beauty essentials

Eyes: My two favourite products would have to be Prestige Soft Blend Kohl eyeliner in brown, Maybelline Great Lash big in Very Black and the only eyeshadow I use, Maybelline Colour Delights creme shadows. 

Face: Always, always use something with SPF. I use Neutrogena Healthy Defence moisturiser with The Body Shop mineral foundation over the top. If I'm going out, I'll use the body shop concealer as well. 

Pink lip tint: 

And the wonderful pink pout you lovely readers saw here is achieved with a bottom coat of (a very worn) Burt's Bees Replenishing lip balm in Pomegranate for a sheer pink colour. Then I use the ultimate pink Almay lip tint in Rose Incarnation, and a coat of Liplicious in Frozen Daiquiri!

To all those beauty Youtubers out there... you are very talented! Filming is actually a lot harder than it looks. And considering that I am a perfectionist, it made the whole say-whatever-you-want thing really hard. So, I decided to stick with what I'm good at and do a mini photo-shoot with all my favourite products. Sorry I didn't put a video up! I hope this helps.

chameleon

So I have been experimenting a little with my hair, no I did not get it cut! Of course I am still growing it so I can have it blow in the breeze and look all whimsical and whatnot. This is a faux-bob, done with a curling iron, some clips and patience. Lots of patience.
The look is topped of with my now-favourite lip colour. The perfect colour - between purple and pink. I am thinking of, since I have a slight Youtube beauty video obsession, doing one myself. Just my daily beauty regime and some diy's. Tell me if you would like to see a video. Happy almost-weekend!

views on beauty

As you all know I have been very into beauty lately, as you can see in my last two posts. The sudden interest was mainly inspired by the beauty videos I have been addicted watching on Youtube. Here I have included some of my favourite beauty videos for you to look at. The first video is some beauty tricks/shortcuts you can use when low on a certain product. The second one is not necessarily a beauty video but the channel Beauty Crush is amazing! She has such eclectic/different style and really knows how to experiment with makeup. The last video (Michelle Phan) is a tutorial. Not very realistic as you could not wear it in everyday life (I guess you could, you might be stared at!). Michelle is the queen of makeovers and can transform herself into so many different characters. I love the way she experiments with beauty, it's truly magical. Just letting you know also that I will be M.I.A for the next three days on a camping trip. Not really planning on documenting any of my outfits but should be fun. Enjoy the videos!

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luxe

This the second time I have experimented with my makeup, this being the "brown/natural (whatever you want to call it) smoky eye". Here's the process:

I just basically used brown eyeliner halfway across my top lid and the corners of the bottom rim. Then I smudged dark brown shadow across the rim of my top lids and light brown shadow all over. I finished it off with a shimmery cream eye shadow all over.

 I then paired it with my Mother's silk shirt and felt well, luxe. Hence the title. Sorry about the dodgy phone photos! Thoughts?

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purple

I got the inspiration for these photos partly because I was lazy and partly because I wanted to experiment with beauty. My normal beauty routine consists of mascara, mineral powder and concealer, occasionally eyeliner. I rarely go out of my comfort zone as I am not sure how to and these purple-ish lips are about as far as I've gone. I read about how to do them first in Teen Vogue (and modified that a little). I got my Hissyfit berry lipgloss and some dark purple eyeshadow and mixed them up and applied it to my lips with a brush. Not the best technique, but apparently gets a "pigmented" colour. I was much too lazy to do full body shots so wore my new favourite Pink Rogue peter pan collar top which I also featured here. Hope you enjoy my first step at wearing bold makeup. 

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