Dainty Doll - Copacabana Eye Shadow bblogger | beauty | blogger | blue | bright | copacabana | cosmetics | dainty | doll | eyeshadow | face | makeup | nicola | review | roberts | wff | whenflowersfall

Hey beauties!

When it comes to eyeshadow, this shade isn't something I would usually go for. It became part of my collection thanks to it being part of a little pack of Dainty Doll items I picked up in TK Maxx a few months ago. It also contained a blush and lipstick, but with the packet being well sealed, it was difficult to figure out what the colours were before purchasing.

On first impression, I wasn't all too pleased with the shadow. Upon swatching it's seemed very chalky, but the pigmentation was pretty great. I had mixed feelings and it ended up just sitting in my stash barely used. Until Monday.

I felt like doing something a little different and reached for the brightest colour I own. You can see the look I created with it here. 

The shadow is very soft and easily blendable. It also surprised me with very little fallout. As you can see in Monday's post, the colour is vibrant, just as it is in pan. It's so strong that it will not budge entirely unless you use a proper eye make-up remover. I discovered this after a 12 mile bike ride, and the blue was the only thing left on my face. 

As with all Dainty Doll products, I like the sleek and simple packaging. It seems pretty hard wearing, but I can't help but feel that the lid was made to include a mirror. Does anyone feel that way?

As far as I'm aware, Dainty Doll is pretty tricky to get your hands on, so keep your eyes peeled in your local TK Maxx, or even on fragrancedirect.com. They had a few bits last time I had a gander. 

I think I paid around the £8 mark for the three items, so if you can grab yourself a bargain, I definitely recommend it. 

All in all, I like the overall performance of this shadow, I just wish I could come up with some other ways to wear it. Maybe the summer will bring out some crazy blue trends. 

Do you have an Dainty Doll recommendations?

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Wednesday Wishlist barrym | beauty | blogger | cosmetics | gelly | lime crime | mac | makeup | nars | obessive compulsive | occ | wednesday wishlist | whenflowersfall

Lime Crime - Contessa Florencent, Chinchilla & Poisonberry // OCC lip tar - Digitalis & Grandma

MAC Temperature Rising Pro Longwear Bronzing Powder // NARS Laguna

Viva Glam Nicki 2 Lipstick // Barry M Gelly Polish - Papaya & Key Lime

Barry M Sequin Polish - Pink // Barry M Texture Polish - Atlantic Road

Just a few items I'm lusting over at the minute. 

I'm always wanting to add to my Barry M nail paint collection, so there's just a few shades above that I don't already have. 

I'm also going a little mad for lip products at the moment, and I haven't yet been lucky enough to get my hands on any OCC or Lime Crime lovelies. Also, something that as a beauty blogger, I feel ashamed to say, is  that I don't actually own any MAC or NARS products!! Shock horror! 

I've never really felt the urge, but recently I just want it all. 

I guess, luckily I have no money to buy any of these things, but that isn't something new. Maybe I should called these Wednesday posts 'stuff I want, but cannot afford. Ever.'

Forever wishing I could find a job that would work for me and my anxiety. 

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Smooch Cosmetics Week - Black Lash Mascara black lash mascara | cosmetics | eyes | lashes | mascara | review | smooch

Hey beauties, 

This week is Smooch week. 

I was very, very kindly sent a bundle of products to try, so I figured I would dedicate a week to reviewing said products. 

I have given them a good test and I feel this week may come in handy, if you do ever fancy purchasing a few new items.

Black Lash Mascara* is Smooch Cosmetics only mascara. 

The packaging is the usual matte black and lace detailing. Personally, I like the simplicity of it. 

The brush is pretty big, but grabs onto the lashes really well. Other than that, it's quite a standard brush. 

The mascara itself is pretty wet, but not too wet that it doesn't apply evenly. 

I find this mascara works best after curling the lashes. The mascara doesn't give much curl, but goes create a good amount of volume and length. 

This is a great every day mascara, and makes a  whip on and go product, if you don't want to fuss with anything else. 

One last point I'd like to make, is this mascara is easily removed. I don't know about you guys, but I hate having to battle with my mascara every night. 

For £8.95 this is a great affordable mascara. You can find it over on the Smooch Cosmetics website.

Smooch Cosmetics Week - Suede Eyeshadow Duo cosmetics | duos | eyeshadow | review | smooch | suede | whenflowersfall

Hey beauties, 

This week is Smooch week. 

I was very, very kindly sent a bundle of products to try, so I figured I would dedicate a week to reviewing said products. 

I have given them a good test and I feel this week may come in handy, if you do ever fancy purchasing a few new items.

As I posted a eyeshadow duo earlier this morning, I'll try not to repeat myself too much.
If you'd like to see what I think of the packaging, feel free to pop over to the previous post. 

Suede* is comprised of a soft rose shade, and a deep bronze.

Again, both shades are incredibly pigmented and long lasting. I adore these shades and I feel they are both great stand alone colours, or can be worked together to create a more multi tonal look. 

The shadows are smooth and easy to apply. 

I've been using this duo during the day as I find is compliments blue eyes and makes them look so much brighter. 

I have also found the rose shade makes for a fabulous brow and inner corner highlight. 

The Duos are available for only £9.50 and are available here. If Suede* isn't for you, there is a large range to choose from. 

Smooch Cosmetics Week - Smooched Bronzer bronzer | brush | cosmetics | highlighter | large | mirror | pr | review | sample | smooch | smooched

Hey beauties, 

This week is Smooch week. 

I was very, very kindly sent a bundle of products to try, so I figured I would dedicate a week to reviewing said products. 

I have given them a good test and I feel this week may come in handy, if you do ever fancy purchasing a few new items.

This is the Smooch Bronzer in Smooched*. 

Packaged in the sleek and simple black casing , you receive a great 10g of product. This includes a highlighter shade (which can be seen below,) that is neatly swirled into the bronzer.

The packaging is very much like that of Nars, and can get a little grubby due to it's matte, rubberised finished. But, this does mean that it's less likely to slip out of your hands.

Inside the casing is a handy brush and a huge mirror. I was really impressed.

I would definitely be happy to remove my compact mirror from my hand bag if I was to be carrying this around with me during the day.

The bronzer itself is a lovely tan shade, with a soft shimmer. It may be a little too orange toned for the fairer skinned, although I very much like it for myself. After all, I do love my bronzer. 

The highlighter is beautiful both on its own and mixed together with the bronzer. I did find it a little hard to use it alone as it's so thinly run through the product. I discovered using a tapered brush was the best was to pick up the highlighter only, if you do wish to do so. 

I found this may not be the best bronzer for use as a contour shade, due to its shimmer. But, this may be purely down to my own preference. Each to their own. 

It does on the other hand look amazing softly swept across the higher points of the face. I absolutely cannot wait to wear this is Summer when I have a little more colour in my skin to compliment it. 

If you are a bronzer fan like me, or even just want to give your skin a lovely bit of colour and glow, this is the product for you. 

When the sun is out, this is what I'll be reaching for. 

You can purchase this on the Smooch website for £13.95.

Monday Make-Up back | blogger | cosmetics | face | fall | flowers | fotd | girl | makeup | monday | post | regular | when | whenflowersfall

PRODUCTS USED

Rimmel match perfection foundation - Ivory

Bourjois chocolate bronzer

W7 Africa Blush/Bronzer

Maybelling 24hr colour tattoo - Rose Gold

Next Black Mascara

Mememe lipstick - Cherub blush

Hey beauties, 

 I know it's getting late, I've had a bit of an odd day if I'm honest, but I still wanted to share this. 

I really wanted to bring back a regular post I used to do way back when I started this blog. Each monday I will share the make-up look I have chosen to wear. Even on the Mondays I choose to wear nothing. It's kind of a weekly FOTD, except you'll know to always expect it on a Monday. 

Today I didn't wear anything too heavy. I spent a lot of the day tidying the upstairs of my house and doing some filming. (Go check out my Youtube channel, I posted a new vid about an hour ago!) But, that being said, I really like this simple look. 

I hope you all had a fabulous Monday.

This months Lily advertiser is Sarah of www.bowsandblushx.blogspot.co.uk

Videos Galore! beauty | cosmetics | crest white strips | first impressions | hair | makeup | november favourites | review | vlogger | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall | youtube

Hi, my lovelies! 

It seems I have taken to neglecting the bloggity in favour of the youtoobs this week. I filmed a total of five videos so far, I've already posted three, two of which you can find below, and two that I am saving for a rainy day. You will know about the other very shortly.

I'm totally feeling the buzz for it again and I really hope anyone reading this will take the time to pop over to my channel and maybe even subscribe? There's a ton of videos on there and if it all carries on like this, then there will plenty more to come. 

I hope you enjoy what you see. Please don't forget to leave me any requests for tags videos etc. I'll do my best to do them all.

Love you all! 

Monday Make-up #027 blue smokey eye | cosmetics | face | fotd | HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY | monday | monday make-up | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

On my face today...

Murad Skin Perfecting Primer (Matte)

Garnier BB Cream

HD Brow Palette

MUA Eye Shadow - Shade 10

Maybelline Color Tattoo - Turquoise Forever

Next Volumising Mascara - Black

Next Blush Palette

Colour Couture Highlighter

I've just noticed that in the madness of driving back from Cheshire last week, I actually missed this last week! Naughty Sam!

Today is the 2nd birthday of my adoptive niece/best friends daughter and we took her to a local farm and playbarn. 

I don't think I quite thought this make up through though, because after a couple of times down the huge, scary drop slide, it was literally dripping off of my face. Haha. It was so warm today and I completely forgot how energetic Amy is! Her favourite words todays were 'more' and 'again'!

When I reached the car I realised my eye shadow had creased and my foundation was soooo patchy. Next time, I shall go barefaced.

Hope you have all had a fab Monday! 

Tutorial - Going For Gold bright | cosmetics | eyes | going for gold | gold eyes | inspired | make up academy | makeup | MUA | olympic | palette | tutorial | undressed | whenflowersfall | yellow

Hi my lovelies!
A couple of days ago I posted this tutorial on my youtube channel and I thought I would share it with you guys too!
I absolutely love this look and how it turned out, although I'm not one for bright yellow/gold eyes, I really think this works so, so well.
Below is the image I worked from and I think I got it as spot on as I could have done.

Image - Google
I'm sorry this is up super late, with all the Olympic ceremony fun last night and family visiting today, I had today forgotten that I was meant to get this post up.
Now I'm off to crawl into my pit with a huge food baby and a ridiculous headache.

Hope you guys are having a good weekend! I can't believe that this time next week it'll be August!

A Day To Night Look With NEXT Beauty autumn winter | blush | bronzer | cheeks | cosmetics | day to night | gloss | next | next beauty | products | smokey eye | sneak peek | tutorial

Hi Lovelies!
I really wanted to share the tutorial in which I created todays Monday Make-up look. I don't do it very often and I feel like it's really cheeky of me to ask, but I would very much appreciate it if you all could give this video a cheeky little thumbs up?
I am very honoured that I got that the opportunity to work with Next and their new beauty line for Autumn/Winter.
Check out their range at http://www.next.co.uk/women/beauty
Hope you are all having a fab monday!

MUA Going For Gold Palette cosmetics | eyes | eyeshadows | for | going | going for gold | gold | golds | make up | make up academy | MUA | palette | review | silvers | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi my loves, 

I'm going to be completely honest about this little palette. 

As I eagerly awaited the reveal of each shade on facebook, I have to say at first I was one of those who were pretty disappointed. As a limited edition Olympics palette, I imagined bright, bold, reds, blues and greens. 

BUT, and it's a big but. I absolutely fell in love with it the moment I saw the swatches.

This palette of silvers, golds and rose golds is incredibly pigmented. One swipe and your eyelids will be bursting with colour. I was especially stunned by the strength of the gold shades. Usually you expect a pretty mediocre pay off with such colours, but these blew my mind. 

As with all MUA eyeshadows, these have brilliant staying power and if applied on top of a primer can be made even better. The shadows are creamy, smooth and apply like butter.

Along with all of  MUA's other palettes, this costs only £4 and can be purchased from their online store.
What do you guys think of this bright, bold palette?

MeMeMe Flawless Loose Powder in Translucent cosmetics | face | foundation | groupon | makeup | mememe | mememe cosmetics | powder | review | set | translucent | whenflowersfall

A little while ago I ran out of my trusty translucent powder from ELF, so I felt it was time to try something new. 

Even though I do have normal to dry combination skin, I can get very shiny at times throughout the day and that looks just doesn't appeal to me. 

Fortunately, a few weeks back MeMeMe had an amazing groupon and I jumped for joy when Liam told me he had purchased it for me.

I picked up the loose translucent powder and I couldn't be happier with it. For me, a little goes a very long way and it certainly doesn't make you feel like a cake face. I feel that with my previous pressed powder, I had to apply more to get the same result. The powder is very light weight and the perfect 'shade of nothing'. Sometimes I feel translucent powders can make you look a little ghost like, but this one doesn't and with the help of this powder, my foundation wears a lot longer.

You can buy this along with all of their other products HERE.

The loose powder retails for £5.99 and you receive a cracking 12 grams of product. 

Pucker Up! cosmetics | face | fotd | makeup | whenflowersfall

ELF clarifying pressed powder in Light Beige

ELF studio blush in Peachy Keen

MUA eyebrow pencil in Blonde

Maybelline 24hr colour tattoo in Immortal Charcoal

Bobbi Brown Perfectly Defined Mascara

MeMeMe lip cream in Berry Crush

Just another super quick post for this afternoon. I thought I'd share my FOTD featuring a lip colour that I will be reviewing in a few days. Without saying too much now. I absolutely adore this shade. 

Also, another quick note. Do you guys have any suggestions for my hair? Do I keep fading out the pink and keep the blonde, grow out my roots and go for an ombre look? Or, do I go for something different? 

Astor VIP 3 Tone Blush 3 tone blush | astor | bargain | blush | bold | brand | cheek | coral | cosmetics | face | factory outlet | makeup | pink | rave | review | sheer | vip | whenflowersfall

Introducing another bargain from my local Factory Outlet Store.

I can safely say I have never tried anything from the Astor brand before, but when I saw this staring back at me, I just knew I had to try it out. 

I payed only £2 for this and I am super duper impressed with what I got for my money.

This VIP 3 tone blush is sold as a coral, which when you use all of the three shades together, it certainly is. But, if you the separate the shades you can also use it as a soft pink also. 

Astor claims this blush is a 'very soft formula containing over 74% minerals'. Soft, it most certainly is. With the slightest touch you can pick up a ton of product, the product of which is incredibly pigmented! 

The blush itself can be used to create quite a bold cheek or sheered out to look very subtle. The product isn't glittery but isn't matte either. It falls in that nice little space between that gives your skin some instant glow. 

The blush is very nicely packaged and comes with a mirror in the lid and a little applicator brush also. You receive 6.75g of product, which for the £2 I paid, I am amazed with. 

I've yet to come across any other shades, but I will keep checking back at my local store and as soon as I do I will most certainly be purchasing some more. 

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation - True Nude cosmetics | face | foundation | makeup | nude | rave | rave review | review | rimmel | samantha | true nude | wake up foundation | whenflowersfall

Hi Lovelies!

I have been waiting for a while to purchase this foundation. I've seen the hype for it all over the place, so when I saw this is my local Factory outlet shop for only £5, I had to get it! 

The reason for it being so cheap, it that it is not an English product, which if I'm totally honest, makes no difference to me. The product insider the bottle is still the same. 

Just as every other blogger I've seen talk about this, I love this foundation!! I got the shade True nude as I now have a bit of colour on my skin thanks to our heatwave which is now long gone. 

I only have to use one pump to cover my entire face so the bottle will last a good while, and with that I can get a good medium coverage. I'd say if you want a more full coverage, it is buildable so you still have that option. 

Many people have commented on the sparkle that creates the 'wake up' aspect to the foundation. When blended out on your face it is barely noticeable. It literally just gives a nice glow to the skin without looking like a disco ball. If you are worried that you look a little glitter faced, a light dusting of powder should sort that right out.

Even though I payed a lower price for this specific bottle, I am most definitely going to repurchase as soon as I run out. I may even have to buy a lighter shade sometime soon because my tan is fading sooooo fast! 

The Blindfolded Make-Up Challenge beauty | beautychallenge | blindfold | blindfolded | blindfoldedmakeupchallenge | challenge | cosmetics | fun | funny | lipstick | lol | louise | makeup | samantha | sarah | sprinkleofglitter | whenflowersfall | zoe | zoella

Yup!

Today my friend Sarah and I pretended to be the well know Louise and Zoe. Haha! We could never quite reach their standard of amazing-ness though. 

We thought we'd try the blindfolded make-up challenge that Zoe featured on her Youtube channel not too long ago. 

You can watch below and see what fools we made each other look. It was rather fun.

Monday Make-up #021 blush professional | bright | colour | cosmetics | elf | eyes | eyeslipsface | hypnose drama | lancome | make up academy | makeup | matte lip colour | mermaid | mermaid eyes | monday | monday makeup | MUA

Hi lovelies!

You probably all noticed that yet again I did not do a MM last week. This is plainly due to the fact that any make-up I had put on my face would have melted off in minutes, hence I didn't really bother, and I'm not too sure how many times you guys would want to see my bare face.

Now the weather is back to its normal English-ness, I present to you my mermaid eyes. This look started off with just some super simple green eyeliner with a bit of a wing. I then grabbed my Blush professional colour palette and just kept adding more and more colours. At first I thought I may have over done it a bit, but looking at these photos I actually falling in love with the bright eye. The mascara I used was Lancome Hypnose Drama in Extreme black.

I kept the lips simple with an ELF matte lip colour in natural and I added some gloss with the MUA love hearts lip balm in Sweet Lips. 

Let me know if you like this look, I may be inclined to film a tutorial for it as soon as my new brushes come. 

Topshop Blush - Head Over Heels blush | cosmetics | head over heels | makeup | review | swatch | topshop | topshop makeup | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi my lovelies!

This is a product I purchased a good while a go on my birthday trip into Leeds. I think I may have spent about half an hour trying to choose what to pick up along with this.

Topshop cream blushes are amazing! I picked this up after falling in love with the shade and everything else just followed.

For £6 you get a good four grams of product and a little goes a very long way. Head Over Heels is no longer available online from what I can see, but if you can get your hands on it, I would very much recommend you do so. 

The colour is the most gorgeous coral pink. It looks very harsh in the pan and if applied heavily to the cheeks, it can make you look a little china doll like, but if used with a good stipple brush, the colours blends out to a beautiful smooth flush. 

If the great colour and application isn't enough to make you want to buy this, the packaging is also cute, as is all Topshop make-up and this product also has a mirror in the lid. 

I most certainly want to add a few more of the Topshop blushes to my collection. I'll have to save up my pennies for my next trip into Leeds. 

What can you guys recommend for me?

Monday Make-up #018 cosmetics | eyeliner | face | face of the day | fotd | lipstick | make-up | monday | monday make-up | topshop

Monday Make-up is BACK!

So, it's been well over a month since I last did a Monday make-up and I promised yesterday that it would be returning.

Today I'm going to a much awaited We The Kings gig and this is what I came up with for my face. 

I didn't want to go too overboard as I know I am going to be roasting once the gig is in full swing, and to be honest, make-up running down your face is never pretty. :)

As I write this, it's just started to rain. Wonderful!

I hope you are all having a fab bank holiday Monday. 

BeautyUK Lipstick - Naughty beautyuk | cosmetics | lips | lipstick | make-up | naughty | red lipstick | review | shade 8 | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi lovelies! 

I thought it had been way to long since I last did a lipstick post. Haha, not really but I wanted to share my newest purchase with you guys.

This lipstick jumped out at me on a recent trip to Superdrug. I wasn't planning on buying a new lipstick, but I couldn't resist. Under the shops yellow lights the shade of the lipstick looked really orange. But in the photos here it looks far more red. 

The lipstick is very creamy and easy to apply, the colour is really opaque and lasts pretty well. I did a little test and after application it lasted 3 hours or so before a re-application was needed. During these hours I had eaten a meal and drunk a couple of cups of tea. 

Just so you guys can see the true colour, (I'm thinking the lighting whilst taking these photos may have altered it a bit,) I have taken a photo of the BeautyUK lipstick next to MUA shade 13 which I believe to be a true red. 

BeautyUK is on the right and as you can see is a little larger than an MUA lipstick also. 

BeautyUK lipstick retail for £3.49 and I would say they are totally worth the pennies. For a 'drugstore' brand I am really impressed.