Friday, December 13, 2013

The Christmas Party


The first of many festive celebrations was on last weekend - Mister Bovary's work Christmas party! Held at a gorgeous venue with views of the sea, I was looking forward to a night of nice finger food, decent company and people watching. I decided to wear a mustard yellow dress with strappy wedges as it was a nice warm night, and naturally I went matchy matchy with Mister Bovary's navy shirt and chose to create a navy smokey eye (my night-time go to!) 
I pulled out a few nude lip options to go with my dark eye look, and in the end Mister Bovary chose for me after I swatched them all for him. I had a few brown toned nudes in there like Revlon Rosy Future* and Clinique Whole Lotta Honey Chubby Stick, but I also had some pink tones like Kardashian Beauty Au Natural Honey Gloss (Kourtney's shade), Laura Mercier Sweetheart, Models Prefer Angel Wings and essence Natural Beauty. Mister Bovary ended up choosing essence Natural Beauty and Laura Mercier Sweetheart.
I had to scrounge for some navy blues as I haven't used them since we moved into the house! The trusty Inglot came out, which houses my very favourite navy shade, but I looked into some of my other palettes from BYS and L'Oreal for other blues to mix in to create a more interesting eye look.
I love palettes in a big, big way...
 I added in some shimmer from the Body Shop*, Clarins Instant Concealer*, Tarte Exposed and my Rimmel Scandaleyes liner and the look was complete! I actually ran out of time before I had the chance to paint my nails even though there are some stunning OPI bottles in this picture - our ride picked us up early so they got a chance to meet Charlie and play with him!
Not exactly a clear makeup look photo, but this is the only blurry snap we managed in the dim light of the swanky bar. We had a great time and I was really happy with my makeup too, I layered my foundation and concealer to really even out my skin tone and it was well worth the effort!
Hope you are all having a relaxed lead up to the crazy part of the festive season - I am almost finished with my shopping and then will be able to practise baking and chill out with the family before my favourite day of the year arrives!
 
Emma @ emmabovarybeauty
 

10 comments:

  1. You two are such a beautiful and adorable couple :)
    I am sure your makeup was absolutely amazing.. you look wonderful in that dress :)
    Oh that LORAC Pro Palette.... it´s high up on my wishlist (with the Naked 3 palette) but it´s one of those wishes that will always be just a wish :)
    hugs
    xx

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    1. Awww Anna that is so sweet of you to say! I feel really nice in that dress, mustard is one of my favourite colours to wear and decorate with :) I have the Naked 3 on my wishlist too, my birthday is a week after Christmas so perhaps I will be able to get it this year :)

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  2. I love how Exposed goes with everything! And the colour of the dress looks good on you

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    1. It really does go with everything!! Thanks beautiful xx

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  3. What a shame we can't see the makeup better. Maybe you can recreate the look some time. That dress looks nice.

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    1. I took about a million shots and none were even half-decent - mood lighting sucks sometimes! I will be sure to recreate the look soon for you :)

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  4. Oh my, there are is some gorgeous makeup and polish porn in this post!

    Can't see your makeup too clearly but I can definitely see how gorgeously happy you both look! Glad you had a great time!

    Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year! ♥

    xx

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    1. Haha thanks Nalini! We were very happy and had a wonderful night <3

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  5. I love a navy blue smokey eye too. I feel like it's one of the best ways for blue eyed people to pull off blue eye shadow.

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    1. I think that they are the best kind of smokey eyes!

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