Blue Smokey Eye FOTN $

A couple of weekends ago I went out for dinner and a few drinks (and ok maybe a boogie too!) in South Kensington with some friends. Back in September I'd bought this navy, lacy and slightly sparkly lowcut back dress from Trafaluc by ZARA so I decided a blue smokey eye would accompany this look perfectly. 

Here is my face of the night:

♥ Face
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer (under the eye & to conceal any blemishes)
Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation in the shade Desert Beige.
This is very much a 'stay-in-place' kind of foundation and I love wearing this when I'm going out.
It provides great smooth coverage and stays on perfectly all night long!
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Light
NARS Laguna Bronzer to contour
and MAC Well Dressed Blush on the apples of my cheek

♥ Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion (as a primer to ensure my smokey lasted to the wee hours of the morning)
MAC Wedge eyeshadow to fill in/accentuate my brows
NARS Copacabana Multiple - applied over entire eyelid right up to my brows as a shimmery base
Estee Lauder – Pure Color Eyeshadow Duo in Clouds using the light blue colour on the inner corner of my eye until about half way and then applying the darker navy on the rest of the lid and working up into the crease/outer V and blending in the socket towards the brow.
MAC Wedge eyeshadow - I used this a little bit to soften the socket/crease to blend it all together
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack along the waterline and upper lashline
NARS Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara applied (top & bottom) after curling my eyelashes

See here the Estee Lauder Pure Color Eyeshadow Duo in Clouds that I used for this look and swatches of the eyeshadows in the palette. Very pigmented, long lasting and quality eye shadows! Available online here for £22.5

And to finish off my look...

♥ Lips

Ciate Lipgloss in St Barts (I got this for free with the July Marie Claire Magazine)

What do you think of my blue/navy smokey eye? xoxo

The future belongs to…..

Picked up the December issue of UK Glamour magazine yesterday and it came with a lovely freebie! This month Glamour are offering a FREE Nails Inc polish with every magazine and there are four different shades to collect: Tate, Victoria, Piccadilly Circus and Basil Street. A Nails Inc polish usually retails for £11 and a Glamour mag is only £2, so I’d say that is a pretty good bargain! :)My copy came with the Nails Inc nail polish in the shade ‘Tate’ which is a rich warm red colour!
I am a big fan of Nails Inc polishes, the formula is always so smooth and the brush makes it easy to apply. This is two coats plus a Seche Vite fast dry Top Coat. Me and my flat mate were both doing our nails in front of the telly last night while watching America’s Next Top Model (cycle 16). Have to say, am truly loving my new flat! ♥

And yes it's that time of the week again….. Happy Hump Day xoxo

Marie Claire Inika Freebie

I picked up a copy of July's Marie Claire (UK) the other day, for my reading pleasures while working out at the gym, and lucky me it came with an awesome freebie! This month Marie Claire comes with a free Inika Mineral eyeliner or eyeshadow with every issue. I chose the eyeliner which is the shade 05 - Graphite.

Inika is an Australian natural cosmetics company that uses mineral pigments in its products and avoids the use of petrochemicals, paragons, phthalates, talc or bismuth oxychloride. I'd never heard of this brand before so was keen to try it out.

I really like the eyeliner, it's super creamy, long lasting, blendable plus makes a great eyeshadow base.  Graphite is a gorgeous slightly shimmery grey/lead colour which is nice as an alternative to my standard black options. I have been wearing this eyeliner applied to my waterline or smudged quite heavily along my lower and upper lashes with a simple grey or nude eyeshadow on the lid for a different smokey effect. The eyeliner also comes with a handy sharpener, which is built into the cap. 

This eyeliner usually costs £11.75, so it's a pretty good deal scoring it for the £3.60 price of the magazine. Marie Claire is also offering a discount code to their readers...but I will sneakily share it with you all now (shhhh!) To get 20% off your online order at inikacosmetics.co.uk enter the discount code 'inikalovesmc'. This offer is only valid until 1 July 2011, so be quick :)

And last but not least, being Wednesday....

Happy Hump Day!

Am currently loving Coldplays new song 'Every teardrop is a waterfall' ♥

Can't wait for their new album to come out....

MissGuided Lipsplash & Happy Hump Day!

Hi my lovelies,
For my entertainment on the flight to Marrakech I got the April issue of Cosmopolitan(UK). Doesn't Beyone look stunning on the cover? The magazine also came with a lovely freebie! A MissGuided Lipsplash. You could chose between three colours; clear, nude and red. I went for clear because already have quite a few nude and red ones and clear goes with anything right?

The lipgloss is really nice, not sticky and tastes a bit like vanilla! yum....
Get your copy of Cosmo (UK) now to score this FREE lipgloss or buy the lipgloss online via their website.

And because it's Wednesday this of course also means HAPPY HUMP DAY!
Here's my little message for today:
What a great quote by Marilyn! I ♥ her and think is a gorgeous carefree photo of her!
Hope you all have a wonderful hump day!
Btw I am loving the recent sunny blue skies in London; bring on spring woop woop :) xoxo

The plus side of my Diet Coke 'addiction'

Yes it's true, as healthy as I might sound, I have a slight addiction to Diet Coke! I know it's bad stuff, but ohhhh it's soooo good though ;) Anyways, sometimes during the day when I need a little 'pick me up' I might head to the local shop to get myself a bottle of Diet Coke. So I was very happy to discover that at the moment there is a plus side to my little addiction. Why? Well Boots is running a fab promotion that when you buy 2x 500ml bottles of Diet Coke from any participating store you'll get a limited edition nail polish from Nails Inc for FREE!

Worth £11 each you'll be able to choose from (L-R) Caramel, Denim, Plum and Heather Grey.

The two little beauties I have scored so far with my little addiction are Caramel & Demin!
I promise I will feature them in some NOTD posts in due course :)

The offer has been available since mid January and will be subject to availability & while stocks last.
So hurry up & run down to your local Boots now to get your free Nails Inc polish xoxo