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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200 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY! - Open until 1st October!

It's finally here!!! Sorry It's taken me so long to put up, but it's worth the wait!

Firstly, a huge thank you to all my followers! I can't believe I've reached 200, it means so much to me!

I put a bit of a theme to my giveaway, It's all my favourite things!

My Giveaway includes...

My favourite Sleek palette, V2 Matts. I use it near enough every day, and in all my looks!

My favourite nail polish brand, OPI. This colour is gorgeous! I currently have it on my tootsies ^_^ Obviously my own bottle...I bought two! haha This one is called Diva of Geneva.

 

I'm also including another OPI but that one's a surprise ;)

And last but not least, a MAC lipstick! This one is called Speed Dial and was the first ever MAC lipstick I bought! It's a beautiful, subtle pink which should suit everyone!

 

There may also be a few other little surprises for the winner!

 

OK! Onto Terms and Conditions...

I'm afraid this giveaway is NOT international, It's UK entries only, sorry!

If you are under 16, please get permission first before you enter this giveaway!

 

HOW TO ENTER.

simple, make sure you follow my blog -

leave a comment below saying how you follow me (GFC or Bloglovin')

and your email address so I can get in contact if you win!

 

If you don't want to leave your email, that's fine - just make sure you check on the 1st October to see if you've won! OR do the whole example(AT)email(DOT)com thing so it can't be copied.

 

You can only enter once, so please don't spam my comments! :)

 

The winner will be picked out of a hat!

The giveaway is OPEN as soon as this post goes out, so good luck!

x x x

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

MAC, Maybelline, Lush & Dainty Doll Haul!

Hey Guys!
Just a little post of my little haul! I went shopping in Cambridge last time I was up to get a few goodies for myself (I've been searching for the babylips lip balms for ages!) and I also got some bits for my Giveaway! But that's still top secret... just waiting for a package to get here then the giveaway can begin!
So onto the haul...

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer

I've been needing a new concealer for some time and have heard great things about MAC's so going to give this one a go! Still don't think I've got the hang of it... but it does seems to cover quite well. I never seem to get the same results the MUA gets when they test it on you in the store, which I get really worked up about! Just going to have to keep trying. I do use a fluffy concealer brush to apply it, but it's quite tough! Going to need to invest in a new one...
But so far so good with the concealer! This is in the shade NW15, and leaves a flawless finish to your skin! Retails at £15.50

MAC Fast Response Eye Cream

I always get really dark circles under my eyes and I can never seem to get rid of them! Apparently this super-charged, caffeinated eye cream will work to tighten the skin under my eyes, 'de-puff' and reduce the look of dark circles. I've only tried this product for a few days so can't say if it works or not yet but will keep you updated! If nothing else, it feels amazingly soft! Although being £22 is a bit pricey...it better work!

 

Maybelline BabyLips

I have been looking for these for so long and could never find them anywhere! I search around superdrug for them and only found them when I went to the tills to pay! They were on a 3 for 2 promotion on the tills! Happy Days! I know they get a lot of mixed reviews but so far I love them. I've only used the Hydrate and Minty Fresh one so far, and I LOVE the Hydrate one. My lips have never been so soft! I was expecting the Minty Fresh Babylips to be like the EOS egg, which is very minty, but it wasn't as scented as I would have liked. EOS Eggs leave you feeling very refreshed so I was a little disappointed, but for £2.99 I was still very happy! Will definitely be trying out some more in the future.

LUSH Liquid Lipsticks

Ok, WOW. I dragged my boyfriend into Lush and started to look at these pretty little bottles. I've heard a bit about them but didn't know what they were like so was playing about and couldn't believe how pretty the pink colour was! It's so bright and has a blue shimmer to it which is amazing. But then I saw the price... £14.50! Thinking about it though... you'd pay the same for a MAC lipstick, and although the bottles look small, you'd probably get the same about of product out of it, so my boyfriend was very lovely and bought it for me. I started applying it when I got home like you would a lip gloss, and then realised my mistake. I only have a small drop of the product on my lips and realised how pigmented they were! I quickly grabbed my lip brush and managed to completely cover my lips with the smallest amount ever! It's amazing!!!! They remind me of OCC lip tars. I am in LOVE with these things!

My boyfriend remembered how much I also liked the shimmery orange so bought it for me at Waterloo Station when I went to get my train, isn't he lovely...I haven't had a chance to use it properly yet but if it's anything like Passionate (left) I'll be very happy!

The appropriately names Passionate, is a bright pink with blue undertones and a blue/purple shimmer. I wore this shade to work and got so many compliments! It stayed on perfectly from 4pm until 1am and I was eating and drinking over that time too... can't believe how great they are! It was a little drying, but I put lip balm on before bed so it's all good!

Vibrance hasn't got the same quality of pigmentation... it looks like sparkly orange jelly when wearing it! If you wait a few minutes, and add a few coats you'd have the sparkliest lips around! Personally I'd wear it over the top of an orange lipstick, my favourite being Mac's Sweet & Sour.

 

Dainty Doll Eyeshadows

 

I picked up 3 gorgeous Dainty Doll eyeshadows from POUNDLAND! WHAAAAT??? I also picked up about 4 OPI's!!! Crazy... loving poundland right now! Totally forgot to photograph the OPI's though! They're all shatters but if you've got a Poundland near you...GO! You will spend money.

The first one I picked up is Copacabana and it's a super bright, matte sky blue. Minus the mirror...

The second one I found, (it was all a bit of a mess, I had to hunt!) was Kingston Town. A shimmery Acid Yellow! I can't wait to use this shade, it's amazing!

And lastly, Teach Me Tiger, which I was hesitant to buy at first because it's a pretty safe colour, and I do like my brights but I got it anyway and I've been wearing it ever since! It's made it into my daily routine... I've been getting a lot of compliments on it too! Definitely worth picking up! I'll be posting a look soon which is based around using this colour - it's beautiful!

 

And that's ma'haul... If you're anything like me, you only look at the photos really... but I hope you liked my post! Another one to come tomorrow night fingers crossed!

Wedding Daze... Outfit of the Day!

Hey guys!
A few months ago (I'm so far behind with posts like this, sorry!) my boyfriend was best man at  his friend's wedding which I got to go to and it was such a lovely day! Everything went beautifully and it was the hottest day of the year, it couldn't of gone better. Here's just a few snaps of my OOTD, the dress was so pretty I have to show it off!

So this was my outfit! My dress was so gorgeous (and the first one I tried on in the shop!) and was £65 from Lilac Rose in Cambridge. I'm quite busty so it's hard to find a good fitting dress sometimes, I was SO happy that this one gave me a waist!!! haha

The belt was £4 from New Look and my shoes were £25 also from New Look. I bought them years apart from each other but the colours matched perfectly! I am also wearing little coral rose earrings too, £5 from Lilac Rose, but you can't see them in these pictures.

I went bag hunting days before the wedding and found this one in Miss Selfridge which fitted perfectly with the colour of my accessories and the roses on my dress, and cost me around £14 in the sale! Bargain.

My Nail Varnishes are all OPI's. The nude is Don't Burst My Bubble, The coral is Hot & Spicy, and the blue is called Blue My Mind.

I got this effect using hole reinforcers! Might do a post on how to create half moon manicures soon :)

How cute are the table decorations! The little wedding favour bags were flower seeds which I thought was a lovely idea and worked well with the floral theme.

It was a barn wedding, which I've always wanted to go to, and it really was so pretty! I love the wheel of lights!

Whenever I'm forced to have a picture taked I seem to forget how to smile, and stand, and all those other normal things so the 'duck face' usually makes an appearance. My poor boyfriend's wondering what the hell he's going out with... OOPS almost forgot to say... I kept my makeup pretty simple, followed my everyday look (didn't have long to get ready!) which I posted about last week, here's the link incase you missed it. :) The only difference being I wore Mac's Sweet and Sour lipstick.

So that's that, just a few pics of my Wedding OOTD, hope you like!

x

 

'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 :)