Getting Creative - I've made some pendants for my Earring!

Not that long ago I got my hands on a second hand wig jig and I wanted to try it out so I got out my tools, some silver wire and some old crystals and had a go!

Tools of the trade from left to right; metal file, wig jig, side cutters, round nose pliers and nylon jaw wire pliers.

 Here is the steps that I took to make the pendants for my earrings today:

Step 1: Start to wrap the silver wire around the end of the round nose pliers.

Step 2: Take that hoop that you have just made and place it around one of the pegs of the wig jig. Arrange the pegs of the wig jig to make a pattern and wrap the silver wire around the pegs to create any pattern that you desire.

Step 3: Cut the end of the silver wire when you have finished making your pattern and lift the pattern from the pegs.
You will see that your creation is not flat  when you lift it from the wig jig especially if you look at it from an angle like you can see below.

Step 4: Take the Nylon Jaw Wire Pliers and clamp the creation in the pliers to straighten out the creation.

Step 5: Once your wire design has been flattened out you can add some decoration, I am using the crystal pieces from a necklace that I had as a child that broke. I just opened the gold loop you can see in the image below and linked the crsytal to the creation before closing the loop again.

 The finished pendant.

Here I am wearing them:

Do you like?
Have you recycled any broken pieces of jewellery?

Review: Nutrimetics MarbleEyes Eyeshadow in Lunar

Another Beauty Heaven gift here.

Today I am reviewing the Nutrimetics MarbleEyes Eyeshadow in Lunar which I used in an EOTD not too long ago (click here to see the result!).

Nutrimetics MarbleEyes eyeshadow and box

The pot itself costs $25 and it comes in six different shades: Eclipse, Cosmos, Lunar, Astro, Venus and Galaxy.

Nutrimetics MarbleEyes eyeshadow in Lunar close up

Beware the eyeshadow is very glittery and shimmery.

Likes

• Presentation, the eyeshadow in its pot looks like a planet and I love it! The plastic is of an excellent quality which you can feel.
• Stays on all day
• Comes of easily with a face wash
• Create the perfect multi-hued look of blue/green 
• Can create different intensities by using either wet or dry

Dislikes

• Not very pigmented
• I find that I get quite a lot of fall out with this product when I am trying to apply it using a brush, but the fall out is lessened a lot when I use my finger to apply this

Baked Shimmer Eyeshadows, yay or nay?

Review: Orofluido Argan Treatment Beauty Elixir

Earlier this year I got a Bella Box parcel as a prize from Primped.
One of the products in the box was a 5mL sample of the Orofluido Argan Treatment Beauty Elixir which I have almost finished and I wanted to write a review for it but this product isn't listed on either of the review sites that I am a member of. So therefore I am going to write the review here.

This beautiful smelling amber coloured liquid comes in a glass bottle with a screw top lid.

How to use: warm some of the oil up a little in the palms of your hands before applying to damp towel dried or dry hair.

According to their website this product provides different results depending on wether you are applying this to damp to dry hair which are:
If applied to damp hair:

• Reduces drying time
• Leaves hair light, silky and easy to comb
• Gives hair body and movement
• Enhances the natural shine of the hair

If applied to dry hair

• Gives hair instant shine 
• Controls frizzing and makes combing easier
• Leaves hair soft, disciplined and flexible 

My summary of this hair oil:
Likes:

• The soft vanilla fragrance
• Oil is rapidly absorbed by my hair
• Left my hair feeling soft light and hydrated ie silky smooth and hydrated
• Doesn't weigh hair down as expected to

Dislikes:

• There is no fault with this product as it did all that it claimed for me!
• I do not like the price tag, I don't think it does enough to justify the price especially for my budget.

Do you use hair oil?
Have you tried this hair oil?

Review: Bourjois Clubbing Liner

When I went to the Heat Group sale one of the many bargains that I picked up was the Bourjois Clubbing Liner in the colour Brown vibes. The RRP for this beauty is $21 but I picked it up for a sweet $3 and I have fallen in love...

Bourjois Clubbing Liner in Brown vibes

As you can see from the image above this liquid eyeliner comes with a inbuilt brush for appliation and it comes in 6 different shades which are: Absolute black, Black fever, Electro Blue, Violet Laser, Brown vibes and Bronze dance floor.

To see how the eyeliner looks I have pasted below an an image of my eye with no makeup on at all:

My eye without any makeup

And below is an image of my eye with some eyeliner applied just to my upper lash line, the line may be a bit wonky but I am still new at applying liquid eyeliners.

With addition of Bourjois Clubbing Liner to my upper lash line

With addition of Bourjois Clubbing Liner to my
upper lash line and I used the Clubbing eyeliner
to coat my lower lashes in colour

I heard somewhere that some people actually uses an eyeliner as a 'mascara' for their lower lashes. As you can see from the above images my lashes have blonde tips, but I don't like putting mascara on my lower lashes as I find that it often looks too heavy for me.

Therefore I tried putting this clubbing mascara on my bottom lashes and as you can see in the image to the right my lower lashes look more defined but not heavy or too thick, it also didn't smudge flake or run all day which was a real plus. But I wouldn't do it everyday as I can only coat a couple of lashes at a time due to the small brush.




Below is also the winged eyeliner look I created with this eyeliner which is more wearable for me than when I did it with a black liner, since it doesn't look as harsh.

Top: eye partially closed, bottom: eye open. Winged eyeliner look using Bourjois clubber eyeliner and mascara.

Likes:

• Intense colour that lasts
• The shimmer is subtle and not in your face
• Can be used everyday (brown is much more flattering than black for my complexion)
• Stays put all day (does not run or smudge)
• Easy to create thin lines with the 'wet' formula and soft thin brush
• Easy to remove at the end of the day when cleansing my face.

Dislikes:

• I know it wasn't their fault but I only found only one brown bottle unopened at the sale!

Do you use eyeliner? Have you ever tried Bourjois Clubbing Liner?
What is your favourite colour to use?

Review: Maybelline Hyper Diamonds Eye Colour Palette

Maybelline Hyper Diamonds in Bronze Diamonds

Today I thought I might give a review of the Maybelline Hyper Diamonds Eye Colour Palette which I have in Bronze Diamonds.

This product promises to give you a glittery diamond like effect with the soft, silky and blendable formulation of this eyeshadow.

This eyeshadow range comes in 5 pretty looking palette's, the choices includes Charcoal Diamonds, Bronze Diamonds, Berry Diamonds, Sapphire Diamonds and Emerald Diamonds. So therefore there should be a colour combination for all styles!

As a huge fan of Maybelline products I was very happy when I got this product as a win from Beauty Heaven.




Here is the look I created with this pallet and following the instructions on the back:

Maybelline Hyper Diamonds in Bronze Diamonds

Likes:

• Pigmentation of the darker colours are intense.
• Smooth, silky application
• Applicator guide helps out beginners who has not used multiple eyeshadow shades before.
• Lasts all day if you use a primer (or else the colours slip around the eyelid and the look becomes blotchy)
• It comes with a sponge applicator which has a 'fat' and a 'tapered' end, I use the 'fatter' end for the lighter shades and the tapered end is perfect for the intense colours
• You can use this product for every day occasions though it may be considered too shimmery for some.

Dislikes:

• The shimmer glitter top coat as quite a bit of fall out which can be really annoying.
• Hard to access the applicator guide as it is behind a sticky panel on the back, therefore you need to memorise it then get to work.
• Though this is not a fault nor does it affect the quality of the product I was quite disappointed to see the word 'made in china' on the back. When I see Maybelline I expect to see 'made in USA' on the back, for two reasons:
• 1: because that is what I have always seen on the back ever since I can remember. The exceptions are the last three products I have aquired from their range which are (baby lips, master precise eyeliner and this hyper diamonds eyeshadow)
• 2: because it is sad to see that America and her people have been struggling financially and to see another American brand sourcing the manufacturing of their products overseas and denying their own people jobs

Have you got/used this pallett?
Do you like it?