Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Collection 2000 Glam Crystals - Swatches and review

Good morning, afternoon, evening, and perhaps goodnight, everybody. Today I shall be talking about glitter, more so glitter liners.

I have not blogged properly since April, because I am an extremely lazy creature and hate English and writing with a passion! I also tried to do something worth while everyday during summer and now I'm in my Leaving Cert year I need to spend all my spare time on Facebook rather than blogging!
I decided to do this review today, not only to rave about these Collection 2000 glitter liners, but also to avoid some much needed Christmas break study.




All six liners in this post are Collection 2000 'Glam Crystals' Dazzling Gel Liners and no I have not been sponsored to do this blog. Santa was in Boots a few weeks before Christmas, saw the Collection 2000 '3 for 2' sale and very generously bought me the entire glitter liner range that my local Boots had to offer. According to the Collection 2000 website there are 14 liners in the range so owning one off of half the range is not bad at all.
Check out the entire range on their site here!
I would link you to buy them on Boots also, but they seem to be upgrading their site at the moment so here's a link to Superdrug
They range between £3 - £4 or under €5, I can't remember. 



I've only just noticed the numbers above they are in the wrong order to both the picture before this and the picture after. My OCD senses are tingling...


So as you can see we have 6 liners, ranging in colour from neutrals to brights, but they differ in consistancy somewhat. (In order from L to R) Hustle, Funk, Dig It!, Shake It Up!, Dancing Queen and Le Freak.
I've worn Hustle(bluey silver), Funk(gold) and Le Freak(green) over similar coloured eyeshadows and they last really well. Once they dry they do not move unless, of course, you rub/scratch your eye!


Le Freak over Inglot's lime green D.S eyeshadow 477(left)
Funk over Urban Decay's 'Half Baked' (right)

Hustle over Urban Decays 'Gunmetal'


The only problem/ warning I have is that Le Freak leaves a turquiose/green stain behind when removed, whether you use a base and or eyeshadow beforehand or wear it alone. I find I need an oil based eye makeup remover to fully remove the stain, rather than say a baby/face wipe which just removes the glitter.


I prefer glitter liners (especially ones of such good quality) to glitter pigment because there is no fallout. No worrying about glitter all over your face, nothing. They also have never creased on me and I have quite hooded lids. Just use your head and stop at/just below your crease.
When removing the liner I use a cotton pad soaked in bi-phase eye makeup remover (oil and water mix), hold it onto my eye, pressing lightly, then try to remove all the glitter in one sweep so I don't spread it about my face.


Anyway, back to pretty pictures!
Hustle, Funk and Dig It!

Hustle: In the tube - looks silver
           Actual colour - silver, grey and blue glitter with a sheer grey/blue base
           Consistency - quite opaque, buildable, fine and chunkier glitter

Funk: In the tube - looks gold
         Actual colour - gold with some silver glitter with a clear base
         Consistency - sheer, buildable, fine glitter

Dig It!: In the tube - looks black and green
           Actual colour - black and gold glitter with a clear base
           Consistency - quite opaque, buildable, fine and chunkier glitter

Shake It Up!, Dancing Queen, Le Freak

Shake It Up!: In the tube - looks purple with rainbow sparkles
                     Actual colour - purple glitter with clear base and a small amount of holographic glitter 
                                                                                                 (cause of the rainbow effect I'm seeing)
                     Consistency - sheer, buildable, fine glitter


Dancing Queen: In the tube - looks hot pink, silver and rainbow-y
                        Actual colour - hot pink glitter with greeny purpley yellow glitter on a sheer pink base
                        Consistency - opaque, buildable, fine and chunkier glitter

Le Freak: In the tube - neon bluey green
               Actual colour - lime green glitter with some blue glitter on an opaque greeny base 
               Consistency - opaque, buildable, fine glitter 

Pros: East to use, quick drying, won't budge, cheap
Cons: The purple would look amazing with a sheer purple base


What they look like over similarly coloured eyeshadows

(eyeshadows L-R)
front cover silver, Urban Decay Gunmental, UD Half Baked, then from the black to the blue are all Inglot.
Inglot 63, AMC Shine 22,  AMC 50, 63 again, D.S 477, Matte 322.

Long story short, I like glitter, I like these liners, if you like glitter too and want these? GO BUY THEM!
Thanks :D

Friday, April 22, 2011

Huge Haul (3 months worth of buying)

Ahh so here it is, I'm finally starting to get serious about my blog and my YouTube channel. Hopefully I am going to update both at least twice a month :D After all, I buy enough stuff so I may aswell show/tell/review some of it, can't be greedy now :P
Anyway, over the past 3 months I've bought an unholy amount of make-up and nail polish (I feel I earned the clothes) that I don't need and I've decided to show you my hoarding skills :L I have no shame xD Enjoy!


From left to right: 
Checkered hoody - New Look €24.99 down to €12
Polka-dot dress - New Look €34.99 down to €19
40's Sheer yellow blouse - Vintage Fair €40 down to €30
60's cotton red pleated skirt - Vintage fair €25
40's reprint scarf - Vintage fair €5


The Vintage Fair was in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday 17th April. It was called the "Dublin" or the "Spring" Vintage Fair. They were selling clothes, shoes, jewellery, accessories, decor and some antiques. They tend to travel around the country and I think they're in Galway this weekend. They also have antiques fairs and they swap between the two. For more info check out 


In the nail polish pictures I added extra ones to show comparison shades/prices.
P.S. Neither my video camera nor normal camera are doing any of these shades justice. Go to your local chemist/drugstore/highstreet out and check for yourself :L

From left to right:
Gosh -549 Holographic €8.99
Rimmel London Pro - 397 Beige Babe €5ish
Barry M Nail Paint - 314 Nail Effects €5ish
Essence colour & go - 28 Plum Perfect €1.99



Essence colour & go - 28 Plum Perfect €1.99
Barry M Nail Paint - 273 Raspberry €4.50
Essence colour & go - 11 Glamorous €1.99
China Glaze - 192 High Maintenance €8.99



Natural Collection - Lunar Haze €2ish?
China Glaze - 70637 Mr & Mrs - €8.99
Barry M Nail Paint - 308 Berry Ice-cream €4.50



Collection 2000 Hot Looks - 38 Mint Mojo €5ish?
China Glaze - 1007 Turned Up Turquoise €8.99



Hello Kitty by H&M - Wicked Purple €4ish?
Barry M Nail Paint - 312 Indigo €4.50
Essence colour & go - 37 Just Rock It €1.99




I will be doing a review on the Sigma brushes in my next post, but seeming as this post is taking extreme amounts of effort I can't promise a date on it yet :L

Onto brushes and make up:

Ruby & Millie - eye brush €7 or €7.50
Boots No7 - Eyeshadow Blend & Contour brush €7 or €7.50
Boots No7 - Brow and Lash brush €7 or €7.50
00 Cotman III Winsor & Newton paintbrush €3.50
Sigma free travel size E25 Blending brush
Sigma Eye Kit $45
M.A.C Fix+ €15ish
Sigma Flat Top Synthetic Kabuki brush F80 $16
Sigma Tapered Highlighter brush F35 $16
Sigma Small Duo Fibre brush F55 $14
M.A.C Mineralize Skinfinish Natural - Light €30ish
M.A.C Blush - Harmony €15ish




Maybelline New York Superstay 24hr Color lip thing :L - 195 Raspberry €10ish?
M.A.C Cremesheen Lipstick - Lickable €17.50
M.A.C Lustre Lipstick - Viva Glam V - €17.50
Natural Collection Moisture Shine Lipstick - Crimson €2.99
Natural Collection Moisture Shine Lipstick - Apple Blossom €2.99
L'Oreal Paris Volume Million Lashes Mascara - Extra Black £12ish
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Shadow Pencil - Sin (Champagne), Clash(Electric blue) £15 each
Revlon Matte Eye Shadow - 001 Vintage Lace em... £6ish?
Maybelline New York Superstay 24hr foundation - 005 Light €12?
M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid - NC15 €30ish
Revlon Photoready foundation - 002 Vanilla £10ish
Collection 2000 Lasting concealer €6ish

I used to LOVE my Maybelline Colossal mascara, but then Falsies took its place, but now oh my word, I use my million lashes to lengthen and seperate and layer it if I want a bit more, but if I want "Omg I love your lashes" I layer my Falsies on top [:
Coz I have dry skin I am prone to fine lines and wrinkles quicker than my oily or normal friends and because of this I have fine lines under my eyes. I love the look of concealer under my eyes even though I don't need to cover anything up there, but no matter what the concealer is, it settles in mah lines -_- BUT if I uses a fluffy brush (like my sigma e25) with that concealer, it = amazeballs under my eyes :D (It still settles in my lines, just not half as quick :L)


One more pic just to show you the colours [:
Left to right:
Superstay lip yoke in raspberry, lickable, sin, clash, viva glam v
I'm getting tired so I'm hoping you've read all of the above and can follow what colours are what [: I trust you :L
Next 3 lippies are apple blossom, barry m 101 *no photo* and crimson
Then big blom of concealer covering my v.dark mole (told you it was good) then the top blob is M.A.C, the middle pink blob is Maybelline and the last blob in the bottom right is Revlon.
I thought flash would help. I thought wrong :L


THANK GOD I'M FINISHED :L Speaking of god, being an atheist (or someone with a sense of humour) I came across this thanks to a friend on Facebook, so I said I'd share it with you [: 

HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY