FACE

Pixi Flawless & Poreless Primer

Eva Garden Perfect Skin Foundation #126

MAC Pro Conceal and Correct in Medium

Too Faced Blush in La Vie En Rose

EYES

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Tainted (lid)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Black Out (outer corner)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Deep End (lower lashline)

Eva Garden Build Up Mascara

LIPS

Pixi Tinted Brilliance Balm in Unique Pink

FACE

Pixi Flawless & Poreless Primer

Eva Garden Perfect Skin Foundation #126

MAC Pro Conceal and Correct in Medium

Eva Garden Precious Minerals Bronzer #904

EYES

Too Faced Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer

Sleek Makeup Acid Palette – neon yellow (lid)

Pixi Eye Bright Liner

Eva Garden Build Up Mascara

LIPS

MAC lipstick in Candy Yum Yum

Annabelle TwistUp Retractable Lipstick Crayon in Absolute

When I received the Too Faced Sweet Indulgence Kit for Christmas, I couldn’t wait to use it. I immediately fell in love with one particular shade of the sixteen eyeshadows called Cherry Cola, which is a merlot colour with red sparkle. Here is a look I created using it as well as some other treats in the kit.

FACE
Eva Garden Perfect Skin Foundation #126
Too Faced Exclusive Bronzer
Too Faced Blush in Papa Don’t Peach
Too Faced Candlelight Glow

EYES
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Too Faced eyeshadow in Satin Sheets (lid)
Too Faced eyeshadow in Gum Drop (lid – outer third)
Too Faced eyeshadow in Cherry Cola (outer corner/crease/lower lashline)
Maybelline The Colossal Volum’Express Mascara in Glam Black
Smashbox Brow Tech To Go in Brunette

LIPS
Avon lipstick in Radiant Ruby

Holiday parties are amongst my favourite types of parties. ‘Tis the season for unapologetic glamour and glitz, so when I went to my work Christmas shindig I decided that glitter was in order…and lots of it.

FACE
MAC Full Coverage Foundation in NC20 (as concealer)
MAC Mineralize Foundation in NW20
Eva Garden Precious Minerals Bronzer
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Junkshow (as blush)

EYES
LA Splash Eyeshadow Sealer Base
ACO Loose Glitter in Gold Digger (lid)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Blackout (outer corner)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Smog (lower lash line)
Maybelline The Colossal Volum’Express Mascara in Glam Black
Katy Perry for Eylure lashes in Cool Kitty

LIPS
Eva Garden lipgloss in 73

FACE

Marcelle BB Cream in Light to Medium

MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NC 20/25

Smashbox Prism Soft Lights

MAC Prep + Prime Invisible Powder

EYES

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Deep End (lid/lower lashline)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Blackout (outer corner/outer lower lashline)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Vanilla (tear duct)

Annabelle Le Big Show Mascara

LIPS

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Cherish

I love the Urban Decay Naked Palette. Really, who could hate it? It’s such a staple in any makeup wearer and lovers kit and I wanted to play up the tones in some blue contact lenses I bought with a warm, neutral look. Here’s what I ended up with…

FACE

Marcelle BB Cream in Light to Medium

beautyADDICTS Double Deception Concealer in 02

Smashbox Warm Apricot blush

Smashbox Lens Soft Lights

EYES

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Half Baked (lid)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Darkhorse (crease/lower lashline)

Tigi eyeshadow in Chocolate (outer corner to darken)

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Virgin (tear duct)

Maybelline Volum’Express The Colossal Mascara in Glam Black

Smashbox Brow Tech To Go in Brunette

LIPS

MAC Dazzleglass in Girl’s Delight

By the way, what do you think of the contacts? Yay or nay?

Korres was kind enough to send me a winter care package of some of their featured products to try out. In light of the winter weather ahead, and many moments of dry and irritated skin due to the outdoor cold or indoor heating, here are some winter-approved products that will make your skin say OPA!

Yogurt Instant Soothing Gel

$49.50 CAD

This moisture booster is amazing for when you need to up the ante underneath your regular moisturizer  or need a quick fix of comfort when your skin is irritatingly dry. It instantly nourishes, hydrates and relieves dry skin while providing a light cooling effect.  Works amazing underneath your favourite tinted moisturizer or BB Cream.

Yogurt Body Butter

$33 CAD

I’ve used other Korres Body Butters before and they are amazing! This time of year my skin is so ridiculously dry that I scratch to the point where sometimes it hurts. Thank you to YOGURT for being a  luxurious, moisture-rich cream, not only cooling and soothing my skin, but hydrating the hell out of it.  Shea butter softens, smooths and nourishes and helps to also improves the skins elasticity. The scent is fresh and pure, much softer than other body butters from Korres. It’s quite nice.

Milk Proteins Foaming Cream Cleanser

$26 CAD

Foam and cream come together to make a gloriously nourishing soap-free cleanser that leaves skin soft and supple. Normally, dry or sensitive skin would steer clear of anything ‘foaming’ due to it being synonymous with further drying out or irritating the skin. However,  MILK is the shining star in this cleanser which is an age old beauty secret of Cleopatra’s, who bathed in the stuff to preserve her skin’s suppleness. The ‘foam’ in this cleanser is more reminiscent of a creamy lather and feels incredible!

You can find these and other Korres goodies at select Shoppers Drug Marts and Sephora.

http://www.korres.ca/

I’ve always liked the idea of coloured contacts. Being a brown eyed girl, I sometimes envied those blessed with stunning green or blue eyes, especially when rocking out something dramatic as far as makeup went. I was always curious to see what I could do to change or enhance my natural eye colour using a coloured lens but was apprehensive to try them out. The thought of touching my eyeball and putting something in there made my stomach turn. So when I was approached by Angel Contacts to try out a few sets of their coloured contact lenses, I was hesitant at first. I didn’t want to commit to the lovely folks at Angel to try them and then wimp out, abandoning an opportunity to share something fun and different to my readers. However, in sticking to my mantra of trying out new things, I accepted the opportunity to give the lenses a try, taking one for the team for the sake of blogging.

The lenses I decided on were the GEO Angel Violet in honour of the late Liz Taylor and the GEO Magic Black because honestly I thought it would be bad ass to have black eyes.

Putting them in for the first time was beyond comical (not at the time, obviously) and took me about twenty minutes to get both of the contacts in. I later thought to myself that it might have been funny to film it for YouTube. However there would have been a lot of bad language due to being utterly creeped out touching my eye, almost dropping the lenses down the sink a bunch of times and a multitude of emotion (mostly frustration). Okay, so the video would’ve been entertaining but even I don’t have THAT much humility to have let the world see that.

Before and After using Geo Magic Black

So once those suckers were in and I took a moment to get used to having something on my eye, I was surprised at how comfortable they were. The lenses are designed to give the appearance of a larger iris so I imagine in comparison to plain, daily wear contacts, it’s a tad different. For someone who’s still a lens newbie, I can wear them for a good four or five hours before I want to take them out. I’m sure those who are contact aficionados will have no problem wearing them longer.

Geo Magic Black

I was pretty impressed at how the different styles looked with my brown eyes, not to mention it made them look big and doll-like without it being overdone.

Geo Angel Violet

I would like to formally thank Angel Contacts for popping my coloured lens wearing cherry. The experience proved to be exciting, trying (at times), fun and really cool. I am now officially obsessed with trying different colours out. I’m gonna need more solution.

http://www.angelcontacts.com/

P.S. They’re Canadian! *highfives*

FACE

Eva Garden Perfect Skin Foundation #126

beautyADDICTS Double Deception Concealer in #02

Smashbox Warm Apricot Blush

Smashbox Lens Soft Lights

EYES

MAC Reflects Antiqued Gold Pigment (lid)

Annabelle iTRANSFORMER with pigment

Smashbox eyeshadow in Roast (lower lashline)

Smashbox eyeshadow in Oyster (tear duct)

Maybelline Volum’Express The Colossal Mascara in Glam Black

Smashbox Brow Tech To Go in Brunette

LIPS

Eva Garden Lip Lacquer

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All products Smashbox unless otherwise specified.

Face
Marcelle BB Cream in Light to Medium
Blush in Passion
Prism Soft Lights

Eyes
Spruce (lid)
Aubergine (outer corner)
Anchor (lower lash line)
Opal (tear duct)
Cream Liner in Picasso
Brow Tech To Go in Brunette
Annabelle Le Big Show Mascara

Lips
Lipgloss in Pomegranate