I featured this product in my recent beauty
faves post simply because I am using it everyday and am just in love with the
colour. I have been lusting after MAC's uninterrupted long-wear eye shadow for
quite some time, and I finally managed to grab it at the Mac store in
Cambridge. For starters it comes in much larger packaging than the usual eye
shadows which is really good value for money as it will set you back about £16.
I am just all over this eye shadow at the moment, and I don’t think I’ve worn
any other shade for a long while. The colour is a very smouldering burnt orange-bronzed
colour, and is just the perfect golden bronze to use day-to-day or for an
evening out to get a really gorgeous yet subtle Smokey eye. I have transitioned
from a black and silver Smokey eye to bronze as i feel that it looks a lot more
natural and complements my eye colour much more. Another great thing about this
colour is that you can use it as just a crease blending neutral colour, or like
me, you can apply it all over the lid with no other shadow and just get a
fabulous one tone eye look. I have been using it on its own and I find it doesn’t
need any other colour as it works great alone. I apply it to my lid and blend
it out, and for an added all over Smokey look I also apply it to my outer
corners, under my eye line and in my inner corners. The trick is to blend all
the time, so it looks even more Smokey and natural. I apply my MAC paint pot to
the eye lid before I apply my shadow, this works great as an eye primer and
just gives your lid a nice clean slate to apply the shadow, I also use my Real
Techniques eye brush to apply and blend, so really its an all in one job!
Paris is one of those cities that you just
have to visit in your lifetime. People come to visit the city from all over the
world, and yet being just a stone throw away, us Brits just don't seem to be as
intrigued or as keen to visit as opposed to those who come from across the pond
or from other parts of the world. I have been to Paris before, however I was
too young to remember it, I just have the one foggy memory of waiting for my
dad and brothers whilst they climbed the Eiffel tower. As a very generous 21st birthday
gift, my Mum decided to take me to the city. I of course brought all my own
spending euros for food, travel and attractions but she sorted all the main travel,
hotels and tickets out. Along with New York, Paris is the city that I had been
longing to visit for many moons, and I always found it frustrating with how
close it is to me, yet I had never had the time (or money) to visit. And as
cliché and materialistic as it sounds, ever since Kimye started their fascination
with the city, and always seemed to visit I thought if its good enough for
them, then by golly its good enough for me!
Mum and myself set off at 6am on the Saturday
morning, and travelled to Paris on the Eurostar, (probably the simplest and
quickest way to travel into the city centre, however not the cheapest) this was
unflawed, and before we knew it we were on the Parisian streets, all sunglasses
and stripes ready for our adventure. We were staying in a hotel called Palm
Opera, which was ironically decked out with palm trees decor and 70's style
furniture. Mum picked this hotel, and I can say with confidence that I could
not fault it at all. Check-in was so simple and easy, and we were greeted by a
table of complimentary coffee, sweets, cakes, biscuits, fruit and cans of drink
which were available any time, which was so handy as after a long day of
walking all I wanted was a cold can of coke, and it was free! The hotel was
overall very clean, slick and modern yet with a twist of eccentric Parisian
style. Our hotel room was pristine and we had a delightful authentic Parisian
balcony which looked over the street, (our hotel was fairly central, but we did
have a handy tube station right by the hotel) One thing I loved about the
hotel, which my mum found strange was the bathroom... it was just so modern and
slick and had the power shower from heaven, and was the one thing I would look
forward to arriving at the hotel after a long old day of roaming the streets of
Paris.
I think its safe to say that we literally did
everything on this trip, we climbed the Eiffel tower in a thunder storm, took a
boat ride on the river Seine, climbed the
Arc De Triomphe, drank champagne at night by the foot of the Eiffel tower,
dined whilst watching the famous Moulin Rouge show, took a cycle ride along the
famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées, visited
the Louvre and stood before the Mona Lisa, visited the love lock bridge, saw
the beautiful Notre-dam, dined in the famous Laudree cafe, shopped, (or
browsed) through the famous designer stores such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel,
ate truck loads of macaroons (when in Paris) and probably my favourite part,
visited Versailles on the most beautifully autumnal day. Perfect.
We had four full days in
Paris, and everyday was jam-packed, we were up at 7.00am everyday and would
arrive back in the hotel at around 10pm every evening. There is just so much to
see and do in this City. Even though I was exhausted every night from the
walking and tube travel, you just have to make sure you do it all. There’s no
point in coming to one of the richest cities in culture and saying ‘I wish I
had done that’. I fully had the best time ever, and it is up there with one of
my favourite holidays ever. Seeing the Eiffel tower at night is just so unbelievably
magical and I can’t wait to return with my boyfriend. The city is brimming with
culture and stunning architecture and I’m just so glad I had my new camera to
capture it all.
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