Pink Haired Princess

Sorry this post comes a little late, but it's well worth waiting for. Last week, I had a lot of issues colour matching Howleen , even although the look I was replicating was supposedly 'no-fuss' neutrals. I didn't like the finished look and I didn't even enjoy the application. So this week, I picked a doll that to be honest, I've been avoiding since I purchased her. Why? Well she's wearing lime green eyeshadow, bordering on neon and lots of it! That's never going to work on me surely? To make matters worse, the lime is then mixed with green (eww at the colour clash) and bold pink lips. On the doll, it looks fabulous though, but that's because it's Lagoona and she's ridiculously pretty and could pull off anything! After my failed attempt at neutrals, I'd definitely lost a bit of confidence in my makeup artistry skillz (!) and I felt I was destined to look ridiculous. Clown ridiculous. To say this is the antithesis of Howleen last w...

We missed MHM last week due to snow, but I braved the weather today (actually it wasn't too bad, just little snow flurries) for a rather tricky Monster High doll. I've been worried about replicating this makeup ever since I started Monster High Monday's. I mean, fuchsia eyeshadow is never going to be an easy look to pull off, unless of course you're a green skinned plant, like Venus! I even attempted to ease myself into it, by wearing bright pink eyeshadow mid-week (albeit only on the inner corners and with lots of smokey pewter to blend). I wanted to get her out of the way though, because I knew I would just keep leaving her and hoping I never had to attempt it! Venus is one of the newer characters and I don't know too much about her, besides that's she a venus fly-trap and a little eco-warrior. I haven't seen much of her in the webisodes or movies, but then I haven't watched a lot of them lately. Besides the pink eyeshadow, she has bold lips,...

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I've neglected my 'summer reviews' lately, so it's my aim to swatch, test and review as many as I can this month! Two pretty items that featured in that original post were the Jelly Pong Pong Lip Orchids which I've swatched alongside the utterly kitsch Shadow Taffy. I've owned these products for some time, but always been afraid to ruin their pretty packaging by testing them out! The lip glosses come in round plastic containers with an 'orchid' attached to the lid. The ribbon is the only part that you have to remove (for good), so I was happy to see the flower stayed put! They are very smooth, light and soft glosses. Completely non-sticky, they feel like a tinted lip balm rather than a gloss-although they are relatively pigmented. Petal Pink was very difficult to photograph. The camera seemed to pick up lighter tones than it looked in real life. It's a Barbie, blue pink shade with very fine shimmer which isn't noticeable once applied. The colou...

Face: Yves Saint Laurent Matt Touch foundation Shade 1, Jelly Pong Pong Wakeup Makeup Palette (eye brightener), No7 Quick Cover Concealer 02 Extra Fair, Wet'n'Wild powder blush in Naive. Eyes: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, MAC Shimmermoss (more green than it shows up here) and Lancaster Chameleon e/s in 106 Midnight Ocean in crease. L'Oreal HIP Crayon in Perfectionist and L'Oreal Super liner in Carbon Black with Too Faced Starry Eyed glitter eyeliner in Drunk Dial on top. Rimmel 123 Looks mascara on level 1. Lips: Barry M Lip Paint in 101 Marshmellow.