Dare to wear challenge

Alicia at funny face beauty had the great idea of doing a dare to wear challenge. People are asked to do a look from pictures posted on her blog. Sounds like fun.  This is the Derek Lam 2010 Spring fashion show photo to be inspired by

and here's my attempt. I've listed the products I used too :) (some borrowed from my sister!)

And here's a list of the products I used to get the look

Urban Decay complexion primer

Dior Skinflash concealer

Urban Decay surreal skin mineral makeup

Benefit Powerderazzi famous face powders

Smashbox audition taupe (for eyebrows)

Urban Decay eyeshadow primer

Dior petal shine iridescent eyeshadow

17 metallic eyepencil green

No 7 eden stay perfect eyeshadows

Avon naturals eyeshadow

Urban Decay quicky blush

Benefit glitz & glam gloss

Maybelline the falsies volume express mascara

LoraDoesMakeup Giveaway

I love competitions! But I never win anything.  Hope I'm not too late for this one because the giveaway prizes are really great.  Lora at loradoesmakeup.blogspot.com has made a great selection. The Girls Aloud festival lashes  look great. There's some Mac and Benefit in there too.  I've got my fingers crossed for being lucky this time.  And if I win, watch out for lots of great posts showing off my all goodies.  Excited :)

Check out all the prizes and the competition here but hurry because it ends on August 24th

My Ebay lashes arrived!

I ordered false eyelashes on Ebay last week after seeing 10 pairs for something like €2.50 and they have finally arrived. So I thought I'd give them a test to see how good (or bad!) they are.    I've paid as much as a tenner for a couple of pairs  in Boots.  I wasn't sure what the quality of the ebay lashes would be like but they seem no different to those I've bought offline.  Only thing is, it looks like there's not that much glue for 10 pairs! I use A LOT of glue!  And don't expect a fancy box if you're buying off ebay.  The 20 pairs of eyelash came in an ugly crumpled box!

Here they are ... with my Maybelline eyestudio smoky glam quad.



And after a couple of glue applications, a few mess ups and lots of patience I finally got them to stick properly. I put mascara on my own lashes to help them bind to the fake lashes and here's what they look like ...  they're not really really long but still give a really good dramatic look.

EDIT : I've just noticed Kirsten Stewart in the back of the photo looking kinda creepy!

Smashbox Coral Mousse Blush

My Smashbox coral mousse finally arrived today. It was only a week to have it delivered but it seriously seemed like I was waiting way longer for it. So it's not a colour I would have ever thought about buying because it looks really orange but it looks great on and I was really surprised with it. It's perfect for fresh faced daywear kind of look. Here's a pic :) What do you think?