Nars Orgasm and Sex Appeal Swatches

 So the other week I finally took the plunge and bought myself two Nars Blushers :)

I've always wanted Nars Orgasm but I never thought I could justify spending £19 on a blusher, even though I've spent that much on a lipgloss before :s

I saw that Nars had a new blusher called sex appeal coming out and it was described as a light matte peach, and since I have very fair skin it sounded like a match for my skin :) And I had to have it.

However being me I can't just buy one of anything when purchasing something over the internet, I always think I should get whatever I want in the same purchase as I hate spending on postage.

That meant I got the blusher I'd always wanted, Orgasm :)

Orgasm is meant to achieve a fresh, flushed look, natural look, like after partaking in a little umm hanky panky, hehe.

I find that a lot of blushers look unnatural but orgasm is great it just makes me look healthy :)

Nars Sex Appeal and Nars Orgasm Swatches with Flash.

As you can see from the Swatches above Sex Appeal is a lovely, slightly pastel'ish peachy colour, but it doesn't appear chalky on me, which I feared it would when looking at it in its pan. 

It's great for contouring. 

I have heard that it doesn't show up on darker skin tones, but my skin is so fair that it does actually show up and gives me a nice peachy pink colour, which looks completely natural and fresh.

Orgasm to me looked pretty damn scary when I saw it in the pan, it reminded me of Mac's Dollymix, except more peachy and less cool than dollymix, but I think it was the shimmer maybe that made me think of it.

However when I applied Orgasm to my cheeks it made me look healthy, I do apply lightly though as I found out that if I applied it a bit heavy handed I looked like a Victorian doll.

I do love Orgasm, it's everything I thought it would be.

Both blushers are finely milled, and have a great light texture. In my opinion Nars blushers are way better than Mac (sorry Mac) and I shall be back for more.

Fave Makeup of 2009

In 2009 my love for natural makeup and sultry looks became stronger, so I liked to look as though I hadn't tried much (even though I had).
So I didn't try much in the way of colour, and I just liked to keep everything simple.


I have quite bad dark circles (it's inherited) and my nose not being the smallest casts even more of a shadow.
So I needed a concealer that covered my dark circles without masking them and making them look more noticeable and for me Macs Moisturecover concealer did just that.
It has a nice, light consistency which can be layered up, and doesn't just lie in fine lines, which as I am getting older seem to notice more :(


Next product was just a bit of a fluke, I was playing around with makeup in boots one day and I tried a bit of Bourjois 10 hour sleep effect on my hand, and it was so soft, light and smooth that I was sold.
I thought that as soon as I'd worn it over a week that I'd get bored of it, but no this one seems to come into my makeup routine quite often.
The colour really suits my skin (I bought it in rose clair 72) and it's not at all heavy and blends easily. It's worth the £8 something I paid.

For my birthday I had Bobbi Browns Skin foundation, which is a really gorgeous foundation.
It's pretty light, but I sometimes mix a little bit of moisturiser with it if I'm having a good skin day, and it still looks good.
It hides the large pores on my nose well, and creates a nice smooth, even complexion.
I know if I'm having a bad skin day I can rely on this.

I like to have a couple of concealers for different things, and I find Bobbi Browns Creamy concealer kit to be quite effective at hiding my birthmark, and the little pot of loose powder on the bottom of the little stacker helps set the concealer to give it staying power.
I do however find it a bit heavy around the eye area sometimes, but saying that it's really good at hiding the odd spot.



Next is my weak spot, BLUSHER!!
If I don't wear any blusher I feel naked, blusher awakens my complexion and makes me look alive.
I do like matching the tone of my blusher to either my lipstick for some reason, it looks more natural.

The first blusher is YSL Blsuh Variation 13, which when you look at it you think "how on earth is that going to look natural", but when you put it on it gives a lovely plum glow, which looks oddly natural.

Mac's Springsheen was a blush I'd eyed up for ages, and in the end I gave in went skint and bought it, and I'm so glad I did.
It gives a really lovely natural peach colour, it contains shimmer and instead of looking harsh the shimmer looks glowy, so you get a nice healthy glow.

The item isn't really a blusher, it's more of a blusher/bronzer. I use it as a bronzer as I have very fair skin and there's enough pink in it to make it look natural on me, and make me look less corpse'ish.
I use this most days underneath my blusher, just to set it off a bit.



My favourite eye shadows of the year were from the Bobbi Brown palettes.
I have the Shimmering nudes palette and earth metal palette.
The shimmering nudes allows you to create a glowy, smokey eye, and the earth metal palette contains golds, a silver, forest green and brown which you can create a more earthy metallic look with.

I love these palettes as they're so pigmented and easily blended, they're a dream to apply.
Plus the earth metal palettes contains lipsticks that are really handy if you can't be bothered searching for a matching lippie, or really handy when traveling.



I have a thing for lipsticks and lipglosses, they can make you look groomed and made up in a matter of seconds.
I don't like drying products on my lips as I like to keep them as moisturised and plump as possible.
I don't like products that are too gloopey or sticky either, and the products I keep in my handbag and reach out for most are the above, which are:
Macs cremesheen shy girl, Bobbi Brown's rich color gloss in dusty rose, Mac cremesheen glass in melt in your mouth, Givenchy's gloss interdit 02 and Macs Mimmy from the hello kitty collection.



My mascara of the year is L'oreal's double extension mascara.
Before this my HG mascara was Mac's Plush Lash, but after trying this I couldn't go back.
It's double ended and contains the famous renewal serum on one end, which is meant to make your lashes grow longer.
It then has a lovely black, liquidy mascara on the other end, which makes it easier to get those lashes in the place you want to.

And they're my fave products of 2009, wonder what products I will love in 2010.

Xmas Pressies: Modalu Bag and Wallet

Hey everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas, and haven't gotten too plump like I have :P

Haven't posted for a while now, but I though I'd do a quick one with my favourite pressies off my parents.

I have a thing about Modalu Bags, I know they're not Chloe, Dior or Gucci or anything, but to me I like them because they're not too expensive and they're excellent quality.

I got a nice black Naomi Shoulder Bag and the Broadway Large wallet, which is really spacey for all that cash I don't have,hehe.

I really recommend that you check out this designer as they do really nice bags.

I have two Broadway clutches from last year, and another clutch that has a bow sort of design (I'll post some pics next time I post). I also coloured my hair back to the old auburn shade before Christmas, as my hair went from ginger to blonde, and even though I'm a natural blonde I don't think it suits me and I feel happier with a dark red, for some reason.

I didn't really get much in the way of makeup for Christmas :(
My mum said I had too much and wouldn't buy me any, dammit.
Never mind, I can get me some of those new Mac collections when they come out :)

I did however buy a Mac Pink Swoon blush before xmas which I totally love (I'm wearing it in the pic above, not sure if it shows though), and I think it's going to be my new HG blush.


I did also get some boots from Dune from my parents, but I'll have to post about them tomorrow, as I haven't a pic of me wearing them, and if I was to take a pic now it would look weird because I'm in my PJs :)

Anyway must get to bed, it's another late one for me,hehe.