MAC Cinderella Fluidline Eyeliner Gel: Little Black Bow

Morning!

A few weeks ago my amazing friends got me some lovely gifts for my birthday - MAC is always a lush present to receive right??
They got me both of the items below, the limited edition Cinderella Fluidline Eyeliner and the Toledo Ombre Blush. I will come to the blush in a separate post so this one is for the Cinderella liner.

If I'm honest I can't say the packaging excited me that much. I loved the look of the eyeshadow palette but that's maybe because it has Cinderella plastered across the front!
I just didn't feel like it was as magical as it could have been - though it is a pretty blue and matches the dress that she wears in the film. It needed a little more sparkle in my opinion!





The MAC Fluidline Eye-Liner Gel is called 'Little Black Bow', and is classed as a grey liner with silver pearl.

It's quite a dark grey liner gel with silver glitter particles, though it isn't gritty. It's one of those shades that can be used as intended as an eyeliner, but also as a cream eyeshadow. The texture is very smooth and has a sheen finish, it's a thin gel so applies really easily regardless of your application.

So for application as a eyeliner gel, how does it look?

I applied this using the Real Techniques liner brush, it was super easy to get a perfect flick considering I haven't worn eyeliner for a good few months recently. It may need a few layers to get a decent uniform effect but I didn't find it was too much of an problem.
I normally love liner but it's too fiddly for work and I haven't had any occasions for anything different.

I liked this in the pot but I wasn't sure I'd get much wear out of it. Having used it a few times now I can say that I surprisingly love it and it's a beautiful alternative to a black. I could in theory wear this grey to work as its a great subtle alternative to black (though maybe the glitter wouldn't be ideal....)



I was also impressed with how well the liner lasted too, it didn't smudge or budge all day and I think that wearing it alone as I have above or with a subtle or full blown smokey eye would be a really nice alternative to a black, especially for summer nights out when minimal make up is the best option.

What do you think of Little Black Bow?

I love receiving limited edition products but they can be hard to write about especially as they sell out so fast! Allegedly this has been brought out before under a different collection but a dark grey liner is generally a good addition to any make up collection.

Do you wear dark grey instead of black liquid liner? Do you buy from MAC limited edition collections?

I normally lust after them as they sell out!

L xxx

Eyeliners as Eyeshadows

Hello there!

Since I had my tablet for Christmas I've been next level obsessed with Pinterest - I always loved it for browsing when on the bus and lunch breaks but now I've got a bigger screen to scroll through it's a beautiful thing.

One thing that keeps popping up is the use of eyeliners as eyeshadows, see what I mean by the image below, taken from Pinterest:

I don't know about you but I've got PLENTY of eyeliners kicking around that I just don't use enough. For example, I've purchased both of these sets recently:





Eeek!
Beautiful colours with the best, most blendable and pigmented formula in the business - Urban Decay's 24/7 liners. I was trying to workout how on earth this could work, can you really use eyeliners as eyeshadow?

Sure, colouring in your eyelid is easy but does it stay? Does it blend? Does it actually look good?

I had to find out:

I started off with my usual base make up and coloured in my eyelid with Mugshot. This is a 'light metallic taupe with a slight pink shift'. It's a great base colour and was easy to cover and blend.

I then applied Moonspoon to the outer corners to give some more definition. Moonspoon is a metallic grey with a silver sparkle:

I then applied my absolute fave liner after that - Perversion. It's the most amazing blackest of black pencil liners that no other can compare to. I thought it was a hype thing but I really cannot get over how good it is.

I've worn this to work and it looked no different to using my Naked palettes and also took the same amount of time to put on and blend.

With regards to how long it lasted, without any primer it stayed the same length as eyeshadow normally stays. I haven't tried it with primer but I imagine that the primer will work its usual magic and make the look stronger and last considerably longer too.


I also couldn't resist but have some fun with the colours that I have too, I feel like work needs a neutral palette but after work there are no rules!



I used Faint all over my eyelid - this is described as a matte warm taupe. It's definitely a great neutral colour as the eyeshadow version from the Naked Basics palette is a favourite of mine.

I then applied Vacancy - a bright metallic teal - on my lower waterline and lashline and blended it in.






I really love this colour! You cannot go wrong with a shock of bright teal on the lower eyelid and its such an easy way to go from day to night with minimal effort.

What do you think about using the eyeliners as eyeshadows? What about bright colours on the lower lashline to go from day to night?

L xxx

Bourjois Khol and Contour Ultra Black

Hey all

Hope you all had great weekends. Mine turned out better than expected but I'm concerned at how I'll be feeling as this post goes live as I ended up at a house party on Saturday and stopped drinking at about 5 and ended up getting home at 9am. Ooops. I remained hangover free which isn't normal for me so hopefully I just got lucky.

Today I wanted to share this boujois khol and contour liner. I was lucky enough to win this last year but as I have loads of black eye liners it went in the drawer and was forgotten about until I grabbed it recently.

The packaging is standard and what you'd expect for a liner. The ultra black intrigued me as I'm always looking for a liner that is as dark as can be and that stays dark on the water line. When I first tried this I wasn't impressed. It didn't seem to really go onto my water line well which is why it was left for so long in my make up stash. It is a hard liner and I think this is why I had problems at first as it is a hard formulation and was obviously very sharp.

I'm so glad I gave it another try as it is a great liner. It seems to work really well now. I don't know what's changed but it's a great liner and transfers well on the water line and is really black. I love using this as it does also stay put really well. It can be smudged a little for a smokier look if done straight away.s

So far all the Bourjois make up I've tried has impressed me. It's a brand I'm wishing I tried more of sooner.

Love M

xxx

FOTD featuring Illamasqua Pigment in Fervent

It's been a while since I've done a face of the day. I love playing with make up but lately I've been being lazy as being busier later in the evenings mean I just want my bed in the mornings.

When searching through my stash I found my illamasqua pigment that I haven't used much so decided to play around.

I applied my Avon eyelid primer all over my lid and started with a matte base using Foxy from Naked 2.

I then blended Tease (again from Naked 2) into my crease. This is my favourite crease colour. I love it for easy make up and use it most days. It's the perfect neutral matte brown.

I decided to use the pigment as a liner. This can be done in a few ways. You can either wet your brush to dampen the pigment. What I did was use something I got in the front cover sets (the ones in boots at christmas time) which is like a clear liquid that makes any colour eyeshadow a liquid liner.

I decided to pack the pigment on so you could really see all the colours. I love how it's reddy toned with some green tones depending on the light.

This is the first pigment I have got from illamasqua and I love it and want more. I love how they can be used in different ways and look different depending on how you apply them.

Here you can see the difference in colour depending on where you pack the pigment or blend it out. I really love the colour when it's packed on.

As it's a pigment it does get messy so I also do my eyes before foundation if I'm losing a loose pigment as it's much easier.

I used a coat of They're Real as I didn't want to use false lashes as I think they would be hard to blend with a coloured liner.

I used my studio fix fluid foundation. I don't really love this but I think it's more due to a the fact mine seems very yellow even though it's NW15 :(. I've been trying to use up an old mouse blusher. It's ok just not a colour I'd use any more and as always I used my Liz Earle bronzer.

I decided on Mac Plumful on the lips as it's a soft pink. I love this colour, especially now it's getting colder. I think it's a winter pink.

I really like how you can just see the glitter through the lashes and think it makes a change to the normal black liner.

Lately I've been getting back into using my Benefit Erase Paste. It is my favourite under eye concealer. It's so thick and just disguises those dark circles and lasts all day.

I think I need to get back into using different eye shadows for liners and using my make up more. It's so easy to get stuck in a make up rut!

Do you switch up your make up? I love finding that product I forgot about.

Love M

xxx

Review: Avon Always On Point Eyeliner in Teal

Today's post is another coloured liner. I'm sure you'll be able to tell from my recent posts I'm loving coloured liners. This one is the Always on Point liner in Teal from Avon. It retails for £7 but is currently on offer for 2 for £8 here

The eye liner comes boxed which I always like with make up. I guess it is a waste but a boxed product always feels more special.

The packaging of the liner it's self if a sparkly grey with a colour coded part at the bottom to easily identify the colour. The lid is also really secure so is a great one to keep in your make up bag. 

The colour is a very blue toned teal. It's a creamy formula that glides on easily without tugging but isn't so soft you use a lot of product.

The very unique part of this eye liner is that it has a built in sharpener in the lid. When you twist the lid on the tip of the liner become sharpened again. This makes it really easy to always have precise liner and points for cat eye type looks.

As the first photo shows the blunt top to the eye liner and the second shows it freshly pointed. I love how this makes application easy every time and it doesn't waste product as I expected it too. I'm not fully sure how the sharpener works but no product comes out of the lid so I assume it's more of a reshape.

This is how I love wear the liner most and I wear this for every day with a soft lip as shown above. I blend a gold nude shade all over the lid and define my crease with a soft brown. I then lightly blend a black into my outer v. I then add the teal eye liner. I like to blend it so it's softer and add a small about of black to darker and intensify the colour.

What are your thoughts on coloured liner? Is it something you wear? I really want the black always on point now as I think it will make my make up easier and quicker to do when I'm in a rush.

Love M

xxx