First try smokey eye!

Recently I tried my hand at a more skilled eye look, the smokey eye. Commonly used and glamorous but if you get this look wrong, boy is it wrong! Not enough blending at you end up with hideous lines, too much blending and you're left with a muddy mix on your eye that looks as if Taylor Momsen's had a few too many vodkas before applying her stage make-up! If you're interested in finding out how I achieved the look below, keep reading!

Firstly I primed my skin using the Baby Skin primer from Maybelline. Personally I love this primer, it helps my appearance seem smooth and helps my foundation to glide on effortlessly.
Then I used my Erase Paste by Benefit to conceal my dark under-eye circles. This product is very thick so a little goes a long way, although I do find that this product fails at covering red areas such as spots.
For foundation I used M.A.C's Studio Fix Fluid in NC15 mixed with M.A.C's Strobe Cream to achieve full coverage yet with a dewy finish.
Moving on to my brows I used M.A.C's Fluidline in shade 'Dipdown' with an angle brush and used Erase Paste to carve them out and give them a sharp, defined tail.
To prime my lid before we start applying any colours I used a layer of Erase Paste as naughty me hasn't yet invested in an eyeshadow primer (oops!)
I used 'Tease' from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette as a transition shade from my crease upwards. To darken the crease I used my fave eyeshadow of all time, M.A.C's 'Folie'. On my lid I used 'Carbon' also by M.A.C but the colour pay off didn't live up to my expectation so I switched and used 'Blackout', also from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. For my inner-corner and brow bone highlight I used 'Bootycall' from the same palette.
For eyeliner I used my trusted Rimmel 'Glam Eyes' liquid liner.
After coating my lashes in Benefits 'Bad Gal' mascara I applied some Eyelure eyelashes using Duo eyelash glue.
To clean up any fall-out and partially highlight the under-eye area I used Rimmel's 'Wake Me Up' concealer blended out using my fingers.
Using a mix of Bourjois chocolate bronzer and MUA's bronzer in 'Shade 3' I contoured along my jaw-line, forehead and cheekbones.
To highlight I used the shade 'Bootycall' from the Uran Decay Naked 3 palette on a fan brush.
On the lips is a nude lipliner, NYX's lipstick in 'Snow White' with M.A.C's Maleficent collection lipgloss in 'Anthurium'

Thanks for reading, dolls.

Frozen Inspired Make-up Look.

Frozen is my favourite Disney film out there, and i'm sure it's a lot of other peoples too! I've been really ill recently and in hopes to cheer me up a bit I watched Frozen a few times (oops). Elsa's purple make-up inspired me to create a look based from it. This is the final look, read below to know how I did it: 

After applying my average foundation, concealer and eyebrow routine I primed my eyelids with Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk not only to prime the lid but the white base will make any colours I later apply pop.
With a flat shader brush I applied M.A.C's eyeshadow in Stars n Rockets which is a beautiful light purple with blue reflects in.
I then used Tease from the Naked 2 palette as a transition colour from my crease all the way up to just under my eyebrow.
I used the fuchsia colour on the bottom row, second one alone from my BHcosmetics 88 cool matte palette (will be circled in the picture) with a M.A.C 217 blending brush to blend Stars n Rockets up to just below where Tease ends.
Then I took the light purple colour from 4 rows down, 4 across from the same BHcosmetics palette (also circled) with a fluffy blending brush and blended it in concentrating directly into the crease.
Next I went back over Stars n Rockets to deepen the colour and then added Collection 2000 Dazzle Me! loose eye shadow in Stone Wash to the inner and outer eye-lid area to create extra sparkle.
Finally, I ran the fuchsia colour under my bottom last line, added a few coats of mascara and then some beautiful falsies from an old Nyx collection. Then M.A.C's Rebel lipstick to my lips and voilà, done!

Thank you for reading and hope you enjoy dolls!

You're such a rebel.

Hello, loves! Today on this blog I shall be discussing a very popular M.A.C lipstick shade - rebel. Everyone's heard of it, everyone has their own opinion and after lusting after it for quite a while I decided to finally purchase it.

Since that fateful day, it has become a staple for me! It completes so many looks for me, it brings out the blue in my eyes which makes it a perfect accessory for a simple eye and also makes a great accomplice to a smoky eye for extra drama (almost as much as high-school girls at a party with some lads). 

It's a dark plummy purple colour that's a 'satin' finish. This means that it dries semi-matte and leaves a nice sheen to the lips. It glides on really smooth and doesn't dry out and feel cakey, that being said it's a good idea to moisturise your lips before you put it on (but when is it not?!) 

So to conclude this blogpost with some useful information. It has gorgeous pigmentation and stays all day, it's gorgeous to use as a stain (dab it on and rub it out with your fingers) and it's certainly worth the price in my eyes. Happy shopping!

Why, isn't it lush!

Right, now we've gotten over my poor excuse of a pun we can jump straight into my review of a Lush product. 

Firstly, though, in case you didn't know about the brand Lush is a home-made made that is against animal testing and only uses organic ingredients which makes it completely vegan friendly (I do believe, don't hold me to it). They do everything from lip balms to bath-bombs to shampoo's to soaps! They even carry their own delightful make up range of eye-liners, lipsticks and even mascara in truly magical colours! Here is a picture of the label on the back of 'snow fairy' so that you can see for yourself what they stand for and their hilarious ways of putting things:  

This product is a lovely light pink colour that has freckles of blue shimmer running through out (sorry my camera didn't pick that up very well). The smell is very sweet so if you don't like sickly sweet smells then this isn't for you! On the bottle it is described to to smell like 'candy floss and pear drops' which I'm defiantly picking up on! It's like heaven in a bottle guys, I swear.

As a shower gel it lathers up really well and a little goes a long way! The beautiful smell lingers on your skin for ages and leaves your bathroom smelling as gorgeous as yourself for a good day! (My mum even commented as she walked past is the morning after I bathed!) This is defiantly a good cleaning product that leaves you feeling clean and is worth the price. The only downfall is that it's a limited edition that only comes out at christmas time. Luckily, a little goes a long way so you're not without it for that long before it comes back in stock again if you buy a big bottle of it. 

Thankyou for reading, please follow and comment- I'd love to hear your feedback! 

-Charleighxo.