Beauty Bargain // Too Faced Eyeshadow Duo in 'Beauty Mark'

Hello there internet!

Today I'm reviewing an eyeshadow duo from Too Faced, which I actually picked up from work (which is Debenhams, by the way) a couple of weeks ago but only just got round to blogging about. I was buying a birthday present for someone, and as I got to the cosmetics till I spotted some reduced Too Faced products. I had never tried the brand before, and the stuff was HEAVILY discounted so thought I'd give it a go. Most of it was glittery eyeliners and crazy colours, which I wasn't a fan of, so I went for the 'Beauty Mark' Eyeshadow Duo.

It was originally £14.50, and was reduced to a teeny £2.18! THEN I got my 20% staff discount, such a wonderful thing, so it was a real bargain!

After trying the product, I am seriously glad I didn't buy it at full price. I like the whimsical packaging but it is preeettty flimsy. The colours in the pan are gorgeous; a peachy rose-gold and dark purpley brown, but sadly the pigmentation in these is pretty poor. You have to push a load on your lids to get a good colour payoff, and they look really lovely on but only last a couple of hours at best and definitely not all day. An eye primer is essential, but I wouldn't advise using a cream eyeshadow as the Too Faced one then loses it's pigment when put over the top. It's such a shame, because I absolutely love the peachy colour! Booo.

In the look above I put the lighter colour all over the lid and into the corners of the eye, and used the darker colour all around the lash lines to create a smokey flick. The mascara I'm wearing is the Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless.

I can't find Too Faced on the Debenhams website, and I think they may be being discontinued or we are not stocking them any more, however you can find it at Boots here and Look Fantastic here. 

I'm not wowed by this product, and though I can't complain, and am actually pretty pleased with it for the price I got it at, I definitely wouldn't have paid £14.50!

Have you tried Too Faced eyeshadow?

Is there any of their products you'd recommend?

(All images are my own, and must be credited if shared. Though I got this product at a discounted price, it was purchased by myself and reviewed honestly.)

Inspiration from Illamasqua: 'The Sacred Hour' Collection

Hello lovely people!

A little beauty inspiration for you all today. I recently Liked the Illamasqua Facebook page, and my newsfeed has since been filled with some beautiful images of incredible makeup, so I thought I'd share it! Today's post will be the Sacred Hour collection, and I might do another one on the Paranormal collection next week, because I am just loving Illamasqua at the moment! Shame I can't afford any of it... -skint student problems-

As the poem above suggests, this collection is dreamy, spiritual, ethereal, a fairytale; inspired by fantasy. Here's some images:

"I am the Dawn spirit..."

"I am the Dusk warrior..."

"I am the Magic..."

...and the promotional film for the collection:



I love the emphasis on brows, the metallic eyes, the dramatic contouring and dark, berry hued lips. This is basically my dream makeup in one collection!

Here's some of my favourite products from The Sacred Hour:

Reflection Palette £34
Four dreamy, creamy eyeshadows with a hint of shimmer. All such beautiful colours, perfect for creating a smokey eye!

Nail Varnish in 'Hemlock' £14.50
A gorgeous, iridescent pinky-greeny colour.

Lipstick in 'Shard' £16.50
A gothic red-violet with a matte finish. The lip colour for autumn/winter.

Check out the whole Sacred Hour collection here. Sadly I haven't tried any of these, so can't tell you how good they are! Let me know if you have though.

Will you be buying any pieces from this collection?

Have you tried Illamasqua makeup before? Anything you'd recommend?

(All images/videos from the Illamasqua website)

Liebster Award #2

Hello everyone!

I was recently nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Olivia Jayne!

I'm sure you're aware of the process so I won't bore you with the rules but basically you answer a set of questions, then carry on the chain by choosing people to ask another set of questions to. I actually was nominated for this fairly recently, so rather than nominating another lot of bloggers I thought I would link my previous post, then just answer the new set of questions from Olivia. Still with me?? Good.

Here is my previous Liebster Award post, and the bloggers I nominated.

And here are my answers to Olivia's questions!

1.How long have you been blogging?

I actually started this blog back in February 2012, only my blog was called Thursday's Child then, and went through very erratic periods of blogging either LOADS, or not at all. To be honest, I still do that now, but hopefully have significantly improved!

2.Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging because I am a Media student, and after learning about the impact of the internet on media today, I thought it was a good idea to get involved in it! Also I love writing, and especially about the stuff on my blog, so thought it was a good outlet/hobby for doing that!

3. If you could travel anywhere in the world & money was no object, where would you go?

This is a tricky one, but I'd have to say North America. I've been looking into Trek America lately, something I would LOVE to do, and if money was no object then it would definitely be my first choice!

4.What is the one beauty product that you think every girl should have?

Hmm, well I'm not exactly a beauty expert, and am still learning myself, but I'm probably gonna say moisturiser!

5.What is the one item you think every girl should have in their wardrobe?

A leather jacket. Effortlessly cool, and goes with literally everything!

6.What is your favourite drugstore beauty brand?

This is really difficult! I use different brands for different things; Rimmel for mascara and lips, Maybelline for eyes and Bourjois for base stuff. That's as narrowed down as I can go ha.

7.What is your favourite beauty buy under £5?

I think these are under £5, correct me if I'm wrong? It's the Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo; the best cream eyeshadow I've tried, and something I use pretty much every day.

8.  What do you do in the 'real world'?

Haha I love how that implies blogging isn't real! I am, as I said, a Media student at Teesside University, about to go into my third year, and also work part time as a sales assistant at Debenhams on the Shoe & Handbag department!

9. What is your guilty pleasure? 

My guilty pleasure is definitely getting addicted to slightly cheesy TV shows that the snobby media student within me knows that I probably shouldn't like; for example The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl...you know the type.

10. What is your greatest achievement? 

This is hard, because I'm not really sure I've achieved anything great haha! Probably something boring like doing well in my GCSE's, cause I worked really hard for them. Or maybe learning to play piano, if that even counts?

11.What is the best advice you've ever been given?

This is weird because I was literally just sent this by my best friend!

So there you go! Hopefully you know me a little better :) 

And do please check out Olivia's blog, and my previous post with the bloggers I nominated.

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