IndieAna- In Search of the HolyGrail

When I think of Valentine's Day, many things come to mind. Love hearts, teddy bears, chocolates, flowers and sweet, romantic cards. How I celebrate this day? Not much really. I might buy a box of chocolates for hubby and I to share between ourselves in bed, when the kids are asleep, and a glass or 2 of wine. Really it's just an excuse for us to indulge in chocolate. One thing that I always love to do is create a Valentine's makeup look. I instantly think of the colours red and pink, so I had a look through my stash to find the perfect shades. Face Revlon Whipped Colorstay Foundation Silk Naturals Date Bait finishing powder MAC Mineralize Concealer Madd Style Cosmetics "Rebel Lollipop" blush Eyes Maybelline "Barely Beige" Color Tattoo Silk Naturals "Jelly Bean" eye shadow Random wine coloured eye shadow 88 Warm Palette Mirenesse "Black" Longwear Gel Glo-Minerals "Charcoal" Precise Micro Lin...

Lip balm is one of the products I use the most. I have terribly dry lips, and find myself reapplying lip balm throughout the day. A moisturising formula is obviously important, but I also look for something that smells yummy. I do buy my lip balms from a store, but I find myself returning to online indie stores for my fix. My most recent lip balm that I powered through was Madd Style Cosmetics  Banana Pancakes lip balm. Yes, this product smells as delicious as it sounds! It comes in a simple black twist up tube, typical of most lip balms. I much prefer this packaging to small lip balm pots, that can sometimes get messy. The balms are shrink-wrapped, which I think is important for items that are being posted. The ingredients are natural, consisting of Coconut oil, Candellila wax, Sweet Almond oil, Avocado oil and flavour oil. The lip balm is made in small batches so that you can be sure that you are getting fresh product. Would I repurchase? Yes! Not only is the formula a...

I had purchased from MSC some time ago, from memory I only bought some eye shadow samples. Recently, I come across this online seller on Facebook. I thought I'd revisit and place an order. I had forgotten just how well blended and pigmented these eye shadows were. In my parcel, along with the ordered products was a small card with product ingredients, cute logo stickers of crossbones behind a sparkling pink diamond. There were also free sample baggies, which I know we all love! SPRINKLE MIST : Candy pink shimmer. WEIRD SCIENCE : Metallic green. HIDDEN TRACK : Neutral gold. PEEP SHOW: Coral pink with gold shimmer. (currently not listed) ACID BATH : Lime green with bright blue shimmer. FINAL FANTASY : Golden green shimmer. COCOA PUFF: Dark brown. (currently not listed) LOTUS BLOOM : Pastel green shimmer. SECRET SINNER : Latte with red shimmer. EOTDs: On the lid I have applied HIDDEN TRACK, crease and lower lashline is P...