- Brown
- Purple
- Violet/Mauve
- Burgundy
- Champagne
- Navy Blue (darker/olive skintones)
- Electric Blue (darker/olive skintones)
- Green (darker/olive skintones)
Katerina’s choice for Brown Eyes:
Napoleon Perdis Divine Marchesa Eye Quad $49 Why? The colours are brilliant. You can achieve so many looks from this palette, and the black is easy to blend (always something I look for).
(I also highly recommend the Benefit Big Beautiful Eyes Kit, a personal favourite!)
What is great about this product…
The Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Mist is available for Australian purchase from leading department stores and pharmacies, and online internationally from the Jurlique website.
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I keep my weekly products in a container on the bathroom cabinet (in picture #1) – everything that I’ll be using for the week goes in there. My bathroom cupboard is organised into hair care, body products, skin care & a spare container holds all of my samples/nail products. (picture #2). My makeup is organised into different catagories in two different drawers. The top drawer includes face (primer/foundation/concealer), cheeks (blush, bronzer, highlighter), lips (gloss, balm, lipstick) as in picture #3. The second drawer includes eyes (eyeshadow, liner, mascara) split into two different containers, and a seperate container for all of my brushes. (in picture #4) Speaking of which, I really need to streamline my brush collection. It’s all over the place at the moment!
eta: I should probably point out that as we have 3 bathrooms in our house, this is technically considered ‘my’ bathroom. I haven’t kicked the rest of my family out just to over run the place with my own junk!
How do you organise your bathroom? Do you have storage issues or some interesting solutions?
- Dark Brown
- Warm Brown
- Bronze
- Rust
- Copper
- Gold
- Orange
- Peach
- Grey
Katerina’s choice for Blue Eyes:
Duwop makes some fabulous palettes for specific eye colours, Duwop Eye Palette The Browns and The Golds ($49 ea). Why? These palettes contain 4 eye shadow colors, a cream liner and double ended brush for easy application. There’s also a guide on the back which labels each colours use; base colour, lighten it, darken it etc. Worth every penny.
- Katerina
02 Best thing about this weekend: Finally getting time to clean the floors! Hooray!
03 Last movie I saw: Metropolis. A 1927 German expressionist silent science fiction film. The “machine man” (before taking human likeness) was apparently the inspiration for C3PO in the Star Wars films. Pretty cool!
04 What I’m watching: 30 Rock season three. I love Liz Lemon. I am Liz Lemon. (sometimes…)
05 Makeup lust: Nars Orgasm Illuminator. Needitnowpleasethankyou.
06 Listening to: Mumford & Sons – The Cave. This song is on high rotation on my iPhone at the moment.
07 Body Product Lust: I am interested in finding a good brush for dry body brushing. Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome! I’ve not tried dry body brushing, but after reading a lot of rave reviews of the process, I am keen to try it out for myself. I think the Body Shop might stock them, but I’ll need to go in and have a look at what is available. (after my shopping ban of course)
08 Haircare Lust: Moroccanoil Hair Oil. I applied it on my hair for the first time this morning and I’m already loving the smell. I let my hair dry naturally today so I can’t get a full idea of what the product does before I use it before blow drying. I’ll review it sometime soon.
09 Current obsession: Cleaning. I am about to go and clean the fridge out. Motivated!
10 Aim for this week: Focus on getting myself back to a calm state of mind. Eat fresh organic produce. Do not get stressed out by the overload of work I need to do at the office. Enjoy the small things. Finish my book.
I would love it if you guys replied with your answers to these 10 questions… I want to know what you’re up to and what you’re loving right now!
First picture: These are the Chanel shoes I mentioned in my post about my Autumn/Winter wardrobe. I would love to wear them all year round but they are a) a winter-esque shoe and b) impossible to walk in for extended periods of time. They are what I like to call my “cold weather dinner shoe”
Second picture: A few of my favourite accessories for the upcoming season. The clutch is vintage (read: stolen from my grandmother), covered in an authentic peacock feather (that is looking a little worse for wear after living through my early 20’s when I didn’t realise how beautiful and unique it was and I took it clubbing with me. the horror.) and never fails to draw compliments. I love it. I hope that now I realise how amazing it is and treat it with love and tenderness that I can get a good run out of it in the future before it falls to pieces. The ring is House of Harlow and a recent purchase. Again, it’s a peacock. Sensing a theme? I love peacocks. Send me anything you own and do not want that is peacock related and it will go to a good home, I promise. Mr B asked me why I was wearing a ferris wheel on my finger, but the bartender at the pub that we went to for dinner on Sunday night complimented me on it. Obviously Mr B has no idea what he is talking about. Moving on. The bangle is jade and was given to me by my best friend who purchased it on a recent trip to China. It’s pretty and has bits of pink in it. Yes, I am down with fashion-speak.
Third picture: A dog that knows no boundaries. Within 15 minutes of me arriving home from work and letting the dogs inside, Mr Beagle had made his way into the bedroom, nested around in the blankets for a while and managed to move them out of the way so that he had a comfy space to take an afternoon nap. Oh, the life of a beagle.
Fourth picture: My new shiny HP all in one touch screen computer. And to the side a little are the new goodies I received from Adore Beauty on my arrival home from work. I cannot wait to try out the Moroccanoil. It smells delicious.
Have a great weekend all!
Cue the groovy stats:
Within the US alone, 2 Orgasm™ products are sold each minute.
There are more than 400 Nars Orgasm™ product searches conducted on Google each day.
“Introducing NEW Nars Orgasm Illuminator, a scintillatingly sheer, weightless fluid that instantly makes skin refreshed, radiant and glowing. Flecks of gold, peach and pink shimmer softly diffuse light, melting into the skin to allow natural luminosity to shine through. Apply NEW Nars Orgasm Illuminator all over the face for a barely-there, healthy glow. Use as a highlighter for a glimmering accent on cheekbones. Layer it under, over, or mix directly with Nars Foundations for added overall brilliance. Wear it on the neck, shoulders or décolleté for a silky, subtle, eye-catching sheen.”
I need this in my life. I am hoping I come into some unexpected money in the next fortnight or so. How much do you make selling a kidney? I’ll let you know when I find out and after I duck into Mecca Cosmetica to buy myself some of this sweet NARS goodness!
If I had to choose 10 pieces for Autumn/Winter this year, they would be…
Diane Von Furstenberg Dress | Alexander McQueen Lip Scarf
Citizens of Humanity Jeans | Dolce & Gabbana Satin Pencil Skirt
Cartier Pasha Automatic Mens Watch | Anya Hindmarch Leather Shoulder Bag
Lanvin Leather Ballet Flats | Yves Saint Laurent Ankle Boots
GETTING STARTED…..
Eye Primer/Base
Why? The eye lid is super duper oily, thus a lot of us find our eye shadow creases throughout the day, or even comes right off, and what a waste of all that glorious effort. A good quality eye primer is not only going to ensure that your shadow stays intact all day, but it will also bring out the true colour of your eye shadow. (Ever bought a seemingly brilliant coloured eye shadow only to get home, apply it and find it looks a little bleh? Yep, so have I.) I have listed a couple of little troopers that I have worked with and personally use myself. My honest opinion, I wouldn’t bother taking more than 30 seconds applying eye shadow if I haven’t got a base on.
Katerina’s choice of eye primers;
Benefit Stay Don’t Stray Eye Primer $45 Why? It’s also a primer for your concealer, to prevent it from falling into fine lines around the eye and creating lines and that “cakey” look.
Matte – Suitable for all ages, great for creating depth and smoky looks. Careful you don’t go looking all dull and Melrose Place with too much matte shadow on the eye. Can be a bit tricky to blend, especially darker colours.
Satin – Suitable for all ages, nice natural sheen compared to a matte shadow and generally easer to blend.
Pearl – Suitable for all ages, beautiful opaque finish but not glittery/shimmery.
Shimmer – Suitable for all ages, can be used with a matte to spice things up a bit. Shimmer not to be confused with glitter. Shimmer is much more refined, sheer and complimenting even on a mature skin. If you’re not too confident, use matte shadow colours with one shimmer.
Glitter – Has visible pieces of glitter throughout product. Can be super glamorous when used in moderation, mature skins, beware!
Cream – Beautiful texture, super easy to blend and create great looks quickly. Can be applied with the finger. Most will crease and definitely will require a good quality eye primer underneath. Gives that glossy, polished look.
Loose Shimmer – Gorgeous colour ranges, a wide range of effects can be achieved with loose shimmers. Bear in mind you must wear a primer underneath or most of the colour will fall off throughout wear.
