Chocolate on my eye NOT in my tummy !

a classical brown eye with one of my beloved Annabelle e/s : Foxy !

a touch of pink on the lips : Vintage Pink from Rimmel

an heavy looking ethnic necklace from Stella

my hair "au naturel"

Caro-playing it simple xxx

Swatch time : Annabelle cosmetics obsession !

So after publishing the swatches of the new Annabelle cosmetics e/s I purchased, I realised how many I had left....They were sobbing in their palettes because they didn't received the fame and glory of the previous one so JUSTICE is done : here is the review....TADAAAA

FROM left to right : Snow flake, Vanilla chilla, Buff Naked, Sugar Dust, Metallic Meltdown (top of the triangle), So Foxy, Divine Diva, Silver, B-ray
I pictured them with flash (it's better to show the dark sparkly colors) and without flash (it doesn't wash out the pale colors). I just swatched the color that could showon my skin : Metallic melt down, so Foxy, Divine Diva, Silver, B-ray. Plus, I just have 5 fingers !

BEWARE (of the dog mouhahaha) : I am not sure of all the names. Why, why ?
1- because I am an old trout and my memory is not what it used to be (sad, sad !)
2- because the pans are not labelled at the back (but as a make up junkie, I am very proud to tell you I advised the company that it would be useful. Of course, they 're gonna listen to me (I AM SO POWERFUL WITH MY 25 FOLLOWERS : big voice !)....

Snow flake : pure white matte. Think Gesso(MAC).

Vanilla Chilla : Beige matte. I use it as a matte highlight.

Buff Naked : Beigy pink. I also use it as an highlight (I know, I have an insane obsession with highlight colors ...)

Sugar Dust : pretty, really pretty soft pink color with a lavender hue or the contrary ;-). This is love ...I use it with my purple looks in the inner part of the lid or to blend bright pink looks. As I said, I like it very much and the name is so cute !!(I say that with the voice of an excited teen !)

Metallic Meltdown : between gold and copper. A perfect color for a bronzey look. So flattering when popped in the liddle of the lid just to have the light to reflect above the eye color (dugh, not sure I make myself clear there...). At the top of the triangle because it's such an amazing color.

So Foxy : a creamy medium-dark brown. Probably the son of Expresso and Embark by MAC. I know this one doesn't seem that exciting but you need a medium-dark brown in your make up kit. It can replace a matte black in the outer V, it can be a crease color, you can dab it on top of your eyeliner to set it, it's fantastic smudged under the eye to create a rocker look without looking like a raccoon. Finally, it 's the e/s I used in a contest I won so I'll always love it till I die ...

Divine Diva : Plum color infused with gold glitter. The pale sister of Beauty marked (MAC). I could watch this color for ages on my hand. It is just BEAUTY.

Silver: I'll keep it simple : silver !

B-Ray : a dark navy color. Very pigmented, easy to blend (same consistency as So Foxy, kind of creamy for a powder, I know it's sounds weird !). I mostly use it as an outer V color for my blue looks.

I' ve done it ! IT was probably the longest blog message of the History !

Hope you enjoyed ...

Caro xxx

PS : I paid those with my own money AND I am not objective : those e/s rock and I love them !

a dark brown look for a contest ! Annabelle cosmetics

I did this look for a contest on facebook ! Not so happy about the result but it was so much fun ...

Here is group on facebook :Annabelle Makeup Junkies and the contest is under the banner strut your stuff

I've been using those e/s for a while and I love them : they fit in Mac palettes, they cost less than 4 CAD$ so each time I run into a pharmacy that carries them, I buy the colors I don' t own already ;-)

Here I used Foxy (that you need to use for the contest) : it is a beautiful matte brown that blends so well and Vanilla chilla (matte highlight) to blend and put under brows. I lined my water line with their liner (smudgeliner) in rich chocolate that appears really black on the photo but is more a very dark brown. I am definitively gonna repurchase the liner in other shade as it's creamy and stays put in my waterline (yeah !).

I like that they are having matte e/s shades (kind of rare in the cheap e/s section), plus the quality is there (no fall out and staying power is awesome) ...

I saw on their facebook page that they are releasing new colors : I need to head to the store to see that in person !

Hope you liked it

Caro xxx

PS : I am not paid to say that, I buy my own make up (less than 20 followers !!! coughing in shame !)

Brown make up brightened up by blue !

I Really liked this reinterpretation of good old neutrals. Blue is sometimes a tricky (and scary) color to use ...But it does so much for brown eyes !!!

As I work in a conservative place, I think this is wearable but still is has it's own twist ....

So here are the products used :

Face : Revlon HD in nude (believe it or not , even though it's REALLY pale, I am even paler in reality so it gives me a little color. I am the forgotten sister of Casper the little ghost !)

Cheeks : nothing new under the sun : Vanilla pigment as an highlight (MAC), Angel blush (NYX), Revlon bronzer in shade 2 as contouring

Lips : MAuve lipliner (NYX), Ceto lipstick (NYX)

Eyes : TFSI as primer, Foxy (Annabelle) all over the lid, NYX blue color from the trio Aquamarine in the crease and smudged under the lower lash line, Blending color : Retrospeck (MAC), highlight color : Dazzlelight (MAC).....and the final POP : Reflect teal glitter from MAC cool capers set (holiday collection) over the blue color in the outter corner of the eye (best shown in the 2nd pic)

Et Voilà !

Caro xxx