Sleek i-Divine Bohemian Palette FOTD and video review

I was a bit unsure with what to do about reviewing this palette - so many were went out for PR purposes that by the time I got round to buying mine, it felt a little bit "done" if you know what I mean. Anyway, the lovely Get Lippie suggested doing a FOTD as she's not seen many looks done with this palette, so here it is. I also decided to do a little video review with swatches just for something a little different.

I used the first four colours from the Palette to create this look (Shimmery Olive, Shimmery Burnt Orange, Shimmery Cranberry and Matte Biscuit). I blended the Biscuit all over the lid up to the brow bone, then applied the Burnt Orange across the inner 3/4 of my lid. I then blended the Cranberry into the outer 1/4 and along the crease. Finally I added the Olive to the inner corner and outer corner.

Extras:
Bourjois Volume Glamour Ultra Black Mascara
Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil in Black Brown
Boots Botanicals Blush in Hollyhock
ELF Mineral Lipstick in Barely Bitten
Foundation is a mix of Lancome Adaptive in Lys Rose and The Body Shop Moisturising Foundation in 4

And here's the video review. Be warned, I'm wearing no make up :D

FOTD White Rabbit ate my stash of mushrooms

Sorry for the blog silence over the last couple of days - I've been having a bit of an emotional week as I've officially announced that I'm leaving my job (and I really love the people in my office) and I've started my new job as well! Anyway, here's a little FOTD I did using my Urban Decay Alice Palette:

Ok so the bottom picture is ridiculous, but it shows off my new hair quite nicely so just ignore the come hither look.

Face:
Lancome Adaptive Foundation in Lys Rose
ELF Mineral Lipstick in Barely Bitten
No7 Natural Radiance Highlighter (cheekbones, nose, chin)
Benefit Dandelion

Eyes:
UDPP all over
UDAP (Urban Decay Alice Palette) Drink me, Eat me (all over up to brow bone)
UDAP Muchness (all over lid)
UDAP Mushroom (outer third)
UDAP Vorpal (crease and outer v)
UDAP White Rabbit (inner corner)
NO7 Natural Radiance Highlighter (brow bone)
UD 24/7 liner in Stash (upper and lower lashlines, smudged)
UD 24/7 liner in Zero (waterlines)
Rimmel Professional Eyebrown Pencil in Black Brown
Bourjois Volume Glamour Ultra Black Mascara (2 coats)

FOTD: Spectrum

No, not ZX Spectrum silly, colour spectrum! I was chatting to a friend of mine who reads my blog and he was asking what I'm gonna do next and it reminded me that it's a while since I've done a FOTD post... mainly because I hate taking pictures with my webcam :( The colours just don't look right and you can't quite see the detail.

Anyway, here's a colour spectrum inspired FOTD from today :) (Also I apologise for the fact that I have this mad bit of hair sticking up at the back ... I'm having a Harry Potter hair day aka a day of hair that won't do what it's told)

 

  

I literally can't wait for my XD card ... I got the dispatch email for it today so hopefully it's not gonna be too much longer until normal service is resumed!

Details:

Face:

Lancome Adaptive in 02 Lys Rose and The Body Shop Moisture Foundation in 04 (2 thirds lancome + 1/3 The Body Shop .... I was experimenting and I liked it!)

ELF Mineral Booster in Sheer

Botanics Cheek Colour in Holly Hock

Boots No7 Natural Radiance Highlighter

Lancome Blush Subtil in Bronze Glow

Eyes:

UDPP

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

(from inner corner to outer corner, all Fyrinnae)

Shingami

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat

Chaotic Evil

Treacle Well

Banana Mochi

We're All Mad Here

Looking Glass

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyepencils in Zero and Flipside

Bourjois Volume Glamour Mascara in Black

Rimmel Professional Eyebrown Pencil in Black Brown 

Lips:

ELF Mineral Lipstick in Nicely Nude

Green Wing aka The Anti Valentines FOTD

So around this time of year there seems to be a lot of pretty delicate first date looks. This is not one of those looks. This is a look of deep and dramatic greens using two of my favourite Fyrinnae colours - Dragonskin and We're All Mad Here, and also the Arcane Magic Colour Mystic. Enjoy :) Also, it's really flipping sunny in York today which has made taking pictures an utter nightmare! This is the best I could do... stupid spring *grumbles*

Face:
Lancome Adaptive Liquid Foundation in 02 Lys Rose
Bourjois Blus in 95 Rose de Jaspe (apples of my cheeks)

Lancome Blush Subtil in Bronze Glow(hollow of my cheeks for a bit of contouring)

Benefit Dandelion (quick sweep across my cheekbones to brighten it all up)

Benefit High Beam (two dots on apples of cheeks and blended with fingers)

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (lid and lower lashline)

Fyrinnae Dragonskin all over lid + outer 1/4 of lower lashline (short flat blending brush + very thin eyeliner brush)

Fyrinnae We're All Mad Here inner 1/3 blended over Dragonskin +lower lashline (normal blending brush + very thin eyeliner brush)

Fyrinnae Arcane Magic: Mystic crease, outer 1/3 of upper lashline and winged out (thinner normal eyeshadow brush and contour/shader brush for blending)

Sleek Storm Palette Colour 2 (2nd in on top line) brow bone and blended in (contour/shader brush)

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Pencils in Zero tightliner on upper waterline and upper lashline going out to wing (blended with mini angled liner brush)

Lancome Hypnose Waterproof Mascara in 01 Black

Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil in 004 Black Brown 

 

 Lips:

Lips:

Benefit Her Glossiness in Who Are You Wearing (bright pink)

 

And some shots to show how gorgeously complex Fyrinnae colours really are (and to show you how much better my blending is!!*proud*)

 

  

  

 See how the light has made my skin look a bizarre orangey shade in the first two eye shots?! Odd. Anyway, I'll finish this blog with a question for you dear reader - these are my current favourite Fyrinnae eyeshadows, what are yours? And if you've not used Fyrinnae yet, why not tell me what your other favourite eyeshadows are at the moment? :)

 

FOTD Blue Grey like a Persian Cat

So firstly let me start off this post by saying a very big thank you to the lovely Fyrinnae peeps for giving my little blog a mention - it was very kind and super exciting to wake up and find that a)I had 6 more followers than when I went to sleep and b)I had people from about a gazzillion countries paying me a visit! It made me super hyper all morning :) Also, please feel free to say hello and drop me some comments as I'd love to get to know more of you xx

So today's FOTD turned out (once again) nothing like I thought it would! This was partially due to using my new contour brush (more of that in my next post) - it picked up a heck of a lot more shadow than I was expecting and I discovered that people really aren't lying when they say that the Sleek palettes are heavily pigmented! Anyway, enough waffle, onto the pictures.

 

(This is the only half decent photo of my face from this morning.... stupid face refusing to look nice)

Face:
Lancome Adaptive Liquid Foundation in 02 Lys Rose
Botanics Cheek Colour in 15 Hollyhock (apples of my cheeks)
Ruby and Millie Cheeky Colour in Beige 80 (hollow of my cheeks for a bit of contouring)

Benefit Dandelion (quick sweep across my cheekbones to brighten it all up)

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Sleek Storm Palette Colour 1 (1st on top line - shimmery beige) all over lids and up to brow bone (blending brush)

Urban Decay Gunmetal from Books of Shadows Vol 2 across out 3/4 of lid + blended (blending brush)

Sleek Storm Palette Colour 8 (2nd on bottom line - deep navy blue shimmer) on crease and outer 1/4 of lid + blended (contour brush)

Sleek Storm Palette Colour 4 (4th on to line - shimmery dark gold) inner corner (contour brush)

Lancome Hypnose Waterproof Mascara in 01 Black

Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil in 004 Black Brown

Lips:

Benefit Her Glossiness in Who Are You Wearing (bright pink)

And some eye shots:

  

  

 

FOTD - Robotic Neutral

Ok, so here's my first FOTD. It was meant to be a fairly subtle, neutral look but it turned into a bit more of a roboticy, metallic look instead which is fine!

 

 

Face:
Lancome Adaptive Liquid Foundation in 02 Lys Rose
Botanics Cheek Colour in 15 Hollyhock (apples of my cheeks)
Ruby and Millie Cheeky Colour in Beige 80 (hollow of my cheeks for a bit of contouring)

Eyes:
Urban Decay Sphynx over lid and blended up to just below brow bone (blending brush)
Urban Decay Sellout over central third of lid and slightly blended (blending brush)
Urban Decay Mushroom in crease and outer third, blended into middle third and up into brow bone (also used on outer third of lower lash line (mini crease brush + mini angled liner brush)
[All above eyeshadows from Book of Shadows Volume 2]
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on eye pencils in Corrupt on upper lashline (blended with mini angled liner brush)
Lancome Hypnose Waterproof Mascara in 01 Black


Lips:
Victoria Jackson Silk Lip Colour Kit in 05


Some glamour shots of just the eyes:

 

  

 

What do you think? It's quite a while since I posted up pictures of me in make up, so do be gentle! Also I apologise for my shoddy camera quality ... it seems to not really know if it's coming or going at the moment! I also apologise for my eyebrows ... they are made of evil stuff :(