I'm back! Makeup Lust: Accessorize Merged Eyeshadow Trio
Saturday, 26 January 2013, Saturday, January 26, 2013 | 0 comments, Leave a comment? ^^,

Hello my little dolls, I am absolutely THRILLED to see that people have still been accessing, reading and following my blog, you guys are too sweet :) Well I'm back now to give you more lovely content to brighten up your beauty days, I hope you enjoy it! I apologise for my lack of commitment but I am hoping that this year I can improve it and really stick together with you guys.

Now, onwards! I've got some really stunning eyeshadows to tell you guys about and they're becoming real staples in my makeup collection. I got them as a christmas gift in a set, so I don't think they're sold anymore but they're the Accessorize Merged Eyeshadows in shades 7, 8 and 9; Golden Caramel, Molten Copper and Cosmic Rays.





They've got this cute little almost dish-like plastic packaging with the Accessorize logo and butterfly on the front in gold font, which while looks attractive can be a little difficult to see in photos! 



Shade #7 Golden Caramel


Shade #8 Molten Copper


Shade #9 Cosmic Rays

There's a golden sticker on the back of all of the shadows and the back is actually flat so you can stand them back to back and they fit a lot better in your makeup set than a rounded off tin would, it's really easy to open the lid to the packaging no fussing around but it's not loose and cheap wherein you'd drop it and it would smash right open. Now let's talk shades!



The first and my favourite shade is Golden Caramel and that actually describes it really well. It has this stunning, rich, light caramel/champagne/pink/peach colour with strong opacity (and all these eyeshadows have even better opacity when you use a damp brush as they are baked eyeshadows), this has a medium amount of fall-out but if you apply and pick up gently then you'll be fine. I really like to use this as an all over facial highlight, brow bone highlight, all over base colour for eyeshadow and its really pretty lightly dusted as an inner corner highlight :)




Okay so truth be told I am an absolute SUCKER for any eyeshadows that are brown, gold, copper or bronze, or anything in that family really. I can't help it! I love warm tones, they're so flattering on all eye colours, hair colours, outfits, skin tones and are extremely versatile. Molten Copper is definitely a rich, orangey copper that has subtle glitters of gold and brown, do take care in the sense that this colour by far has the most fallout, so it can fall into eyelashes and if you're not aware into the eye, this is pretty rare though and most competent people won't do this, maybe it's just me haha =___= One of my favourite things about Molten Copper is that it looks as if they have baked gold leaf into the eyeshadow and it looks really pretty, strong mixture of warm tones does me just fine!



Cosmic Rays is a very unique eyeshadow with a cool name, I myself actually use khaki colours every now and then with gold on the lid and dark khaki/browns in the crease, but I am actually yet to use it. Cosmic Rays looks more like a planet than it does an eyeshadow, but like Molten Copper it has that stunning baked gold leaf appearance in pan. From swatches alone it appears to have the least fallout of the three, with a strong pearlescent khaki base and fine golden shimmer rather than almost glitters in the other two shades, I think this would look incredible on someone with brown eyes or with violet eyes (you can always try contacts though!) but khaki is far more of a workable shade than you might think, so don't not give Cosmic Rays a chance!

If you live in the UK Accessorize is a much more accessible (see what I did there?) brand to you than in other countries and from what I can tell on the website is stocked by Monsoon, however from browsing the website alone this trio doesn't appear to be available, maybe it's just a holiday set? I am unaware of the prices unfortunately as again it was a gift, but if you do ever come across these eyeshadows they are beautiful! I have seen Accessorize standalone stores in England but I'm not entirely sure of their stance now.

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M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 0 comments, Leave a comment? ^^,

I've never really been a person to wear a facial highlight, as my skin has always been combination to oily (yes, people did used to call me "shiny face") I never wanted to add to the shine. But in the past few months I've actually been enjoying a bit of shine and accent to the high points of my face, and what  better way to add dimension than with the M.A.C Extra Dimension Skinfinish in the shade Superb.



M.A.C makes 3 different shades of Extra Dimension Skinfinish but I found superb to be the most wearable, a soft peachy to champagne nude. The other shades include Whisper of Gilt (the lightest gold colour that would only be workable on light to fair skin tones as it may come off chalky on darker tones) and Glorify (a beautiful dark copper/bronze that would only be workable for tan to darker skin tones)

(from left to right; Whisper of Gilt, Glorify, Superb) Credit

I haven't seen or heard of this product from M.A.C before, and the first time I spotted them was at the M.A.C counter at Harrods in Knightsbridge (fancy I know?!) and it took me around 10 minutes just to choose which shade I wanted, when you swatch them they're the most soft textured powders. They have a quite dry texture and they're also extremely long-lasting, and highly pigmented!


The reason they're called Extra Dimension is because the wavy pattern is embedded into the powder, and it has ridges that rise and fall, therefore the next dimension! Rather than a flat powder. It also has M.A.C in a pattern in the top half of the powder, but it's rubbed off since I've been using it every day since I bought it! 


Superb is the shade that suits practically all skin tones, warm, cool, light and dark! It adds such a beautiful wet look sheen to the skin and I always apply it with an angled blush brush above my eye brows, my brow bone, on my cheekbone, down my nose and on my cupids bow. Superb also photographs beautifully on the skin, another bonus!

I believe that Extra Dimension Skinfinishes are around £25 or more, I honestly don't remember, but I do love and recommend it as a luxury highlighter!

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Blush Lust: Collection Shimmer Shades Blushalicious Blusher
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | 0 comments, Leave a comment? ^^,

As I've said before when I was in UK I was looking for amazing products that were only available then and there, and unfortunately not in Australia. One of the best recommended products that I found on my trip was the Collection (2000) Shimmer Shades Blushalicious Blusher, and I am loving it!



Shimmer Shades is sold in two different compacts; the blush compact Blushalicious and the bronzer/contour compact Way to Go (personally I think Way to Glow would've been a more clever name but to each their own!). Shimmer Shades are (as you might've guessed) 4 different shimmery shades of blush, this includes a light baby pink, a deep pink, a warm mauve and a warm coral, which I accidentally scratched with my nail, hence the dent!

From left to right, top to bottom: Light Baby Pink, Deep Pink, Warm Mauve and Warm Coral

From left to right, Warm Coral, Warm Mauve, Deep Pink, Light Baby Pink

Shimmer Shades actually isn't extremely shimmery, and is perfectly suitable for daytime as well as nighttime. And I love that the shades are quite varying, so instead of actually having to buy a separate coral blush for summer or a mauve for winter; I have them both plus two gorgeous pinks in one palette, and it only cost me £4.19! All the colours are pigmented and blendable. They have a fairly buttery formula and they don't flake either. I'm yet to try all the colours at once blended with a brush, but that might suit nighttime instead as I can imagine looking a bit ghastly during the daytime! 

I only wish I bought Way to Go as well! As well as being able to buy it in Australia! A girl can dream. or order online of course. 

Shimmer Shades is highly recommended as a great drugstore blush palette, and is available at Boots, Superdrug and other UK locations.


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