fashion-down

When going to Perth for a weekend, one thing is guaranteed: Shopping! Since I don't get to do it too often I take advantage, and it had been a good 6 months since we last went up haha. I have named this my makeup essential haul since most of the makeup i bought is what I call "practical"- no fun eyeshadow's & lipsticks, but things I need. haha if you get what I mean. I got all of this from Priceline. They have a huge section of this makeup brand called Models Prefer & I liked the look of their stuff & tested it a bit. Its reasonably priced too. 1: Models Prefer eyelash curler . I needed a new one badly, my other one didn't seem to fit the shape of my eye properly but this does. Review to come soon. I think I may just chuck all of the same brand into one big review lol. 2: Models Prefer brush cleaner . I've needed one of these for a very long time too. Unfortunately, when I got home I found the bottle didn't squirt properly :( So I have to open

In almost every magazine I have read since the end of winter, Colour Blocking has had to be the biggest trend by far. Whether its in the form of clothing or accesories or makeup, the use of bold bright colours in block form is totally gorgeous! Here I was inspired by this look by this gorgeous blogger http://solomag.se/killercolours/2011/09/tutorial-contrasting-colours/ (please note she now has a new blog which is here) Ok so my look is more than inspired.. .I love the contrasting colours she chose so I wanted to keep them :) I think any colours would look good together, and it doesn't really matter if they clash or not! just a litte bit of editing.. haha Products: Milk JEP Red- 120 palette Orange- Madd Minerals Drop Dead Fred to blend red Blue- Madd Minerals in Mega Beast Maybelline Line Allure Eyeliner Nyx Peach for cheeks? Nyx Summer Love L/S ~~~~ So I have finally gotten my verryy own laptop, yay :) I wanted to make my first ever video for you guys.. eeep I know I wouldn't

Firstly a hello & thank you to the new followers!! Haha I'm so lazy.. I have to edit my pictures all at once, & by then I may as well just post them all together. Its a lot easier haha :) Again they are neutrals, I haven't been too inspired with colour lately except for a few looks now & then. On to the pics!! Hair colour no flash no sunlight hair colour in the sunlight :) Products: Stila Kitten UD Smog Darkhorse A bit of Creep on top of the black e/l I think blush is... awwwh I wish I wrote it down.. I think its Nyx peach blush Nyx strawberry milk Sleek Storm- Lightest Colour Bronze colour over the top (so pretty much the same as my summer fresh look) Coppery colour from the sleek palette in the outer V The naked looking colour in the crease Random purple e/l I got from ebay agess ago Cheeks.. duno, haha not helpful I know sorry! Lips are probably Rimmel Shocking Pink Wearing a bump it... a bit hard to see here. I didn't have it far back enough for most of the

My hair was in desperate need of a colour, I liked the colour that I had before but I've had red in my hair for so long that I wanted to go more violet-y. & it still has some red in it so I like that :D These pics were taken the day after so I made sure that I slept on my hair nicely haha. & to go with my new hair I wanted to do a more "special" look so yet again I tried a cut crease look (again haha) which I thought I had better try to name. Products: Nyx Cream Cheese JEP 88 Warm Palette - Blue circle lid - Orange crease - Purple Crease/ Outer V - Green eyeliner Black Bean JEP as a base for the e/l ELF Peachy keen Nyx Summer Love [?] & a bonus picture of our beautiful cat Mishka since I don't think I've posted one since she was a baby, when she was grey with black tips. She lost all her grey & turned orange/brown & black but is getting more greys again, hehe. This is how she likes to sleep =) I was going to post a few looks into this one, but

Just some more pictures with the same FOTD from my foundation tutorial... When I was doing it I had more of a Victoria's Secret look in mind as I had just watched Transformers 3 the night before (major girl crush on Rosie & her hair & make up!) but in the end I think I strayed from the inspiration- oh well, I still like it & I think I may do this in summer when its too hot 2 do anything else because its quick & easy- minus the winged eyeliner, I think I might skip that. Products~~ Eyes: NYX JEP in cottage cheese over the lid the lightest colour in the Sleek Storm palette all over Lightly blended a bronze colour into the outer corner, going slightly onto the lid Bronzer in the crease Lancome artliner The Makeup Store e/l in Crazy Lazy (blue) Cheeks: Nyx glow cream blush bronzer that you cannot see haha Lips: Bys lipstick in Coral Kiss Thanks for looking <33

So although my foundation routine has changed plenty of times over the years I am quite pleased with how I do it now, but I hope that I continue to improve it :) So I think the title explains it all, lets get to it ;). Product list/ pictures are at the end  Apply your primer! Beware the naked skin. You will see that I have blemishes to cover up, you can't really see the extent of the scarring though.  Before anything else you will have to use your colour correctors first (green skin is not a good look haha) I only apply the green concealer if I feel like I need it.  I blend out the yellow concealer with the foundation end of the Essence of Beauty brush. I find this is fluffier than other foundation brushes so I like it for this job. Then with the concealer end I apply my concealer. In the same order that I applied it in each spot (nose, chin, cheeks, forehead) I blend it out with the brush again. You want to mainly blend the edges. Only apply a little bit of concealer at a time, yo