IndieAna- In Search of the HolyGrail

I was gifted some pretty nail art designs and cute embellishments from a lovely lady from Portugal who I am friends with on Instagram. Her account is @sarahpequena. She sells them, but sent some to me with no expectations of blog post or review purposes. The hardest part was choosing what to use first! I decided to use some of the blue diamantes, which went perfectly with the one in the floral design positioned in the 3rd row, last 2.  To go with the blue theme, I wanted a purple toned ombre. I chose Models Inc Opalescent as a base colour, using 2 coats.  To create the ombre, I painted a line of Opalescent onto a sponge repeating with a line of Australis #bethatgirl right next to it, overlapping slightly. I then positioned the sponge so that the purple polish would be placed on the tips of my nails. With a dabbing motion, moving up and down slightly, I was able to create the ombre. I hope I'm making sense! If you google ombre or gradient nails, there's ...

Yes, I have yet another Makeup Revolution I Heart Makeup eye shadow palette to show you today. It is Chocolate Love. The shades in the palette are quite similar to the Too Faced Bob Bons palette. I love the melting chocolate packaging and I love pink, so this packaging gets a huge thumbs up from me. The palette comes with the typical plastic protector. It is handy for the shade names, but I always throw them out. Complete with 14 regular sizes and 2 double sized eye shadows. The larger ones I would use for transition shade and to set my lids, so I could see myself hitting pan on them quite quickly. Now onto some swatches. The mattes are lovely to use and the shimmers are nicely pigmented. It's a palette that has lovely neutral shades and then some pops of colour. I love some colour on my lid, so of course I love that! I'll show you some eye looks. Look 1 Look 2 Look 3 I'm linking this...

Today I will be showing you my update on the products I am trying to finish, my last was about 2 months ago. You can see that here . This is a rolling 5 pan so I just replace products as I finish them. I'll start by showing you the ColourPop eye shadow in Cornelius. I used as much as I could, but am calling it a day on this one because it just became too dry to use. I am pretty happy that I got so much use out of it, though. The 2nd product that I finished was the MBA Cosmetics lipstick sample in Drama Queen. I know it's not a huge achievement, but I just want to try and get through these samples before they go bad. The last 2 months I seemed to make better progress on this concealer. I made an effort to use the LA Girl eye liner more, making sure to use on the lower water line as well as the upper, still slow going, but there is progress. I use this neutral coloured lip pencil with almost every lip colour. The except...

The Skinn live shows on tv shopping network TVSN tempt me every time. The creator Dimitri is passionate about his products that it's hard not to watch a demonstration without buying something from his range. The Hydro-Vital Deep Moisture Eye and Face Trio is just another skincare pack that I could not resist buying. From TVSN - "Deep Moisture Replenishing Eye cream gives your eyes a wake-up call and combat the look of dry, dull and sunken looking skin with this delicate, yet potent blend of antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, botanical and fruit extracts. Deep Moisture Replenishing Serum dual action serum works on many levels to treat dry skin. Enriched with various forms of Hyaluronic Acid, botanical butters, oils and fruit extracts that work in synergy to deeply hydrate and effectively attract, bind and prevent moisture loss. Milk Thistle extract, highly concentrated with essential fatty acids, helps to improve moisture retention and soothe dry skin. Skin will be left ...

I am sure you know by now that I am addicted to the I Heart Makeup Chocolate palettes from Makeup Revolution, so when the Golden Bar Palette was released, I knew it would eventually be mine. The gold overlay on the chocolate makes this my favourite packaging out of the I Heart Makeup eye shadow palettes on offer. Now for some swatches. I love the rich neutral shades. So easy to wear. They are pigmented and apply beautifully. What I don't like is that there is not one matte shade, which I find unusual for these palettes. By no means do I think that it's a bad palette. Goodness knows I have plenty of palettes to use mattes from to finish an eye look. It's just inconvenient. Of course, I have some eye looks to show you. Look 1 Look 2 Look 3 Look 4 Look 5 The Golden Bar may not be a one-stop palette, but it sure does have some gorgeous shades! I'...