tutorial time: pink and purple pop

I never have any idea what to call my tutorials/FOTDs, so if anyone is a super creative powerhouse and can think of 500 names for everything please shout out! Also my derp eye lol stop it lefty.
I wasn't originally going to post this because I thought it would have been too similar to my previous Super Bass post, but they turned out to be different enough anyway and that one was a FOTD, so here we are.

No video because I didn't have the time, boo! :( Hit it for text though!

illamasqua powdered metal in ether review, swatches

Because I love a good highlighter. Duh! Wanting to look super Barbie plasticy I asked for the lightest, shimmeriest shade and was pointed in the direction of Ether, a pale yellow gold.

Illamasqua's Powdered Metal is a very, very fine powder filled with infinite glow.

polished london nail enamel in high street and union black crackle review, swatches

DISCLAIMER: Products were provided for review by Polished London. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this review and the views expressed are solely my own.  

What?? I swear I hit publish on this when I finished writing but apparently not eh. :(

Guess who loves a good nail polish. You? Oh snap, me too! 
When I got an email about Polished London's new runway inspired spring/summer collection, I had to get on board. I received High Street, a dark purple navy (yep, another purple... why do I do this to myself?) and Union Black, a crackle topcoat. The brand promises a hard wearing, superiorly glossed, quick drying one coater with a 4 free formulation, so how could I say no?

australis paparazzi perfect high definition blush in screen siren review, swatches

DISCLAIMER: Products were provided for review by Australis. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this review and the views expressed are solely my own.  

I don't know why it took me so long to write this review. I really don't since this is one of the blushes I grab when I don't know what to put on my cheeks. Niiiiiice!

Screen Siren is a mainly matte mixture of pink, plum and peach.

illamasqua kontrol lipstick review, swatches

I don't know what it is with me with tons of purple on the blog lately. It may just be my constant unconscious torture of myself because my camera hates purple, leadig to tweaking every photo in photoshop, or the fact that there's too many pretty purple things being released, or maybe purple is trying to take over pink as my new favourite colour. I won't give in!

Kontrol is one of those purple things thart I will happily hold and wear and love the hell out of.

urban decay pocket rocket in james review, swatches

Because number one on the list of things for le boyfriend to get is a lip gloss with undressing men on the cap. Yippee! (o^_')b Okay, not really, because number one was the Too Faced palette. James, however, is pretty damn juicy.

fynale lens review: y17 in violet and blue

I do wear other brands, I swear... it's just that there are already so many GEO reviews around! One of the series I was most excited for when Fynale relaunched is Y17, so you bet your bippity boppity boo that I decided to spoil myself with two pairs: blue and violet.

lipstick queen butterfly ball in float review, swatches

After hearing Doe Deere rave about Poppy King, Lipstick Queen, I knew I had to check out the range when at Kit Cosmetics. I usually just dab a bit of Sugapill's Lumi on top if I want a brightening turquoise flash, but that doesn't quite work with nudes. Enter the Butterfly Ball.

burger theory: om nom nom

Because we all want what we can't have. Right now, in case you didn't read my previous post, I have puffy chipmunk cheeks due to getting my wisdom teeth out meaning my general mouth area is too swollen to safely chow down on a burger (not to mention sesame seeds are a poking hazard). To top of my sad tummy, their grill is on tomorrow morning and I just can't have nice things. But maybe you can.

I know, I know, this is a makeup blog. But it does say in the tagline: mainly makeup, sometimes not.

tutorial time: boho blue

Hello! Right now I have the puffiest cheeks in the world after getting my wisdom teeth out (why haven't humans just evolutioned them away/why don't animals have wisdom teeth??) so unfortunately I can't do a video tutorial for this look but hopefully a text tut is okay. I usually don't plan my makeup before going out but this is what I came up with while my boyfriend was telling me to hurry up~! btw I took these pics in the car so apologies for the oh so glamorous background.

Click through for a how to!

illamasqua medium pencils in sophie and debonair review, swatches

A tiny bit of backstory: If you haven't heard of SOPHIE yet, where have you been? The Sophie Lancaster Foundation aims to not only provide a lasting legacy to Sophie herself, but to put an end to hatred and prejudice, something which I wholeheartedly support. To show their support, Illamasqua donates a portion of the sales of each Medium Pencil in Sophie, a staple black, to the charity.

So when I was at the counter in Sydney I insisted on picking up two (because of how quickly I go through eyeliner) as well as a bright blue, Debonair. All the reviews I could find were glowing for the whole Medium Pencil range, so they had to be absolutely fab, right?

hello kitty shine & kiss lipstick in violetta review, swatches

More kitty for this Kitty please! Along with the nail polish I swiped up one of the lipsticks. Violetta, or 07-01 if you want to be formal, is a beautiful semi-sheer pinkish violet with a matching scent.

(To be honest, the only way that I could tell this smelled like violets is because it's what a Guerlain lipstick smells like. Call me scent un-savvy but I prefer to think I like my violets to smell like Guerlain, my roses to smell like Lancome and my vanilla to smell like MAC. But why don't my apples smell like Hello Kitty? I expected apple or candy, if anything. But moving on.)