NOTD: Neutral Elegance

Nail of the Day: Nails inc. in Basil Street & VoV in Gold. 

(Taken with Flash)

Basil Street is a great nude nail polish for those days where you want something very natural and classy. If you have trouble finding a nude that compliments your skin tone, then I'd definitely recommend checking out this particular shade. The consistency is a little runny so you do have to be careful when applying it, otherwise you do get streaks but the end results are well worth the effort.

 I bought the VoV nail polish while overseas, and I don't think it's a readily available brand in most countries. Nonetheless its a good basic gold nail polish to have because it compliments so many other colours, it's also very easy to work with and dries pretty fast. 

Eye Makeup Tutorial: Mystic Blue Night

What I used:

Sleek Storm Palette

Blue Heaven Kajal

Maybelline Colossal Mascara

Models Own Angled Brush

Models Own Blending Brush  

1. Using an angled brush, dip the end into a gold eyeshadow and line the top lash line.

2. Using the same bush, pick up some light blue eyeshadow and create a line above the gold.

3. Continue the previous step using a slightly darker blue.

4. Next take a black eyeshadow- I used the standard matte black that comes in the Sleek Palettes and again create another line above the previous one.

Note: The width of the lines depends on your eye shape, ideally the black should be place somewhat near the crease.

5. Wing out each of the shadows slightly, and line your water line and tight line. 

6. If you want a less drastic look, then blend out and harsh edges to create a more subtle look.

Apply mascara and finish of your face makeup.

And this is the finished look... 

Thanks for reading :)

FOTD: Glam Plum

A few days ago I sat down to film another video for my channel, unfortunately since i'm still new to the  whole filming set up/lighting thing the final video wasn't something I wanted to put out there. Its a shame because I was actually really proud of the look I created. I took a few photos at the end which I didn't want to go to waste, so I thought an FOTD (Face of the day) would be a good idea for this weeks post. 

What I used:

Foundation: MyFace Foundation (Mixed with Olay Beauty Fluid) (Full Review)

Concealer: Sleek "Hide It" concealer with MyFace Concealer over the top 

Cheeks: Sleek Contour Kit, Light

Eyes: MUA Primer (Review coming shortly)

Eyeshadow: Maybelline Eye Studio EyeShadow Quad (Full Review)

Estee Lauder Pure Colour EyeShadow, 26 Iridescent Violet

Estee Lauder Pure Colour EyeShadow, 09 Amethyst Spark 

Eyeliner: Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner, 01 Black

17 Soft Liner, Soft Jet

Barry M Intense Black Eyeliner Pen

Mascara: Maybelline Volume Express Colossal Waterproof Mascara, Glam Black

Lips: Estee Lauder Kissable LipShine, 02 Maui Kiss

Let me know what you think, thanks for reading :)

NOTD: Coral Summer

Nail of the Day: Revlon Nail Enamel in 210 Electric Pink

(Flash)

I wouldn't describe this colour as electric pick at all, more like a bright coral- perfect for spring/summer :)

MyFace Foundation Review

Hi everyone :D

I've been meaning to do a review on the MyFace Foundation for a while now, and I'm finally getting around to doing it, yay!

I brought the foundation last Christmas for about £12.99 and I've been using it pretty frequently since then. 

Firstly, the packaging is quiet plastic-ey and I don't think the price tag reflects on it very well. When paying £10+ on a foundation I expect to get a product in somewhat more luxurious packaging like Revlon colorstay or Rimmel Wake Me Up. However, this being said I do actually love how streamline and compact it is- great for travelling. I recently had a 35 hour trip, yes 35 hours! (including a 12 hour layover) and had the foundation packed in my suitcase with a bit of cling film wrapped around it and it didn't spill or explode so the packaging gets a big thumbs up from me. :)

Another positive about this product is the staying power of this foundation. I'll usually put it on at about 9am and by the time I take it off at about 9.30-10pm most of it will still be there.

Sounds good so far, right? Well lets move onto the negatives...

(Taken with Flash)

Before I brought this foundation I read and watched about 90% of the reviews that were out there at the time, most people kept saying that the shade range was really good and since I have quiet unusually colouring and find it hard to find a foundation that matches my skin tone well, I was really excited when I heard about MyFace. 

So, there are 3 categories - light, medium and medium dark and within these categories there are 3 sub-categories 1,2 and 3.- this is meant to make it really easy to find your perfect shade. I must say this did make it easier to narrow down what shade I was. Good so far...

So early in the morning, I went of to boots, after examining all the shades i ended up swatching both the medium 03 and the dark/medium 01 on my face and then went for a walk outside to see what it looked like in natural lighting. The medium 03 looked slightly light and I don't think I would have been able to make it work for me whereas as the dark/medium 01 looked as though it had blended into my skin really well so that's the one I purchased.

(Flash)

(No Flash)

After wearing it a couple of times, I came to realise that this particular shade is extremely yellow from the moment I put it on.  I can't imagine there being a lot of people out there that would be able to pull of this particular colour because it's just so yellow (maybe if they had a lot of redness, but even then I think its a bit OTT)  

The "professionals" at MyFace state that the shades are professionally mixed and matched by experts according to skin tone. This may be true for the lighter variations of this foundation since from what I've heard from girls with paler/lighter skin tones seem to be reasonably happy with this product, however I don't think that the medium/darker shades are very skin-tone like at all. Total Disappointment. 

Blended in (No Flash)

Secondly I hate the formulation. On colder days the product manages to highlight dry patches I didn't even know I had yet on warmer days makes me look extremely shiny down my nose, forehead, cheeks and chin. I find myself needing to blot at least every 2-3 hours- it would be an understatement to say that its very inconvenient. 

My last point has absolutely nothing to do with the actually foundation, but with the strange statements on the tube…

"delivers a modern retouched finish" and "Instant image upgrade" 

My first thought- ?!?! :S

What does that mean? And what does it have to do with foundation??

Over I'm really not happy with this foundation. From the experience I've had with it, I would never repurchase it or recommend it to anyone. Hope you found this helpful :)

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The foundation provides a light coverage but can be built up to achieve a medium coverage.

You also get 35ml of product- 5ml more than the standard foundation. (great if you love it, not so great if your trying to use it all up because you'd hate to waste £13) 

Glee Eyeshadow pallet swatches :)

Late last year I purchased the Glee eyeshadow pallet; at £1.50 they aren't bad eyeshadows (however they aren't amazing. As you can see from the swatches below they are fairly pigmented especially the bottom row, however the tan shade (top row, second from the left) doesn't seem to go on evenly on my eyelids and they all seem to be quiet powdery but this can be resolved by applying them wet. Other than that these are pretty good shadows and I'm looking forward to using this pallet in my upcoming looks :)

Outer packaging 

Eyeshadows...

Top row

Bottom row

 (The swatches shown in the images above bare a true resemblance of the eyeshadows)   

Sleek Tutorial #4: Natural eyes

This is my next look using the sleek storm pallet. I've done a lot of very dramatic looks and so I thought it was a time to do something a little more natural and wearable. Hope you like it :)

What did I used:

- Revlon colourstay foundation 

- Revlon colourstay concealer 

- Primer

- Helena Rubinstein pink blush 

- Revlon super lustrous lipstick in 105 Persian coral

- Sleek Storm Pallet

- 17 eyeliner pen in soft jet

- Blue Heaven Kajal in black

- Eyelash curler

- Maybelline colossal mascara 

- Eye Shadow brush

- Pencil brush

- Angled brush

- Blending brush

- Blush brush

First apply a foundation and concealer of your choice

Next prime your eyelids- I used a home made primer made for moisturiser and foundation.

Using a flat eye shadow brush, pat the gold eye shadow (1) onto your entire lid.

Using a pencil brush, apply the dark brown eye shadow (2) onto the outer V.

Next pick up some of the matte nude eye shadow (3) onto a blending brush and blend out any harsh edges, also use the same brush to blend the gold and brown into each other. 

With the same dark brown shade, line the outer half of the bottom lash line with an angled brush. 

Line you top lash line; winging it out at the end, and line you're water/tight line.

Curl your lashes and apply two coats of mascara.

Finally, sweep a soft pink blush over cheeks and apply a coral lipstick.