Okay so yesterday I bought my second Shadestick and tried it out that night. I bought Sharkskin and already owned Beijing.
They are fantastic products! Just as effective as a primer they help your eyeshadow stick to your skin and then intensify the colours in your eyeshadow! I used Mac Deep Truth with Sharkskin and I must say it looked absolutely amazing!!
I really recommend these products if you consider getting a primer for the eyes as this is just as good if not better!!
They go on smooth and are a waxy substance but not sticky. give a gorgeous look and are really flattering.
They retail at about £13 which is no more or less than most quality primers and with different shades to collect primers have never been so fun!
Enjoy trying this product!
Nikki xxx
Friday, 3 September 2010
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Make-Up for Everyday!
Okay, so I thought I'd do a blog on this little issue that a lot of people seem to have.
Getting an everyday look that effective, sexy and not over powering can be really hard!! Some people find they don't want to wear any make-up and some decide they want to wear a full face with dark smokey eyes. I find that most people are happy with a fairly neutral face so this is what I'm going to explain today!!
So in everyone's make-up bag will be some foundation, powder, concealer (Optional in the day!), eyeliner, brow liner, blusher and of course some lovely mascara and gloss!!
These things are generally enough for a neutral look in the day!
Okie so you'll want to start with your foundation, apply this well but you don't need a lot, the sunlight is really flattering for our faces =] especially when it hides behind a fluffy white cloud!! Okie so once you have done this you'll want to brush over your face with some powder if you wish. (Of course before all this you can apply some concealer under your eyes and on any red areas of your face if you would like, I always put concealer on first because I feel it gives me a more even look than when I apply it after my foundation).
Next you'll want to apply your blusher in the way you like. I sometimes use a little shimmer on my cheeks to highlight my cheekbones as they barely exist!!
After this you could find a neutral eyeshadow and then an eyeshadow a few shades darker than your skin tone. the lighter shade can be applied to the lid and then the darker in the crease of your eyelid and a little above, making sure it is thoroughly blended.
You can apply a stroke of eyeliner, if you wish and then mascara. The look can be finished here with a little lip balm or you could put on your favourite gloss.
Either way you've created a lovely neutral look that you can wear everyday! Just don't forget that you can jazz it up in the evenings with smokey eyes etc it doesn't always have to be neutral!!
Tip of the day: If you know you'll be out from day to night take some eyeshadow, powder and lipstick to refresh the look. I have in the past taken some bright pink lipstick with me so that I can glamour my face up and Benefit's bad gal eyeliner and smudged it to create a quick evening look that didn't take me hours!
=] I hope you like this look and enjoy doing it!!
(Sorry I would have uploaded a picture but my computer was being silly!!)
Getting an everyday look that effective, sexy and not over powering can be really hard!! Some people find they don't want to wear any make-up and some decide they want to wear a full face with dark smokey eyes. I find that most people are happy with a fairly neutral face so this is what I'm going to explain today!!
So in everyone's make-up bag will be some foundation, powder, concealer (Optional in the day!), eyeliner, brow liner, blusher and of course some lovely mascara and gloss!!
These things are generally enough for a neutral look in the day!
Okie so you'll want to start with your foundation, apply this well but you don't need a lot, the sunlight is really flattering for our faces =] especially when it hides behind a fluffy white cloud!! Okie so once you have done this you'll want to brush over your face with some powder if you wish. (Of course before all this you can apply some concealer under your eyes and on any red areas of your face if you would like, I always put concealer on first because I feel it gives me a more even look than when I apply it after my foundation).
Next you'll want to apply your blusher in the way you like. I sometimes use a little shimmer on my cheeks to highlight my cheekbones as they barely exist!!
After this you could find a neutral eyeshadow and then an eyeshadow a few shades darker than your skin tone. the lighter shade can be applied to the lid and then the darker in the crease of your eyelid and a little above, making sure it is thoroughly blended.
You can apply a stroke of eyeliner, if you wish and then mascara. The look can be finished here with a little lip balm or you could put on your favourite gloss.
Either way you've created a lovely neutral look that you can wear everyday! Just don't forget that you can jazz it up in the evenings with smokey eyes etc it doesn't always have to be neutral!!
Tip of the day: If you know you'll be out from day to night take some eyeshadow, powder and lipstick to refresh the look. I have in the past taken some bright pink lipstick with me so that I can glamour my face up and Benefit's bad gal eyeliner and smudged it to create a quick evening look that didn't take me hours!
=] I hope you like this look and enjoy doing it!!
(Sorry I would have uploaded a picture but my computer was being silly!!)
Monday, 12 April 2010
Blushing Cheeks for Flourishing Spring!
Wow, okay this took me a little long, but it's been Easter and I've been doing uni work, wait... no I haven't. I've been lounging around. Ah wells.
Here we go!
So all the magazines are talking about how blusher is the 'thing' for Spring/Summer 2010. So here's a little article to get you going towards gorgeous rosy cheeks for this season!
You first need to realise where your cheek bones are. Some people have high cheek bones, some people have low cheekbones. I, personally am not sure if I have any at all! Haha. But anyway. Give a smile in the mirror and see where the peachy bits are of your cheeks. This is the part you want to hit when you are creating the perfectly blushed cheek!
Here's a picture of Dita Von Teese.
So, I've drawn an arrow to show the direction of her blusher. She has high cheek bones so her blusher starts quite high but the 'apples' of her cheeks come quite low, so she does her blushed drawn towards her mouth but finishing just by the 'laugh lines' would be.
It's a really simple look to do.
When applying blusher make sure to tap the brush on the side of your table, or even off the side of your hand to get rid of excess. It's much better to built up blusher than it is to create an obvious blush, and then try to blend it in. It won't look as good.
So I hope this helps, I was going to create a load of my own pictures for this article but I can't find the clip for my tripod, and my hands are super shaky today!
Should you need a new blusher decide whether you're a cool or warm skin tone. Place a baby pink item next to your face in a mirror and a peachy, bronze colour and see which compliments your skin tone best. Then go for either a pink or brown blusher depending on whether you're cool or warm.
A great blusher is from Chanel at around £22 They do a great variety. I personally use their moisturising bronzing powder, it's a great brown tone for me! This is £22.50 from what I remember and is available from nearly all department stores!
As always, pictures are of the owners, and you can contact me via comment or email if you have any questions about this article or any previously or after!!
Here we go!
So all the magazines are talking about how blusher is the 'thing' for Spring/Summer 2010. So here's a little article to get you going towards gorgeous rosy cheeks for this season!
You first need to realise where your cheek bones are. Some people have high cheek bones, some people have low cheekbones. I, personally am not sure if I have any at all! Haha. But anyway. Give a smile in the mirror and see where the peachy bits are of your cheeks. This is the part you want to hit when you are creating the perfectly blushed cheek!
Here's a picture of Dita Von Teese.
So, I've drawn an arrow to show the direction of her blusher. She has high cheek bones so her blusher starts quite high but the 'apples' of her cheeks come quite low, so she does her blushed drawn towards her mouth but finishing just by the 'laugh lines' would be.
It's a really simple look to do.
When applying blusher make sure to tap the brush on the side of your table, or even off the side of your hand to get rid of excess. It's much better to built up blusher than it is to create an obvious blush, and then try to blend it in. It won't look as good.
So I hope this helps, I was going to create a load of my own pictures for this article but I can't find the clip for my tripod, and my hands are super shaky today!
Should you need a new blusher decide whether you're a cool or warm skin tone. Place a baby pink item next to your face in a mirror and a peachy, bronze colour and see which compliments your skin tone best. Then go for either a pink or brown blusher depending on whether you're cool or warm.
A great blusher is from Chanel at around £22 They do a great variety. I personally use their moisturising bronzing powder, it's a great brown tone for me! This is £22.50 from what I remember and is available from nearly all department stores!
As always, pictures are of the owners, and you can contact me via comment or email if you have any questions about this article or any previously or after!!
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Eyeko Make-Up
AH! Just a little side note!
I've just been exposed to Eyeko make up! The range is really small but they have some great little bits and bobs!
The magic eyeliner allows you to use ANY eyeshadow in your make-up collection and turn it into an eyeliner!! Something I've always dreamed about! Their prices are really good and for just a little treat I think this company is the way to go!
Also!
Quote this number at Checkout and get a free gift! E8263
http://www.eyeko.com/
Enjoy!
I've just been exposed to Eyeko make up! The range is really small but they have some great little bits and bobs!
The magic eyeliner allows you to use ANY eyeshadow in your make-up collection and turn it into an eyeliner!! Something I've always dreamed about! Their prices are really good and for just a little treat I think this company is the way to go!
Also!
Quote this number at Checkout and get a free gift! E8263
http://www.eyeko.com/
Enjoy!
Cheeks of Blush
Okie so apparently blusher is going to be big this S/S 2010. So make sure you've got it stocked up!!!
I'm going to do a real indepth look at blusher with some exaggerated photographs to help explain what I mean! I saw a recent news article, which explained how some women do their blusher. However, due to it being well blended etc (As you would expect) it wasn't clear what they were explaining through the words and pictures! So I'm going to try and do a little bit better!
However. I'll babble for a bit now!
So many people ask 'What colour of blusher is best for me'. So I'll answer it here!
If you have a cool skin tone, so for example you are porcelain and do not tan. Pinks are generally the way to go!
If you are light skinned but do tan, you can get away with more browny colours.
Medium to Dark skin can get away with either pink or brown. I find brown is more natural, but either works. I saw a very ebony women in Birmingham the other day with beautiful pink blusher on which just seemed to work!! But I've also seen some seriously over tanned girls with pink blusher on and =/ It's not a much better job than the airbrushed pink blusher you get on Barbie Dolls!!
So have a little play around and see what you prefer.
If you want a little glisten when you're going out try finding a very fine body glitter that can be applied to the cheekbones to give a little 'glow' =D I like using it when I go out clubbing to draw a bit of light to the tops of my cheekbones as I don't really have any!!
Hope this helps!
I'll post the full article in a few days!
I'm going to do a real indepth look at blusher with some exaggerated photographs to help explain what I mean! I saw a recent news article, which explained how some women do their blusher. However, due to it being well blended etc (As you would expect) it wasn't clear what they were explaining through the words and pictures! So I'm going to try and do a little bit better!
However. I'll babble for a bit now!
So many people ask 'What colour of blusher is best for me'. So I'll answer it here!
If you have a cool skin tone, so for example you are porcelain and do not tan. Pinks are generally the way to go!
If you are light skinned but do tan, you can get away with more browny colours.
Medium to Dark skin can get away with either pink or brown. I find brown is more natural, but either works. I saw a very ebony women in Birmingham the other day with beautiful pink blusher on which just seemed to work!! But I've also seen some seriously over tanned girls with pink blusher on and =/ It's not a much better job than the airbrushed pink blusher you get on Barbie Dolls!!
So have a little play around and see what you prefer.
If you want a little glisten when you're going out try finding a very fine body glitter that can be applied to the cheekbones to give a little 'glow' =D I like using it when I go out clubbing to draw a bit of light to the tops of my cheekbones as I don't really have any!!
Hope this helps!
I'll post the full article in a few days!
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
A Blast of Colour
Colour is either something you use alot or are a bit shy about. It seems people are one way or the other. However, now is the chance to try some new colours!
I came up with a few phunky looks. Remember. Despite all the rubbish about specific colours for specific eye colours or skin tone, generally most people can get away with pretty much any colour providing you use the right tone! Just have confidence in your judgement!
Here's a look I did with pink and black
It really easy to do!
Place some tape along your eye in a very steep angle on the outer edge of the eye. (This makes a sharp line)
Apply a colour of your choice (I chose pink) to the whole of the lid and then a little bit further above the crease and to the edge of the tape.
Then using black or a contrasting colour stroke above the crease, on the colour you've already placed to get a darker edge.
Remove the tape and apply a line of eyeliner if you wish.
Done!
Easy as that!
Make sure you blend them well.
It's great for giving a natural look a bit of edge. So try it with neutral colours or a blast of colour and see what you can come up with!
Catch you later!
I came up with a few phunky looks. Remember. Despite all the rubbish about specific colours for specific eye colours or skin tone, generally most people can get away with pretty much any colour providing you use the right tone! Just have confidence in your judgement!
Here's a look I did with pink and black
It really easy to do!
Place some tape along your eye in a very steep angle on the outer edge of the eye. (This makes a sharp line)
Apply a colour of your choice (I chose pink) to the whole of the lid and then a little bit further above the crease and to the edge of the tape.
Then using black or a contrasting colour stroke above the crease, on the colour you've already placed to get a darker edge.
Remove the tape and apply a line of eyeliner if you wish.
Done!
Easy as that!
Make sure you blend them well.
It's great for giving a natural look a bit of edge. So try it with neutral colours or a blast of colour and see what you can come up with!
Catch you later!
A Little Eyeliner Update
Okie so the spring fashion seems like it's going to be dandy old eyeliner!
To get a natural simple look apply a thick line (Thick is the fashion) of eyeliner to the top lid. Leave the rest of the eye bare, bar some mascara.
If you have dark eyes conseal both the upper and darker lid to give that very natural, even toned skin the celebrities have. Just remember to not over do it!
A very natural but gorgeous look!
Angelina Jolie has been using this look for a while and now it's caught on.
To get a natural simple look apply a thick line (Thick is the fashion) of eyeliner to the top lid. Leave the rest of the eye bare, bar some mascara.
If you have dark eyes conseal both the upper and darker lid to give that very natural, even toned skin the celebrities have. Just remember to not over do it!
A very natural but gorgeous look!
Angelina Jolie has been using this look for a while and now it's caught on.
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