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Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Paul & Joe Wishlist.

It's my birthday in about 2 weeks -I'm 18 finally- and as I'm going shopping for it, I've been checking out some websites to get some ideas of what I want. I've never been into Selfridges, Space NK or anywhere like that but this shopping trip is commencing in London so I will finally get the chance to! I've just been looking on the Selfridges website and have come across some gorgeous products but particularly Paul & Joe has caught my eye. After seeing Vivanna Does Makeup's recent post which you can see here, lead me to Paul & Joe, and I'm so glad I've found their brand!
1. Nail Base Coat- I've been looking for a decent base coat for my nails, as they just manage to get really stained even if I use a base coat. I've never heard anything good about this, but for only £10 and it's in such a pretty bottle I'm willing to try it!
2. Moisture Cream- Again this is just something I've been needing as I still don't think I've found the perfect moisturiser for my skin. It is scented which I'm always sceptical about, but orange flower and orange oil sounds very appealing! I must admit though that I was only drawn to this because of the detailing on the lid, and just a warning, I chose most of these because they look pretty!
3. Beauty Mirror- I need a compact mirror to keep in my make-up bag and this is just beautiful, it reminds me of the shells that have a pearl in -or oyster shells!-. On the inside there is a mirror on one side and a silver base embellished with a chrysanthemum motif which is just stunning.
4. Floral Make-up Bag- This is such a cool idea, and I can't wait to get my hands on it! It has lots of inner pockets and two removable pouches for any extras! This will be so handy as you can separate your make-up into chucks I have a pretty hard time finding things in my huge make-up bag!
5. Blusher Stick- This is just so cute!! I don't really understand how this could work as a blusher but I suppose that you could just use your finger or a brush to blend it out which would make sense. Again so very cute!
6. Lipstick Case- I don't really need this in my life, but at the same time I really do! It's so gorgeous and would be quite handy to keep your lipstick in, as the top comes of my lipsticks a lot of the time while it's in my bag, which is a nightmare! And for only £5 its a really cute accessory to have.

Keep an eye out for a post in a few weeks, hopefully featuring some of these pieces! You can also found these on Paul & Joe's website, I just chose Selfridges as I'm going there. Well I hope you enjoyed this post and liked some of these products as much as me, speak soon becciixx.

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Monday, 24 June 2013

What's on my Face #1.

Well I'm backkkkkkk! It's been a while, maybe about two weeks, but now my exams are over I can get back to doing what I love! So to start my blog off again, I thought I would do a What's on my Face post, as I was particularly liking my make-up today. This was just a popping down the shops look, so I tried to keep it quite minimalistic, didn't want to look like I was going out clubbing when going to ASDA!
Face.
As my foundation is a bit on the pricey side, when I am only going somewhere quickly I prefer to use a BB cream rather than a full coverage foundation. The BB cream I use is Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream in Light, I like the coverage this gives for a BB cream and the colour is just perfect. Being a BB cream it doesn't cover blemishes but does reduce the redness and evens out skintone. To cover up blemishes I use the Collection Concealer which is just fantastic, I also use this the cover up dark circles and along my nose as it needs a bit of extra coverage. Lastly to set this all in place I use Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Peach Glow, this is perfect for oily skin like mine as it keeps the skin looking matte.
Eyes.
For my eyes I used a MUA eye liner pencil in white and took this along my lash line, I love this technique as it makes your eyes pop and just look instantly brighter. I also applied a shimmery gold eye shadow across my lid, with a light brown in the crease to define my eyes. The mascara I have on is the BareMinerals Big Tease, I would usually do a few coats on this mixed with L'Oreal Telescopic but, to be honest, I could not be bothered to apply it!
Eyebrows.
For my eyebrows, I usually use Avon Perfect Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown, but I fancied a change to I used my MUA Pro-Brow Palette with a Real Techniques Angled Brush in define them. I much prefer the finish of a pencil as supposed to a powder when I want to really define my brows, but as I keep saying this is just a quick pop to the shops.
Cheeks.
For some definition I chose to use a Bronzing Powder by Lacura Beauty, I just did the fish face and took a large angled brush along the hollow of my cheeks. For a pop of colour I used Pink Ice by BareMinerals on the apples of my cheeks for a really rosey glow.
Lips.
And lastly for my lips, to keep in with the rosey cheeks, I used Classy by Elf. I love the formula of this and it is probably my new favourite in my collection at the moment.

I hope you enjoyed this post and I'm going to get my bum in gear and get back into my blogging routine! See you guys soon, becciixx.

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Monday, 3 June 2013

Can you get any brighter?!

It was about time that I jumped on the band wagon as got myself a proper Spring shade of lippie! This is absolutely perfect, it's just got the right amount of warmth in it as it is pale pink, so it could have been a bit risky! At only £2.99 Collection, have really impressed me! It's a fantastic formula, is totally non-drying lasts for a reasonable time and there is a great colour range too. The colour I chose was Bubblegum, all that's left now it for me to get a purple shade, but lets stick to this colour first.
Sorry I didn't show this on my lips, the pictures just couldn't do it justice! I really need some practise with taking pictures of colour on my lips, I just manage to make them look wonky. I'm not a massive fan of the packaging -think it's a bit childish- but for 2.99 I can't complain! To sum up, this colour is gorgeous and is a great lipstick!

Let me know if you've tried any of the Collection lipsticks and what your favourite is! See you hopefully soon, my first exam is tomorrow so I may not be around! Until next time, becciixx.

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Thursday, 23 May 2013

bareMinerals Blush.

I've never been much of a fan of blushes, I've been using the same one for about 3 years, and I haven't even replaced it once -slightly gross I know-. To be honest I didn't even really like it that much! But I recently got my hands on some bareMinerals products, including a blush duo of Pink Ice and Ginger Spice. Ginger Spice is the Bronzer in the set and it is a lovely golden shade, which is not even slightly orange. I don't tend to use bronzers but for someone that does this would be a gorgeous colour. The Pink Ice shade is an incredibly bright pink that looks so scary but goes great with my skin tone, it also has a gold shimmer to it which just adds to the prettiness. 
 
Honestly I have never seen such a beautiful blush colour, and it's definitely spurred me on to try out some more blushes as the really can change your look which I didn't realise before. So basically it's a life saver, but unfortunately I can't find it anywhere, so if you know where I can get it please let me know!

Hope you're all well, becciixx.

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Tuesday's Tip #1

Thought this was quite a catchy name for a post so I had to make something of it, who knows how regular this is going to be as I'm not the most knowledgable person so I'm probably going to run out of tips within two posts of this! But I promise to give it my best shot!

 My first tip is going to be on the foundation you chose. Yesterday someone asked me what I was wearing on my face and when I told them they then questioned how I thought to do that. This made me think, has no one else thought of this?! People spend so much money trying to find the perfect foundation but why not just mix a few together?

On my daily routine I either use two or three foundations, by this I don't mean this many layers of foundation, I just mean mixing them together. The first foundation I use is Vichy Derma-Blend Corrective Foundation in Opal, this gives me the coverage I need with just a smidge of a squeeze from the tube. It's a very good foundation with excellent coverage but I wanted something with a bit more radiance. This is where my second foundation comes in, I love  Rimmel Wake-Me-Up Foundation, I had it before I brought Vichy and I really did like it. My problem with it was that I found I was using to much product to get the right amount of coverage, and mixing these two foundations is just perfect!

Usually I stop here with foundation, but if I have fake tanned my face is so pale compared to be body -considering I use medium strength tan and opal with ivory foundation, you can see my issue.- So I decided to make use of a foundation that I brought in the wrong colour, Maybelline Fit Me Foundation in 120. This adds the perfect about of darkness to the other two foundations.

So to some up this tip, if you have any foundations you don't like try mixing them up with some others and see what you can come up with, it's definitely worth a shot!

I hope this has been good advice, I'm sure the majority of you have already thought of this but I thought it was worth telling you about it, speak soon, becciixx.

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Monday, 20 May 2013

Would you rather?- Tag.

Decided I'd do something a little different and do a Tag, I love reading Tag's so I thought it was about time I did one! I found some of these quite quite hard to answer, so if I do ramble on just ignore me, and skip to the juicy bits -wrong choice of word there, I promise this is a clean game of Would you Rather!-

1. Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipstick and lip glosses or lose all of your pallets and eyeshadows?
This was probably the easiest question for me to answer as, to be honest, I don't really use pallets or eyeshadows that often at all so I'd definitely lose those. I said in my Lipstick Collection post that if I don't have some type of colour of my lips I look dead and no one wants they, do they...?

2. Would you rather shave all your hair off or never be able to cut it?
Now, I really want longer hair,but if I could never even have a trim I would not be able to deal with the spilt ends! So I'd definitely go for the skin-head look, and wear some awesome wigs, crack out some pink hair or Barbie blonde!

3. Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?
I would have to say a pink cheek, because as scandalous as this is I do not own any coral blushes! I know, it's awful, I should be killed but I've just never really got round to many any blushes so my only option is a pink cheek. I could go out and by some coral blushes though but I don't even know if it suits me, so it could be a silly mistake.

4. If you had £1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or make-up?
This is a really hard question... ermm, I'd have to say clothes I guess. I do love make-up a lot but for some reason I feel less guilty spending a lot of money on it than I do with clothes. So blowing a grand on clothes would be fantastic, I could actually divert from Primark!

5. Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner or eyeliner as lipstick?
Well I was thinking eyeliner as lipstick but you don't have much of a selection of colour, you'd have to have like black lips! So I'd say lipstick as eyeliner, you could just use a small brush to apply it rather than using the chunky lipstick.

6. Would you rather shop only at MAC or Sephora?
I think that MAC products are gorgeous -even though I don't own any!- But I don't think I could be limited to just one brand, I'd get too tempted to go to others brands!

7. Would you rather only use one eyeshadow colour or one lip colour for the rest of your life?
From my answer on the first question I'm sure you can guess that I'd need more than one lip colour! I only really use one eyeshadow on the reg's anyway and that's just a white eyeshadow in the corner of my eye to brighten them up, so this question suits me quite well!

8. Would you rather wear Winter clothes in Summer or Summer clothes in Winter?
I feel the cold quite a lot and I live in England so I barely have a Summer anyway, so I would go for Winter Clothes in Summer. Saying this though my version of winter clothes very rarely includes a coat, for me I probably wouldn't even work up a sweat if I was dressed for Winter in Summer.

9. Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?
Definitely bright nails, they make me really cheerful. In Autumn and Winter I wear a lot of darker clothes so having a bright nail is really necessary for me.

10. Would you rather give up your favourite lip colour or your favourite eye product?
I feel like this is a bit contradictory to some of my other answers as I would give up my favourite lip colour which is probably, Gypsy by ELF. Just because I need my mascara, it's not even that great but it's my favourite and I have other lip colours I like so, oh well Gypsy!

11. Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a pony-tail or messy bun?
The messy-bun wins this hands down, I love having a messy bun, I think it looks so sophisticated but casual at the same time! Check out my post on how I create my bun here. Also I'm just not that good at making a pony tail, I just can't get the volume at the top, if you have any tips on this please leave me a comment below.

12. Would you rather never being able to paint your nails or never to use lipgloss?
Easiest question ever! I'd give up lipgloss, I have about 5 lipglosses that hardly ever get used but 150 different polishes. Of course I would chose never using lipgloss. -Sorry that answer seems very aggressive, I'm just passionate about nail polish...-

13. Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all, or sharpie them in everyday?
Lets just go for it, I'd sharpie them in! If I was to find a brown sharpie and sort of smudge it to blend in more with my eyebrows, I think it could work right?

14. Would you rather live without make-up or nail polish?
Oh gosh, this is awful...as you can tell from my outburst in question 12, I love painting my nails but I don't even leave the house without a full face of make-up. To be honest at the moment I'm giving my nails a break from polish anyway as they have gone disgustingly orange and I am coping surprising well. So it would have to be living with no nail polish. -Awful question, mean people making me answer that-. *Goes and cries in corner.*

Well I hope you enjoyed this post, and I apologise for my melodramatic ending of the questions and I didn't really cry in the corner...-lie-. 
Leave me comments linking to your tag's so everyone can have a read including me! Speak soon, becciixx.

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Saturday, 18 May 2013

My Lipstick Collection.

I love wearing lipstick, I think I look dead without some colour on my lips! I don't have a massive collection but it's worth a show, I really want to add some MAC and Topshop lip colours as they have some beautiful colours to offer. Give me any suggestions of lipsticks that you think I should try!
Kate for Rimmel, 107- This is a really lovely matte shade, and looks beautiful with really simple eye make-up to keep the attention on the lips.
Elizabeth Arden, Sugar Plum Shimmer- This shade is pretty much the same as a few of the others, but it's my favourite out of the few.
Elf, Gypsy- I love this colour, it's probably my favourite colour of the bunch it's a matte berry shade.
Rimmel, Sugarplum- I don't really use this one as it's very similar to the Elizabeth Arden one but just a bit purpler.  
MUA, ?- Now this lipstick is the brightest of the bunch, hot pink jut looks so good on the lips. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of this.
Rimmel, Rose Passion- Can't beat a red lipstick, I definitely need a bit of variety on my reds.
Natural Collection, Berry Blush- I'm not a massive fan of this one, I don't think it matches my skin-tone  very well., but it's still a lovely colour.
Elf, Classy- This is the same formula is the other Elf lipstick, which I personally think is really nice, the colour is gorgeus too!
Natural Collection, Pink Orchid- I love this one, this is the lightest of the pinks that I have and the shimmer to it is lovely.
MUA, Juicy- This is a beautiful colour, if you put it on over a red lipstick, the colours look beautiful together.
Versace,?- I really don't wear this one at all the golden tone does not suit me, but it's gorgeous still.
These are swatched in the order they are shown in the previous picture, my camera had a hissy fit at this point for some reason, so sorry the pictures are not fantastic. I made a rookie mistake and had already finished my make-up before this post so I couldn't show them on my lips or I would have ruined my make-up! 
I really don't have that many lipsticks, I should invest in some others! Maybe you'll see a haul featuring just lipsticks.Hope you're all well, becciixx.

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Friday, 17 May 2013

Pretty Pallets.

I have noticed recently that pallets or compacts -whatever you want to call them- are getting prettier and prettier. With intricate flower designs etched into them, or just a mix of beautiful colours, they are just becoming gorgeous. They make me want to buy them just so I can look at them, and if I did buy them I would never want to use them in case I ruined them. So it's sort-of a catch-22, I think that's the right saying...
But anyway I'm not going to go into lots of detail about them as the pictures will tell you all you need to know and I have never used any of these before so I cannot review them. I just really wanted to show you just how beautiful some of them are and I feel like so much work has gone into just one product, but I'm not actually sure how much effort it takes to do!
Looking at how many products I have to put into this post, I think there's a slight chance I have gone overboard. But oh well! You can never go overboard when it comes to make-up!
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These are all so beautiful, I put this ones together as they have embossed patterns on them, from flowers to birds. I just think they are so beautiful to look at, my favourite is the one by Aerin, the blend of the colours as well as the flower pattern just makes it so pretty. The Sisley compact is also really beautiful, the little pieces of glitter are so pretty.
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These compacts are just so pretty, it's more the colours and logos etched on the power that drew my attention to these. The Clarins Aztec sort-of pattern and the Nars 3-D effect with boxes are both just so cool! The colours in the Bobbi Brown compact are just beautiful, I really wish I owned it!

Hope you found these as beautiful as I did! Leave me a comment if you know of any other pretty pallets, becciixx.

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Thursday, 9 May 2013

Loving the bun.

Recently, when I've been having a bad hair day I resort  to the simple yet sophisticated donut bun. It's so perfect for a laid back look, but still with a touch of 'look at the effort I've put in'. There are many ways to do this but I just find that this way works the best for me.

What you'll need:
A hair band.
A 'donut' -make sure you match your hair colour!-
Some hair grips.
Hairspray.
Step 1: Do your normal thing before putting your hair in a high ponytail, whether that's brushing your hair or just leaving it wild for a little extra texture- that's what I do-. You want to just be able to see the peak of the ponytail.

Step 2: Lift your ponytail in the air, so you are gripping the ends in your fist. You then want to take your donut and pull your ponytail though it so that the ends are just long enough to tuck around the bun.

Step 3: With the ends that are sticking out of the donut you want to fold over the donut and tuck them underneath.

Step 4: Now for the tricky bit! Holding the donut with both hands roll the donut once down your hair. At this point you want to tuck any loose bits of hair back under the bun.

Step 5: Repeat the roll once again. You should start to see your hair forming -well  donut shape!- If you can still see the netting on the donut then separate the hair slightly to fill the gaps and try to keep them in place on the next roll.

Step 6: Continue rolling the bun until you reach the top of your head.

Step 7: Secure the bun with some hair grips at the front of the bun.

Step 8: If you fancy messing it up a bit then you can pull some of the hair a the top of your head out.

Step 9: Finally you wanna give your hair a god old spray with some hairspray to keep it in place!
Hope you enjoy this tutorial, I wanted to show picture of each step, but that's not easy so I chickened out! But I hope this helps!

Thanks for reading, becciixx.


Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Love for Bath & BodyWorks.

I will start this post of by saying I wish I lived in America, they have such cooler stuff then the UK! I would also like to say that I wish my house was in Bath& BodyWorks! I've watched so many youtube that feature products from there and I'm so jealous, I don’t even think we have an equivalent to it in the UK, which is really sad.

But luckily I have one product from there that I was given as a present from someone who went to America, it’s anti-bacterial hand gel. This may sound boring to the average person but it smells like smooth pumpkin which in my books makes anything incredible. I also find that it leaves your hands feeling really smooth which is a big plus as this isn't something hand-gel usually does. It’s also a really nice change to have an anti-bacterial gel that does smell like alcohol as it makes me feel really quite sick. There are also tiny little beads of blue stuff...I don't really know what these are for if I'm honest but they're pretty.
I need more of these things, it’s half empty and I think I may go crazy if it runs out and I have no more. I also really need some pretty candles -that obviously smell nice to- but mainly just for decoration. I've heard they are all really good prices as well which just makes me even more sad as I love Yankee Candle but they are just so expensive but beautiful. So to some up, I need to go to America, if anyone’s planning on going there, please smuggle me in a suitcase!

Until next time, becciixx.

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Sunday, 28 April 2013

Best of the Brushes.

Like every person that's interested in beauty I have a vast amount of brushes, but I only really like a handful of them. It's taken me a very long time to find the brushes that suit me and that I really like, but I'm sure some of them won't come as a surprise to any of you guys!
 I use brushes for a variety of things but there are only 4 that I find are really with mentioning, these consist of an eyebrow brush, a foundation brush, a gel liner brush and  a powder brush. I still haven't found a eye-shadow brush worthy of being a holy grail brush, I just find I get the most pigmented colour when using my finger to apply it. Also I tend not to use a brush for my concealer, as I find that the warmth from my fingers helps blend the concealer in easier and not give it a sort of caked on effect.
The first brush I'm going to talk about it is the real techniques buffing brush -told you it wouldn't come as a surprise-. It's just the perfect size and texture to apply my foundation, I find that the flat foundation brushes just don't work for me so the round head to this brush is ideal. The brush handle itself is actually a really good length, some brushes just get in their own way or are just not workable. I got this brush from the core collection of the real techniques which you can purchase here
May as well go straight to the next real techniques brush -of course their was going to  be more than one featured!- This time it's the brow brush from the starter kit, its the perfect angled brush I've come across, before this I was using brow pencils, but this gives me the best shape. I use this with the MUA  Pro-brow Ultimate Eyebrow Kit to get the best results. You can purchase the starter kit here, and the eyebrow kit from Superdrug.
This next brush is from a brand I haven't heard of before, it's just something I got in a gift set and it's the Blush Professional eye brush. Again this brush is just at the perfect angle for me to apply gel liner with, it's not too bendy that you can't get a precision line but not too hard that you feel like you're stabbing yourself in the eye. You can only purchase this brush with the set with either comes as a 7 brush set or 18, both of which you can buy from here.
Now this last brush is one of the newest in my collection but it has quickly taken over as my favourite powder brush. The bareMinerals Flawless Face brush is so soft on your skin -there's nothing worse than a scratchy make-up brush. It packs just enough product onto it with out giving a really obvious powdery finish, which is never good! You can pick this up today here.

Hope this helps you to chose some brushes for yourself, the real techniques brushes really are a great investment! Also another brush brand I really want to check out is Stigma, I have heard great things about their brushes so check those out too!

Hope you're all well, beccixx.

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Friday, 19 April 2013

Rimmel Apocalips.

I finally jumped on the beauty band wagon and got my hands on some Rimmel Apocalips lip lacquers. Anyone who follows beauty bloggers or keeps up with hyped up beauty products themselves will have heard of these gems from Rimmel. I had been putting of buying them simply because I didn't need them, but I gave into temptation -mainly due to them being on offer but shh!- That being said I am so thrilled that I got them!
It took me forever decide on what colour to get as the colour range is so varied and all the colours are gorgeous, but I finally decided on 'Stellar' and 'Nova'-definitely going to be getting more though.- There are 8 different shades, ranging from nude to a mauve, making these a great choice of colours as there's something for everyone.

Rimmel says that 'it's neither a lipstick nor a gloss.' 'The intense rich colour of a lipstick, enhanced by a satin smooth shine.' I totally agree with this, the pigmentation is incredible and drys almost completely matte with just a hint of shine. The matte finish on this is only a little bit drying, but I find this with most matte lip products, -so don't take my judgements on this into account.- The doe foot applicator makes applying the lacquer very precisely and the pool of liquid in the applicator means you only have to dip in once or twice. 
The colour 'Nova'(left) is a gorgeous barbie pink and I fell in love with it straight away -this is definitely my favourite of the bunch!- I find that it has a slight neon feel to it -but maybe that's just my pale skin translating.- 'Stellar'(right) is a fantastic mix of a bright red and a coral, which I have been after for a really long time. For anyone that finds red lipstick intimating maybe this would be a perfect starting point to ease yourself into some bright colours.

As boots have a three for two on all beauty product and at a special price of £4.99, these are fantastic for the price and even if they were more expensive I'd jump at the chance to buy them!  I do believe that YSL do a high-end version which is obviously wayyy more expensive but I've heard that Rimmel's are just as good. You can purchase these from Boots here.

Speak soon, becciixxx

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Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Urban Decay dupe.

Now, I am one for a dramatic eye look -still need a bit of practise with that...- but I just think it adds a pop of glamour to your everyday make-up. To get a dramatic eye you need eye-shadows with a good pigmentation or all that effort will be for nothing if you can't even see it!
I do find it quite hard to justify spending a lot of money on make-up simply because, being a student, I need the money for other things! This is exactly why I haven't brought the Urban Decay Naked Palette's yet, so I did some research and found great dupes for both the Naked and Naked 2 for a fraction of the price!
MUA is a brand that is only available within Superdrug -or you can buy it from the MUA website-. I love a lot of their products as they are so affordable, really good quality and work just as well as more expensive ones. The dupes I found are palette's called Undressed and Undress Me Too, it may be a little bit cheeky that they even adapted the name to be similar but oh well! The best things about them is they are only £3 each, that's £6 for 24 different colours! 
I've never actually owned the Urban Decay palettes so I'm sorry I can't show you swatches of them together so you can compare. Most picture of my make-up will have these eye-shadows featured a they are my go-toos.
I hope this helps you out if you were looking for a new palette or an actual dupe for the Naked ones!

Speak soon, becciixx.


Thursday, 11 April 2013

Floral Nails.

Now I have to admit to you that I am a nail art fanatic -you will definitely find this out along the way- as I will keep you posted on all of my nail art exhibition if you will haha. Yellow is rapidly becoming my spring colour; whether it's clothing, a slick of yellow eye-shadow, or in this case nail varnish. And clearly nails in Spring would not be complete without a floral twist! These are 100% my ultimate Spring nails -I'll be saying that next week about some other design-.

Before I got into nail art I would have been completely baffled about how to attempt to create small dots with such a large brush that you get with a varnish. But in reality it's very simple, you can just get hold of some RIO nail art pens, the ones that I use have nibs at one end and a very thin brush at the other. They make creating nail art much easier for the even the rookies of nail art, therefore making it more enjoyable too! Similar RIO nail art pens can be purchased here.

For these nails I used BarryM's 'yellow icecream' for the base and used the RIO nail art pens in metallic pink and white.

I have recently found that BarryM have released their own nail art pens, -which I am very keen to get my hands on- I'm not completely sure if they have actually been released yet but I have seen reviews of them everywhere but I can't find them on Boots or anywhere!

Lovely sharing with you, until next time, becciixx