It's not rocket science - get to know the parts of your eye :)

Brow Bone/Highlight: A light colour should be applied to this area; a light sparkly colour like MAC's versitile 'Vanilla' pigment, Benefit's highlighter-Miss Popularity, or for a more dramatic look try a light tone of what you wish to put on your lids, or go low-key and use a skintone colour.

Above Crease: The blending area! As your main colour will be on the lid, the colour needs to be blended as it moves it's way upwards towards the brow. You can do this by blending your lid colour upwards, but I suggest using a lighter color than the one used on my lid to help fade the colour upward. You can also use the same colour you chose for the highlight if you wish.

Outer Crease: Your outer crease extends from the inside of your eye right to the end of your eye. I deposit colour in the outer crease, then bring it inward to the middle of the crease -easy peasy! I don't normally darken the entire length of my crease because in my opinion this makes your eyes look smaller!

Inner Lid: A lighter colour is put on the inner lid.

Middle of Lid: A slightly darker colour should go in the middle of the lid. So, for example, Inner lid =Light, middle lid= medium, and outer lid =dark.

Outer Lid: Here as I said above, this is where the darkest lid colour goes. Also can put the same colour you used for crease here to add drama!

Waterline: Please becareful with this area as it is highly sensitive. Liner added here can easily get into the eye and sting! The waterline is called the waterline as it is watery, therefore product does not last long if applied here.

Inner Lower Lash Line: A lighter colour which is similar to the colours used on the lids can be applied to the inner lower lash line - your preference really!

Outer Lower Lash Line: To create smoky eyes, apply a darker colour to the outer lower lash line or go for thicker eyeliner and smudge it around the outer lower lash line.

Simple eh? :)

Colours to suit your eye colour - guaranteed!

Blue Eyes


Great Colours for you:
Orange (the complementary colour for blue) is a great colour for you. To highlight your eyes, choose eyeshadows in shades of golden brown, earthy brown, peachy pinks, apricot and even gold.

Colour to avoid:
Blue-green (this will reduce colour intensity of your eyes).

Your colour palette:
Coppers, orange/coral, golds, bronzes, beige, brown and dark grey.

Green Eyes

Great colours for you:

Mauve and all its variations (purples, plums, pink, etc).

Colours to avoid:

Blue - it's far too boring for you!

Your colour palette
Plum, mauve, purples, pinks, red-brown, crimson, copper.

Hazel Eyes

Great colours for you:

To emphasise your eyes, adopt the colours that appeal to you! From golden brown to grey-green, all shades will bring out your pupils.

Colours to avoid:

All halftone colours as they are just a bit plain.

Your colour palette:
Browns, oranges, grey-green, khaki, blue-grey, golds.


Brown / Black Eyes

Great colours for you:

Deep colours that will highlight your dark eyes (dark grey, navy blue, brown, black, deep plum, etc) .

Colours to avoid:

Pastel shades. They will bring out the whites of your eyes and make your eyes look a bit washed out.

Your ideal palette:
Navy blue, dark grey, plum, pink, copper, bronze, and gold.

I'm sorry mac, I just don't get your shadesticks!

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a BIG fan of MAC products. I love them. I have once bought a shadestick in sharkskin and also beige-in.

I found the application of the shadesticks quite difficult because they felt very hard and aggressive on my eyelids. I also found them to cake a little and crease.

I was a little upset because this was my first flaw I have ever incountered with MAC. The shade-stick is apparently versitile because it can be used as a base, or as a simple eye-shadow. For me they just don't feel..... right. I far prefer Urban Decay's Primer Potion for a base as it feels far lighter and less sticky. I have heard that to make the shade-stick more useable you have to heat it up by rolling it between your hands. I tried this, and it didn't make too much of a difference. It is far preferable to buy a MAC paintpot!!! I think that we expect the highest standard from MAC, and really, this doesn't quite reach it girls!!

What do you think? Am I right?

A bad boy for this bad girl!

The famous Bad Gal Kohl Pencil!!! Many companies have tried to copy it, but they havn't even touched on the magic of this pencil! Wow. I first was given one for my birthday when I was 20 years old, and I havn't looked back. I was a little bit of a rock chick back then, (shhhhh!) and I loved the sexy smokey eye effect which you can achieve with this bad boy! Sometimes I find it's chunkiness a bit of a turn off because at times you want just a little more precision. With the vibrancy of the jet black kohl, I can live with the chunkiness! I always feel good when wearing this. It's common to feel a little self-concious when wearing kohl pencils because they tend to go everywhere.. but, if you smudge this, your eyes look smoking hot rather than smoking not!

It retails at £12.50 and can be found at many department stores, failing that it can be found at http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk (P&P £4.50 ...Ouch!).

I give this product full stars, because it totally deserves it. Well done Bad Gal!