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Sunday, 5 February 2012

outfit ideas

Just a few looks I made up and their inspiration ...

Neon sin

Mint Julep

Valentines Rose

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

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!!

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

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!!