Testing on Animals

Whilst I'm not going to start preaching to everyone about my opinions, I made a conscious decision to only buy cruelty free makeup, and am looking into skincare before I buy any from now on.
I always felt like I could never make a difference, but if everyone thought this and stopped buying them it would... so there is a little hope in what I am doing, if slim.
There are many alternative methods other than testing on animals, so why don't the other companies get off their arses and start making a change.

These brands, to the best of my knowledge, do not test on animals... It's great to know that these are the brands I mainly buy anyway. Any other brands I will not be purchasing again.
(looking in to more also)

NYX
Revlon
UNE
Barry M
No7
MUA
Bourjois
Gosh
MAC/ Estee Lauder
Bobbi Brown
The Body Shop
DIOR
Urban Decay
(I am not sure about ELF..the internet seems very confused)

I know everyone says that it's hard, and it's like overhauling your life... but as you can see, most cheaper brands are cruelty free.

Makeup Ban Went Well!! lol

MUA nail polishes, free with 2 bottles of coke :D
Barry M nail polish & lipgloss (I have wanted these for so long, red & glittery wooo :D the lip gloss smells like cherries!) and a free eye liner.. it's actually red, I've never used a red eye liner so we'll see how that turns out :D

Pretty Coral Makeup Tutorial, click :)

Will put the list of products up soon :-)

Next Video up Soon... now editing! :-)

Things I Want but Most Likely Will Never Buy

After my last post I realised that I tend to lust after nail polish but rarely buy it... all of the ones I posted before from my collection are a build up of about 5 years. I am a fan of nail polish, don't get me wrong... having matching outfits and nails, or nails and eyes is awesome.

Anyways... these pretty things are on my current wish list that I will probably never fulfill...

OPI:
Do You Lilac it?
A Grape Fit
Pamplona Purple
Overexposed in South Beach
Austin Tatious
Congalline Coral
Tickle My France- Y

Barry M:
Silversea

My Nail Polish Collection

Thought I'd share my nail polish collection:
OPI- Katy Perry & Shrek Minis (my favourites :D)
Barry M (awesome - will fill in the names when I can be bothered)
Revlon (awesome - same lol)
and a random Bling Tone one that I got free, don't really like it... it's a very metallic silver.
There's loads more I want but I don't really wear it much as I have a bad habit of biting my nails when I get nervous... which is a lot! Trying to let them grow. They were quite flaky last time I tried, hopefully they're better now that my diet has improved a bit.

Epic MAC Failure

The Mighty Aphrodite blush is sold out, and I recieved it broken!!!!! And I doubt I'll be able to get a replacement!!! So annoyed.

However, the Marquis d' lipstick is nice.

It is surely unhealthy that I am lusting after so many makeup products.

Expanding my options, and inspiring ideas! I will most definately try my hand at makeup artistry after my degree.


I will get MAC studio finish concealer one day, just not sure what shade..

Luna Twilight - Mortal Glow

Whilst I'm not particularly a fan of Twilight, I have only ever had good experiences with the makeup brand. As you will probably be aware of by now, I am a sucker for anything shiny, shimmery, or glittery. Here'some pics & swatches!

Swatches from each of the 3 colour s & then them all swirled together.

I love it :)

Another Post!

Ahoy, another post!
I would queue my posts up but I get too excited about it hehe

SO, my MAC did come today.

I'm very impressed with everything... especially the 'Angel' lipstick.

My Smokey Eyes Tutorial

MAC Morange & NARS Orgasm Review (of sorts)

Before I get to the NARs blush (<3), I wanted to put some pics up demonstrating how 'Morange'(Amplified Cremesheen) by MAC can be used as a striking bright orange colour, or a soft almost coral...

 

 Again, the lighting doesn't do it justice (really want the old camera back lol), so I found a picture on google which shows it's true intensity... (it's really opaque)

 

Absolutely stunning! And perfect for the summer.  But what I really love about this lipstick is the fact that you can layer it to the intensity you want.

 

Here, I simply dabbed it onto my lips, the result is a gorgeous, soft corally effect. (If a bit messy, sorry lol)

I actually had no idea this lipstick was going to be as awesome as it is, or that I really wanted it. Martin saw it and said he wanted to buy it for me (he's a sweetheart <3), and I'm really glad he did. Thank you Marty :)

Now, on to the NARS Orgasm...

This was the packaging... First impressions, very sleek :)

The little mirror inside is actually really good, I tend to use compact mirrors as the ones in my house aren't near natural light.
The actual blush is a peachy-pink with tiny gold flecks in it. The colour appears a lot more pink than peach, but when applied it becomes a lot more peachy.

 

Here is the swatch after layering the colour quite thick, as you can see it isn't as 'clownish' as in the pan, but it's still very opaque and you only need a little to get a nice effect. Layering looks equally as nice, in fact.

I will post some pictures up of it on my face, I have a theory that it will look really nice with Morange, so I'll keep you posted on that. :-)

I believe the rest of my MAC was dispatched yesterday aswell, so I'm hoping it arrives tonight! :-)