Showing posts with label Make Up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Make Up. Show all posts

Imagine you had £200 to spend on Make Up...


Imagine you had £200 to spend on make up.... What would you get?
Well, thanks to the lovely people at Fashion Chick and Feel Unique, THIS HAPPENED TO ME!!!!

I was introduced to Fashion Chick at their Fashionably Festive Bloggers event in Manchester before Christmas. Since then I have followed the brand on Facebook / Instagram etc and love their site! Before Christmas, Fashion Chick ran 12 days of AMAZING competitions; including money to spend at Boohoo, Topshop, House of Fraser and many more awesome brands. (I have to admit, I entered pretty much every one as they were ridiculously good). And just when I was about to lose all hope, I received an email from Rebecca at Fashion Chick saying that I had only gone and won!! Yippeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Yes, £200 to spend on www.feelunique.com. After a lot of browsing around the site, this is what I got...

 Naked Pallet Original by Urban Decay - £37

YES. I finally got one!! I have been eyeing up these pallets for ages, but at £37 a pop, it does seem a bit of a splurge! These pallets seem to be a bit of a #Bblogger sensation, so it was the first thing to go in my basket!

The ultimate contouring kit. I have already tried this and LOVE it! The colours are quite pigmented so you only need a light dusting. I can see this being a permanent feature in my make up kit now... There are several shades for different effects.
Stila All Day 10-In-1 Beauty Balm - £23.40

Ok, so I kind of just threw this one in there to give it a try... I have never used Stila before, but I can never resist the allure of a good primer, and this one sounds sooo good. I'll let you know what I think of this!



I love, love LOVE the Estee Lauder Night Repair serum, so it only seems fitting that I have the eye serum too! :-)
 

I was recommended this by a friend when I was in New York and I am so, sooo glad that I picked it up. I am just coming to the end of my pot, so I was really glad that I could get another from Feel Unique. At £34, it is quite pricey for a moisturiser, but my last pot took me around 9 months to use up. The cream is lovely and lightweight plus will banish any dry skin!


 Ok, pressie time! There's a lot of girls in my family so I couldn't very well spend £200 all on myself... So, my mum chose these two styling products by GHD. She has already used these (and quote from mummy Debs) said that this would now be her "go to hairspray"!! :-O High praise indeed! So well done, GHD for converting Mrs O'B from a lifetime of Pantene and Silvikrin.



And finally, for the girls at work (my cousins!) They all chose these Garnier Roll on Concealers (£7.65 each) after being recommended the product by a friend! This tinted roll on is supposed to be very good at giving flawless looking skin and doesn't block pores. 
My sister also chose a Garnier BB cream set (shown in the main image above) as she was looking for some lighter products to use for every day.

PHEW!! So that's that! I would definitely recommend checking out Feel Unique, as they always have on amazing offers and they have a huge range of well known brands (as you can see above!)

What do you think of the items I have picked?! What would you have chosen?




Illamasqua Halloween Beauty School


So... Obviously it's Halloween week and everyone's going CRAZY for gothic style outfits, manic mani's and spooktacular make up! When I heard Illamsaqua were going to be doing a Halloween Themed Beauty School sesh, I had to be there. From all the gorgeous goodies above, the following look was created...


Our makeup artist for the day was Patrick. He started with the eye make up first, giving a red base to the eyelids using a red pencil... then layering over the eye shadow Demon.

You would never know from looking at this pic, but actually model Alex's brows are totes FAKE!!? Amazing. Yes, Patrick drew them on from scratch (see above!) using Illamasqua's gel liner... So frickin clever. There's hope for all our brows...


The same gel liner was used to add depth to the lash line...
Tip: Patrick lined the waterline of Alex's eyes using a red lip liner. Yup, LIP liner! Illamasqua's products are amazingly versatile and can be used anywhere on your face.


Add lashings of mascara - Personally, I would add falsies to make sure that your lashes stand out against this strong look...


Next, onto the skin! Patrick recommended the Hydra Veil Primer before buffing their skin base foundation into to the skin to give full coverage. Patrick mixed Illmasqua's white foundation into the mix to give a super pale look!


The key to this look is a lot of layers... Pencil first and powder after. Once the foundation has been applied, the eye shadow under the eye has to be blended out for a flawless finish...



This had to be my fave part of the make over... CONTOURING. Patrick used an eye shadow to give a shadow under Alex's cheek bones (told ya the products are versatile!). A pure white highlighter was then added above the cheekbones to add to our ghostly look... For a super cool effect, one of Illamasqua's glitter powders was dusted over the cheek bones. (I own one of these called Furore and it's my fave thing in the world).



Now... for lips like Kylie Jenner! Patrick used black gel liner to line all around the outside of Alex's lips. You need a steady hand for this...


He then shaded in the lips with black pencil and added a deep purple lippy to the centre of Alex's lips to create an ombre effect. The last step was to add a sheer gloss!


Et Voila!

What do you think of this look? Would you dare to wear?

This is quite a brief overview of the how the look was created, so if you have any questions on this particular look, head over to Patrick's instagram page @patrickbastonmakeup