Green Goddess - Eye Make up Tutorial

Hi beauties,

Hope you've all had a fabulous weekend!

On Saturday I was very lucky to do the make up for a beautiful styled photoshoot and I wanted to share one of the looks with you all. The inspiration was secret garden, and with the model's gorgeous fair skin we went for a beautiful green eye goddess look.

As my kit is predominately for bridal work I did a quick sweep round my local Superdrug and came across some gorgeous products from the B. range. Here's how I created the look.

Base:

Simple Replenishing Rich Moisturiser 

Nars Sheerglow in Mont Blanc to give a nice glow to the skin

Benefit Boi ing Concealer in number 1 under the eyes - Amber had the most beautiful skin she didn't need much at all! 

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Translucent swept across the forehead, bridge of the nose and chin

Highlight/Blush:

Highlighter on the bridge of the nose, cheek bones and cupid's bow using Beauty UK's Baked Blush in Halo. These are such pretty, affordable highlighters - I'll definitely be trying out some of the other shades in the range!

For blush I used a peachy shade (top right) from my Crownbrush Blush Palette

And a little Nars Laguna bronzer to add some warmth

Eyes/Lips:

Shadow/base - I used this gorgeous B. Vibrant Eye Shimmer in the shade Poseidon. The cream eyeshadow was so easy to blend (some times cream shadows can be hard work, and set too quickly, but this was just lovely)
On the centre I added some of the B. eyeshadow in Filigree
To add some intensity I used blackout from my Naked 2 palette in the outer corner and a light brown through the socket plus a little shimmery highlight in the inner corner
Lancome's Black Khol eyeliner in the waterline.
And my fave - Maybelline's The Falsies Mascara
Lippy - MAC's Prolongwear Lipglass in Show Me!

I had so much fun creating this look and can't wait to share the professional pictures when I have them! Let me know if you've got a favourite eye shadow combo for this time of year.

Face of the Day - Russian Red

Hi beauties,

So I'm making the most of this lovely long break from work, and I thought I'd do a quick post on my make up look today! 

Face: 

Foundation - Rimmel Match Perfection (I love this foundation. For once a shade that 

works for my very pale skin!)

Concealer - Collection 2000

Powder - Rimmel Stay Matte in 001 Transparent

Eyes:

Primer - E.l.f. Eyelid primer in Sheer (I've heard this is a good dupe for Urban Decay primer potion - I couldn't say though as I haven't tried Urban Decay's. I plan on purchasing it soon though, so I'll do a little comparison)

Eye shadow - Naked 2 palette (Verve all over the lid, tease through the crease and a touch of snakebite in the outer corner) 

Mascara - Maybelline's The Falsies. This stuff is amazing!! It gives so much volume and length, I love it!

Cheeks:

Blush - Bourjois no 74 Rose

Lips:

Lipstick - MAC Russian Red Matte

I used to be scared to try bright lip colours, but I've really tried to experiment recently with bright and bold colours and I think a red lip looks so pretty on any skin tone - rock the red lip ladies!

Hope you're all having a lovely day!

xo

I heart Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

Hi beauties,

I've taken a while to jump on the Urban Decay Naked palette bandwagon... but my willpower finally broke when I decided to purchase the Naked 2 palette a few weeks ago. And Oh My, where has this been all my life?! Full of shimmery neutral shades, this palette just screams pretty!

I purchased mine from BeautyBay for £36.00

I've read a few reviews that have said their only disappointment was that this didn't include the primer potion - instead it comes with a lip gloss (the minty turn-your-lips tingly kind), which is nice nonetheless. As I haven't tried the Urban Decay primer potion yet, I would have really enjoyed this addition to the palette. But hey, ho, I'll have to add it to my wish list.

My favourite combo is bootycall all over the lid with tease in the crease - perfect for everyday wear. A note of caution though... it's very easy to get carried away pilling on the shimmery shades which I found resulted in a lot of fallout, so remember less is more ladies :)

I'd love to hear about your favourite looks using this palette!

Bye for now!

xo