Chanel Summer Nail Varnish 2013

I was trying so hard not to succumb to Chanel's summer collection, but after seeing swatches of the two blue nail varnishes I could hold back no longer.

So I welcome the gorgeous Azure and Bel-argus into my life.

They are stunning. Pictures do no justice.

I added a floral stamp using Konad white polish and Nailz Craze plate 3 

Love this mani.

Butterfly Nails - Featuring China Glaze

As I last posted, I recently bought some nails plates from bundle monster and I am in love.

I also invested in my first China Glaze nail polish, which so far have lived up to all the hype.

This manicure was done using one of China Glaze's 2012 summer collection and it is the most amazingly vibrant blue called Splish Splash. This was a dream to apply and totally opaque in two coats.

I added some of OPI's Last Friday Night, blue glitter from their Katy Perry collection just to the tips.

Then once everything was totally dry I used Bundle Monster plate 307 and Konad special nail polish in white to stamp on butterflies.

Not the best example of stamping, I didn't get complete images onto all of the nails. But hey I'm still learning.

New Armani Eyes To Kill Eyeshadows

I love the Eyes To Kill Eyeshadows, the are just incredible. The sparkle, the wear time, the colours. I don't love the hefty price tag so much but I think they are worth it. I had a House of Fraser voucher for my birthday so when there were new shades released as part of the Summer Collection I knew what to use it on.

I only went in for one but ended up with two.
Number 20 - Obsidian Black, is a gorgeous blackened teal
Number 23 - Madre Perla, is a white based duochrome with green and pink running through it

Unfortunately both of these colours are difficult to capture in their full beauty on camera, so I'd recommend trying them out in person.

Here are some pics, swatches and a quick look I did using them both:

Mac Summer Collection - Hey Sailor!

On Monday Mac released this years summer collection named "Hey Sailor". Ever since seeing the first promo shots for this collection I have been ridiculously excited so as soon as it went live on the Mac website I placed my order.
I picked up quite a few bits but I am definately not done hauling from it. I need to get Crew highlighter since finding out the striped pattern isn't just an overspray, it does in fact go the whole way through the powder :)


Fleet Fast blush is amazing, it's such an easy colour to wear and blends beautifully.

As always my love for Mac's bronzers is still high with the two I picked up here. I got one Pro Longwear called Nude On Board and one normal bronzer named Soft Sand

Feeling Fresh eyeshadow is a gorgeous bright green, and I am glad that I finally picked up Crystal Avalanche, its the perfect inner eye highlight colour.

Finally I picked up Shore Leave lipliner, which is a lovely coral and a really buttery texture.


Anyway here's my haul along with some swatches

My Haul

Bronzers

Left: Pro Longwear Bronzer - Nude on Board      Right: Bronzer - Soft Sand

Left: Pro Longwear Bronzer - Nude on Board      Right: Bronzer - Soft Sand

 

Blush - Fleet Fast

Fleet Fast

Fleet Fast swatch

Left: Feeling Fresh eyeshadow     Right: Crystal Avalanche eyeshadow

Top: Shore Leave lipliner    Left: Feeling Fresh eyeshadow    Right: Crystal Avalanche eyeshadow

Crystal Avalanche and Feeling Fresh on the eyes with Fleet Fast Blusher on Cheekc

Mac In Extra Dimension

I was really excited for this collection from Mac, mainly for the Extra Dimension Skin Finishes as I'm a bit of a sucker for the mineralize skin finishes and these seemed a bit different.

But because I am trying to be a bit more sensible with my insane makeup buying (I mean I only have one face but enough makeup to probably last 10 people a lifetime), by the time I decided to invest using 10% off at Debenhams there was only Glorify left in stock.

Glorify is a nice dark bronze colour with an almost golden sheen.

It looks scarily dark when first swatched but buffs out nicely.

I love the inprint on them, I think it looks really pretty.

Although I keep thinking about getting the other two lighter shades for highlighters, I wasn't so overwhelmed that I feel I have to go out and buy them right now. Maybe if I pop into a Mac store in the next couple of weeks and they're still in stock I'll swatch them and fall in love. Who knows!

OCC Lip Tar Swatches

Here are the swatches for the two lip tars I bought that are part of the summer collection from OCC "The Garden", along with two from their fall collection "Pretty Boy".

Although they are now packaged differently the product inside seems the same, still the lovely peppermint smell and the insane pigmentation.
I prefer the new packaging as it is much easier to control the amount you get out, as well as it being neater.

Now on to the swatches:

 From "The Garden"

Orphelia

Belladonna

From "Pretty Boy"

Queen

Pretty Boy

Ombre Lips using OCC "The Garden" Lip Tars

As mentioned in the previous post I ordered a couple of lip tars from OCC's summer collection.

I ordered the lovely light pink called Orphelia and then the amazing purple, Belladonna.

This is just a very quick look I did with the two colours in an ombre lip.

They'll be swatches of the individual colours coming up shortly.

OCC Lip Tars

I finally invested in some of the Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars after seeing xsparkage's swatched of the summer colours in "The Garden" collection.

Whilst I was looking for the new colours I spotted that Love Makeup was selling off the tar's in the old packaging at £6.50 so I decided to indulge.

Today I have Queen, a gorgeous, vibrant, red/pink colour.
The wear on these is insane. I put it on before 8am, and wore it until 6pm. It survived endless cups of tea and lunch. It was a little drying after a few hours but nothing that a little balm won't fix.

I'll share my other lip tars with you another time (I can honestly say that I am in love)

OPI Nicki Minaj Nails

So after seeing this amazing and fun design on Do Not Freeze's Blog I had to give it a go.

Basically its a crazy, bright coloured leopard print nail design using three of the new colours release from the new Nicki Minaj nail collection from OPI.
I have the mini collection that has a three brights and a glitter. And this uses the three brights, which made me very happy as I could try out three colours in one go.

You can pick up these nail varnishes at ASOS priced £11 for individual full sized bottles or £12.95 for the mini collection.

Topshop SS12 Collection - Sisters of the New Moon - Lipstick Swatches

When I saw these pop up at the end of the last week I knew I needed to investigate further.
For a start the packaging is simply to die for.

The nail varnishes look nice, but I have a bunch of metallics already and I really don't have enough fingernails to get through wearing even half the polishes I already have. So I took a pass on them.
Same with mascara. Got a wide collection already and never seem to try one and get wowed so for me it wasn't worth the £10.

The lipstick and liptint on the other hand intrigued me a little more.

The lip tint, called Crystal, is gorgeous to look at in the tube. It's a translucent and incredibly glittery candy pink. So cutsey.

When I swatched it and tried it out I was a little disappointed as there seemed to be such little colour payoff.
That being said it is supposed to react to your skin, which normally means body temperature. And I did notice the colour turn pinker after a little time. So after being a little underwhelmed to begin with I actually quite like it and think it will be a really easy lip colour to throw on when I have on a heavy eye.

Top - Charmed Lipstick, Bottom - Crystal Liptint

  The lipolour, Charmed, initially looked like it might satisfy my need for the sold out Bobbi Brown Atomic Orange, but it lacks the punch. It's a good standard, coraly orange, but it's nothing unique and doesn't stand out in my collection.

I love the packaging and I think the idea behind the collection was good, it just lacked a little power.

Top Picture - Charmed, Bottom Picture - Crystal

Currently available in store and online, lipcolours priced £9 each

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