Monday Makeup: Paddy's Day Look :)

First of all let me begin with showing you my kiddies St Patricks Day looks lol

They were so so cute that day as they alway are :) :) 

As You all know St Patricks Day (paddy's day not Pattys) is a huge thing in Ireland :) 

Especially with kids :) 

The more done up they are they better so they had their hair sprayed 

Tatto's (not real ones of course) on their faces 

Cool T-shirts and hats for the day :) 

Now of Course mammy has to take part too :) 

So here is my look for the day :) 

Of course my hair had to be a little on the messy I had just washed it and it went a little cray cray while getting the kiddies ready the joys of motherhood eh?

So I have decided to take part in this new thing called Makeup Monday where everyone shares a look they have created in the week and share what they created :) 

I really want to get involved in this one because to be honest its giving me a kick in the ass to start showing looks (even if they are not professional) as some of you might actually like them plus I have been asked so so so many time when I am going to start doing tutorials as you are liking the looks I post up on my facebook page.  I suppose in some sense its sort a confidence thing as I am self teaching and have learned alot and got a little more confident in creating looks but feel I am just not 100% confident enough to do tutorials yet so maybe this might be what will get me started :) 

Now Makeup Monday doesnt have to be just on looks created it can be about anything even reviews but I have taken it into my head its for looks created so that it will give me the inspiration to share looks I have tried out :)   If you want to get involved click the Makeup Monday picture on my side bar or click here 

So the look of the day is of course consisting of greens :) 

I love greens but find it hard sometimes to wear them as some greens do clash with my eye colour which is hazel 

So the eyeshadows I used are from two different palettes 

One from My Coastal Scents Fall Palette I got ages ago 

and some from my made up palette of the crush pots from The body needs 

After Priming my lid 

• I applied the top left shade which is a matte cream shade all over lid up to the brow bone 
• Then I mixed the top right shade which is a frosty champagne and the bottom 3rd shade which is a stunning gold together and applied that to the first inner 1/3 of the lid 
• and lastly from this coastal scents palette I took that stunning minty green shade with golden shimmers the first shade on the 2nd row and applied it to the centre of the lid and to the bottom lash line 
• For blending out any harsh lines i simply used the matte cream shade on the top row
• Going to my Unii Palette which i filled with my the body needs crush pot eyeshadows 

• I applied the Last shade "Blackened Emerald" which is a sunning emerald green with black undertones I applied most of the shade to the outer corner and blended out into the crease this is an absolute stunning shade :) 
• lastly I applied the 2nd shade "Blackened Teal" to the outer V and outer 1/3 of my bottom lash line 
• And I blended altogether :) 

I applied my current favourite gel liner by Catrice cosmetics and then decided the shadows were not shimmery enough ;) so I got my NYX Candy glitter Eyeliners out and chose the obvious one for this look :) "Jade Green" and applied that over the eyeliner on my top lash line ;) 

My camera really doesnt do this look justice but its to give you an idea of what it looked like as the lighting was so dull due to typical Irish weather its the best i could do :) plus i had 4 kiddies pulling out of me to hurry up so we could go to the parade while i was taking the photos lol 

So thats my paddy's day look

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Until next time 

Lots of Love Luck Laughter 

I love love love hearing from you all :) I make it my duty to read each and every one of you comments and every time i get a comment from you it highlights my day thanks so so much to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Coastal Scents Fall Festival Palette & More Review

Hey my beautiful's how are you all doing?  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to the New Year.  This looks like it will be my last Review of 2011 :) :) I am so looking forward to plenty more in 2012 and maybe so Tutorials and Vlogs also we will see :) :) 

Any way i have a video review on my First ever Coastal Scents Haul i will post it below but as i stated on my video i am trying to work out lighting etc on my camera so the colours are not 100% this is why i have post up pictures on here so you can see more clearer.  I hope you enjoy my review :) 

My Little Haul 

Fall Festival Palette

Oh you guys when i first seen this on the sight I just knew i had to have it.  The colours looked amazing and i simply fell in love straight away.  The price of this palette is $21.95 each which is about €17/14.  It might sound a bit pricey for just 12 shades, I thought it too thats why i waited so long to get it and was lucky enough to get it on the 50% off sale but now that i have it, I can safely say its well worth the full price.  Plus if you didnt want all these shades but some of them catch your eye you can buy them on their own.  The cost $4.95 each on their own.  So happy day eh?

The Palette itself it super super sturdy.  Its a typical black Palette with Coastal Scents printed on the Front.  What amazed me was how heavy it is.  Much heavier than any other branded palettes i own.  I am super impressed with that. 

Taken in Normal Light 

Taken with Flash

Now as you can see the palette comes with a fairly large mirror which all of us love especially on travel.  The shade are amazing.  The Eyeshadows are quite large and will last quite a while.  These eyeshadows are also the same size as the Mac eyeshadows.  

What i love about these palettes is that you can remove any of them out of this palette.  Be it for changing colours or simply using this palette for other purposes be it for storing other single eyeshadows etc.  i have tried a Mac eyeshadow in this palette and it fits like a glove. 

When i stated on my video these colours are not named they have letters and numbers on them i actually noticed they are too named in the single section in which i will tell you them now as i know some of you might not like all these shades in the palette but i also know some of them might catch your eye and Coastal Scents do in Fact sell these shades separately just click here to see   So thats nice to know :) :) 

So starting from the top row:

M04, HP-ME03, HP-ME01 & HP-ME17

HP-ME09, HP-ME26, S14 & S17

S30, HP-ME15, HP-23 & M23

Swatches 

M04 (Chamois Nude) is a great Matte cream eyeshadow  

HP-ME03 (Bright Copper) this is a beautiful frosty copper 

HP-ME01 (Dark Golden Olive) is a dark metallic mossy green i love this shade a little of this goes a long way.

HP-ME17 (Light Apricot) this is a nice frosty champagne shade perfect for highlighting 

HP-ME09 (Kiwi Green) this is another frosty mint green with golden undertone 

HP-ME26 Deep Cantaloupe)  this is a beautiful orangey/golden shade 

S14 (Regalia Purple) this is a lovely purple with bluey undertone 

S17 (American Rose) this is a satin red with pinkish undertone 

S30 (Cherry Chocolate) this is also a satin shade its a brown with pinky micro-shimmers

HP-ME15 (Raisin Berry) this is another satin shade a beautiful Burgundy colour with a slight brown undertone so strong  

HP-23 (New Coin)This is a very strong orange shade beautiful in person   

M23 (Gunmetal)This of course is a Matte Black  Its not the Blackest of blacks but its buildable.  

4 Piece Empty Palette with 3 single shades 

In Normal Light 

with flash

This is an empty Magnetic palette which holds 26mm shadows now according to Coastal Scents even though Mac eyeshadows are the same size they will not fit into this palette they state they will not magnetize to their palettes due to the magnets polarity.  What ever that means but hey.  

The palette comes with a nice sized mirror and an eyeshadow applicator.  This is even handier for travel or day trips and the shadows can easily come out of the pan so you can swap and change from palette to palette (if you do have others from coastal scents). 

I also bought 3 single eyeshadow in which were on sale for only $1.99 now thats a steal for these shades especially.  The funny thing about these single eyeshadows is that they are named.  

I got "Nude Tan, Peachy Copper & Chocolate Berry"  They are all fantastic colours.  

Nude Tan S37:  Is self explanatory its a matte tan eyeshadow but i found it contains a slight silverish micro-glitter 

Peachy-Copper S39:  A soft coral peach with a slight shimmer this is a fantastic shade works brilliantly with browns :) 

Chocolate Berry:  This is a Dark Brown with Purple shimmer to it.  I found this a little on the powdery side but a fantastic shade Its colour pay off is incredible 

Brushes 

Along with the Palettes i purchased 3 eye brushes.  i did want to buy more but the ones i wanted were already out of stock.  I got 

Destiny Blender .......$2.49

Small Pencil Crease.....$3.29 

Angle Brow Define...$1.79

Destiny Blender 

This Brush is certainly one for everyones collection i love it.  I have to admit i did look up review about this before i bought it even though its cheap you still gotta check eh? Well put it this way its one of the favourite brushes bought on the site so that says alot and i have to agree its incredible and for so cheap its also been compared to the Mac 224 brush only its small but does the same thing.  I love it and fits brilliantly into the crease Girls if you are looking for a great blending brush this baby is the one for you.  With its pointed end it also is brilliant for applying shadow perfectly in the inner corner of your eyes. 

Small Pencil Crease Brush

The length of this brush is unreal not that it bothers me but it might bother some people it is 8cm long.  The Bristles on this brush are well tapered and it washes well without shedding.  This is a multitasking brush for sure.  It can be used in the crease, under the brow, inner corner, outer corner etc so you will definitely find alot of use with this.  Its so cheap and works really well im very pleased with this brush 

Angled Brow Define 

This brush is so small but i have to say it does its job so very well.  I have more even and defined brows now since using this.  You can also use this as a liner brush which is even better.  i have found it does not pick up as much colour as some brushes but its still a great brush especially for people who are trying to get used to filling in their brows etc. 

This is is what i paid for the whole lot including shipping with 50% off not bad eh?

 My overall opinion 

 I am very pleased with my purchases and i will definitely purchase again.  I know i was complaining abit in the video about waiting so long for the package to arrive but it was Black Friday and even ordering it took me so long to get into the site so i can imagine how busy they were.  Putting that aside i have no complaints with my purchases nor the packaging now the prices.  A very happy gal here 

I hope this was helpful to you all and if you have any questions at all please ask i will be more than happy to answer as best i can 

Hope you enjoyed my review and i hope you have a Wonderful weekend bringing in the New Year whatever way you are doing it.  Be careful Be Wise and be friendly lol 

all the best for  2011 and best wishes in 2012 

Thank you all so much for all the support in 2011 i really appreciate it and am looking forward to doing lots more reviews etc in 2012 and of course meeting even more wonderful people like yourselves :) 

Lots of Love Luck and Laughter 

Nina  

xoxoxo