Free Wallpaper, Hair, Make Up and Hatsune Miku Art- Round Up!

Jan 30, 2012 by Violet

Round up time!

The lovely Becky reminded me this week that I never got around to putting up the Bergamot desktop background for you guys to download, completely slipped my mind >_<

So here it is, just click it to go to the large version and Save As. I’m thinking I’ll probably do some more of these because they’re really fun to draw so maybe something watercolour next time. Let me know if you have any requests!

Also I’m back posting on the beauty section of the blog again this week after a bit of a break. It’s taken me a while to get back into organisation mode this month but it’s back full swing again! There might be some competitions going up there this month too as well as one here so keep an eye out.

Beauty Reviews from the week:

• Bare Minerals Escentuals
• Tokyo Wink False Lashes Discount Code
• Camouflage Nail Polish Swatches

You might have noticed the new navigation bar on the top of the blog, I’ve been listening to the feedback you guys give me and I’m trying to implement at least one of them a week. This navigation bar is on pretty much every site on mine now so you should be able to navigate consistently between everything almost as if you were browsing one site. I’ll be updating the lower nav bars this week hopefully to remove any link doubles. As always, suggestions are welcome!

In video news I’ve started a second channel just for my V-Logs so if you enjoyed them feel free to subscribe over here! The main channel will be just for tutorials now and the personal stuff will be over on the V-Log channel.

Adventures Depotting Eyeshadows With a Unii Palette

Jan 9, 2012 by Violet

One of my Christmas presents this year from the awesome Fables in Fashion was this awesome Unii magnetic palette. So the other day I set about consolidating some of my favorite eyeshadows into an ultimate travel palette!

This time I used the hair straightener method and here’s the way I did it.

First I collected all of my shadows and worked out exactly how many I could fit in.

After letting my mini straightener heat up I picked the first palette to do, since I hadn’t used the method before I picked one that I had another very similar colour to incase it didn’t go well. I placed the shadow onto the straightener and used it to gently heat the back, this loosens the glue and allows you to pry them out easily. I was careful not to heat it enough to melt the plastic, just enough to be warm. Using a sewing needle I gently wedged the shadows out. It was a little hard at first because there wasn’t much room between the shadow and plastic but after working the various sides and reheating a few times I managed to pop it out. Done! Some of the shadows I depotted required a bit of clean up on the bottoms and sides to remove the extra glue or extra crushed shadow. This was my placement, you can see that the gold (a super cheap one from a palette I hardly use now) didn’t quite fit so I used some scissors and snipped off the end. A couple of the shadows cracked while I was removing them but I fixed that easily by repressing with some hand sanitiser. Some of the shadows were magnetic to start with but others I needed to add the magnets that came with the palette, this posed a bit of a problem with a couple of the larger ones because they were quite tall and with the added magnet the lid no longer closed. I also found the adhesive on the magnets didn’t want to stick to some of the shadows. I figured I probably wouldn’t be changing the shadows around any time soon so I used thin double sided tape instead. So there you go, these are the colours I use the most and now they’re all in one place and I don’t have to pack a billion things when I travel! Absolutely love it and it makes my morning make up routine so much more organised and easy! Thank you Celina!

Round Up- Daily V-Logs

Dec 28, 2011 by Violet

My brain is still kinda in holiday mode so today’s round up is just the V-Logs plus a Morning Make Up. I recorded 8 more hair tutorials today so I’ll get to work editing them and have the first ones up next week… but for now all I can think about is playing Assassin’s Creed, painting with the genius water brush I got today and doing crafty things. I’m feeling so inspired that I want to do as many things as I can while I have this feeling!

There are a bajillion snapshots on the way from the Zoo (and all the other stuff I did this month but if you want to see some of them in video form here’s the daily V-Logs James and I have been doing :D

 
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Round Up! 2 Hair Tutorials, Morning Make Up and New Product Reviews

Nov 7, 2011 by Violet

I’ve been filming videos like crazy while my hair is all non-re-growth-y ;) Two hair tutorials and one Morning Make Up Video. I really want to edit the V-Logs I’ve filmed as well but they’re quite time consuming so I haven’t been able to yet. I should be able to do one this week though!

Morning Make Up is Pink and Blue Glitter Stripes ^_^

Super simple twisted bun tutorial…

Big puffy bun tutorial which requires no teasing…

This week also introduces the Currently Testing section on the left side bar. I want to do a good job at reviewing all of the products I’ve received through events like ABBW, ABC and MBBE so I’ll be doing mini reviews in that section. They won’t pop up on the main blog or via RSS but once a week I’ll include any I’ve done in the round up here or if I’ve used them in any of the make up videos I’ll post links there too as I go.

So to start off this week I’ve reviewed:

- The Face Shop Pearl Collagen Mask

- Carmex Moisture plus ultra hydrating balm

- Benefit The Porefessional

Back to work for me now, hope you all had a good weekend. Today’s the last day to nominate for the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blogger Awards too so I’m off to put in my favorite blogs and cross my fingers for them!

Video Round Up…

Nov 1, 2011 by Violet

It’s been a very hectic week >_< But I’m very glad that this coming week doesn’t involve any events or going out so I can stay home, catch up on work and get on top of everything I’ve been neglecting… *pointed looks at my Tamagotchi*

It will get done though and I’m half way through cleaning out my closet so I’ve found a whole heap of new craft projects ready to get done haha!

Also this week I’ll be starting monthly competitions in which the prizes will be the finished objects from tutorials I’ve made. This means I’ll be able to branch out into different styles and also have more space to do other projects! Let me know if there’s anything you guys would like to see in a competition in particular?

Ok that’s all from me for now, I hope you enjoy the videos ^_^ This week’s lot are a bit different than my usual style but I had fun making them anyway!

Morning Make Up is super green this time!

I did a trial of Bare Minerals foundation and James filmed it all. Full review coming soon.

And the Armani Exchange event video.

Hope you enjoyed and had a good weekend!

Video Round Up- Looped Plait Hair Tutorial and Super Glitter Pink and Purple

Oct 17, 2011 by Violet

It’s been a while because I’ve been too busy to edit videos but here are two from this week, hope you enjoy ^_^

The first one is a very simple looped plait style that I’ve fallen in love with recently.

And the second is a Morning Make Up with my favorite pink/purple glittery look :D

You’ll probably notice that I’m now recording voice overs for all of the videos too, not sure if I’ll do this every time but James’ new microphone is making the process a lot easier so we’ll see ^_^

Don’t forget, if you have any requests just let me know! Especially for hair things, I’m thinking to just spend a day filming a whole bunch of them next time I dye my hair.