Sugarpill Heart Breaker palette

Soooo excited to find that my Heart Breaker eyeshadow palette from Sugarpill had arrived yesterday! I love Sugarpill so much and am really happy to add this to my collection :)

The design on the packaging is different from Sugarpill's earlier palettes.

The shades are:

Acidberry - vibrant lime green
Velocity - vibrant matte royal blue
2AM - matte purple with a slightly pearl sheen
Mochi - matte mint seafoam with a slightly pearl sheen
(descriptions from Sugarpill's website)


And here are swatches on my hand:

 Verdict? Love it! All the shadows are velvety smooth and pigmented. My favourite is probably Mochi, it's a great shade for summer. I think it would look great combined with 2AM in the crease. I was expecting Velocity to be a pressed version of their loose eyeshadow Royal Sugar, but it doesn't have the sparkles. Still a lovely shade though. I think all 4 colours work well together, it shouldn't be too hard to combine them all for a really vibrant, eyecatching look. :)

Very glad I have all the Sugarpill palettes now! Can't wait to see what they release next!

Have any of my followers tried this palette? What do you think of Sugarpill?

More NYX round lipstick swatches

OK, I said I'd post the rest of my NYX lippie swatches, so here they are! The first of my NYX lipstick swatches are here.
Sorry, quite a lot of pics :)

Orange Soda

Pumpkin Pie

 Strawberry Milk

Indian Pink

Vitamin

Watermelon

Christie

Margarita

Miracle

Gem

Eucalyptus

Gardenia

Doll

Thalia

As you can see, some shades are quite similar but do have subtle differences. Hopefully you can see them. My favourites are Margarita and Doll. Least favourites are Orange Soda and Strawberry Milk, the formula on these two is far too creamy and slippery to achieve a nice finish.

You can buy these at Cherry Culture if you like they look of them (yes, they ship to UK)!

Not going to buy any more of these until Haute Melon comes back in stock. It's been unavailable for ages :(

Clean up!

Hi all! Just want to say thanks to all my followers for reading my blog. I am going to be going through my list of blogs that I follow and unfollowing a few, as it seems many people drop by my blog saying "follow me" and then they don't follow me back (Could I use the word "follow" any more in a sentence!? Lol!)

I also seem to be following a lot of blogs that are in foreign languages without a translation, I'm afraid I'm typically lazy and don't want to run posts through a translator so I'll be unfollowing some unless they're about things that really interest me.

I'm mainly here to follow beauty blogs. Fashion doesn't interest me so much. If fashion bloggers want to follow me I really do appreciate it, though. I will follow a few but not a great deal. I'm bad at fashion, I usually just wear whatever I want and don't follow trends religiously. :)

I don't blog every day and am rarely online so a lot of blogs I follow seem to slip through the net on my reading list, which isn't really fair and another reason for a clean up!

Just so this post isn't text-only, here is a nail polish you all must see! I'm late to the party on holographic nail polishes I know, but I love this one. It's by Nfu Oh! and the shade is 61.
I apologise for the state of the skin around my cuticles, I haven't really looked after my hands very well since my surgery!

Bye bye for now!

Morgana Cryptoria lipsticks

Hi all! I haven't posted in a while, because I went on a short holiday to Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare county! Loved it, btw) and have been preoccupied with course work. But I received my order from Morgana Cryptoria today, so I thought I'd post!

I ordered four lipsticks in Peach Champagne, Fiery Pumpkin, Apple Plum, and Electric Azalea, and two gel lipsticks in Persephone and Athena.
I had to pay £15.06 customs charge *grumble grumble* Most stuff I order from the US slips by, but unfortunately not this time!
They arrived in a cute little bag which was a nice touch :)

Swatches of lipsticks (descriptions from Morgana Cryptoria website):

Peach Champagne
"Peach with gold tones and a pearl sheen."

Fiery Pumpkin
"A shimmer of gold and red on a rust-orange base."

Apple Plum
"Muted red with just a hint of plum sheen."

Electric Azalea
"Vivid pink with sparkles that change blue-violet to red-violet."

Gel lipsticks:

Persephone
"Pink champagne that shifts peach-gold-green."

Athena
"Red toned purple with sparkles that change red to orange-gold."

The regular lipstick formula is really nice and long wearing on me. I really love Fiery Pumpkin, and had to snap it up when I saw it was to be discontinued. My favourite though is Electric Azalea, it's a really striking pink!
The gel lipstick was a little harder to apply, the formula is quite thick so very thin coats should be applied in layers, with a light hand. Morgana Cryptoria advises that you don't purse your lips or rub them together as it unsettles the finish. Apparently they are liable to melt in high temperatures - luckily I live in cold rainy England, lol. I guess if they felt too soft, I could stick them in the fridge. Both Persephone and Athena are gorgeous colours, and look very glossy as you can see.

You can buy these lipsticks from Morgana Cryptoria's website. She sells other makeup too, so check it out if you haven't already :)

I'll be posting some more NYX lipstick swatches soon, so you'll soon be bored of seeing my lips all the time! Lol! I'm a total lippie addict obviously, so if you want to recommend me lip products to try out, please do so!

Sweetpea and Fay Liquid Lipstick

My SweetPea and Fay order arrived today! I ordered four "J'Adore Les Levres" liquid lipsticks in Ranunculous, Mermaid Kiss, Penelope, and Yeti.
I also got a free eyeshadow in 'Shibalba' (full size, not a sample!) which is really cool of them. It's a shimmery yellow-gold, definitely a colour I'll use. But this post will be about the lipsticks :)

These lippies come in squeezy tubes with a plastic applicator on the end. It's not my fave packaging ever I must admit, I prefer tubes that come with a wand. I found it difficult to squeeze the product out, but that might be because I only have my left hand, lol. I tried applying straight from the tube but found it easier to just use a lip brush.

Here's what SweetPea & Fay say about these lipsticks:

"J'Adore Les Levres tubes are VERY VERY pigmented. They glide on with a rich creamy texture and a soft french vanilla flavor. Lightly blot for a liquid lipstick look or build up for a more glossy shine."

Swatches on my lips:

Ranunculous

"soft pastel pink"
I love this shade, it's one of my fave shades in lipstick. Very thick, creamy formula.

 Mermaid Kiss

"neon hot pink"

Very bright and eyecatching colour. Creamy and opaque which seems to be the norm for these lippies.

Penelope

"Opaque redish purple, with just a hint of lip stain"

I don't know about the stain because I only wore it to take pics, however the colour is stunning and I found the consistency the easiest to work with.

Yeti

"neon blue"
Lol, yes, I'm getting a bit addicted to odd lip colours! This is very VERY creamy and opacity definitely not a problem!

 For a bit of fun, I tried a lip ombre with Yeti and Mermaid Kiss, lol:

 

 It came out a bit wrong, haha

All in all, I'm a big fan of these lippies! Packaging aside, I think they're a great quality product for the humble $7.99 price tag. If you buy only one shade, I'd recommend Penelope, it's my favourite out of the four!

What do you think? Will you try them?

If you want to buy, they are available from SweetPea and Fay's website. Shipping to the UK for 4 lipsticks was $4.50 which is very reasonable!

Revlon ColourBurst Lip Butters

Everyone raves about Revlon Lip Butters, and I'm a bit late to blog about them. Had to wait a while for these to reach the UK, though I did get a few on eBay too. I bought six shades: Pink Truffle, Sugar Frosting, Cotton Candy, Raspberry Pie, Cherry Tart, and Candy Apple.

The 'quilted' packaging is so cute!

Here's a pic of my nude lips for comparison:

And here are lip butter swatches!

Pink Truffle

Sugar Frosting

Cotton Candy

Raspberry Pie

Cherry Tart

Candy Apple

I find these to be moisturising and nicely pigmented. Like I've mentioned before, lip products don't get more than 1-2 hours of wear time on my lips, as I'm constantly drinking Coke or Ribena or eating or talking.
These lip butters have a very mild vanilla scent and no noticeable taste.

I'm thinking of getting more, especially the Tutti Frutti and Macaroon shades :) I've also heard good things about Berry Smoothie.

Have any of my followers tried these? What are your favourite shades?

If you're in the UK, you can get these lip butters from Boots, who are currently doing a 3 for 2 offer! The Revlon lip butters are in high demand and often out of stock so grab them while you can!

Illamasqua Human Fundamentalism: Vernau, Pivot & Apocalips

My order from Illamasqua arrived the other day, and I just got round to taking a few pics today.

I ordered three items from the Human Fundamentalism collection: powder eyeshadows in 'Pivot' and 'Vernau', and the much anticipated 'Apocalips' lipstick.

I also got a booklet as a freebie :)

Pics:

I was very excited when this arrived, I wish I could afford one of the eyeshadow palettes too but never mind!

The eyeshadows have a beautiful buttery consistency, soft but not too soft, and are very pigmented which is just what I'd expect from Illumasqua.

Pivot is described by Illamasqua as a "yellow green", and this is accurate. I tried to capture the colours of these eyeshadows accurately but my camera's a bit rubbish, I can't handle my DSLR until I get my right hand back. Pivot leans a tad more yellow than this pic suggests.

Illamasqua describes Vernau as a "yellow ochre" which it is, really :) This will probably become an everyday colour for me, I love it!

Swatches on the back of my bare hand:

And here is the wonderful teal lipstick, Apocalips:

Apocalips on bare lips:

I don't usually buy "fantasy colour" lipsticks but for some reason, this really called out to me when I saw it on the promo images. I'll probably never be brave enough to wear it out - maybe if I go clubbing again like years ago, lol. 

This lipstick is matte, and I found it quite difficult to apply as it dragged across my lips instead of just gliding on, but I find this happens with my other mattes from other companies. I find that matte formulas accentuate the lines and any flaws on my lips, and can feel a bit dry, but it'll probably feel better if you prep your lips with balm first - which I didn't do and should have. The upside to mattes is that they are usually very long lasting, and Apocalips definitely is! I wore this for a few hours around the house and it stayed put until I had to take it off, and it didn't leave a stain behind :)
The teal colour is amazing! Apocalips is very very pigmented and I had no problem getting one-stroke opacity.


Overall, I'm very happy with my purchases from this collection. I actually caved and bought the nail polish in "Nomad", for when I can paint my nails again.

Fancy "daring to be different"? Buy this stuff at Illamasqua's website!