Imagine That *FOTD*

Hi Lovelies!!

I'm here today with a simple make up look! I had found myself stuck in a rut with make up, with very limited time to have fun with it (which is the whole point, right?!) However, I had a day off work and neglected all other responsibilities to have a bit of a play around.
(Please do excuse the photos, I have a new camera that I'm trying to get the hang of!) 

Products Used:

Collection Concealer (1-Fair)

MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NW10)

Collection Shimmer Shades (Way to Glow)

Dainty Doll Cream Blusher (001)

Too Faced Candlelight Glow

L'Oreal Bare Naturale Mineral Powder (Light Ivory)

Benefit High beam

Urban Decay Brow Box (Sugar)

Urban Decay Ammo Palette

Illamasqua Pure Pigment (Alluvium)

MAC Pencil Eyeliner (Black)

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Lush Bubblegum Lipscrub
Illamasqua Lipstick (Corrupt)
MAC Lipstick (Sounds like Noise)

Face

I started off by covering blemishes and red patches with the Collection concealer, blending out with a small brush. I then used a larger brush to apply my foundation and then used my fingers to make sure it was all blended evenly. 

For contouring, I used the Collection Shimmer Shades palette and simply grazed my brush over all of the shades and then blended upwards towards my cheek bones, then lightly dusted powder along my temples and jaw line. (This is supposed to make your cheek bones look more defined...whether this works or not on me, I'm not convinced!) 

To add some colour to the apples of my cheeks, I applied the Dainty Doll cream blusher with my finger tips. To lift my complexion, I used the Too Faced Candle light glow and applied this over my cheeks and slightly down my nose with a brush. 

To seal this all in, I used my trusty L'Oreal Bare Naturale face powder. 

Eyes

I always start off with my eyebrows, by the time my is covered in make up they seem to disappear and I look like a bit of an alien. At the moment, I'm using the shade 'Sugar' from the Urban Decay Brow Box. I simply use an angled brush and powder over my natural eyebrows. 

For the main look, I used 'Polyester Bridge' from the Urban Decay Ammo Palette and used this to cover my eyelids and slightly under my brow bone. I then used 'Alluvium' by Illamasqua and applied a thin line along my eyelid crease and eyelash line (about half way along) then used a blending brush to blend it outwards. To add a bit more definition, I used the MAC black eyeliner along my lash line and slightly under my water line, again blending it out to keep the look subtle. 

To finish it off, I applied a thin layer of Benefit They're Real Mascard. 

Lips

I opted for a slightly more daring look. 

I posted a tutorial on how to do gradient lips, take a look! 

And there we have it! I'm left feeling like I've made a valiant effort with my make up whilst not going too wild with it, giving myself a new everyday look!

What do we think? :)

-K
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The Only Proof I Need Is You *FOTD*

Products Used:

L'Oreal Lumi Magique Base Primer

MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NW10) 

hdBrow Palette (Bombshell)

Glossy Box Blusher (Glossy Rosewood) 

MUA Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter

MUA Eyeshadow Palette (Glamour Nights)

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (Honey)

I wanted to keep this look relatively low key as there was a lot of vibrancy in my outfit, so I used the silver shimmer eyeshadow on the base of my lids and used the black shadow to line my lash line; using a blending brush I smudged it along to create a smokey eye look. The rest of my face remained neutral, with the use of my favourite lip stain. I've become somewhat addicted to the MUA shimmer highlighter and I'm pretty sure I've used it every day since purchasing it. It just adds an extra hint of health to my complexion, I tend to use it on top of whatever blusher I'm using that day. 

This is such a simple and easy look to wear, perfect for the days when you want to look like you've made some effort without making any at all. 

Let me know if you'd like to see a review of any of these products!

- K 

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P.s. I should probably mention, I made a guest post on Daisies and DM's blog, take a look!

You have lost your way *FOTD*

(This has just been in my head all day. I'm okay with that.) 

I'm an awful morning person, I won't try and pretend to be otherwise. This makes getting up for work in the mornings very interesting, so I'm all up for a simple and fresh look that could fool people into looking like I'd made real effort (that's a secret to most things in my life, fyi.)

I opted for metallic liquid eyeliner as this is a little more subtle looking than sold black, and only other real pop of colour is in the lipstick.

To be honest, I think I mostly liked my make up because of my new MAC foundation. I've finally found something pale enough for my skin, hoozahhh! Expect a review of that soon :)

Products Used:

L'Oreal Lumi Magique Primer

MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation (NW10)

Dainty Doll Concealer Pen (002)

Dainty Doll Cream Blusher (Paper Roses 001)

L'Oreal Bare Natural Gentle Mineral Powder (Light Ivory)

hdBrow Palette (Bombshell) 
Barry M Metallic Liquid Eyeliner (Black) 
Benefit They're Real Mascara

Calvin Klein Luxury Creme Lipstick (Ethereal) 

Gracefully cursed, I thirst. *FOTD*

Morning lovelies!
This is just a quick post before I shoot off to work, but I'm wearing something a little different to what I would normally wear and I thought I'd carry this theme through to my hair and face. So, I bring you today's face of the day!

I bought this lovely dress a few days ago, it's 'different' to say the least but I really do love it.

This is the pattern on the dress

(There are no full length mirrors in the house, and I'm in a bit of a rush so sorry about the picture!) 

Excuse the stock photo, but here's the dress in its entirety,

 From Izabel London for £15

Now, on to the make up! 

My aim was to go quite heavy on the eyes and fresh looking everywhere else. You can't see in this photo, but I have some bright pink eyeshadow as the base on my eyelids, and my usual winged eyeliner to top it off with a dark blue shadow under the water line. 

As the dress has a high neck, I've pulled my hair up so that it's not too 'busy' and all of the attention falls on to the neckline. 

Products!

L'Oreal Lumi Magique Primer

L'Oreal True Match Foundation (Rose Ivory) 

Natural Collection Loose Powder (Cool Translucent)

hdBrow eyebrow palette (Bombshell)

Sheer Blusher (Life's a Peach)

MUA Eyeshadow Palette (Glamour Nights)

Topshop Gel Liner (Black)

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Barry M Lipstick (113 Sheer Pink)

* colours used

I always used to be so adventurous with colours when it comes to eye make up, but for the past 3 years or so I seem to have become settled in my ways. This has made me want to start experimenting all over again!

What do we think about bright eye make up? (and the dress, for that matter, I'm still a little nervous about wearing it!)

-K 

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After all this time, I'm still into you *FOTD*

Products Used:

L'Oreal Lumi Magique Primer

L'Oreal True Match Foundation (Rose Ivory) 

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer

Technic Whipped Mousse Blusher (Candy Pink 01)

Dainty Doll Loose Powder

Benefit Highbeam Highlighter

Urban Decay Brow Box

MUA Pro-base Eye Primer

Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo (Eternal Gold)

Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo (On and On Bronze)

L'Oreal Superliner Blackbuster (Extra Black)

Bourjois Volume Glamour Ultra Curl Mascara (Black Curl)

Tarte Recycle Lip Sheer

Hi guys!

Oops it looks like I published this before I'd finished it, I was in a mad rush to leave the house this morning- my bad! 

As you may be able to tell, I've changed my hair colour (yet again) to a red/ginger colour (it's lighter on the length of my hair, very 'multi-tonal,') and with that comes a new inspiration for make up. As I said in my last wishlist post, I'm really loving the coral look and I think this is because it just looks so fresh so I'm trying to bring that into my every day look, hopefully it's working! 

I've kept the eye make up quite simple, and just blended the two 'Colour Tattoo' products across my lid, starting with the lighter Eternal Gold in the corner and blending outwards into On and On Bronze, I've then applied a bit of liquid liner along the lash line and added a small wing. It's still enough to add a bit of edge to the overall look, as for the rest of my make up I've kept it simple and refreshing looking.

I've purchased a couple of new products today, I just had to feed the Coral love, so I'm excited to incorporate these in to my daily looks. (And to review them- expect a couple of reviews in the near future!) 

-K 

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Mildew *FOTD* Feat. Urban Decay Ammo Palette

Yet another FOTD, I hope I'm not going to overboard with them?
I ended up being snowed in today, so I thought I'd experiment a bit more with my new Urban Decay Palette and Stila lip stain!

Products Used: 

L'Oreal Lumi Magique 

L'Oreal True Match Foundation

HD Brow Palette

Urban Decay Ammo Palette (Mildew & Shattered)

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Stila Cherry Crush Lip & Cheek Stain

Dainty Doll Loose Powder 

I'm never sure if green eye make up match well with green eyes, but I love these colours so I decided to go for it anyway!

I used 'Mildew' as the base and then used 'Shattered' to blend from the outer lid towards the centre. 

Some people think the two-tone thing is very over done, but I love the look and hopefully it doesn't look too dated!

Are you drunk with lust tonight? *FOTD*

Products Used:

L'Oreal Paris Lumi Magique

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream 

Too Faced Candlelight Glow

Benefit Highbeam 

HD Brow Palette

Model co Eyeshadow Duo (Bronzed Goddess)

L'Oreal Gel Liner

Benefit They're Real Mascara

Helen E Lipstick (Rasperry)

Dainty Doll Loose Powder 

FOTD. feat Rimmel Apocalips

Sorry about the *not so great* quality of these photos, it was just a quick snap taken on my iphone when I was on my lunchbreak at work! 

I've jumped on the band wagon and purchased the new Rimmel Apocalips, and yesterday was my first time wearing it so I just wanted to share the look. 

Products used: 

L'Oreal Paris Lumi Magique Primer- £9.99

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream (light) - £7.99

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer (fair) - £5.99

Benefit High Beam - £18.50

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder (peach glow) - £3.99

HD Brow Palette 

MUA Trio Eyeshadow (passion) - £2.50

Benefit They're Real Mascara - £18.50

Rimmel Apocalips (303 apocaliptic) - £5.99

For my eye make up, I used the white powder in the MUA palette as a base, the lightest purple in the inner corner and blending to about half way along my eyelid, and the darkest purple along my lash line and bottom lash line. 

I think I have a new love for the Rimmel Apocalips... I only purchased this one colour, but I might have to buy another as I love how vibrant and long lasting it is! 

Can anybody recommend me a colour?? 

-K

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