benefit and Smashbox, Creasless cream shadow review

Hi Everyone!

Lately I have purchased a few eye bases/cream shadows and wanted to share them with you.
I purchased the Smashbox 15 hour wear cream shadow in the colour Quartz which is a lovely golden/bronzey/taupe colour, this was brought from myer for $24.
The colour is really pretty and full of shimmer and it does stay on the eyes for a long time ( I haven't had my make-up on for 15 hours to see if it does stay on that long).
It doesn't crease which is great. Sometimes I will put this on as a shadow colour and sometimes i will put this on as a base and then put a lovely gold or bronze pigment over the top and it just amplifies the colour so much!
The only thing that I don't love about the product is that it seems to have fallout of glitter particles after a days wear. I don't know if this is because I rubbed my eyes or not though.. There were alot more colours to chose from, and overall I am happy with the product and would purchase again.

The second shadow cream I purchased on line, www.allcosmeticswholesale.com
 It's Benefits creasless cream shadow liner in "Sippin n Dippin", it's a beautiful orange creamy colour with no shimmer/glitter but has a nice sheen to it. I love the packaging like all Benefit products it's so damn cute! I can't bear to throw the packaging away yet hehe.
This shadow lasts a long time too and doesn't crease, i find it looks really pretty with an orange or gold colour over the top of it. It looks nice on it's own but is very subtle in colour. I picked this one up for $9 on special which I thought was a bargain!

What are your favourite cream eye shadow/bases? Has anyone tried out the Tattoo ones? I would like to give them a try next. :) Nicole

Napolean Perdis red lips and MAC olive eyes look

I brought my first red lipstick a while ago, it was the Napolean Perdis Set lipstick called "Madrid". (Purchased at local Big W store).
I love this blue shade red, it makes my teeth look so white lol.
I didn't think I could pull red lips off but i think it depends on the type of undertones in the red that makes or breaks a good colour.
This lippie is super pigmented, when I first applied it I found that it was all over my teeth in a matter of minutes (Lucky i didn't go out in that time hehe). I have since found that if I apply a lip liner first and then blot after I have applied the lipstick, it stays in place and lasts longer.
I used MAC sumptous Olive on my eyes along with MAC soot in the crease and just a matte white in the inner corners of my eyes, I then tighlined the top of my eyes with a matte black eyeshadow. The hilight on my brow bone is Smashbox Champagne, (my favourite highlighter ever).
Here are the results, I still haven't worn the lippie out yet, I need to work up the courage ;)

What do you think of the look?I think a nice fluttery set of falsies would complete it :) Nicole



ps, That patch of hair has been annoying me ever since i edited this pic, it looks like a bald spot lol

Madrid Lipstick (pic off website)

Melbourne Trip, Fashion and beauty shopping haul :)

I just recently got back from a quick holiday to Melbourne and although it was bloody freezing, I had a great time! We have some friends down there who we stayed with, the main reason for going was to watch the State of Origin as the bf is a footy nut!!
I did manage to squeeze in some retail therapy on one of the days we were there. We went to DFO, and pretty much just walked the endless streets of shops all day, I was in heaven :)
Here are some of my purchases....



Forever new bling sandles, i love them so much



Some new earrings from random shops along the way

Black Leather Boots from Siren



Guess Cross body bag, from Guess DFO,Guess how much it was?? $27, bargain right!



My favourite jacket in the world, how cute is this? From Forever New



It is called Jenny tie waist cape coat $120

More bling from Vally Girl



Lush Oatifix face mask, smells divine but haven't used it yet



Vanillary Perfume stick from Lush



MOR Lychee lip gloss, i think the packaging is adorable!



Some Make up goodies, NP Set dark red lippie in Madrid, Rimmel black liner,
Physicians formula mineral glow pearls, smashbox 15 hour cream shadow in Quartz

 

New favourite Perfume, $80 from Myer





Me and a great White shark, i survived don't worry!  :)

I will go through the make-up more in depth when i play around with it a bit. Happy Monday Peeps, Nic :)