Sleek Celestial Palette Look!

Hey guys!
I finally got around to doing a look using Sleek MakeUps's Celestial Palette, but then I noticed that my last 4 posts were all Sleek MakeUp looks so I've held this one back a few days!
I tried to do so many looks using just this palette but I think I was having a few off days. Finally I've done a look I'm happy with and it would have been perfect for Valentines, but nevermind! There's so many 'Valentine's Look' posts I didn't really want to join them so I stayed away! I hope you like my look...

Really I should have shot this look during the day, but I always seem to get inspiration at night - It was so shimmery and pretty it's a shame the camera didn't pick it up as well!

Anyway, here's my look! It's a shimmery, smoky pink/purple eye with subtle black liner and lashes.

The super sparkly palette! I love the matte/glitter combo shades, even though it does leave a bit of fall out they are so versatile! Great for adding colour into the crease, whereas shimmers are so forgiving.

L-R: (top row) Solar, Astral Blue, Aurora, Galactic, Earth Shine, Dark Matter

(bottom row) Stargaze, Saturn's Ring, Meteoric, Terrestrial, Lunar, Eclipse.

My favourite shades from this palette are Aurora - gorgeous teal green with glitter, and Meteoric - Matte deep pink/ terracotta shade.

My lease favourite, definitely Terrestrial. If the pigmentation was better it would be an amazing shade, because it's so different. But I guess that's why it's so hard to find! The pigment in pastel shades usually are lacking umph!

I started with Meteoric all over my lid and up into my crease, then darkened my crease using Saturn's Ring and Astral Blue. Next, I took Solar and packed it onto my lid, making it soo sparkly and gorgeous! I took Meteoric and Astral Blue onto my lower lash line also and Stargaze and Galactic in my inner corner to brighten the eye.

I darkened my crease for a more dramatic look using Earth Shine and used Dark Matter for my eyeliner.

My eyelashes are Eylure's #100, which I picked up in John Lewis for about £4! So cheap in there. Mascara as always is Mac Plush Lash and Benefit They're Real.

 

And that's the look! I hope you like it, and I can't wait to get some more looks going!

x

The Body Shop 4-Step Smoky Eyes, Smoky Plum Look!

Hey Guys!

My wonderful best friend bought me the 4-Step Smoky Eyes in Smoky Plum for me for Christmas (she knows me so well!) And I wore it out to my work Christmas do so I thought, from now on, when i get dolled up I'll take some pictures of my looks to show you! The looks I usually post on my blog, aren't ones I'd always wear out so I thought it would be good to show you looks that I wear myself.

Here's the look I did using the palette! It does show you a look you can follow on the back of the palette, but I decided to do something a little different. And to me, it's not exactly plum...but very shimmery! I actually really liked it! Very good pigmentation too!

I do not enjoy taking photos of myself. Haha I'm still learning how to take them of my eye! Brows are HD Brows in Foxy, skin is Mac Select SPF Foundation (I think) in NW10...so pale! Also, Mac mineralized skin finish in fair, blush in Sun Basque and Highlighter in Lightscapade. Bronzer is my all time favourite, Hoola by Benefit.

I hate looking at photos of my lips, but I've tried! Must try harder... Lipstick is a concoction of colours from my Makeup Forever Flash Palette, mainly the pink, red and dark blue.

Here's what the pretty palette looks like. 4 Shades to create some gorgeous looks however they do all have glitter or shimmer to them, so unless you want to shine then I recommend a matte shade of something! I used Blanc Type from MAC to highlight my brow bone, inner corner and under my eye.

And that's it! A nice quick post! I'll leave you with this lovely photo of myself...I get bored easily.

 

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! This is a very busy time for me right now but I wanted to get a post out soon! I will try and get another out this week!

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! x

Recreation of Sully by Makeup Crazy!

Hey guys!
Just a quick post today. I haven't done any looks and I've wanted to share this amazing recreation Lucy from Makeup Crazy has done of my Sully from Monsters University look!

 

Hasn't she done an amazing job! I found it so difficult to get the purple dots as bright as she has!

This was my original look

I absolutely love her recreation!

It makes me so happy when people like my looks enough to try them themselves, and I always love seeing them!

 

Thankyou so much for doing this Lucy, I love it! She's done some beautiful looks lately, and some also inspired by Disney! Definitely check her blog out!

x

Lingering in Twilight - Shiro Cosmetics Look

Helloooo!
A friend recently told me about Shiro Cosmetics and showed me the website and I couldn't believe how beautiful the colours were! And the collections! A Hunger Games collection?! In my element...
I spotted 2 colours that I loved and my friend had both of them so she gave me little samples to try.
Here's a look featuring Lingering in Twilight from There And Back Again: A Hobbit Collection!

Lingering in Twilight is explained on the website as being 'A twilit forest: blackened blue and green tones with slightly metallic shimmer.'
I think it's one of those colours which looks amazing in person, but is quite hard to capture it on camera! It was soo glittery but it just didn't want to show!

To start this look, I use ELF eye primer as my all over eye base, and then started to create my smoky look using Naked, and Buck from Urban Decay Naked palletes in my crease, ready to smoke out my main colors. Next I took Paperbag and then Noir (from Sleek ultra matts V2) to further darken the crease, focussing on the outer half.

I ran my No.7 soft kohl eyeliner in black all over my eyelid to create a cream base for my Lingering in Twilight pigment. This will give it a fantastic base colour and make it extra long lasting. (Different colour bases will create different effects with the pigment, so test some out on your hand first.) I used a matte white eyeshadow as my brow highlight and also used L I T under my eye to carry on the smoky look.

My eyelashes as always are from Eyelure

I love the reflective green and blue glitter in the shiro cosmetics pigment! It's so gorgeous! In the little sampler baggie it just looks like a very dark green, but as soon as its swatched it comes to life! Absolutely beautiful! I definitely recommend checking Shiro Cosmetics out, I was so glad my friend told me about it!

 

Well I hope you like my look! I have another one featuring shiro cosmetics ready to be posted soon!

x

Fall / Autumn Inspired EOTD!

Hey guys! Seeming I've not done a lot of makeup looks lately, I thought I better post another! This one was inspired by all the amazing fall pictures I've been seeing on Instagram lately! I love this time of year, and I love autumnal colours, so here's a lil' look I've done, hope you like it!

One of my favourite eyeshadow colours is Maple from Sleek's Ultra Matts V2 which is the main colour for this look. To create the smoky shadow I used Paper Bag and Noir, and Pillow Talk as my highlight shade. The only colour I used which was not from this pallette was Sin from Urban Decay Naked Palette which I've used in my inner eye to brighten the look up a bit!

My lashes once again are Eylure #100's, I love them! I managed to get them from John Lewis for only £4, Bargain! Right I'm going to stop talking now and just add a few more pictures!

I hope you guys like my fall inspired look! I love being able to get away with wearing darker colours! You can never beat a simple smoky eye!

 

x

Hallowe'en Look! The Evil Queen / Vampire

Hello guys! It's been so long since I've posted a look! I was going to leave it another day as I feel rotten but I couldn't do it! I need to post my first Hallowe'en look! (a little excited...)


So here's the first look for you guys, my version of an Evil Queen / Vampire Queen!

I put a post up a little while back featuring some of the looks I wanted to do for Hallowe'en this year, and this was one of them, however it was my first attempt/trial run! I don't usually do them, but I had some great ideas in my head and I wanted to get them out 'on paper'. I'm useless with drawings and face charts so it's really the only way for me to show what I'm thinking.

In my trial run I used purples instead of reds (only because that's the colour I wore that day!) however blood red was always what I visioned! When else do you get to wear red eyeshadow apart from on Hallowe'en? Lets make the most of it!

I started with my ELF primer (only £1.50 and I love it!) and NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk all over my eyelids where I knew I was going to apply colour. Then with a No.7 soft kohl eyeliner pencil in Black I followed the bone just above my crease to use this as the outline for my shadows.

Starting with the darkest colour I applied the red eyeshadows (all different shades from NYX, sorry I have no idea on names!) and then added my inner highlight colour which is from my Urban Decay Glinda Palette, called Illusion.

I used a matte white shadow as my brow highlight, from my Sleek Matts V2 palette and then, using a sharp, flat angled brush I used Blackout from Urban Decays Naked 2 palette, and went over the black outline. I LOVE this black! It's so pigmented! I then applied Benefit's They're Real mascara and my favourite Eylure Lashes and we're done! I could've made the overall look bigger, but I like when my eyes are closed you only get a glimpse of the red shadow. I might experiment with this in the future!

I hope you like my look! Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think, I love hearing from you and reply as soon as I can!

If you're going to recreate any of my looks PLEASE link me! I would love to see what people come up with!

Quick Tip: If you are going to try and recreate this look, make sure you use a soft, well sharpened eyeliner pencil! (UD 24/7 pencils are great for this) If its not soft or sharp enough, it will pull your skin and you won't be able to get a sharp line!

 

Hope you like! x

Halloween ideas!

Hey guys! I am soo excited that I'll be spending Hallowe'en in America this year!! I love Hallowe'en so I thought I might do a few Hallowe'en inspired looks! I've done a few practise runs so thought I'd show you a few things that will be coming up on my blog!

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Red ombre lips! Perfect for Evil Queens or Vampires!

Werewolf! Obviously I would block out my brow but it's such a pain in the ass I only half attempted it! Some wolf-like contact lenses would be awesome with this look! I'm too scared to use them!

Pixie/ Fairy Look! Minus some awesome colorful lashes, bright eyeliner and glitter! And My Evil Queen/ Vampire look!

My Evil Queen / Vampire Inspired eye makeup! My favourite! I can't wait to do this one properly with some super intense raven-esque eyelashes!

 

So that's just a few of my ideas! I'll start doing them properly and hopefully get some blog posts out soon! I'm so excited for Hallowe'en! What are people going to be dressing up as?

Disney Series: Aurora's Dress - Sleeping Beauty

Hellooooo! Sorry I've been away from the computer for a while, busy times at the moment!

I'm coming back with a new one for my Disney Series though! I've started running out of ideas so please leave me a comment if you can think of anything! I will tag you in the look that I do! :)

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This look was inspired by Aurora's colour changing dress!

This used to be my favourite scene of any Disney movie when I was little! And when the other fair godmother was making the cake! I love it!

I used my sleek palettes as always, I-candy, V1 and V2 matts and I wanted to try out my new Dainty Doll shadow in Cocabana - which is the base blue colour in this look.

I've recently dyed my hair blonde and was trying out different looks. I feel with lighter hair, I can get away with darker eye looks which is great fun! So expect to see more of them up on my blog!

So that's my look! Just a quick one for today. As always I've used my Mac plush lash mascara and Benefit They're Real mascara, also my NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk, and just a matte white highlighter on my brow bone and under the wing of my eyeliner (Eyeko mini skinny liner)

Don't forget to check out my giveaway! Very simple to enter, just be a follower and comment!

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Teach Me Tiger EOTD

Hey guys! Sorry I'm posting this later than I thought, busy times! But exciting news, I got the final bits for my giveaway today! Wohoo! Will be up soon! :
So, this is an eyeshadow look I've been wearing lately using Teach Me Tiger from Dainty Doll which is the makeup range by Nicola Roberts, from Girls Aloud. (Don't judge it just yet!)
I managed to pick the eyeshadow up from Poundland! Bargain!

Sorry the photos are wonderful! I took them quickly before work and the light wasn't fantastic! The rose gold colour creates a beautiful smokey eye without being too over powerful for a daytime look. And if you've got blue/green eyes, this will really make them pop!

I teamed it with a few colours from my Naked 2 palette and Sleek V2 palette, I'd be lost without them! Also my Eyeko Skinny Liner, Mac Plush Lash Mascara and Benefit's They're Real.

Dainty Doll used to be sold in Boots and their eyeshadows cost about £11. I'm not sure if you can still pick them up in Boots but currently, Poundland has some amazing finds! I picked up 3 of these eyeshadows and 4 OPI Shatters!

This colour is so pretty, in the pan it might look a bit plain but applied it's much brighter and glittery!

 This is a much better picture for the true colour of the product when applied on the skin. I love it! I've been wearing it everyday since I bought it and I've gotten so many compliments on my eyes! Definitely worth the POUND! Still can't get over the price...

So that's it! I hope you like my look, I'll hopefully get another one out for my Disney Series soon! I've missed doing them! And also my GIVEAWAY! I'm so excited to do it as it's my first one! I hope it goes to plan... haha

'Gold Smoke' Eye look...

Hey guys,
As you know, I wasn't very well last week so I haven't done any looks recently, so as soon as I started feeling better I was in my makeup chair!
The lighting wasn't fantastic, still getting yellow shadows, but I felt inspired the other night, and really want to use some products I haven't used for a while and play with the new lashes I made! So here's my look :)

It's a pretty simple look but the gold really does make it look stunning in person! I won't say too much about it, listing the products I used would take forever! They were from loads of different palettes because I was just playing around but this would be an easy to get look from using either the Urban Decay Naked or Naked 2 palettes, or Sleek Storm Palette.

Instead of using a matte white highlighter, like I usually do, I use a cream shadow with gold shimmer which definitely worked better than my usual go to! It actually seemed to make my eyes look bigger by taking the complete look higher, and using a darker shadow nearer my inner corner, and just using the gold on the centre third of my eyelid (and slightly bringing it in with my blending brush) made my eyes look a lot rounder too.

I made my false eyelashes using a pair I got ages ago from ELF which I'd never touched, and using duo glue, I added the gems which were from a nail art kit I picked up in River Island. They were my first attempt at making them so I was pretty happy! Although there's always room for improvement!

So that's my finished look :) I have fallen in love with my mascara from Benefit (They're Real) which I did at first hate! But wearing it over Mac's Black Lash makes my lashes so much thicker and longer! I love it!

 

I might start doing some tutorials of some of my looks, if you think it's a good idea then please leave me a comment and let me know!

Hope you've all had a nice weekend!

x

Makeup Looks that didn't make the cut...

Hey everyone, I haven't done any recent looks as I've had a cold the last couple of days but I'm looking forward to getting back into it! I've got lots of ideas!

Here's a few pics of makeup looks that I've done that haven't made it onto my blog :) Either I hadn't had enough good photos, or I wasn't happy with the outcome of the final look! If you like any though, leave me a comment below and I'll redo the look and post it up!

This look was meant to be one from the Disney series, for the snake from The Jungle Book, but I wasn't happy with it, it looked too normal! haha

This was my Ursula look from the Disney series, but once again, I wasn't happy enough with it!

So that's them, I'm sure I've got more looks but the pictures sucked! Hopefully I'll have some more looks up by the end of the week! I've already done one look, fingers crossed for another tomorrow now that I'm feeling better :)