Nars Orgasm is finally mine!!

I love Jennies' blog, she is really lovely, and always replies to comments and tweets and her blog is just so cute. She announced she was having a blog sale I just knew I'd have to have a look!

The thing that stuck my eye was the Nars Orgasm (I have been positively swooning over it, especially since I tried it on in France, positively almost cried when I couldn't go home with it) Nars Orgasm is a peachy pink with a hint of shimmer. The term cult classic is thrown  around quite a bit, but this is a bonafide Cult Classic!

I emailed her lickity split asking if I'd be able to buy it. She sent it along with two lovely samples, a Benefits Watts Up (A lovely Highlighter) and a sample of Cha Cha tint (A mango lip and cheek tint).





When they arrived I was actually so excited I tried them all on immediately. I applied the blush with one of  my new brush (the angled face brush) I blended the highlight in a C shape from the top of my cheekbone to the top of my eyebrow. I applied the tint to my lips, took two layers to get a nice flush of colour

Oh they are all so pretty. I can see why its high in demand!! A lovely investment, for something I'm going to use again and again.

On My Face: Weekend Work Make Up

I am not an individual that wears make up everyday. Fair play to you if you are! I work 3/4 12  hour shifts during the week starting at 8 and believe me the last thing on my mind is blending foundation or applying mascara (fair play to you if you are one of those people that does). For my other job on the weekend however I make a slight bit of an effort as I don't have to be ready until 8pm at the earliest so I have no excuse and to be honest I feel guilty about not using my Pallettes (that won't encourage me to start using them during the week). I saw Sammi (The BeautyCrush) Violet Manga eyes tutorial recently and that inspired me to use the purple shades Rapture and Vice from the Urban Decay Vice palette.






Base: 17 Flawless Primer,
Soap and Glory 'Its about prime'
Foundation: Catrice Foundation,
Concealer: Garnier 'Roll on' under eye concealer, Benefit 'Boi-ing'
Eyebrows: 'Mudhoney' from
Soap and Glory Lid stuff quad,
Mascara: No7 Intense Volume waterproof.
Blush: Bourjois cream blush 03,
EyeLiner: Stash (tightline), Avon white eyeliner (waterline) Psychedelic Sister
Eyeshadow: From the Vice Palette.

What I wore: Easter

It was Easter yesterday and I hope you had a lovely day, if you don't I hope you had a nice Sunday!!

I decided to braid my hair into halo/milkmaid/heidi braids (easiest way to do your hair somewhat fancy)

The dress is from River Island and the shoes are New Look

Base: Catrice Photo Finish 18hr Liquid Foundation (020 Rosy Beige), Boiing Concealer (01)

Cheeks: Bourjois Blush (03)

Eyes: Naked Palette (Naked, Sidecar, Buck), Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye Pencil (Perversion, Mushroom)

Brows:Soap and Glory Lid stuff (Mudhoney).

Lips: Essence Lipliner (10 Femme Fatale)

Benefits Lollitint,

I spend a lot of time wandering around the beauty area in Debenhams and particularly around the Benefit area and on one recent visit the lady who was working there asked would I like to try the new Lollitint, Ive heard great things about it online so I jumped at the chance.

first she applied the potent eye cream (this was the day I bought the kit, which I'm really loving) and she applied they They're Real (which has been on my lust list since I first tried it out) she applied only one or two dots to my cheeks and then blended in until it gave a lovely glow and applied some to the lips too. She told me she was wearing about four layers on her lips and they did look really vibrant so it is really buildable. On me it was just a hint of pink which was just perfect and it didn't feel too drying

I love getting my make up done at those places! Heres the finished result

Sneaky Little Purchace : Benefit's Radiance Skin Care

I love Benefit, and I love Love their Kits. I spend more time looking up and researching their kits than I with any other brand. After getting my make up done at the Benefit counter in Debenhams and having the It's Potent cream applied ( a Rachel Whitehurst Holy grail as far I know) and it felt so good on my skin, I felt as of my under-eye skin would appreciate some TLC, but I also wanted to try the other things in the range.
The entire Kit only cost €16 so I really had no choice but to buy it.... that's my story and I'm sticking to it...

The Kit consists of 6 products; The Foamingly clean facial wash, The Moisture Prep toning lotion, The It's Potent eye cream, The Total Moisture facial cream, The Triple Performance Facial emulsion SPF 15 PA ++ and The Refined Finish facial polish.

I am most looking forward to using the eye cream and the toning lotion having just used up my sample of the Clarins toner. I think a kit like this is really useful if you're interested in a Brand or a product but don't want to buy it if you're not sure if it'll agree with your skin.

Did I mention how lovely they all smell,and  the packaging is just dotey, my bathroom has never looked classier. You can buy the kit here

Have you ever used Benefit Skin Care. whats in your go to skin care kit??

The One and Only Tag

  After seeing Jennie Mays'  version of the One and Only Tag I thought I'd give it a go. I thought it would be fun to examine my not so extensive make up collection and see what is it I really really like.

Primer:  Benefits Porefessional is the only one for me. As you can see its only a sample but it has lasted me so long and makes my make up go and on.

Base: I bought the Garnier BB Cream in January after a friends recommendation. I life the fact you can still see my freckles even after applying it. Its like my skin but better.  
      
Concealer:  After reading approx a million blogs about this, I bought it at boots, and I can see what all the hype is about, it covers under-eyes, redness (I have just lovely red patches around my nose) and spots only vanish after a dot of it is applied.  

Powder: Maybeline Dream Matte Powder has been my go to powder the past few years. It can be a little cakey if applied heavy handedly so i try to concentrate on my Tzone and sometimes if I go OTT on the blush, this is good for toning the cheeks down.

Blush: One early dreary morning sitting in the car before work my friend popped Soap and Glorys 'Love at first blush' from her purse, it was a 'I've got to have it' kinda moment. You can swirl it altogether but I try to just use the pinks together and then use the shimmer as a highlight, it makes you look like you've put a lot of time and effort into your blush even if youre running out the door.

Bronzer/Highlight;  Last summer when I was in london I am not ashamed to say one of my top priorities was to buy at least one Sleek product. I had heard only lovely things about this duo. All you Beauty Bloggers were not lying when you were raving about this contour kit (mine is light btw). Only a tiny amount of the bronzer is needed on the brush to make cheekboneless me look much more cheeky.

 

Make up Brush: On the same London trip I also had decided the Real Techniques Core Collection would also be mine. Even though you can buy these in Ireland, I felt it was cheaper to buy it in Sterling (it may just all be in my head though). All forms of foundation are easily blended and looks all natural and lovely.

Eyebrow/Eyeshadow: Soap and Glorys Lid Stuff in 'Whats Nude' is just the perfect everyday kit. Vanilla (Top Left) under the brow bone Pink T (Top Right) over the socket, and mudhoney and Aubersheen (bottom left and right respectively) in the outer eye. I also use mudhoney for my day eyebrow colour, its very natural looking and suits me down to the ground.

Eyeliner:  I must have been a good girl last year, because Santa gifted me Urban Decays Ocho Loco (eight gorgeous Eyeliners in one kit). Ignored far too much until recently is the dark brown 'Hustle'. I do Love perversion but black is just a small bit harsh on me for everyday wear, so Hustle is my go to.

Mascara:  MORE Soap and Glory! I never ever wear fake lashes and with Thick and Fast I feel like I don't need to. The Brush is slightly Huge and on more than one occasion I have ended up with mascara on my face, but once I got used to it I was in Love.

Lipstick:  Flirt Alert was my first ever high end purchase and it is just Gorgeous. As you can see in the photo I use Red quite a bit, it just suits my colouring down to the ground, and it isn't drying.

Lipstain;  Ok the Revlon Lip Butter in Candy Apple is not exactly a Lip Stain but its just a gorgeous, naturally red that I can wear during the day that looks good and saves my lips during the cold

Lip liner:  For a girl that wears a Load of red lip colour I dont bother very much with lip liners as much as I should. Essences' Red Blush is the one I bought when I decided to start. it makes flirt alert last longer, and stops the colour from bleeding.

Lipbalm: Pennys finest lip treatment is really a life saver. Its very thick and you have to melt it with your fingers, and it smells lovely, and what's great is if you just throw it into your uniform tunic like me there's no way it will stain your pocket.