Pastel Eyes- featuring Sugarpill Heartbreaker Palette

It was a pretty miserable Monday morning, bad weather, no more weekend, back to work. So it felt necessary to have some colour in my day.

When I think colour, I think Sugarpill. So I grabbed my Sweetheart palette and set to work.

It ended up being quite a subtle look as I used a neutral base. Next time I might go for a white base to make it brighter.

Face:
Urban Decay Naked Foundation in 3.5
Mac Bronzing Powder in Refined Golden
Bobbi Brown Illuminating Bronzing Powder in Pink Peony

Eyes:
Urban Decay 24/7 eyeshadow pencil in Sin
Sugarpill Heartbreaker palette

Dior Colourblocking Look

I was flicking through some makeup images that I saved on my computer and came across and old Christian Dior shot from one of their summer collection catwalk shows (I believe it was 2011)
Instantly I wanted to try the yellow version, especially as chartreuse is one of the colours for this coming season!

So at 10.30 at night I decided I'd give it ago (seeing as it doesn't strike me as being all that work friendly!)
Apologies for the less that great photo quality, I haven't really got much in the way of decent lighting so had to try and improvise a bit.

Face:
Chanel Vitalumiere in 20
Illamasqua Powder Blush in Complex

Eyes:
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
Mac eyeshadow in Three Ring Yellow
with Mac eyeshadow in Chrome Yellow layered on top
Urban Decay 24/7 liquid eyeliner in Perversion
Collection 2000 Big False Lash Effect Mascara

Lips:
Illamasqua Medium Pencil in Titivate
Mac Lipstick in Girl About Town

Nars Mini Soft Touch Shadow Pencil Set

I fell pray to this set after swatching them at John Lewis before Christmas, the colours were simply beautiful and I thought the would be great either to wear on their own or as a base for other eye shadows. So I ordered them off of Asos as I had a 20% discount code.

Picture L-R: Aigle Noir, Tall Tale, Magic Moon, Palladium, Skorpios, Ballets Russes

Aigle Noir is a black base with flecks of gold glitter
Tall Tale a beautiful deep purple
Magic Moon a wonderful metallic cobalty blue colour
Palladium is a fab turquoise
Skorpios is a lovely bronzey orange
Ballets Russes (love the name) is a sheer white based glitter, maybe best suited as a brow highlight of in the tear duct

At first glance I was so happy I'd bought them. That feeling didn't last too long.

I made an eye look using three different colours, layering a little eyeshadow over the top in the hope of intensifying the colour and increasing the longevity of the look I had created.

So I went to work, and had forgotten all about wearing these new pencils until I went to the bathroom and caught a glimpse of my reflection. The level of creasing and slippage was unbelievable. It had only been a couple of hours yet it looked like I had slept in my makeup. I tried to smooth out the creases but with little success.

These have stayed pretty untouched since then. Last week I decided to try the navy "Magic Moon" as an eyeliner. Again without much success. The colour transferred from my lash line onto my crease and faded quickly too.

Overall a very underwhelming performance. It hasn't put me off of Nars as a brand at all though. I love their colour collections and fun product names, I just think these are a disappointing part of an otherwise amazing brand.