My Valentines FOTD

Hiya!

This is the make up I'm wearing tonight. I took about 400,000 photos and hated them all. It was just bad timing - I was watching the tea didn't burn, taking photos of the sunset, washing up, taking outfit photos and taking these and I got a major sweat on, so I look like I've bathed in olive oil in these shots. Meh, perfectionism sucks! On to the photos, click to enlarge if you want to stare romantically into my pores ;)

 

I think this was one of those rare (for me) looks which actually looked better in person than on camera.
I used:

Abyss (red) and Zeitgeist (black) eyeshadows from Illamasqua
Benefit They're Real mascara
elf Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain
Illamasqua concealer in shade 115
MUA cream blusher in Bittersweet
elf matte lipstick in Rich Red
Body Shop Brow & Liner Kit in shade 02
MUA shade 2 used as a highlight under my brows

I am totally loving the youthfulness cream blusher gives my skin. If you haven't tried, dooooo it! You won't regret it!

Hubby and I had a lovely evening. We watched This Is War with Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon. It was a LOT funnier than I was expecting and I'm very proud to say hubby now has a massive man crush on Tommy. He's impossible not to like (I am perhaps a little biased!)

I hope whatever you did - single and ready to mingle or coupled up - you had a nice evening.

Thanks for reading!

Taupe and black FOTD from MUA Undress Me Too palette

Hello lovelies!

I did a look with the new MUA palette today.

I used Naked, Exposed and Corrupt for this look. Corrupt is a lot blacker than most blacks I'm used to using so I advise using a light touch....because I didn't! Ooops!

I used:

1. Famous by Sue Moxley Shimmer Brick in pink (before their relaunch) in shade Pink, used as blusher.
2. Body Shop Brow & Liner Kit in shade 02, used to fill my brows in.
3. Max Factor Colour Perfection lipstick in Mauve (old, probably not around any more.)
4. Avon Ideal Flawless foundation, which I sheered out with moisturiser.
5. Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which is an eyeshadow primer.
6. Lanolips lip balm.
7. Max Factor lipstick 919 Mauve.

Onto the photos of my fizzog! I overdid it with the blusher so look like I've got a serious glow on.

I'll do another look tomorrow from this palette tomorrow.

Thanks for reading!

Illamasqua eyeshadow swatches

Hello lovely ones!

I made an order from Illamasqua in their sale some weeks ago and here are my spoils. I got 3 pressed eyeshadows and a loose pigment. They were a fiver each. They are pictured without primer but I think they will all be more vibrant over a primer.

Top row - Angst & Burst//Bottom row Savage & Zeitgeist.

Top row - Angst & Burst//Bottom row Savage & Zeitgeist.

Zeitgeist is just stunning with its silver sparkle

Expect a FOTD using a couple of these colours soon!

I also have some Illamasqua foundation and concealer to show you. The concealer smells like vanilla! Oh my days. Yum.

Have you bought anything by Illamasqua?

Thanks for reading!