Long lasting make up ♥

Last Friday I went to a good friend’s wedding.  I was also the make-up artist for the bride, mother of the bride and bridesmaid.  That also meant that I had to be ready first and be in a full face of make-up for well over 12 hours. 

Products I used;

Base;

Johnsons daily essentials day cream

Revlon Photo ready perfecting primer

Absolute New York eyeshadow primer

MAC pro long wear concealer in NC15

ELF high definition powder in transparent

Revlon colorstay foundation in 110 ivory

MUA matte effect concealer in fairest

Illamasqua concealer in 115

Collection bronze glow mosaic bronzer in 2

Revolution vivid baked highlighter in golden lights

MAC vanilla pigment

Illamasqua eyeshadow in heroine

Revolution blush palette in hot lights

Brows

Brow bar to go

Elf brow mascara

MUA brow define mascara in fair

Eyes;

Illamasqua gel eyeliner in infinity

Revolution redemption palette in iconic 3

Naked basics; naked 2 and faint

Loreal colour infallible eyeshadow in 016 coconut shake

Lancome hypnose star mascara

Benefit they’re real mascara

GOSH gold glitter eyeliner

Lips;

Nivea pearl and shine lip balm

ELF long wear lip liner in Spice

Whitening lightening lipgloss in Coral Craze 

Here are a few photos of the lovely wedding and myself throughout the night with no make-up touch ups, as you can see my make-up lasted pretty well and it still looked good at the end of the night.  

When you need make-up to last long make sure you use products you know what work for your skin.   Don't try new products on event day or a few days prior to an event as it may cause irritation or not last as long as other products.

Splash of Colour ♥

Summer has officially started!! which means one thing and one thing only, colour and lots of it!! I rarely wear colourful clothing so I express myself with my make-up most of the time, now we are in summer I have begun to express myself a little more than usual.

No matter what you are wearing you can add a pop of colour to your make-up. It can be anything from a bright winged liner instead of the normal black/brown eye liner, neon eye shadows, bright lips or cheeks.  It may seem to be daunting to add such a bright colour to your face but when it is done correctly it can look amazing.  

I started off adding brightly coloured eye liners on my bottom waterline and smudging it out, it creates a lovely smoky effect and a pop of colour.  

My current favourite waterline eye liners are;

GOSH velvet touch eye liner in Sky High*

GOSH velvet touch eye liner in Purple Stain* 

MUA intense colour eye liner in Turquoise*

MUA intense glitter eye liner in Jade Jewel*

*can be found at superdrug

I have also been using my much loved Rimmel Scandal Eyes khol eye liner in Nude as a base and applying eye shadow on top. 

Bright colours can be daunting but try creating a bright smoky eye, the jet black cut crease and false lashes make the colours pop.  Start off with a colour what compliments your eye colour/hair colour and when you are more comfortable you can add the rainbow.  When using bright colours be careful with reds and oranges they can bring out the redness and tiredness in your eyes, try using a nude or a black eye liner in the inner waterline to prevent this.  

Superdrug Haul #2

 

As you all know I can’t resist shopping, especially for new make-up.  I went to my local Superdrug and got some goodies.  Recently I am loving Superdrug for bargains because they stock MUA which I love right now.

As you can see I went a little lipstick mad.  It is hard to find MUA lipsticks in stock in my local Superdrug and went I saw these five beauties I had to buy them. I bought shades (Left - Right) Pouty Pink (Matte), Scarlet Siren (Matte), 1, 2 and 3.  They are all highly pigmented and only £1 each! A full blog post on my MUA lipstick collection and storage is coming soon. 

I have always been a fan of bright lips but I've always shyed away from colour on my eyes.  I want to get out of my comfort zone and try something new so I bought some non neutral eye liners, both of them was a £1 each.  I bought a liquid eye liner in shade 2 and a Intense glitter eye liner in Jade Jewel.  Both will be used in tutorials soon.

On the way out I was walking towards the till and I bumped into a little sale box full of goodies. I could not resist these, everything was 50p each! I have never tried GOSH make-up before so I'm not going to go into depth about these, so look out for a full blog post on these beauties. 

Are you a fan of MUA or GOSH make-up? what are your favourite products?