FOTD: 11.22.10 - GOSH Golden Moss Eyeliner

I am so excited that so many people are following my blog.. Thank you so much, I'm having a blast blogging! :)

Anyway, I didn't REALLY know what to review and I haven't hauled, plus I quite like doing reviews on videos.. So I thought I'd do another FOTD, but then follow it up with a tutorial in the next week or so.. because a lot of people have difficulties in wearing coloured liners - which is what I tried out today! :)

This is the coloured liner I used today - GOSH's Velvet Touch Waterproof Eyeliner in Golden Moss. Bought after suggestion by aforementioned "not so friend" Lisa :) As far as I can tell, it's quite long-lasting for a pencil liner, it's very soft and great pigmentation. However, I do remember swatching some other colours and not finding them as creamy or pigmented.. anyway! On to the FOTD:

 I really like the subtlety of the mossy green, and the earthyness that it brings to the look. That being said, it isn't completely noticeable unless you zoom as seen above.. but you can notice the lack of definition of a black liner. The lipstick colour NEVER shows perfectly with flash - it's a bit more fuschia and darker than the zoom picture (Sorry :( ).

The other items used are as follows:

Coastal Scents 28 Neutral Palette
ELF Lipstick in Seductive
ELF Super Glossy Lipshine in Juiced Berry
MAC Blush in Style (haha yes, it needs some de-powdering..)
And of course the mascara, black liner blah blah blah.

I hope you guys like it! :) I think if the tutorial idea goes through, I will be using a liquid liner - specifically, the MAC Liquidlast in ElectroLady - an 18th birthday present from dearest friends, Abbey, Anna and Lindsay.

SOME UPDATES:
- Sent off a swap package to Mandy @ DazzleLikeGlitter!
- Made my first blog-sale purchase off Vivianna @ ViviannaDoesMakeUp
- Bought a beautiful bracelet for my friend's 21st - I hope she likes it! :)

<3yu

Nailpolish Collection!

Omgggg 20 followers?! I love you all :)

So since I've ventured into the world of blogs, I've noticed a massive increase in nailpolish content compared to YouTube, so I thought I'd give it a shot! I'm not a massive nailpolish fan, I used to be when that was the only 'makeup' my mom let me wear, so why not go back to my roots? :P

This is my usual storage.. really not that many! My favourites of the season go on top of my storage box..

So there's the gang! Really not that many in comparison to other gurus, and I know, a very limited range of colours - but that's what I like :) Let's get started..

The Clear&Neutrals:

 

(L to R: Beauty Nation Top Coat, CANMAKE Top Coat, 2True Top Coat, French BonBon No. 6, Nails Inc., Elizabeth Street, No7 Speed Dry in Coconut Ice 05 - definitely my fave out of the lot)

The Pinks&Reds:

(L to R: Yves Rocher Luminelle in Rose Reflets 03, Rimmel I Love Lasting Finish in 053 Apricot Punch - fave of the lot, Barry M Nail Paint 279 Bright Pink, Barry M Nail Paint 262 Bright Red)

The Purple&Plums (my favourites!):

(L to R: CANMAKE Colorful Nails No. 38, CANMAKE Colorful Nails No. 30, Collection 2000 Hot Looks Fast Dry No. 12 Minx, GOSH Nail Lacquer No. 064 Frou Frou, No7 Stay Perfect Nail Colour in No.50 Oyster, Nails Inc., in Jermyn Street - they're all faves!)

I'm currently wearing GOSH's Frou Frou and it's so.. so.. pretty! (Sorry for the chipped nails lol washing up SUCKS!)

The Blacks:

 (L to R: Missguided in Misfit - SO PRETTY, MUA in black..?)

A tip on Missguided's nailpolish - run a layer of nail polish remover over it to get the gold to come out more! :)

The Blue:

(Rimmel 60 Seconds in 825 Sky High - the only blue worthy of my nail collection ;P Wore it a lot springtime!)

This season's favourites is definitely my GOSH Frou Frou, Nails Inc Jermyn Street and Missguided's Misfit. The latter 2 I got for free from Glamour & Cosmo respectively so.. pretty good ey? :P

I do get quite picky with nail colours, and often do stick to what I like - I don't venture very much. My favourite way to have my nails is getting acrylic French Nails but I don't have £20 to spare all the time to get them done and they take ages to take off!

The main reason being, I don't like fussing around with nails! Unless the brushes are wide, the colour settles evenly, and it dries quickly, I don't like it. Which is why the Rimmel 60 Seconds, Missguided, and Gosh's Nail Lacquers are my favourites. Nails Inc. are alright when you keep it to 2 coats but anymore than that (which I am tempted to apply with the Elizabeth Street) and you're setting yourself up for being a living statue for hours! The Barry M Nail Paints are good.. but I got 2 completely wrong colours, and do not like either of them anymore.

Actually, a lot of these nail polishes I never wear anymore, and once I get more followers I will consider selling them off.

Anyway, I hope you found this interesting, I always like to look at people's collections to see if there's anything I wanna get or if there is a colour I've never seen before and would like to try out :)

So, ladies. What is your go-to nail polish this season? :)

<3yu