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.

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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Look of the day... Inspired by Leigh Lezarck

Hello lovely readers! I was flicking through Company magazine today and was struck by how gorgeous & totally hot Leigh Lezark looked on the cover. Don't you agree?

I love her sultry, bronzy eyes, contoured cheeks and pink lips so thought I'd create a version of it for my look today. 

Image courtesy of http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/company-magazines-cover-star-leigh-lezark-130400454.html

First, I thought I'd show a pic of me with no make up on for reference. Not a very pretty sight but good to see what a difference a bit of make up makes eh?!

I love the eye make up look but wasn't sure about the pink lips, I think a slightly different shade would have looked better on me but just as I went to change the colour a friend arrived with her toddler in tow to play with my little monster, Molly.

I love the eye make up look but wasn't sure about the pink lips, I think a slightly different shade would have looked better on me but just as I went to change the colour a friend arrived with her toddler in tow to play with my little monster, Molly.

As we were sipping our tea and munching on biscuits, I thought I'd best take the lippy off. Plus, I felt a bit over dressed to be honest. Pink lip removed, I preferred the look with nude lips so when our visitors left I ran upstairs to add a pink lip balm I got a while back from Clinique (Pudgey Peony Chubby Stick) and I love it. What do you think?

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