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23 Nov 2014

Nails of the Week

I didn't manage to take a photo before it started to chip. Oops. I've forgotten which purple I used for the plain purple fingers, but I do know I used Etude House Help My Finger Matte top coat. For the glitter nail I applied two coats if W7 polish in 123 Moonlight, the one coat of each of Satin polish 12, a Sportsgirl purple/holographic glitter polish in a skull shaped bottle and the Face of Australia Dark Side polish in Darth Vader (shown in picture). I like the combination of simple matte nails with a glitter accent nail - its simple but pretty and fancy.

7 Sept 2014

Lipstick Swatches Part 2

Here are swatches of my purple lipsticks:

Left-Right: Australis Colour Inject Mineral Lipstick in Grunge; Liptember in purple; Australis Velourlips Matte Lip Cream in TOK-I-O; and Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick in Vigorous Violet.

With Flash

Liptember purple (unnamed shade) (from 2013)

Liptember purple, ulternative lighting

I apologize for the patchiness of the Liptember lip swatches above, it usually applies nicer but I used too much makeup remover over the course of the evening doing so many swatches (I did all my lipsticks in one night) and this just started to happen.

(Also, Liptember is a lipstick sold to raise money for women's mental health. See the Liptember website for more information. They are now available again from Chemist Warehouse in Australia).

Australis Colour Inject Mineral Lipstick in Grunge, applied heavily (and somewhat messily, opps)

Australis Colour Inject Mineral Lipstick in Grunge applied lighter.

Australis Velourlips Matte Lip Cream in TOK-I-O, straight after application and still wet.

Australis Velourlips Matte Lip Cream in TOK-I-O, dried

The TOK-I-O lip swatches were also a little patchier than usual due to the same problem I mentioned above. It really shouldn't be an issue in daily life, though, unless you are trying on a lot of lipsticks to decide what you want to wear.

I also I tried mixing Tok-I-O with a small amount of Lovely ME:EX Makeup Base in shade 02 (purple) by the Faceshop (reviewed here).

The results are shown below:

Now, I gave away the Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick in Vigorous Violet before I remembered to do the lip swatch, I'm sorry. I didn't like this lipstick, and it didn't like to apply evenly on my lips.

12 Jun 2014

Eyeshadow Swatches Part 1: Essence, Sportsgirl, Avon and Natio

Essence Eyeshadow

Left to Right: 3D Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Irresistible First Love, Metallic Effect Eyeshadow in 19 Disco Diva, Sparkling Effect Eyeshadow in 03 Starlight, 50s Girls Reloaded Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Come On Board Captain!


Top row: Sparkling Effect Eyeshadow in 03 Starlight, 50s Girls Reloaded Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Come On Board Captain! Bottom row: D Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Irresistible First Love, Metallic Effect Eyeshadow in 19 Disco Diva

Top row: 50s Girls Reloaded Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Come On Board Captain!, Sparkling Effect Eyeshadow in 03 Starlight, Bottom row: D Duo Eyeshadow in 03 Irresistible First Love, Metallic Effect Eyeshadow in 19 Disco Diva

Sportsgirl and Avon Eyeshadow

Left to Right: Sportsgirl Shady Lady Eye Colour in Back Up Dancer, Avon Smooth Mineral Eyeshadow in Earth and Exquisite

Sportsgirl Shady Lady Eye Colour in Back Up Dancer

Avon Smooth Mineral Eyeshadow in Earth and Exquisite

Sportsgirl Glide On By in: Top to Bottom: Nude, Blue and Bronze

Sportsgirl Glide On By in: Top to Bottom: Bronze, Blue and Nude

Clinique Eyeshadow

Left to right: Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Mocha Berry, Blushing Blush Powder Blush in Precious Posy and Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Strawberry Fudge

Left: Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Mocha Berry, Right: Blushing Blush Powder Blush in Precious Posy with Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Strawberry Fudge

Top: Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Mocha Berry, Bottom: Blushing Blush Powder Blush in Precious Posy with Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Strawberry Fudge

Natio Eyeshadow

Mineral Eyeshadow Trio in Soft Day

Cream Eyeshadow in Marshmallow and Cocoa

Cream Eyeshadow in Marshmallow

Cream Eyeshadow in Cocoa

Eyeshadow Swatches Part 2: Miss Shop, BYS, Revlon, Loreal, Covergirl

Loreal and Covergirl Eyeshadow

Top to Bottom: Loreal Wear Infinite Eyeshadow Quad in Beautiful Blue, Covergirl Smokey Shadow Blast.

The white above the pink-toned beige from the Loreal eyeshadow quad is hard to see, it's only slightly paler than my skin. The white which is the second swatch from the bottom is Part 1 from Covergirl Smokey Shadow Blast, and the black swatch at the bottom is Part 2.