L.F DOES A/W - PINK TONE

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Haunting and beautiful. Stone is a goddess. 

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC LIPMIX - CRIMSON

THE BALM - MARY-LOU LUMINIZER 

Hey guys, so this week it was all about contouring in red/pink hues and bleached brows! Some of my favourite techniques. I could of gone more extreme with it, but there is something quite soft and gentle with the delicate tonal changes - even atmospheric. It's a bit haunting and plays around with the divide between ugly and beautiful.

MODERN NOIR AND UPDATE

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Elegant and seductive, so Dior. The graphic eye-liner and vampy lip has a modern film noir edge. 

I think my interpretation has a more sci-fi edge? Something about the blue just makes it a bit more punky. I think this would of looked better with a matte deeper wine shade to add more of a contrast. The rest of my face was nothing too overpowering so that it would help balance out the eyes and lips.

MEL BY MELISSA RASPBERRY HEART

I got these in the sale and I've had a few compliments already. I love the red kitsch heart. 

The most stressful experience in my LIFE. I've actually been working on it for a long time but towards the deadline, I underestimated how long it would take me to finish it....I did a 29 hour? all nighter with the help of pro-plus. SO glad it's over. NEVER AGAIN.

Books, books and more books. 

Shu Uemura had a sale. This is my kind of porn. 

Uniqlo and prints!

Spent NYE with these guys. Love them so much. Especially Quentin the tortoise. 

Homemade curry made for me :D

Hey guys, I'm back! Hope you are having a good new year so far. I still can't believe I'm done with uni work for now, it's been a constant cloud hanging over me for so long - and I can FINALLY relax for a bit. 

Hope you like this weeks look, I'm just slowly easing myself into make-up again. 

INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS ROUND UP 7

Pro Kate Lee shows you how to recreate an Oscar winning look. Some handy tips too!

Molly Stern breaks down how to create a modern bold vamp lip on Mandy Moore

So many beautiful looks. Soft to dramatic...... oh I love editorial make-up. 

Charlotte Tilbury working her magic. 

My DREAM job. 

I still find this amazing. 

DRAG WITH A.J

 A.J W-O-R-K-I-N-G IT! He's a natural let's be honest. 

 Well I finally got some attention from him!

Just a small dent to my student budget. Iphone 5. If I'm going to upgrade I might as well get the best thing out there - not like the other competitors are that much cheaper anyway. So I have a phone with a decent camera finally. So you'll probs get more photo updates on here. The photos taken of A.J were from my phone and the quality aint too bad. I'll still take photos from my DSLR but you might get the odd make-up ones from my phone if I cba lugging around my camera.

The cover is from Ohh deer  and they have a whole host of things with illustrations by some amazing illustrators. Guess who illustrated that cover. Yes. You are right. 

Hey guys, back with a fun drag look! I've wanted to do a 'proper' drag look for a really long time and A.J happened to of mentioned it this week, so Friday turned into drag night. I did initially use microporous tape but he didn't really need it (not much of a difference) and my ill preparation meant his head was uncomfortable.
It was a bit of a shaky start. I didn't have any references with me so I was just making it up as I went a long. I also felt a bit of pressure because A.J was so looking forward  to it. But in the end I managed to make it work. The lips could of been better - more exaggerated or something and I've noticed I've forgotten to add purple shading on his right inner eye. Next time I'll have to pull out all the works!

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UMA THURMAN BY DAVID LACHAPPELLE FOR INTERVIEW (2007)

Got some 90s Courtney Love/Hole vibe to it. Rustic brown-tinge lips and the purple with orange fade. I like. 

 My interpretation, as always I usually tend to kind of drift and.... go drag-ish haha! You can see I kept some of the colour scheme but went cray cray with the lashes and brows.

Without the lips and lower false eyelashes - excuse the hair. 

Hey guys, a bit of a cheat post but it's new make-up look! I decided to have a break from work and do summat for the blog but I'm always a bit rusty when I don't do 'creative' make-up in awhile - I tend to just do everything at the same time and go all OTT.

Anyway got another presentation to do for this week and I should have a bit of freedom for a week (not really - need to make the finals for everything before the new brief).

See you soon!

MAKE UP-DATE

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It's not the most flattering make-up ever (for photos)! But I have a soft spot for ochre warm brown hazy-ness around my eyes - it's a bit grungey and gives your eyes some definition without resorting to black. Try it out!

Go to product: MAC's Paint Pot - Groundwork

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Winged eyed= Parisian chic. It's my go to make-up to 'change up' my eyes. Loads of styles to choose from, so change up the width, colour, medium, flick etc.

Recommend me a decent drug store eyeliner! Collection 2000's changed their formula - it's now watery and not opaque black :(

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Some days I go down the 'natural looking' route. Obviously I don't quite pull of natural beauty like she does... but play up the skin - you want to look dewy and fresh so ditch powder products and go with liquids/creams. All about the concealer here. 

My go to concealer: Laura Mercier - Secret Camouflage 

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Midweek it's usually the "I NEED LIPSTICK" day. Bold lip and lots of mascara. I like the clumpy look but it's optional. Ditch the eyeliner and eye-shadow, all about the lips!

My personal go to lipstick is still: MAC Pro Longwear Lipcreme - Extended Play

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BLUSH. Think cherub. Focus just on the cheeks and ditch eye make-up - just use mascara. I usually like to focus on my skin too so throw on some illuminating products on top of the cheekbones and blend blend blend!

My go to product is: Daniel Sandler Watercolour Creme-Rouge Blusher - Soft Pink

Hey guys, so this is a quick post because I've got an essay to finish right now but since I'm starting uni' again next week I thought I'd post some of the looks I do when I go in... which is usually 5 days a week. I thought this might be good for you guys too, if you wanted to change up your routine - so there's 5 looks (I don't wear anything on weekends) you could try incorporate into your work week. As you can see I don't really play with eye-shadows or anything that needs time - all about quick cream products!

L.F RAMBLES - LINES AND LIFE

So I finally had time to play with make-up. I started off with thin lines but I got more bolder and more graphic (ba-doosh). Playing with shapes, so ones more angular and ones more rounded.

Gel eyeliner, concealer and a flat shader brush to soften the lines. It's not perfect but fun to play around and experiment with proportions. Do you guys like the left or right eye? 

I got this note with some chocolates on my first day. Yay. Yes I ate the chocolate btw. Naughty food... give me bad stares.

Hey guys, since my last update life has been pretty crazy and uni' work kind of took over. To people who say design subjects is 'easy'. It's not. It's solving problems with no 'real' answer. You can't just find a textbook solution. Unless you go down the whole plagiarism route. Err not cool. Anyway I was going round in circles when stuff finally clicked and I had a week to pretty much do a final version of my publication. Stayed up for stupid hours, plenty of coffee (think I can drink the stuff again) and I decided to sleep in on the day of presentation (I managed to finish all loose ends still *phew*). So this weekend has been bliss for me. No library. I'm homeee. 

And more exciting news is I've scored my first retail job finally. I'm a Christmas temp but I work for Boots! I work in the flagship store (for Newcastle) too so it's huge and busy. I had my first shift yesterday and I love it. I'm part of the Christmas department so lots of restocking and time seems to just fly past.

My manager (who interviewed me) is super awesome and I'm pretty sure I managed to get it because I mentioned about my  freelance make-up side. During the interview I had to 'sell' a lipstick to a customer and I think I impressed her with it. THANK-YOU MY POINTLESS KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL THINGS MAKE-UP.

The next post will probably be Halloween related make-up. Our house is off to a flat party and we have to dress up as Rocky Horror Show characters. Ugh. I don't actually like the film (sorry) and Magenta who has the coolest make-up has been stolen by a flat mate.

Anyway extra positive vibes and smiles.... because I have to for work ;) I think my natural 'thinking' face is moody looking because EVERYONE including strangers always tell me to smile. I'm fine honest. 

L.F DOES S/S - NEON LIGHTS

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Bruised purples and pale skin.... *swoon*. Oh, and the 'bitten' lips inspired me with this weeks look!

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Grunge-y smokey brown ochre eyes with neon lime accents. 

Skin is in recovery mode and massive eyes bags :(

Wearing false eyelashes for once! 
KEY PRODUCTS:

REVLON MATTE EYESHADOW - VINTAGE LACE

MAC EYESHADOW - BITTER

NARS DUO EYESHADOW - KILIMANJARO (ICY YELLOW SIDE)

BECCA COMPACT CONCEALER - TAHINI

MAC SKINSHEEN BRONZER STICK - TAN-TINT

DANIEL SANDLER WATERCOLOUR BLUSH - CHERUB

BECCA SHIMMERING SKIN PERFECTOR - TOPAZ

LE METIER DE BEAUTE CLASSIC FLAWLESS FOUNDATION - 6

REVLON SUPER LUSTROUS LIPSTICK - BLACK CHERRY


Hey guys, back again. Slightly belated with this weeks look - general uni' deadlines, you guys can feel my pain. 
Technically not really neon but MAC's bitter is pretty bad-ass. I used a damp brush to make the pigment even stronger and less powdery.
Hope you guys like it and experiment with colour placement if you don't feel comfortable using bright colours all over the the lid. 
Also a special mention to Revlon's black cherry lipstick -  I'm usually a bit 'iffy' with drugstore lipsticks but this one is a really nice formula that applies and stays on well, which is what you want when you wear a darker shade. If you are wanting a berry bitten stain effect, give this a go!

UNNECESSARY STUDENT PURCHASE OF THE WEEK 5

URBAN DECAY - GREEN GODDESS

I got this for £1.99 from them make-up 'carts'. Frosty sheer mint? It's a nice subtle 'wash' shade for everyday.

MODELS OWN - JUICY JULES

GLITTAH!

REAL TECHNIQUES BY SAMANTHA CHAPMAN - BLUSH BRUSH

They've been around for awhile but I wanted to see them in real life first, luckily the whole range is now stocked in Boots. I'm VERY impressed, good quality and SUPER soft bristles (best natural mimicking synthetic hair brushes I've come across). I definitely recommend you guys check them out.

NO7 - MELTING GEL CLEANSER

So far so good, I do have combination skin but I often find most cleansers that are aimed for combo skin too harsh and actually makes my skin even worse.

JASMINE HANDMADE JEWELLERY

They had a little pop shop at the foyer of my uni' so I decided to check them out. You guys know I'm into hand made stuff. I'm not really into gold tones but the earrings (£4) reminds me of little acorns. 

NOBROW 6

Still collecting them! I think from now on they will be featuring comics/graphic stories as well as illustrations which is pretty cool.

RISE AND FALL BY MICAH LIDBERG

Such a stunning book. Lidberg is the BOMB.

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QUODLIBET BY KATJA SPITZER
Sorry borrowed image! Mine is safe away in its tube! I've recently started to collect prints for my future 'home' (errrr have fun waiting). I think I like this because no blacks been used..... and I'm usually a black outline hoe!


When I mention "I've not been buying much lately" it means the following week I end up with a massive haul. I won't mention it again ;)

MUM GETS A MAKEOVER - CHRISTMAS EVE

My mother again! She's becoming a regular face now

My mum has been going to more parties and events than me since I've been back at home... geez how ironic!

Anyway I think this is my favourite look I've done so far on my mum. Well you can actually see the make-up now as I've *kind of* sorted that horrible 'flash of death'.

Not just for 'mature' ladies but generally it's best not to stick to 'trends' and to just enhance existing features to actually keep things 'modern'.

To keep with the festive theme I used a red lipstick as a stain and with the eyes a 'soft' smokey eye with a taupe-y  purple and browns. I think shimmer/frosty eye-shadows are FINE to use on 'mature' ladies - you just need definition. And for this use matte shades to give it that 'opaque' structure to frame the eyes. 

HALLOWEEN - FAIRY DUST

KEY PRODUCTS:

MAC EYE-SHADOW - CARBON AND PASSIONATE

LA FEMME BLUSH -  CORAL SPICE

MAC 3D SILVER GLITTER DUPE BY STARGAZER

MAC MIXING MEDIUM

Hey guys, another Halloween make-up I did on Monday.

My flatmate J.G. wanted a make-up that incorporated glitter but she didn't want to look too theatrical.

Her costume (tutu, wings and vest) wasn't really tied to an obvious theme so I decided to go down a fairy 'girly' route to suit her style/personality. 

This was very simple to achieve and would compliment costumes such as fairies or princesses :)

L.F DOES A/W - THE NEW AGE OF GLAMOUR

The girls with the bronze tone eyes caught my attention

 I've bleached my brows again, can you tell?

KEY PRODUCTS:

EYES:

RIMMEL EYELINER - GINGER TEA (AS A BASE)

MAC BRONZE AND SHORE LEAVE EYESHADOW

MAC OMEGA AND BRUN EYESHADOW (BROWS)

MAYBELLINE GEL EYELINER

FACE:

NARS LAGUNA BRONZER

NARS ANGELIKA BLUSHER

NARS SHEER GLOW FOUNDATION (DOESN'T LAST WELL ON ME UNFORTUNATELY)

LIPS:

REVLON MATTE - STRAWBERRY SUEDE

RANDOM ALERT - this is my new favourite drink..... iced green tea!

Hey guys, another A/W look, this time a 'wearable' one. 

For the eyes I used a warm rustic bronze eye shadow and to bring it all together I used a bronzer to add colour and shape to the face.

To add a lift I decided to use a more 'punchy' summer shade on the lips to kind of avoid the typical autumn berry toned shades!

Hope you guys try this out!

EMILY HEWITSON'S CIRCUS COLLECTION PHOTOSHOOT- FINAL IMAGES

Body art not done by me

Love this image

 The designer (middle)- Emily Hewitson

I make an appearance (I am so short dammit)!

ALL IMAGES BELONG TO EMILY HEWITSON

These are not the final edited ones. I will probably get hold of them at some point but for now I don't think it matters too much. And I would of personally edited some of them if only I knew how to!

ALSO I have some exciting new things to show and tell you guys about in the next couple of days. And it looks like June will be a good month for me as I've been getting a few prom make-up requests!

 Tres exciting x x x