Orange Is The New Black…Tuesday?

Hello everyone. A quick post today since I have been assigned for some fieldwork at the very last minute. *Sigh* I have to pack and get ready because I will be leaving in an hour. I just wanted to post today’s OOTD before I head out again.

It’s another vintage OOTD for me today. The dress belongs to my late mother and again sewn by my aunt for her. I believe this dress was sewn somewhere in the late 70’s or early 80’s. It was inspired by a couture YSL dress (according to my aunt) which was at the time was all the hype over here. It’s also such a comfortable dress and I love the deep large pocket’s at the sides. It’s so handy. Since the colour is a neon-ey carrot orange, I contrasted my accessories that I thought would compliment the dress rather. The focus was on this carrot coloured dress rather than the accessories. 🙂 I know for some people this siren colour is something scary to wear but I like it. I’m somehow drawn to neons and cannot resist have some in my closet. Colours make me happy and really does boost my mood for the day. 🙂

I hope everyone has had a great day so far and I hope you enjoy this post. See you soon. 🙂

Vintage Orange Dress

Shoes From Charles & Keith

Shell Necklace from a shop in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Earrings From Central Market

Make Up

Face:

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation Sheer Glow in Punjab, MAC Pro Conceal and Correct  in Medium (for eyebrow highlight, scars and cleanup), MAC Exotic Ember + Ripe For Love blush, MUFE HD Setting Powder

Eyes:

MAC eyebrow gel in Deep Dark Brunette, MAC Let It Pop PinkPaint Pot (eye base), MAC Antonio Lopez Creative Copper Eyeshadow Palette, MAC Gel liner in Blacktrack.

Lips:

MAC Prep & Prime Lip Conditioner, MAC Lipstick in Naked Proof, NARS Lipgloss in Orgasm.

 

 

 

 

Urban Decay Electric Palette

Hey Everyone! How you folks doing today? I just came back from a work related travel escapade (hence the slow in posting of late) and I’m beat! Work is hectic again since everyone is about to go for a long holiday for Eid, so there is a big rush in getting things done. Anyway, I stopped by Sephora on my way back from the airport because the train I was to change for was in a Mall. So I thought I’d mosey in and see if the long awaited Urban Decay Palette finally came in….and it DID! I cannot believe how long it took to get this palette. I’ve been drooling over the pictures for a loonnngg time and FINALLY I have my own palette to play with! So, since I have some daylight for pictures still, I thought I’d sneak in a post before I have dinner and crash. 🙂

In all honesty I cannot wait to play around with this palette. The colours are just so bright and beautiful. I am beyond excited that I have this in my possession (What DRAMA Eh?? haha), every colour is so….plainly put, ELECTRIC! Everytime I open the palette all I can think of is ‘Va VA Voom!’ haha. The packaging alone is so beautiful, with what looks like burst of colourful neon smoke.

This palette houses 10 exuberant neon pressed pigment hues. The colours are true to pan and oh so vivid. Out of the 10, there are 2 repeats. Personally, I only have one of the repeated colour which is Chaos. This one came in the Vice 1 if memory serves right. Another repeat is revolt. Now, let me be frank. All these colours are highly pigmented except for Revolt (in my opinion at least) and some stain a wee bit. Also, some of the colours have been put with caution not to be used on the eyelids. Urban Decay always equips its palette with a sizeable mirror, which this one had as well and with a dual ended brush.

So lets get on with the colour break down. I’ve swatched these babies with a base mainly because I would always use a base for eyeshadows because I have supremely oily lids. To be honest, because it’s ridiculously pigmented, some may want to skip the eye base.

Revolt is metallic shimmery silver colour with some micro glitter in it. This one has a significant amount of fall out, probably because of the micro glitter. Like I mentioned earlier, its a repeat colour from the Anarchy palette (which btw, I don’t have). When I was swatching this on my hand, I realised that it needs a little bit of work to build up the intensity of the colour. I’m thinking it’s because of all that glitter. It is the least favourite of mine in the line up but still has a significant more pigmentation to most micro glitter eyeshadows I own.

Gonzo reminds me of my high school uniform (yup we have uniforms here for public schools!), yet still an amazing shade. Its a medium blue that sometimes can be mistaken as a bluish turquoise which is absolutely vivid. It has a matte finish  with a slight flex of silver micro shimmer. You barely notice it but its there. Texture wise it’s really soft but landed a tad powdery.

Slowburn is a fantastic vibrant orange. It a mate finish a red tone orange which is superbly pigmented. I can see this will eventually be my favourite orange even though it is advisable not to be worn on the eyes. Strangely, slowburn wasn’t powdery at all. It is incredibly smooth when I swatched it. I plan to give it a try anyway (at my own risk) because I just don’t understand why would you make an unsafe eye colour in an eyeshadow palette? It really doesn’t make sense to me.

Savage is another amazing hue. It is a hot magenta pink with a matte finish, Again, this eyeshadow is so soft and smooth but needed a tinsy-insy bit of work to build the pigmentation. Nothing major just a tad bit (lesser work than revolt). However, this shade stains. So a base is most likely recommended if you ask me. 🙂

Fringe is my favourite! It is a beautiful metallic teal, like a peacock teal. It has such a rich buttery texture that ends with a frosty finish. Yet another highly pigmented/vivid shade. It’s my perfect teal!

Chaos is a repeat from the Vice palette but with a better formula. It is a cobalt blue with tiny hints of iridescent shimmer to it. Comparing it to the older version in the Vice, this time around it is so much softer and is less powder. Plus, its easier to build for pigmentation. Chaos is also a matte finish.

Jilted looks like a darkened Savage in this picture, but I promise you it is not (I was losing light at this point already)! Jilted swatched as a dark berry tone fuchsia with a purple tinge to it. It is such a unique colour because when you move it from side to side (while swatched on my arm) I saw blueish hues creeping out. 🙂 This shade has a frost finish and is amazingly soft and buttery, plus is ridiculously pigmented.

Urban came off as a metallic purple with a pink undertone to it. It is an amazing frosty finish shade with such a soft and creamy texture. t first glance it reminded me of MAC’s pigment in grape but its not because grape has a red tone to it. This shade also didn’t not disappoint in colour payoff!

Freak is a minty green shade with a golden sheen. Also a frost finish shade with smooth and a buttery texture. This such a fresh colour that brightens up the face and I love it. Normally light colours like this appear to be somewhat patchy but Freak did nothing of the sort.

Thrash is a lime green bordering to a vibrant chartreuse hue. I see some gold flex in it as well with a yellowish undertone and is in a matte finish. It is slightly powdery but nothing to worry about because it still had a great colour payoff. I would think this will pair beautifully with NARS Soft Shadow Pencil in Celebrate.

Last but not least, a special mention to the taklon dual ended brush that comes with the palette. I love this freebie. One side is the eyeshadow brush and the other is a smudge brush. It really does work well for applying the eyeshadows.

Round up of the shades:

• Mention with caution for the eyelids: Slowburn, Savage, Jilted, and Urban
• Personal Favourites: Fringe, Slowburn, Freak and Gonzo & the free duo brush
• Personal Let downs: Revolt

So thats it for the review of the long awaited Electric palette. I’ve got to hand it to Urban Decay for making the most stunning neon shades that wasn’t short of matte and metallic eyeshadows. For bright eyeshadow junkies, this is a fantastic palette to own. I cannot wait to play around and create eye looks with this palette. Maybe, if time and my creative side permits, I’ll post some pictures of eyelooks I’ll do with this palette.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post. I will be posting a few more makeup related posts in the next couple of days because today a few parcels arrived as well when I got home. 🙂 Till the next post, hope you folks have a great day ahead and happy weekend! 🙂

XO

DUWD

A Fashion Haul

Hey everyone. I have a fashion haul today.  Well technically I bought some shoes and trousers last Saturday but I only managed to post the pictures on Instagram about 3 days ago. Of course I drafted the post first and today I am finally posting the entry. haha. I’ve been saving for a spree for a few months already because I needed new trousers for work and some flat shoes too. I went out on a quest to look for bright summer motif trousers but of course I will always stray from the plan with one or two items.

The sales are on and of course I had to go to ZARA to get my trousers fix! I just like how comfortable and well made they are. I’ve been eyeing a few pairs there and the wait was totally worth it.

At ZARA I bought 3 pairs of trousers, one a bright neon yellow, a stripe design and also an ink print design. I wanted to get a neon pink pair as well but my size was sold out. I chose these 3 pairs because I think they are versatile to style. They would go with pretty much anything. Plus, they look fresh. I’m always a sucker for these kind of colours and prints.

The next place I went to get trousers, which was totally not planned, as usual, was H&M. I went to H&M originally for some shirts and plain T’s. Sadly, the ones I was eyeing for a while didn’t have my size. So while I was wondering of to the exit, I saw the ‘further reduction’ sign for trousers. I bought a  pair of black trousers with some pleather on the side and another ink pattern type as well.  Yup, I tend to get a little obsessive when I like a certain thing. Having said that though, I am proud to say I didn’t buy the entire shop. I tend to go overboard in H&M because they are so cheap. This time, I only bought the 2 trousers. This NEVER happens. Ever! I normally will glide through the jewellery section or find an excuse to sneak by the bag section. This time however, I managed to behave. haha.

Then I got my self some shoes at another mall. I went there to get some groceries and stumbled upon these babies.  I’ve been planning to get some flats for a while now. I’ve been wanting to get floral and tribal prints shoes for a few months now and thought I’de get some in the sale for daily wear. Usually, when I go to work I like to wear flats because it’s really handy for people who take public transportation.Generally I wear flats to and back from work and change into heels when I get to the office.

Shoes from Momoe

I was in love with these 2 pairs of shoes the minute I laid eyes on them and they were on sale for 2 for the price of one. I cannot believe how ridiculously comfortable they are and I am so happy i bought them both.

Floral motifs are the sudden craze at the moment. The ones I bought here, goes with pretty much everything. The dark base seems to brings out the flower pattern nicelyI think this will be a staple I will be using more frequently.
The next printed flats I bout were tribal prints. Inside the shoe, it was laced with polka dots. I know no one will see it but I really like it. Makes it a bit more fun rather than the usual plain colour. I think this will look great with some plain jeggings or with some bold coloured skinny’s. I’m thinking it would look nice with those neon yellow trousers I got from ZARA. 🙂

Anyway, do any of you own any fun prints? Do you have favourites? I’m really loving my purchase and can’t wait to start wearing them soon. Ok, now I’m off to work on my June favourites list. I hope to post that tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🙂