Purple Smoke With By Terry

Hey Ladies,

For the past few weeks I have been doing the same makeup look...almost everyday. I bought the highly talked about By Terry Ombre Black Star in Misty Rock back in February and have been getting on famously ever since. At €30 its a steep spend for just an eye shadow stick but it is literally the most gorgeous thing I've ever laid my beady eyes on.

Even those who are eye shadow challenged will be able to master this beauty, simply twist it up and pop it all over the lid and either blend it out with a finger or with a blending brush. I find this fades to a soft brown shade around the edges so its not necessary to add any more shadows with it but you can if you want! Once it's on its sets so you don't have to worry about creasing, although if you do have an exceptionally oily eye lid I would recommend a primer before hand.

So I did a little tutorial using this shadow so you could see it in action:

Product List:
Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer
MAC Strobe Cream
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 010 Light Porcelain
No Brand Buffing Brush
MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NC15
Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge
MAC Studio Fix Powder in NW13
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
By Terry Ombre Black Star in Misty Rock
Clinique Eye Shadow Brush
Urban Decay Shadow Brush
MAC White Frost Eye Shadow
MAC Cork Eyeshadow
MAC Wedge Eyeshadow
MAC 224 Brush
MAC 217 Brush
MAC Sketch Eyeshadow
Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer in 1N Extra Light
MAC 212 Brush
MAC 219 Brush
MAC Dipdown Fluidline
MAC 263 Brush
Rimmel Brow This Way in Deep Brown
Inglot Gel Eyeliner in 77
No Brand Paint Brush
MAC False Lashes Mascara
MAC 109 Brush
NYX Powder Blush in Taupe
Crown Brush Contour Brush
MAC Stereo Rose Blush
Real Techniques Blush Brush
Sleek Face Form in Light Highlighter
Nima Brush Wendy
MAC Peach Blossom Lipstick

So would I spend another €30 quid for a different colour from the collection? Definitely! My sister also picked up the same shade and gets great use out of hers! So let me know would you spend that much on an eye shadow pencil? Or do you have any dupes from a budget brand I should know about?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.....

Aloha my lovely followers,

I have a very exciting blog post for you lot today so let's get sappy for a second...

I am so appreciative to all the people who take the time to read my blog, check out my Instagram and chat with me on Twitter so I wanted to say a HUGE thank you with a little giveaway! I honestly never expected anyone to read this blog as it was created purely for my own entertainment, further my makeup skills and to have an outlet to ramble about my favourite beauty bits. I know I am not the most frequent blogger and I don't write the exceptionally long detailed reviews or opinionated posts but this is the style of blogging that I enjoy and I hope you enjoy too!.

For those of you that do read.... a mahooosive thank you!

There will be one winner who will win goodies from Rimmel, Revlon, Maybelline, Stila, Benefit, Wet'n'Wild, MUA, Barry M, Real Techniques and last but not least Essence.

To win all of this you simply have to pop your details into Rafflecopter below, to make it fair and square to all who enter. The main entry is to follow me through either Bloglovin' or Google Friend Connect so it really couldn't be any easier. Make sure you are above the age of 18 or have the permission of a parent and lastly this is open internationally so don't fret, once you have a postal address I will send these lovely goodies anywhere in the world!


Love as always,
S x


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Collective Haul

Hey Ladies,
Here as some of the things I have picked up over the last couple of weeks for my freelance kit! I'm sure you are sick of hearing me talk about how I am trying to build a really good kit and I can finally say that I am almost there. As per usual I will leave where I bought them and the cost below although I lost/threw out most of these receipts so I will put guesstimations!

Boots

Real Techniques Blush Brush

                                                          Cost: A round the €13 mark

Maybelline 24HR Colour Tattoo

Colour: Permanent Taupe

Cost: Free(used my boots points) but around the €7 mark

Penney's/Primark

Catrice Precision Lip Liner

Colour: Red

Cost: Around the €2 mark

Boots

No.7 Beautiful Skin Hot Cloth Cleanser

Cost: Around  €13 but using a No.7 voucher around the €5 mark

Debenhams

Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel

Cost: €38.50

MAC

Face and Body Foundations

Colour: C1, C2, C4, N2

Cost: €36.50 each

Brush Cleanser

Cost: €12

Eye shadows In Pan 

Colour: Vanilla and Mulch

Cost: €11.50 each

Hope you enjoyed!
Love,
S

Real Techniques Brushes

Hey Ladies,
If you are a fan of watching tutorials on-line and on YouTube, you have probably seen everyone ranting and raving about the Real Techniques brushes by Samantha Chapman from Pixiwoo. For quite some time now I have wanted these brushes but they had to be ordered on-line and I'm not the biggest fan of that. Last week, it was announced that they would be released into Boots stores all across the UK and Ireland.

As it being my birthday on the 7Th I thought I would treat myself to the core collection of face brushes as they were 30euro, a bit on the pricer side. But, any review they have gotten has been excellent, comparing them to MAC they are supposed to be better and they come in a handy little travel pouch that doubles into a stand. I couldn't resist.

I haven't used the brushes as of yet...I've only had them for a day. As soon as I have used them for a but I will post a more in-depth review. I recommend that if your a brush lover that you pick these up soon. They were released on the 6Th and I have a feeling they will sell out very quickly. You can pick up the core collections of face brushes and eye brushes and then some in a singular package. The singular brushes are around 10-15euro where as the collection is 30euro and you get 4 brushes.

Will you get some Real Techniques brushes?

Hope you enjoyed!
Love,
S