August Favorites 2012

Ok,ok I know I'm kinda late with my August favorites but better now than never right? So I'm not sure if I will be doing favorites posts every single month simply because I don't buy new things every month plus I tend to stick with my old favs so...You can read my July Favorites here. Here are my August favorites:

Bioten cleansing wipes: I use those wipes to remove my makeup and they do great job. They aren't the softest but they are well moisturized and I like it.

Summerline Hydrating cream with insect repellent effect: Basically during this summer in Greece it was crazy with mosquitoes so I decided to try one of those protective creams and this one worked for me,plus it is based on different plants not chemicals :)

MUA Undressed palette: Well not much to say here I just love this palette and I've using a lot. You can read the review for it here.

MUA lip boom in Doing Good: I really really love the lipstick part of it and I have recieved many compliments when I'm wearing it. The lipgloss though isn't my favorite. Read the review here.

Revlon Age Defying concealer: I looove this one. I have been using a lot during summer and less in winter because the color is slightly dark for me in winter. It has good coverage and staying power. The only downside is that I think it has been discontinued :(

e.l.f. wet gloss lash and brow clear mascara:  This is simple clear mascara that helps me with keeping my eyebrows in place. I have been using it for almost a year now. You can read the review here

Lancome hypnose drama mascara: This is great mascara and I like it but it's a bit expensive. You can read the review here.

e.l.f. Complexion brush: This brush is so so soft. I love using it for powder and blush. I think if don't own this brush you should,it's great value!!

Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki brush: I have said it in the past but I'll say it again: This is my favorite brush for foundation! You can read the review here.

Sigma E35 and E45: Ever since I got those brushes I've been using them all the time. You can read the review here.

What items you have been using the past month?

EOTD: Blue and Purple + Tutorial

 Hello everyone, cloudy and rainy weekend here in Greece. So I was bored yesterday and I decided to play with some colorful eyeshadows and I came up with a really pretty look with blue,purple and brown eyeshadows.

To be honest as a girl who pretty much always uses neutral colors I've been always afraid of wearing colors such as blue and purple. So I decided to overcome my fear and start using those colors. When you are wearing neutral eyeshadows you don't have to pay that much attention to the rest of your outfit to do not end up looking like a rainbow whereas with colorful eyeshadows you have to pay attention, at least in my opinion. So back to the look. It isn't hard to create but it does require quite enough blending as I used quite a few eyeshadows.

Products

e.l.f. Eyelid Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in milk

Shade 1 and 5 from the MUA Undressed Palette

Shade 4,10,13 from MUA Immaculate Collection palette

Bossy Bobbi, Feisty Felicia and Caught in the act Courtney and Devilish Danielle from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara

e.l.f. Liquid eyeliner
Brushes
Most of the brushes are from Sigma

Tutorial

- First apply your primer and/or eyeshadow base.

- Using a dome shape brush like Sigma E45 add the Shade 5(matte brown) in the crease and blend it.

- With eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply the Shade 10 (blue) all over the lid leaving out the inner corner.

- With the same dome shape brush ( E45) pick up a small amount of caught in the act courtney ( dark brown) and blend it in the outer half part of the crease.

- Next with the same or another dome shape brush apply the Shade 13(purple) in crease and blend it. Build up the color so when it is blended it looks like a slightly dark purple like you see in the picture.

- With a fluffy brush like Sigma E35 add the Bossy Bobbi ( dark blue) to the outer 1/3 of the lid and slightly blend it inwards.

- With the same brush ( E35) pick a small amount of the Shade 4 (black) and darker up the very outer corner.

- Now with another fluffy brush or angled brush like Sigma E70 use some light beige,close to you skin color, eyeshadow (Shade 1) and blend the eyeshadow under the eyebrow.

- With a flat brush like MAC 252 add the Devilish Danielle (champagne color) under the brow at the highest point,in the inner corner and on 1/3 of the lower lid.

- Next add the same purple( Shade 10) with a pencil brush like MAC 219 on the rest of your lower lid.

- To line your lower lash line use small amount of black or grey eyeshadow with a push brush like MAC 212.

- Using liquid eyeliner, line your lid and wing it out.

- Lastly apply your mascara and you are done :)

- Enjoy!

What do you think of this eye makeup? Let me know in the comments below :) 

FOTD

Hello my lovely readers. Today's post will be FOTD. It's an easy everyday look and it's actually one of my favorites and go to everyday looks.

Products

Face

Lancome teint idole ultra 24h in Biege Diaphane

Revlon colorstay in natural beige as concealer

ELF HD Powder

Cheeks

Matt bronzer

MUA Mosaic blush in English Rose

Lips

MUA Lip Boom in Doin Good (the lipstick part only)

Eyes

Elf eyelid Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Sigma Publicize from the Flare Palette on the lid

Shade 3 and 5 from MUA Undressed palette in the crease

Shade 2 from MUA Undressed Palette  in the inner corner and half lower lash line

Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette on the other half lower lash line

Black eyeshadow to line half of upper lash line and wing it out

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Brushes

What do you think? Do you have favorite everyday makeup look?

EOTD feat MUA Undressed Palette

 Couple days ago I recieved my order from MUA which inculded the Undressed palette.So before I did review for it I obviously have to try it. I already used it twice. At first I was thinking of making FOTD but there was nothing special about the rest of my face so I opted for EOTD.

You could easily wear it at day and night,maybe for night look you could add some eyeliner.

Products used:

ELF Eyelid primer

NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk

From the Undressed palette:

Shade 1 to highlight

Shade 2 and 8 on the lid 

Shade 9 in outter corner

Shade 3 to to blend out

Shade 2 and 9 on the lower lash line

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Tomorrow I will post my review for the Undressed Palette so definitely come back tomorrow :)

Also I have few looks on my mind that aren't so neutral , these day I really wanna play with colors so keep an eye for that too :).

MUA Haul

The past week MUA had an offer,you would get their new limited edition palette Going for Gold with every order over £8 so as you can understand I could not pass this offer.I didn't buy a lot, just few goodies that I wanted to try out.Here's what I bought.

Undressed Palette £4.00

 Extreme felt eyeliner £2.00

 Eyelashes in Vixen £2.00

 Blusher in shade 2 £1.00

 Going for Gold Palette free

This week I will try them up and the next week or at weekend will post reviews and swatches for them so stray tuned :)

Did you take advantage of this offer and bought something?

Have you tried anything that I bought?