By Lauren Luke Face Kits :)

I said on Monday that QVC had dispatched 2 By Lauren Luke make up palettes that I had ordered before Christmas well they came yesterday and I am chuffed to bits with them

First of all I ordered the My Fierce Violets palette

From Left to Right - Top Row - Shadow Primer Nude Slip Dark and Light, Eye Shadow Crushed Lilac, Blush - Sepia Rose
Bottom Row - Cream Eyeliner Raven Black, EyeShadow Turkish Night, Eye Shadow Porcelain Dust, Lip Colour Sheer Berry and Cherry Whip

Swatches

You can't see too well in this picture but the Turkish Night shadow has a gorgeous glittery finish :) - apologies that you can't see the eye primers too clearly here either they tone in so well with my skin they are virtually invisible

With the QVC kits you also get a lipgloss My Glossy Lips - it's a gorgeous clear with a slight hint of pink - it is a good consistency not too thin and not too thick and it has a gorgeous tropical fruit taste - yummy




I also got the My Smokey Classics kit and so far this is my favourite :)

Kit shown as you get it from QVC


From Left to Right - Top Row - Shadow Primer Nude Slip Dark /Light, Eye Shadow Antique Pewter, Blush Peach Glow
Bottom Row - Cream Eyeliner Raven Black, Eyeshadow Twilight Ash and Cashmere Cream, and Lip Colour Plumberry and Cranberry Stain


Swatches


Again you can't see the glitter too well in Twilight Ash but I hope you can see the fab pigmentation in all the colours - I think I have possibly found my new favourite eyeshadow am loving Antique Pewter :) My only issue is that each kit comes with the same lipgloss tube so I have a spare -hmm what should I do with it ;)

I bought these two palettes from QVC and they were £22.65 each excluding postage - or you can buy them directly from By Lauren Luke for £23.99 each for the palettes and £6.50 for the lipgloss
If you have any questions or if you would like to see some swatches etc of the green palette I already have please let me know in the comments below - stay tuned for a FOTD with some of the Smokey Classics Kit xx

More On The Lauren Luke Book Signing

I don't know if I mentioned it when I showed you my pics of the Lauren Luke book signing but I was interviewed for the University of Sunderland student magazine whilst I was waiting in the queue -as an alumni of Sunderland Uni I thought I'd give you a link to the resulting article - enjoy xx
In Journalism Article
Oh and to anyone who asked I would thoroughly recommend the book - it's written in a fun easy to understand style, and the looks are pretty easy to follow - I especially love her Cheryl Cole look - so pretty x

When Louise Met Lauren

Right I went to the Metro Centre on Saturday mainly for the Lauren Luke / panacea81 book signing which was been held in the centres Waterstones store. I arrived about 15 minutes before the signing was due to start and there was already a pretty big queue

We were told that Lauren was running a bit late but it didn't matter the banter in the queue was great - everyone was in a really good mood - I got talking to two lovely young girls who were so excited about meeting Lauren one of them actually cried when she met her - ahhhh. There were loads of press around and tv cameras - I was asked if I wanted to be interviewed by the Tonight programme but I was too scared lol I was interviewed by some lovely students though for the student magazine which was nice.
Everyone was getting really excited the closer we got to Lauren I did manage to spot Happy1234 further down the queue but I didn't manage to say hello :(





Eventually it was my turn - I have to say Lauren didn't disappoint she was lovely, so, so natural, and sooo friendly exactly how she is in her videos I told her about how much I love the kit I got and especially the Petal Dew lip colour - which is coming out in a bullet form soon- hurray (hence what she wrote on my book)



Here is Lauren's video of the event I am about 11 ish minutes in lol



I just want to take this opportunity to thank Lauren, and Waterstones, and everyone else I met at the event I had a fabulous time even though my poor muscles have paid for it since xx

I'm Back (Again)

The plans of mice and men - just when I think I am back in business things go wrong. I managed a trip to the metro centre on Saturday but when I got home I discovered that our phoneline was down till Monday - argh no broadband or WiFi :( Anyways it was probably just as well because I felt awful all day Sunday and I still feel pretty bleurgh today I had totally overdone it - stupid ME :( Anyways I have loads of posts to do today including several purchases (obviously I was going near shops lol) and the Lauren Luke book signing :) which I am going to do first :) I had a fab day and can't wait to tell you about it :)

The Rest Of September Purchases -ASOS, Illamasqua, etc.

Hiyas first of two posts today - first of all some goodies I picked up and ordered last month that I haven't showed you :)

First of all I got a few new bits from a forum sale - this MAC eyeshadow in Maira's Mood :)



Matte OPI Nail Envy


and the seller was also kind enough to through in this free Rimmel Stay Glossy lipgloss in 180 Eternal Flirt


I also got an ASOS order through including - this VILA waterfall cardigan


This Disney Couture Sitting Tink Necklace


Ciate ASOS Nail Paint in Sienna


and Chloe


I also picked up one of the new AVON Ungaro Eyeshadows in Champagne



and it also came with a free make up bag


I also managed to get Illamasqua Liquid Metal in Phenomena which I had on back order - this is amazing!!! and Illamasqua also sent me some lovely Dystopia postcards too :)



You may notice that I have already marked October Monthly Spends as a FAIL but I spent way to much on my MAC order last night (even though the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator had sold out and their new site is pants !!!) and I am hopefully going to the Metro Centre tomorrow to the Lauren Luke book signing, and the Piggin event (sad I know but I collect piggies)so I can't guarantee my spending will stay under the limit ho hum - I thought I might try and do a bit of Christmas shopping too whilst I'm on it will probably be way to busy though I must be mad attempting to go shopping on a Saturday x

ME and Make Up

I woke up this morning feeling yuck - ME symptoms back and full on with a vengeance -yuck, yuck, yuck - I feel like I've been hit be a bus and been denied sleep for a week :( Reluctantly I have had to cancel my trip to the Newcastle V Portsmouth game tonight (sorry Dawn) in the hope that I can regain a bit of energy for the hairdressers tomorrow (believe me even a trip to the hairdressers requires more energy than I have at the moment!) Instead of the match I see an afternoon and evening tucked up under my quilt with some chick lit and Ugly Betty DVDs
Never mind on the plus side my mum has ordered me a make up kit in Luscious Greens from By Lauren Luke for my birthday :) http://www.bylaurenluke.com/ . For those of you who don't know Lauren became famous for doing make up tutorials on you tube under the name Panacea81 http://www.youtube.com/panacea81?gl=GB&hl=en-GB- I think she's great - a normal, natural girl with a great talent and a fellow North East girl to boot - good luck Lauren :)