FOTD Using Smashbox In Bloom Eyeshadow Palette

This FOTD was created using my current favourite eyeshadow palette - Smashbox In Bloom. This palette has a range of pretty, easy to use shades that I find will be perfect for Summer/ Autumn.

Please ignore my hair. It's at that really awkward stage of growing the fringe out. This is probably the first post in a long while that anyone's seen my eyebrows!

Sorry for the extremely blurry shot of my products used!

Products Used:

Estee Lauder Idealist Even Skintone Illuminator

Sunplay Skin Aqua Moisture BB cream

By Terry Hyaluronic Eye Primer

Smashbox In Bloom Eye Shadow Palette

Bobbi Brown Gel Liner, Black

Estee Lauder Double Wear Mascara

Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge, Pale Pink

Bobbi brown Lip Colour Pink

To prep my skin, I used Estee Lauder's New Idealist Skintone Illuminator. It's a skincare product that is designed to perfect skintone whilst providing a subtle illuminating effect.

I've had this product for two weeks and really love it. I normally use it in the morning under my daily moisturiser and it really brightens up my skin.

I've taken a couple of holidays in the last month and though I religiously apply sunscreen, I've noticed uneven pigmentation especially around the nose area. So for this FOTD, I applied Sunplay Skin Aqua Moisture BB Cream on the notice to even out my skintone.

From the Smashbox Palette, I selected a pale rose gold shade and a moss green (top left, bottom right).

Here are swatches of the two shades:

I used the rose gold shade all over the upper lip, from the lash line to the crease. I then applied black eyeliner, and brushed the moss green shadow on top of the lash line to soften the eyeliner.

I then applied a coat of mascara to the lashes to finish of my eye-makeup.

For my lips and cheeks, I chose to go bright and pink.

I used Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in Pale Pink on my cheeks, and love the subtle glow cream blushes give to the cheeks. It's a Bobbi Brown filled FOTD today as I'm using Bobbi Brown Lipstick in Pink on my lips.

Smashbox In Bloom - Cream Cheek Duo and Endless Kiss Lipgloss

Today, I'm sharing with you one of my favourite Spring/Summer Collections, Smashbox In Bloom.

Prior to this, I've never actually tried Smashbox products before. The packaging of In Bloom is truly beautiful. The colour of blossoms and just evokes in my lovely spring and summery images. From this collection I bought the Cream Cheek Duo in Blushing/Peony, as well as the Limitless Lipgloss SPF15 in Endless Kiss.

The cheek duo may look familiar as I used it in my most previous FOTD, which was inspired by Cherry Blossoms.

It comes with two shades; a bright pink (left) and a light peachy pink shade (right). I personally like to use the bright pink shade stained onto my lips, and the light peachy pink shade as a blush.

The Limitless Long Wear Lipgloss SPF15 in Endless Kiss is great as it's a pretty pink shade. It also contains SPF15, which is rare for a lip gloss.

some close ups of the gloss:

and the doe foot applicator:

Here is a swatch of the bright pink shade of the Cream Cheek Duo used on the lips:

And topped with the Endless Kiss Lipgloss:

Here are a couple of pics of me from the previous FOTD using the peachy pink shade of the cream cheek duo as a blusher and the bright pink shade as a lip stain.

I really love how fresh and summery the colours look. I would go as far to say that the cream cheek duo is by far my favourite beauty purchase this Spring.