KVD Spellbinding Lipstick set 2013 vs KVD Studded Love Lipstick set 2014

Ooh! Howw pretty. Don't you love it when you can look at the mini-lipsticks and see what color they are before you even open the packaging? This girl does!!

Hourglass Ambient Blush Palette

The hourglass ambient blush palette is out! Unfortunately for rouge members only at the moment, but will soon hopefully be available for VIBs and BIs soon!

Shiro Cosmetics Fun!

Hi!

So after receiving my package from Shiro Cosmetics, I decided to do a full look after playing with a few of the colors.

Featuring lots of collections from Shiro! 

Shiro Cosmetics: Sherlock Contouring Set and the Notebook collection

Hi!

So I'm super excited to say that I got the newest Shiro Sherlock contouring set that came out! I placed my order on Monday, and I received it today! I wasn't expecting it until next week at least, so that was a wonderful surprise on my doorstep. 

Black Dress and Unzipped!

So I'm a total ditz and I didn't get a picture of the makeup AND the outfit together. Instead I have a picture of me putting on makeup in my house dress, and then a headless picture of just the dress on me. Oops. I'll do better next time, promise.

Lady In Red

So on Saturday, Charles dyed my hair for me! I got Ruby Red, a super bright red that has to be the best colour ever! The weather was perfect so we decided to dye my hair outside :)

We went to see the Book of Mormon, and I had to dress up, and I had the perfect red dress... so!

The New Too Faced Neutral Eyes Shadow Palette!

So here is the new Too Faced Natural Eyes Shadow Palette! After complaints about gritty pigments, Too Faced reformulated a couple of their colours to make them better quality. I wasn't too sure about Too Faced after buying their Chocolate Bar Palette and disliking it, but I bought this palette for a friend of mine for her bridal shower after seeing how beautiful it was (and she's a Too Faced fan!) and realised I wanted one for myself!

VIB Sale: What I'm Getting

So I'm sure you all have heard about the Sephora BI sale! For VIB Rouge, the sale started on the 30th, but I believe the VIB and BI sale will also be starting very soon! 

I've already placed my order, and it should be coming in soon! I'm super excited because I'll be trying a couple new things!

To be honest, my basket was entirely lipsticks. I should've stocked up on more foundation or something of the sort but I just wanted to play with new things.

Boyfriend Did My Makeup!

So I was entering a contest where "someone else" does your makeup. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to enter in time. We had it done today but it was due yesterday. I don't want my boyfriend's hard work going to waste, so I figured I'd show off his masterpiece here.

Are you ready?

Ta dahh!!

Lorac Pro vs. Lorac Unzipped, and a new blog header!

If any of you happened to be looking at my blog last night, it went through all sorts of changes while I tried to get my new header working! I'll probably be playing with it a bit more throughout the day as I customise the layout a bit more, but I was super happy to get a real header!

This header was made by Synthia Jester for me! It's absolutely beautiful, don't you think? I gave her a small idea, and she turned it into something awesome!! She has a lot of other very intricate and pretty vector pieces on her website, as well as illustrations and other graphic designs!

In other news, I did a DIY light box so I can hopefully take semi-better pictures for you all! It's still rather rough, but I enjoyed taking super bright pictures!

Fingerpainting

Excuse the lag in updates! Unfortunately, this semester has been a bit more difficult than previous semesters. I'm taking a few larger workload courses, but I feel as if I have a good control on everything now, so! On to makeup :)

Rose Gold Look Using Lorac Unzipped

A wonderful and simple rose gold tutorial using the Lorac Unzipped!

FOTD: Winter Golds

I got some makeup samples from Shiro Cosmetics!! :) They're so pretty, but they're loose pigments, which is new for me. I've only really worked with this sort of thing if my pressed shadow broke! I bought several samples, and then got two full-sized Tardis shadow colours.

Liquid Liner Battle: Kat Von D versus Stila

So are you trying to find a liquid liner, and don't know what to choose? I wanted to do a quick review of the Stila Stay-All-Day Waterproof Liquid Liner and the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner. I'll be reviewing the two black liners, Black and Trooper, respectively.

FOTD: Before and After

So sometimes, during that time of the month, my skin likes to get sad and gross and break out all over the place. I've been improving my skincare regime, and these blemishes and spots are all gone 2 days after these pictures, but this is how I got rid of some pretty gross acne spots! 

Lorac Pro vs Laura Mercier Artist's Palette Review

When owning several palettes, you just tend to reach for one. I actually only have three palettes. The two shown above and the Naked 1 palette. I love the ones I have and am so pleased. I had the Vice 2 palette for a little while but found that I never really reached for it, and I hadn't even touched several of the colours! So I got to swap it for a couple Urban Decay Revolution lipsticks that will be coming in within the next couple weeks :) 

In any case, these two palettes are the ones I reach for, leaving my poor Naked palette by its lonesome (except for when I reach for it for Half Baked. I might end up buying just the single eyeshadow after I use up this one since it's the main shade I go for on that palette!) 

FOTD: Caviar Stick Eye Shadow!

So I just wrote about how much I adore my Caviar Stick Eyeshadow, right? Well, here's the look that I created with it that I love to pieces (and it's so easy!)

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour!

So with finals coming up, surfing Sephora.com becomes more and more interesting! I ended up drinking a bit last week and tipsily clicked "Confirm Payment" on my mobile app, and some of those things on my wishlist came into me on Wednesday!

I'm not the sort that will go out on Black Friday. The crowds scare me, and I hear the horror stories of people being trampled and I cuddle even farther into my blankets at home. So from the safety of my home, I order things online instead!

FOTD: Golden Red Lips

These colours make me think of Christmas baubles. Deep red with golden sparkles!

FOTD: Neutral Fall Colours

It's a beautiful day today! I got to pull out my favourite sweater coat that I got from my dad. It's super warm and perfect for this 40-50 degree weather here.