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October 7, 2010

Happy Thursday lovelies! I'm super swamped these days with work and organizing details of our one week long trip and I'm finding it hard to squeeze in blogging time. But I like to do my Thursday poll as usual.

For this week, I wanted to ask you about your favourite blushes. Who do you think makes the best blushes? I have tried many blushes from a varity of brands, from drugstore to mid-range and high end. I will say that Nars still has my heart. They make the best variety of blush finshes and pigmentation and I find theirs last on my cheeks a very long time. My second favourite is Chanel. I love how silky Chanel blushes are but hate the price tag. I also really like MAC beauty powder blushes. I wish they made a few of them permanent instead of teasing us with limited edition stuff.

Some of my favourite blush shades farom various brands are: Nars Deep Throat (my most used ever), Nars Desire, Chanel Plum Attraction, MAC Stark Naked and Eversun beauty powder blushes.

In your opnion, which brand is the winner the blush department? What are some of your favourite blushes? Please share in comments.

October 5, 2010

Here's a back to basic look for you guys. You know I love my red lips, I always end up coming back to this type of looks. It isn't anything super special but I thought I share anyways. Also, I love my Nars Dragon Girl matte velvet pencils. These pencils are great coz though they are in pencil form, they are actually long wearing lipsticks and you don't need to line your lips with them. So far I have three but need to add to my collection. Haven't bought any Nars pencil the entire 2010, lol!

Oh and I'm still testing MAC's new Pro Longwear foundation and still liking it. How do you think it looks on my face?

Face
Lise Watier Portfolio - Light
Pro longwear foundation - NW25
Ben Nye powder
Bite of an Apple blush - Lovin this!

Eyes
Cashflow p/p - base
Stila Jewels palette - gold shade on lid
Nars Bali e/s - crease
Wedge e/s - above crease
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
Blacktrack f/l - to line
Feline e/k - waterline
Lancome Hypnose mascara

Lips
Nars Dragon Girl mvp

October 5, 2010

Here we have one of my rare green NOTD. Unlike many nail enthusiasts, I'm not a huge fan of green polishes. I do like dark greens though, the ones that could be considered vampy shades. On my nails I have MAC Jade Dragon which was released with Nail Trends 10/11 this past August. This polish is a deliciously dark green with a slight bit of shimmer. The formula was amazing, I really could have got away with one medium coat but I did two. I'm quite impressed with MAC's new nail polish formula.

Here's a two coater swatch for you. Excuse a bit of messy application :P

October 4, 2010

So yeah I did not actually buy She Who Dares MES from MAC's Venomous Villains collection, but I was inspired by the duo to create this look. I liked the result and realized it has been a while since I wore my Style Black MES. I should really give them more love.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday. Mine is great coz I only have 4 more days of work before my one-week vacation, yey!

Face
Lise Watier Portfolio - Light
Nars Sheer Glow - Punjab
Ben Nye Powder
Briar Rose bp

Eyes
Painterly p/p - base for above crease
Blue Peep f/l - base for lid
Tilt e/s - inner lid
Blue Flame MES - lid
Naked Cosmetics Ebony set - dark green on outer lid
Plumage e/s - crease
MUFE #93 - above crease
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
Feline e/k - to line and waterline
Lancome Hypnose mascara

Lips
Up the Amp l/s
Date Night d/g

October 3, 2010

I finally had a decent night sleep and am up to all the errands I need to run today. But first things first, blogging!

I was lucky enough to try out the new Marcelle Lux Metallic Liquid Eyeliners and Lux Diamond Liquid Eyeliners. Both of these eyeliners retail for $11.95CAD and are available at your local drugstores.

The Lux Metallic Eyeliners are liquid liners with some sheen and frost. I love these layered over black liner or a a matching liner. I think this is a very neat product that can add some ooooomph to your basic coloured liner and spice up you look. You can also dot it over matching eyeshadow (a look I shall be trying soon).

Here are some swatches over Annabelle black kohl eyeliner:


Left to right: Blue Cobalt, Aqua, Jade and Ultraviolet

I gotta say Aqua is my favourite, nothing like a pop of metallic blue with an otherwise simple eye look.

The Diamond Liquid Liners are glitters in clear base and apply like your average liquid liners. I adore these two! I don't wear glitter as much as I think I should but these two shades (Pure Gold and Silver) are great addition to my stash. They're basic enough to be layered over other shades yet they're so blingy, have a look:


Left to right: Pure Gold, Silver

Both types of liners are super easy to apply and don't take long to dry. I would say about 2-3 minutes with is average time for glitter liners (as per my experience). Once applied, they do not budge until you take them off.

Have you tried these new Marcelle liquid liners? What are you thoughts? What are some your favourite Marcelle products?

October 2, 2010

I bought a few things from MAC's Venomous Villains last Thursday. I didn't think I would like this collection as much as I did in person. I haven't played with everything yet but I did wear Toxic Tale l/s and Bite of An Apple blush yesterday and love love love these two!

Toxic Tale - I already have sooo many pinky coral lipsticks and really didn't want to be tempted by this one but I did! I'm glad I bought it though, it's a gorgeous shade on my skintone. I made it more orange and less pink by lining and filling the lips with Temperature Rising first.

Bite of an Apple - I have only one coral blush and that's Nars Gilda which I adore. But this one is more of a red coral and very beautiful "fresh" shade on my cheeks.

Face
Pro Longwear foundation - NW25
Ben Nye powder
Bite of an Apple blush

Eyes
MUFE #5 aqua cream - base for lid
Painterly p/p - base for crease and above
MUFE #5 - lid
OCC Glisten p/m - crease
Goldmine e/s - above crease
Vanilla p/m - highlight
UD Baked 24/7 - to line

Lips
Temperature Rising l/l
Toxic Tale l/s