Spring Trilogy - Eyes

So my final installment for Spring make-up is for the eyes. I think a subtle, natural looking eye is perfect for spring/summer, and primer is a must! Here is a full review of it here.

I start by using my MUA professional Eye Primer as I think this is going to be key for keeping my eye make-up in place in the hot (ok, warm) summer months.

I then place my No.7 Starry Lights eyeshadow all over my lid.

I then place the dark brown colour from the Rimmel Glam Eyes Trio in my crease, and use the white colour as a highlight.

I then line my upper lash line (badly, by the looks of the pictures) with my George Brown Eyeliner.

For a natural look I use my No.7 Lash Adapt Mascara as it is a brown/black.

For my waterline I put my Gosh Eyeliner in 015 to neutralize any redness.

For my brows I use an MUA pencil.

What will you be putting on your eyes this Spring/Summer?

I hope you enjoyed this little series!

Laura xoxo

Fast Face!

This was going to be called The Five Minute Face, but I actually timed it so that I knew I was being truthful to you, and it actually came in at around four minutes, now that, my lovely chums, is fast!

(excuse my eyelash in the corner)

This is definitely the make-up I use if I'm in a rush, or want a couple more minutes sleep. It's quick, simple and easy!

Loreal True Match Mineral Foundation - Review

Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer - Blemishes

Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment - Under Eye

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MUA shade 20 - upper lash line

Gosh Eyeline in 015

MAC Mineralize Blush in Lovejoy - Review

No.17 Mirror Shine Belle lipstick - Review

As you can tell by the slicked back hair, and hook hanging out my jumper, this was a morning that I was in a rush!

What are your fast fix items?

Laura xoxo

MUA - Heaven and Earth Palette

This little palette created quite a buzz when it was first released, many likening it to the Urban Decay Naked palette, so I ended up going out and getting it. After that though, I never really used it. So to show myself how wearable it is, I've created four different looks, and am sharing them with you today, aren't you lucky!

Look Number One:

Look Number Two:

Look Number Three:

Look Number Four:

So these are just four simple looks I created to show you and myself how versatile this palette is. Each of them can be either dressed up or down with eyeliner etc.

Do you own this palette? What do you think?

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired - Hillary Scott

I have been listening to the song Just A Kiss on repeat for ages over the last week, and I love Hillary Scott's make-up in the video, so much so that I have tried to re-create it here for you.

Hillary's make-up is rather simple, a nice grey smokey eye, and a small flush of colour on the cheeks, with some strong liner on her eyes and a nude lip.

Base:

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation - Buffing Brush

Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment - Under Eye

Rimmel Hide the Blemish Stick - On Blemishes

Eyes:

MUA eyebrow pencil

No.7 Mirror Ball Eye Palette - Grey over lid and black in the crease

Loreal Super Liner

Clinique High Definition Mascara

Asda Brown Liner - Bottom Waterline

Contour:

Bourjois Bronzer - Boots Blush Brush

No.7 Vital Brights Highlighter - Models Own Angled Brush

Hervana Blush - Real Techniques Blush Brush

Lips:

No.7 Lipgloss in Smile

Here is a link to the song here!

I love this look and would love to know what you think too.

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired - Olivia Palermo

I see a theme appearing in my Celebrity Inspired posts, a lot of TV! Now I never really watched The City, I loved The Hills, and loved Whitney, but just never followed her to the East Coast. However this celebrity inspired look is from Olivia Palermo, most commonly known from The City, Olivia has made a name for herself all on her own, mainly for her exceptional taste in Fashion.

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Olivia always wears a dark eye with light cheeks and lips. She very rarely moves away from this look, and I can see why, as it suits her so well.

Base

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation - With Buffing Brush

Soap and Glory Trick and Treatment - Under Eye

Rimmel Hide The Blemish - On Blemishes 

Loreal True Match Powder - With Sigma F20 Brush (Review to come)

Eyes

Beauty UK No.4 Palette - Gold/Brown colour all over lid, White as a highlight

Front Cover Baked Bronze - In Crease

Darkest Bourjois Trio colour - Upper lash line with angled brush

Loreal Super Liner in Black

Clinique High Impact Mascara

MUA eyebrow pencil

Face:

Sleek Contour Kit - Bronzer - Contour Brush

No.7 Highlighting Powder - On Cheeks on Cheek Bone - Boots Blush Brush

Collection 2000 Shimmer Shades - Real Techniques Blush Brush

Lips

Rimmel Kate in N05

No.7 Lipgloss in Smile

What do you think of Olivia's style?

Laura xoxo

Also, a really good Olivia Palermo Video is Tanya Burrs' here!

New FOTD

I've had a lot of different ideas of what to title this post, lazy day face, new face or everyday face. But it's not exactly something I do when feeling lazy, I don't have an 'everyday' face, so new face it was. My spending ban has been well and truly broken, and I wanted to show you some new products I have. Quite a lot of them have already been reviewed by lots of people so I thought I would just show you them in a FOTD.

So a mixture of old and new products, and I thought I would give a quick review of new products I'm trying:

MUA BB in Light - I bought this because I had read quite a lot of positive things about it, and it was only £3 (such good value!!) It doesn't give me enough coverage to wear it daily by itself, but I love using it as a primer, it really evens out my skin tone, and helps my foundations blend in and look more natural. For a more in-depth review check out Zoe's!

No7 Vital Enlightening Highlighter Powder - I love this product! I am so glad I bought it. It was the last one left and I got it for around £8 I think as I used my No.7 voucher, but would happily pay the £13 for it. It is such a lovely creamy powder, and a gorgeous golden tone to it, rather than a pinky tone that quite a lot of powder highlighters have. Hollie's review is really good!

Maybelline 24 Hour Tattoo - 35 - On and on Bronze - I don't need to say much more than, these bad boys are worth the hype! Check out Lily's review and Sophie's too!

Gosh Eyeliner in 015 Pure Natural - I really like having bright, and awake looking eyes, and find that white liner is slightly too obvious and over powering, and have been looking for a flesh toned liner for a while, I then found this. I really like it, I think it really opens up my eyes and as it's waterproof it stays put all day. That my friends, is what the call 'good times.'

Collection 200 Shimmer Shades - 2. Blushalicious - I had seen Lily blog about the bronzer shimmer shades, and then saw this in Boots, and wanted a shimmery blush for summer, it also looks great underneath my Benefit Hervana blusher to make it pop. It has a simple shimmer to it, and think it will give a lovely flush in the summer. 

So here it is on my face:

MUA BB

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation

Soap & Glory Trick and Treatment - Under Eyes

Rimmel Hide the Blemish - on Blemishes

Loreal True Match Powder

MUA Eyebrow Pencil

Maybelline Colour Tattoo

MUA Shade 20 eyeshadow - upper lash line

Gosh Eyeliner - Lower Water Line

No.7 Lash Adapt Mascara

Sleek Contour Palette Light - Bronzer as Contour

No.7 Highligther

Collection 2000 Shimer Shades

Belle Lipstick

What do you think of these products? Have you tried any of them?

If you would like more in-depth reviews just let me know!

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired

Continuing with my love of TV actresses, my next inspired look comes from One Tree Hills gorgeous Sophia Bush. No matter if she's in character, walking the red carpet or just out and about, she always looks stunning.

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In this photo, Sophia has a gorgeous smokey, with a nude lip. She has very little else except for a bit of contouring, and I think this look really suits her, and is such a lovely look.

Make-up:

Base:

Maybelline Dream Nude Airfoam - Real Techniques Stippling Brush

Maybelline Lumi Touch Concealer - Under eyes

Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer - Blemishes

Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

Eyes:

Front Cover Baked Bronze - all over lids

MUA Shade 19 - Outer Corner and lower lash line

Rimmel Glam Eyes Trio - Brown in eyebrows and pale colour as highlight  

Max Factor High Definition Mascara

Contour:

Sleek Contour Palette - Real Techniques Contour Brush

Lips:

Rimmel Lipstick - Asia

What do you think of Sophia's look?

Laura xoxo

MUA Primer

I'm sure you are all perfectly aware of the brand MUA. They're taking over the blogesphere with their good quality, yet uber cheap prices. Bank accounts everywhere are rejoicing and our make-up collections are growing.

I have here their eye primer, I think it cost £2.50 and thought it worth a try. I firstly thought this would be good to even out the colour on my lids, which it is, and just use on it's own, which didn't really work as it creased too quickly unfortunately. 

Here is what it looks like on its own. A very neutral colour, that just blends out the colour in my eyes. It has a slight sticky and tacky consistency, which I'm guessing helps keep the eye shadow on.

Here is my make-up freshly applied in the morning. It applies with ease over the top of the primer and looks as it would without.

And here is how my make-up lasted over the day. I know the lighting's different, but it pretty much stayed in place over the day. The darker outside colour has faded slightly and so has the liner, but the main lid colour has stayed in place, and no creasing has occurred.

This is around 8 hours wear, so pretty impressive. I think it is definitely a useful tool to have, and will be extra useful in summer when my lids will probably be oilier than they already are. 

I'm definitely impressed with this product, and now want to try their face primer too.

Have you tried this product? What do you think?

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired

As I'm sure you are all aware, it was the Oscars last week and I was blown away by how stunning Miley Cyrus looked. I'm a big Miley fan (Hannah Montana is such a guilty pleasure) and as soon as I saw this look I knew I wanted to try to recreate it. It's slightly similar to the first celebrity post I did of Lauren Conrad, but it does have  it's differences. Hope you like it.

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And here is what I used:

Base:

Maybelline Dream Nude Airfoam

Rimmel Blemish Stick - on Blemishes

Rimmel Match Perfection Highlighting concealer - Under eyes

All blended with the Real Techniques Buffing Brush

Eyes:

MUA eyebrow pencil

Front Cover Sunray on the lid

Golden MUA colour lightly over the top

Brown MUA colour on an angle brush to create small V in the corner of the eyes

Loreal Super Liner 

Soap and Glory Thick and Fast Mascara as a base

Max Factor High Definition Mascara over the top

MUA White liner on lower lash line

Face:

Sleek Contour Palette

Rimmel Autumn Catwalk Blush

Lips:

Rimmel Tantrum used with a Real Techniques Detail Brush

What did you think of Miley's Oscars look?

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired

Last year, everywhere you looked you would see the lovely Natalie Portman. I never plucked up the courage to watch Black Swan, but No Strings Attached is a definite fave of mine. So today's inspired post is Natalie Portman.

I really loved Natalie's lip and hair combo in this photo. She always looks gorgeous on a red carpet.

Face:

Maybelline Dream Nude Airfoam with my Real Techniques Stippling Brush

Loreal True Match Powder

Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Concealer

Rimmel Hide the Blemish Concealer

Eyes:

MUA Heaven and Earth Palette

Bourjouis Smokey Eye Trio

Loreal Super Liner

Max Factor High Definition Mascara

Face:

Rimmel Winter Glow Blush Trio

Sleek Contour Kit

Lips:

No.17 Lipstick in Oh So Sassy

I hope you liked this look.

What do you think of Natalie Portman?

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired

When I was younger I had such a fascination with the Olsen twins. I really wanted to be the third Olsen twin. I watched all their TV shows, their films and bought their clothes. If Mary-Kate and Ashley had their name on something, I would get it. You get the picture, and now their younger sister has appeared with a big bang and is pretty much everywhere we look now; therefore today's Celebrity Inspired look is the lovely Elizabeth Olsen.

Face:

Maybelline Dream Nude Airfoam in Cameo

Rimmel Blemish Stick in Sand on blemishes

Maybelline Lumi Touch Highlighting concealer for eyes and any other place that need concealing

Loreal Perfect Match Powder in Vannilla

Eyes:

The Neutral Palette from MUA (colour shown by brushes)

MUA shade 19 eyeshadow

MUA eyebrow pencil - on eyebrows and as eyeliner on lower waterline

Max Factor High Definition Mascara

Cheeks:

Sleek Contour Palette in Light - Bronze used only

Highlighter from MeMeMe in Moonbeam

Lips:

Ted Baker lipgloss

I really like Elizabeth's natural look, she always looks so fresh faced and young. I think she will definitely be one to watch.

What do you think about the Olsens ? Do you like her look?

Laura xoxo

Celebrity Inspired

I don't know about you, but I am obsessed with the TV show Pretty Little Liars. I've read the books and wait excitedly for every new episode. One of my favourite characters in the show is Aria, played by the gorgeous Lucy Hale, so that is how we have today's Celebrity Inspired look.

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And here is what I looked like:

Here is what I used:

Face:

Maybelline Dream Air Foam in Cameo

Rimmel Blemish stick in Sand on my blemishes

Maybelline Lumi Touch concelear around the eye area

Loreal Perfect Match powder in Vanilla Rose

Eyes:

I used my MUA neutral pallette, the colours used are shown by the brushes

MUA eyebrow pencil on my brows

MUA white eye liner on my lash line

Loreal Precsion Liner on my upper lash line

Max Factor High Definition on the Lashes.

Cheeks:

Collection 2000 Mosiac Bronzer to define my cheekbones and jaw bone

Rimmel Winter Glow blush duo on my cheeks

Sleek Pallete highlighter on my cheek bones

Lips:

Rimmel's Sugar Plum

Here is a close up of my eyes (excuse the bluriness)

And that is the completed look. I hope you like it.
Do you watch Pretty Little Liars? What do you think?

Laura xoxo

Diclaimer: This is an inspired look. I am not claiming for it to look exactly the same.