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. 

Lifestyle: Paleo Roasted Broccoli Tuna Salad

So I went to the store today to pick up some groceries and I saw this recipe for a roasted broccoli tuna salad! I'm not normally one to use/cook broccoli (it makes me think of cheddar broccoli soup which I can't have anymore because of my lactose intolerancy) but this recipe looked so good!!

I used the same recipe except for excluding the olives and cheese and cutting up the other half of the avocadoes and cubing it up into the salad! This was so tasty! Completely paleo friendly and delicious! I already want to buy more broccoli just to roast it and possibly use it in this recipe or eat it all by itself. Yum.

Without the cheese or olives, MFP quoted this as being about 450 calories a serving so it's super filling!

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.

Lots of Changes Coming Up!

P.S., I'm thinking of doing a few weekly things to keep the blog much more active!! I'm thinking of a "What Are You Wearing Today" sort of thing once a week, a diet/lifestyle post every now and then; that sort of thing!

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!

Henna Weather

Rather than your normal makeup post, today I have another sort of art to post! 

Henna!

So last year, I decided that instead of just looking at the beautiful images online of these gorgeous henna tattoos, I would do some myself. I drew henna pictures on everything when I was bored at work, and I finally got the nerve to buy some. I ordered through Henna Caravan. I bought a really nice kit that included a bottle, two bags of paste, medical tape and a book with different designs and instructions on how to use it! I immediately drew all over my body and on my boyfriend's as well :)

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.