NOTD: Essence - Thermo Effect Hello Autumn Beauti-Fall Red

Today's choice of nail colour is a pretty cool one! Essence recently brought out their Hello Autumn collection which features some autumnal nail polishes and makeup items including an eyeshadow palette.  I picked up the Thermo Effect polish in the Shade Beauti-Fall Red Being the slight idiot that I am, I thought "hey that's a lovely autumnal red nail polish!" Only when I got home did I notice the "Thermo Effect" sticker.  I painted my nails and was left with an orange toned red. Once the polish...

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Updated Travel Makeup Bag

A few months ago, I wrote a What's in my Travel Makeup Bag post. That included a lot of summery products so I decided to show you what I'm bringing with me to Cork for the long weekend now that the bold lip and matte complexion is in full swing. L'oreal True Match Foundation in W3 - I've been using this foundation for a couple of months now and I love how light it feels on the skin but still gives a good coverage. I use about half a pump and stipple it on then blend it in using my Blank Canvas F22 brush Maybelline Instant Age Rewind...

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Cute and Creepy Doll Makeup for Halloween

This is another super easy Halloween look that can be achieved by using only a few basic items in your makeup bag. The first look is just a normal cutesy little doll look which is still a little creepy if you ask me!  My lips are uneven and I didn't notice until now... FORGIVE ME! Much like my other Halloween look, you can use a white face paint base for this but my skin really hates face paint so I just used my normal L'oreal True Match in W3. Again, if you use white face paint, blend it down onto your neck and chest. I...

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Halloween Nails with imPress

As we know, I'm obsessed with Halloween so when a little package of Limited Edition imPress Halloween Collection nails* arrived for me, I got very excited. I've never tried imPress nails before but I know they have a pretty big following. I used to always wear false nails back in the day but the glue really took a toll on my nails. imPress make stick on nails. When I think of stick on nails, I think of the little ones that come in makeup sets for children that fall off about two seconds after application but these claim to stay...

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Easy Generic Halloween Makeup Look

If you still aren't sure about what you'd like to dress up as for Halloween, this is a really simple versatile look that can work for a zombie, dead bride, ghost girl or dead anything. (not airbrushed, just a bad quality crop) You can play around with this and add a completely white face or some blood around the mouth/nose/eyes, add some weird contacts or whatever else you think will look good. I decided to do a face of foundation but in a couple of shades too light for me so I don't look ghostly, only a little ill. These are...

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Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Eyeshadow Palette

If you were around last week, you would have seen that I picked up the Urban Decay Pulp Fiction palette. I've been in two minds about getting this since it was released. "Do I really need another neutral palette?" "Yes, yes you do, it's Pulp Fiction." "But is it just a gimmicky, pretty packaged palette that you could get at the Wet n Wild stand for one third of the price?" "Probably but get it anyway." Well, after finally swatching it in Debenhams, I realised I did need it and that the eyeshadows themselves were of the same high...

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