Autumn Party Eyes

So I was playing around with my Mac palette and came up with this autumn night out look, hope you like it :)

Products Used:
Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake - Gaze
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Mac Eye shadows - Blanc Type, Mythology, Cork, Naked Lunch
Matte Black from Sleek Storm Palette
Illamasqua Precision Ink - Abyss
Chanel Water proof kohl liner - Black
Rimmel Scandal eyes Mascara - Black
Kiss False Lashes

1. Outline eyebrows then fill in with an angled brush.
2. Apply primer all over the eye lid.
3. Apply Blanc Type to the brow bone for a highlight.
4. Apply Mythology to the lid and blend the edges.
5. Apply matte black eyeshadow to the outer corner of the eye and blend using a fluffy brush with Cork eyeshadow.
6. Continue to apply black and blend out until you get the intensity you want.
7. Apply naked lunch to the tear duct area.
8. Take the matte black under the lash line then apply black kohl liner to the water line.
9. Apply liquid liner to the upper lash line and wing out.
10. Apply mascara to top and bottom lashes and then apply false lashes to complete the look :)

This is a quick and simple look I'd wear to a party or a night out, to make it more wearable change the matte black to a brown, use a brown kohl liner such as Mac Teddy and remove the false lashes.

I have a question for you guys, I'm having a hard time getting good pictures if my make-up. They just never seem to show how it looks in person, any tips? 

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Bitch Slap Cosmetics Pigments

For a while now I've been looking to add some loose pigments to my make-up collection and when someone mentioned Bitch Slap Cosmetics to me I was intrigued first off because of the colourful (and extremely random!) names for their products, these aren't names you'll be repeating to your granny! The second thing that attracted me was the price! At £4.99 a pigment I thought why not? So I bought a couple to give a try and I was pleasantly surprised when they came.

It took a little over a week for my package to come, which is does state on the website could happen if an item is out of stock so this wasn't a problem for me. I had ordered 3 pigments and a sample of another which including shipping cost me £23.82. The packaging is so different and edgy, I warn you that the names and packaging could offend some people but I think it's something fresh and a bit different and personally some of the names gave me a good laugh and I enjoy the brand as a whole. Whether or not you like the names and packaging though is irrelevant when the pigments are so beautiful and pigmented, they were just as they were described on the website and for £4.99 each, they are such bargain! 

Left to Right(first picture) - Fuck My Boss(haha), Thick Bitch By Chanel, 18K Bitch

So there you have an example of the colour names I mentioned! Fuck My Boss is genuinely the goldest gold I've ever seen, its amazing! Thick Bitch By Chanel is such a nice black with the slightest amount of shimmer but could almost pass as matte, it blends beautifully and is just a great pigment to have in your collection. 18K Bitch is a beautiful peachy champagne shimmer colour which looks beautiful as a highlight in the inner corner of the eye or the brow bone.

(Applied Wet) L - R: 18K Bitch, Fuck My Boss, Thick Bitch By Chanel

A little goes a long way so they will last you such a long time, I honestly can't speak highly enough of these pigments! I will definitely be adding more to my collection on pay day (which is slowly dragging in...).

See all the Bitch Slap Cosmetics products here

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Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow

I have been loving Maybelline recently! On one of my many trips to boots I came across the Maybelline Colour Tattoo 24hr Eye shadows I thought I'd pick some up after reading many good things about them.

The three are picked up were Eternal Gold, On and on Bronze and Pink Gold. I have been loving these cream shadows! They have a great colour pay off and act as an excellent base but also look beautiful on their own and because they are long lasting they barely crease on the eye, not at all if you place an eyeshadow over the top. They have great staying power and will definitely make your eyeshadow last a lot longer, I can't say I've worn them for 24 hours so I don't know how accurate that claim is but they definitely last 6-8 hours without creasing, they go on smoothly and are easily blended out, they are very similar to MAC Paint Pots but at a third of the price at only £4.99 they are a great thing to have in your collection!

(Left to Right in natural day light) Eternal Gold, On and on Bronze, Pink Gold) 

All of the colours have a beautiful shimmer to them, Eternal Gold and On and On Bronze are definitely my 2 favourites as these are so wearable and are colours that I wear regularly. Pink Gold is also a beautiful colour but just isn't a colour I wear often although I'm trying to use it more often!

What are your thoughts on the Maybelline Colour Tattoos? What are your favourite colours?

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Plum Smokey Eye Using Illamasqua Kit

For those of you who seen my Illamasqua Kit post and were interested to see how the products were I thought I'd do a full make-up look using Illamasqua products from the kit where I could, enjoy :)

The look is a very simple neutral face with a dark plum smokey eye. I liked this look a lot and really enjoyed using the Illamasqua products especially the foundation which made my skin look flawless, the eye shadows were a dream to blend and I LOVED the lipstick and gloss combo! I couldn't use all Illamasqua products as there were somethings not included in the kit so I substituted.

Products used:

Illamasqua Hydra Veil

Illamasqua Skin Base 08

Collection Concealer - Medium

Rimmel Stay Matte Setting Powder - Translucent

Sleek Contour Kit - Medium

Illamasqua Blush - Tremble

Illamasqua Complement Palette

Illamasqua Precision Ink - Abyss

Mac Kohl Liner - Smolder

Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake - Gaze

Illamasqua Lipstick - Test 

Illamasqua Lip gloss - Intimacy

Maybelline Falsies Mascara 

Kiss Haute Couture False Lashes

1. To prime the skin apply Illamasqua Hydra Veil and then with a buffing brush apply Illamasqua skin base for a flawless finish.
2. Apply the lightest colour in the Illamasqua Complement Palette in the inner corner of the eyelid then take the matte plum colour directly bellow and apply to the rest of the lid and blend the two colours together.
3. Take the darkest plum colour in the palette and apply to the outer corner of the eye and blend to create a smokey eye effect, keep applying and blending until you get the intensity that you want.
4. Using a small pencil brush take the darkest shade under the eye close to the lash line.
5. Apply Illamasqua Precision Ink to the top lash line and create a winged line.
6. Take Mac Smolder along the water line and tight line for a really dark look, smudge along the bottom lash line as well with a cotton bud.
7. Apply False lashes to finish the eyes.
8. There shouldn't be much fall out but if there is clean it up with a make-up wipe and then take Collection Concealer under the eyes and I used my buffing brush to blend this, then apply on to any blemishes and blend in with your finger lightly.
9. Use Rimmel Stay matte with a large powder brush to set the foundation and concealer.
10. Using your favourite brush for contour take the Sleek Contour Kit and apply under the cheek bones and to the temples, I then take a light dusting of the contour colour on a large powder brush over the rest of the face to blend everything together and to add a bit more colour to the face.
11. Apply Illamasqua Blusher in Tremble to the cheeks just above where you put the contour colour.
12. Fill in eyebrows using an angled brush and Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake in Gaze.
13. To finish off apply Illamasqua lipstick in Test and go over with their lip gloss in Intimacy.

What are your favourite Illamasqua products? 

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Soft Cut Crease with Mac Glitter Reflects Antique Gold

This look was so easy to do but looks so beautiful and eye catching especially for a night out. I've this Mac glitter for so long but hadn't put it to good use yet so today I seen it sitting and decided to come up with a look where I could use it, hope you all like :)

Products Used:

Boots No.7 Gel Liner - Black

Urban Decay Naked Palette 

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Cream Shadow - And On Bronze

Mac Glitter - Reflects Antique Gold

Illamasqua Precision Ink - Abyss

Maybelline Falsies Mascara

Kiss Haute Couture False Lashes

Maybelline Eye Studio Master Shape Brow Pencil - Soft Brown

Illamasqua Brow Cake - Gaze

1. Create a cut create using No.7 Gel Liner and a fine liner brush.
2. Using a small brush blend the top line of the cut crease, I used the Mac 239 brush.
3. Using the same brush apply Dark Horse from the Naked Palette to the top of the cut crease and blend upwards with a fluffy brush.
4. Using a clean 239 brush or any flat brush apply Maybelline Colour Tattoo Cream Shadow in And on Bronze to the lid making sure it doesn't go over the cut crease line.
5. Using the same brush take the Reflects Antiqued Gold and pat over the cream shadow.
6. To create the sharp line on the outer corner of the eye I used a make-up wipe around the edge of my nail to clean up the area.
7. Using Illamasqua Precision Ink create a winged liner making sure the winged part of the liner is in line with the edge of your shadow.
8. Apply a coat of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.
9. Fill in your brows and add Virgin from the Naked Palette to highlight the brow bone.
10. To finish the look add your favourite false lashes and voila! The Look  is done :)

Please tell me if you tried this look and how you got on :)

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Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil

I've made a recent discovery that I have to share with anyone that will listen! Last week I was in town and decided I couldn't wait any longer to get my eyebrows waxed, after the waxing I was left with bare brows and nothing to fill them back in so feeling naked without my brows I ran into boots and picked up the Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil needing a cheap quick fix, not expecting much from it as I'm not much of a pencil fan (I was more of a powder and brush girl) and it was so cheap! But boy was I wrong, this pencil has quickly become my favourite way to fill in my brows!

Maybelline describes this pencil as being made from natural wax and containing subtle colour pigments. It is the wax in this pencil that made it stand out for me as it holds my brows in place as well as creating a defined look without looking too dark and dramatic which was why I never used brow pencils before. I find that because it is made of wax it creates a much softer natural look and the mascara spoolie on the end comes in handy to brush the wax through all the hairs into place. The master shape brow pencil is pretty long wearing, it'll last me a full day at college or work however if I'm going out for a night out where I'll be dancing (and sweating!) I'll set it with a powder from the HD brow palette to keep it in place that extra wee bit longer but at only £2.99 its a complete bargain! My only complaints with it are that there's only 2 colours in the range and that the wax goes down very quickly so I have to sharpen it after every use but this isn't a major problem as it was pretty cheap and the pros completely out weigh the cons!

Boots are currently doing a buy one get one half price deal so go check them out!

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Black Cut Crease

Hey guys,
Just a quick post here showing you the look I created after doing the winged liner for my previous post I got a bit carried away with my liner brush and ended up with this...

I quite enjoyed this look and decided to share it with you guys :)

To create this look, starting with winged liner already on I used my Zoeva Winged Liner brush to cut the crease and then blended upwards with some black eyeshadow. I then applied two sets of lashes on the upper lash line and cut up another set of lashes and stuck them to the lower lash line in small sections. A very easy look to do and also wearable, remove the bottom lashes and you have a great party look!

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Winged Liner: Zoeva Winged Liner Brush

Hey guys,

As a lover of eyeliner I'm always looking for brushes and products to make the deathly chore a bit easier and I seem to have stumbled upon a brush that does just that! For whatever reason the Zoeva Winged Liner brush (Zoeva Haul Post) does the job in half the time of any of my other brushes. It is not some revolutionary shape of brush and doesn’t have magical bristles that apply liner in one quick stroke, however I think it is because of how thin the brush is so you can build up the thickness of the line instead of starting with a thick line and ending up with liner all over your eyelid. The size of the brush head also helps as it is not as small as say the MAC angled brush, so it creates long thin lines instead of short stubby ones. It doesn’t make doing winged liner completely mistake proof (I think that comes with many, many years of practise!) however it has recently become my go-to eyeliner brush. Here are my favourite ways to wear winged liner using No.7 gel liner in black, enjoy...

(Ignore unplucked brows!)

 My favourite way to wear eyeliner is with a bright lipstick, above I wore MAC Morange. I love this look espeically for summer :)

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Peachy Keen!

Hey Guys,
Since I had a day off this morning I decided I was going to create some more make-up looks for y'all! While looking through my kit I found a palette I completely forgot I had. I discovered this palette in college during a fantasy look assessment, I was finding that the colours I had weren't vibrant enough for the colourful look I was going for and my friend gave me her palette to use. It was a god send, the colours were perfect for my look and so bright! When she told me where it was from and the price I couldn't believe it, the palette is from a brand I've never heard of 'Technic', it can be bought in Bodycare and cost around £3.99, so I obviously went out and bought my own. But until now I hadn't even taken it out the wrapper ha! So when I found it this morning I thought I'd try a wearable look using it. 

 As you can see not exactly the most wearable colours! But anyways on to the look, this is a very versatile look you could change the black gel liner to brown pencil for a very wearable daytime look, add lashes for a park look. As it is I'd wear this look out for lunch or dinner, somewhere I would want to make an effort for but not look too done up :)

1. Take the pinky/peachy colour from the palette (top row 2nd from left) and apply to the inner corner of the eye.
2. Taking the champagne colour directly bellow, apply to the rest of the lid and blend the two together.
3. Taking Smog from the Urban Decay Naked palette, apply the the outer corner and blend.
4. To create more definition place Darkhorse from the same Urban Decay palette in the very outer V of the eye and blend with a clean brush. Keep blending until you are happy with the colour and intensity.
5. Taking a black gel liner create a winged line on the upper lash line.
6. Take Half Baked 3/4 along the lower lash line and then Darkhorse along the final quarter of the lower lash line.
7. Line the water line with flesh coloured kohl pencil (I used Rimmel Scandal Eyes in the colour Nude).
8.Apply your favourite mascara, fill your brows in and the eyes are done!

For the lips I used a combination of MAC Creme D'Nude with Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya over the top for a peachy nude colour.

Hope you enjoyed this look! I will share any other looks I can come up with using this palette :)

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MAKE-UP LOOK: Purple Party Eyes

Hey Guys,
Very nervous about posting my first make-up look! I Didn't know how much effort was involved in creating a make-up look and then capturing it accurately on camera, it took me a long time to get pictures I was pleased with but here is the finished look followed by a simple step by step, enjoy :)

1. Apply MAC Phoolf! to inner corner of the eye and the brow bone.
2. Apply Hustle from the Urban Decay Naked palette all over the lid and blend the edges.
3.Apply Creep from the same palette to outer corner and blend, continue to apply and blend until you are happy with the colour.
4. Using any black gel liner (I used No.7) line upper lash line creating a flick at the end.
5. Using any black kohl liner (I used MAC smoulder) line water and tight line.
6. Apply mascara to top and bottom lashes, once dry apply your favourite lashes.
7. Once the glue is dry go back over your top lash line to cover the lash seem.
8. Fill in eyebrows go back over your highlights and tah-dah!

For the lips I applied Lime Crime Babette which is a beautiful nude that won't take any attention away from the eyes.

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