A pop of colour

It seems that these days that not a day passes without a celebrity releasing a beauty product. Sometimes their endorsement and whether they were really involved in the creation of the product is a bit dubious but there are times when it really makes sense and you wonder why a particular product weren't released any sooner. Cue Katy Perry and her most recent collaboration with Eylure lashes.


Katy Perry released some false lashes before but never before have they looked as perry-esque as they do now. Katy Perry is all about bright colourful looks and these lashes invite you to add a pop of colour into your makeup look.




These would be perfect if you want good quality and reliable quality lashes (as opposed to taking your chances with lashes an obscure random brand on eBay) to complete an already bright and colourful eye makeup or if you want to subtly enhance the natural colour of your eyes. The blue and the purple would be ideal to make brown eyes pop.




The packaging is absolutely spot on: What more appropriate that pop art to illustrate lashes with a pop of colour. The shape of the colour of pop lashes also excite me. The feathery look really remind of the luxurious shu uemura smokey layers who are by far, without the shadow of a doubt THE lashes which have got me the most compliments EVER. When I wear them, people go 'You should wear them often'. Well, I would if they weren't £17 a pop! They also present 2 features that I really like on false lashes: a solid lashline (easier to conceal than 'dash-lined' ones) and the fact that they are shorter on both the inner and outer corner. Lashes which have a slanted shape and longer at the outer corner do not tend to suit me as they emphasise my droopy lids.








If you couldn't tell already I am beyond excited about these lashes. The concept, the name, the shape, the colour and the fact that they scream Katy Perry to me. They cement the idea that I already have in mind of Katy Perry: Her costumes are so much fun, you could almost believe she comes straight out of a comic book.

 

 

According to the lovely Bicky, from Tastes Like Glitter, these little beauties will be released in January 2013. I can't wait to check them out and see how they compare to the 'pop-of-red' (Girls Aloud) Sarah Festival lashes.

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When Eylure and Models Own met Hedkandi …

I didn't think there could be any more exciting false lashes release this year when Katy Perry worked  with Eylure, one of my ultimate favourite brands of false lashes. This was until Eylure joined forces with Giant Record Label Hed Kandi to create amazing party pieces: Hed Kandi Lashes by  Eylure.






I love dance/house music, I love Eylure and I just couldn't think of a better  collaboration. It just makes perfect sense. Ministry of Sound, who I am also a massive fan wouldn't have worked you see: Hed Kandi already has the stunning imagery of glamorous girls, where the addition of lashes not only makes sense but would beautifully enhance them.

The Hed Kandi Eylure range contains 5 pairs of falsies, all housed in a beautiful  packaging, with a eye catching glittery/disco ball background, priced at £6.49 each and already available in your Superdrug.
















My instant favourite is 'Twisted Disco' (the one  featuring a girl with butterfly on it) which will remind you of Samantha, Sex in the City Eylure lashes. Typically, surprise surprise, my Superdrug doesn't hold Twisted Disco but I am more than happy to travel the country a bit to find them.
As if the release of Party Lashes was not exciting enough, Hed Kandi joined forces with Models Own to create a brand new exclusive collection of nail polishes inspired by the party capital of the world, Ibiza.

"With this year being Hed Kandi’s 10 year anniversary on the Balearic party island, the range of five polishes reflects the Hed-turning, fashionforward glamour that the fabulous brand brings to all their events on The White Isle. The ‘Hed Kandi collection’ instantly brings to life the recognisable glamorous girls synonymous with the brand, transporting you to the jet-set global dance floor. With three of the brightest Models Own shades and two premium glitters making up the collection this embodies the whole essence that Ibiza has to offer."

Balearic Cool: a crystal aquamarine blue inspired by the waters of Formentera
Hedonist: a no inhibition hot neon coral.
Beach Party: a sunny, bright and intoxicating polish inspired by the world famous sunsets on the White Isle
Disco Heaven: a glittery, gold disco bomb
Ibiza Mix: a dense multi-coloured day-night sparkle







The Hedkandi polishes will be on sale at £5 from the end of March online and are due in your Boots stores in April.


If all this doesn't get you in a summery or party mood, well I don't know what will

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They have landed, finally :)

As we were promised, the Eylure Katy Perry false eyelashes were released a few days ago and they are right here waiting for us to enjoy them. My bank balance is not very rosy at the moment but I just couldn't wait to check them in person.








As I expected, the Cool Kitty lashes (blue box) are my favourite and they are looking absolutely stunning.


The 'Oh My' (purple box) the other pair which was on my lust list are in reality a superposition of 2 pairs of lashes for added drama and intensity, which explains why they are £1 dearer. My experience with Eylure double lashes is not overwhelming: the very thick double lashline makes the placement very difficult and I rather stick two pairs of lashes that I already own together to achieve a double layers effect. I can't wait for a 3 for 2 offer to restock on my favourite pair (Eylure 101) and get a 'Cool Kitty' at the same time.

Have you treated yourself  with the Katy Perry lashes yet?

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The one which fluttered away…

You might already have seen these if you've been around on twitter today but I just could not not blog about them. I am a massive fan of Eylure false lashes and equally massive fan of Katy Perry's makeup. Katy Perry's eye make up looks always excite me: it's fun, it's colourful, dramatic, glittery and fluttery.






In February, Eylure and Katy Perry fans will be able to purchase nationwide (Boots and Superdrug) the amazing creations of their collaboration. I am not quite sure of the prices but I would imagine that these would retail around the the £6 mark.



Katy Perry's collection is to die for and boast 4 pairs of eyelashes: from the dainty, delicate 'sweetie pie' to the full on drama of 'Oh my'. I prefer a fuller lashline personally (easier to conceal) so will probably pass on 'Oh Honey' and 'Sweetie Pie' as they both sport an invisiband but I just cannot wait to play with ‘Cool Kittie’ and ‘Oh My!’.

Hurry up, February!


Have you got any favourites?
Will you be checking these out in store?

photo credits: source.

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Free Fluttering Falsies courtesy of Cosmo

Wait, another magazine freebie? What can I say? I like reading magazines. I am massive fan of false eyelashes. One of my favourite brand of eyelashes is Eylure so when the September issue of Cosmopolitan was released with a pair of exclusive lashes, it was a no brainer for me: I just had to buy the magazine. That's right, if you buy the September edition of Cosmopolitan Magazine (£3.50) you can get your hands on a free pair of 115 Eylure lashes.






Straight from the packet, I could see right away that these lashes were the right size for my smalls eyes and wouldn't need any trimming whatsoever. I love it when I don't need to trim the lashes and I can just pop them right on.





They have an invisiband type of lashline which I am not a fan of. I much prefer solid yet thin lashlines, as I do not like the appearance of the little gaps of emptiness.





The little gaps of emptiness, in close up action shot:
They could have done with being applied a smidge closer to the lashline





The Eylure 115 flare on the outside corner. This not my preferred shape of lashes but you might like it. I am paranoid enough about the my droopy lids and I feel that this particular shape doesn't suit my eyes. Ideally, I would have preferred them either straight or the same length as the inner corner.






And with a little bit of eyeliner on. I’ve misplaced my trusty H&M eyeliner, so I had to use my basic 2true eyeliner. Sorry for the wobbly hand and the lack of liner opacity.





And with a bit of slap on:







Final Verdict: These lashes are very good quality, were easy to apply and needed no trimming. However, I am not a fan of the invisiband lashline and the outer flaring shape. The human hair material gives an added natural look to the lashes but they will need plenty of eyeliner to conceal the ‘the little gaps of emptiness’. If you do like the shape of the lashes, they are very good value for money: the vertical curl is superb, the horizontal curve is spot on,  and you won’t be disappointed.


Happy false lashing :) x

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Twitter Giveaway: The winners and Massive Mea Culpa

I could tell you that I have been incredibly busy, that I've been looking after a sick grandmother, or that my last twitter giveaway has been very popular and hard to keep track of. I won't . Truth is that I've messed up big time and it has taken all this time to draw the winners for my Stila/Eylure twitter giveaway.






So, with great shame and profuse apologies, the entries have been verified (better have been for all the time it took me) and the winners are no. 247 and no. 122






Congratulations to @TinadeWert and @Cleggy23






Thank you so so so much everyone who entered and for your patience. If you want to check your lucky number, all the entries have been recorded here. 
I am so sorry again for the massive delay :( xxx
liloo/@tsunimee

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CLOSED ::: Twitter Giveaway ::: Stila Montmartre Palette & Eylure Starlight Lashes

My, my, my, the girl can tweet. How can someone tweet more than 55,000 times? I mean, this is scary. How have I reached 55,000 tweets? I have no idea. But as usual,  to  mark my chatterboxiness, to thank you for following me on twitter, and to put up with my flood of tweets, I wanted to do a twitter giveaway. To take part, it’s easy peasy:

What to win: 2 prizes, 2 winners. I am giving away 2 prizes. Details below
Who can enter: Open to all my twitter followers , the giveaway is international
Duration: Starts Tuesday 7 December 2010 and ends Friday10 December 2010, 23.59 GMT (UK Time)
How to Enter:  Follow me on twitter (http://www.twitter.com/tsunimee)  and tweet the following message:


RT & Follow @tsunimee to win Stila Montmartre e/s Palette & Eylure Starlight Lashes #liloo55K - Info: http://bit.ly/stilite

Details about the prizes:

First, I am giving away this gorgeous eyeshadow quad palette from Stila Cosmetics, called ‘Montmartre’, featuring 3 shades of purple and 1 shade of light pink.





 


 



And a pair of gorgeous lashes from my favourite brand of eyelashes, ever, which is Eylure. These are thick black party lashes interspersed with glitter. They say:
“The finishing touch to a gorgeous outfit, Party Perfect have been designed to complement after dark fashion. From elegant dinners to cool clubs, great gigs to A-list parties- these eight exquisitely designed lashes could be the only accessory required. Evening wear lashes for beautiful eyes after dark. Reusable. Easy to apply. Glittering like the clear night sky- the light will catch this style in the loveliest way. The bias cut lashes have been adorned with subtle sparkles on a full, even base.”


 






Rules & Other Boring Information:

- Must be a follower of @tsunimee on twitter (http://www.twitter.com/tsunimee)
- You can enter as many times as you wish. Multiple entries are accepted. (Please note that twitter has introduced a rule against exact carbon copy duplicate tweets. If you want to tweet more than once, you might need to trick Twitter and an extra character or two, so feel free to a smiley in there, or add a comma, full stop/period in the tweet or something like that)
- Winners will be chosen randomly thanks to random.org, like on my previous twitter giveaway)
- This giveaway is first and foremost for my twitter followers: you can naturally comment on this blogpost, but they won’t count as entries for the twitter giveaway
- Tweets posted after to Friday10 December 23.59 GMT (UK time) won’t be counted in the giveaway
- Both prizes were purchased by me. Brand New and never been swatched or used.

Good Luck
Liloo/@Tsunimee xx

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