Shall Not Be Mourned - Shiro Cosmetics Look

Hey Guys!
A friend of mine recently introduced me to Shiro Cosmetics and gave me two little samples of some of the pigments they make. I've never really used pigments before, I've always preffered eye shadows but these colours are just so beautiful! Sometimes it just has to be pigments! The main ingredient of Shiro Cosmetics Pigments are Mica which means the colour payoff is amazing and if you check out the amazing variety of colours available you'll see why it's going to be my latest addiction!
So this is my second look using the pigment Shall Not Be Mourned which is a beautiful dark gold and black colour.

To start I used ELF eye primer, then blended out Maple from Sleeks V2 Ultra Matts around my crease. I applied NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk on my eyelid and first applied Paperbag from the same Sleek palette on the outer third of my eyelid before applying Shall Not Be Mourned pigment all over my eyelid and below my lower lashes.

I used Collection 2000 felt tip liner in black to create a winged liner, and Urban Decay Liquid Liner in El Durado underneath the wing and as the wings tip. Lashes are by Eylure, Either #100 or #140. I love them both so much!

As my inner corner highlight I applied Sin from Urban Decay Naked 2 palette and finished with UD 24/7 pencil eyeliner in perversion on my waterline and Benefit They're Real on my lashes.

Both of my looks for Shiro Cosmetics have been inspired by Hallowe'en I guess! I can't wait to be spending it in America! I leave on Monday so I may be MIA from blogging for a while whilst I'm there!

What I love about these pigments the most are how versitle they are! This one in particular is lip safe and by applying them wet, they create completely different looks! I mixed them both with clear nail varnish aswell and they make super gorgeous nail varnishes! Shall Not Be Mourned comes out looking like liquid gold!

 

Anyway, I hope you like my looks! I can't wait to order some pigments from Shiro Cosmetics to try out some more looks with!

 

x

Lingering in Twilight - Shiro Cosmetics Look

Helloooo!
A friend recently told me about Shiro Cosmetics and showed me the website and I couldn't believe how beautiful the colours were! And the collections! A Hunger Games collection?! In my element...
I spotted 2 colours that I loved and my friend had both of them so she gave me little samples to try.
Here's a look featuring Lingering in Twilight from There And Back Again: A Hobbit Collection!

Lingering in Twilight is explained on the website as being 'A twilit forest: blackened blue and green tones with slightly metallic shimmer.'
I think it's one of those colours which looks amazing in person, but is quite hard to capture it on camera! It was soo glittery but it just didn't want to show!

To start this look, I use ELF eye primer as my all over eye base, and then started to create my smoky look using Naked, and Buck from Urban Decay Naked palletes in my crease, ready to smoke out my main colors. Next I took Paperbag and then Noir (from Sleek ultra matts V2) to further darken the crease, focussing on the outer half.

I ran my No.7 soft kohl eyeliner in black all over my eyelid to create a cream base for my Lingering in Twilight pigment. This will give it a fantastic base colour and make it extra long lasting. (Different colour bases will create different effects with the pigment, so test some out on your hand first.) I used a matte white eyeshadow as my brow highlight and also used L I T under my eye to carry on the smoky look.

My eyelashes as always are from Eyelure

I love the reflective green and blue glitter in the shiro cosmetics pigment! It's so gorgeous! In the little sampler baggie it just looks like a very dark green, but as soon as its swatched it comes to life! Absolutely beautiful! I definitely recommend checking Shiro Cosmetics out, I was so glad my friend told me about it!

 

Well I hope you like my look! I have another one featuring shiro cosmetics ready to be posted soon!

x

Fall / Autumn Inspired EOTD!

Hey guys! Seeming I've not done a lot of makeup looks lately, I thought I better post another! This one was inspired by all the amazing fall pictures I've been seeing on Instagram lately! I love this time of year, and I love autumnal colours, so here's a lil' look I've done, hope you like it!

One of my favourite eyeshadow colours is Maple from Sleek's Ultra Matts V2 which is the main colour for this look. To create the smoky shadow I used Paper Bag and Noir, and Pillow Talk as my highlight shade. The only colour I used which was not from this pallette was Sin from Urban Decay Naked Palette which I've used in my inner eye to brighten the look up a bit!

My lashes once again are Eylure #100's, I love them! I managed to get them from John Lewis for only £4, Bargain! Right I'm going to stop talking now and just add a few more pictures!

I hope you guys like my fall inspired look! I love being able to get away with wearing darker colours! You can never beat a simple smoky eye!

 

x

Hallowe'en Look! The Evil Queen / Vampire

Hello guys! It's been so long since I've posted a look! I was going to leave it another day as I feel rotten but I couldn't do it! I need to post my first Hallowe'en look! (a little excited...)


So here's the first look for you guys, my version of an Evil Queen / Vampire Queen!

I put a post up a little while back featuring some of the looks I wanted to do for Hallowe'en this year, and this was one of them, however it was my first attempt/trial run! I don't usually do them, but I had some great ideas in my head and I wanted to get them out 'on paper'. I'm useless with drawings and face charts so it's really the only way for me to show what I'm thinking.

In my trial run I used purples instead of reds (only because that's the colour I wore that day!) however blood red was always what I visioned! When else do you get to wear red eyeshadow apart from on Hallowe'en? Lets make the most of it!

I started with my ELF primer (only £1.50 and I love it!) and NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk all over my eyelids where I knew I was going to apply colour. Then with a No.7 soft kohl eyeliner pencil in Black I followed the bone just above my crease to use this as the outline for my shadows.

Starting with the darkest colour I applied the red eyeshadows (all different shades from NYX, sorry I have no idea on names!) and then added my inner highlight colour which is from my Urban Decay Glinda Palette, called Illusion.

I used a matte white shadow as my brow highlight, from my Sleek Matts V2 palette and then, using a sharp, flat angled brush I used Blackout from Urban Decays Naked 2 palette, and went over the black outline. I LOVE this black! It's so pigmented! I then applied Benefit's They're Real mascara and my favourite Eylure Lashes and we're done! I could've made the overall look bigger, but I like when my eyes are closed you only get a glimpse of the red shadow. I might experiment with this in the future!

I hope you like my look! Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think, I love hearing from you and reply as soon as I can!

If you're going to recreate any of my looks PLEASE link me! I would love to see what people come up with!

Quick Tip: If you are going to try and recreate this look, make sure you use a soft, well sharpened eyeliner pencil! (UD 24/7 pencils are great for this) If its not soft or sharp enough, it will pull your skin and you won't be able to get a sharp line!

 

Hope you like! x

And the winner is...

OK! Let's get straight into things... Sorry it's taken me so long to put this out! I haven't been home and I wanted to do this properly so waited until I was back!

I've just gone through all the entries and entered all the people who met the criteria! Some entries were from people in America, and I'm afraid I did say this giveaway was UK only, sorry! Next time hopefully! :)

So, all the names were written down, then neatly folded and put into a jar...

The jar was shaken up and VOILA! We have our winner! (I did film myself picking out the winner if anyone doesn't trust it!)  And the winner is.....

And the winner is..... Brittany Williams! Congratulations! I hope you like your little pretties! I will be sending you an email NOW so make sure you look out for it! :)

I hope you guys liked my giveaway! Hopefully I'll be doing another one next month! I'm off to America in 2 weeks so will hopefully pick up some cool stuff to put into a giveaway! Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see! x

Thankyou!

Hello guys! 

Just to say thankyou to all of those who entered my giveaway! I will be going over the entries and double checking it all tonight and tomorrow so watch this space! I will put out the winner by the end of the week and also email them so make sure you check your emails!

I'm off to America at the end of the month and was thinking of picking up some bits and doing another giveaway when I come back!

If you like this idea then let me know, and  if there's anything you'd like to see in the giveaway that would be helpful to know too! There's some great brands in America which are hard to find in the UK so I'll do my best to grab some cool stuff! 

Have a great week guys! X