Eyeshadow on the Lips?!

Hi everyone. Just a quick post because I'm not putting enough content on here lately. I have been playing with makeup a lot though, so I thought I'd show you one of my experiments. Hope you enjoy.

A lot of people think you can only use a product for a specific use, or just stick to what the name suggests you should do with something. It's often fun to play around though, using lip products on the eyes or cheeks, and eye colours elsewhere on the face. One of the easiest ways to experiment is to mix a loose pigment or eyeshadow with a clear lipgloss (or Vaseline) to create your own custom lipstick. For these I used Fyrinnae eye shadows mixed with just a clear gloss. All you need to do is check on the label or company website to see if your product is safe to use in the area. Here are the looks I created:

 Arcane Magic: Faerie Glamour. This one says it's not safe for lips, but I took it off straight after :p Just don't try this at home haha!

 Arcane Magic: Velvet Vampire. Looks patchy in the photos, but in real life it looked great. I actually love this on the lips and would definitely wear it out.

Biker Chic. This was hard to get on neatly, as are all really dark or pigmented lipglosses. It also came out a lot blacker than I expected, and the turquoise sparkles don't show up much.

Playing around with make-up is a lot of fun, trial and error is required but just go for it! It's only make-up remember, it washes off :) Hope you liked this post!

EOTD: Sugarpill Heartbreaker-esque

So since Sugarpill released their new shades in the Heartbreaker palette, I've been lusting after it. But as I'm trying to save money, I thought I'd check to see if I had any similar colours in my stash. Turns out I did, and although I can't compare the colours, I think they are quite close. Here's a look I did with them:

I used:

Shiro Cosmetics Banzai (similar to Mochi, but paler)
Fyrinnae Omgwtf (similar to Acidberry)
Fyrinnae Darling Misfit (similar to 2am)
Fyrinnae Parental Advisory (to darken the crease)
Sugarpill Lumi


I used Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk under the shadows to help the colours to look their brightest.

Hope you like it! P.S. don't forget to enter my giveaway to win Silk Naturals makeup! http://hues-n-blues.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/silk-naturals-giveaway-enter-here.html

EOTD: Morbid Faerie

Here's the look I wore yesterday. I wanted to play around with colours that have duochrome effects, or different colours in them. It gives a really nice effect I think, and makes the overall look seem a lot more complex. Hope you like it!

What I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions (lid)

Fyrinnae Darling Misfit (outer v and lower lashline)

Fyrinnae Faerie Glamour (crease)

Hi Fi Cosmetics Morbid Faith (between crease and browbone)

Fyrinnae Winter Again (inner corner)

Sleek Oh So Special palette matte cream (browbone)

Illamasqua Volume Mascara in Harness

FOTD: Naked Palette

The Urban Decay Naked palette is, admittedly, not something I reach for all that often. I find most of the colours too warm for me, and the textures are a little soft so they drop all over your face. Anyway, I was feeling summery recently so I fancied the golden tones in the palette.

I tried to make my skin look better in the full-face picture, but unfortunately I'm suffering from a bout of acne at the moment, and have a big scar above my lip I couldn't really photoshop out (with my limited skills!) Anyway, here's what I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Naked Palette - Half Baked (lid), Smog (crease), Virgin (inner corner and brow highlight), Darkhorse (upper lashline)
Sleek Curacao Palette -Blue Hawaiian (lower lashline), Blue Lagoon (waterline), Martini (inner corner)

Cheeks: Fyrinnae Enchant blush, Primark Shimmer Blush Hearts, Accessorize Bronzer in Monaco

My earrings I got for Christmas from my sister and I love them! They're from Tribal Style on etsy I believe. Also, you can just see the ends of my hair where I had a dye-job disaster and they turned green. Derp.

Hope you are all well :)

EOTD: Fyrinnae Dressed To Kill

This an eye of the day I did using one of my favourite shadows of all time, Dressed to Kill. It's a beautiful olive-y green with loads of golden sparkles.

As a base I used Urban Decay 24/7 Liner Pencil in Stash, which closely matches the colour of the shadow. I often use this combination as I love it so much.

What I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay 24/7 Liner Pencil in Stash
Fyrinnae Dressed to Kill (lid and lower lashline)
Hi Fi Shadow in Bad Seed - a gorgeous golden olive green (inner corner)
Sleek Curacao Palette - the dark olive green (crease)
Sleek Oh So Special Palette - matte cream colour (brow highlight)
Nyx Candy Glitter Liner in Tangerine (upper lashline)
Black mascara

Hope you like it!

EOTD: Fyrinnae Equality

Just a really quick EOTD post from the look I wore a couple of days ago :)

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Cream Shadow in Mushroom
Fyrinnae Equality
Fyrinnae Darling Misfit
Hi-Fi Shadow in Dark Star Capricorn

EOTD: Misfit Screwdriver

Yay, I've finally had time and energy to do some makeup! The last few weeks have been really busy for me with tons of college work to be done, assessments in class, and long hours at work. So sorry the blog has been a bit quiet!

My hair is a mess and I'm not dressed yet, but oh well :p

Here's what I used:

Eyes

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
Shiro Cosmetics Yatta (inner corner)
Sleek Curacao palette - Screwdriver (yellow-lid), Green Iguana and Blue Hawaiian (outer lower lashline), Martini (browbone highlight)
Fyrinnae Sennyo and Darling Misfit (crease)
Hi-Fi Shadow in Allegro (lid)
Fyrinnae OMGWTF (inner lower lashline)
Smashbox Limitless Liquid Liner Pen in Jet Black
Illamasqua Volume Mascara in Harness
Sleek Oh So Special Palette - Boxed (eyebrows)

Face

e.l.f Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain
Sleek blusher in Suede

Lips

Sleek True Colour Lipstick in Liqueur

Hope you like it :)

FOTD: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Hello! I thought today I would do a bit of a Christmas themed look. I know it's been done a thousand times before, but I love it. Glittery red lips and neutral, 50's style eye makeup.

Sorry my skin is bad and my lips are cracked at the corners. Oh well! Anyway, for this look I used:

Skin

e.l.f. Flawless Finish Foundation in Porcelain
Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer in Light
Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions (as cheek highlight)
Sleek Blush in Suede
Ulta blush, can't remember the shade

Eyes

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Soap & Glory Lid Stuff in What's Nude
Asda George 4 colour eye palette in chestnut
Black mascara

Lips

Barry M Lip Liner in shade 3
Nyx Round Lipstick in Snow White
The Body Needs red glitter

Hope you like this look, and you all have a lovely Christmas if you celebrate!

EOTDs: Rainbow and Cut Crease

Hi everyone, just a quick post with a couple of the looks I've worn over the past week for you. The first one is a rainbow eye I did to wear to a makeup event I went to in Manchester.

It looks kinda faded in the pictures but it was quite bright in person, except for the inner corner. I can't remember exactly what I used, but I used Sleek Curacao palette and Kawaii from Shiro cosmetics for definite :)

The next look I wore last night to go see a production of Top Hat, which was really lovely!

I'm practising cut crease looks as I absolutely love how they look. It's a bit creased since I took these pictures when I got in at the end of the night. For this one I used Nyx jumbo eye pencils in Milk and Black Bean, Spellbound Cosmetics' Enchanted on the lid mixed with Shiro's Lolita. I used black and silver in the crease from a cheap Claire's palette. The waterline is a white pencil with Fyrinnae Omgwtf pressed over the top, and the lashes are Ardell demi 101s.

Hope you like them! I have picked up a fair bit of makeup lately, as I've been to the Clothes Show Live, so hopefully I will get some swatches up for you! I do plan on using a lot of it in my kit though so you might not see it in looks on here.

EOTD: Faded Sunset

Hello everyone! This is a look I did one evening this week. We've been having beautiful sunsets every night this week, and unusually hot weather for this time of year, so I wanted to do an eyeshadow look that reflected the sky's colours.

For this look I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions (inner corner and lid)
Fyrinnae Banana Mochi (lid)
Fyrinnae Arcane Magic in Faerie Glamour (outer corner and crease)

Hope you like this look :)

EOTD: Journey of a Dinosaur

Here's a look I did today with Fyrinnae's Dinosaur Plushie. As always, photos don't do this eyeshadow justice at all.

The crease colour is actually matte but looks shimmery since the Dinosaur Plushie sparkles got all over :)

What I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese

Fyrinnae Dinosaur Plushie

HiFi Cosmetics Journey of a Gemini

Janet Colours Dust - not sure it has a name/shade number but it's a neon matte pinky purple.

In other news, I'm going to college soon to study a course on makeup, so hopefully I will be able to post about some of the things I have done on the course for you. I can't wait to get started, although of course I'm nervous at the same time. 

Hope you are all well!

Eyes of the Day - Banana Meerkat

This look was the result of wanting to use the neglected yellows in my collection like Fyrinnae Banana Mochi. It's a lovely soft shimmery yellow, something I don't often use, as I usually want either a proper gold, or a bold matte yellow. But I think it actually looks lovely!

I also used some other soft pretty colours for this look.

Hi Fi Cosmetics So What is a beautiful pale pink with blue shimmer, used on the lid.
Fyrinnae Meerkat in the outer corner.
A tiny bit of Hi Fi In Bloom between So What and Meerkat.

On the cheeks I have Evil Shades Blush in Gossamer. I can't tell you how much I love this blusher, it's beautiful. I've been looking for something with a strong blue duochrome for ages, and this definitely fits the bill. I'll hopefully get a more in depth post up about Evil Shades and the products I've tried from them :)

Eyes of the Day - Dinosaur Plushie

So in my last Fyrinnae order I finally got Dinosaur Plushie! Everyone goes on about it, so I don't know why I've left it so long to let it join my collection. But I have it now, and it's true, photos do no justice to how sparkly and pretty it is.

Click photos to enlarge.

Products used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Fyrinnae Dinosaur Plushie
Hi Fi Cosmetics Dark Star Capricorn
Fyrinnae Daemon's Tail
Sleek Oh So Special Palette (matte cream and matte light brown)
Mascara

Hope you like the look!

Eyes of the Day - Smoky Blue

So it's late at night and I'm about to change my bedsheets. Naturally this seems like a good time to start playing with makeup. I thought I would try something which I normally shy away from, namely navy blue and blackened colours. I don't think they flatter me at all but I thought I would give it a go. Also this is the first time I've tried doing macro shots with a flash. I'm semi-happy with it but obviously the pictures aren't perfect!

I started with Urban Decay's 24/7 Liner in Binge, which is a navy blue. Over that I applied Barry M's Dazzle Dust in 98 which I believe is Petrol Black. Very pretty shadow. Then I dabbed a tiny bit of Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy and patted Fyrinnae Biker Chic over the top. I added a bit of silver and blue from the Sleek Acid Palette and a matte skin colour to highlight.

Products used:

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Binge - all over lid & lower lashline.
Barry M Dazzle Dust 98 Petrol Black
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Fyrinnae Biker Chic
Sleek Acid Palette (silver and lightest blue colours)
Asda George 4 Colour Eye Palette in 01 Chestnut (matte cream) - highlight

I do like this look, I love the sparkles and the contrast between the almost greasy lid and the matte highlight. However I'm still not sure it's for me. I think it would look beautiful on brown eyes though!

Hope you like it.

FOTD: Fyrinnae Sennyo

This is the look I did on Friday night when I went out for a friend's birthday meal. It was really lovely and we had a great time. We went to a Chinese restaurant which I love, ordered a ton of yummy food and drank wine :) I did a look which was quick but I love the combo and my bf always complements it. Sennyo is one of my all-time favourite colours; it's bright but pretty, not to dark, not too blue, and goes with so many other eyeshadows.

I realise there is liner on my lashes, you couldn't tell from a normal distance :p

What I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
NYC Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (inner corner)
Fyrinnae Sennyo - bright pinky purple (lid)
Hi Fi Cosmetics Rockstar Loose Eyeshadow in Top 40 - raspberry pink (crease)
Hi Fi Cosmetics Shadow in In Bloom - bubblegum pink (above crease & inner corner)
Beauty From The Earth Big Ego - deep purple (lower lashline)
Collection 2000 Glam Crystals Dazzling Gel Liner in Le Freak

Hi Fi's In Bloom reminds me of Sugarpill's Dollipop, except loose. I sometimes use it instead because it's easier to get off for me. Dollipop can sometimes stain my eyelids a bit. I love Hi Fi's shadows so much, they're so soft and blendable and the shades are mostly unique :) Hope you like this look!

P.S. I'm thinking of doing some more tutorials soon, maybe how to use glitter eyeliner, and how to wear bright coloured eyeshadow. Let me know if any of you are interested!

FOTD: Too Faced Glampire

Today I wanted to use my Too Faced Glamour Dust in Glampire since it's so so pretty but I hardly use it. It's kinda like a flaky glitter eyeshadow, glittery, duochromey goodness! Here it is on it's own:

Sleek Acid Look

Last night I wanted to use my Sleek Acid palette again, I love it :) I just basically copied xSparkage's look since she made it look so cool, but it's very similar to what I normally do with it. I skipped the black though since I wanted it to be mega bright. I also just got the Nyx Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk so I was excited to try that out. I'm suitably pleased with it :)

It would have probably looked better with false eyelashes I think, but they look weird on me :s So my eyelashes look a bit pants but never mind, I love this look.

Here's what I used:

Eyes
UDPP
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk
Sleek Acid Palette (yellow, orange, neon pink, raspberry, purple, light blue, green, white)
Rimmel Professional Liquid Eye Line
Mascara

Cheeks
Fyrinnae Glow Blush in Charm

Lips
Collection 2000 Lock n Hold Lipgloss in Body Pop

Hope you like it!

Eyes of the Day - Orange & Purple

Here's a look using some of my favourite shadows. I think it goes really well with green eyes.

What I used:

UDPP
Hi Fi Cosmetics shadow in Mind Manipulator (orange) - lid
Fyrinnae Sennyo (pink-purple) - crease
Fyrinnae Parental Advisory (darker more blue purple) - outer corner & lower lashline
Hi Fi Cosmetics So What (shimmery pink with blue duochrome) - to blend crease upwards.
BeautyUK Pearl Eyeliner in Purple Haze
Accessorize Glitter Eyeliner in Electric Pink


On a side note, the Accessorize eyeliner is running out so fast on me! The tube seems half empty and I've only used it 3-4 times. It's like the Dazzleglass of eyeliners. :( Pretty but disappears too soon.