FOTD; Easter Sunday 2012

I actually forgot I had even taken these photos, which is why this psot is so late! But better late than never, I can remember exactly what I was wearing make-up wise anyway...

Most of my make up styed very similar from what I did on Good Friday (post here), but I toned down the eyes and the bronzer a little so the bright lip didnt look too much.

Face:

Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation 02 Light

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Nars Orgasm Blush

Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow All Over Radiance Creme Iced Gold

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Medium

Eyes:

Mac Vintage Selection Paint Pot

Urban Decay Virgin (All over lid)

Urban Decay Toasted and Hustle (Through crease)

Maybelliene Gel Liner

Bourjois The Volumizer Mascara

Lips:

No7 Lip Liner in Plum

MAC Lipstick in Girl About Town

When I use this lipstick I always use a swipe of Lipcote over the top to keep it in place for literally ever, I can put this on for a night out and fter trying to wie it off with a wipe in the early hours, I wake up the next morning and my lips are always still stained this colour!

xoxo

FOTE/OOTE: Good Friday

I realise this is slightly late, but hey ho its here anyway. On Good Friday a huge bunch of us went out for the night as we do every year. Heres how I did my makeup and what I wore (Please excuse my hair!)...

 Face:
L'Oreal Studio Secrets Resurfacing Primer

Jemma Kidd Light as Air Foundation 02 Light

Collection Lasting Perfection Conceler 01 Fair

Nars Laguna Bronzer

Nars Orgasm Blusher

Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow All Over Radiance Creme Iced Gold

MAC Fix +

Eyes:

MAC Vintage Selection Paintpot

Urban Decay Virgin (inner half)

Urban Decay Toasted (outer half)

Urban Decay Hustle (Through crease)

MAC Beauty Marked (Outer V)

Maybelliene Gel Liner

Bourjois The Volumizer Mascara

Lips:

Carmex Lip Balm

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick Nude Delight

MAC Baby Sparks Dazzleglass

The dress I wore is from Topshop, Im not too sure if they sell it anymore but I absolutely loooove it! It is extremely short, way more than I would usually go but I feel it doesnt look too slutty because of the higher neckline, maybe? I just paired it with black wedges and a black bag, I think any other accessories would have been a bit too much for one outfit.

xoxo

FOTD: Avon Ideal Flawless Foundation

I havet posted a FOTD for so long, mainly because my camera is rubbish in nautral light so you only ever get flash photos. However I wanted to see how this new foundation wrks out with flash photos. So heres the results and what Im wearing. Even managed to get  half decent natural light photo of my eyes! This isnt a full review just yet, just an excuse for a FOTD!

As you can see its a wee bit shiney, but I dont mind that as I usually set with a powder anyways which would get rid of that! 

Face:

MeMeMe Seventh Heaven Primer

Avon Ideal Flawless Foundation in Ivory

Natural Collection Blush in Pink Cloud

Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow All Over Radiance Creme in Iced Gold

A spritz of MAC Fix+

 Not too much flashback either which is good saying as it contains SPF 15!

Lips:

Avon Mega Impact Lipstick in Charged Cherry



Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Avon Blonde Perfect Eyebrows Pencil

Natural Collection Eyeshadow in Willow

Smashbox Eyeshadow in ASAP

Loreal Super Liner Carbon Gloss

Avon Supershock Liner in Blackberry

Bourjois The Volumizer Mascara

And thats all folks!

xoxo

February Favourites

Recently Ive made a habit of doing my monthly favourites on my youtube channel, but this month my brother has borrowed my video camera to take on his skiing holiday, so my favourites are here as a blog post!

Ive been trying a lot out this month but havent got a chance to give a lot of things a proper go, so it was hard to choose my favourites but theres a sneak peak above.

Clarins Liquid Bronze Self Tanning For Face

This stuff is amazing. SWalkerMakeUp recommended it ages ago and since then it has been in the back of my mind to pick it up, and now I have and Im so glad. It is what it says on the bottle, a self tnner for your face. Im not one to use my body tanner on my ace as I dont want my face to be quite as dark as th tan on my body, just a nice golden glow. Also those tanners have broken me out on my face before so when I heard about this I was excited to try it. Im going to a ull review on this sometime this week so I wont go too much into it, but its now in my everyday routine. I got mine from Feel Unique for £17.

 

MAC Blush Ombre in Azalea Blossom

I just had this in my last MAC haul post, but Im already in love with it. It looks so gorgeous in the pan and just as pretty on the face. I just swril my brush in it and it gives a lovely light pink colour. Its one of those great blushes that you dont have to worry about applying too much, as its quite light so its very hard to aply too much all at once, which I often do with my more pigmented blushes! Also this is absolutely huge for a blush, the same size as and MSF, so its going to last forever. It was limited edition and the collection seems to have disappeared from the website so I think its over now, sorry guys!

Kleenex Extra Gentre Facial Cleansing Wipes

Im not really a huge fan of make-up wipes, and only every use them to apply the bulk of eyemakeup etc before cleansing properly, and since getting these Ive been using them alone which is something Ive never done for ages, and probably a bad habit to pick up. They feel so much softer and more gentle than other wipes, they are made from an amazingly oft material which feels very soothing on the skin, you wont understand until you try them out. Theyre s ogood at getting rid of stubborn mascara and eye makeul and as of yet they havent made my skin red or irritiated like others do. Also theyre very eco-friendly because of their material, according to the packaging, so thats good too. Big thumbs up, highly recommend trying these out! These were on an introductory sale price of around £1.50 in Superdrug when I got mine a few weeks ago, but they arent more than around £4 normally.



Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow All Over Radiance Creme in Iced Gold

I bought this from recommedations from some of my most trusted youtubers and they came up trumps, this stuff is amazing! Its the best highlighter Ive ever used, bold statement there. It gives a lovely dewy sheen to the skin (I mostly just use it on the tops of the cheekbones and the excess down my nose), without being overly glittery. I just apply this with my finger and it goes on a dream. It catches the light beautifully and loks very natural for daytime, but can be built up for a more dramatic night time look. Theres not much more I can say really, its just fab. I got it from Feel Unique for £17.



Origins Eye Doctor Eye Cream

This is the eye cream I use every night before bed. (A full video coming soom on my skincare routine) It is a little pricey at £25 for 15ml, but you can see how much Ive used and Ive used it every night since the first week of January. This tiny pot could literally last me well over a year! The product is amazing. So creamy and moisturising like you wouldnt believe. I used to get rather dry under my eyes and my concealer could look cakey, but that is a thing of the past because of this! Its just really great at keeping you soft around your eye area, and like I said you need the tiniest amount so its actually good value for money. I wouldnt go a night without this!

Thanks for reading!

xoxo

FOTE...Unplanned Night Out

So on saturday at about 5:30pm me and my friends decided we were bored so we were going to go out in town, and had the best night in a long long time! Heres how I did my make up (I even wore lashes for the first time in about a year!)...

Face:

Loreal Studio Secrets Resurfacing Primer

Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation in 02 Light

 Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer

MAC Dollymix Blusher

MAC MSF Natural in Medium

Rimmel Brow Pencil in Hazel

ELF Eyebrow Treat and Tame in Ash

Eyes:

MAC Vintage Selection Paintpot

MAC Blanc Type e/s inner corner

Urban Decay Toasted e/s outer half

MAC Beauty Marked e/s through crease

Urban Decay Creep e/s a touch to define crease

Maybelliene Gel Eyeliner

Avon Supershock Liner in waterline

One coat of Step 1 of Bourjois Volumizer mascara to top and bottom lashes

Eylure Girls Aloud Kimberly Lashes with Duo glue

Lips:

MAC Girl About Town Lipstick



Im not too sure where I stand on false lashes. I like the ones that look natural, I never want to actually clearly look like Im wearing falsies, but for the hassle of putting these on they lok pratically identical to my own lashes when I put a decent mascara on. Not too sure if its worth it saying as it doesnt look so much different to me! What do you think?

xoxo

My Favourite Products of 2011

I realise that this is later than I would have prefered, and I also would have prefered to do this a a video...But Ive currently got tonsilitus and its just not a pretty sight (or sound for that matter). So here it is in blog post form....Theres quite a lot of products in here but Ive truely been loving each and every one of them to death this year! So lets get started...

Brushes...

 ELF Angled Eyeliner Brush - This is perfect for applying gel liner, and so affordable too. The angled part kind of helps to get into the eye better, if that makes sense?!

Sigma F80 Flat Top Kabuki - The only brush Ive used for foundation since I got it, amazing!! But a bit of a bitch to clean.
ELF Powder Brush - Pretty similar to the Sigma one, good for foundation but brilliant for cream blush, or setting powder

MAC 217 Blending Brush - My best investment this year, really soft, applies eyeshadow like a dream! Absolutely fab for blending as well as applying shadows. I want more of these.

 Face Products...

Firstly I'd like to mention MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Natural as my favourite powder of the year, I ran out and have another en route in the post so dont have it to photograph otherwise it would be here.
MAC Dollymix Blush - Its bright pink, and its beautiful with a light hand, great for both winter and summer.
MAC Blushcreme Ladyblush - The perfect everyday colour, looks incredibly natural on the skin, my fave.

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer - Creamy, long lasting, fab coverage, inexpensive...best concealer ever.

Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation - Really blendable, a little goes a long way, feels so lightweight on the skin but gives an amazing coverage and is incredibly long lasting, my ultimate foundation. I even have a back-up....and I never do that with foundations!

Eye Products...

MAC All That Glitters Eyeshadow - I use this over my lid most days, everyone should own this! It will go with any skin tone too, great for a  wash of colour and a flick of liner.

MAC Satin Taupe Eyeshadow - An absolute staple in my collection, the perfect crease colour.

Urban Decay Naked Palette - Need I explain this one? Love it to death, cant wait to try Naked 2!

Avon Supershock Mascara - Loved this for years its amazingly volumising, couldnt be without this in my collection.

ELF Eyeshadow Primer - Its £3 and keeps my eyeshadow in place all day, bloody amazing.

ELF Eyebrow Treat and Tame - I only use the tame side, as a blonde brow gel, its cheap and works well too.

MAC Vintage Selection Paint Pot - Its an unreal primer, and also so pretty alone, Ive worn this to death this year.

Avon Supershock Eyeliner - It sso creamy but doesnt transfer, blackest black ever, this is my third this year! Literally cant see myself trying a different black eye kohl ever.

Maybelleine Gel Liner - Drug store price for a high end quality product. Stays in place all day and goes on a dream, much easier to use than liquid I think.

Lip Products...

Avon Pro-to-go Lipstick in Provocative Plum - Its the perfect "wash" of plummy colour, and is a nice colourul daytime option without being too full on. Lovely.

Carmex Cherry Lipbalm - Simply put, its the most effective lip balm Ive ever came across.

MAC Big Baby Plushglass - You can see how much Ive used this, its a perfect peachy nude and lovely formula, favourite ever lipgloss.
Nars Turkish Delight Lipgloss - Only bought because of Kim Kardashian (ridic.) But its actually bloody gorgeous, and looks great over nude lippie.
No7 Lip Pencil in Plum - These are so cheap with a £5 off No7 voucher and are lovely liners, really soft, I have a few and love them all just decided to picture this one
MAC Girl About Town Lipstick - My favourite night out lipstick, lovely and bright but doesnt look too crazy, I always get compliments when I wear this.
Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Nude Delight - The perfect nude for my skin tone, no concealer lips here! Alsot he formula is super silky and gorgeous.

Skincare...

Firstly, if I could I would include my new Liz Earle products and my Clarisonic in here as they blow all other skincare Ive used out the water, but since I only owned them for 6 days of 2011, I cant really...so these lot are things I have liked, but not as much as my new stuff!

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream with SPF50 - This is my go to sunscreen, which I should use everyday but often forget. Its not greasy or suncream-ish at all, and is really a lovely moisturiser in itself. Applying this once in the morning on holiday protected my face from burning all day. Winner.

S&G Off Your Face Wipes - If you could ever find a face wipe that was really good, this is it. Expensive, but so much nicer than the cheap ones in every way.

Clearasil Seal and Clear Spot Treatment - Slightly gross, but I find this works nicely at reducing any breakouts, especially if I get them as soon as they arrive!

Dermalogica Face Mask & Exfoliant - Boy have I made these babies last me! Teeny samples but Ill never afford the full size. Each use has seen my skin magically so much cleaner and clearer and beautiful. Loveeeee.

Nails...

Barry M Nail Paint in Pink Flamingo - I never had this off my nails all summer, so pretty in the sun with a tan!

Revlon Facets of Fuschia - Love at first sight with this one, so so pretty camera doesnt do it justice.

Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Top Coat - Pretty awesome topcoat, makes my polish last ages longer! This bottle has gone gloopy now though and its nearly empty, time for a new one!

Barry M Red Glitter Nail Paint - Nothing is more Christmassy than this polish, but I want to wear it nowwww. So pretty it distracts me from things haha.

Hair...

Aussie Aussome Volume Shampoo/Conditioner - I literally cant use anything other than these two when washing my hair or it goes flat as a pancake, used them all year and my hair is still responding nicely. I wont be straying at all in the near future.

Batiste Tropical Dry Shampoo - Its cheap and works fine in my blonde hair for freshening it up, I only like the Tropical scent though.

Elnett Hairspray - Its just the best, by far. I love how it brushes out and doesnt leave much build up on your hair at all but still holds a style amazingly. I once had full on curls for 3 days because of this.

The Tangleteezer - The most effective yet gentle brush ever. So kind to my hair, I havent touched another brush since I got this.

John Freider Go Blonder Controlled Lightening Spray - This has brought a new lease of life to my nautrally dull blonde hair and its such a prettier colour now and I havet had to dye it properly. Savior!

Body, Bath, Etc...

S&G Hand Food - Best hand cream ever, gone through tonnes of this stuff now, Im slightly addicted to it.
S&G The Righteous Butter - I have got the world and his wife using this now, even my good old Nana loves it. Such a silky body butter that works wonders and smells unreal.
Paco Robanne Lady Million - This is my signature scent now. You must all smell it, Im in love with it and barely wear anything else now.
S&G The Breakfast Scrub - Another thing where I wont be straying to sample different brands, this is my favourite scrub by miles. Smells so good I could eat it and does a fabjob at slogging off my dead skin, lovely thought I know!
Lush Pop in the Bath Bubble Bar - Ive been through dozens of these this year, they have a gorgeous fresh smell that Im always in the mood for, lovely bubble bar :)
Rituals Foaming Shower Gel - Only had this a month but really love it. It leaves you feeling super clean and fresh and the foam feels rather luxurious, definately will repurchase it!


Dear me this has taken me SO long to sit and write I think I need a good cup of tea haha. Thanks for reading if you got this far!

xoxo

November Favourites

I had intended to still do a full blog post on my monthly favourites as well as a video on youtube, as I find I could have more time and space to explain my love for these products on my blog than I can on video. However Ive found myself veeeery busy this week, so sorry guys but its just the video this time!

Heres a sneak peak at what is mentioned...

Click here to see the full video!
I'd love you to take a look :)

Sorry its a bit of a dud post today guys!
xoxo

FOTE: Rihanna

 Some of you may or may not have seen me babbling on about gonig to see Rihanna on Sunday night. She was out of this world! I expected nothing less to be honest, shes definately my biggest girl crush. Heres how I wore my make-up (and a few pics at the end of the lady herself).

 I went for quite a heavy winged out smokey eyewith lashings of mascara, with a little contouring rather than full blush and a nude lip.

Also...my brows are a mess. Does anyone know anywhere good to get them threaded, I really wnat to try it!

Face:
Jemma Kidd Light as Air Foundation in 02 Light

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in 01 Light under eyes

Natural Collection Peahc Melba Blush to contour

ELF Complexion Perfection Poweder to set
MAC By Candleliht MSF to highlight

 

Eyes:
MAC Paintpot in Vintage Selection

 Eyeshadows: Urban Decay Naked Palette
Sin ...Inner half of lid and brow bone highlight

Toasted ...Over rest of the eyelid

Gunmental ...Outer half
Creep ...Lightly built up in a v shape between crease, outer corner of the eye and the end of the brow

Avon Supershock Gel Liner Pencil in Black through waterline
Loreal Superliner Carbon Gloss to line the lid with small cateye flick.

Avon Supershock Maz Mascara ....Probably about five coats here. I know, its ridiculous.

Lips:
Carmex Cherry Lip Balm

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Nude Delight
MAC Plushglass in Big Baby

 

Probably my most used lip combo!

If only make-up could make me look like her....

xoxo

FOTE: Girl About Town

Im just gunna put it out there and admit that Im having an affair. An affair, with a lipstick. If you hadnt already guessed by the title of the post, the lipstick in question is Girl About Town by MAC. I know Ive shown it on me before, but I really enjoy wearing it so I thought when I was wearing it for an Engagement party at the weekend that I would take some quick snapshots before I left the house....

 Face:
Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation in 02 Light
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer in 1 Fair
A touch of Benefit Dallas to contour
MAC Dollymix Blusher
ELF Makeup Mist & Set to set

Eyes:
MAC Paintpot in Vintage Selection
Urban Decay Virgin Eyeshadow all over lid
MAC Satin Taupe Eyeshadow outer half
Urban Decay Cree Eyeshadow through crease
Loreal Superliner Carbon Gloss to line lid
Avon Supershock Eyeliner in waterline
Avon Supershock Max Mascara 2 coats

Lips
No7 Lip Liner in a pinky colour similar ot Girl About Town (cant find it for exact name, sorry!)
MAC Amplified Lipstick in Girl About Town


What do you think? :)
xoxo

FOTE/OOTE....Smokey Eyes and Leopard Print

As I mentioned in a few previous posts it was my friends 21st Birthday party on Friday night. Heres what I wore and how I did my make-up...
(Sorry for the flash photos but it was night time!)

Oh how I cant wait for my new full length mirror!
My dress is £15 from Missguided....Bargain.

Face:
MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NW15) mixed with Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation (02 Light)

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer under eyes
Smashbox Cream Cheek Colour in Speedracer to contour

MAC Dollymix Blusher

ELF Complexion Perfection to set

Eyes:
MAC Paintpot in Vintage Selection
Urban Decay Virgin (all over lid)
Urban Decay Gunmetal (outer corner-middle of lid)
Urban Decay Creep (tiny bit through crease)
Avon Supershock Liner (tightline and waterline)
Loreal Paris Superliner Carbon Gloss (lid)
Avon Supershock Max Mascara (2 coats)

Maxfactor False Lash Effect Mascara Waterproof (1 coat)

 Lips:
Carmex
Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Nude Delight
Nars Turkish Delight Lipgloss

Face like a slapped arse...why?
Just a fulll length picture, I was testing out angles and where I could balance my camera for a full length photo. I think this might work? Although you cant see my beautifully huge wedges here.

Tell me if you like these posts and Ill do some more
xoxo

October Favourites

This is a teensy bit later than I normally post my favourites, but Ive just got back from holiday and have finally gotten round to taking some (horrendously bad) photos so youll have a load of posts coming now :)

My favourites for this month are thee little beauties...

L-R: Tangleteezer, Collection 2000 Cream Puff, MAC Big Baby Plushglass, Natural Collection Peach Melba Blusher, Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation

  The Tangleteezer
Im going to do a full post on this veeery soon so I wont go into too much depth, apart from to say I dont know how I lived before I owned this. Dramatic? Yes. Deserved? Yes. I got this smaller compact travel version on the plane going on holiday and I love it. More to come soon!

Jemma Kidd Light As Air Foundation
Again, I am going to do be doing a full review on this soon so I wont go overboard now. I bought it purely ta


Peach Melba Natural Collection Blush
Im very into natural looking blush colours, especially if Im going for a brighter eye or lip look, I perfer to play down the cheeks but still have some warmth to them. This is the perfect shade for doing that. It is a warm peach browny shade that I find can work beautifully as a contour powder as well as a gorgeous blush that just gives a healthy glow to the skin, in a way that you look like youve been on holiday perhaps. I think these blushes by Natural Collection are fantastic quality, I like the few I have just as much as my MAC ones, and these are only £1.99 which is unbelievable! I jsut wish they did a wider range of colours so i could get more!

MAC Big Baby Plushglass
I have never been a huge lpgloss fan, and never grown fond of any lipgloss in particular and just threw on whatever went with my lipstick. But since I got Big Baby last Christmas it is by miles my favourite ever lipgloss. You can tell this because Ive went threw about 2/3rds of the tube. The Plushglasses are meant to be plumping, and do give a slightly more volumised effect due to some teeny sparkly pieces, which arent irritating or overly noticable really. It tingles a tiny bit on application but it soon fades and is barely there so isnt at all irritating. I just love the milky consistency of it and the lovely nudey peachy colour that goes with any look and Ive worn it over loads of different lipsticks and it always looks good. Plus it isnt very sticky at all. Its my baby and I love it.

Collection 2000 Cream Puff
I pivked this up out of pure curiosity as it looks exactly like a lip gloss but is matte. It turns out that this is such a good product, not just a gimmick at all. It smells great, like cakes, and the effect it gives is a velvety soft feeling on the lips and a lovely pigmented colour with no stickyness or shine that comes with lipglosses. Im not sure what colour this is as it doesnt say anywhere on the tube, but it comes out a really nice rosey pink. Im thinking of trying out some of the other colours too.