Make-Up of the Day | MOTD – Drugstore Smokey Eye

Hello there! I thought I would do a quick post showing the make-up I wore to go out for dinner yesterday night! Sorry about the photo quality – my camera battery wasn’t charged and so I had to use my phone camera which has a questionable quality – hmm.

I wore a purple lace skater dress and a silver statement necklace. I wanted a warm make-up and so I didn’t want to use silver or grey shades but also didn’t want to clash my makeup colours with my jewellery so I used a very light, subtle gold colour.

These pictures were taken when I got back from dinner so overall the make-up was really quite long-lasting as I didn’t touch it up or tweak it at all! MUA you have impressed me (though the fallout was a bit of a nightmare).

This is my first post with pictures of myself as I am quite self-conscious of putting pictures of myself up here so please be kind! Haha

Products Used:

Skin:

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation – 115

MUA Brush On Concealer Pen

Rimmel Stay Matte Face Powder

Sleek Contour Kit

Eyes: 

MUA Undress Me Too Eye-shadow Palette

Sleek Au Natural Eye-shadow Palette

Maybelline Gel Liner  in Black

Collection 2000 volume sensation mascara

Eyelure Naturalities Evening Wear False Eyelashes – 101

Lips: 

I left my lips my natural colour and simply applied some clear lip-balm to moisturize!

I know that these pictures are terrible quality – I do apologise!

All my jewellery is from www. essentialjewellers.com

Summer Nails | From Nudes to Brights

I’m sat here with my nail polish collection finding it difficult to chose just a few beloved nail polishes but finally I’ve narrowed it down to my 9 most used shades for summer. From nudes to brights, nails make a statement, they make you look more polished and with the right shade can brighten up your day. Golds and Neons do a great job of showing off your tan, nudes can make your hands look ten times more glamorous and brights can add something to a terribly average outfit.

My Summer Nail Polish Favourites:

From left to right: 

Essie – Where’s My Chauffeur? (242)

Essie – Watermelon (27)

MAC – Creme Silly

OPI – It’s a Girl!

Essie – Sand Tropez (79)

Ciate – Sand Dune (085)

Barry M – Yellow (134)

OPI – In My Back Pocket

Nails Inc for InStyle – It’s Red, Babez

My absolute favourites have to be Ciate – Sand Dune (085) and Nails Inc for InStyle – It’s Red, Babez.

Smokey Eyes; a Never Ending Trend.

For me, there’s nothing better than a winged out smokey look. By using warm colours, like gold and brown, rather than blacks it creates a less harsh look without sacrificing the dramatic edginess a smokey look can give.

Products used:

Foundation/Base:

Liz Earle Sheer Skin Tint, in shade Bare 01

Vichy Dermablend Corrective Foundation, in shade 25 Nude

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, in shade Peach Glow

Benefit Hula Bronzer, used to contour

MAC Cream Colour Base in PEARL, used as a highlighter

Eyes:

MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Indian Wood

Urban Decay eyeshadows in Sidecar, Half Baked, Naked, Smog, Darkhorse and Blackout

Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner

Jemma Kid I-Glamour Volume Mascara

Ardell Demi Whispies (Cut in Half, using the outer half)

Lips: 

Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Red Dynamite

Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in Wine

MAC Lipstick in Russian Red

Make-up shown on my model, Matilda.

All jewellery shown in this post is available at http://www.essentialjewellers.com.