Frontcover Micro Rainbow Eyes Powder Collection

After Christmas all the gift sets Boots stock are slashed by half, which means there are lots of bargains to be had. I picked up the Frontcover Micro Rainbow Eyes Powder Collection for £6 which is great. I got some Frontcover pressed eyeshadows last year as well and love the colour payoff and quality. This is what this particular collection looks like.

This collection is handbag/on the go friendly, the pressed eye shadows (there are 9 colours) fit into a gold pouch. 

There is their clear eye liner liquid pen which you use in any of these shadows to transform the shadows into liners.

I really like these colours: these are swatched over my usual Maxfactor white smokey eye effects base:

I am looking forward to playing around with this collection and for the price you can't really grumble. Have you picked up anything good from the January sales this year?

A glittery holographic mess!

I was going through my nail polish collection and I thought I really need to try out some polishes I have had for a while but either never wear, or haven't even tried. This is is mind this is what I came up with:

Base is two coats of a Frontcover polish which I have never used, but it is gorgeous, a shimmery red-ish pink. In the pictures it does sway more towards red and it looks more metallic here too.

The polish itself applies smoothly and dries quickly, the pain with it though is the brush, it is so small! It makes it easier to control but at the same time it makes it harder to see what you are doing. The cap is all brush and no arm.

After waiting for this to dry I applied a quick layer of Gosh Holographic from about a 1/4 of the way down to the tip of the nail. Then I applied a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust to the whole nail. Next I applied a few dots in China Glaze Jolly Holly using a dotting tool to the area where the red base meets the holographic overlay. 

A little bit messy but actually I quite like the way this looks with the glitter and holographic together. I am not holding out much hope for this manicure lasting more than a day because of the Gosh Holographic, I know it will start to chip soon. 

See the stars pink

I liked the way the pink Dazzle Dust from Barry M looked on my eyes the last time I used it so I was keen to try it out again with another colour.

I opted for the pink DD and then chose a very light blue from my Frontcover to go eye shadow book called See The Stars. It is very light blue-ish silvery shimmer shadow which I think worked well with the pink. Here is the look.

I used the pink DD on the outer corner and See The Stars on the inner corner, blending the two together. I fancied a bit of glitter but didn't want the glitter to be too obvious and over shadow the eyeshadow colours. I chose a glitter eye liner from Urban Decay called Metalhead, it is a purple glitter, but here I think it looks quite pink (probably due to the pink eyeshadow I guess) I then curled my lashes and applied Models Own big brush mascara. 

I seem to like two toned eyes, I am thinking I must branch out and perhaps add a third colour in every so often. What are you favorite eyeshadow colour combinations?

Purple and Frosted Almond eyes

I had not used the new deep plum MUA purple eyeshadow since swatching it along with the other two colours I bought from Superdrug recently, so with this in mind here is the look I came up with it.

I used the shimmery plum eyeshadow from MUA (£1 from Superdrug) and this lasted all day and didn't collect in my crease (the same cannot be said for the green I used from MUA!) I am impressed with this particular shadow, I like this a lot more than the green. I applied this colour to the outer corner and blended along the crease. I used Frosted Almond from my Frontcover to go book of shadows on the inner corner and blended the two colours where they meet in the middle. To finish I used Models Own big brush mascara.

Blue and silver

I wanted to try another look with the Frontcover to go eye shadow book I was given by my mum last month. I wanted to use some cooler colours and chose my old faithful blue and a gorgeous shimmer silver. Here is the look I created.

The products I used were Azimuth which is a gorgeous blue from the Frontcover to go eye shadow book on the inner corner, then Silver Dollar on the outer corner, blending the two together. I finished the look by lining the top lash line with Black Spark (from the same book) then curling my lashes and applied Models Own Big Brush Mascara.

Feeling blue (and green)

I wanted to use some of the shadows in the Frontcover to go palette I swatched recently. I used some of the blues and greens from the palette for my first look.

For this look I selected Bright Aqua for the inner corner and for the middle of the lid to the outer corner I used Moondust and blended the two together slightly. To finish I used Bourjois metallic liner in 54 Bleu clinquant on the upper lash line then a very fine line of Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter eyeliner in spandex and lashes of black mascara.

What are your favorite colours to use on your eyes?