On one of my recent trips to Kiko I went all nuts over their eye products, as per usual! I definitely wanted to haul them at some point and even thou the shade range is rather interesting I found the shades I selected are quite transitional for in between seasons. 

On a very boring Saturday I decided to visit Westfield and see what's new in Kiko and couldn't believe on how much I've been missing out lately!

The most recent limited edition is inspired by Asian culture and in collaboration with the brand Isa Arfen to celebrate Kiko's 20th anniversary!

The festive season is usually all about glitter and pops of red everywhere but not all of us enjoy such bold statements, and the social pressure can be there to make us wear that red lipstick we've got since 5 Christmas ago that we hate...

If this is the case, you can be glamorous and season appropriate by twisting the red and going for the mauves instead! With these 5 products you can create a stunning look that will be festive yet not on your face and is a safe playground for those who are less experienced.

Nail polishes, long time no see! Finally I'm not working full time on the bakery and can rock my long colourful nails for the most part of the week! It sounds a bit irrelevant but I've always liked to do my nails and be creative with them, one of the first posts was actually a nail art, which unfortunately I had to stop improving as my pastry course started. For health and safety reasons we can't have long nails let alone with chemicals on top. Since I'm just working part time there from now on I can do my nails on the days off which made me get so excited I bought tons o new polishes.

I can't remember the last time I brought skincare to the blog, and since Summer is here what a better opportunity to do so.

Starting with my morning routine, as lazy as I can be, I always go for the easy way. I start off with Bioderma Micellar Water (10£) or any other brand, and go over with my moisturiser that is either the Vichy Normaderm Beautifying Anti-Blemish Care (14,50£) or the Origins Gin-Zing Energy Boosting Moisturiser (24£). For the times my skin is not behaving as it should I pick the Vichy one since it combats blemishes, for other times my skin is alright or if the day is too warm I opt for the Origins option since it's refreshing and very light on the skin. I always finish with the Anthelios XL SPF50+ (20£) from  La Roche Posay. 

Base - MAC Paint Pot - Soft Ocre

Lid - Catrice - Knoble Nights (metallic grey with khaki undertones) + I Like To Mauve It ( taupe-mauve w/ sparkles)

Crease + Lower Lash Line - Catrice - Heidi Plum (dark matte plum with grey undertones)

Inner Corner - Catrice - I Love Champagne (shimmery champange)

Waterline - Kiko Smart Eye Pencil - 806

Mascara + Brows - Kiko Super Colour Mascara - 01 Violet

Eyeliner - L'oreal Super Liner So Couture 

Rhinestones - Claire's 

Highlighters are everywhere and even thou I don't own the amazing Champagne Pop or Soft & Gentle I still managed to grab a good variety of them that I love but... just wait for IMATS, something tells me I will come home with a few more...

From liquid to powder there's plenty of options, some more affordable than others, and for the most part differing in shade and intensity!

I managed to downsize to my favourites to 8, no judgments, I honestly love each one of these can't really skip any.

 Eyes 

Sleek Oh So Special Palette:

 The Mail - light matte brown - crease

Pamper -peach pink matte - all over the lid

Gateau - shimmer dusky pink - on top of Pamper

Essence eyeshadow - 06 Pippa Mint - light shimmery pastel green - inner corner

Kiko Kajal Khol Pencil - 112 - bright matte apple green - waterline

Essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil - 12 I Have a Green - shimmery forest green - waterline

Maybelline Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara

Kiko Makeup Milano, you probably heard of them by now! It's been one of my top favourite brands for the past 6 years which is clearly noticed when you open my makeup collection, It's everywhere from foundation to lipstick and of course eyeshadow!

The Kiko Infinity + Sparkle Eyeshadows come in 12 different shades and usually retail for 5,90£, being on sale for a while at the price of 2,80£! 

Eyes

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Usually powder is not a thing people talk much about, unless they suffer from severe oiliness. I have combination to oily skin and as far as I remember powder was one of the very first makeup items I used, it still remains one of the most important to me!
With various options within my collection I find myself always gravitating towards the same ones, so I must share the goods! 

I'm not usually a girl of pinks, and I honestly can't justify the amount of pink lip liners I own, but in a good way, most of them are drugstore which makes me feel a tad bit better!

I'm trying to get out of the comfort zone, even thou it is a hard thing to do when you love your vampy shades all year around, but still, I can always try!

Blushed cheeks make all the difference, no matter the season or occasion, a little bit of rosy powder will bring any complexion to life.

One thing I've been loving lately is how versatile a blush colour can be, and even thou I own quite a few in my collection, I find the ones with multicolour are the best for the approaching season. 

A couple of months ago I got my hands on the Vice 4 palette and I wrote a review on it, putted together a look and you never heard about it ever since... well, that's about to change!

I decided to go for the greens that tend to scare some people and create a simple look with them that you can wear for a hang out with friends or even to a party!

I usually start on the crease and as the Vice 4 doesn't really have many of transition colours, that I actually like, I went for the Makeup Geek eyeshadows in Frappe and Cocoa Bear mixed together, intensifying them with a bit of Delete from V4.

On the lids I went for C-Note and followed it with Arctic on the outer corner. To put it all together I  mixed Grassttopper and C-Note on the lower lash line adding the Essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil in I Have a Green combined with the Gosh Velvet Touch Liner in I Sea You to my waterline. 

To give a hint of light to my inner corners I went for the Essence Eyeshadow in 06 Pippa Mint!

Lastly for the wing I used Kiko Precision Liner finishing the look with Rimmel Super Curler Mascara and Eylure Naturalites False Lashes!  

I hope this look inspires you to add some greens to your makeup, if you're too scared start by adding a green pencil to the waterline, it will make a good difference to a natural look without the out of comfort zone feeling! 

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After what seems like 3 hours and 75 triangles on my face I ended up with this look, if you want me to tell you why I simply don't have a reason! 

I just got inspired by a book and decided to do something different with my eye makeup which at the end resulted on a not expected full on face, ears and neck paint! 

In a way I just did it all very randomly the only thing I had in mind was a transition like from dark to light but not the vulgar way of doing black to white stuff, and also I wanted to use the triangles somehow!

I decided gold would suit this look well in the way of sharing the power of a (not so) bare face contrasting with the cold shattered purple and blue! I just like to experiment, I don't really sit down and think about a subject or make up a character on a face chart... I just pull stuff out of my drawers and let my hands do what they want in my face! Sounds weird after saying it but I just can't really come here and say 'oh I always plan my looks, this one represents a shattered glass of a profound coldness that gave up to the warmth and lustre of the gold" sounds good in a way but no, it just happened to be like this and I wanted to share it with you!

One thing I love doing on my not so wearable looks is different makeup on both sides of my face, I love transition of colours, even if they don't compliment or contrast each other, I know colour theory I just don't think much, as I already said, about what I'm really doing, I don't have something planned so it's hard to know what the end result can be. I love the fact I can create different designs and play in different areas at the same time! 

This look has a very luminous base, I can say I used more liquid highlight than actual foundation and loads of an illuminating eyeshadow all over the face, in the end I quite liked the result and even thou I'm not the best at posing for photography I still got a decent shot of what it looked like!

By the way, I just came home from work, I'm extremely tired but decided it was good to spend the rest of my afternoon playing with makeup, I want to get better each day, I admire this kind of makeup so much that I ambition to have my own photoshoots one day and be able to create outstanding looks... the key to get there is mostly practice, find new techniques and above all be as creative as possible! I'm just starting to get it more out, usually I focus more on eye makeup than anything else but I want to do full on face makeup, costumes and even prosthetics if I'm that adventurous! 

This is a way I found to express my love for makeup and its endless uses, I've done some of these before last year so I'll list them here if you're curious to see them!

Iridescent Goddess

I'm Not A Vampire

Purple Sugar Skull

If you're interested on the products I used here's the list:

Eyeshadows by Kiko - Purple -158 | Sky Blue - 162 | Dark Blue -283 (clics system) | Burgundy -136 | Gold - 256 (clics system) | Dark Brown - 240 (clics system)

Catrice Liquid Metal Eyeshadow in 010 Look Me In The Ice all over the face as highlighter 

Sleek Barekissed Illuminator in Monaco mixed with Max Factor Miracle Match foundation all over the face - 1 part of highlighter to 1/2 part of foundation

On my brows - Inglot Brow Liner Gel 21 & Kiko Clics System Eyeshadow in 283 (dark blue) plus Collection Glam Crystals Eyeliner in Hustle 4 on top mixed with some blue glitter!

Eyeliner - Kiko Precision Liner (black) Gosh Intense Eyeliner Pen in 06 Blue

L'oreal False Lash Sculpt Mascara

Lips - a mix of the gold and highlighting eyeshadows 

Hopefully you like this look as much as I do, in a way!

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First official post of 2016 has to come with the most used in 2015 and in this case the products I sure recommend you to try this new year, if you haven't already!

I tried my best to pick one of each category but if I missed something don't mind me as it's quite hard to narrow down the favourites of the year to just 16 products!

Gift guides were never a thing in Mary Bloomy but this year I decided to give it a shot and well, I think you can take some good ideas for your beauty addicts on the list! Today I'm talking about what I think will do great gifts to the makeup addicts out there and will soon talk about Skincare and more!