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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