L.F RAMBLES - HAIR

Me, mum and older sister, here's a link to the little one so she doesn't feel left out. 

I mainly scanned this in because I now own a decent scanner! I think the quality is amazing compared to most I've tried... or I'm just too picky - NO to pixelation.

Apparently I was a couple a months old there. It's OK I know I wasn't a cute baby. No-one compares to Flynn Bloom. Lastly I think my mum has vampire blood in her! Anti-aging part.... not the glittery shit. 

 Good bye green hair! It was fun whilst it lasted. I don't think I'll ever do the whole ombre/'fun' colour dye thing again, just because the bleach wrecked the hell out of my hair and I'm too lazy to keep up with the colour.

Hair cut today! Love hate relationship with fringes... I love them but they are high maintenance and don't really suit my face shape... but fack the rules! I dyed the tips of my hair brown after getting rid of as much green as I could, alas I still had green in there! 

So...... back to black now. Normal boring L.F. And job friendly.... cough cough.

L.F DOES S/S - GLOSSY EYE

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC PAINTPOT - SOFT OCHRE

MAC PIGMENT - TEAL

MAC PIGMENT - STEEL BLUE

URBAN DECAY EYESHADOW - GREEN GODDESS

WET N WILD PALETTE - PRIDE (SHIMMER NAVY)

CLINIQUE SUPERBALM MOISTURISING GLOSS - APRICOT (USED ON EYES)

SLEEK EAU LA LA LINER - NOIR

Hey guys, so as promised I've done an updated version of my test I did here. This one is much more colourful and less moody and dark. 
Which one do you prefer?

MUM GETS A MAKEOVER 3

 Mum with zilch!

The eyelash glue is still drying so please ignore and the lip colour isn't perfect - my mum just slapped it on.
I also decided to add navy on the lower lash line to match her dress (which you can kind of see) and also helps to brighten the whites of her eyes.

Hey guys, so I'm back 'home home' so my mum often asks me to help her get ready. She wanted quite a 'done' look so we decided to use false lashes on her for once, and I think  this helps to frame the eyes more with so much smokiness going on. 

This probably won't be the last time you see her face around here so welcome mummy L.F! 

L.F DOES S/S - BLOOD RED

SOURCE
I changed up the texture for the eyes but everything else I tried to keep the same. And techically this is a fall look but shhhh.

No brows: I look like a mole!
KEY PRODUCTS:
MAC STUDIO FIX FLUID FOUNDATION
MAC PRO LONGWEAR CONCEALER (USED ON BROWS)
LAURA MERCIER SECRET CAMOUFLAGE
MAC SKINSHEEN BRONZER STICK - TAN TINT
NYX BLUSH - TAUPE
RED GLOSSY FINISH LIPSTICK (FOR THE EYES)
NO7 PERFECT LIPS PENCIL -  FIRE
CLINIQUE SUPERBALM MOISTURISING GLOSS  - APRICOT
RED GLITTER

Hey guys, so I finally recreated this again after putting it off my 'redo' list for agggges - I get distracted easily by new things.
Really doubt anyone will recreate this, but this look is SUPER easy to do. Lipstick round the eyes with light buffing and metallic shimmer in the inner corner of the eyes and you are done! Bleached brows too if your face can pull it off (I can't so lots of contouring and highlight).
The lips don't look as amazing as the original... I think the glitter I have is too chunky but think Dorethy's shoes x1000 on the lips. 

Hope you liked this look! I'm having a moment with gloss and 'creasey' textures at the moment :)

A BIT OF MOD-ESTY

Webcam photo, but you can see how it works together with the face. Apart from the eyes, everything else doesn't really go with the mod vibe, but if you are interested in the lip colour it is MAC - plumful lipstick.

KEY PRODUCTS:

NYX JUMBO EYE PENCIL - MILK

RIMMEL KOHL EYE LINER PENCIL - PURE WHITE

SLEEK EAU LA LA LINER - NOIR

Hey guys, I was just going for a more graphic 'line' style eye but I started to blend and....... I lost the simplicity of just a bold stroke. I need to learn to stop blending sometimes.
Anyway I had the urge to do a mod/60s eye after going to a talk with Elizabeth Walker (Marie Claire) and she had a slideshow with some images of her in her teens and I just got mesmerised by her eye make-up (makeup magpie).
Ignore the rest of my face - it's not really authentic! 


EDIT - this post was called 'JUST THE EYES' but I've renamed it since I found a face photo!

WEDDING 3/06/12

Hey guys, a really impromptu job where my mum agreed to do the make-up for a friend till she found out I was coming home so I got given the job. No trial but the brief was 'natural' which is what I prefer with weddings.

The client never wears any make-up so this was a fun transformation and she said it was better than when she had it professionally done for her wedding in China!

Oh her skin was also SUPER silky soft. My mum reckons it's because she doesn't use any make-up on her skin at all. Oh skin envy - I have this with everyone I work with.
My mum was responsible for the hair and nails. Team L.F!

CURRENT FAVOURITES 4 AND HAUL

L'OREAL SUPERLINER - BLACK LACQUER 

Shiny patent..... eyeliner? How cool is that eyeliner?! The photo above is a swatch of it dried down.

Bonus is the eyeliner has a 'rubbery' formula so it doesn't smudge/run like normal water based ones. WIN. 

BARRY M - SILVERY LILAC

Cheap and cheerful, another polish to my 'murky' collection. 

 LAURA MERCIER SECRET CAMOUFLAGE - SC-3
Only a matter of time.... I think I'm in a concealer buying phase atm. I have TONS. A lot of them are pretty good already, but alas I keep searching. Currently on test mode with this so I'll get back with a yay or a nay.

ESSIE BILLIONAILS AND TRILLIONAILS
I think they've now been repackaged or discontinued but..... I got them for £1.80 each instead of £13 or something crazy. I'm looking after my nails a lot more now, because I know I abuse them quite a bit... hopefully these stop the flaking. Gross. 

PANTONE ACCESSORY 

 Needed a new card wallet for uni' and pantone reminds me of graphic design side of things..... so cliche student moment here.

CALOURETTE

I bit the bullet and now I own some Calourette. It's not the most practical ring but it's kind of kitsch/cute - exactly the stuff I like.

PAPERCHASE

CUTE. I'll take it. 

TK MAXX

This is quite sad but I'm starting to 'collect' tins. Cute patterned ones only though. The above are *some* of my most recent ones. FRENCH COFFEE BEANS, how can you not like it?


Hey guys, I've been quiet on the haul front lately. I've not been *too* bad... well somethings I haven't taken photos of .....*cough* another YSL glossy stain.

L.F DOES S/S - SEW EASY

SOURCE

So simple and stunning..... let's see where this could go.

Much easier than eyeliner! Ha.

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC PAINTPOT - BARE STUDY (USED AS HIGHLIGHT

NARS ILLUMINATOR - ORGASM

BLACK POLYESTER THREAD

DUO ADHESIVE

Hey guys, a bit different to my usual stuff ey? Ironically this took me awhile as I wasn't pleased with my first try. You could see the glue and I got a bit too 'perfectionist' mode on it, when I think it's just about having a fun 'throw on' vibe about it. 

Second time round I only used glue on the 'starting' point of the thread and with each shot quickly reshuffle it so the thread made its own pattern rather than me manipulating it all.

Which one is your favourite?