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.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Flicky Flick
Okie so everyone loves a good cat eye every now and then. It's really easy to just sweep a line of black eyeliner across your lid and extend it out slightly further than the eye. For this intensive blog I will draw pictures to show what I mean and explain better the processes and different techniques you can use! Getting the right 'flick' is all about eyeshape! The first point a lot of people miss is the angle of the flick is important. Look at your eye shape. 
Do you have 'normal' shaped eyes? If you do you, the best line to follow is about 30 degrees. You do not have to extend the line to any extent. You can have barely any flick or a long one! It's totally up to you. 
If you have an eye with nearly a complete level tear duct then go for a low angled flick. This helps to elongate the eye making the appearance of bigger eyes.
If you have particularly downward facing tear ducts you are able to draw a high line. This makes for the most cat eye appearance and you can get away with lower lines if you wish due to the downward angle of your tear duct.
The one thing you need to be careful of when choosing to do eyeliner is to make sure you do not over draw. If you have hooded eyes it is really easy to make your eyes look strange by having a line like the picture above. You can see one of the lid and most is covered by liner, this seems to make the eye look disconnected.
You can even use colour. Having a light green with a dark green eyeliner can look really nice. Or try just black eyeliner with a bright eye colour! Either way you can get some great new looks to wear out either day to day or on special occasions. It's all up to you!
SAVE!
Sleek make up - Liquid Eyeliner in Dip It Black - £2.99 (Superdrug)
Barry M - Liquid Eyeliner in Black - £4.50
Rimmel - Exaggerate Liquid Eyeliner in Black- £4.99
SPLURGE!
MAC - Penultimate Eye Liner in Rapid Black - £13.50
MAC - Liquid Eye Liner in Boot Black - £13.50
Lots of brands do many colours Barry M do a variety of colours and you can find eyeliners such as StayPerfect™ from No.7 for £8.50. These take a bit to get off but they stay put when applied so for nights where you may not be able to take your make up off till the next morning and still want to look nice then this is great!
All of this is my personal opinion, and I find the No.7 StayPerfect™ better than the MAC one and they have very similar colours.
Try a few and find your preference.
Remember! These are just tips! It is your decision if you wish to follow them!
Do you have 'normal' shaped eyes? If you do you, the best line to follow is about 30 degrees. You do not have to extend the line to any extent. You can have barely any flick or a long one! It's totally up to you. 
If you have an eye with nearly a complete level tear duct then go for a low angled flick. This helps to elongate the eye making the appearance of bigger eyes.
If you have particularly downward facing tear ducts you are able to draw a high line. This makes for the most cat eye appearance and you can get away with lower lines if you wish due to the downward angle of your tear duct.
The one thing you need to be careful of when choosing to do eyeliner is to make sure you do not over draw. If you have hooded eyes it is really easy to make your eyes look strange by having a line like the picture above. You can see one of the lid and most is covered by liner, this seems to make the eye look disconnected.
You can even use colour. Having a light green with a dark green eyeliner can look really nice. Or try just black eyeliner with a bright eye colour! Either way you can get some great new looks to wear out either day to day or on special occasions. It's all up to you!
SAVE!
Sleek make up - Liquid Eyeliner in Dip It Black - £2.99 (Superdrug)
Barry M - Liquid Eyeliner in Black - £4.50
Rimmel - Exaggerate Liquid Eyeliner in Black- £4.99
SPLURGE!
MAC - Penultimate Eye Liner in Rapid Black - £13.50
MAC - Liquid Eye Liner in Boot Black - £13.50
Lots of brands do many colours Barry M do a variety of colours and you can find eyeliners such as StayPerfect™ from No.7 for £8.50. These take a bit to get off but they stay put when applied so for nights where you may not be able to take your make up off till the next morning and still want to look nice then this is great!
All of this is my personal opinion, and I find the No.7 StayPerfect™ better than the MAC one and they have very similar colours.
Try a few and find your preference.
Remember! These are just tips! It is your decision if you wish to follow them!
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Sensible Costs, Awesome Looks!
I'm currently a uni student so I don't have a lot of money, like us all! So, I follow a philosophy for cosmetics.
Don't compromise one product for another.
If you know something is good, for example I love the shadestick, I would spend on that and be happy for a long time, whereas I may find a cheaper one, find it's rubbish and buy a more expensive one after, meaning I've spent more money! But for example, if I want some bright colours I don't head straight for the MAC desk, I consider a few things:
There is one product I religiously buy over all. My Chanel blusher. It's actually a bronzer, but I love it!! I use brown blusher because A. I'm not the most girliest of people and B. It suits my skin tone! It costs me a whopping £22.50 for one hit! However, It lasts me more than a year! I've had my current one since Christmas 2008 and it's not even through to the metal yet!! I've bought cheaper blushers and they're not pressed as much and last me a month tops, so... in the long term I'm probably saving ... *does some maths* If I spend £5 and it's been 14 months... I'd have spent £70!!! So it saves me masses of money! £50 so far and I'm probably not half way through it!!
So anyway, after that massive babble! Sometimes, to spend is to save! it's not true for all things... eyeliners will last you as long as any other eyeliner. If you're wanting a soft kohl a great company to go for is Rimmel, it's not that expensive and I use all of them, from their average pencil one to their plastic cased 'exaggerate' which comes with a little blender and sharpener ^_^. Neither are more than £8.
Tip of the day: Use Rimmel eyeliners in 'Black Magic' for under the eye for a less harsh look (than jet black) when you want under eye eyeliner!
Don't compromise one product for another.
If you know something is good, for example I love the shadestick, I would spend on that and be happy for a long time, whereas I may find a cheaper one, find it's rubbish and buy a more expensive one after, meaning I've spent more money! But for example, if I want some bright colours I don't head straight for the MAC desk, I consider a few things:
- Have I used this product before (Am I experimenting?)?
- Will it be used a lot?
- Do I know I like it? (colours look different on skin than they do in the pot!)
- Do I NEED it? (haha, that's probably no to all of it but you know what I mean! Is it essential... like a mascara?)
- Is the expensive one the best product and irreplaceable? (Can I buy a similar product elsewhere for less without feeling less happy about it?)
There is one product I religiously buy over all. My Chanel blusher. It's actually a bronzer, but I love it!! I use brown blusher because A. I'm not the most girliest of people and B. It suits my skin tone! It costs me a whopping £22.50 for one hit! However, It lasts me more than a year! I've had my current one since Christmas 2008 and it's not even through to the metal yet!! I've bought cheaper blushers and they're not pressed as much and last me a month tops, so... in the long term I'm probably saving ... *does some maths* If I spend £5 and it's been 14 months... I'd have spent £70!!! So it saves me masses of money! £50 so far and I'm probably not half way through it!!
So anyway, after that massive babble! Sometimes, to spend is to save! it's not true for all things... eyeliners will last you as long as any other eyeliner. If you're wanting a soft kohl a great company to go for is Rimmel, it's not that expensive and I use all of them, from their average pencil one to their plastic cased 'exaggerate' which comes with a little blender and sharpener ^_^. Neither are more than £8.
Tip of the day: Use Rimmel eyeliners in 'Black Magic' for under the eye for a less harsh look (than jet black) when you want under eye eyeliner!
Your eyes look smoking!
Haha, so ignore the cheesy title!
Something everyone seems to find desirable is smokey eyes! I hear so many people talking about how that girl looks awesome or this girl looks awesome but it wouldn't suit her.
This is total myth!!
Smokey eyes can be for everyone! It just depends on your skin tone and the colours you use!
Smokey eyes DOES NOT limit to just using black and browns. You can use a variety of colours! From pink to green, it's just different tones.
Here's
a green example, I quite like this. It goes well with her cool skin tone, you can easily adapt looks to suit you, so for example the 'smokeyness' of this example is not that extreme, if you want it darker use more dark! It's really that simple! To create a good smokey eye always use more than one tone of a colour, or a colour with black/brown (becareful what you put with brown!). This one has no 'flick' it just follows the shape of her eye socket. It's up to you what you choose to do. I find this works well with people who don't have a downward tear duct!
There's a variety of smokey eye designs. You can have flicks or follow the eye socket as I have said. You can place shadow only on the eyelid or you can follow your bottom waterline (Cheryl Cole does this a lot to give an even darker effect).
If you use colour, for example if you are a cool skinned person and use peach and browns to get your smokey eye you can then line the lid with a brown eyeliner to give definition and consolidate the look.
Dark skinned people can get away with nearly every colour of the spectrum!! Experiment a little with the colours you didn't think would work, you might be pleasantly surprised!
As many tips as I give you, the best advice I can give is to experiment! Have a girly night in with a film and your make-up bag! Buy a packet of facial wipes so you can quickly take off and reapply! You don't need to bother with foundation etc if you don't want. If you're simply finding colours that suit you can do this without foundation it will still look good if it suits you and no one's going to see you!
If you're desperate for the black smokey eye I have tryed SO MANY different eyeshadows in black, I find some of them can be badly pigmented and no matter how many times you go over the same spot that black eyeshadow looks grey and cloudy at best! A few of my favourite black eyeshadows include:
SPLURGE!
MAC - Eye shadow in Black Tied - £11 or £9 for refill pan for pro palette
SAVE!
Rimmel - Colour Rush in Jet Black - Around £5
For smokey eyes you're going to be packing on the colour! I seriously advise getting an eye primer so that the colour can stick to it. For a long time I would put up with looking a bit worse for wear by the end of the night just so my eyes would look amazing at the beginning! I bought a shadestick from MAC (£13) and I've never looked back! It's amazing how much this really does help but it does. There are a variety of primers, the shadestick comes in a variety of colours but I use beige-ing so it works with all my looks! Urban decay also do a really good primer which a lot of people shout about. That's around £13 too. There are cheaper primers you can get, one I saw the other day is available from MeMeMe cosmetics (available at Superdrug stores) which was only £7. I don't know how good this one is though!
So I hope this helped! Ask any questions as always and I'll get back to you either privately or by posting it as a new entry on the blog! If you want it private please tell me or it could be published!!
As always, all pictures are credited to their original sources and the pictures in this post are NOT my own. They are used only, for illustrating my explanations and reuse of this picture is not permitted.
Something everyone seems to find desirable is smokey eyes! I hear so many people talking about how that girl looks awesome or this girl looks awesome but it wouldn't suit her.
This is total myth!!
Smokey eyes can be for everyone! It just depends on your skin tone and the colours you use!
Smokey eyes DOES NOT limit to just using black and browns. You can use a variety of colours! From pink to green, it's just different tones.
Here's
a green example, I quite like this. It goes well with her cool skin tone, you can easily adapt looks to suit you, so for example the 'smokeyness' of this example is not that extreme, if you want it darker use more dark! It's really that simple! To create a good smokey eye always use more than one tone of a colour, or a colour with black/brown (becareful what you put with brown!). This one has no 'flick' it just follows the shape of her eye socket. It's up to you what you choose to do. I find this works well with people who don't have a downward tear duct!There's a variety of smokey eye designs. You can have flicks or follow the eye socket as I have said. You can place shadow only on the eyelid or you can follow your bottom waterline (Cheryl Cole does this a lot to give an even darker effect).
If you use colour, for example if you are a cool skinned person and use peach and browns to get your smokey eye you can then line the lid with a brown eyeliner to give definition and consolidate the look.
Dark skinned people can get away with nearly every colour of the spectrum!! Experiment a little with the colours you didn't think would work, you might be pleasantly surprised!
As many tips as I give you, the best advice I can give is to experiment! Have a girly night in with a film and your make-up bag! Buy a packet of facial wipes so you can quickly take off and reapply! You don't need to bother with foundation etc if you don't want. If you're simply finding colours that suit you can do this without foundation it will still look good if it suits you and no one's going to see you!
If you're desperate for the black smokey eye I have tryed SO MANY different eyeshadows in black, I find some of them can be badly pigmented and no matter how many times you go over the same spot that black eyeshadow looks grey and cloudy at best! A few of my favourite black eyeshadows include:
SPLURGE!
MAC - Eye shadow in Black Tied - £11 or £9 for refill pan for pro palette
SAVE!
Rimmel - Colour Rush in Jet Black - Around £5
For smokey eyes you're going to be packing on the colour! I seriously advise getting an eye primer so that the colour can stick to it. For a long time I would put up with looking a bit worse for wear by the end of the night just so my eyes would look amazing at the beginning! I bought a shadestick from MAC (£13) and I've never looked back! It's amazing how much this really does help but it does. There are a variety of primers, the shadestick comes in a variety of colours but I use beige-ing so it works with all my looks! Urban decay also do a really good primer which a lot of people shout about. That's around £13 too. There are cheaper primers you can get, one I saw the other day is available from MeMeMe cosmetics (available at Superdrug stores) which was only £7. I don't know how good this one is though!
So I hope this helped! Ask any questions as always and I'll get back to you either privately or by posting it as a new entry on the blog! If you want it private please tell me or it could be published!!
As always, all pictures are credited to their original sources and the pictures in this post are NOT my own. They are used only, for illustrating my explanations and reuse of this picture is not permitted.
Hey!
Okie so this is my first entry for this new blog I've set up. I hope you enjoy it!
I'm going to work towards linking to youtube videos that I think are good, talking about new products from all sorts of brands such as designer to high street brands, so they'll be something for everyone.
I'll give tips for a variety of different people and make sure that you can get the most of it =]
If you wish to send me an email asking or requesting something go ahead and I will post the answer as a blog entry or if you would like it to be confidential I can also do that!
I'm currently studying to gain a diploma in make-up artistry to back up my experience but I think everyone knows, from being exposed to people through the internet that you don't need qualifications to be amazing at make-up artistry =D
I hope you like the blog! Send me your comments
I'm going to work towards linking to youtube videos that I think are good, talking about new products from all sorts of brands such as designer to high street brands, so they'll be something for everyone.
I'll give tips for a variety of different people and make sure that you can get the most of it =]
If you wish to send me an email asking or requesting something go ahead and I will post the answer as a blog entry or if you would like it to be confidential I can also do that!
I'm currently studying to gain a diploma in make-up artistry to back up my experience but I think everyone knows, from being exposed to people through the internet that you don't need qualifications to be amazing at make-up artistry =D
I hope you like the blog! Send me your comments
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