Smoky eyes TURCHESE!

MAC Soft Ochre paint pot

Urban Decay matita 24/7 Flipside
MUA ombretto Pearl n.8, 9, 4, 1
Sleek palette Showstoppers!
Urban Decauy Naked 1 ombretto Naked
Collistar matita design occhi n. 101

Chanel Illusion d'Ombre "Mirifique" + MAC Fix+

MAC ombretto Vanilla

Collistar mascara Shock!

NYX blush Taupe

Illamasqua blush Kiss

Clarins Ever Matte cipria n. 03 transparent warm

NARS Multiple "Copacabana"

NeveCosmetics Pastello per labbra Ballerina

Rimmel Kate Moss rossetto matte n. 104

A Scandal Dark Shadow

Titolo strano ma rappresentativo.
Si perchè ho riesumato la mia palette NYX Dark Shadows "Crimson Amulet" (qui la review). Mamma mia, com'è carina! L'ho usata per gran parte della settimana e ho realizzato parecchi look, eccone uno.

Il trucco occhi è stato realizzato con vari ombretti, blush ed illuminante sono quelli contenuti nella palette.

Il rossetto è invece Scandal di Illamasqua, che mi incanta ogni volta di più.

Weird title but it works.

I started using my NYX Dark Shadows "Crimson Amulet" palette again. It's so pretty! I used it for quite the whole passed week and did several looks, here's one.

The eye makeup is a mixture ov many eyeshadows, blush and highlighter are those included in the palette.

The lipstick is Illamasqua's Scandal, which amazes me more and more everytime I wear it.

The Body Shop: Colour Crush Eyeshadows

The Body Shop è uscita con dei nuovi ombretti, chiamati Colour Crush. La gamma è molto vasta, piena di colori davvero interessanti!

A me ne sono stati inviati 3: Caramel Flirt, Grape Expectations e Berry Cute.

I colori sono molto carini e, gli swatchandoli, avevo intuito che le "grape expectations" erano un po' vane, ho pensato subito "questo non scrive tanto" e infatti... (nel trucco l'ho usato nella piega per dare profondità, ma praticamente non si vede... indubbiamente su una base grassa sarà scrivente e vibrante)
Le altre due colorazioni invece sono belle delicate e scriventi, la texture è molto setosa!

Caramel Flirt, Berry Cute, Grape Expectations

Vi lascio al trucco che ho realizzato.

Bacioni!!

LIPS: matita Sephora n.16 "Pure Pinky" + Collistar Topgloss Stick "Nudo"
CHEEKS: MAC Personal Style (contour) + Illamasqua cream blusher Seduce
MASCARA: Essence I love Extreme

Haul Illamasqua

Con un discreto ritardo riesco a farvi vedere i miei ultimi acquisti Illamasqua. Nonostante io continui ad acquistare cosine di questo marchio, la mia wishlist continua ad allungarsi...

With a discreet delay I finally can show you the last Illamasqua goodies I bought. Despite my shopping, my Illamasqua wishlist grows longer and longer...

Ho acquistato il mio primo smalto Illamasqua: dopo averlo corteggiato un po', ho ceduto al fascino di Creator. Dite la verità, lo sapete anche voi che questo è il MIO smalto.
Il pennellino è piccolo e un po' "informe", non è di quelli che mi piacciono tanto (io faccio parte del club "pennellino piatto e largo"), la stesura è comunque facile e i tempi di asciugatura sono veramente iper minimi.

Per rimuoverlo, dopo un po' di panico iniziale dato che è il mio primo smalto con glitter, sono ricorsa all'efficientissimo metodo cotone + carta stagnola (trovate moltissimi tutorial su youtube).

I bought my first Illamasqua nail polish: after I courted "Creator" a bit, I definitely surrendered to its charm. You gotta know, it's too much my style.

The brush is small and pretty without a proper form, which I don't love so much (I'm fan of the flat and wide brush), the application is easy though and it dries super quickly.

To remove it, after a little panic (it's my first glitter nail polish), I used the cotton & foil method (you can find tons of tutorials on Youtube).

Il mio amore per i blush Illamasqua continua felicemente. Ho preso due cream blusher e un powder blusher, nell'ordine: Rude, Seduce e Katie.

My love for their blushes goes happily on. I bought two cream blushers and one powder blusher, in the order: Rude, Seduce and Katie.

Vi lascio alle foto e agli swatch.

Bacio!

Here's the photos and swatches.

Kisses!

 Rude, Seduce, Katie

Rude, Seduce, Katie

Creator

FOTD 28 Ottobre 2012 & giornata all'Ikea

Ecco la mia "faccia del giorno" di ieri. Ho passato un pomeriggio all'Ikea (dovevamo prendere due cosine e abbiamo preso il mondo! Amo Ikea) e poi un salto in un centro commerciale: la mia mission era di provare una taglia 42 e vedere quanto ancora "c'è da fare" per entrarci. Beh, pensavo peggio! :)
Io e Luca volevamo andare a cena in uno splendido ristorante messicano ma l'Ikea ci ha risucchiati e siamo tornati a casa sfiniti! Abbiamo comprato tante belle cosine, fra cui quadretti, mobiletti per la mia make up table (sto meditando di fare un video aggiornato), mensole, cosine di Natale, un lampadario che ci mancava... vi metto qualche fotina che ho pubblicato su Instagram! (mi trovate come cherylpandemonium)

Here's my yesterday's "face of the day". I spent  the whole afternoon at Ikea (we had to buy just a frew things and we ended up buying everything! I love Ikea) and then in a shopping mall: my mission was to try pants size 42 (ita) and see how much weight I still have to lose. Well, I thought worse! :)
Luca and I wanted to go dinner in a pretty mexican restaurant but Ikea really "squeezed" us, we returned home quite exhausted! We bought lots of cute things: pictures, stuff for my make up table (I'm thinking of doing an updated make up table video), shelves, Christmas gadgets, a chandelier... I'll put some pics I posted on Instagram! (you can find me searching cherylpandemonium)

Ikea's lovely Christmas

 I want him! Soooo sweet

Mirror mirror on the wall....

Tornando al trucco del giorno, ho utilizzato un sacco di prodotti e ombretti, mischiandoli tra loro (più che altro per la sfumatura teal/verde).

Amo da sempre le ciglia finte ma adesso sono proprio entrata nel tunnel e le voglio mettere quotidianamente. Sarà perchè le mie ciglia diventano sempre più sfigatelle (sono lunghe ma necessitano di extra volume e non trovo un mascara che sia realmente ipervolumizzante)...
Ho usato delle ciglia finte di MAC. Posso dire che odio le loro ciglia finte? Preferisco di gran lunga quelle dell'Eylure: più facili da applicare, più naturali e più economiche.

Vi lascio alle foto!
Buona domenica!

Back to the make up, I've used a lot of products and eyeshadows, mixing them (especially for the teal/green shading).
I've always loved false eyelashes but now I'm really into them and I want to wear them everyday. Maybe it's because my own eyelashes are more and more "ugly" (they're really long but they need extra volume and I can't fine a good volumizing mascara...)
I used MAC ones. Can I say that I hate their false eyelashes? I definetely prefer the Eyelure ones: easier to apply, more natural effect and cheaper!

Here are the photos!
Have a good Sunday!

FACE

Collistar Fondotinta Tenuta Perfetta n. 1 (ho la pelle secchina in questi giorni) + Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation white

MAC Pro Longwear concealer NW20

Kryolan Translucent Powder white

Bare Minerals Well Rested

Illamasqua cream blush Devour

Boujois Touche Illuminatrice n. 97 Rose Essentiel

BROWS

MAC matita Spiked

MAC e/s Charcoal Brown

EYES

Urban Decay Primer Potion + Benefit Powderflage

Collistar ombretto effetto seta n. 59 Avorio Satin

Collistar ombretto effetto seta n. 58 Turchese Satin

KIKO eyeshadow palette n. 01 Light Impulse (ombretti teal e mix marroni/nero)

MAC e/s  Humid, Bitter Swimming (mixed) + Vanilla, Shroom, Gesso (mixed inner corner)

Layla My Best Kajal

Chanel Inimitable Intense Mascara

KIKO False Lashes Concentrate top coat
MAC false lashes n.36

LIPS

MAC lipstick Toxic Tale (old limited edition)

Haul Illamasqua!

Ed ecco cos'ho comprato da Illamasqua!

ROSSETTI:

 

Magnetism

Climax
Apocalips

SHEER LIPGLOSS:

 

Lily Rose

 

 

BLUSH:

 

Naked Rose

PURE PIGMENT:

 

Ore

LIQUID METAL:

Enrapture

Stoic

Lo smalto che indosso è il Layla Ceramic Effect CE 44 (lo puoi vedere qui)

Baci a tutti!

I love Illamasqua even more

Questa lettera mi ha riempito il cuore. Un brand con i controcazzi. Amo Illamasqua. Punto.

Hi There,

A thank you from the founder of Illamasqua I want to thank you for having an interest in Illamasqua. As owner and founder of the brand I have, and always will feel, a great deal of satisfaction and gratitude when our customers appreciate what we do. Whether you’ve simply looked round our store, browsed online or are a regular customer, I’m confident you will have noticed that we’re not like other make-up brands. And you’d be right. For a start, in the world of make-up, mass marketing does all the talking. So why am I taking the trouble to write you this personal letter? It’s because Illamasqua is a brand that, I believe, belongs to its customers as much as me. Illamasqua is unlike any other big beauty brand that has ever been created. We’re proud that our approach to business is almost Victorian in its thinking. In only three short years we have created a brand new fashion icon, but with good old-fashioned values of fairness, strong principles and a hard work ethic. We’ve built a global brand, but with the commitment and pureness of a family-business. In the beginning we were faced with a choice. We could invest all our money in creating a great product, or spend the majority of our money on marketing and a fraction on product. Without any hesitation we chose to invest everything into our product. We did this for two reasons. 1. We wanted to create a premium product that would be bought and bought again (A poor product only sells once). 2. We identified, before anyone else, that by embracing the community of bloggers and by making our brand and ourselves accessible through social media channels, we could establish a genuinely strong relationship with our customers that was far more effective than any multi million pound ad campaign. This decision to reject convention is still, I believe, one of our most fundamental. This is what makes us different from the other shallow beauty brands. It’s also what makes you different from other beauty customers – because our customers were drawn to Illamasqua, without it being sold to them. They ignored the make-up industry’s billions. Rejected their multi-million pound advertising campaigns and dominance of the beauty halls. Turned away from their glitzy advertisements and celebrity endorsements deals. Today, many industry commentators hail us as the fastest growing British cosmetics brand in years. This is all because our customers blogged, tweeted, emailed and evangelised. It’s thanks to them that we can refuse to be like everybody else. We refuse to pay for celebrity endorsements - preferring people to wear our products because they want to, not because they’re paid to. It’s a brave stand to take in an industry where celebrity deals are the norm. But we’ve never done anything normal, and it’s a decision that has paid off. Especially when celebrities who have deals with other brands choose to wear our products instead. We also refuse to allow our retailers to overlook our more creative colours by only stocking our best sellers. We refuse to use animal hair in our brushes even though it affects the levels of stock we are able to produce, and as such affects our earnings. But we refuse to abandon our principles, even when they cost us money. And we refuse to play the industry’s games, the best example of which is to tell women of a certain age that their time of colourful self-expression is over - that now they must choose to use ‘age-fighting’ products and beige, matt make-up. To us, hiding your age is like hiding your true identity, and we find it as deplorable as the unthinkable idea of telling you, our customers what to look like. So it won’t come as a surprise when I tell you that our latest campaign features older models. Why? Because Illamasqua is not just make-up for the skin. It’s make-up for a mind-set. The reason why we can make such stands is because of our independence. Unlike 99% of cosmetics brands, we are not owned by the big beauty cartels. So we see our selves as the ‘David’ to their ‘Goliath’. We expose the industry’s shameful tactics and throw them right back in their face. We’re proud of what we have created – the make-up, and a whole new book of rules. And we’re proud to have customers who believe so passionately in what we do. This support means that we can continue to challenge the beauty cartels. What we’ve achieved is unprecedented in this industry. Before Illamasqua, to launch a successful beauty brand you needed either 100 million pounds or 25 years to establish yourself. It also helps to be French. We had none of these things. But what we did have was the best product on the market and an understanding of how to speak to our consumer and, most importantly, how to listen. This letter isn’t asking you to part with your friend’s email addresses. Just tell someone about our journey. Over a drink. At dinner. On your way to work. Thank you for being part of our journey so far, and walking this road with us.