Bright Eye Look usng the Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette

Hello!

I just reviewed the Lime Crime Aquataenia palette and as I've said previously, I held off on reviewing it until I could think of a way to use all the colours in one eye look. The result is today's crazy bright eye look. This is definitely not an eye look for the faint of heart!

A very, very bright eye look done using the Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette.

Eye Look: A pop of teal

Hello!

I recently got my hands on the Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette (review coming soon) and I must admit I'm having difficulty incorporating such bright colours into my eye looks. That might sound odd, coming from me, but I like to do looks incorporating most of the colours from a palette if I'm doing a review and for the life of me I can't think of how to use all the colours from this palette in one look! Anyway, this look is another example of how to incorporate a bit of colour into an everyday look.

A pop of teal in an otherwise everyday eye look

Eye Look: Ombre Eyeliner

Hello!

Today's look is about workplace-friendly but creative eyeliner :-)

Usually, my eye looks are bright and quite bold, but lately I've been in a work environment where my colleagues don't  wear makeup and I end up feeling over-done. At the same time, I love makeup and the creativity I put into my looks, so I'm not about to quit. Most of the time, I ignore my feelings of being over-done and just go with whatever I feel like doing. This is a look I came up with on a day I was running a bit late and I thought it might be a good way for those of you who are a bit scared of full-on eyeshadow or really bright eyeliner looks to dip a toe in the bright water :P

Bright blue and black ombre eyeliner look

Look: Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

Hello!

You may have noticed I haven't been posting as many looks up as I used to. I've been suffering from make-up creative block. Until recently, I hadn't seen much to inspire me to do new looks. That changed when I saw these pictures of actress Ginnifer Goodwin at the Oscars after party.

Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Picture property of Just Jared.
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/

Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Picture property of Just Jared.
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/

This is the kind of makeup I would do with this dress! It's bold, it ties into the dress without being too matchy-matchy and it's perfectly balanced- she kept the rest of her face neutral with some light bronzing anda neutral lip. Most of the time on the red carpet, you see very neutral makeup and if someone does a basic smoky eye or a red/pink lip, they're classed as adventurous or bold. For me, that's not bold. Playing with colour in different ways is bold.

So I tried to recreate it...
I have to say this was the most difficult relatively-simple look I've done in ages. I hadn't done a bold look in so long, it was like I was learning how to use make-up all over again. Plus, a fair amount of my makeup is in storage, so I didn't have the perfect colours and so had to mix and match. I think it turned out ok. Hopefully you'll like it!

Series: Pretty in Pink_Look 4: pink glitter smoky eye

Hello!

Today's look was the one I wore to my all-pink event. I spent a fair while figuring out what to do and this is what I came up with. I hope you'll like it!

Pretty in Pink series, look 4: pink glitter smoky eye

Eye Look: Neutral smokey eye using the Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons eyeshadows

Hello!

Following on from my last post reviewing the Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons collection, I thought I'd post up a look using the collection. This look exclusively uses the eyeshadow primer, eyeshadows and mascara from the Bon Bons collection.

Neutral smoky eye look done using the Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons collection.

Series: Pretty in Pink_Look 3 GLITTER!

Hello!

Do you need more pink in your life? Welcome back to the Pretty in Pink eye look series! My first eye look was soft and pretty, the second was all about a very bright pink shadow and graphic eyeliner combination and today I went almost all out with glitter.

Third look from the Pretty in Pink series

Bright Graphic Eyeliner Smoky Eye Look

Hello!

Have you seen the neon green graphic eyeliner smoky eye look Pat McGrath created in the Atelier Versace Spring Couture 2013 show recently? It was all kinds of amazing and bold. In honour of that look, I've come up with one of my own (not quite as neon...). I hope you like it!

Bright Graphic Eyeliner Smoky Eye Look

Series: Vice Palette_Gold and Grey

Hello!

Today's look is a gold and grey graphic eyeliner look done using Urban Decay's Vice Palette.

Vice Palette Series: Gold and Grey Graphic eyeliner look

Series: Pretty in Pink_Look 2; Vice Palette_Pretty in Pink

Hello!

Here is my latest Pretty in Pink look (also technically the fourth look from my Vice Palette series). This is a brighter, edgier look than the last one (click here). I played around with graphic eyeliner and a darker, brighter pink. I must say I'm really impressed with the wear of Urban Decay eyeshadows. The following pictures were all taken 7 hours after inital application without an eyeshadow primer!

Close up of my second Pretty in Pink eye look.

Series: Pretty in Pink_Look 1

Hello!

Have you seen the latest beauty look to come out of Chanel's Cruise 2012-13 Collection? It's very pink. Pink eyeshadow is a bit scary for me. I have friends who wear it well, but for the most part I feel that with my pale complexion, it makes me look a bit sick. I do, however, have a pink-themed event coming up. So, all things considered, I felt that I should try out some pink eyeshadow looks. I will be posting the results of my quest to find a pink eyeshadow look that doesn't make me look ill in a Pretty in Pink eye look series.. Without further ado, here is Look 1:

The first eye look of the Pretty in Pink series

New Year's Eve 2012/13 Eye Look

Hello!

Happy New Year! To kick off the new year, I thought I'd share my eye look from last night/ this morning. I usually go all out on New Year's Eve but this year I decided to skip the falsies and make my eye look more interesting with smaller details you'd miss if you weren't looking closely. It's mixed metals, graphic eyeliner and lots of shimmer and glitter.

New Year's Eve New Year's Eve mixed metals graphic eyeliner eye look, one eye close up.

Review and Swatches: Rimmel Glam'Eyes HD eyeshadow quad in 002 English Oak

 Hello!

Today's review is on Rimmel's Glam'Eyes HD eyeshadow in 002 English Oak. There are 4 lovely colours and the net weight is 2.5g. In addition to the traditional swatches, I've included an eye look I did using this palette.

Rimmel Glam'Eyes HD eyeshadow quad in 002 English Oak

Recent Activity....In case you missed it!

Hello!

This is a bit of a summary post, in case you missed out on some earlier posts. I realised I've been posting a lot (a good thing) but that may mean that some of you might miss out on posts as they get pushed back to other pages. So here it is, a full page of links to my more recent work.

Are you looking for Holiday Season Gift Ideas? Check these out:

Holiday Gift Sets for those wanting an all-encompassing gift
Stocking fillers (eyes edition) for those wanting to gift a mascara, primer, eyeliner or eyeshadow palette.
Stocking fillers (face edition) for those wanting to gift concealer, primer, highlighters or bronzers.
Stocking fillers (lips and nails edition) for those looking to give the perfect lipstick, lipgloss or nail polish.


I've been fairly busy with reviews and swatches, too. Check these out, if you haven't already:

Rimmel London BB Cream in Light
Rimmel London Kate Moss Lasting Finish Lipstick in No. 10 (that awesome red she wears in the ads)
Lime Crime Rhyme and Reason Uniliners
                    I also did some looks using these unliners- I used theBalm Balm Jovi palette with Reason and
                    with Rhyme, and a look using the Urban Decay Vice Palette's Junkie eyeshaodw and Reason.Lime Crime Alchemy Collection (eyeshadow, 2 lipsticks and a mook)
Lime Crime Carousel Gloss in Candy Apple
Lime Crime Opaque Lipstick in Glamour 101
OPI Skyfall Collection Nail Polishes
                   Skyfall
                   The World Is Not Enough
Illamasqua Fundamental Palette
Maybelline New York Fit Me Foundation in Ivory 115

I've also done a couple of looks- again, if you haven't seen them, click below:

Halloween Cleopatra Look
A smoky eye using the Urban Decay Smoked Palette
A purple eye look using theBalm Meet Matt(e) Palette and the Urban Decay Smoked Palette
A Vesper Lynd-inspired multi-coloured smoky eye (yes, I had a bit of a Bond-crazy moment)

That's about it!

I hope you're enjoying my posts. I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Is there anything you'd like to see me review? Or a particular look for which you'd like a How-To?

xo
Anna

Look: Vesper Lynd

Hello!

Have you seen the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, yet? Today's look is inspired by Vesper Lynd's look in Casino Royale (2006). Vesper was big on the smoky eyes and my eye look is based on the eye makeup she's wearing in the scene where she's wearing a purple dress. It's really hard to get a good look at the makeup for that scene, so I've improvised a fair bit and made it a bit more dramatic, for the fun of it.

Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale.
Iage from :http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/14/article-0-05B61F970000044D-777_468x676.jpg

Look: Smoked Palette and Meet Matt(e) Palette

Hello!

I'm back with (yes, yet another) purple and plum eye look. This time I've combined the Urban Decay Smoked Palette with theBalm's Meet Matt(e) palette.

Purple and plum eye look done using the Urban Decay Smoked Palette and theBalm's Meet Matt(e) Palette.

Vice Palette Series_Junkie with Lime Crime Unliner in Reason

Hello!

As you might be able to tell (from my Vice Palette review and from this bright eye look), I love the eyeshadow Junkie from Urban Decay's Vice Palette. I don't really know how that came about, as I have a general aversion to blue eyeshadow (admittedly, I have been working on that, as evidenced by this tropical blue and purple eye look). I've also been playing around with my Rhyme and Reason eyeliners from Lime Crime.

Eye look done using Urban Decay's Vice Palette and Lime Crime's Uniliner in Reason (eye open).

Look: theBalm's Balm Jovi and Lime Crime's Unliner in Rhyme

Hello!

Quite obviously, I've been playing with my Rhyme and Reason eyeliner set by Lime Crime and with theBalm's Balm Jovi palette, too. Unlike in my last look, in which I paired silver eyeliner with a matte shadow, in this look I decided to throw restraint out the door and go all out with shimmer and glitter.

Eye look using theBalm's Balm Jovi palette and Lime Crime's Uniliner in Rhyme (eye open)

Look: Smoky eye with Barlust and Backdoor

Hello!

Have you been wanting more proof of the verstility of the Smoked Palette? Here it is. This look incorporates Barlust, Backdoor, Blackout, Freestyle and Kinky.

Smoky eye done using the Urban Decay Smoked Palette.

Look: theBalm Balm Jovi and Lime Crime Reason

Hello!

Here's a look I did using theBalm's Balm Jovi palette and Lime Crime's Reason Uniliner. I thought the contrast of a dark matte shade and the light silver was pretty.

Eye look  using theBalm's Balm Jovi palette and Lime Crime's Uniliner in Reason (eye closed)