Rainbow Eyes

Not been able to update my blog for a couple of days. Have been mega busy and had a boiler breakdown which I think we have now sorted out - for the time being at least.....hope that isn't tempting fate! At least we know the required part has been ordered so it should be properly fixed soon.

Anyway another of my loves is make up - especially eye make up. My eyes are one of my favourite features and a lot of people comment on their colour, or mixture of colours. They are a mixture of green, grey and brown with green being the most predominant colour in them. When I do my make up for a night out I always tend to play up my eyes and keep my lips nice and neutral. I love using green on my eyes as it really brings out their colour but also like to experiment with different colours - only problem is that it starts to get expensive.

I usually tend to use MAC pigments (buy them by the teaspoon) and Barry M Dazzle Dusts (good budget brand) but then one day I stumbled accross the most perfect item for someone like me.

This is the 88 colour Shimmer Eyshadow Palette from Coastal Scents. Eighty Eight different shades of eyeshadow all in one handy palette. I had to get it shipped in from the US but I'd seen good reviews on them and liked the idea of having so many different colours all in one place.

The pans are quite small but the colours are really strong and they blend well. I've used it quite a few times now and each time I try something different with it. It is fantastic for weekends away when I don't really know what colour I might want to use on my eyes and can't really carry lots of individual eyshadows with me - this is very portable as the palette itself is pretty small. I keep it in the box so that I can take it with me when I go away. The only problem is that sometimes there too much selection!

I do love a nice dramatic eye make up on a night out. I really should practice new looks more as I do tend to stick to the same ones over and over again. I recently did my eyes and put false lashes on and everything for a trip to see Rocky Horror at the theatre.

 

It turned out really well - a lot more dramatic than I usually go for but fitting for the occasion. (check out my reflection in my eye which was from doing a self portrait)

For those that are interested you can get the Coastal Scents palettes via mail order www.coastalscents.com or they sometimes crop up on Ebay. I would definitely recommend them - especially for those who like to experiement with different colours but may be on a budget.

I have a few looks that I want to practice from make up tutorials I've seen on You Tube. I'm off to a weding in a couple of weeks and need to practice my make up for that - I might do that at the weekend as I should have time. You never know I may even post some pictures up :o)

Anyway I'm signing off for this evening. I think I may be coming down with a cold and so am going to have a nice comforting bubble bath and dose myself up with Lemsips.

Thanks for reading.

xSx