31 Days of Beauty -- Day 11

31 Days of Beauty Day 11

Favourite Eyeliner

Welcome to day 11 of 31 days of beauty. Thank you again to Priyanka over at Glamour & Giggles for coming up with this idea!

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Day 11 is Eyeliner day and we are going to talk about 3 different eyeliners. My favourite black, my favourite brown and my favourite colour. Each of these are from different brands too!

Too Faced Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black

For my favourite black eyeliner I would have to say it is my Too Faced Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black. This is the most pigmented black eyeliner that I have ever encountered and it sticks to my waterline like nothing else ever has. It is the blackest most intense liner I have found, and thank goodness that it's waterproof.

Pacifica natural minerals in Fringe

As for my favourite brown liner it would have to be the Pacifica natural minerals in Fringe. Now admittedly I haven't tried a tonne in the way of brown liners but I really do enjoy this one and it lasts all day on my waterline without smudging or bleeding down. It's a nice light brown and it's lovely for a neutral look.

Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil in Plushie

My favourite colour liner is Urban Decay's 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil in Plushie. It's a nice soft purple on the waterline but on the lid it is buildable and it is quite vibrant. I find myself reaching for this quite a bit and I actually tend to keep it in my every day makeup drawer. I use it both in neutral looks and when I am looking for a little extra oompf.

Remember that if you want a full review on any item I talk about in the 31 days of Beauty tag here feel free to ask and you shall receive. I intend to do some more reviews when I get back to my normal posting schedule next month.

I'll see you next time!

Alex

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31 Days of Beauty -- Day 10

31 Days of Beauty Day 10

Favourite Mascara

Welcome to day 10 of 31 days of beauty. Thank you again to Priyanka over at Glamour & Giggles for coming up with this idea!

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We've hit the double digits! We did it! And today we are going to be talking mascara. Specifically my favourite mascara!

So I am weird and I have a different favourite for my top and bottom lashes, because there are different things I am looking for out of my bottom and top lashes.

Lash Accelerator

For my bottom lashes I just want a little bit of definition and darkening and for that I have been using the same product for years Rimmel London's Lash Accelerator Mascara in 003 Extreme Black. It does the job and the wand is perfect for my lower lashes and that's all it takes to be my favourite apparently.

Lights, Camera, Lashes

Perversion

Now for the top lashes it's kind of a toss up between Urban Decay's Perversion and Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes. Really it's a combination between the two, one coat of lights, camera, lashes and then another of perversion and then my lashes are lovely and I almost feel like no falsies are required. And let's be honest, I really don't wear lashes on the daily.

Hopefully you guys are still enjoying reading these!

I'll see you next time!

Alex

xoxoxo

31 Days of Beauty -- Day 8

31 Days of Beauty Day 8

Favourite Eye Shadow

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Welcome to day 8 of 31 days of beauty. Thank you again to Priyanka over at Glamour & Giggles for coming up with this idea!

Today we are going to be talking about my favourite eye shadow.

This was a really hard one for me. I love all of my shadows I really do, so I went through most of my palettes excluding the one we will be talking about tomorrow and narrowed my favourites down to two colours both from the same palette. This doesn't mean I like any of my other shadows any less and it was a seriously hard decision, thank goodness they didn't ask me to pick a favourite lipstick, hehe. So in no particular order here we go.

Last Call by Urban Decay (Ammo Palette). This is such a perfect plum-y burgundy with just the right amount of shimmer. I just love it. When I bought the Ammo palette I actually didn't see myself loving it but the first time I swatched it I knew it would be perfect and it actually sparked my love for a purple/red eye.

Sin by Urban Decay (Ammo Palette). I just, ugh, this colour is perfect. I use it in my crease and also as a highlight, I actually think that with light enough of a hand it could be used on the cheeks as a highlighter and it would be lovely.

I actually think that after I run out of these in the palette I am going to have to hunt these down in singles because I just love them that much.

I'll see you next time!

Alex

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31 Days of Beauty -- Day 4

31 Days of Beauty Day 4

Favourite Primer

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Welcome to day 4 of 31 days of beauty. Thank you again to Priyanka over at Glamour & Giggles for coming up with this idea!

Today we are going to be talking about primer. I don't have a holy grail perfect primer but I do have one or two that I guess would count as favourites at the moment. I'm going to share two face primers that I reach for regularly and two different eye primers as well.

First let's talk about The Porefessional by Benefit. It is a pore minimizing primer and I do have issues with some larger pores especially around my nose. I don't feel like all foundations necessarily hold onto it though, some of them really kind of slide around on it which is not cute.

My Second facial primer is That Gal by Benefit. I haven't really gotten to play around with a lot of different brands primers other than Benefit but that's okay because the ones I have tried from them have been fairly good. This one is a brightening primer and it has a pink tone to it which evens out my skin quite a bit which makes me love it in the winter. I also find that my foundations tend to apply better over this primer than they do over The Porefessional which makes me love this one just a tiny bit more.

On to eye primers!

Sticking with the Benefit theme the first one I am going to talk about is Stay don't Stray by you guessed it, Benefit. I do really like this primer it's nice and neutralizing on my lids and the shadow sticks to it more or less which is really the most I can ask for out of a primer.

The second eye shadow primer is a cult favourite and it's the original Urban Decay Primer Potion. I'm kinda late to the game on this one, I hadn't tried it until last August when I got my Ammo palette, but I love it. Eye shadow sticks to it, like it is supposed to and it's not super heavy, the only thing I wish, is that it was more pigmented. I'm thinking of picking up a MAC paint pot to try and see if that helps at all.

So that's all I have to say about primers.

I'll see you next time!

Alex

xoxoxo