NOTD:- Ciate Bon bon

Dont you just love the packaging of the Ciate nail paint pots?  I actually have abit of a 'bow' obsession, I think bows are just so cute and adorable, I like bows in my accessories and in my jewellery on my clothes, on my presents...... I think you get the picture. 

My hands are still quite weak and therefore its still a miracle that I manage to paint my nails at all, let alone get a neat application. Im wearing two coats as one coat of Ciate formula tends to apply quite streaky, and you can probably see I have a booboo due to the nail polish still being damage-able 15-20 minutes after application. I usually prefer to do my nails of the day without top coats as some top coats such as the one that I mainly use , Seche vite tends to alter the colour. 

I love love love this shade, its so hard to describe but Ill have to say that bonbon is a sweet, creamy, milky, baby, taupe, and I thank Marie Claire for having this freeby with the magazine.

I think this shade is suitable for absolutely any occasion and any season it so light that its almost pastel like, but being a taupe shade makes it very universal, and being a neutral shade it goes with everything.

Which Ciate nail pots do you have or even similar shades from other brands?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

FOTD:- A Mac Pro LongWear look

This is a very quick and simple daytime look that is based on mainly Mac pro longwear 

products and featuring the new new Mac office hours pro longwear Blush in blush all day !

On My Face 

Mac Pro Longwear foundation nc30

Mac Pro longwear concealer nc30

Clinique Double face powder 'beige'

Mac Pro longwear blush 'blush all day'

Eyes

Mac pro longwear eyeshadow in 'sweet satisfaction'

Mac fluidline in 'blacktrack' on upper and lower lashline 

Mac mascara

Lips

Gale hayman liplift 

Mac pro longwear lipcreme in 'overtime'

Mac pro longwear eyeshadow in 'sweet satisfaction'

I already had the pro longwear eyeshadow in sweet satisfaction from when it was first launched it and fell in love with it instantly, its a very neutral eyeshadow and its somewhere in between mac all that glitters and mac satin taupe, both of which i own and love and now I love this more. its very smooth and pigmented in fact I like to apply this with my finger onto my eyelid and I have already made a dip into this eyeshadow which is rare for me. 

Mac Pro longwear Blush in 'Blush all day' 

Again, I instantly fell in love with this blush in the same way as i fell in love with the eyeshadow, its a very neutral colour that is a tad peachy, which is very complimentary on my golden beige/nc30 skin tone, so this was a must have for me. I also loved the theme of the mac office hours collection-The story of my life, stationary and cosmetics! if you opened my work drawers amongst snacks you would find a combination of all the stationary you could need as well as all the makeup you could want. 

Infact even at home I often find stationary items creep into my makeup area and my beauty items on my desk -lol!

Mac pro longwear lipstick in 'overtime' 

again I picked this up with the original pro longwear lipcremes, for me this was the best option, its a ery light pink, and is very pigmented and great for covering up pigmented lips like mine. I dont think that these lipsticks should cost more that the normal lipsticks though theyre not that special! this lipstick is like the pink sister of mac 'myth' lipstick. I dont like the packaging of these lipsticks if you bring the lipstick up you have ti push it back down with your finger which is uber-annoying! and its the same story for both shades that I own from this range, the other lipstick is 'good to go' a very orange lipstick that ive already featured in my holiday makeup bag post. 

Most items available from Debenhams,  House of Fraser, 

I hope you enjoyed this post

thanx for stopping by. 

Raspcherry

XOXO

My October GlossyBox 2012

The October Glossybox just arrived about an hour ago in perfect timing for me to blog about it. 

Theres also a cute little breast cancer support sticker but none of the items specifically relate to breast cancer care or special editions. 

 Its titled 'DIY Beauty' and I was expecting alot of masks and scrubs and facial or bodycare types of items, but I dont think that theres alot of DIY products in there other than the body scrub.

Items in the box 

Anatomicals dont just clean it woman, scrub it, body scrub 

Skinetica Anti blemish

Dr.Jart + premium BB beauty balm all in one wonder spf40

Olay Regenerist 3 point treatment cream

Yves Rocher moisturising cream lipstick 106 Mauve 

The BB Cream seems quite pale its actually neutral undertoned but luckily its very sheer and sinks straight in. could work on light to medium skin tones but might look ashy on dark to deep skintones. 

It reminds me of clinique city block sheer spf25. I do wish that this item was in one of the summer glossyboxes though this would make a great on the go, or holiday bag item.

I was quite excited to see that the lipstick shade I was sent is mauve but mauve can be translated so differently from brand to brand if you consider that mac describes the shade 'snob' as 'a ladylike mauve' but I feel its a very cool light pinky shade. 

This is a deeper mauve quite neutral brown with plummy undertone, the lipstick is very creamy and I feel that the shade is perfect for this Autumn winter season I think that i will slip this lipstick straight into my handbag for on the go, although its not a wear-with-everything lipstick shade but its  a nice colour to have in addition to other shades that i'm currently carrying. 

It also reminds me of my new Chanel lipstick in Charactere.

I hope this was helpful, Do you get the glossybox, Ifso whats in your box?

Raspcherry

XOXO

FOTD:- A very Bollywood inspired look

Featuring Mac Mickey Contractor Athma  eyeshadow quad

I decided to be abit adventurous and had a little play with some makeup items  whilst I had a short time to kill before I collected my son from school, adventurous because this isnt a typical school run type of look although I love this look for everyday for anyone who wants to add a little extra glamour this look is best on medium to darker skintones but as I always say you can wear anything you want to!

What Im wearing 

Black swing/trench coat from new look 

Jeans and tshirt not shown from new look 

Sunglasses are Dior from harvey nichols

Diamonique earrings from qvc (not visible)

Ive been using my Longchamp tote alot since the accident as its light and I can hang it on my shoulder 

                                                                   

          Face Makeup

Mac Pro Longwear foundation NC30

Mac Pro Longwear concealer NC30

Clinique Double Face powder in beige

Mac Supernova blush

Eyes 

Mac prep and prime eye base 

all eyeshadows from the Mac Athma quad 

Jaan all over lid 

Vivah on outer lid 

Folie in crease 

Carbon outer v and lower lashline 

Mac Black track fluid line upper and lower lashline and inner rim/waterline 

Mac prep and prime lash primer  

Mac Opulash mascara 

Benefit brows a gogo light and dark blended in brows 

Lips

Revlon Fuchsia lipstick 

(as a dupe for mac Ghulabi lipstick)

What do you think about this look? 

Rapcherry 

XOXO

Whats in my Travel makeup bag

Although I would'nt quite call it a holiday,  but we went on an out of town, overnight stay, kind of day out, thingy-ma-bob during the kids school holidays just a good chance for me to get out after the accident and relax a little. 

So I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to share a whats in my travel makeup bag kind of post with you all :) 

For the most part I took my everyday items, as well as my prep and prime products since I want to look good in any holiday pictures, and most o all my most trust worthy and easy to travel items.

Here you can see (almost) all of the cosmetic things I took with me (as stated above the blush seems to have walked off for the family makeup picture)

The Skincare items were kept sweet and simple 

Estee lauder Perfectly clean face wash cleanser 

Dior Capture totale eye serum/ cream

Clinique all about eyes eye serum roll on 

Supergoop SPF30 Everyday moisturiser and sunblock in one 

(I was sent a super tiny sample of this and loved it so much I went out and bought more supergoop products!)

I also took my GHD's because we have a love connection ;)

ohh and LCN nail polish that either I got in my Glossy box or Jolie box.

EYE MAKEUP

Cargo essential eyeshadow palette 

(also works as an eyebrow palette so I left benefit brows a gogo at home) 

Benefit eyeshadow in Leggy and Brandy from Benefit Celebutante

Eyeko skinny eyeliners in emerald green and midnight blue in case I want to add a pop of colour to my eye looks as i'm carrying neutral eyeshadows

Eyeko skinny liquid eyeliner in black

Eyeko skinny brush Mascara 

Mac prep and prime lash primer 

Mac black track fluidline gel liner 

and mini Mac 209 liner brush

Mac eyebrow pencil in spike 

FACE AND CHEEK 

Benefit Hoola Bronzer for contouring (depotted from a benefit blush palette)

Benefit Dandelion as a light subtle baby pink blush/ highlighter (depotted from a benefit blush palette)

Benefit Dallas blush that I love (depotted from the Celebutante kit)

Benefit eyeshadows leggy (nude) Dandy Brandy (brown) from the benefit Celebutante kit 

YSL Blush Variation in Coriandre 

Mac studio sculpt concealer depotted into a mac sample jar 

my holiday was near the time of eid and I was loving orange which I think is clearly reflected

in my choice of lip and cheek colours 

 I think YSL Coriandre blush is a gorgeous near dupe of Nars Taj mahal blush 

but in more convenient and prettier packaging. 

FACE AND COMPLEXION MAKEUP

Mac prep and Prime Vibrancy Eye 

Mac prep and prime face primer -original 

Mac prep and prime face primer spf50

Mac Studio sculpt concealer in NC30

Mac studio sculpt foundation in NC30

Mac Mineralize skinfinish natural in medium and highliter duo

Mac studio fix powder in NC35 I bought this a shade up for extra colour 

LIPS

Lancome (shimmery pink) lipgloss

Revlon just bitten kissable lip stain in rendezvous 

Mac pro longwear lip creme in good to go

Mac slimshine in missy 

MAKEUP BRUSHES

I decided to take my Royal and Langnickel Silk pro brush kit 

It also has extra brushes that I bought individually in addition to the brushes that came in the set 

as well as a Jemma kidd flat foundation brush 

Smashbox eyeliner brush

Smashbox brow brush 

and mac 208, 209 and 210 eyeliner brushes

Cosmetic items bought from Boots, Debenhams, MAC, Benefit, 

I hope you found this post interesting 

Have you traveled recently? What did you take with you? 

What are you loving right now? Do you have any of these items? 

Raspcherry 

XOXO

NOTD :- Revlon Fuchsia Fever

Revlon nail lacquer in fuchsia fever no 040

 Its been two months since I've been able to paint my nails but today I decided I jut had to apply this colour it is the most gorgeous pink ever, I fell in love with t when it was displayed with other revlon nail polishes at the checkout I immediately picked it up and had to have it.

 My hands are still uber weak and shaky after the accident (see previous post for details) so the application is clearly somewhat messy but I dont care I think the fact that I've applied it myself feels like an achievement :) I think I should have probably started off with an OPI nail lacquer for its pro brush or a nails inc for its formula which are probably better brands for people with dexterity issues in their hands.

(one coat of lacquer over OPI nail envy no top coat)

 Im somewhat addicted to fuchsia warmer pinks at the moment, im loving all thats pink which is funny because this has been a very orange summer for me so moving on to the pinks this autumn.

I've also pictured the revlon colorburst lipstick in fuchsia no 030 which is such a gorgeous vibrant pink. Im usually not into such bright colours but I'm really like them for the moment!

Available from Boots and Superdrug
 What do you think about these shades do you have them or something similar ??
What are you loving right now ?

Raspcherry 

XOXO

An update:- Where has Raspcherry been??

 Hello my lovelies!
 I know that I have been away for the longest time ever.
Unfortunately on the 27th june 2012 me and the children were in a car crash, I was stopped at a pedestrian crossing to allow someone to cross, the next moment I was hit by a speeding car, I was immediately knocked out unconscious but luckily I came around quite quickly, I was taken to hospital and diagnosed with head injury, whip lash, concussion and musculoskeletal injury from my neck all down my back and down my right arm through to my hand and fingers.
 both kids hit their heads and were whiplashed too but are recovering and otherwise quite well now.
Fortunately it seems I took most of the the blow and came out the most injured as opposed to my children suffering such injurys, like any other loving mother I always pray for my childrens safety and happiness and that I would  gladly stand in the way and accept any danger before it touches my children, It seems my prayers came true.

 Since the accident i've just been busy caring for my children, I've not really been able to take any specific rest as a busy mum, so I've not had time to blog etc also my injurys have made this difficult,I keep forgetting my train of thought, lose concentration, forget things,  plus I've been having alot of confusion etc due to the blow to my head, but I've managed to survive through trying to organise myself with a diary, leaving post it sticky notes to myself, setting alarms on my iphone, to-do-lists on my ipad etc. the other problem is that my movements are very limited, I cant bend my back much, I cant turn my head much, and I find it very difficult to grab and hold things and move my right arm very much as it literally got crushed in the accident.

Also I had returned to study earlier in the year, when I embarked on a law degree which is why my blog posts became alot less frequent. Unfortunately I've had to take a break from this as I had a coursework assignment due at about the time of the accident and my brain had gone blank of all the learning I had done.

All of my family and close friends know me as gadget girl, and true to this name I tend to carry alot of my gadget babies around with me and on the day of the accident most of babys got damaged in the car including, my macbooks, ipads, iphone, kindle, my camera, my 600d DSLR, as well as my fave D&G sunglasses, and the back of my car was completely crushed :(

So thats where I have been, I've completely been away from the world of blogging and I have no idea whats been going on as I've not been online much other than to liaise with the insurance companys etc

Please do let me know whats been going on, what you've been up to I'd love to know.

Im hoping to start blogging again, i'm still on extreme painkillers so I think I can manage to try and blog alot more.

Raspcherry 

XOXO