L.F DOES A/W - COOL TONE

McQueen woman - strong yet innocent. Somewhere in the darkness there's always beauty and elegance. Am I making any sense or is this just fashion nonsense? Probably the latter. 

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I was initially drawn the the use of gold and silver against this warm ochre winged haze. The face and lips were paled down and paired with a bruised cheek stain.

No brows just highlights how I have zero facial definition *le sigh*

My interpretation is very a cool toned version and the wing of the eye is less heightened. The overall undertone gives a more corpse-like vibe but it's interesting to do a fashion take on looking dead whilst playing around with metallics. Gold and silver make a good pairing!

KEY PRODUCTS:

MUFE FLASH COLOUR - GOLD AND SILVER

MAC PAINT POT - GROUNDWORK

MAC EYESHADOW - ESPRESSO

MAC MINERALIZE SKINFINISH - LIGHT FLUSH

CONCEALER FOR BROWS AND LASHES

Hey guys, so last weeks look was kind of a 'pretty' and feminine, so it's only natural I do the complete opposite this week. It's a bit haunting and not so much beauty enhancing, but it's a fashion take on a looking like a corpse. I mainly focused on the juxtaposition of gold and silver, with a mirage of cool earth tones to bring some sort of definition and structure.

Hope you like it. Also a bit random but I got aggressively verbally abused by some random man today, and even though I don't know the guy and everything he said should be meaningless because it's all untrue, I was really shaken up. Sucks being at the wrong time and place sometimes. 

L.F DOES A/W - LINE ART

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Simple but effective. Easy nod to the mods.

I look like a alien! Anyway I would of preferred the lower lash lines to be more straight and less angled. Next time! They look more crazy here.

Rocking the 60s in my pajamas. HOT. 

KEY PRODUCTS:

BOBBI BROWN LONG-WEAR GEL EYELINER - BLACK INK

BLACK EYE-SHADOW

GOSH EXTREME ART EYE LINER - 26

MAC POWDER - TAUPE

MAC LIPSTICK - FANFARE

Hey guys, so this week is another interpretation of the 60s. I know, I'm obsessed! The main feature is the 3 straight drawn on lower lash lines. My lines could be more straighter, but you get the idea. I also added some glitter liner on top just to liven things up. It's graphic, bold and fun!

To work out my lines, I use gel eyeliner to map out the shape and to soften I go over with a black eye-shadow to give a softer diffused edge.

Hope you like it and give it a go :)

L.F DOES A/W - POWER BROW

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After my spell of featuring thin arched brows, I turned to the other side this week. If you have naturally bold full brows... I envy you! I was inspired by the ombre fade of the eyebrows and the eye-shadow - it balances the graphic edge of the brows to give a more softer overall appearance. 

I've cropped this weeks image...the left side didn't look symmetrical. 

Webcam of the full finished look. 
KEY PRODUCTS:
ILLAMASQUA LIPSTICK - ENCOUNTER
ILLAMASQUA CREAM PIGMENT - EMERGE
ILLAMASQUA POWDER EYE SHADOW - FLASHER
SHU UEMURA GLOW ON BLUSH - MEDIUM AMBER 761
WET AND WILD COLOR ICON - SILENT TREATMENT
MAYBELLINE GEL EYELINER - BLACK

Hey guys, sorry for the belated post but here's this weeks look! Taking a break from my usual love for thin stylised brows and taking a nod to the Cara brow = full, structured and bold.
I initially started with a green khaki crease and then when I shaped the brows, I let the black slowly merge together - the subtle nuance of colour compliments the punchy red lip and everything else was kept minimal and simple (contoured the face like mad).
Hope you like this weeks look, are you sporting a fuller brow this season?

L.F DOES A/W - ROYAL BLUES

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LARA STONE FOR VOGUE PARIS BY STEVEN KLEIN

This screams A/W with the clash of brash silver and deep berry toned lips. 

 I took the blue undertone eye and dark berry lips as inspiration and the rest I just went with the flow.

Webcam whore shot but you see the make-up :)

KEY PRODUCTS:

SLEEK EYESHADOW PALETTE - BAD GIRL

REVLON SUPER LUSTROUS LIPSTICK - BLACK CHERRY 

Hey guys, another unwearable look this week! I got the A/W bug and deep vampy lips with navy inky eyes was the theme of the day. As you can see there our similarities between the source image and my interpretation - I've just chosen to exaggerate features and proportions.

What do you think of this weeks look? I might do something more wearable next week.... who knows!

L.F DOES A/W - CONTRADICTION

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Intense eyes with bleached brows and muted lips and razor sharp cheekbones. LOVE. And slightly jealous. 

I look pretty moody. Weird mix of intense Gothic/Arabic style eye with the kitsch pop eyebrows. Opposites attract right?

The pink undertones are more prominent here :)

KEY PRODUCTS:

LOUISE GRAY FOR TOPSHOP SEQUINS

DANIEL SANDLER WATER COLOUR CREME-ROUGE BLUSHER - SOFT PINK

BOBBI BROWN LONG-WEAR GEL EYELINER - BLACK INK

NARS BLUSHER - TORRID

SUGARPILL PRESSED EYE-SHADOW - LOVE+

LANCOME L'ABSOLU NU LIPSTICK - 302

LAURA MERCIER SECRET CAMOUFLAGE - SC 3

LAURA MERCIER EYE-SHADOW - SPARKLING DEW

MAC PAINT POT - BARE STUDY

THE BALM MARY-LOU MANIZER THE LUMINIZER

Hey guys, I'm back with another 'interesting' look this week. I thought I'd do something different with the eyes, as I tend to change the appearance by making them appear larger than emphasizing my natural narrower shape. The more feline heavily defined shape is not something I'd do in real life but if you have a different eye shape to me, this way of defining your eyes will have a greater impact. I initially left the brows alone but it lacked something.... and the obvious route was to rock out the sequins and glitz! I 'bleached' my brows out first and using the sequins created an outline - it's subtle but without saying POW.The rest of my face was left pretty neutral with a soft pink to tie everything together.
What do you guys think of my combination? And I start uni (final year) this Monday. ARGHHH. 

L.F DOES A/W - RED DRAGON

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My main inspiration. I was actually drawn to the rust and orange undertones but then the red/pinks started taking over!

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The placement of everything was based on this. I wanted it all to interconnect.

Ahh the lighting in my room sucks. Think I'll have to do make-up during the day from now on.

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC PIGMENT - ELECTRIC CORAL

NYX JUMBO EYE PENCIL - RUST

BENEFIT - EYE BRIGHT

NYX LIPLINER - RED HOT

SUGARPILL EYESHADOW - LOVE+

BENEFIT CREASELESS CREAM SHADOW/LINER - BUSY SIGNAL

MUFE FLASH COLOUR - CORAL

Hey guys, so I'm back. OFFICIALLY! I've just been settling in my new house and uni routine so I've put off any fun make-up stuff till everything was sorted. I'm kind of in a weird situation with uni but I'm getting on with it.

Back to makeup! I actually wanted to have a main emphasis on orange and burnt reds. You can still see it but not as much as I wanted. Once I start adding pinks and reds I always go crazy. I've lightened the brows and I have velvet lips going on too.

I think make-up time/day off day is every Saturday, so expect a make-up look every weekend and I'll squeeze in anything extra when I can.

Miss you all! 

L.F DOES A/W - GOING DOWN

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Alana Zimmer by Miles Aldridge for Numéro No. 83 May 2007

Damn random flecks of glitter on my face :(

Here you can see the eye shaping better

KEY PRODUCTS:

NYX LIP PENCIL - CABARET

ILLAMASQUA POWDER EYE SHADOW - SYNTH

ALL OTHER EYE COLOURS SEEN IS FROM VARIOUS SLEEK PALETTES (I'VE DEPOTTED THEM ALL SORRY)

MAC SCULPTING POWDER - SCULPT

TIPS:

• INSTEAD OF BLEACHING YOUR EYEBROWS, DRAW YOUR EYEBROWS SO THAT THEY ARE ROUNDED TO A DOWNWARD SHAPE - WE WANT THE OPPOSITE OF LIFT.
• CONTOUR YOUR EYES SO THAT YOU CREATE A ROUNDED SHAPE TO MIMIC A DEEP SOCKET- PAY ATTENTION TO THE OUTER CORNERS AND BLEND DOWNWARDS TO ADD TO THE 'SLEEPY' EFFECT.
• TO CREATE THAT DRAMATIC SHARP LIP, PAINT A LAYER OF CONCEALER ROUND YOUR LIP LINE, BLEND ONLY THE OUTSIDE EDGES SO THAT THERE'S STILL A VISIBLE 'LIGHTER' LINE.

Hey guys, I hate starting posts with the usual "so busy with uni"..... but I AM SO BUSY WITH UNI. 
Deadlines galore and lots of time slaving away on the macs (because I'm rubbish.) Anyway I did the usual stumble through my Tumblr for inspiration and I hit upon this. SO ME. Bleached brows, prominent cheek bones, deep eye socket..... All of which I don't have :(
 My aim  for this weeks look was just to shape the eye so that it had a droopy appearance and play with creating a deeper socket.
Also hello new followers!! I'm *nearly* up to 50!

L.F DOES A/W - ORANGE GRUNGE AND RAMBLE

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More Charlotte Free love! I was more focused with her eye make-up for this weeks look

KEY PRODUCTS:

SUGARPILL PRESSED EYE SHADOW - FLAMEPOINT AND LOVE+

RIMMEL SPECIAL EYES EYELINER PENCIL - GINGER TEA (AS A BASE)

MAC PIGMENT - GRAPE (LIPS)

Hey guys, I actually did this look awhile ago but I didn't want to post it up as I wasn't thrilled with it... anyway it's up! Something different and I don't think I've featured much orange here.

This is not the sexiest look ever but orange is eye-shadow is actually really flattering - I might do a more wearable version at some point as this is a bit 'grungey-esque'.

To recreate I used a warm brown eyeliner as a base around the eyes and set this with a matching eye-shadow. Around the edges, buff the orange eye-shadow around the eyes and on the lower lid to add depth I added some red. I was a bit undecided about the lips - so anything you want really! I decided to dig out my pigments and mix something up - not sure it ties in well though!

RAMBLE:

 I couldn't contain my urge any longer and I had to dye my hair. It wasn't smooth sailing at all. I foolishly decided to bleach my hair when I had stuff going on (not concentrating) and me being a noob - my ends ended up lopsided! I had to bleach them again to make them even and my hair felt so bad afterwards - literally like straw.

Anyway Manic Panic dyes actually conditions your hair since it's a vegetable dye so I  left it on overnight to make sure I got a really good payoff. In the morning the colour looked a bit patchy as I reckon I didn't use enough of the dye. So I had to dye my hair again for another 5 hours or so.

Skipping to the end - the above is how it turned out. I LOVE IT - but I'm not too bothered about maintaining it. I wash my hair far too often so I know it'll fade out- so far so good though it's really nice and subtle grey/lilac tones to my ends :)

I FELT LIKE A HOOKER WITH THIS ON. This was actually based on a singer and yeah it looks nothing like her, so I contemplated it might be a good valentines day look. No. I really doubt any girl wants to look that full on. I think the lips is the only thing I got right *hint hint*. I might do something similar at some point.

Oh you can see how the colour has faded here, depending on the light the lilac tones vary- I love it and my ends feel back to normal really, phew!

L.F DOES A/W - SPIDER LASH

Pat McGrath showing you how it's done. Best tip I picked up from the video was just to 'paint' the lashes by just patting/dabbing on the mascara to build the layers rather than combing them though each time.

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I'd say this is a more 'cleaner' version of the 'spider lash' look but I love the simplicity of the lash and bold lips look.

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Charlotte Free looks AMAZING. The lashes border that gross but cool line.. I personally LOVE it.

HOW TO CREATE THE SPIDER LASH:

1. GIVE YOUR LASHES A REALLY GOOD CURL USING EYELASH CURLERS AND SET THEM WITH A MASCARA THAT WILL HOLD THIS- I USED A WATERPROOF ONE
2. NEXT I APPLIED INDIVIDUAL LASHES RANDOMLY TO THE TOP LASHES, THIS COULD BE DONE WITH THE LOWER ONES TOO
3. NOW GRAB A MASCARA THAT DOESN'T SET TOO QUICKLY (E.L.F) AND START BUILDING- I DID ONE INITIAL COAT/COMB THROUGH AND THEN USING MCGRATH'S METHOD I USED STARTED TO DAB ON THE MASCARA TO 'SET' MY DESIRED FORMATION
4. TO THICKEN THEM EVEN MORE BETWEEN THE LAYERS I DUSTED ON LOOSE POWDER AND REPEATED THE MASCARA METHOD TO SLOWLY BUILD THE LASHES
5. KEEP GOING TILL YOU ARE HAPPY- I THINK MINE WAS AROUND 6 COATS

Hey guys, this make-up is more of a 'trend' one but I really enjoyed creating this. It was fun to go mascara crazy and breaking a make-up 'faux paus'.

Since the eyes are so full on - I just perfected the skin, defined the brows and for the lips I exaggerated the shape and patted on an eye-shadow on top of my lipstick to create a matte velvet look. I also used a gold glitter cream to highlight the cupids bow and tear duct area.

This look has the looks wrong but right kind of vibe but I hope you like it :)

L.F DOES A/W - WARM TRUFFLE

  I was inspired by this quad- Estee Lauder's Signature Eye-shadow Quad in 06 TRUFFLE

ANYWAY.....It's discontinued now! Damn. I wanted to use something you guys could easily purchase as well.

HOW I USED THE COLOURS (CLOCKWISE):

GREEN- LOWER LASH-LINE

CREAM- TEAR DUCT AREA

RED BROWN- CREASE

COPPER- LID

KEY PRODUCTS:

ESTEE LAUDER SIGNITURE EYESHADOW QUAD - 06 TRUFFLE

ILLAMASQUA LIPSTICK - DIABLO

TOPSHOP GLAZE - BRONZE

PLAYBOY SHIMMER BRICK - BRONZE

Hey guys, I'm back! There's like a billion looks on my to do list but I somehow I ended up doing an 'warm' autumnal kind of look.

I used the quad as my inspiration and to keep with the theme I used a high shimmer bronze shimmer to bring warmth to the skin. This was blended up to the  temple of the cheeks and then blended onto the brow bone.

The lipstick would make a beautiful berry stain but to give it some 'life' I added a gloss. 

My focus was just to make everything look in synergy together and not out of place. I don't think Estee Lauder had my look in mind with the quad but it's a fun way to show how to 'work' a range of colours together.

L.F DOES A/W - LINDSEY WIXSON BY TERRY RICHARDSON INSPIRED MAKE-UP

Terry Richardson's Diary

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC PAINT POT -  QUITE NATURAL

MAC EYE SHADOW - BRUN AND CORK

MAYBELLINE EYESTUDIO LASTING DRAMA GEL LINER- BLACK

NARS BRONZER - LAGUNA

MAC LIPSTICK - JUBILEE

Hey guys, I was just doing my daily Tumblr feed browsing and I came across Terry Richardson's shoot with Lindsey Wixson. She looks STUNNING. And obviously I then drifted onto her make-up. Again this is a wearable and super easy to recreate look this week - I will do more creative looks soon! 

To recreate this all you need is a lid colour (Cork) and on the outer corner I blended in a tiny amount of Brun. Next I lined around my eyes (including my upper and lower lash line) with gel eyeliner - a slight cat eye shape on the outer corners and near the tear duct area I created a more exaggerated shape to create a feline effect. To finish the eyes off I decided to go for a 'shaped' brow, touch of bronzer and a beige toned nude lip.

If you want to copy Wixon's look 'identically', I would use shadows with a warmer tone, use a kohl pencil (will give a 'sheen' rather than a matte look the gel gives), a soft pink blush and lastly a pink toned lip product.

Hope you guys try this out, it's dramatic even for me but it makes your eyes look so intense and really easy to recreate with just 3 key products.

L.F DOES A/W - BLUETONES

Warm and cool tones together? YES!

KEY PRODUCTS:

MUA EYESHADOW- SHADE 12 PEARL (SWATCH HERE) OR MAC'S CLUB EYE-SHADOW

ELF EYE TRANSFORMER - BLUE SHADE

BLACK KOHL EYELINER

MAC PRO LONGER LIPSTICK - EXTENDED PLAY
DEWY FOUNDATION 

RUN DOWN:

1. APPLY AND BLEND MUA SHADE 12 EYE-SHADOW ALL AROUND THE EYES, MAKING SURE TO PAT AND LAYER TO BUILD UP THE COLOUR TO MAKE THE DUO CHROME MORE PROMINENT.
2. NOW TAKE THE IRIDESCENT ELF BLUE EYE-SHADOW AND GENTLY PACK ONTO THE EXISTING EYE-SHADOW. THIS WILL CHANGE THE OVERALL EXISTING BASE BUT WILL HAVE MORE DIMENSION WITH THE WARM BROWN BASE SHOWING UNDERNEATH.
3. DEFINE THE UPPER AND LOWER LASH LINE  WITH A BLACK KOHL EYELINER TO ADD SUBTLE DEFINITION.
4. BROW ARE OPTIONAL BUT I WENT FOR A FULL SHAPE.
5. FOR THE LIPS I CREATED A STAINED EFFECT TO ADD SOME COLOUR WITHOUT TAKING ANY ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE EYES.
6. CONTOUR THE CHEEKS AND USING A 'HEAVIER' HIGHLIGHTER HIGHLIGHT THE HIGH POINTS OF THE FACE.

Hey guys, I'm back with a wearable look for you and I really did wear this out so I'm not just telling you guys.
I was actually just messing around with the MUA shade 12 eye-shadow- 'creamy' texture and easy to blend. It's basically a warm red toned brown with shots of teal-blue micro-shimmers.... But I decided to jazz it up and press on more blue shimmers so ELF's eye transformer came in handy.
I personally really like the combination of the warm 'smokey' brown with the contrast of cool blue shimmers... A subtle colourful smokey eye? 
To keep this look really simple to achieve, I decided to just line my upper and lower lash line with a kohl pencil which just pulls the look together - not so flattering for small eyes but it's a change for me!
Hope you guys enjoyed this (budget friendly this one) and try layering different eye-shadows together :)

L.F DOES A/W - MOOD FOR MAGENTA

I mentioned this video in my INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS ROUND UP 4. I still love it but I deiced to change a few things up.....

Moody looking but you can see the eyes better!

Try patting your 'main' eye-shadow onto your lower inner lid to change things up :)

I decided to tie everything together with the subtle pink tinged lips and blush

KEY PRODUCTS USED:

LA FEMME BLUSH - MEGENTA (USED AS EYE-SHADOW)

LA FEMME BLUSH - ROSE

PIXI FAIRY LIGHT SOLO - FAIRY PINK (CHALKY NEED TO BUILD UP WITH THIS)

CHANEL INIMITABLE MASCARA

M.A.C LIPSTICK- PLUMFUL

Hey guys, another look this week featuring magenta hues which you don't see me focus on here that often.

This look is pretty wearable if you just change the proportions of the eye shadow. RANDOM SIDE NOTE- my male flat mate saw me and made jokes about me looking like I have a black eye... Typical and I'd like to think my black eye is a tad more artistic hahahaha.

Anyway give pink and brown eye-shadows a go! 

L.F DOES A/W- PAINT IT BLACK

  Anja Rubik by Emma Summerton for i-D Magazine

My main inspiration- found this whilst looking for content for TUMBLEWEED

Love the brush stroke effect
Stéphane Marais: Beauty Flash

Paint it on!

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC STUDIO FIX FLUID- AFTER A SHORT HIATUS WITH THIS FOUNDATION I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS MY FAVOURITE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY/ NIGHT OUTS HANDS DOWN!

BENEFIT BELLA BAMBA-  SUPER PIGMENTED AND I LOVE THE TEXTURE

MAC MINERALIZE SKINFINISH- LIGHTSCAPADE- I LOVE THIS, 'SHINE' WITHOUT FROST!

BOBBI BROWN LONG WEAR GEL EYELINER- BLACK INK

NYX BLUSH- TAUPE

NYX LIP PENCIL- DEEP PURPLE

MAC LIPSTICK- CYBER 

Hey guys, another trend look and this time the focus is not so much on precision but emphasis on texture with the evident brush strokes.

The main element of this look is obviously the eyes. To recreate this, use a gel eyeliner and a stiff synthetic flat eye shadow brush and as quickly as you can literally paint onto your eyelids before the gel sets. Don't worry about blending or getting anything even. You want a sort of abstract 'unfinished' look, so any imperfections is a good thing!

For the lips I've gone for a more deep berry tone and for the skin I wanted a 'glow' to the skin so I used a lot of light reflecting products to give a metallic sheen to the skin.

Also before I go I thought I'd do an update on the YSL touche eclat.....I do like it and it is more pigmented than I expected it to be. I'm not sure if I would repurchase again just because of the price tag though!