Some FOTD's and a nice surprise (for me)

 Yesterday's face, for work:

Products used
Face:
Madina Milano Skin Architect Foundation
Benefit Boiing concealer
Bourjois Blush in Cendre de Rose Brune

Eyes:
Bellapierre Make-up Base (review coming soon)
Elizabeth Arden e/s in Sand
Madina Milano Prismashine in 17 Dark Quartz
Maybelline Gel Eyeliner
KIKO Dual Glam eye pencil in brown
KIKO Luxurious Lashes Mascara (post coming soon)
Soap & Glory Hocus Focus highlighter

Lips:
Smashbox lipgloss in Couture

And following my other post (click here) about plain eyes and bold lips, I tried the following combination, very unusual for me:

 (picture taken after a day at work and library)
On my face:
Diorskin Nude foundation
MeMeMe Poppy Tint on the cheeks

Eyes:
Maybelline Gel Eyeliner
Maybelline The Falsies mascara (Want a review?? It's not positive...)

Lips:
KIKO Red Emotion Sheer Lipstick in Hot Pink Kiss (107)
Gosh Darling Lipstick

Now, in case you think the jewelry I was wearing in those pictures looks great (which I must agree on), I'll tell you all about it:
On Monday, I ended a course with one my classes in Olbia. It was definitely my favourite classes, all the students were kind, motivated and very polite. We established a great atmosphere during the months, and each class was both informative/educational and fun.
They must have liked me as a teacher, so they brought me a gorgeous gift: the necklace and earrings I was wearing in the above (and below) pictures.
I love it! They really shouldn't have given me any gift, I've just done my job (hopefully well), but it was greatly appreciated. It fills my heart in with joy, to know that they loved my lessons.

By the way, the jewelry is from Dudu Bijoux, in case you're wondering ;) (they also have a site)

Misdemeanor.

When I first bought Urban Decay's Book of Shadows vol II, I thought "misdemeanor" was a weird shade.
Compared to others, I thought it was opaque, and I didn't know how to use it because it is sort of a greysh green shade, with green sparkles, and grey does not exactly make my eyes...stand out (I've always found the expression "to make one's eyes pop" is ambiguous ahah).
It is not the usual shade of green. And, it is almost the same color as my eyes.

I gave it a try yesterday evening, only to find it makes your look very elegant and sultry! Love it!
I believe it suits every skin tone too. Those who purchased the BOS II, give it a try and let me know.
I really look forward to see if it really suits every skin tone.

On to the proof:

(yes, that's a blanket on me, as a low forbids usage heating systems until Nov, 15th here!)

Products used:

Face:
-Pupa Smart Skin foundation in shade 4,
- A L'Orèal blush. it's kind of old, so the name faded eheeh

Eyes:
- UD Misdemeanor all over the lid, and blended a little on the crease, and on the lower lashline (very lightly),
- the dark green shade in the Sleek Storm palette as a liner on the upper lashline,
- Elizabeth Arden Sandstone as a highlighter
- Lancome Virtuose Black Carat mascara

Lips:
- light brown lip liner from L'Orèal (again, it's old and discontinued)
- Gosh Darling lipstick.

Recent purchases (a.k.a. wallet assassin)

After getting a haircut (it was about time, my hair almost reached the end of my back), I decided to browse the local Linea Bellezza and Coin to find some things for my trip.
I couldn't resist, and took advantage of the 40% discount on Elizabeth Arden's make up for card holders.
I am definitely feeling buyer's remorse, but the palette was so sophisticated! :S
So, on to what I bought:

Elizabeth Arden's "Jewels & Velvet - compact for eyes"
A nice black satin compact that secures a 5 eyeshadows' palette.
The colors are sultry and sophisticated. The shades are called (L-R):
Plumsmoke (more of a sparkling mid-toned brown), Graphite (lovely very dark sparkling grey), Tulle (very very light pink - shimmery), Indigo (as the name says it is a dark shimmery blue), Sandstone (sand/tan shimmery color).
Therefore there are 3 neutral shades, one of which is sparkling, and two darker shades to smoke out your eyes.
You can really create both day and night looks with this palettes, and the colors are definitely suitable for every skin tone, eye color, hair color.
The palette contains a two ended brush (sponge applicator and actually brush) which I won't bother using.
The colors are described in the box as "Rich, true color that lasts all day. Vitamin-enriched (what vitamin? Not clear!). Crease resistant. Silky smooth and Ophthalmologist and clinically tested".
I can agree with the rich, and silky smooth descriptions, but I will have to play with that before confirming the other details.

Swatches - without my crappy flash:

Plumsmoke, Graphite, Tulle, Indigo, Sandstone

close up of the sparkles of these two colors. My flash is stupid, and this picture does not do them justice
But you can get the hint of the sparkles. Nice!

Lancome's "Virtuose Black Carat" mascara
I have actually bought this like 2 weeks ago. It is described as "divine lasting curves and lenght mascara"
And it is!!! I love it, If only I had thicker lashes this would give me a false lash effect. It doubles the lenght of your lashes, and does curve them!

Last thing I've got is the travel size Clinique's 3-step skin care system.
I've been wanting to give that a try for ages now, and the fact that it is the only thing you can get travel size bottles of convinced me. I will bring this to London and see if it does good to my skin.
I really hope the stupid visible pores on the apples of my cheeks will go away!
I got it for the skin type n. 2: dry combination - because my skin is prone to break outs, has visible pores, and uneven color, but it is not oily at all, and most of the break out treatments peel my skin off because it dries it out too much.
So steps for skin type 2 are: liquid (or solid) facial soap MILD - cleanse;
clarifyng lotion 2 - exfoliate;
dramatically different moisturizing lotion - moisturize.

Has anyone ever tried the 3-step skin care system by Clinique?
How did you find it?