and you don't get any fallouts. They are definitely the highlight of my IMATS haul to me. I would definitely repurchase some more :-)

Have a nice afternoon!

EOTD: Because I am fed up with Valentines' Pink

Hi everyone,

Ok the title was a little too much maybe... Don't get me wrong, I loved watching all the Valentines' Youtube videos and all the blog posts about it and I love pink but I thought that I'd better show you something different.

Here is the question: How many of you spent a little fortune on MAC's Black Style Collection but hardly use it? That was I thought... I am not the only one in this case...

Here is the EOTD, just a smokey:

Products used:

MAC Gilt by Association E/S over MAC Blackground PaintPot, MUFE mascara and MAC Brule as highlight.

Easy, simple and at least I was using an E/S from Style Black! And I am wearing Baby Goth on my nails as well.

I hope you all had a perfect Valentines Day with the people you love: be your partner, friends or family.

Have a nice evening!

How to beat the Credit Crunch: Become UK

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you are all doing fine. As you can notice, I am a bit busy at the moment and I have a list of post ideas sitting on my desk but no time to write them.... Anyway...

I was approached by the people from Become.co.uk to have a look at their Web site and see what I think. As I find it quite useful, I'd like to introduce it to you, you might find it good as well :-)

So what is it?


Become UK is a price comparison Web site for the savvy internet user. You can use the price comparison, online consumer reviews, detailed product specifications, buying guides and product ratings to help you with your online shopping. The most interesting thing for us is that they have a selection of cosmetics and fragrances that you can order online.

For example, through their Web site I discovered Cheap Smells where you can buy discounted make-up. I've never heard about it before.... Well I am totally broken at the moment so I won't even consider ordering but I am keeping it in my favorites because I have just notice some Bobbi Brown eyeshadows for £10...

I am personnally quite happy to see more and more of those Web sites because shopping is becoming like a real challenge sometimes for me: where to find the best products for less money? Moreover, it creates more competition between the brands. So big thumb up for comparison and review Web sites!

Have a look and tell me what you think. I know I am a little devil that is tempting you to buy more make-up but eh...I am here for that too :-)

Have a nice afternoon!

Project No Waiste: Episode 2

Hey everyone,

Few weeks back I threw myself into a Project No Waiste for cosmetics. It's impossible for me to finish make-up items but I thought I could apply it on other items.

Here are the corpses of the battle I just won:

Clinique Face Soap: I totally recommend it! It's part of the 3 steps programm. I haven't repurchase it yet because I am testing a Kiehl's cleanser but otherwise I would.

Monoi oil: Smells amazing, reminds me of the beach, sun, sea and holidays. It nourrishes the skin but doesn't moisturizes it. I would repurchase it during this summer probably.

Lush Snow Fairy: No need to introduce this product. Smells like candy floss. A must-have!

The Body Shop Shimmery Coconut Butter: I like the Body Shop Butters. This one smells really good and gives a subtil shine to the skin. Really good.

Mary Cohr Light Moisturizing Cream: The perfect cream for oily skin because it moisturizes well but is so light. Was a bit expensive but if I have the money I would repurchase it. I used it for the night during summer and for the day during winter and it didn't clogg my pores.

Lush Lemon Flutter: Very very rich cream for the cuticles and the very dry area of the body like elbows and heels. Really good product! I would repurchase it but I want to try the one from Burt's and Bees first.

Clinique cream: Step 3 from the programm. Same as for the soap, I love it. I am trying a cream from Kiehl right now but I would repurchase it for sure. It's not my first tube.

Lush Yummy Yummy Yummy: Smells like strawberry! Amazing, I woul repurchase it for sure.

Maybelline Colossal Mascara: Not a bad mascara for a drugstore brand, I liked it but the problem is that after 2 months, it was smelling really bad so I had to throw it away...

Benefit Bad Gal (not pictured): I finished it this morning. After an extensive use, I am quite puzzled. I am actually not sure about the efficacy of face primers at all... To be honest, it didn't make any difference on me...

As you can see, a nice battle was won: 10 products finished!! I am quite proud of it! Now I have to concentrate on the Soap & Glory products from the hat box I purchased before Christmas...

Which face primer would you recommend?

Have a nice evening!

IMATS: I had my make-up done by Koren from EnKoreMakeup!

Hey everyone,

Everything is in the title... I went to the IMATS yesterday and has an amazing time. I will do a separate post on my haul.

So, as I said, I met Koren and let me tell you he is SOOO nice! We started chatting and then he gave me a mini make over with naked pigments (I bought quite a lot of them...).

Sadly the pictures aren't as good as I'd like them to be (I think I need a new camera...) but still!

Here we go, just for you:



Make-up used:

Urban Rusty pigments from Naked Cosmetics:
Golden olive color all over the lid and inner highlight
Rusty color in the crease
Purple to darken the outer V and lower lid
Liner from Eve Pearl
For the lips, he mixed the mixed the Naked lip primer with a pink pigment from the Tropical Indulgence row and applied it all over the lips. Then, he took the same golden olive pigment he applied all over the lid and added it as a touch in the middle of the lips and blended outwards.

For the cheeks, he applied the same pink pigment of the lips on the apple of the cheeks and blended upwards while smiling.

A little tip he taught me: Always apply your lip color while smiling because you smile 90% of the time...

I will take pictures of the pigments and do swatches during this week so you can see exactly what colors he used. It's a shame my camera won't pick up the colors properly because it was gorgeous and I got a lot of compliments...

As for the whole experience, well, if you see him, don't hesitate to go and talk to him because he is fabulous and so simple, it was a really great moment for me... But before you meet him, go and subscribe to his channel here :-)

Have a nice sunday!

Fashion related: Mittens in Crochet

Hi everyone,

I am so sorry that I haven't blooged for ages... I do have a good reason for that though: I am busy re-thinking my career plan and it takes all my energy... I have some exciting things coming up like the launch of the new Andrew Collinge Haircare line which is going to be my next post, hopefully this week end. Well, this is a busy week end as well because I am going to the IMATS! Big thumb up! I am really excited about it!

Enough rambling and into the subject of this post... I have a new obsession: knitting and crochet! It is so trendy in the US and you can see in the shops here all those big chunky handmade scarfs and hats. Even the celebrities knit.. Well I had some basics in knitting and I decided to knit while watching my favorite TV shows (yeah multi-tasking...!)

Here are my first handmade mittens:


Tada!! Not perfect but I am quite proud of the results for a beginning...

I hope you like it!

I wish you an excellent week end and an awsome IMATS for you UK girls!