Bright Eye Look usng the Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette

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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.

Review and Swatches: Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette.

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Do you really love brights? If so, this palette is for you! Today I am reviewing Lime Crime's Aquataenia Palette. This came out a while ago, and it's been sitting in my make-up drawer for quite a while. Why? I found the colours intimidating!

Here's the spiel:

"Aquataenia is different from all previous LC palettes because it's completely *pearlescent*. Each oceanic shade is loaded with shimmer & glitter particles to create a wet, glistening effect -- reminiscent of a mermaid's tail under the moonlight -- and makes your eyelids sparkle like the sea! Can be used on eyes or cheeks. Arrives encased in a deluxe purple tin."

Lime Crime Aquataenia Palette.

Review and Swatches: Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons

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Today's review is on the Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons eyeshdaow palette, primer and mascara holiday collection. Before I go on, I feel I have to make my apologies- I'm terribly sorry to have been away for so long- I got caught up in study. Now that that's out of the way, here's the spiel: this holiday collection contains a Shadow Insurance Candlelight Eye Shadow Primer (5g), a 12 eye shadow palette (0.9g each, total 10.8g) and a Lashgasm Mascara (12mL).

Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons Collection, opened up.

New Year's Eve 2012/13 Eye Look

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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

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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

Review and Swatches: Illamasqua Fundamental Palette

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Do you know why I have a soft spot for Illamasqua? They dropped their Australian prices to be in line with the price of their products in England, voluntarily! That gets them major brownie points with me. Today's review is on Illamasqua's Fundamental Palette.

Illamasqua Fundamental Palette

Here's the advertising spiel:

"A startling blend of colours and textures, this bold palette is a playground for self-expression. Liquid Metal in molten pewter glistens alongside matt Cream Pigment in mint green, contrasting brevely with two bright Powder Shadow shades. Express your alter ego with a vivid display of nonconformity."

Look: Smoked Palette and Meet Matt(e) Palette

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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.

Holiday Season Gift Ideas: Stocking Fillers (Eyes Edition)

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Are you looking for a smaller gift or a few individual items to put together as a personalised gift set? This post is for you.

Today's gift category: Individual items/Stocking fillers

Edition: Eye products

Holiday Season Gift Ideas: Gift Sets

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Have you noticed all the awesome holiday gift sets and limited edition releases for this holiday season? This is the first post on some holiday gift ideas for the upcoming gift-giving season.

Today's gift category: An all-encompassing gift or gift set

Review and Swatches: Lime Crime Alchemy Collection

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I'm back! With a vengence, I must say. Beware, this is a detail and picture heavy post!

Today's review is on the Lime Crime Alchemy Collection. This came out fairly recently, and the whole set includes the Alchemy eyeshadow palette (5 duochrome eyeshadows), two opaque lipsticks (Serpentina and Poisonberry), and a mook (it's a photoshoot mini mag, basically).

The cover of the Alchemy Mook.

*Review and Swatches: theBalm's Meet Matt(e) Palette

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Are you sick of shimmer shadows (blasphemy!) and looking for a palette to meet your matte shadow needs? This is it. Meet theBalm's "Meet Matt(e)" palette.

theBalm's Meet Matt(e). Pretty cute :P

*Updated Review

Review and Swatches: Urban Decay Vice Palette

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Have you been waiting for my promised swatches and review of the Urban Decay Vice Palette? The wait is over! This post has taken me a while to do and for good reason! This is a limited edition palette released as part of the Holiday 2012 collection and as you know, there are 20 brand new shades (new formulation, of course) in this palette. There is an absolutely fantastic range of shades. This palette contains a mix of finishes (matte, shimmer, frost and metallic) and has a great range of colours, from everyday neutrals to fun brights to dark shades perfect for an evening look.

The Urban Decay Vice Palette.

All 20 shadows in the Urban Decay Vice Palette.

Warning! Picture-heavy post ahead.

Review and Swatches: theBalm's Shady Lady Vol. 2 Palette

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A while back I did an OVO-inspired look using theBalm's Shady Lady Vol. 2 Palette. Today I'm finally getting around to reviewing it!

theBalm Shady Lady vol.2 front cover

theBalm Shady Lady vol.2 back cover

Review: Benefit BADgal Lash Mascara

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In this post I'll be reviewing one of my favourites, Benefit's BADgal Lash mascara. The description for this product is: " The BADgal line of mascaras from Benefit are full of "BAD-itude!" The rich, sexy formula and oversized brush build thick, beautiful and bodacious lashes. BADgal Lash (the original) is like a set of sexy black false eyelashes...without the glue!"

Picture from: http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/badgal-lash-mascara

Smoky Eye

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Following on from my review of the Smoked Palette, I've decided to do a version of the classic smoky eye.
I've been in a purple/mauve/pink beauty mood for the last week. Every look I did was soft, pretty and purple-based. Then I saw this picture of Kristen Stewart the other day (below) and I couldn't help but admire her smoky eye makeup.
It's flawless. Smoky eye, perfect skin and a neutral lip. When I do my makeup, I like to add a bit more colour to the cheeks, but that's about it.

Original pic from Just Jared, http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2718897/kristen-stewart-on-the-road-nyc-screening-05/, this version cropped from http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/09/21/kristen-stewart-locket-robert-pattinson-love/

So I decided it was time for a smoky eye!

Review and Swatches: Urban Decay Smoked Palette

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Today's review is all about the Smoked Palette. This new Urban Decay palette is made up entirely of new formulation shadows and has enough colours to create a range of smoky eye looks beyond the standard black. The palette comes with a full size 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Perversion and a mini Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original (not pictured, sorry). It also comes with the Get The Look Book which has step by step instructions on how to create 12 different smoky eye looks.

Review and Swatches: theBalm Balm Jovi Palette

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I'm feeling pretty happy about this- I got my hands on theBalm's new palette, Balm Jovi, before it's even come out in Australia!

This palette has 12 eyeshadows, 2 lip colours, one highlighter and one blush. The eyeshadows are named after rock legends and music tempos and sorted into columns as per genre. The Heavy Metal shadows are Metal-ica, Iron Maid-in, Lead Zeppelin, and Alice Copper. The Classical shadows are Adagio, Allegro, Moderato, and Presto. The Alternative shadows are Blink 1982, The Stroke, rem and, Third Eye Blinded. It's very, very cute!

Update: Now with more pictures!

Review: Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette

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Here's my review of the Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette. This palette was a lovely surprise!

Series: Naked Palette_6

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I'm back again with a look from the Naked Palette!

Series: Naked Palette_5

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Here's a very soft and pretty pink and gold look from the Naked palette for your Saturday morning.