JoyTube

As most of you probably know YouTube is a haven for any makeup obsessed, there are tons of talented people who share their art and I thought I would start sharing some of my personal favorite videos. First up we have the latest video from pixiwoo, who are in my opinion the best makeup gurus on YouTube.

Colourful Sweetheart

I'm not generally one for bright colors when it comes to makeup, I tend to prefer either neutral or dark looks. But when I saw the Sugarpill eyeshadows I just couldn't resist, they are such vibrant and beautiful colors. Today I'm going to review one of the palettes, Sweetheart.

From top left: Dollipop, Afterparty, Midori, Tako

There are four colors in this palette: Dollipop is a matte hot pink, Afterparty is a blue with a semi-pearl sheen, Midori is a  green with a slight pearl sheen and finally Tako which is a matte white. All of the colors can be bought separately. The colors have really good pigmentation and are easy to apply and blend, although Tako isn't quite as pigmented as the other three colors. To be warned that Dollipop and Afterparty the pink and the blue can stain on the lid if you don't use some sort of base.

All in all I think this is a great palette if you like bright bold colors. I bought this palette from Nelly.com but Sugarpill is soled at numerous places including Sugarpillshop.com 

Without a base

 

With Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Harry Potter Houses: Ravenclaw

Next up in my HP Houses Series is Ravenclaw, members of this house are characterised by their wit, intelligence, creativity, and wisdom and I'ts house colours are blue and bronze. So for this look I did something a little more creative and dramatic, and I've got to say I really like this colour combination.

Products Used:
Elf Eyebrow Kit - light
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
BarryM Dazzle Dust - 44 Bronze
Sugarpill Eyeshadow - Afterparty
Sugarpill Eyeshadow - Tako
IsaDora Inliner Kajal - Blonde
The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara
Wet 'n Wild Mega Last Lip Color - Just Peachy

Harry Potter Houses: Hufflepuff

If you haven't figured it out already by the name I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, I've read all the books several times and after seeing the last movie I really wanted to do some HP inspired makeup. So I'm going to do a series of looks for the four houses starting with Hufflepuff.

Hufflepuffs colors is yellow and black but I also wanted the makeup to reflect the traits of the houses and Hufflepuffs is described as valuing hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play. So I didn't want to do anything to over the top and I ended up doing a black liquid eyeliner with some yellow on the lid.

Products Used:
Elf Eyebrow Kit - light
NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil - Milk
TiKei Eyeshadow - Desert
TiKei Eyeshadow - Summer
NYX Eyeshadow - Black
IsaDora Inliner Kajal - Blonde
The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara

A Pink Leopard

I did this nail design back in October last year, it's just your basic leopard print in pink and black. I just an old liquid eyeliner brush to do the print.

Purple Lust

Another one of my favorite eyeshadow palettes is the Wet 'n Wild Color Icon Palette in Lust. It has six purple shades (several who is supposed to be good MAC dupes.)

On the plus side all the color have fairly good pigmentation and there are three matte shadows as well as three shimmery and all the colors complement each other very well.

On the negative side the shadows can apply a little patchy if you don't use a base, also the matte shadows tends to not have quite as good pigmentation as the shimmery ones.

All in all I think this is a really good palette especially for the price. So if your on a budget or you just want some more purple eyeshadow I would absolutely recommend this.

Without a base

With Too Faced Shadow Insurance

More visuals to make you Fall

Here is another beautiful visual to make the approaching fall more bearable, this one is from IsaDoras Fall Collection Forest Grove.