Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 Tutorial

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Tutorial Tiiiiime! *happy dance*

 For todays look I'm using the Urban Decay Naked Palette 3, this tutorial was so highly requested I couldn't believe it! Originally I wasn't overly pushed on picking up this palette, the shadows are rose toned so if you don't like your pinks you won't like this palette. I was a bit iffy about if I would get use out of the palette or not but because it was so highly requested I just had to pick it up :) After using the palette a few times, I know it won't be something I use regularly unlike the original Naked Palette. Slightly kicking myself now, I said to myself I would either pick up the Naked Palette 3 or the Smashbox Full Exposure palette. Now THAT is a palette I need in my life :'(

I will get around to reviewing this palette after I play with it some more but for the moment it just gets a big fat meh. Anyway, without further babbling..if you would like to see some more tutorials using the palette then just let me know!

Products Used

Eyebrows

Nyx Eyebrow Kit with Stencils for Brunettes (review here)

Face

L'oreal Paris Infallible 24h Stay Fresh Foundation '015 Porcelain'

Benefit High Beam

MUA Undress your Skin Shimmer Highlighter

Sleek Contour Kit 'Light' (review here)

No7 Natural Blush Tint Powder 'Soft Damson'

Sleek Luminous Pressed Powder SPF 15 '01'

Eyes

E.L.F Eyeshadow Primer

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Strange'

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Nooner'

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Limit'

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Buzz'

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Blackheart'

Urban Decay Naked Palette 3 'Dust'

Rimmel ScandalEyes Retro Glam Mascara (review here) 

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil 'Zero'

Lips

Inglot Soft Precision Lipliner 67

Brushes Used

Sedona Lace EB 13

Sedona Lace 407

Sedona Lace EB 09

Smashbox Crease Brush #10

Sigma Pencil Brush E30

Smashbox Shadow Liner Brush #30

Sedona Lace 305

If you would like to see how I created this look then just click on the play button below! :)

Talk soon!

Eimear x

Inglot Face & Body Sparkling Dust '02'

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Hope you all are well :)

I have been posting makeup tutorials on YouTube since July 2011 and I took up blogging not too long after that. I think by now most of you will have come to the conclusion that I am a massive Inglot fanatic, and, well..I am.

It was the first makeup brand that I had tried out that wasn't from the 'drugstore'. My love for the brand, along with my collection has only ever grown since! Up until the last year or so I had only ever bought the eyeshadows in Inglot using their freedom system. After building various sized eyeshadow palettes I decided to branch out and try some of their other products. 

 I wasn't disappointed :)

My most recent purchase has been their sparkling dust powder which I think will be much loved by all this Summer. The sparkling dusts come in three shades '01', '02' and '03'..pretty straight forward like the rest of the Inglot range. Their products are labelled by number opposed to by names.

I went into the Inglot in Dundrum with the intention of buying the first shade of the sparkling dust. After seeing swatches online I figured this shade would suit my skin tone the best. Unfortunately they couldn't find the tester so I couldn't try it out for myself on the day. I decided not to take a chance on it and I purchased shade '02' instead, which I will keep to use for when I am wearing fake tan.

The packaging is simple and classic, nothing overly fancy! I really like how the bottom of it is clear so you can see the product inside. It makes it so handy to easily pick out the product if you have your makeup stored in drawers.

When you twist the top off you will see that there is a makeup poof inside. Its a nice touch which would be handy for travel purposes but I never really use the powder poofs that come with products. I would be more so inclined to use it if it came with a face powder, but not with a highlighter it gets a little messy application wise.

I was relieved to see that the product comes in a 'shaker style' pot otherwise I probably would have lost half of the product before I even used it. The Inglot face powder just comes with a twist off top so I was assuming it would be like that. Thankfully it wasn't, you have no idea how much face powder I have wasted through stupidity and overall clumsiness. Probably the most disastrous event that resulted in me purchasing a new face powder was when I decided to blow-dry my hair, forgetting I had left the powder on my dresser with the lid off. Imagine a sandstorm…replace sand with powder. 

Yep, thats how things went down.

The sparkling dust is labelled as a multi use product, for use on the face, body and eyes. The sparkling dust is a highly pigmented highlighting powder as you can see from the picture above! It looks gorgeous applied to the high points of the face such as the tops of the cheek bones, down the centre of the nose and to the tip of the cupids bow. It gives such a gorgeous healthy golden glow to the skin. As it is so pigmented its really easy to go over board, so pick up a little product at a time and use a light hand.

I have also used it on the eyes as a loose pigment to give a subtle shimmer to the eyes. For a more intense eye makeup look try mixing it with Inglots duraline, the combination is a match made in heaven!

I even tried mixing a little in with my foundation to give my skin a dewy glow, which is a preferred way by most when wearing foundation coming into the Summer. That look is personally not for me, i'll forever be rocking the matte look for life haha! 

The product retails at €18 and if you hold an Inglot pro card it'll be cheaper again. Overall not a bad price in my opinion for the product. Its multi use and a little goes on a long way. I can't fault it!

What are your favourite highlighters?

I'm still on the hunt for the perfect face highlighter!

Eimear x

Rimmel ScandalEyes Retro Glam Mascara

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Today I have a mascara review for you all…

actually I have just realized I haven't reviewed a mascara before!

That is probably due to the fact that I don't try out mascaras often, I have been using my Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara for as long as I can remember. It is my holy grail mascara, I would be lost without it!

I'm not sure why I haven't reviewed that yet..i'll get on it :)

Recently I ran out of my Mally mascara and I just decided I would try out a cheaper alternative to see how I got on.

I took full advantage of the Cosmetics Outlets offer on free shipping for the month of January and I picked up a couple of items.

The Rimmel ScandalEyes Mascara set me back a mere €5.00 so I was more than happy to give this one a go! Either way if the product wasn't for me I hadn't broken the bank.

The mascara wand is hour glass shaped, something I was a bit iffy about using.

Due to its size I figured I would make a bit of a mess when coating my lashes, it happens to me all the time sometimes even with the smaller wands.

 I simply have yet to master the art of applying mascara neatly haha!

The wand does apply mascara well, coating every lash but I find it does an average job at separating the lashes.

Aaaaand I was right, I managed to coat my eyelid along with my lashes..oops.

I'm not really a fan of larger mascara wands so I decided to improvise :)

I love the formulation of this mascara so I decided to try it out using a different mascara wand. I picked up one of my 'Úr Makeup Reusable Mascara Wands' (review coming soon) and put it to work. To say I was delighted with the results was an understatement.

I simply used a smaller mascara wand which allowed me to separate the lashes  more effectively than with the wand that comes with the mascara.

This mascara does everything one would expect a mascara to do!

It adds volume, length and separates the lashes giving the illusion of fuller lashes :) If you are looking for a decent mascara on a budget definitely try out this one, I think I spotted it in my local pharmacy for €7.99 or €8.99.

Like I said I picked mine up from The Cosmetics Outlet for only a fiver….bargain!

What are your favourite budget friendly mascaras? I'm interested now to try out some more! :)

Eimear x

Vintage Romance ♥

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

I created today's makeup tutorial using one of my favourite eyeshadow palettes at the moment.

The palette is Sleek Makeups Vintage Romance Palette and boy is it beautiful :)

This came as a part of one of my Christmas presents and I was absolutely chuffed. I adore Sleek Makeup, their products are so pigmented and highly affordable. Without a doubt this palette is no exception to the range!

I also love the funky little names of the eyeshadows in this palette, I will list all the ones I used in order down below!

Products Used:

Eyebrows

Nyx Eyebrow Kit with Stencil for Brunettes (review here)

Eyes 

Avon Eyeshadow Primer

A Vow in Venice 

Honeymoon in Hollywood

Marry in Monte Carlo

Love in London

Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara 

Face

Avon Calming Effects Foundation 'Ivory'

E.L.F HD Powder

Sleek MakeUP Contour Kit 'Light' (review here)

Lips

Inglot Lipstick '90'

Brushes Used

Sedona Lace EB 13

Sigma Blending E 25

Smashbox Shadow Liner #30

Sedona Lace 305

Sedona Lace EB 23

If you would like to see how I created this makeup look then just click on the play button below :)

Enjoy!

Eimear x

Festive Fun: Christmas Party Makeup

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Hope you all are well :)

Today I bring to you the very first of my Christmas makeup tutorials for the party season. Once December is upon us then I will decorate my YouTube background for the tutorials! I just couldn't bring myself to do it in....

 November

am I a grinch? oops!

Recently I popped into the Body Shop to check out their Christmas range and I came across the most beautiful eyeshadow palette, I just had to pick it up!

The shadows are simply perfect for the party season, anyone who is a fan of neutrals will get use out of it all year round...I know I will! 

Beside where the eyeshadow palettes were stocked there was a couple of red lipsticks on display, you can never have enough red lipsticks so I bought that too! No Christmas look is complete without a pop of red, right? :)

4 Step Smoky Eye: Smoky Brown

I will have a full review up of the palette once I play around with it a bit more but so far I adore it! Here is the look I created recently :)

The colours are so flattering on all eye colours in particular blue and the shimmer off the shadows is something gorgeous!

To finish off the look I used '101 Colour Crush' from the Body Shop. Its such a beautiful glossy shade of red and the staying power is fantastic, I can't fault it!

If you would like to see how I created this look then just click on the play button below :) Hope you guys enjoy!

Eimear x

Beginners Makeup using ONE Eyeshadow

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Hope you all are well :)

Today I have a beginners smokey eye for you all...the beauty of this look is you just need one eyeshadow!

Ideally, this look works best with a shimmery eyeshadow due to the fact that the shimmery eyeshadows have different flecks of colour in the eyeshadow itself. For instance, the eyeshadow I have selected today is a brown shade. However, there are flecks of copper and gold running throughout the eyeshadow. You can really see these colours pop when the eyeshadow is used wet! 

The main reason I created this look was for festival goers.

Anyone who needs to pack light, but still wants to have there makeup 'done up'..this is the look for you! 

You still have the depth and dimension that you would get if you were using several eyeshadows, its a flawless makeup look without going through any effort at all!

Products Used:

Eyes

No7 Stay Perfect Eyeshadow 'Truffle'

No7 Fanomenal Lashes Mascara 'Black'

Face

L'oreal Lumi Magique Foundation 'C2 Rose Porcelain'

Catrice Skin Finish Compact Powder '010 Transparent'

No7 Natural Blush Tint Powder 'Soft Damson'

Mally Beauty Luminzer 'Heavenly'

Lips

No7 High Shine SPF 15 'Smile'

If you would like to see how I created this makeup look, 

simply click on the link below! :)

Thanks a million for tuning in guys!

Talk to you soon :)

Eimear x

Smokey Eyes: Glitzy Greens

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Wow, well this tutorial is long over due! 

Recently I have been stuck in a rut with regard to makeup tutorials, I really want to record a video but I have no idea what to record!

I decided to go through all of my eyeshadows in the hope that I would be inspired to create a makeup look. Thankfully, I came across this gorgeous green L'oreal eyeshadow..I knew I had to use this!

Aaaaand this was the look I created :)

Products Used:

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MUA Eyeshadow Shade 1 'Pearl'

L'oreal 24hr Infallible Eyeshadow '335 Golden Emerald'

Urban Decay 'Naked' Eyeshadow

Revlon Matte Eyeshadow '009 Rich Sable'

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil 'Bourbon'

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil 'Smog'

Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara

Face

Avon Ideal Flawless Foundation 'Ivory'

Blank Canvas Cosmetics 6 Powder/Contour Blush Palette #2

Inglot Pressed Powder 21

Sleek MakeUP 'Rose Gold 926'

Topshop Highlighter 'Sunbeam'

Lips

Catrice Ultimate Colour Lipstick '190 The Nuder The Better'

If you would like to see how I created this look, simply click the play button below! Hope you enjoy the tutorial :)

Thanks for tuning in :)

I'll see you in my next tutorial! 

Eimear x

Purple Rain Makeup Tutorial

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

Exams are looming so this might be the last tutorial I have up for the next couple of weeks......wait.

Who am I kidding?

I'd rather do anything than sit down and study.

I usually record more tutorials around exam time purely to avoid study haha fail!

Anyway, today I came up with this makeup look :)

I suppose some would consider it more of a gothic makeup look, I'm not really sure what I was going for but I like the end result!

Products Used:

Eyes

Avon Eyeshadow Primer

Inglot Matte 352 (cream shade)

Inglot Matte 357 (light brown)

Sleek MakeUp 681 'Fantasy' Eye Dust

Inglot Matte 63 (black)

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil 'Empire'

Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara

Hard Candy Ginormous Length Volumizing Mascara

Face

Avon Ideal Flawless Foundation 'Classic Ivory'

Blank Canvas Cosmetics Contour Palette #1

Sleek MakeUp Contour Kit 'Light'

Inglot Blush Amc 63

Lips

Inglot Soft Precision Lip Liner 61

I cannot get the other lipsticks out of the palette to tell you the numbers of them :( If anyone knows how to get them out without wrecking the lipsticks please let me know! I've tried scissors, tweezers, knifes etc!

If you want to see how I created this makeup look then just click on the play button below!

Thanks a million for tuning in :)

I'll see you in my next post!

Eimear x

NYX Vlogger of the Month: Icy Blues

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Hope you all are well :)

As I have previously said and you may guess from the title, I am NYX Cosmetics Vlogger of the Month for the entire month of January. 

I will have 2 makeup tutorials with 4 blog reviews starting with this one.

I created this video as I have received quite a few messages with regard to my eyes. I have quite large eyes and I have a lot of lid space to work with, so fortunately I can get away with blending my eyeshadow up high towards my brow bone without it looking too strange. 

I have received a few messages from girls telling me they cannot recreate some of my looks because they do not have a lot of lid space and that their eyes are quite small.

There are ways you can cheat larger eyes and that is one of the reasons I created this video. Anyone can recreate my looks you just have to adapt it to suit your own eye shape :)

Instead of opting for a round shape to your makeup like so

You want to blend the eyeshadow upwards and outwards to the end of your brow bone this is going to elongate the eyes giving you the illusion of larger eyes, like so!

For this tutorial I kept all the darker colours to the outer corner of my eyes leaving the inner corner bare. I swept a matte white across the inner half of my lid while blending out to a shimmery black. Applying a lighter colour to the inner corner of the eyes helps to open up the eyes.

Lastly, another great tip to help give you the appearance of larger eyes is to apply a white/cream eyeliner to the waterline. Sometimes white can be a bit too stark so some people may decide to opt for more of a cream eyeliner on the waterline. This will not only help your eyes to appear bigger but it will also make you look more awake!

Finally, I created this tutorial for anyone who wants to add some colour to their makeup but maybe do not know how to go about it.

A pop of colour on the lid is always a great option, blending colours that are not normally worn on a daily basis with neutral shades is a great place to start!

However,

I have chosen to do a more 'evening look/night out look' with the use of the dark black through the crease.

Personally I don't believe there are rules to makeup and that a certain makeup look isn't suited for day time...I just wear what I like when I like. 

People stare sometimes, I don't mind haha :)

I know everyone does not see things that way!

Products Used

Face

• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
• Smashbox Camera Ready Concealer 
• Revlon Colour Stay 200 Nude
• Bronzer: Nyx Cosmetics Makeup Artist Kit
• Mally Beauty Highlighter 'Heavenly'

Eyes

• Nyx Jumbo Pencil 'Milk'
• Nyx Cosmetics Makeup Artist Kit
• Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara

Lips

• Nyx Glam Lipgloss Aqua Luxe (GLG07 VIP)

If you would like to see how I created the Icy Blue makeup look then just click on the play button below!

Thanks a million for tuning in everyone,

I really appreciate it! :)

Eimear x

Simple Sultry Smokey Eyes For Autumn

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are well :)

So I am back today with another tutorial. This was requested by one of my lovely subscribers on Youtube. I was browsing in Tk Maxx recently and I came across some Jemma Kid Makeup School products. I had never seen this brand before but I had definitely heard about it. I spotted this lovely plum palette, the packaging drew me right in then I saw the price and I was sold! This gorgeous palette comes with 4 shades to create the perfect purple smokey eye and it set me back just €6.99.

I decided i would use this palette for the tutorial because first of all purples are bang on trend this season and secondly, the palette comes with instructions on the back as to where you are to place each eyeshadow. Meaning it is perfect for beginners!

There will be a full review on this product as soon as I play around with it a little more, but first impressions I am loving it!

Pictures don't do the palette justice at all, the eyeshadows are so pigmented and appear more vibrantly than captured in the picture above.

If you would like to see how I created this eye makeup look just click the play button below.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and thanks for tuning in :)

Eimear x