Birthday EOTD

I am now inescapably in my late 20's which is a slightly depressing thought. Had a reasonably good day, My Dad and brother had bought this massive chocolate cake meant to feed 20 people and as a result we're going to be eating a lot of cake to get rid of it and I got to but a load of books without having to pay for them myself.

Makeup was a 1980's inspired but fairly simple look.

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NYX jumbo e/s pencil in oyster- lid

Sugarpill chromalust in birthday girl- lid

Medusa's e/s in electro purple- crease

Medusa's e/s in electro green-lower lashline

MAC p/m in pink opal- highlight

Barry M white eyeliner-waterline

Collection 2000 glittery liner in disco queen- upper lashline

Benefit bad gal lashes

Margarita: Love and Destroy

I was really bored earlier today so I decided to try a look inspired by a scene in my favourite book, The Master and Margarita. This is kinda how I think of her makeup during her flight over Moscow (not at Wolands Ball where I imagine her face to be even paler, more sharply contoured and the eyes darker- a bit like how they did Illamasquas Dystopia collection a couple of years ago).

I initially thought of trying to replicate the look in the video at the bottom (the song is Love and Destroy by Franz Ferdinand and the video is a scene from a Russian tv adaptation of the book). I had remembered the eyeshadow wrong so it is quite different.

Swatches: Ben Nye Green and Purple Eyeshadows

Royal Purple, Amethyst, Cosmic Violet
Mermaid Green, Jade, Chartreus

Ben Nye Eyeshadows-Size

I recently bought 2 Ben Nye Grand Lumiere eyeshadows and was surprised at the difference in size between the individual ones, the palette ones and a MAC eyeshadow. Considering that a Ben nye shadow costs about £11 it is amazing to see just how much you get compared to MAC.

Miscellaneous Non-makeup Post

This makes me wish I lived in London, a feeling I have been getting quite a lot over the past 6 months. I have been looking into moving there and it is probable that I would need to move there anyway as most of the jobs in the field I want to work in are based there, as well as 2 of the Universities where I would want to do a PhD.

There seems to be a lot to do in London, plenty of shops and a chance to reinvent myself as something other than a shy, slightly reclusive nerd who never goes out. I have decided to try save up when I get a job and try to move there once I finish my Masters next summer. Not really sure why I'm posting this here but I suppose it is since I'm trying to find a starting point for moving. I have been to London twice and one those time was to get the Eurostar, so doesn't really count. I have no idea what areas are good but not too expensive and not too far away from the city centre.

Old EOTDS

I had intended doing a post on pressing pigments and a look with the ones I have pressed today, however, my mishap with the pigments yesterday has ruled that one out and as I don't want to aggravate my eyes any more than they have been, I won't be doing an EOTD today. So, here are some of my older ones that I haven't posted:

Not sure of these colours but I think the lighter one is Bitter (MAC) and the darker one is Sassy Grass (MAC- LE).

This one was done using all of the colours in the Sugarpill Burning Heart and Sweetheart Quads.
This was done with the 88 colour shimmer palette.
I think this was Juxt and Atlantic blue by MAC, with my favourite false lashes.

Pressing Pigments/ Ordering Fail

I made my first attempt at pressing pigments the other day and they looked pretty good, so I ordered eyeshadow pans, a pallet and a couple of other things off the internet yesterday afternoon and I was quite happy until last night. The pigments had been dry for more than 24 hours, so I decided to try them out and I felt as if my eyes were going to melt out of their sockets, it was really sore and they are feeling a bit sensitive just now. All thoughts of pressing any more pigments have gone out of the window, the alcohol clearly does not agree with me and I have no desire to re-test the pigments. The pallet can easily and cheaply be sent back to the seller as it was from in the UK; the empty pans, dropper and the presser were cheap but there are 50 pans on their way here and everything will just be left in a box doing nothing but getting in the way. I was going to contact the seller but I checked the account which said that it has been sent so there is nothing I or the seller can do about it until it arrives.

If there is anyone out there who wants 50 empty tin 26mm eyeshadow pans, the presser and a dropper can email me at: makeupaddict77@googlemail.com.

I shouldn't have ordered until I tried the pigments on my eyes. Lesson (painfully) learnt.

EOTD's: Purples

Was a bit bored and have been playing with makeup this is what I did tonight:

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MUFE 92-Lid and 2/3 lower lashline

MAC Lucky Tom- over 92

MAC Romping- Crease and inner 1/3 lower lashline

Sugarpill Dollypop- above crease

MAC Yoghurt- to blend out Romping

Sugarpill Tako- Highlight

MAC Stately Black- outer 1/3 lower lashline

Maybelline black kohl liner- waterline

Barry M- Purple glittery liner

Too Faced lash injection

MAC Pink Reflects glitter-over Romping

A nice simple look for nipping out to Tesco:

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MAC Vibrant Grape inner 2/3 of lid and lower lashline

Ben Nye Royal Purple- outer 1/3 lid and lower lashline

MAC Vellum- Highlight

Maybelline black kohl- waterline

Too Faced lash injection

Too Faced lash injection pinpoint

EOTD: Too Christmassy for June?

I really like this look but I think that it might be a bit too Christmassy for June.

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NYX Rocky Mountain Green e/s pencil- Lid

Sugarpill Chromalust in Tipsy-Lid

Sugarpill e/s in Love+ - Outer Crease

Sugarpill e/s in Flamepoint- Inner Crease

Sugarpill e/s in Dollypop- Blended into top of Love+

Ben Nye e/s in Mermaid Green- In crease

Sugarpill e/s in Tako- Highlight

Sugarpill e/s in Buttercupcake- Inner Corner

Sugarpill e/s in Love +-Inner 1/2 Lower lashline

Sugarpill e/s in Poison Plum- Outer 1/2 Lower Lashline

Maybelline gel liner

Maybelline black eye kohl

Benefit Bad Gal lash'es

EOTD: Purples

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Medusa's Makeup loose e/s in Purple Rain- Lid

Sugarpill chromalust in Hysteric- over Purple Rain

Ben Nye e/s in Royal Purple- above crease

Medusa's makeup e/s in Electro Purple- over Royal Purple

Sugarpill chromalust in Weekender-inner crease

Sugarpill e/s in Afterparty- lower lashline

Sugarpill chromalust in Royal Sugar- over Afterparty

MAC e/s in Black Tied- crease

Sugarpill e/s in Tako- Highlighter

Maybelline eye Kohl in Black- waterline

Bourjois glittery liquid liner- upper lashline

Benefit Gad Gal lashes

Alien by Thierry Mugler

Have you ever loved the smell of the perfume you've been wearing so much you were reluctant to shower it off*? This is how I felt this evening with this perfume.

For years I have loved Angel by Thierry Mugler which I still count as my favourite; I love Alien almost as much although I don't have the same sentimental attachment to it that I have with Angel (yet).

The bottle for Alien is lovely and it looks like an artifact you'd find in an alien craft, like a precious, purple gemstone engraved with hieroglyphics carrying ancient secrets. I have read comments where people don't think too highly of the bottles (someone said they looked like penguins); they aren't necessarily to everyones taste as with everything but I think they're fun and the 'penguin' comment amuses me.

The perfume itself was lovely, it has been described as smelling of Amber, Jasmine and Cashmeran, I'll be honest on this I cannot really say too much as I have no idea what cashmeran is, but the jasmine was ever present; if you don't like jasmine, then you probably won't like Alien. Much like the bottle opinion seems to be divided on the fragrance with some saying it is a real 'scrubber' (a feeling I have only had with a perfume once before) and claiming they could smell a chemical element to it, I couldn't smell that and I love this perfume which works well with my personal chemistry.

*I did, however, wash it off.