The Beauty Spot: Barry M Dazzle Dust Review

Barry M Dazzle Dust gets the spotlight today. What is it? Itty bitty pots of wonderfully sparkly eyeshadow, in just about every colour under the sun. You can go drool over all 76 (!) shades on their website, if you'd like. Temptation.... Seriously, I'm not that big a makeup dork, but I want all of these now plzkthx.

I bought a pot of Old Gold about a month ago, and I really absolutely love this stuff. Usually about €7 a pop, it's (relatively) cheap and cheerful. Also, most importantly, SUPREMELY SPARKLY. Lives up to its name, fo' sho'. Actually, now that I think of it, it reminds me a bit of what I'd imagine Lime Crime makeup to be like — minus unfortunate overseas shipping charges.

Applied with a dry brush, it's completely wearable during the day, but you can make it infinitely more intense by dampening your brush a little before you put it on. And voila, you are the most dazzling girl (or boy, if you'd like) in the land!

The verdict: Lots of love for this from Vulgar Moon! I've been wearing it just about every day for the last month or two, and I ain't sick of it yet. GLITTERRRRRRR. It's completely my makeup vice, if you haven't figured that out yet.

Also, a quick note for Limerick readers. (Possibly for other Irish folk, too.) Debenhams have a whole load of Dazzle Dust on special at the moment! Just €3.47 a go. Sweeeeet. They don't have all the shades, but the selection isn't to be sniffed at. And I won't lie, this was completely my motivation for writing this post; I just bought three more pots.

A Daily Outfit... Of Sorts.

This is me hangin' out with the President, wearing my mahvellous new dress from Monsoon ;) I was seriously sick that day, so the slightly pained expression on my face is, "please don't faint, please don't faint..."




(Third from the right in the front, if you can't Spot the Blogger.)

Anyway, back to my essay. Got to live up to my award, don'tcha know!

A Drawin'

And since I've no new outfit post for y'all today (horror of horrors I wore the same clothes twice), have a sketch. I suffer from chronic drawing-versions-of-myself syndrome, so it's almost the same thing!



Someday I will draw something other than pretty girls staring vacantly into the distance. Current alternative subject: wolves! More details on this will (maybe) follow.

Hmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmmmmmmm.

Thinking of splashing out a bit for this dress...



It would be so much fun to cozy up in for the winter. And would go so well with m'new coat. Thoughts? (Though I think I've already sold myself on it, to be honest. Goddamn boyfriend and his encouragement.)

Daily Outfit: Autumn Green

A long-awaited and much-deserved (if I may say so myself) day off today. Breathe.

I went in to buy socks yesterday, and came out with this cardigan as well. But it was half price, a byootiful colour, and had funny sleeves, so I feel justified in my frivolous spending. Right? Right???

Dress & necklace - second-hand.
Cardigan - Dunnes.
My new winter boots! - Office in Edinburgh.
Hairband - Penneys.

Ooh, and I woke up this morning to find a slip telling me that I had a parcel waiting in the post office. What did I find there? My new red coat from Edith & Ella!



For some reason, the colour freaks my camera out a lot, so the coat looks radioactive pink in every picture I take. But it's red, I promise. It feels a bit like a dressing gown, only for outside. Good stuff.