Halcyon Fakes

As fellow UK'ers will know, it's just gone all wintry over here, so naturally I'm, like, so over those vampy plums and reds and all about bright oranges and beachy corals! Well, until next week...

Becca is my go-to brand for that effortless beach girl/angel thang, and I've been resisting their Halcyon Days palette since its release last summer. Their palettes usually manage to be both pitch-perfect combinations of flattering shades and textures and to dexterously conjure up mood, scene and story through those combinations. And while they don't offer the innovative and inspiring juxtapositions of brands like Suqqu, Shiseido or Addiction, sometimes an old tale told simply and well is just what's needed.

Products

Shu Stage Performer mixed with RBR liquid bronzer as foundation

RBR liquid bronzer mixed with Sea of Tranquility highlighter as blush

Visee x Smacky Glam Glam Glow Eyes BR-7 Bitter Brown (peach/coral on the lid, dark brown to line, bronze-taupe on lower lashline)

Ellis Faas Glazed Lips L307

Helena Rubinstein Lash Queen Fatal Blacks waterproof mascara

(not pictured: Ellis Faas concealer S201, KATE brow gel BR-3)

natural light

after about six hours of wear, artificial light with flash (becuase that's all the sun ration we're allowed)

I apologise for the excessive amounts of posiness / derp in these. My hair was even more wayward than usual and kept flopping into my face and hiding the bronzer/highlight which I especially wanted to show.