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

And the winner is...

OK! Let's get straight into things... Sorry it's taken me so long to put this out! I haven't been home and I wanted to do this properly so waited until I was back!

I've just gone through all the entries and entered all the people who met the criteria! Some entries were from people in America, and I'm afraid I did say this giveaway was UK only, sorry! Next time hopefully! :)

So, all the names were written down, then neatly folded and put into a jar...

The jar was shaken up and VOILA! We have our winner! (I did film myself picking out the winner if anyone doesn't trust it!)  And the winner is.....

And the winner is..... Brittany Williams! Congratulations! I hope you like your little pretties! I will be sending you an email NOW so make sure you look out for it! :)

I hope you guys liked my giveaway! Hopefully I'll be doing another one next month! I'm off to America in 2 weeks so will hopefully pick up some cool stuff to put into a giveaway! Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see! x

Thankyou!

Hello guys! 

Just to say thankyou to all of those who entered my giveaway! I will be going over the entries and double checking it all tonight and tomorrow so watch this space! I will put out the winner by the end of the week and also email them so make sure you check your emails!

I'm off to America at the end of the month and was thinking of picking up some bits and doing another giveaway when I come back!

If you like this idea then let me know, and  if there's anything you'd like to see in the giveaway that would be helpful to know too! There's some great brands in America which are hard to find in the UK so I'll do my best to grab some cool stuff! 

Have a great week guys! X

LAST FEW DAYS TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY!

Hey guys! There's only a few days left to enter my giveaway! You have until Monday night, don't forget to enter!

You can win a Sleek UltraMatts V2 Palette

OPI Diva of Geneva Nail Polish

and

MAC Lipstick in Speed Dial!

All you need to do is ENTER HERE!

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!

Dont forget to enter my blog here!

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?

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY!

Just a reminder! Don't forget to enter my giveaway! Open Until 1st October!

You can win a Sleek UltraMatts V2 Palette

OPI Diva of Geneva Nail Polish

and

MAC Lipstick in Speed Dial!

 

All you need to do is ENTER HERE!

New Hair! Back to Blonde!

Helloooo! Ok, I've been a bit MIA recently! Where I work, We have just had a refit and I've been working my ass off trying to make up all the hours I've missed whilst we've been closed! Although it closed at a great time, right over the Bestival weekend! WOHOO! I also went and go my hair done! I've been wanting to go back to blonde for a while now and I always said I'd be blonde for our holiday (to Florida in a month!) which I'm really excited about! So, here's my new look!

So here's my new look! I'm still trying to work out what I should do with my eyebrows... They seem a bit dark sometimes so I think I'm going to get a honey colour toner for my hair, and make the blonde colour cooler.

So this was my hair before I got it done. I had to go brown because the blue I had in it before wouldn't budge! It turned my hair a toxic green colour so brunette was my only option! I did love it, may have to go back at some point...

 

STEP ONE

OK it was a lengthy process! Because the roots wouldn't take as long to dye, he started by just applying the peroxide mixture to the hair which had already been dyed.

 

STEP TWO

Next up, he applied the peroxide mixture everywhere and stuck me in the oven haha

 

STEP THREE

Next up, washing my hair and cutting my hair! Whatever colour I had a year ago, didn't want to budge! So the ends were looking a bit orange at this stage! He decided to cut it now to see how much would be taken away, which luckily was quite a lot. I was a tad worried haha

 

STEP FOUR

Next step... applying more chemicals everywhere! Oh My GOD! 45 minutes of this on my head was making me go crazy! It was pretty painful! I was using the metal handle of the comb to itch my scalp with! You can definitely feel it working its magic! Hot, Cold, Bubbling... you name it.

 

STEP FIVE

I've ran out of photos! It was so quick. My hair was washed, and then a toner was used to get the blonde colour I wanted. Then a final cut and blow dry and 4 and a half hours later, we're done! I am so happy with the colouring! I'm going to pick up a toner with honey tones in to just dull it down a bit for winter.

I'm looking forward to doing some bright eye looks with my blonde locks!

Seeming I was at the hairdressers for almost 5 hours, and had at least 4 treatments and a haircut, I couldn't believe it only cost me £80!

 

Let me know what you think! I always love hearing from you, and don't forget to enter my giveaway here!