FOTD feat. a LIPSTICK called MYSTIC

Hey beauties!! Hope you are all having a great weekend and enjoyed the sunshine that made an appearance yesterday? Let's hope we get a bit more of that today. 

I wanted to share with you my new bundle of joy called "mystic" lol. Mystic is a matte purple (very bright btw) lipstick by Sleek Makeup and you guys know I love Sleek already (see here and here if you don't know lol). I know these pictures aren't doing the lippie any justice so let me if you'd like to see clear swatches.

On another note, I will like to say a big FAT thank you to everyone who reads and supports this blog. Thank you for taking the time out to click and comment and to my new friends (all 30 of you) you guys are the best-est.

Alright loves!! its 1:30am and I need to wake up early for church  so goodnight beauties or should I say... Good morning  

Have a great Sunday....

♥

Beny

BLUED OUT....feat. Inglot E/S

Hey beauties!!! Hope you are all enjoying the extra day off in this long weekend? 

I worked so much last week that I was excited about the extra day added to my weekend. I decided to have a very lazy weekend and spend some quality time with my bed, I didn't leave my house at all on Saturday that's how tired I was.   

On Sunday however, I had a lot more energy so I put on my makeup, added some colour to brighten up my day and off the door I went lol. I used a bright blue e/s from my newly purchased Inglot palette and a dark brown e/s(also from Inglot) on the crease to smoke it out.

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation:Nutritious Vita Mineral Makeup(Estee Lauder)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Sahara (Sleek Makeup)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: UDPP (Urban Decay)
eyeshadows: blue e/s 322 & dark brown 329 (Inglot) 

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: Supershock gel liner in Black (Avon)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)
Brows: Pencil, black brown(Rimmel);Brow kit 'dark brown'(NYX) 

Lips

Lip Pencil: Chestnut (MAC)
Lipstick: Fuchsia (Sleek Makeup)

♥
Beny

NOTW: Mint Green

Hey beauties, 

Mint Green by Barry M is my chosen nail polish of the week. I've been wearing it for the past two weeks and I absolutely love it. It gives an opaque finish with two coats and lasts for a few days without any topcoat. 

what are your thoughts on Barry M nail polishes? do you own Mint Green?

♥

Beny

NAM: Isn't She Gorgeous?

this was love at first sight....

NB: NAM = not about makeup

♥

Beny

Sleek Makeup Blush by 3 Pumpkin Review and Swatches

Hey lovelies,

I am sure you've all heard of the Blush by 3 palette's from Sleek makeup released exclusively to Superdrug. Well if you haven't, let me quickly bring you up to speed. 

Sleek makeup released 5 blush palette's (Lace, Pumpkin, Flame, Pink Spirit and Sugar) with each palette containing 3 different blush available only at Superdrug stores until April 11. Each palette retails for £10 and is now available to be purchased online at sleekmakeup.com

I got the Pumpkin palette which has a trio of gorgeous reddish-coral, pink and orange shades called Lantern, Squash and P Pie which are all great for spring and summer. 

Lantern has a slight shimmer while Squash and P Pie are both matte. These blush are very pigmented and requires a very light hand when applying (depends on the look you are going for really). 

The Pumpkin was the only palette I wanted from the 5 palette's because of the orange shade as I missed out on Aruba (a previous limited edition blush) when it came out.  These are very pigmented and am sure will look great on any skin colour ...I absolutely love it.

 Do you own any Blush by 3 palette? If so what are your thoughts on them? 

♥

Beny

Happy Mothers Day!!!!

Happy Mothers Day to my mummy and all the other fab mum's out there. Thank you for; being there for us, the advice, the screaming and most importantly the endless love you show us.

This is for you Mum

I LOVE YOU MUMMY.....

♥

Beny

Sunday Service

For me, getting ready on Sunday morning's for Sunday service is always rushed because I always wake up late and sometimes I end going with no makeup but today I decided to make an effort even though I woke up late. 

So I give you my fifteen minutes quick do featuring the Wet n Wild Vanity palette (NB: the eye liner, mascara and lips were done in the car en-route to church so wasn't included as part of the 15 minutes). 

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation: Medium Coverage Foundation, Bronze 600 (Mary Kay)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Russet (La Femme)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Shadow Insurance (Too Faced)
Eye shadows: from Wet n Wild Vanity palette

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: Supershock gel liner in Black (Avon)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)
Brows: Eyebrow Pencil, black brown (Rimmel); Brow kit, 

Lips

Lip Pencil: Cherry (MAC)
Lipstick: Ruby Woo (MAC)

♥
Beny

Birthday Celebrations

Before the snow descended on London town, I went out with some lovely friends who agreed to brave the freezing weather with me to celebrate my birthday two weeks after the day and it was such a fun night.

Since it was my birthday, I decided to go a little extra with my look and add two lashes. Yes! two lashes  (well one full lash strip and one lash accent) lol and for me that's a big deal as I don't really use false lashes often but maybe it's time I do and as always the lovely Ruby woo finishes the look.

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation: Medium and Full Coverage Foundation, Bronze 600 (Mary Kay)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Sienna (La Femme)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Shadow Insurance (Too Faced)
Base: Painterly (Mac)
Transition Colour: light brown Matte eyeshow 357 (Inglot)

Lid: Biscuit (Front Cover book of Shadows)
Blending colour: Clove (Front Cover book of Shadows)

Outer Corner/Crease: dark brown 329 (Inglot)

Brow Bone: Honey Spice (Mary Kay)

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: MUA Intense Colour, Jet Black (MUA)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)
Falsies: Ardell 107 & Eldora Lash accent B157

Brows: Eyebrow Pencil, black brown (Rimmel); Eyebrow Cake Powder, Dark Brown/Brown (NYX)

Lips

Liner: cherry (MAC)

Lipstick: Ruby Woo (MAC)

♥
Beny

LIPSTICKS (Part 1)

Lipsticks are a great way to add a pop of colour to your look and to give a longer lasting lip colour. It depends on the look you are going for but I like to always wear a lip stick underneath just to have colour on my lips when my gloss fades away.

So in this post, I will be sharing with you my lipstick collection starting with the True Colour Lipsticks by Sleek Makeup.

Cranberry is a limited edition lipstick that came out in November 2011 as part of The Berry Collection. This has a deep red wine shade and gives a matte finish. I love this colour because its the perfect berry lip colour and  I can tone it down and use as a lip tint when I don't want too much "berryness".

Peaches and Cream has a peachy shade with a sheen finish. This is one of my newest purchase and to me it's just like Bare All with a little bit more colour with a sheen finish.

Coral Reef has a neon-coral shade and gives a sheen finish. This colour is everything I want in a lipstick; it's bright and it's loud and I love it.

Majestic is a dark-plumy shade with a matte finish. It is no longer available from the sleek website but you can find a similar shade such as Vamp.

Fuchsia is the very first lipstick I purchased from Sleek and I love it. The label is the same as Majestic but different from the rest because Sleek changed their labeling (PS: love the new label better). It has a matte finish and is still available to purchase from Sleek.

Naked is a nude lipstick with a sheen finish but for me its too light and gives me the ashy look so I pair it with a brown lip pencil to match my skin tone better.

Bare All is a nude lip colour with a peachy undertone and it has a matte finish. I love this so much that I went through a phase where I wore it every single day.

So that's all of my True colour Lipsticks and I am hoping to update this post with any new addition in the future. In the meantime, I'll be doing another post which will contain all the other lipsticks I own from other brands.

Do you own any True Colour Lipstick? If you do, which one is your favourite?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Today has been such a fun day chilling with my littlest cousin. He is so energetic that I don't even have the strength to keep up with him but I like hanging out with him.

I am in such a giddy mood at the moment. It's my birthday in less than 90minutes and for some reason I am really excited about this birthday which is very weird as I never look forward to my birthdays. I guess it's because I have a lot to be thankful for this past year and I know more blessings are on its way this year. 

MAC TAG

I saw this on a blog I just recently started folowing and decided to do it as well. I do not have a huge collection of Mac products but I love the few that I own especially the lipsticks.

So here we go,

How long have you been using Mac?

I used my first Mac product during my first year of Uni which was in 2008. I was getting ready for a night out with a friend and I decided to try her pink lipstick and I fell in love.

What was your first Mac product? 

The first Mac product I ever purchased myself was the lipstick mentioned above and it is Mac's girl about town. I loved this lippie and till today I still love it.  

What's your all time favourite Mac product?

Well from my mini collection, I'll have to say Mac's Ruby Woo lipstick. It is the best red lipstick ever and it is matte and it suits every skin tone. GORGEOUS.   

What's your least favourite Mac product?

I currently do not own anything by Mac that I don't like but when that happens I'll definitely let you know.

Do you own a Pro Card?

Nope. Unfortunately it is only for professional make-up artists but I do wish Mac will consider some type of discount for regular folks like you and me.

Your Mac foundation shade?

Don't know what it is yet but will find out soon as I am looking to try their face and body foundation.

Your favourite: Mac Foundation? 

Well, never used so don't have one at the moment.

Eyeshadow

I only have carbon which is the blackest black eyeshadow I own so that'll have to be my favourite.

Lipstick

I will have to Russian Red. It is a matte red lipstick with orange hues and it is to die for.

Liner: never used any eye liner but i have their lip pencil in chestnut.

Brush: don't own any

Pro Prduct: this will be an orange lipstick i purchased from the cosmetics company. 

Comment on the following Mac product; Have you used them? If so, give feedback.

Unfortunately for most of the products mentioned in this section, I have never used them so I'll just skip writing those products down but will add them later when I purchase and try them out. 

Mineralize Blush

I adore these blushes, they are really pigmented and the colour payoff on the cheeks is so worth it. 

Select Cover Up Concealer

I use this under my eyes to brighten and conceal. I can say it looks good as a brightener but it doesn't really conceal all the baggage I carry under my eyes. 

Lipstick

These are my favourite products ever by Mac. The pigmentation is amazing, the range of colours available is huge, the colour pay off and staying power is incredible. Yep!!! I love them.

Lip Pencil

I like the one I own.

Paint Pots 

I bought painterly having watched lots of reviews on it and it is really good. It is light coloured so can be paired underneath any eyeshadow.

Eyeshadow

I only own one which is disappointing but I will definitely be adding more to my collection as the one I own is really good.

So that's it. As you can see, I do not own a lot of Macs but I am looking forward to increasing my collection. 

Thanks a lot for reading and I'll be updating this post in the near future. 

The blog mentioned above is http://www.daintydollymix.com so please check her out. 

love & light

xx

BLASTS FROM THE PAST

These pictures are from looks I've rocked in the past.

Thick brows with bright orange lipstick to go with my massive bow turban.

Smokey green eyes

and finally, my classic red lip with a touch of class.

PS: no products listed because can't quite remember exactly what I used but will try and figure it out and post it later. 

Love & Light
muahh