Neutral FOTD using Benefit Big Beautiful Eyes

Sometimes when I wake up, I feel like being really adventurous with my make-up and covering my eyelids with bright, bold colour or wearing a brash, in-yer-face lipstick so that I really stand out from the crowd and think "Yeeeah!". Ok, that last part's probably just me! Yep.

Most of the time though, I prefer to play it a bit safer and use neutrals. Neutrals are safe, they are my go-to shades, they are flesh-toned pinks, caramel browns, they are the staple of any woman's make-up collection, they are our secret weapons for giving the illusion of well-defined big beautiful eyes.

Funnily enough, this post features a palette called "Big Beautiful Eyes" from Benefit. And guess what? It's a neutral palette! Haha, clever.

Anyway, on to my Face Of The Day... Here are the products I used:

*FACE*

NARS Sheer Glow in Stromboli

Benefit Boi-ing Concealer 2 (From the Big Beautiful Eyes palette)

*CHEEKS*

Sleek Face Contour kit

MAC Warm Soul Blusher

*EYES*

Benefit Big Beautiful Eyes palette

Bourjois Liner Pinceau in Noir

*LIPS*

Collection 2000 Volume Boost lipstick in Nude

A closer look at Big Beautiful Eyes by Benefit..

Oooooh, lap up those neutrals ladies & gents! Needless to say, I didn't bother using those naff brushes. Instead I opted for my little finger to dab on the concealer, MAC 239 shading brush for lid colour, 219 Pencil brush for the crease & 224 to soften the edges.

So yeah..

Drum roll, please. The results are in. And here they are..

Please excuse my brows, they deperately need threading. 

Biting my bottom lip trying to look all sexy... Fail.

I lovelovelove this look. Yay for neutrals!

So what are your favourite neutral eyeshadows? Share the love!

 

 

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Eye of the dayyy...

Excuse the hair all over my face. :)

Okay, what I used:

MAC Brulee all over the eyelid

NARS Cordura (From the Pleasures of Paris Palette) on the outer V and over the crease.

MAC Grand Entrance on the inner corner and on the brow bone.

Bourjois Liner Pinceau in Noir as a top liner. Love this liner, the brush is super thin.

Collection 2000 Vinyl Lash Extension in black. I've got about 4 coats on just now. :)

Hope you're all having a coolio thursday night. Just one more sleep till the WEEKENDDD!!!! :D I'm sat here listening to the Friendly Fires album going through countless blogs. What about you?

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How much do I love this mascara?

I love this mascara too much. You can really build it up with ZERO CLUMPS! So for those that have short lashes, you don't need to worry about clumping when you're layering this on :) There's about 3 coats on in the above picture.I've been using this mascara since I was 19. In between I've used YSL Faux Cils - which is great but faaar too expensive. Where as this costs less than a fifth of the price. Yep, it's my beloved Collection 2000 Vinyl Lash Extension mascara. I totally recommend you try this mascara, it's too freakin' cheap not to!

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Eye of the day

Just a quick blog to show what I wore on my eyes today. With my make up in a nice, neat box, I now know what I actually have. :)



















Aaanyway, I used UDPP all over the lid. MAC's Honey Lust all over the lid with small flat brush. Then with my ELF studio contouring brush, I applied MAC's Concrete (lightly) into the crease and blended.
On the inner corners I applied Bourjois's Beige Rose. Gorgeous colour!

After that, I lined my eyes with plain liquid liner and two coats of Collection 2000's Vinyl Lash Extension.

What did you wear today?

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Hot, Smokey Arab eyes using my Tigi Bed Head Palette

I was having a nice, laaazy sunday last weekend. In my PJs, drinking tea, the usual. I eventually got bored so decided to experiment! :)

I had a Tigi Bed Head palette knocking around the house so decided to whip it out.

This is what it looks like without flash

With Flash..

The one of the top right is broken. :(

I applied "Brown" (2nd on the bottom left) all over the eyelid with a flat brush - 239. This shade looks so different in the photos but believe it or not, it is similar to "All that glitters".

With the 217, I got "Copper" (1st on the left) and blended that into the crease and stretched it upwards and outwards.

And finally with the 239, highlighted my brow bone & tear ducts with "Peach" (1st on the top left). This also reminded me of another MAC product - "Phloof!".

Finished with Benefit's Bad Gal liner & lashings of Collection 2000's Vinyl Lash Extension mascara. :)

Ooh yeah, on Saturday I purchased a lipglass from MAC called "New Spirit". It's a nice gold colour, maybe slighly peachy? Here's what it looks like..

Don't know about you but I think it looks simply gorgeous. :)

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