Dramatic Purple eye

Ok so I know I have had a lot of smokey eyes popping up on my blog lately, but when browsing through my posts I stumbled upon my 'Emerald smokey eye' and noticed the positive comments it got, so I thought I would recreate this dramatic eye in a different colour. I chose purple because it is really dramatic and compliments my green eyes. Purple would also look really gorgeous on brown eyes. So here is the look:

This look was Sooo easy to do, the colours are pretty block so its just a matter of blending and applying the shadow where you want it.
Here's what I used:

Face: Maybelline pure cover mineral concealer, Bourjois delice de soleil bronzer-12 light/medium, Elf blush & bronze (the blush colour)

Eyes: Sleek primer palette- purple, Urban decay e/s-flash (inner lid & lower lash line),Grifter (inner corner), Sleek Curacao palette- Purple haze (outer lid & lower lash line), Mac eye kohl-smoulder, Rimmel lash accelorator mascara.

Lips: Revlon super lustrous lipgloss- Pink crystals


And if you're interested in other stuff I've been doing, I've posted a couple of hauls on my Youtube channel, so check them out. I decided not to post my videos on here apart from monthly fave's which is why no videos have been up...
http://www.youtube.com/user/Allthingsrachy?feature=mhee

Rachy xx

Discount Urban Decay Haul

So whats better than a haul? A discounted one! And I am here to share with you what bits I have aquired for myself over the last couple of weeks and at what prices :)

Urban Decay Lipstick- Jailbait, 2x Urban decay pigments- Shag & X, Urban decay liquid liner- Lucky

I got the two pigments and the liner on a recent trip to TK Maxx. Now I'm not the biggest fan of TK Maxx, well im not a fan atall but after seeing http://ramblingsofacosmeticjunkie.blogspot.com 's recent post about the summer sandles she found in there I decided to give it another try. However I scoured the shoe section to no avail. A quick scan of the rest of the shop told me all I needed to know; clothes all over the place, probably more hassle than its worth sifting through all that lot.... So while my mum and boyfriend were taking forever I drifted over to the tatty looking makeup/shampoo/random bits and bobs section and had a little dig. After a detailed digging I found myself a couple of gems....

The two pigments were in a little pouch together, £5 for the both. RRP- £12 I think

The eyeliner was £4, RRP £9.

I like all of the colours, they are all nice and neutral so very wearable.

The Lipstick I bought separataly for £4.85 with free p&p on the website http://www.cheapsmells.com/

Here are some swatches

Jailbait lipstick, pigments: Shag, X. Liner: Lucky

Not the best picture but this is what the lipstick looks like.

Any of you girls found any discount makeup bits lately?

Rachy xxx

Swatch Experiment: Sleek primer palette & mixed eyeshadows

So this is a bit of an experimental post as you can probably guess from the title, and I want it to be as detailed as possible so sorry if it is a little picture heavy! The aim of this post is to make use of some new and old colours I have and mix them together to show myself and you guys.

If you've been reading my blog for a while you may have seen the primer palette post I have already done. In all honesty I wasn't sure on the primer palette for a while and felt a little dissapointed, but now I have returned to it and have been experimenting, and I am putting my initial feelings of dissapointment down to the fact that I wasn't really sure how to make the best use out of the palette.

I noticed that a eyeshadow colours I have (old and new) matched some of the primer colours pretty well so wanted to layer them together to see what I came up with. I was surprised and happy with the result! When layering a matching eyeshadow onto one of the primers, the primer really does work to enhance the colour and make it look more pigmented, and of course increase the lasting power. Here are All the eyeshadows I used:

Here are the swatches:

Left to right: UD oil slick e/s, oil slick over black primer. UD Flash e/s, Flash over purple primer, Mac sushi flower e/s, sushi flower over mix of pink & red primer. UD Uzi, Uzi over silver primer.

Left to right: shimmery yellow sleek e/s, yellow e/s over yellow primer. UD Flipside e/s, Flipside over green primer. Mac Twinks e/s, Twinks over brown primer. Shimmery orange sleek e/s, orange e/s over orange primer.

My favourites Have to be the Urban decay Flipside over the green primer, the colour came out amazingly pigmented and I read in a mag today that that kind of turqoisey/green colour eyeshadow is on trend for spring/summer :) I also love the orange sleek over orange primer...but then I love them all

I hope you can see my reason for doing this post, I wanted to show you (and myself) how the primers can transform an eyeshadow (old or new) into a super pigmented, enhanced version of itsself.

So if you don't have this primer palette yet I reccomended you snap it up and have some fun this spring/summer :)

Rachy xxx

Celeb makeup look- Rhianna 'what's my name'

I have never considered myself the biggest Rhianna fan, as her music isn't particularly to my taste, but there's something about her song 'what's my name' that I just cant shake! What made me love the song more is when I watched the video and saw the lovely makeup look she was sporting. If you've seen the video doubtless you noticed the makeup too as it is so pretty, girly and fresh.

(screenshots if you havn't:)

I tried my best to take decent screenshots from the music vid so I hope you get the idea. A very pretty lilac eye and pink lip.

Here are pictures of my attempt:

Sorry if the light doesn't show the colours very well, I'm still getting to grips with all the settings on my new camera.

Heres what I used:

Face

-Mac studio fix fluid- NW 15

-Maybelline mineral pure cover concealer- 02 natural

-MUA blusher- shade 1

-Benefit that gal brightening face primer

Eyes

-Benefit eyebrow pencil- medium

-A Pixi pearly white eyeshadow on brow bone

-Urban decay eyeshadow- Asphyxia (all over lid and under eye)

-Collection 2000 colour intense solo- 12 playful punk (mixed in with asphyxia)

-Pixi gel liner- Onyx (very thin line on lid lash line)

-Rimmel white eyeliner (waterline)

-Mac plush lash mascara

Lips

-Mac viva glam gaga lipstick

-Benefit Life on the A list lipgloss

Did you notice this look of Rhianna's yourself?

If so did you like it?

Rachy xxx