Pink Haired Princess

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Last week, if you missed it, was the Yayoi Kusama illustrated Lancôme JT to celebrate 10 years of Juicy Tubes. I have quite a lot of images to get through today, so I'll get straight to it. 

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Last week I shared the limited edition palette YSL released back in 2008 to celebrate 30 years of their beauty line. Today for Flashback Beauty Friday , I have a couple of items from a discontinued brand.

Sometimes it feels like Monday comes round real fast and it's 'Monster High Monday' again! This week I'm featuring one of my newest dolls and she's gone right up to my favourites list. I wanted her, but when I got her, I realised she was even cooler and more amazing than I'd originally thought! She is Operetta, daughter of the Phantom Of The Opera. She has lilac toned skin and a rockabilly style which I think is super cute. She's pretty partial to a red lip! She always comes with a little mask like the Phantom as she has some 'artwork' and 'disfigured' carvings on her arm and one side of her face, just like Daddy! As scary as that should be-I think she looks stunning with it. I also got to add a little beauty spot just next to the lower lip and switched my eyes for grey ones, not too scary actually. So, I started with Lancome Teint Miracle in 005 with Illamasqua Rich Foundation in 115 under the eyes, Playboy First Blush in...

Happy New Year! I'm not keen on posting two similar posts consecutively but that's just the way it's worked out as we're back to Monster High Monday again! I love Lagoona Blue, I think she's utterly adorable! I also feel she's very undervalued in the Monster High series and releases. Personally I think from watching the webisodes that she looks like a fabulous friend, she's very level headed, extremely beautiful and I just love the mash-up of her accent which comes across as Australian one second then Cockney the next (funny when it's not supposed to be)! I feel the other MH girls ignore her a bit though, as she's always stuck 'in the pool' being a sea monster and all and she's not always considered a 'core' character in doll releases, even although she was an original character, which annoys me! She seems very sweet anyway, so it's nice to see her featured in a few of the newer collections. This particular Lagoon...

Last week I was hunting for more things to sell on eBay and in my usual fashion, got distracted (although technically it was for a good deed) and managed to find storage for my overspill of blush and highlighting powders. I got this black sparkly Lancome vanity case last year and I realise as I'm writing this that I've still never actually shown you what was inside and the rest of the haul that went with it! I do still have the photos somewhere and will eventually get round to posting them! Anyway, I grabbed all my extra powders (I already have a shallow drawer with my blushes and a deep one with more blush and highlighters-which was getting too full to close). I also had some newer, homeless Lancome and MAC powders and amazingly, the entire overspill (and a good chunk of the 'deep drawer') fitted perfectly into this case, with the exception of two compacts which sit on top, but I'm mega excited at the neat little rows! Everything just slotted in perfectly. I t...

The final installment of the dark lipstick swatches, you'll find part 1 here and part 2 here . These are probably some of the darkest of the bunch. In all of these posts, I've tried to take photos of the lipsticks in a light that you can see roughly what colour they are, but if I were to show you an image like the one below, you can see just how dark they really are. Versace Hydrating Lipstick in V2010-C (discontinued I think), very pigmented, opaque, plum purple. Pout Two Timer (discontinued) this is a lighter, brighter purple with pink undertones and a shimmery metallic quality. Urban Decay Vinyl , looks dark purple in the tube, but is actually quite sheer with rosy tan undertones and sporadic shimmer. I hate the scent of UD lipsticks, it's liquorice and stinks! What's worse is if you lick your lips, never, ever do that, it's disgusting! Playboy Stiletto Lipstick 61 Exposed , this particular lipstick is supposed to be sheer, it's a browny wine shade. MeMeM...

I'm still editing photos of my Playboy goodies, so thought I'd try out some of the items for todays LOTD. Playboy Beauty Twice the Pleasure l/l duo in 47 Chocolate Kisses (the dark side to line and fill in lips) Playboy Beauty Stiletto l/s in 60 Diva

A quick lip today, sorry (see The Shoe Girl Diaries for more details). I'm not actually keen on this gloss, it's too frosty for my liking, looks a bit cheap on me. I am uncontrollably excited about my MAC order that I placed last night. Funds are super tight, but upon closer inspection the eyeshadows from Love That Look were looking super delicious. I stayed strong though and just bought One-Off (I already have Smoke & Diamonds). My other choices would have been Strike A Pose, Fashion and Fashion groupie. I also said 'no' to Roman Holiday, hopefully I can swap for it or buy it later (£14 is a lot for a gloss, when I already have tonnes). I also got Graphic Garden e/s palette and Summer Crop Lip Bag, both containing the most beautiful colours ever, whoop, whoop! What about you, will you be placing an order? Playboy Beauty Liquid Luxe in 80 Shot Girl

Hi everyone, had a fabby time shopping today. I will have more pics and details for you tomorrow, but in the meantime I took these photos quickly just now. I'm really pleased with my loot. First up my Playboy cosmetics package arrived before we left this morning, so I still have that to properly look at. I went crazy with the new nail polish colours at Collection 2000, plus I picked up yet another 2 glitter eyeliners. It was 3 for 2 at GOSH and I got this gorgeous metallic eyeliner (that has better staying power than anything else known to (wo)man), nude Darling lipstick and a gorgeous nude lipgloss too. I must say I was very put off with the mucky testers and general gross-ness of the GOSH counter. It really makes me not want to buy anything when it's like that. Don't you think? A lipstick from NYC which I tried that looks completely different swatched to in the tube. Revlon Nude Attitude matte lipstick (obsessed with nudes I know!). Lancome La Base Pro, after Lancome neve...