My Favourite Stand Alone Eyeshadows

Recently Emily from Beauty Broadcast did a video about her favourite 'stand alone' eyeshadows - that is, eyeshadows you can wear on their own. I've been doing this almost exclusively for about a year - certainly during the week when I don't have the time or the inclination to faff around choosing different colours that go together and then blending them just so. One of the reasons I have gravitated away from colour to neutrals is because with neutrals, you can pretty much get away with using any one of them on their own.

Having said that, I do have some particular favourite 'swipe and go' shadows. I haven't included any of the Benefit Creaseless Creams here, though I do use them often and always on their own. But I've talked about them before, so if you want to see swatches of those you can find them here. For the record, the ones I use most often are Flatter Me, RSVP and Pre Nup.

SMH Eyeshadows

I bought some SMH eyeshadows from ACW a couple of months ago and then kind of forgot about them. I happened across one earlier this week and decided to test them out.

From left: Cashmere, Warm & Fuzzy, Sex Kitten

Mini Haul!

So you thought I'd be putting all the money from my recent blog sale on my credit card or in savings or something, right? Well, some I did. But I had to have a little spendy-spendy, which doesn't count towards my vow to not buy anything until May, because it's found money. Found money never counts.

From All Cosmetics Warehouse:

• MAC Studio Finish ConcealerNW20
• Maybelline Color Sensation Lipstick Luminous Lilac
• Stila Eyeshadow Kitten
• SMH Eyeshadow Cashmere
• SMH Eyeshadow Sex Kitten
• SMH Eyeshadow Warm & Fuzzy

I've never tried SMH eyeshadows before, and this seemed like a good excuse to dip a toe in.

From The Perfumed Court:

• i Profumi di Firenze Magnolia Purpurea - 1.5ml spray
• Lostmarc'h Lann-Ael 1.5ml spray
• Lalique Amethyst 1.5ml spray
• Hilde Soliani Vecchi Rossetti 1.5ml spray
• Boucheron by Boucheron 1.5ml spray
• Oriens by Van Cleef & Arpels 1.5ml vial (meant to get the spray - d'oh!)
• Jovan Musk Oil Vintage - 1/2ml vial
• Fendi Theorema - 5ml spray