A Splash of Colour

Just two quick looks with a dash of colour from uni

Black Rose cosmetics Ein on inner corner, blue liner is Anabelle Lee also from Black Rose. Can't remember the red-browns, but I believe one was Innocent+Twisted Alchemy's Wild 7.

Geek Chic's Antequitarian, on lid, with I think Femme Fatale's Illusions on the outer corner and in the crease. The green is Shiro Cosmetic's There and Back Again.


Sorry for the shadow naming fail. I barely have time to photograph makeup in the morning and always forget to write down what I used. I did my best to remember.

Friday Favourites

 

Blog Love:

• Everyone tries getting fit for summer right? Well Deja has some awesome beginner fitness tips
• I've just gone back to Uni myself, and I know a lot of people are preparing to start in September, so Ali at Zombies Wear Eyeliner's so you're going to university is a brilliant and timely read
• It is supposed to be summer, even if it does rain some days, and Little Chief Honeybee's post about her favourite parts of summer is a nice reminder of that.
• Beth at Bethy's Beauty Spot has a great list of essentials any makeup enthusast should own
• I have KP and I'm loving Bee's Knees of Beautiful's post on dealing with Keratosis Pilaris
• This is possibly the most timely post ever, since starting my PhD my stress levels are through the sky again. So That Redhead Said's series on stress and the second post on stress management is super useful.

Other things I've been loving this week:

Sexy Pool Party not what you're thinking and utterly hilarious

Couple of Barry M Nail Looks

Sorry for my quietness of late. I'm only a week and a half into it and the PhD is already knocking it out of me. Plus, not much time to do decent looks in the morning. I'm on one or two colours for the most part. Here are some nail looks until I have more time to write up some proper posts, which I should on the weekend now I'm single again. [Nearly] All Barry M polishes here.

Animal Prints using Barry M Gellys in Prickly Pear and Greenberry, Rimmel Matte top coat, and a generic black nail art pen.

Simple one using Barry M Copper, Silver Multi Glitter and Greenberry

Purples

Femme Fatale Faerie Fire on inner corner
Shiro Shinigami on middle of lid
Black Rose Minerals Thirteen on outer corner
Black Rose Minerals Jet in crease and lower lashline
Glitter liner is Collection 2000 Glam Crystals

Bonus face shot:

[Late] Friday Favourites

Sorry I'm a day late, PhD things and life and poor internet combined to prevent posting yesterday. 

Blog Love:

Loving this post from Phyrra about just being yourself

Ali from Zombies Wear Eyeliner shared a really interesting website for finding your dream foundation which sounds like something I could do with checking out.

Panda Tells All made a super awesome post on getting organised with some great tips!

With summer on it's way,and the sun actually being out right now it'simportant to rememberyour sunscreen. Beautiful with Brains post on do you really need SPF 100? is an interesting reminder that higher isn't always better.

In relation to a news story this week about Stephen Fry, The Crumpet has this very important post about why we shouldn't sex up suicide. It's a very serious and devastating thing and well, sometimes the media and the public forget that. Daily Mail I am looking at you in particular.

There are some stunning looking Barry M limited edition summer colours swatched over at Brit Nails

Other things I've been loving this week:

The Zombie Song by Stephanie Mabey is frakking amazing. Zombies need love too.

NBC's Hannibal is awesome and was recently renewed for a second season.

Dislikes:

Loooong days. Seriously, is this what work is like? I wake up at 7, leave the house at 8am, get back between 7:30 and 8pm and die. And that's just a PhD! It's not even 9-5, more like 10ish-5:30. I do skip lunch though...

Mephisto's Calamity

Simple but, I think, pretty:

Fyrinnae Mephisto over lid
Shiro Cheifest of Calamities in crease

Eternal Mildew

A look from last weekend, I was a little hungover.

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Eternal Gold as base and inner corner
Urban Decay Baked on middle of lid
Urban Decay Mildew on outer lid and in crease
Collection 2000 Extreme Felt liner