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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