Two Toned & Glossy Eye'd!

Today I wanted a two tone lip (again) and glossy eyed look.

To keep the focus on these I went for matte skin which is never easy with my oil slick of a face.
After using Illamasqua's Matt Primer I blotted any extra moisture away, applied concealer then dusted my face with MAC's Studio Fix powder foundation.

To create the two toned lip, I used my favourite red lip pencil. It's called Poppy but it's so faded I can't see the brand anymore - it's the perfect brick red/orange colour though. I filled my lips with the pencil but left out the middle where I wanted to pat the different colour. I went over the red pencil with Estee Lauder's Fire red lipstick and then, using a MAC 219 blending brush I patted Barry M's 129 light purple lipstick into the middle of my lips. I went over that with a sparkly pink lippy I brought a while ago called Crystal Gloss by Collection and blended the edges into the red.

To create a glossy eye I washed Illamasqua's Furore pigment all over my lids and blended Heroine into the socket. I also washed Fervent, a shimmery reddish brown eyeshadow, lightly over my brow bone and under my eyes, lined my top lashes with my MAC Smolder black kohl pencil, curled my lashes and coated them with two coats of black mascara.

I've started using dark brown mascara on my bottom lashes when I'm doing a more natural look on my eyes. It's a tip I read in Kevin Aucoin's brilliant book, Face Forward.

To finish my eyes I dipped my eyeshadow brush into Vaseline then into the Furore pigment and ran it over my lids to make them more glossy. This has to be the last thing you do as it creases very quickly but i think it looks cool. I used to use just Vaseline on my eyes sometimes when I was younger, then you don't have to worry about the creasing and you get a nice healthy shine.

And that's it for me in #TheRedLippyWeek. I've had a blast and learnt a lot about my products an how they work with each other - which is one of the main reasons I love creating looks for this blog.

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Glitter & Crystals for The Weekend...

I started out with a look quite similar to yesterday though I managed to get more of a matte finish to my skin to using a matte primer (as always) and then adding extra primer to my foundation.

I wanted a bit more coverage today so used Illamasqua's Skin Base and I've also added pair of Boots own brand Natural Volume lashes as I wanted to try them out. I really like them, not too long, very natural looking and comfortable to wear as they have a very thin base. And at £4 they're cheap as chips!

I created a bit more of a dramatic eyeliner flick and used pinkey/ reds on my lips (Illamasqua's Strumpet Medium Pencil & Salacious lipstick) plus Maybeline's Electric Orange gloss again.

I brought these crystals (Eye Rock Glisten Crystal Tatoos) in Boots a while ago and they've been sitting in my kit waiting for an opportunity to be used.

They come as a set of two shapes that you can transfer directly above your eye as shown on the packaging but you can easily grab the crystals off the plastic backing and apply them individually as I have with a tiny bit of Duo Glue to help them stay in place.

Using a sponge applicator, I patted Illamasqua's Berber Pure  Pigment, a shimmery auburn red to my lips, over the top of the gloss. I love the shimmery effect it adds to the lipstick and it also kind of sets the gloss giving a bit of extra staying power.
Finally I patted a touch of MAC Antique Gold glitter to the middle of my lips for extra depth & dimension.

I tried the crystals in a couple of places and prefer the below placement I think as it's a bit softer and prettier than above. What do you think?

I've really enjoyed my red lip week for #TheRedLippyProject / The Eve Appeal Charity and hope I've inspired at least one other person to wear red lips and spread the word that we must take advantage and get screened for cervical cancer as often as we can and are offered on the NHS.

Once more day to go and I think I'll try the two toned trend again tomorrow. I have done it before but it didn't photograph well so I'm going to try using a different technique and products. Watch this space!

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Summery & Red

This is a look I LOVE for a summer night out, especially when I had long hair and could pile up in a topknot.
Oh how I miss my hair, boohoo!

Shimmery gold eyes, matte skin - as matte as my oil slick of a face will go anyway, eyeliner flicks, peachy cheeks and loads of yummy orangey red gloss on my lips.

Tan - optional. Summer weather - urgently required.

For my eyes I applied Illamasqua's Furore Pigment all over my lids using a wet brush then Heroin Eye Shadow blended into the crease. Heroin is such a versatile product and my favourite product for contouring cheek bones and around the eyes. Great name too. I used Illamasqua's Gel Liner with a fine brush to create the eyeliner flicks and defined my brows with Illamasqua's Eyebrow Cake in Thunder.

I used YSL's Le Teint Touche foundation, YSL Touche Eclat over my dark circles, MAC Studio Finish Concealer under my eyes & over my many blemishes and set with MAC Prep & Prime Translucent Powder.

I mixed Illamasqua's Lover & Hussey Blushers to create the peachy flush and for my lips I used Maybeline's Coral Tonic lipstick & Electric Orange.

Day 4 of my red lip week for #TheRedLippyProject which is raising awareness for cervical cancer screening with The Eve Appeal Charity over. I'm thinking fun, glittery red lips tomorrow. Stay Tuned.

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Gothic Eyes

I fancied doing something a bit different today, using some of my eye shadows and pigments that I haven't dipped into for a while. Generally speaking I don't tend to like going heavy on my eyes and lips but I'm having a red lippy week for #TheRedLippyProject which is raising awareness for cervical cancer screening with The Eve Appeal Charity, so decided to go colourful but not too heavy. 

After a couple of glossy red days I wanted, no needed, a matte red lip today so lined and filled with Illamasqua's Strumpet Medium Pencil and patted Vamp, a matte red lippy by Illamasqua over the top.

What do you think of my eyes? My friend Moira and her toddler Amy had a bit of a shock when I answered the door to them this afternoon!

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Green Eyes. Red Lips.

Day 3 of my red lippy week for #TheRedLippyProject.

It's been a crappy humid, grey & drizzley day here in Croydon and I've been rushing about town on buses, trains and taxis.
Not a good day for wearing makeup - not only is my face sweating & sliding all over the place before I've even picked up my foundation (damn my sweaty face genes) but I've been constantly drizzled with that irritating, fine rain. The worst type in my opinion!

I kept it fairly simple with a light base (MAC Face & Body), ran some green over my eyes (MAC Lucky Green) and smudged a black kohl liner across my top lashes (MAC Smolder).

On my lips I'm wearing Illamasqua's nude Medium Pencil in Ascend Lily-Rose Sheer Gloss, a warm dark pink/red which looks a little orangey over the nude pencil.

I think it's a nice look for summer, if only we could actually have a summer here in England please!

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Glossy & Red

Today I've gone for classic red lips.

Glowing skin, strong brows and a glossy red lippy - lined and filled in with Illamasqua's Strumpet Medium Pencil with a layer of Magnetism lipstick over the top which is actually a dark raspberry pink.

To achieve a healthy looking glow to my skin I used MAC's Face & Body foundation and set it with a dusting of MAC Mineralize powder.

On my eyes, I used Illamasqua's white Intrigue blusher all over my lids and under my brows to highlight. I then blended MAC Copperplate eyeshadow into the crease and Malt over the brow bone to add a little extra warmth then lined my upper lash line with Illamasqua's Gel Liner, curled and coated my lashes with Max factor's False Lash Effect Mascara.
I defined my brows with Illamasqua's Eyebrow Cake in Thunder using an angled brush.

I used Illamasqua's busher in Lover, a warm apricot on my cheeks, highlighted with Furore Pure Pigment & contoured with Heroin eyeshadow.

I'll be wearing red lips all week for #TheRedLippyProject which, in conjunction with The Eve Appeal, is raising awareness for Cervical Cancer.

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The Red Lippy Project

This week I'll be supporting #TheRedLippyProject by rocking red lip looks all week.

My heart breaks every time another relative, friend & colleague is affected by any form of cancer.
Smear tests aren't particularly comfortable for us ladies but they're over in a couple of minutes and we're incredibly fortunate to be offered these potentially life saving screenings for free on the NHS here in England.

Amazingly though at least 20% of women miss their screenings and the Red Lippy Project is a fun & visual way to highlight Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (9th-15th June 2013) and encourage everyone to get screened.

Thinking of all my dear friends and family that have fought & won or sadly lost their battles with cancer - some are fighting as I type and some have had pre-cancerous cells removed thanks to those mildly uncomfortable but necessary smear tests.

So, I'm going to wear all my fave red lipsticks, glosses & glittters (yay!!) all week and will pester my friends and family to wear theirs too and/ or donate to the cause here.

Here are me & my gorgeous sisters Perdy & Clio kicking the week off in some of our trusty reds:
Illamasqua's Tramp (me), Salacious (Clio on the right) & MAC Chilli (Perdy in the middle).

For more info about the cause visit http://www.theredlippyproject.com/

Experimenting!

Agh, another slow posting week on CT&B - apologies! I have been creating some fun looks but have computer issues preventing me from posting anything. Here are a couple of looks below.

For the first look below I tried creating a monochromatic double eyeliner flick using my new Illamasqua black gel liner and Scribe liquid liner. I love the look and reckon it's really brightening and flattering. I love it with my Chanel eye glasses too, shame it's a rubbish pic but what do you think?

Another day, another look.I recently got accepted to becoming a MAC Pro Member (a-woohoo!!) and couldn't resist having a little splurge with my new discount, yippee! Amongst other things I brought me some Face & Body foundation - a light, dewy, buildable base, Mineralize powder in Light Plus, Brick Red Eye Shadow - a gorgeous warm red shade & Dimensional Blue Eye Shadow - a shimmery light grey/ silver/ blue.

I brought red because I've wanted one in my kit for a while and also because I've never worn it and I like to challenge myself! I decided to try out the double eyeliner trend again, using black gel liner with the silver/ blue over the top. Then I just HAD to try an incorporate some red!

What do you think of the double liner looks, would you wear it? Do you dare to try red eye shadow???!

Rocking a purple lippy

So, I finally got round to trying out my new purple lippy, Illamasqua's ESP from their Paranormal Collection. Funnily enough I had meant to buy Posture as I thought I'd get more use out of it but the lovely shop assistant mistakenly popped ESP in my bag instead by mistake. A happy accident if you will.

ESP is a gorgeous, vivid purple and having tried it out I adore it! I used MAC's Nightmoth lip pencil underneath which is a dark purple. Next time I use the lippy I'm might try a lighter lip pencil to see if it lightens the look at all, though I love it this way. I patted a touch of Barry M's pale purple (129) into the middle of my lips to create a little extra dimension.

I kept my base light, using YSL's Le Teint Touche Éclat foundation, a warm pink over my eyes and black eyeliner - a mixture of Illamasqua's Sophie Medium Pencil and Precision Gel Liner over the top and finally their Eyebrow Cake in Thunder on my brows which is my new fave.

Tribal Eyes

Today I started off planning to do a look with clean, simple eyes, a bit of eyeliner and a purple lip colour I brought recently but I went off on a bit of a tangent and seem to have created a bit of a tribal eye look.

 

Very current I guess - tribal prints are all over the high street at the mo.



 

 

Corrupted.

Testing out more of my yummy Illamasqua products, today I'm wearing their Corrupt lipstick, Precision Gel Eyeliner and Eyebrow Cake. In fact, I'm almost head to toe llamasqua today - hair to neckline at least anyway!

I started with my brows today, masking out the shape with concealer (MAC Studio Tech) then painted in the shape and filled in any gaps with Illamasqua's Eyebrow Cake in Thunder.

Then I made a custom blend base using a mixture of Rimmel Wake Me Up, Skin Base & Furore pigment. This is a really nice way to create a dewy foundation for my oily skin.

I kept my eyes simple, washing Furore (told you this was a very Illamasqua heavy look) over the lids, then MAC Charcoal Brown into the crease and under my bottom lashes. I lined my top lashes with Precision Gel Liner and added lashings and lashings of Max Factor False Lash Mascara.

I used Corrupt on my lips as I've been admiring it on other people and their website for ages and finally brought it last week. I love it. I'd been wanting a nice warm pink and this is great.

I finished up with a mixture Lover & Hussey blushes and added some Benefit Hoola bronzer over the top. I have a massive spot on my upper lip, and no amount of make up will disguise it. So I've made a feature of it by faking a little beauty spot on top of it. Might keep it!

 

Another silver look!

Blimey, I haven't posted on here for over a week, oops!

Been a busy ol' time with bookings in the evening and weekend including my first wedding of the year.
Luckily for the bride, it was lovely and sunny on Saturday and she and her husband both looked gorgeous. Looking forward to seeing their pics soon.

The look today was inspired by Susannah Reid from BBC Breakfast, who I think carries off silver eyes very well. I've done a silver eye look before but it was quite heavy and smokey and I'd been wanting to do something a bit more daytime wearable.

To create a dewy base, I added some of Illamasqua's Furore pigment to their Skin Base foundation. It dries it out a little but with my oily skin that's no bad thing! To add warmth to the eyes I contoured with grey and plum and also ran the same shades underneath my eyes. I finished up with my Sleek Mystic lippy.

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Magnetism... again

I'm wearing my Magnetism lipstick again by Illamasqua and have paired it with lighter eyes than yesterday's smokey eyes.

It's an awful pic of me, plus I'm overdue a wax as had to move my weekend booking and all I can see is hair on my face and ugly bushy brows. Friday morning can't come quick enough!

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Feeling Twenties

Today I've gone for a bit of  a twenties theme with warm smokey, brown eyes and Illamasqua's deep raspberry pink Magnetism lipstick. 

Maybe I've been inspired by The Great Gatsby although I haven't seen it yet although I'm DESPERATE too!

Has anyone seen it? Anyone in the Croydon, UK area want to see it with me!?

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Pretty in Pink

Today I wanted to wear my Sleek Mystic lipstick as it's one of my favourites and I haven't worn it for a while. I did a look with it before so I wanted to do something a bit different but still keep it simple and wearable.

I don't usually wear gold on my eyes but I used the light gold from my Illamasqua Complement Palette on a client at the weekend and was dying to see what it would look like on my eyes. I then lined the top lashes with my Maybeline black gel liner and softly smudged some brown eye shadow under the bottom lashes. 

I added a peachy pink blush (a mixture of Bourjois Peach & Chanel Rose Initial) and then lightly applied my Mystic lippy with Illume lipgloss by Smashbox dabbed over the top.

I think it's a pretty, summery look that would be great for a wedding guest or bridesmaid.

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How to create a flawless base

I really like my base today. I have a few spots on my chin and my dreaded dark circles are in full effect thanks to my cranky, teething toddler that doesn't seem to need any sleep! 

It's quite a few steps so not a quick morning routine but worth the time and effort for a big event where you want a flawless base. This won't work for everyone, if you have particularly dry skin for example you may want to set the foundation lightly with a translucent powder instead and start with a hydrating primer.

After working a matte No7 primer into the skin, I lightly apply MAC's Painterly Paint Pot over my dark circles and a tiny amount of green corrector to my spots. 
Then I lightly apply MAC's Soft Ocre Paint Pot to my eye lids up to my brows plus any areas that I sweat or my makeup tends to slide around and wear off. Paint Pots dry to a powder finish and don't budge so act as an extra primer. 
Next I apply MAC's Radiant Rose Prep & Prime Highlighter under my eyes down to my orbital bone and then I apply Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation. I work this into my skin with the same brush that I used to apply my matte primer. 
Next I apply MAC Studio Sculpt concealer and finally I finished up by dusting MAC Studio Fix Powder Foundation over the top to set it all and add extra coverage. Though I set the under eye area with translucent powder.

So, yeah a few steps but this combination gives great coverage and doesn't budge!

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Classic Smokey Eyes for the Weekend

Since I'm to have had a smokey eye week I wanted to finish up with a classic dark grey look.

I generally find that greys can look a bit dull on me as I have dark hair and brows so I thought I'd try starting the look with a purple base to add a bit of warmth. I coloured the whole of my lids in with a soft purple eye pencil as purple brings out the brown in my eyes. From there I used my Mon Smokey palette by Lancome which I've used in every look this week and I think they all look pretty different, don't you think?

A smokey eye means that the darkest colour is at the base of the eye and, as it reaches the crease it smokes out to gradually lighter shades.

Over the purple pencil I applied the mid grey over the entire lid and blended it up over my brow bone. I then applied the black to the lash line, blended it upwards and applied the glittery black all over the lids. I mirrored the look under my bottom lashes and applied the lightest grey from the palette to the inner corners of my eyes.
I then lined my inner rims heavily with black eyeliner. Finally, I ran the lighter colour just under my brow bone, curled my lashes, applied false lashes and then mascara.

I think this look really needs a well groomed and strong brow (eek, mine are due for a wax this weekend so had to stop myself from plucking!) and not much else so that the focus stays on the eyes.

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Daytime, Nightime, Any Hour...

Ha, I wonder if anyone could guess what song I was humming to myself as I wrote that title?

Anyway, today I wanted to create a day through evening makeup look that could be worn in the office, a hen party, at a wedding, anywhere you want a polished look for daytime and jazz it up for evening.

Ideally you want the base to last all day so cleanse, tone, moisturise, wait for these to sink in and then apply a primer. This will hold the foundation in place and stop it from going patchy and then powder after the concealer to set it all.

For the daytime look I used my Bourjois Smokey Eyes palette in Vintage Rose. I started with a wash of the lightest colour, blended the middle shade across the outer eye and into the middle and added the darker colour into the crease and outer corner of the eyes. I lined the lop lashes with brown gel liner and then smudged the darker colour from the palette over the top of it. 

Finally I ran some of the darker colour underneath my bottom lashes, curled my lases and applied a couple of coats of mascara.  

I'm wearing a light pink blusher, some bronzer and red lipstick that I've blotted well and added a nude lip gloss to.

To intensify the look I used my Lancome Hypnose Mon Smokey eye shadows. 

I went over the eyeliner & under my eyes with the black eyeshadow. I used a pencil brush but you could use cotton buds. Hold a tissue to protect your cheeks as the dark powder will probably spill and it's a bugger to remove. I also ran the black sparkly shadow over the top for added glamour, lined my inner rims with black eyeliner & applied another coat of mascara to the top lashes.

The only other thing I did was add a bit more blush, add some of the pink sparkly eye shadow to the tops of my cheeks and redo the lips.

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Blue Smokey Eyes

Yesterday I created a soft, daytime smokey eye look using my new Lancome Hypnose Eye Shadow palettes. For that look I chose to apply the product with a dry brush for a softer look.

So today I used the blue (Bain de Minuit) palette with a wet brush mainly, to create a more vivid & dramatic look.

I ADORE these blue colours and will be getting lots of use out of both of the palettes! Similar to yesterday, I did use a little of the smokey black (Mon Smokey) palette to intensify the look.

I kept the blusher to a minimum and used some of the pink shade in the Mon Smokey palette to highlight the top of my cheekbones and then finished up the look with pink lipstick.

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A Quick Smokey Eye

I had decided to give myself the day off today. I've been working in the evenings and weekends on wedding trials as well as my blog everyday and was feeling a bit make up'd out. But after a little retail therapy this morning where I brought two gorgeous eye shadow palettes by Lancome & some pressed mineral foundation by Bare Minerals I was feeling better and more inspired.

Amazing what a bit of shopping can do for you hey?!

The Lancome eye shadows are both Hypnose Drama palettes. One is different shades of sparkley blue (Bain De Minuit) and the other is five smokey, sparkley greys & blacks with a pretty pink thrown in too (Mon Smokey).

Using mainly the black/ grey palette I used the shades dry. Taking the pink all over the eye, I blended the darker shades over the top, lining the black around my eyes with the sparkly black on the other corners. To lift the look I finished my washing a bit of the midnight, sparkly blue from the other palette over the lids and underneath as this added just a little warmth to the grey.

I paired the eyes with pink cheeks and pink glossy lips. I think tomorrow I'll use the same palettes and create more of a dramatic look by using a wet brush as today I used dry brushes as I wanted quite a soft look.

What do you think?

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Yummy Plummy Eyes

Today I fancied wearing my Illamasqua Havoc eyeliner and creating a plummy look.

These colours are great with brown, hazel and green eyes. It's a nice alternative to black and really brings out the green in your eyes.

I have done a a clean and simple look with this eyeliner before so today wanted to make the eyes a bit more colourful so included soft purples and plummy colours and finished up with a pink gloss on my lips.

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Orange and pink, they go together right?

I woke up this morning thinking about a look with soft orange eyes and bright pink lips. Maybe because I wanted to use my Rubenesque Paint Pot by MAC. 

I got it ages ago and hardly ever use it as it doesn't really suit my colouring - it's a pearlescent orange/peach that looks amazing on green eyes. That said, I felt I had to use it as it was just staring at me from my kit bag. MAC Paint Pots are creamy but dry to a powder finish. They're high in pigment so can be a great base to start off an eye look. They won't budge or crease so you don't need an eyelid primer underneath.

I didn't want to do a heavy orange look, I tried it a few weeks ago and it was a disaster! So, I kept the eyes quite light with a wash of Rubenesque, some contouring in the crease for depth and then lined my top & bottom lashes with a dark brown eyeshadow using an angled brush. I used shadow rather than gel/ liquid eyeliner as I wanted a softer, more natural look.

Then I went for bright pink lips. What do you think? I like it, I think. Looks like a softer, more daytime version of my Leigh Lezarck look.

BAD pics of me today BTW - I look half asleep because my toddler has started waking at 2am and crying for the rest of the night. Here's hoping she sleeps through tonight!

The make up is the same in both pics but the bottom pic shows of the eye colour better. I look like I'm about to fall asleep in it though, yuck!

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A classic with a twist!

I've been admiring this image of gorgeous Holly Willougbhy for ages now. Such a classic look that would be gorgeous for a bride.  

I was also dying to try out a BarryM blue eye pencil that I brought earlier this week and couldn't decide which look to do. 

So, I decided to do both!

I started with the classic look - black eyeliner flicking out slightly, groomed brows, pinky/ peachy cheeks and pink lips (also care of BarryM). Then, for an alternative look I jazzed it up a little by adding blue under the eyes. For the second look I added a little extra blush and also softened the eyeliner slightly by going over it with dark brown eyeshadow. I love both looks!

Classic look

Classic look with blue along bottom lashes

Classic look with blue along bottom lashes

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It's a green day

After a going purple crazy yesterday I thought I'd try a green look today.

I used to wear green a lot but I think maybe I got tired of it or started to feel it was a bit obvious for brown eyes, so haven't worn it for ages.

I brought a green metalic liquid eyeliner by BarryM yesterday so built the look around that, using different shades of green on my lids, in my socket and under my eyes then lifting the look by adding a wash of a warm brown across my brow bone. 

I did try the look with a glossy orange lip colour which you can see in the bottom pic but, as usual, I wiped it off and went with a nude gloss. I really like it (the top pic) as there is still a hint of orange on my lips under the gloss.

I'll definitely be wearing green again, especially the liner which is a pretty forest green colour with added shimmer as it's metallic. Plus cheap as chips (£4.79 in Boots) as it's by BarryM!

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Lavender, purple & pink!

After last week's lipstick fun, I really wanted to play around with eye colours this week.

I had popped into Boots to pick up a new foundation & concealer this morning but, of course, I walked out with a whole lot more. Damn my addiction to makeup - it's such an expensive habit!

Amongst far too many other things, I brought a gorgeous Lavender eye pencil by BarryM, a purple felt tip eyeliner by Collection (SO easy to use!) and Rimmel's Wake Me foundation. Since I'd gone a bit purple crazy in the aisles I thought I'd try out my new purchases!

Here is a pic of my final look and below you can see how many looks I tried before settling on it!

 

First, I created a lavender eye look using the BarryM pencil. I started with a wash of the light pink (Shade 9) from my MakeUp Academy Immaculate Collection palette. I then ran the lavender pencil along my top lashes, winging the shape out and also under the bottom lashes.
As I was applying the colour I felt compelled to use pink mascara for some reason - it was seen quite a lot on the SS13 catwalks, particularly at Donna Karen's show. So I did.

Next, I tried out the purple felt tip liner, running it over the lavender line I had already created. It's quite a dark so I applied a darker purple along my bottom lashes (mixture or shades 24 & 7 from MUA palette). I also blended a little of the pink pigment (MAC Magenta Madness) used to create the mascara over my brow bone.
I stuck with the pink mascara for a bit then went over it with black as you can see below...

Lavender eyes & pink mascara

Dark purple liner with pink mascara on top & bottom lashes

Dark purple liner with black mascara on top lashes and pink on the bottom

Dark purple liner with black mascara on top & bottom lashes

Which look do you like best? I LOVE the lavender eye with pink mascara and will definitely wear it again. I also really lke the bottom two looks and will be wearing the last one out for pizza tonight!

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Feeling 60's

Over the weekend I was feeling 60's inspired so decided to create a bit of a dolly bird look with the eyes. 

I like to practice my eyeliner as much as I can and so really focused on my eyes for this look.  I played around with lip colours and settled on this one as it was fairly nude although I think even more nude & matte would have added to the 60's vibe. 

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Fun bridesmaid makeup look

I did a quick shop this morning and brought this FAB lipstick so obviously HAD to try it out.

The lipstick is Mystic by Sleek Make UP - it's a matte, long lasting colour but unlike many it's not drying as it contains added Vitamin E. I only have one coat on here and it stayed put all afternoon.

I wanted polished a makeup look but not too heavy so I kept my eye makeup to a minimum and added drama with brown eyeliner and my Bourjois Added Volume False Lashes. I think this would be a really fun bridesmaid or even bridal look.

I achieved this entire look using almost only high street brands so it's a very affordable look. Check under the image for a list of all the products used...

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Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation

Benefit Perk Up Artist concealer palette

Benefit Brow Zings brow wax & powder

Make Up Academy The Artiste Collection eyeshadows & highlighting powder

Maybeline brown Gel Eyeliner

Illamasqua Heroin eyeshadow for cheek contouring

Illamasqua Intrique Blusher for highlighting

Illamasqua Medium pencil in Vow

Benefit Hoola Bronzing powder

Benefit Blushing Bride blusher

Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara

Bourjois Added Volume Lashes

Duo Lash Glue

Mystic Lipstick by Sleek Make UP