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Femme Boulevard December: Ushering 2013 in Style!

Hello lovelies! I hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the new year! I for one am extremely excited about the new year and I will let you in on why in a bit. Meanwhile, allow me to introduce you to today’s post!

Yours truly has been given the opportunity to participate in a Femme Boulevard post! Femme Boulevard is a monthly column written by three fabulous bloggers: Joey , Lily, and Teri. For the month of December, the three lovelies decided to open their column to all us beauty bloggers out to join in the New Year festivities and so here I am, attempting to do something totally out of my comfort zone!

The theme of today’s look is metallic / shiny lids with vampy / bold lips. Imagine my slight horror when I read those words as I have never really worn bold lips out nor have I worn metallic lids very much. Thankfully, it can be an editorial, wearable look or “anything, as long as you have fun doing it” qoute Lily.

I chose my look based on something wearable as I will be attend a cousin’s wedding early January 2013, the main reason on why I am so excited about starting the new year!

Onto this wearable look! Here are the products I used to create the look:

As I will be wearing a teal dress (either the one featured in this post or another) to the wedding, I thought I’d match my eyeshadow with my dress. I then dug out my Guerlain Les Ombres de Nuit 4 -Colour Palette from Guerlain’s Christmas 2011 collection. The look also requires vampy lips and I immediately thought of the Guerlain Nuit d’Amour Rouge Automatique from the same Christmas collection!

Here’s a list of the other products I used:

1. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in 51

2. Creme de La Mer The Radiant Concealer in Light

3. K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner 24h Waterproof in Black

4. No7 Nude Lip Liner

5. Shiseido Perfect Mascara Defining Volume

6. Guerlain Terracotta La Selection De L’ete

7. Guerlain Blush 4 Eclats Rose Plein Vert 05

8. Guerlain Rouge Shine Automatique in Altoum

9. Shu Uemura Hard Formula Brow Pencil in 05 Stone Grey

And… Here’s the look!

Pardon the peeling nose, I’ve just recovered from a full-blown cold but my nose has not ceased shedding its skin just yet!

Onto the face first, I used Bourjois’ Healthy Mix foundation as it’s more moisturising and it’s yellow undertones really help conceal the redness around my nose and cheek area. My skin has also been dry of late so this is a go-to for evenings out! A light dusting of blush went with the look as I didn’t want to take any attention away from my eyes / lips. An attempt to contour went in too with the Guerlain bronzer but it doesn’t really show up in the photos.

For the eyes! I first applied a thin layer of the shimmering grey shade all over the lids. Then I took the blackened blue shade and applied it on the outer lids, slowly working it into my crease. I layered on the colours slowly and carefully as I wanted all shades to blend well together. The lighter teal shade was used on the middle of both lids and blended out. The key to this look? Blend, blend and blend some more! I dabbed some of the shimmering grey eyeshadow on the corner of my eyes to make them pop a little.

As this look will be worn in the evening, I brought some of the blackened blue shade down under the outer corner of my eyes and blended that out with the teal and grey shades, working my way to the inner corners of my eyes.

The eyes were tightlined with the K-Palette eyeliner, a gift from my soulmate who with Lily introduced me into the world of eyeliners. =) As usual, I then curled my eyelashes with my trusty Shu Uemura lash curlers and lashings of the Shiseido mascara went through them. Brows were lightly filled with the Shu Uemura Brow Pencil.

Finally, I lined and filled in my lips with the No7 Nude lip liner before applying the Guerlain Nuit d’Amour Rouge Automatique with a lip brush onto my lips. Upon applying the shade I felt it could do with a little shine so I slicked on a layer of Guerlain’s Altoum Shine Automatique but it’s barely visible, even in real life. Guess I shouldn’t have bothered with it. =p

I tried my very best to take photos without me looking really silly but I guess I am not photogenic at all. Sigh. I’ll let the photos do the talking.

This one, I took in hope of showcasing the eyes without looking weird. Succeeded in the eye department, failed in terms of looking weird.

Then there’s this shot. A family member mentioned I bear an uncanny resemblance to The Joker.

+___+

Do you think the look meets the shiny / bold look? The look’s nothing metallic as I can’t bring myself to wear such a bold eye out but the shine gives my eyes more depth. The deep plummy lips seems to breathe a new lease of life into an otherwise boring matchy eye and dress look. What say you?

Do not forget to check out what the other ladies think! =D

Beaute Fabuleuse
BellaChique
Bronzer Bunny
ChloeAsh‎
Eye Heart It
Joey’space
Messy Wands
Mostly Sunny
Musing On Beauty

I really enjoyed collaborating with so many other bloggers and I hope there will be more opportunities like this in the future! Till then, a very Happy New Year to everyone and here’s to a fantastic year ahead!!

I have something rather exciting coming up in the next few days so be sure to stay tuned!

Review: No7 Limited Edition Lip & Cheek in Pink Tint

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I worship Lisa Eldridge. I would buy anything she recommends… Well anything as long as it’s affordable. She’s been waxing lyrical over THIS Suqqu Face Brush for as long as I can remember but it’s the astronomical price tag that’s putting me off. But I like how she also recommends drugstore brands like Bourjois for people like me who cannot afford Suqqu and the likes. =p

Anyway, Lisa Eldridge is the Creative Consultant for No7, a Boots in-house brand and here, she explains the inspiration behind the Autumn Limited range:

‘Minimalism is the order of the day for Autumn/Winter 2011. We saw extremely chic monochromatic and tonal looks at A/W 2011 shows, with make-up that complemented the girls’ natural beauty rather than fought for attention. Minks, greys, camels and browns were used on the lids in lighter hues, while lips were kept nude or lightly touched with pink. In a twist to this 1990s inspired make-up, skin was beautifully luminous, flawless and healthy looking. So get ready to rock the ‘no make-up’ make-up trend to perfection – using sophisticated, chic and luxe products in the most skin enhancing tones.’

This is the only product I’ve purchased from the Autumn Limited Edition range (for now)…. I was walking around the No7 counter wanting to spend my £5 voucher when I came across this Lip & Cheek Tint! (yay for versatile items)

I bought this in Pink Tint (there are two, the other being Bronze Tint) and comes with 8g of product:

Quite generous I must say! Onto the packaging of the product, I love how minimalist it is! No unnecessary box packaging (I detest box packaging because at the end of the day all you do is throw it out) just the Tint all by itself! *extra brownie points for Lisa*

I also like how a tiny cap lies on top of the product, protecting it from any nicks / bacteria:

I can see myself using this product everyday!

So what does Boots say about this product?

Let your skin do the talking with this lip and cheek tint. This multi-purpose stick comes in natural tones to enhance the contours of your face, and the sheer colour can be layered on for desired intensity. The smooth gel structure is wax-free, so glides onto your skin for a soft, non-tacky finish.

Pink Tint epitomises modern sophistication and is well matched for fairer skins while Bronze Tint oozes sensuality – perfectly suited for darker skins.

This Lip & Cheek Tint isn’t very pigmented which is good for me as it gives me more room for correction should my application go awry

It glides on really smoothly (oh hello, silicon!) it’s the colour that blows me away!

It’s a lovely shade of pink border-lining coral with fine gold shimmer which looks so pretty when it catches the light! I would also say that this tint carries a slight golden / bronzy undertone that’s perfect for Autumn as you still want to have that slightly tanned just-after-summer sheen!

I have another No7 voucher to spend and I just might check out their Double-Ended Pencils which I think a certain blogger may fancy seeing she’s eyeing a nude eye pencil which is pretty close to ivory (or so I think) lol!

This range isn’t permanent which is such a shame as I can see myself repurchasing this product as it’s so easy to use! Then again I may make use of my vouchers and get myself a back up! =p In all a brilliant product!

Rating: 4.5/5

My lovely Saturday spent spending money. Just a teaser pic! =p

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I desperately needed some retail therapy. I got what I wanted… In the form of blushes. Blushes are my favourite make-up product because they are the easiest to apply and you can’t really go wrong unless you pile too much on and end up looking wrong. =p So here’s my little haul of blushes, all bought today:

Clockwise from left: No7 Autumn Limited Edition Lip & Cheek in Pink Tint, Topshop Cream Blush in Pinch, MAC Powder Blush in Dame, MAC Powder Blush in Peachykeen

Hehehe I actually hauled more stuff but I shall leave that for later lest I get branded shopaholic of the century by you lovelies =p Reviews will be coming up very, very soon and here’s a swatch of all four of them together =p

Am very, very happy with the purchases as I got them on a bargain! I had a £5 No7 voucher so the Lip & Cheek only cost £7 whereas I had a £15 Fenwick Beauty voucher to splurge on those MAC blushes! Topshop’s Cream Blush cost £6 which I think isn’t too bad for a blush…

Oh wait a minute *adds all the stuff up*

GULP.

Bread and water for the next month.