Psycho Doll

I've not posted in ages, I've got so much going on ... found out I'm pregnant and having a little boy! I'm so excited!  Hence the few posts!  Anyway, it's that time of year again, Halloween.  I have a family party this weekend and it's strictly fancy dress, so I thought I'd do something ALOT different with my make up and go as a psycho doll!

I blanked out my eyebrows with pritt stick and concealer, packed on the foundation for that doll like skin.  Went in with deep contour lines for the cheeks and ott blush!  I added false eyelashes on top and one set on the bottom, I like the bottom effect! Then I added freckles with a brown liquid eyeliner and purple/black lips.  Was a very fun look!

I also did my little brothers make up too, he wanted to go as the joker, so I used fancy dress white make up, gel eyeliner and red lipstick.  I'm so happy with how it turned out.

I wanted to make the Jokers scar look quite authentic and tried some shop bought halloween special effects, but to be honest it was useless.  So I used 99p pritt stick and made my own scar,  I think it looks rather good if I do say so myself!

Happy Halloween!!

 

Free Benefits

So as soon as this months Glamour magazine came out I rushed to the shops to get my hands on 3 copies for 3 beautiful benefit goodies.  Benefit is an amazing cosmetics company that have such cute and kitsch items.  The packaging is adorable and the products are extremely good quality.

 

The 3 items were: posietint, benetint & highbeam.

Here's a run down on each product ...

Posietine was a new one to me, I'd never tried this product before.  I was a bit surprised at the thickness of the product, I think I was expecting it to be a bit more runny but it's quite thick. It's a gorgeous glowing pink colour and is very subtle once applied.  I would say this is for someone who likes their makeup very natural as it will give a healthy blush to the cheeks without it looking like you're wearing makeup.  As with each of these products I would recommend them to be worn with a tinted mousturiser, mousse foundation etc as they does not work well with a powdered base. 

Benetint and me go back a long way.  My nana used to buy me this for my christmas when I was 16 but I did used to over do it and look a bit doll like, big mistake! This product is a beautiful colour and gives a healthy flushed look.  It can be used as a cheek tint or lip tint.  It is a bit stronger than poisetint and is more liquid like.  Excellent for a natural look again.

Last but not least highbeam.  This is a thick creamy product that is an excellent highlighter.  I mainly use it on my brow bone, the top of my cheek bones and my cupids bow.  It gives a slight shimmer and glows perfectly.  It can look quite natural and catches the light beautifully.  A lovely product!

From left to right, posietint, benetint & high beam.

GOSH Extreme Art Eyeliner

I got this product a while ago and forgot all about it.  It's a liquid eyeliner which claims to be waterproof!  Mine is in shade 11 which is a beautiful greeny blue, it reminds me of the ocean.

Now personally I find the application brush a bit fiddly and quite thin.  I wouldn't say it's the easiest liquid liner to apply but it does the job.  However the actual product is out of this world.  I've never used such a pigmented, opaque coloured liner before.  The colour is so vivid and bright and once it's on there it doesn't budge!  It is a pain to get off when you do eventually get round to it but at least you know it wont let you down on a night out.

I could honestly say that I think you could go swimming in this and it wouldn't move, not that I'm going to try it though!!  I think this product would be perfect for going on holiday when you want to wear something bright and different at night time as heat and humidity would not be a problem..  I really want to try more colours now, I think I'm hooked!!

 

Birthday!!

It was my friends birthday so I thought I'd put up a few pics of what I got her.

 

Shoes: River Island, Cava & chocolate: Marks & Spencers, Nail Glitter & Nail Polish: GOSH, Bow wrapping paper: New Look.

Lady in Red

Just a little outfit design for a very vampy look.

 

Cheeeeesecake

Had a BBQ at the weekend and made the most delish baileys and malteaser cheesecake, sooooo yum!  Just had to put up a pic!

Skull Nails

So I was shopping in Primark a while ago and picked up these nail stickers, white with silver skills.  They were only £3!!  I thought they would only last less than a day if I'm honest but what a bargain, I'd try them anyway.  I have little short nails so I stuck the stickers on (they didn't feel too sticky) and then cut to fit.  They looked quite cute and to my suprise lasted over a week!!  How nice are they!  I'm going to look out for some different styles, Primark, well done!