Friday 25 July 2014

beginners guide to a smokey eye & winged eyeliner ❤



I always get asked how to do a easy smokey eye so I thought I would do my first ever in depth tutorial on how to do it! I hope you enjoy it, please leave a comment if you would like to see more of these.



  • Start off with a clean, moisturised and primed face, today I used Nivea day cream and Revlon Photo Ready Primer.
  • Apply a small strip of tape from the end of your eyelashes to the base of your eyebrows, any tape can be used but I suggest a microporous tape or something similar. 
  • Prime your eyelids to prevent creasing and to increase the longevity of your make-up, I primed my eyelids with Benefits lemon Aid. Setting your primer with a loose powder or nude eye shadow makes blending shadows easier. 
  • This step is hardly noticeable but makes a big difference! Use your contour power in the crease of your eye and slowly blend up towards the brow bone, this will make your smokey eye look more blended and more easy to create.


  • Start off with a light brown colour and in small circular motions apply eye shadow in the crease, at first it may feel pointless but trust me it will all come together. 
  • Apply a slightly darker brown and do the same again, keep on blending and adding more brown if needed.
  • Slowly start to add more and more darker browns and intensify to your liking.


  • Apply a nude eyeshadow to the lid of your eye to open and brighten your eyes.
  • The final eyeshadow is black, black eyeshadow should always be last as it is a pain to blend, but remember the tiniest bit goes a long way.
  • Now my favourite part, eyeliner. I love winged eyeliner and I think I'm pretty good at it but this makes it so much easier and precise.
  • Keep the tape on and apply your eyeliner as usual and when you remove the tape you have a sharp, clean line.


  • Apply lots of mascara and/or false lashes.
  • Now theses steps are all up to you, I personally fill my eyebrows in before foundation and concealer.
  • Recently my acne has settled down so I don't need much coverage, I just need highlighting and some acne scars covering. 
  • Don't forget to set your face with powder, it makes your makeup last longer and can reduce shine. 
  • The rest is all you to your own personal taste, I personal love to contour the hell out of my checkbones, nose and forehead. Add blush and a highlighter on the tops of your checkbones and on your brow bone.  Don't forget to add some lipstick and you are complete. 



Products I used (in order);
Nivea day cream
Revlon photoready primer
Benefit Lemon Aid
AVON supershock eyeliner in black (upper lashline)
Illamasqua eyeshadow in Heroine
REVOLUTION eyeshadow palette in Iconic 3
Illamasqua gel eyeliner
NYC eyebrow pencil in Brown
REVOLUTION concealer in 01 fairest 
Collection lasting perfection concealer light 2
Lancome Hypnose Star in brown (top lashes)
Clinique even better mascara (bottom lashes)
Sleek blush in Flamingo 
MUA lipstick in shade 3


Saturday 12 July 2014

Urban Decay x Pulp Fiction ❤

If anyone looks at my instagram, twitter or even knows me you should know I LOVE Quentin Tarantino movies and Pulp Fiction is my favourite! When I found out that Urban Decay are doing a limited edition collection I did squeal a little and rushed to google the collection which commemorates the 20th anniversary.  


In the five piece collection is inspired by the one and only Mrs. Mia Wallace, the lip liner, lipstick and nail polish in the iconic deep red is named after her, also in the collection is a Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner with black and gunmetal reflex.

Now we come to the fifth and final part of the collection, this is so good it deserves its own paragraph....The Pulp Fiction palette! before I even talk about the eyeshadows, lets talk about the packaging, it has the iconic Pulp Fiction font and then the Pièce de résistance! It has the full Ezekiel verse on the packaging and if you don't know the verse here it is 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

Then to put the cherry on the cake it then says “Jules Winnfield – Badass Mother F****er”

Now lets talk about the actual eyeshadows inside, there are five matte eyeshadows included in the palette;

Righteous which is a pale cream
Tyrany which is a warm brown, a perfect transition colour
Vengance which is a dark brown
Furious/Anger which from the pictures it looks like white and black.


This is a must buy for any Pulp Fiction/Quentin Tarantino fan, the palette is to die for and you can easily create the iconic Mia Wallace look or intensify it for your own twist on it.

I can not wait to get my hands on this! Sadly I do not know when it is going to be realesed in stores in Europe but it launches on urbandecay.com starting July 16th 








Friday 11 July 2014

Whitening Lightning Lipgloss ❤

I have recently received a large package from Whitening Lighting/Gerard Cosmetics.  If you havent heard of these lipglosses before here is a quote from there website "Our Colors are created with flattering undertones that make your teeth look whiter and brighter. The perfect purse companion and a creamy and pigmented lip-plumper that will be an essential for everyday."




I received 10 lipglosses, a teeth whitening kit and 5 booster pens. Below is a list of the shades I received;  


(L-R)
❤ Borneo 
❤ Seduction (x2)
❤ Vilu
❤ Candy Apple
❤ Summer Sun 
❤ Coral Craze 
❤ Bermuda
❤ Raspberry Sherbet 
❤ Bahama 

As you can see the lipglosses are highly pigmented, glossy and opaque. There are currently 21 shades available to purchase on the website www.whiteninglightning.com All lipglosses are "Complete with a mirror and built-in light for easy application and touch-ups on the go. LED light illuminates and allows you to apply your Color Your Smile anywhere and any time of day."



I have been loving wearing black liquid eyeliner on my lips with Borneo and MAC Ruby Woo with Candy Apple. It creates the perfect high gloss lip without being too sticky.

If you are looking for some new lipglosses I highly recommend Color Your Smile lipglosses, they are certainly worth the hype!

Sunday 6 July 2014

June Favourites ♥

The month of June has gone so fast and I have so many beauty and non beauty favourites but I won't bore you will all of them.  Here are four of my beauty and four of my non beauty favourites.

Beauty Favourites;



120 bright eye shadow palette ♥ this is my summer must buy! highly pigmented and bendable colours,  I'm not sure where it is from as it was a birthday gift sorry!

REVOLUTION highlighter in Golden Lights £3.00 ♥ can be bought on the Make-up Revolution website or Superdrug online. I have no words about this, just buy it please buy it.  Honestly it is one of the best highlighters I have ever used and it is in my top 3 but sadly nothing can beat my beloved MAC pigment in Vanilla.

Illamasqua eye shadow in Heroine £15.50 ♥ can be bought in Selfridges, Space NK and online. If you are pale like myself this eye shadow is the perfect contour and crease colour, I actually like this way more than NYX blush in Taupe.

Nude Lipstick ♥ over the past few months I have been wearing bright lipstick but now summer is officially here, I have been wearing bright colours on my eyes and cheeks and opting for a nude lip and I have been loving the effect.


Non Beauty Favourites;



The Fault in Our Starts movie ♥ I fell in love with the book last year and I cried reading the book so I knew I would fall apart watching the movie and I wasn't wrong.  I bought myself the largest Ben & Jerry's available in the cinema and I sat and watched it with lots of tissues, I kept all my tears in for 45 minutes and after that the tears started and didn't stop. No movie has ever made me cry like this and I feel defeated that a movie actually made me cry for nearly an hour, but other than that I would recommend it to anyone but please wear waterproof mascara!

Accessorize Opal Studs ♥ since I have re stretched my ears to 20mm I have been looking for some pretty studs to go in my lobes what don't look glitzy and I was given these beauties for my birthday and they are perfect. 

Pink Make-up case ♥ I needed a new case to store my daily make-up in as my full make-up and skincare storage is now over flowing into empty glossyboxes. I was given this for my recent birthday and it is perfect, the case is in a pretty pink metal which keeps everything safe and water resistant. Inside there are eight compartments which are a perfect width for lipsticks and other make-up products of a similar size and shape.

Game of Thrones ♥ I kept on seeing people post about Game of Thrones every where and my friends was also telling me to watch it so I gave in to peer pressure and I watched it and I am so glad I did.  I started episode season one late one Monday night and 40 episodes, 4 seasons and several nights later I have finished it in just less that a week.  I became hooked to it and my favourite character has to be Tyrion Lannister, I love everything about his character.