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

 

Mustard Rose // Shopping the Stash FOTD

I have been rifling through my makeup collection lately and bringing out some of my beautiful but hardly used pieces to give them some love. I love the formula of Kit Cosmetics lipsticks, and Viva La Rose is a gorgeously pigmented rose shade (no kidding!)

I love the look of mustard tones with rose, I think they complement each other and create a wearable look that still has a pop of colour.

 The eyes were born of a bid to use my MAC shades as they had been lying neglected. I swept Patina over the lid and used my beloved Outre in the outer third and blended into the crease. I highlighted my brow bone with Sunday Best, and used a bit of the golden shade from my Clarins Enchanted palette* along my lower lashline. I finished with my Revlon Grow Luscious mascara on the top and bottom lashes.

 

I felt really nice with rosy lips, and I love the way the golden shade on my lower lashline looks with the mustard tones of Outre.

 

How often do you wear MAC products?

Have you tried the lipsticks from Kit Cosmetics?

 

 

*Marked product was provided for consideration for review. Honesty, always.

Hot Diggity // Hello Darling!

Mustard is definitely one of my favourite colours to wear, from clothing to makeup looks. I often wear MAC's Outre eyeshadow and was dreaming of a similar shade to wear on my nails when Darling's Hot Diggity came into my world.

A glossy deep mustard shade with a brown tinge, this is right up my alley in terms of nail shades. I know that some may find this shade off putting (many think Outre isn't that nice either) but I know a lot of you out there are lovers of this autumn-perfect shade just like I am!

 Hot Diggity's formula is really easy to work with and was opaque in two coats- it was quite glossy, but I did pop a top coat over this before taking these photographs. I think the Darling polish range is really different to others around, and I love that they have regular spotlight sales running on their facebook page. Their regular polishes retail for $16.95 AUD and can be purchased here, with free shipping Australia wide.

 

From the Darling site:

All Darling nail lacquers are 5-free (meaning absolutely NO toulene, formaldehyde/formaldehyde resin, DBP or camphor) and are animal testing & cruelty free. Beauty doesn’t have to come at a price to your health or other living beings.

*This polish was provided for consideration, which does not impact on my instant love for the shade and formula. Honesty, always.