Review: Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color Posh Purples Eye Shadow Quad

elizabeth arden Beautiful Color Eye Shadow Quad – Posh Purples

My day to day makeup is usually very neutral (read gold tones eyes and red lippy) that will make it through the seasons without any problems. However, seasonal touches that make a real difference are always welcome.

Riding on the purple trend for AW14, Elizabeth Arden brings out the Beautiful Color Posh Purple eyeshadow palette quad, with four gorgeous and wearable colours.

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Long haul flight beauty routine

my travel beauty bag

As some of you might know, I am from Brazil. That means that at least once a year I face a long haul flight to see my family. Add that a passion for travelling and you will probably see me for seven hours or more on board a plane at least twice a year.

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Review: GOSH Velvet Touch lipstick and lip liner

gosh velvet touch lipstick divine and night kiss and lipliner simply red and raspberry dream

Autumn lips sorted: new colours of GOSH Velvet Touch lipsticks are coming to the new season to tend to all of out lip needs. I picked my favourites: Divine (red) and Night Kiss (raspberry).

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Review: Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter

makeup revolution vivid baked highlighterI’ve been using the new makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in Peach Lights and it is amazing what a difference a highlighter in the right spot makes in your makeup.

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Superdrug #UnlockAW14 event

superdrug unlockaw14

Being in Superdrug for me is like being in a candy shop: they have soooo many brands and cover so much in the beauty, skincare and health area that is impossible to walk away! Their event was no different, all parts of Superdrug were well represented and I love discovering all the launches.

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Westfield #BareFacedOrBold Makeup Challenge starts on 19 October!

barefaceorbold

I love Westfield. So much, I live only 7 minutes walking from one – ok, I didn’t move because of it, but my boyfriend joked that I wouldn’t really need the flat, as I’d live inside Westfield!

Needless to say, I was delighted when they approached me to take part on their #BareFacedorBold Challenge, to create six looks; three bold (yay) and three bare-faced ones.

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Review: L’Oréal L’Extraordinaire Liquid Lipstick by Color Riche

L'Oréal L'Extraordinaire Liquid Lipstick by Color Riche in Rouge Soprano All hail the era of the lip lacquer – it is not a gloss, but it is not a lipstick, it sits there in the middle. The lip lacquer of the moment here is the L’Oréal L’Extraordinaire Liquid Lipstick by Color Riche in Rouge Soprano (301).

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Review: Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm

revlon colorburst matte balm - striking

A red lip is pretty much a must in my daily life, day or night. However, some mornings, the ritual of lining, applying with brush and fixing is just a bit too lengthy for my sleepy head – enter the Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm to give me that red lip in a jiffy!

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