L.F DOES S/S - PRIMARY COLOURS INSPIRED BY VAL GARLAND

Interview with Val Garland discussing how she started and her career highlights so far. I'm obviously nowhere near as talented as she is, but it's inspiring to hear how she's self taught and how her pure talent has paved into the amazing career she has today. I know I sound slightly in awe. I am. 

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One of the looks from makeup visionary Val Garland's recent global M·A·C master class tour. When I first saw this look I just KNEW I had to recreate it. Blocks of sporadic primary colours contrasted with beautiful black flow of lines. So simple, yet so striking.  

I think I'm particularly fond of the lips. It's like pop art meets Picasso.

KEY PRODUCTS:

MUFE FLASH COLOUR - BLACK, RED, YELLOW AND TURQUOISE

Hey guys, this is just a quick look I did whilst playing around which I really really enjoyed doing. I obviously had Garland's reference in the background but there's an organic painter-like style with this look which I found quite relaxing to do - it didn't have to be perfect, more about conveying an emotion. I've done a previous look inspired by her work here you can check out.
VAL GARLAND YOU ARE A LEGEND! Please let me intern/assist with you one day!

QUICK LOOK WITH NEW STUFF

BECCA BROW POWDER - ASH

Sick and tired of brow products with a red undertone? Check this out. 

KEVYN AUCOIN THE SENSUAL SKIN ENHANCER - 5

I've been testing this for a good week and this stuff is GOOD. It's like a pot of MAC studio fix fluid for me and in real life it makes your skin look so flawless. Worth every penny.... so far.

BEAUTE LIQUI-GEL STAIN - FEVER

People were not joking when they said this looks like a vial of blood. Still testing but so far it's great. 

E.L.F STUDIO MASCARA & SHADOW SHIELD

AWESOME TOOL. It's brilliant for clients to prevent any mascara transferring.

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DR BRONNER'S LAVENDER LIQUID SOAP
Finally decided to try this out for deep cleansing my brushes and it's awesome. It even cleans my lip brushes which I've previously had to clean separately. It seems to keep my brushes in a good condition, smell nice and I'm pretty sure it speeds up the drying time too. Recommend!

VOGUE UK JUNE 2013 - KATE MOSS BY PATRICK DEMARCHELIER

Kate being the amazing cheek-boned glamazon as usual.

Face, brows, lips AND eyes. YES. 

KEY PRODUCTS:

BEAUTE LIQUI-GEL STAIN - FEVER
KEVYN AUCOIN THE SENSUAL SKIN ENHANCER 
ILLAMASQUA POWDER EYE SHADOW - FLASHER
BECCA BROW POWDER - ASH

MAC PRO SCULPTING CREAM - PURE SCULPTURE

Hey guys. So I had a small but very pricey spree on some make-up bits as a reward for finishing second year. I decided to test them all out in one go in one look, so yes, I do look very very done.

L.F RAMBLES - WHAT A WEEK

My friend Kathryn! Sorry for the low quality photo but the lighting was really poor. I forgot to take a before photo much to her relief I think (she looks lovely anyway). The brief was smokey eye and deep lip but 'natural' looking. So no TOWIE make-up style. I mainly focused on the eyes with a warm bronze toned smokey eye and lashes paired with a stained berry lip (Becca). Everything else was kept quite minimal. Kathryn was really happy with the lashes which I'm happy about because for a good while it's something I had to keep working at. The secret is DUO adhesive (best eyelash glue EVER), Bourjois lash applicator and to curl your real and false eyelashes together to bind them - otherwise you get the tell tale sign of an obvious divide between the two. Practice makes perfect though! Steady hand and keep checking they are adhered well :)

I look kind of cross eyed here but I thought I'd do some fun eyeliner when my flat mate had a food gathering night thing. 

Me and the boy. I've not been out out with him in AGGGGES. It was quite low key till we ended up at this very camp bar (I LOVE camp men). A bit drunk, a few things happened but was good, or shall I say interesting. I'll say interesting. Definitely interesting. 

This was taken on Friday, enjoying my local park. I had no idea but it's huge... and there's a MASSIVE pond. So I spent my afternoon half attempting to read my book that I've had for ages, laughing at the boys and watching people haul in some fishes. 

Hey guys, small update. It's been an emotional week for me, I think I'm starting to worry my parents because ever since we've started skyping (well them working out how to do it) I've just broken down each time. Mostly about stupid things. LIFE. Also something I've kept on the low was I applied for a job at MAC as a retail artist.... and I didn't even get through the first stage. I was a bit disheartened.  I can only think I'm *still* lacking on retail experience front..... could be a whole host of things too.  But I was pretty gutted. But I'm going to keep trying - you have to work hard for something you want. 

PLAYING WITH PIGMENTS

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Prada Fall 2013
Tumblr. My first port of call when I'm looking for inspiration. The purple/berry undertone within the make-up caught my eye. It's not S/S at all but I'm a sucker for A/W make-up.

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When it started getting to the point of being unwearable for everyday life, I referenced back to one of John Galliano's make-up looks which has this beautiful undone quality.

Webcam shot which highlights the different undertones and layers that the flash took out! Haha. 

Layers and layers and layers of pigments!

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC PIGMENTS - GRAPE, FUCHSIA, KITSCHMUS, PINK OPAL, SOFTWASH GREY, CHARTREUSE, NOCTURNAL PLUM AND DARK SOUL

MAYBELLINE COLOUR TATTOO 24HR - PERMANENT TAUPE

DANIEL SANDLER WATERCOLOUR CREME -ROUGE BLUSHER - SOFT PINK

AVON SUPERSHOCK GEL EYELINER - BLACK

Hey guys, I'm back! Second year is FINITO! And for the time being (before full time job hits me/reality) I get to indulge in make-up, films and reading. WOO. To get myself back into the swing of things I decided to grab my bag of MAC pigments and try to create a whole look out of them. I used a few cheat products but mostly I just used the pigments wet and dry to vary the intensity and finish. 

My course mate has asked me to do her make-up for her birthday so I'm looking forward to working with a red-head. Porcelain skin and blue eyes.... ahh the perfect canvas!

PLAY 5

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Punks class of 2013. Make-up by Pat McGrath. LEGEND. 

Me pretending to be a punk. Make-up wise anyway!

Hey guys, just a quick post of me messing about. It's always a bad idea when I do a look late at night but after I stumbled across the image above of McGrath's work I felt so inspired to whip out some gel eyeliner and just experiment.The make-up isn't perfect, but you get the gist. 

L.F RAMBLES - TUESDAY

This was from awhile ago (2 weeks ago?) but I'm using some products I currently love and recommend. This is my go to 'night' make-up, I tend to use warm brown tones around my eyes with lots of mascara (no liner) and off set it with a deep red/berry lip 

• LAURA MERCIER LUSTER EYE COLOUR - ROSEWOOD
• E.L.F. STUDIO MINERAL INFUSED MASCARA
• DAINTY DOLL LIPSTICK - 001

 I've not had bubble tea in like 10 years or something. It's nice, but very sweet. Don't really want to know what crap goes in. 

My friend was shooting for her pie related project and I decided to make a cat from the left over pastry. I literally kept laughing at that photo every 5 minutes. It looks like it's been through a brawl.

Uni work which I've just handed in as part of a live brief. I think this brief actually highlighted more than anything how little self confidence I have in myself and my ideas (in terms of my own creativity). It's nothing new. I'm very modest but also lack self confidence when I'm working in a new territory. I need reassurance but at the same time when someone  believes in your idea so much it also backfires and makes my feelings even worse because I feel like I have to live up to their expectations. I think this is a typical designer/artist trait. But I thought I'd just throw it out there. Cue George Michael's Faith song playing in the background. 

More uni related things. I met Chris at a house party, we got talking and bam! He ended up helping me with my project soundtrack. Vodka is good.

Black leather shoes.......my weakness. I always confess to  A.J when I buy a new pair because I have so many shoes. He thinks I'm a bit insane. I am a bit insane. 

 Sorry for the massive plug about my work.. but hey I am at uni'. And unlike some students I do actually work. Maybe a bit too much at times. Anyway I got my awesome awesome friend Miriam to model for my comic. She's becoming my hand model for all my projects!

Literally across the road from where I live. LOL at the police. Oh Fenham.

This is probably really old but I only discovered it 2 days ago. 

Hey guys, so my last two hand ins are due on Tuesday and then I'm FREEEEE! I'm going to be sticking around Newcastle for a good while I think. I need to sort out placements and other errands and actually have fun in my house for once because I'm usually so wrapped up with work. Lots of sensible drinking  and making the most of Celeste being around before she goes. And of course A.J, I couldn't of finished one of my briefs without him and he's got his own workload already. Thank-you. AND make-up! I'll be back to my normal schedule. Lots of fun make-up looks to make it up to you guys. Thanks for sticking around!