Quick cosmetics review

I bought a few new bits of makeup this week. I was looking for a nice autumn colour for my nails and a way to do my eyes a bit more smoky as I love my Lavera shadows, but they are a little light for when I go out in the evening.  So first up, Essence's new shade: Red Ahead. 

This is the photo from their website. 

This is my bottle and my (badly) painted index finger beside it. 

As you can see, the website photo makes the colour look a lot lighter and in my opinion, not as nice. To me it looks like a beautiful rouge noir and I must say it with an emphasis on the noir, it comes out very dark with just one coat. I have been very happy with the Essence nail polished. Their price/quality is amazing. I always use a base coat and as long as I am patient with my application, the colour stays on well.  

Now over to my new eyeshadow. This is the first time I bought something from Swedish brand IsaDora. I went for quad palette Muddy Nudes. Not the nicest name, but I do like these kinds of colours. I mainly wanted the taupe shade in the bottom right corner to use as a liner with my Lavera shadows. 

The photo from the website in all its glory. 

With this one, the photo from the website is very accurate. These are 3 nice matte shades. The only one with a hint of shimmer is the brownish shade in the bottom left. I used Urban Decay's Primer Potion under my makeup and their Deslick setting spray over it. I was quite happy with its staying power and colour payoff. It's not particularly dark, but that is not what I wanted. It's perfect for a hint of definition. I used the taupe from the lashline to the crease as well and that was nice too. It's a lovely little palette for travelling with I would think, or for just having in your bag for whenever you need it. 

Quick shot of the look. So basically Lavera's shadow in Golden Ivory all over the lid up to the brow bone. Then Lavera's shadow in Chocolate brown from lash line to crease. Then the taupe colour from above palette used as a liner. I used Lush's Eyes Right Mascara and you will recognise the nail polish as the one above. 

So, there's 2 products I would recommend trying out if it's your kind of thing! Both cruelty free of course, otherwise they wouldn't end up with me.

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Products I am loving right now!

I have done a few reviews in the past of my nail polish and Lush purchases. Now I decided to list the products I am happily using right now!

As you know, I am against animal testing, and I research the brand I am interested in before I buy. All of these products are blissfully cruelty free so no reason not to indulge!

Now, look at these beauties, posing on my couch.

It's the following:

Mineral eye shadow from Lavera. In chocolate brown and golden beige.
In June, I decided to send all my Urban Decay shadows away to me makeup loving sister in the Netherlands. I did not like the fact that they are now part of L'Oreal and I also did not think I was really using the two palettes (including Naked 2) to their full potential. I am quite lazy when it comes to makeup and the less I have one -while still looking the part- the better. So now these two shadows are the only ones I own. I wear them over primer and with mascara. I use the golden beige all over my eyelid up to the brow bone. Then I use chocolate brown from my lash line to my crease. The colours complement my eye colour very well and the quality of these shadows is the best I have seen so far.
Castana perfume from Cloon Keen Atelier.
I recently ran out of Thierry Mugler's Angel perfume. This actually took some effort on my part, my parents in law kept giving me a bottle for every occasion. But after I did run out, I fancied something a bit less common. So I turned to Google for niche perfumes. I found one of those slideshows on the subject through a beauty website and behold, I found a niche perfumer located in Galway itself. As the website was UK based, I reckoned there must be really something to these fragrances. I visited the place which was, as expected, intimidatingly posh. Their perfumes however all smelled amazing, one in particular. It gave me a certain sense of nostalgia as the scent reminds me of something in my childhood I still have not placed. A few weeks later my birthday came along so I bought a bottle. It's such an unusual scent, quite impossible to describe. I love wearing something different.

Organic Coconut Oil (cold pressed) from the Redwood Co..
A friend of mine whatsapped me that all she used these days on her skin and hair is coconut oil and that it was doing fabulous things. So of course I had to get me a piece of that action. This stuff is a truly versatile beauty product at a very affordable price. It is edible too, though I have yet to use it in recipes. I use it on the ends of my hair, as body lotion and as night and hand cream. It certainly does the job. And if you mix it with some sugar, it makes a mean scrub as well!

Udder Cream from Moo Goo.
I only bought this yesterday after testing it the day before and loving the scent. A sucker for all things animal, I was quite taken with the brand from the start. I am just using this when my skin gets irritated as it seems very soothing. My interest in their line is definitely peaked as my scalp and rest of skin could do with some TLC.

I hope I peaked your interest! I wholeheartedly support these products so go forth and shop!

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