Happy Halloween! I'm going to admit, I was contemplating whether or not to do one of these this month because I haven't bought as much new nice things as I would have liked (saving that for November), buuuut, there was still some things worth mentioning so here's a lil tiny October Favourites post.

1. Sleek Ultra Mattes v1

2. SEVENTEEN Instant Glow Shimmer Brick

3. Boots Botanics Skincare

So if you follow me on Instagram or like my Facebook page or, actually, have me on any social network at all, you'll know my hair has been on/off a lilacy pastel purple colour over the last few months. If you know anything about hair and pastel dyes, the thing is, they don't last at all. Most brands of non-generic hair colours only come in semi permanent and claim to last between 2-10 washes, which is true for bolder colours, but the pastel colours seem to only last three washes max. But since I've discovered this lil technique using a combination of the dye and silver shampoo I thought it was worth sharing. Only downside is though, this only works on pastel purple hair, because the silver shampoo won't do anything for any other colours, Bleach do a rosé shampoo too though, and you could use that with this same technique on pastel pink hair!)

Diva is a deep, red-burgundy and I looooove it. I bought this in the middle of summer and I haven't worn it as much as I would have liked to, but now the season is here and I have every excuse to wear it. I like pairing this with a light brown/nude eye. I don't care if it's only October either, I am loving the Christmas vibes this lipstick gives me. Definitely glad I made this investment a few months back!
I was pretty hesitant to post this one, but the colour won me over. I can't remember how much this cost me, but I bought four of them (four different colours, I didn't like Kooky that much) and it cost less than €15 for all four. I'd read good reviews on them and when I saw them in stock in Superdrug I dived at the chance. These are super drying on the lip, and I have dry lips most of the time as is, so they weren't ideal for me, plus, as a result of this, they tended to flake on the inside of my lip outwards after an hour or so of wear. However, this colour is UNREAL. It's a deep plummy purple and ugh, it gives me life. If the formula was a little better, this would be such a winner, sometimes I make the sacrifice and wear this knowing I'll have to top up every hour  and I usually regret making that choice but I still keep going back to it, so I guess that says it all about this!
It took me a while to decide if I was going to use this or not, because I couldn't tell if it counted as an A/W colour, but it does for me. Around last Christmas I bought Stone as a lipliner (before we were blessed with the lipstick) and I wore it all over the lip and that was last winter so yes, this is an A/W colour. I just love this so much, probably my favourite MAC product full stop. Plus cool tones are such a winner in my books right now with my lilac/purple hair I have going on.

Can't you tell that I am loving these posts? Today I'm showing you a favourite look of mine. I had something similar to this done in Inglot for Trinity Ball 2013 and when the make-up artist told me she was adding orange to my smoky eye I was a bit 'ehh?' but my god, is it fabulous. Orange looks unreal on all eye colours too, plus the black tones it down a little so the orange isn't too in your face!

1. With my blending brush I used Inglot's #383 in the crease blending it out towards my highlight/base (which again, is P.S. Love This Highlighter Crayon)
2. I then went in with Inglot's #335 on the same brush, this is just a more rusty kind of orange, to darken up the crease, blending it in circular motions for a nice blended finish.

3. Using a flat eyeshadow brush I packed on Inglot's #63 all over the lid, I took a tiny tiny bit of the product on my blending brush from the previous steps (still with the orange shadows on it) and blended around the crease for a smooth black to orange finish.

4. I cleaned up any fallout and just added the finishing touches. I lined my waterline, put a bit of #335 on my bottom lid and added my Ardell Demi Wispies (the glue was a little wet in this photo, oops!)

Starting this off on a humorous note, this is what the guitar player of The Strypes thinks of my eyebrows.

(L-R) Fern, Villain, Paper Bag, Maple, Thunder, Noir, Highness, Ink, Orbit