NYX Cosmetics UK and Geek Sheek and an interesting read from MyBeautyBunny

Good Morning and Happy Friday my Sparkles, 

Hope you are all doing well and looking forward to the weekend. it is still snowing here in Norway, I think we are on day 6 of constant snow. whats your weather like? 

I have a few things to talk with you about today so I hope you have got your coffee with ya. 

As some of you may know I am now on TWITTER. I have been following Jen from my beautybunny who has put up a very interesting blog post about why why-i-got-plastic-surgery/ . It made a very good read and personally I found it interesting as I am waiting to have cosmetic surgery myself . . .  Maybe a future blog post eh, what do you guys think? 

You know as much as I love living in Norway, sometimes it is just down right a pain in the butt. We don't get alot of known brands like the UK and USA and when we do the price is soo high compared its outrages. Thank god for online stores and friends and family back home in good old Blighty eh lol. (and dont even get me started on cheese, gravy and stuffing lol)

I ordered from .nyxcosmeticsstore Uk and it has arrived with my bestie in Scotland. I cannot wait for it to get to me so I can have a good old play.

The Eye shadow Palette's where on sale at 5.50 and I got them in
I dream of Jamaica
I dream of Aruba and
I dream of  St John.

The lip glosses are a set called Love Anthems and are only 10 pound..

I also got various lipsticks and some nail varnish and once I have them I will let you know coloours etc and do swatches so watch this space in the not tooo distant future.

As I sit and write this to you all I have gone for the plain geek sheek look. Ive not done my hair or makeup today, just washed put on fresh pj's lit my jasmin candle and got own to it. Im on a role and dont wanna stop lol. What about you, what are you up2?

I was chatting to a friend yesterday who, like me has very curly hair. Which can be the bane of my life at times. But I have a new item to add to my wish list to try. A curling wand. Do any of you have one? What do you think? She used one yesterday and says it is amazing on her hair. Instead of the many tight curls we both have she was able to make loose ringlets. Which let me tell you is no easy task. Unless you have hair that is curly and prone to frizz with the slightest hint of dampness you will not understand how much time money and energy is spent on products and new gadgets that are meant to help lol. Although I cant go wrong with moroccan oil and my straightners lol. whats your fav hair tool and worst hair nightmare? 

well folks on that question I am going to sign off and get myself ready to do a room tour video. 

Hope you all have a great day and dont forget to sparkle. 

Stay warm have fun 

love and fairy dust 

Vikkie

Wish List Products

Hello Sparkles,

You know one of the things I love about social media is connecting with you all. Receiving your comments and ideas and sharing our hints and tips. Saying that today's post is more of a request than me sharing anything.

I have a few products I really want to try but I don't know which brand to buy. So this is where you guys come in. I would like to know which brands you recommend and why.

Ok first on the list is a dry shampoo. Now things to take into consideration are the fact I have really naturally curly hair so this pref has to be anti fizz or conditioning. If it even comes with theses options lol.

Second is a Gel or Liquid liner. I do not normal get on with these however I feel its about time I really tried to get the feel for them lol.

So what do you guys want to try over the coming month?

I have seriously been spending to much money recently but hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do right, Ive bought some NYX makeup and a new camera to hopefully shoot better quality videos and pictures. Im still having issues editing and I swear I am going to end up pulling my hair out lol.

Whats everyone got planned for today? I think I am going to chat to my bestie in Scotland on skype and have a skin pamper day.

Be careful and stay warm and dont forget to sparkle.

Love and Mascara

Vikkie

Wet n wild Spoiled Brat

Happy Sunday All, 

Well today's makeup is brought to you mainly using Wet N Wild products. I fell in love with the Spoiled Brat eye shadow trio when I seen it and just had to buy it. The colour's are so bright and shimmer so nicely. Not only have I used the spoiled brat eye shadow trio but I also used

 Wet N Wild's mega length mascara and

 Colour icon eye and brow pencil in taupe. 

I love all these products and the colour icon pencil is my fav to fill in my brows. 

The rest of my face was done with the following products

L'Oreal True Match foundation in Golden Beige. 

Revlon Age Defying concealer. 

Nyx Butter Gloss in Merengue

Here is my finished look.




I have got a video to upload and my only issue was for a day time look I wasnt happy with the silver for me it was a little to much so I ended up blending it off my brow bone and using more mutted colour. but for an evening look it was great. I am happy with how it turned out minus the silver though I did leave it as an accent on the corner of my inner eye. That aspect would be down to person taste and nothing to do with the quality of the eye shadows, which are A1.

Well I am off to try and edit the video now lol I am not having much look with finding an easy to use editing program though arrrggghhh.

Stay warm and sparkle.

Love and foundation

Vikkie

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sparkles and loves

Vikkie

Lipsticks and glosses oh my

Well Here We go Another blog post with some more of the goodies I got in my latest Haul.

I went a little crazy on the whole lip colour front, but lets be honest here a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do right? ! ?

I got a variety of brands and colours and some of the bargins where just to good to miss out on. I most definately have my favorites out of the lot and I wonder if many of you agree with me. However because I have in no way used all these products as yet I am not going to do a review just first impressions.

I got some NYX cosmetics Lip Butters and Lipsticks. I LLLOOOOVVVEEEE the Lip Butters and now I am feeling a little disappointed for not getting more of them. Ive used one of the lipsticks to date and so far I am happy with them. Very silky and smooth to apply with good pigmentation and they last a fairly long time although if your a constant coffee drinker like me you may need to re apply a little bit, however I find that with all lip colours anyway regardless of whether drug store or high end.

I also got a selection of NYC lip products. The Lip stains I have used and loved. I have not had a chance to use any of the other products as yet but watch this space in the next week or two. 

  

And of course I had to buy my all time fav budget brand of Wet N Wild. I just love their lip and eye products. I have so far used the matt lip stick (black case) and the gloss. LLLOOOOVVVEEEDD them both. Found them to be great coverage, great moisture and great price lol.

I have to admit this is not all of it lol. There are Revlon gloss's, Maybelline lip balms ELF lip products to name but a few. You  know the way some girls have a shoe and handbag thing well I am slowly starting to think mine is lip and eye products . . . . . Whats yours?

On that front I am going to sign off for now it is just past midnight here in Norway and I have to get my videos uploaded yet before going for my beauty sleep.....

Stay warm Stay beautiful and dont forget to sparkle

Love and mascara

Vikkie

Wet n wild peacock eyes

Good evening my sparkle's, 

I hope you are all doing well and have had a great Saturday. 

As you know I am a lover of the brand wet n wild and find their eye shadows to be richly pigmented and lip colours so smooth and pigmented I always stock up on them. 

While I was away I did  make overs on two of the girls I was away with, I mean I got to build up my portfolio, and I had some willing people and lots of fun was had. One of the girls I did is much darker skinned than I am and this peacock eye looked amazing on her. I will see if I can find the picture and add it to the end of the post to give you all an idea on how different it looks on different skin tones. 

I have also made a tutorial which will be up on my youtube channel later tonight if you care to watch it. 

Quick review of the Wet N Wild eyeshadow used. 

I used Wet N Wilds beauty benefits ultimate expressions eye shadow palette, which is a quad eye shadow from Dollar Tree. It is really pigmented and the viberancy of colours is amazing. I did not have to cake it on to get this deep colour it was one pat of the brush and it was there to stay. 

The palette did not crumble on use and it does not give to much fall out when applying. 

As with all makeup with a good base and a good setting routine it will last for hours and not have to be touched up. Once again a 10 out of 10 for this product. 

And this is how it looked on a darker skin tone. 

Thank you  for dropping by and reading my late night rambles. Hope to see you all again soon. 

Stay safe and dont forget to Sparkle. 

Love and fairy Dust 

Vikkie 

Make up make up and more make up

Well I am home with lots of new drugstore items and one high end foundation which I have to say I am in love with but more on that later. 

I have stocked up on facial scrubs from the clean n clear range as I really like the facial wash. It leaves my skin sooo soft. 

The Olay facial scrubs are a new thing to try but so far I'm liking them. They come with the little battery powered scrubber for deep cleaning. I tend to use it every night before bed and the clean and clear is my morning wake up soap. 

I had heard so many good things about the Revlon colour stay and photo ready range of foundations that I have to admit to it being my first purchase. I opted for the colour stay moose foundation as I tend to favour full coverage due to the facial hair issues. Well let me tell you this foundation is great, a little goes a long way and it provides a lovely lasting full cover. Is so creamy but a little heavy on. 

My slash out purchase was on the Kat Von D foundation which people let me tell you I fell in love with. It is so smooth and light, blend able and build able and covers my problem areas soooo well. For me it is such a shame I can only mail order it as this would so be my daily foundation if it was easy to get hold off but alas it's not here in Norway. 

I also got a cover girl foundation and a bob cream by wet n wild in their fergie collection.

I may if gone a little OTT on te eyeshadow front lol although is that really possible I'm not so sure lol. I'm enjoying the wet n wild shadows they have some good pigmentation and are easy to blend. I am a little disappointed with the Revlon cream shadows though :( Not easy to use at all in my opinion and don't give very vivid colour. 

We have all heard of the ELF contour blush and bronzing set so I just had to get one. The Revlon and NYX blushes are my fav though and I alternate between the two day to day. 

Various nail varnish from Sally Hanson to NYC. OPI to wet n wild. The Sally Hanson insta dry is great it goes non smoothly with the professional style brush it's not quite as long wearing as I like but a good top coat will soon fix that. My least favorite has to be the NYC nail colours. They are far to watery and take quite a few coats to get a good colour build up. Although saying that they are worth the price of being the cheapest of the cheap so can't complain really. 

Well obviously after my huge haul I am going to have to organize my draws a little better lol. I've not even included all the lip products or give away items I thought I would save that for tomorrow. 

I have applied to be a wet n wild embassador and intend to hold some wet n wild parties here in Norway come the spring time. 

How did you all do over Christmas and the New Year, did you hit the sales? I spent far to much money on clothes and makeup I have to admit but got some nice bargains as well. 

What would you like to see this month on the blog or the you tube channel don't forget to let me know. 

Stay warm and safe and don't forget to sparkle. 

Love and foundation 

Vikkie