I caved!

Ok, so I am now officially a victim of the recent eyeshadow palette craze! Received my Zoeva 88 Matte palette in the mail today, and it looks really good at first glance. I bought it because I am getting tired of taking all the little pots with me on my travels (especially after I recently lost my Fyrinnae Digital Faerie to a travelling accident in my make up case), and because I need more matte shadows! Mattes, especially colourful mattes, are completely underrated IMO. I find that I am getting bord with shimmer eyeshadows a bit... I used to love them, but now I am rather drifting towards real glitter, or matte shadows. I love using different textures in my looks! Also,I am getting old, and matte shadows make my lids appear smoother ♥

Here is my new colourful flatmate:



Stay tuned for some looks with this palette very soon!

Christmas gifts

Today's mail haul:



Here is a pic of the combined Christmas (and various other) hauls:


Close-ups:





The MAC blush palette including Cheek is a gift from my sister, the Aube palette from my brother, and the Paul & Joe blush, the mousse blush and the Body Shimmer shimmer lotions are from my parents.

And finally, a little gift from DH from today - my first Chanel lipstick:

MAC Balloonacy Look!

Face: MAC SFF NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Manhattan Pure Mat, Jane Blushing Petal, Terra del Sol #7

Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Helium, MAC Knight Divine, Manhattan JT, L'Oréal Voluminous Carbon Black

Lips: MAC Festivity l/s, essence I'm Yours l/l

Here's a pic of my Balloonacy stuff and two pics of Festivity on my lips: