♥ Valentines Makeup Series Pt. 1 Luscious Red Lips

Valentines Makeup Series Pt. 1

I will be doing a min Valentines makeup series for a few days. It will probably be 3-4 posts and this is the first one. 

For my lips, I used MUA shade 3 (click for review) and 2true red lip gloss on top. I think this was a great combo, I didn't use a lip liner or concealer around my lips or anything like that. All I did was use a lip brush to give a more defined look. Best of all, as you know, the MUA lipstick is onyl £1 and the 2true lip gloss is £2 or £3. 

For my eyes, I used my Victoria Jackson palette, COMPANY liquid eyeliner, INIKA soft organic eyeliner pencil and Viva La Diva eyebrow pencil.

How do you like my 1st Valentines look?

If you've done a Valentines beauty post, link it please :) 

xx

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♥ Sparkling Snow: Last Xmas/Winter Edition EOTD

Sparkling Snow: Last Xmas/Winter Edition EOTD

So it's the day before Christmas Eve and I thought it'd be the perfect time to share my 7th, and last Christmas/Winter EOTD. This one might not be your typical Christmas/winter shades, but I thought the glitter could go as a sort of sparkly snow look.

What I used for this look:

• Turquoise eyeshadow: INGLOT (see here)
• Pink (it's white but pink on application) eyeshadow: ELF palette (see here)
• Nude coloured eyeshadow: ELF Palette
• Eyeliner: COMPANY Magazine (see here)
• Mascara: Loreal Telescopic
• Eyeliner pencil: Inika (from this goodie bag)
• White eyeliner: NYC (see here)

The glitter I used is from Swedish brand Makeup Store, and it was a gift from my aunty. It's like a perfect match to the pink/white eyeshadow I used! And oh, I used Shea Butter to attach the glitter (lol).

What do you think of my last Xmas EOTD?

xx

See the other parts here:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

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♥ Golden Double Liner: EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 6

Golden Double Liner : EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 6

This is the second to last Winter/Xmas EOTD. You can see Part 1,2,3,4 & 5 here.

Since I recently received the Sleek Sparkle 2 palette, I decided to use shades from that. 

I really love the double liner look. It's an easy way to make any EOTD stand out a bit. The last similar look I made was using a bright red & yellow shade from my INGLOT palette, you can see that one here.

I think it's the first time I actually managed to get both eyes slightly similar lol. I always get one I right, and the other one messed up.

The shades I used were Chocolate Penny (the golden one) and Glitz and Glamour.

What do you think of this look? 

xx

Ps. Any suggestions for my 7th and last Xmas/Winter EOTD? x

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♥ Mulled Wine: EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 5

Mulled Wine: EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 5

So I couldn't wait to try out the Sleek Sparkle 2 Palette Limited Edition. It was in the very generous goodie bag from yesterday's event (see previous post). The shades that immediately caught my eye were the plumish shades. I thought this would go really well with my Xmas/Winter makeup series too.

I used four shades for this look. The one called "Mulled Wine" on my lid, "Festive" in the crease, "Illusion" in the corner of my eye for definition and "Chocolate Penny" in my tear duct. Most of the shades have glitter in them, and I love that the purple shadows have got golden glitters.

I have actually been wanting to do a smokey, plum sort of look for long, and I am quite happy with how it turned out!

I also took the change to try one of the moisturisers from the goodie bag, and Twisted Sista Curl activator for the plaits in my fringe.

Again, from the left. Chocolaty Penny, Mulled Wine, Illusion and Festive.

I am sooo excited about this INIKA certified Organic Black Eyeliner. The funny thing is I've run out of my old eye liner pencil, and been using my crappy "back up" from Primark. As you can see in my FOTD, it's really pigmented.

Have you tried this Sleek Palette?

xx

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♥ EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 4

EOTD Xmas/Winter Edition Pt. 4

Oh my god guys, I do realise how similar this one is to my Pt. 3 look. That was not intentionally as I just "improvise" and do whatever comes to mind. Only when I was going to upload the picture, I saw the old one and realised I used the exact same colours. Funny thing is I didn't use the same products at all.  Anywho, here is pt. 4!

For this look, I used:

• All eyeshadows- My Elf Palette
• Liquid liner- Company Magazine
• Mascara: Boots Natural Collection & Loreal Telescopic
• Eyeliner: Primark

 This EOTD looks so different in the picture taken with flash, to the one taken without flash (the one just above). Personally I think the flash picture looks nicer.



See the other parts here:

• Part 1 (Featured on HelloCotton)
• Part 2 (Featured on HelloCotton)
• Part 3

Which look out of the 4 do you prefer so far?

xx

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♥ EOTD- Xmas & Winter Edition Pt.1

EOTD- Xmas & Winter Edition Pt.1

I thought that this week I'd share some Xmas and Winter inspired EOTD's :)
For this look I used a green MUA eyeshadow and the black one is from ELF.

Not something I'd wear out but I just felt like experimenting.

What do you think of this?

xx

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♥ Love & Hiphop Atlanta Make up Series Pt.3: Jocelyn Bright Pink & Hot Pink

Love & Hiphop Atlanta Make up Series Pt.3: Jocelyn Bright Pink & Hot Pink

I actually did this look just before I did the look of Erica Dixon from Love & Hip Hop (link), but I didn't want to post them both at the same time. This picture of Jocelyn is one I found on google so I'm not sure when or if she wore this on the show- but I've been loving bright pink shadow for so long and I just had to give it a try! :)

This is such a simple look, Jocelyn is only wearing yellow from what I can see but I decided to add some brown shadow above the crease line. Other than that I only used eyeliner, mascara and filled in my brows.

Something I realised while doing this is that I kinda have hooded lids (or slightly) which means when you put shadow on your crease, it won't even show in some angles- hence the awkward angles lol!

• Maybelline or Une foundation
• NYC Grey Eyeshadow for my brows (link)
• NYR Organic Bronzer for slight contouring (link)
• INGLOT bright yellow eyeshadow (link)
• INGLOT matte brown shadow (link)
• Liquid Eyeliner from COMPANY magazine
• Lipstick- Homemade (link)

What do you think of this look? 

Did you watch Love & Hip Hop Atlanta?

x

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♥ Love & Hip Hop Makeup Series Pt2. Erica Reunion Look

LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA MAKE UP SERIES.

I am soo excited to share this look with you! I have previously shared another look from Love & Hip Hop atlanta but at that point I didn't make it a series. However, I loove so many looks from the series and decided to keep posting them. 

This is the look that Erica, Scrappy's babymama wore at the Reunion Pt.2. She looks so stunning and althought I look nothing like her I really wanted to try out the makeup.

Despite the fact that I love makeup I don't own that many lipsticks and no blushes at all. So I didn't have any shade like the one she wore on her lips. Instead I used a mixed of a clear lipgloss+to ELF eyeshadows and a purple lipgloss.

Also, I didn't fix my hair so I just pinned it to the side to slightly resemble her hair do.

I also mixed two shades to get a similar blusher to hers.

This is what I am wearing on my face:

• Foundation:UNE Perfectly Matte or Maybelline 24 Hr Matte (I don't remember because I was trying both on for an upcoming review lol)
• Eyebrows: NYC black/grey eyeshadow applied with Real Techniques eyebrow brush.
• Eyeshadows: Pearly white & Pink from my ELF Eyeshadow palette
• Eyeliner: Maybelline Gel Liner
• Mascara: Natural Collection from Boots
• Cheeks: NYR Organic Powder Bronzer and ELF bright pink blusher
• Lips: ELF Clear lipgloss mixed with two plum & purple eyeshadows + purple lipgloss from Swedish brand Makeup Store.
• Earring: New Look

What do you think of this look, have you watched Love & Hip Hop Atlanta?

x

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♥ Transitioning Diaries Pt.2 Trim & Protein

As I shared with you roughly a week back, I am transitioning from my relaxed (chemically straightened afro hair) to my natura hair. (post about it here) I am really excited and I thought that I would start documenting my progress and everything through a new series called "Transitioning Diaries".

This first one will tell you what I will do 4 times a year- every 3 months. I have shared the recipe before and it's my DIY protein hair treatment. (post here with instructions).

Every Three Months- Protein Treatment and trimming of ends

1. Pre Shampoo Castor Oil Treatment

Before I wash my hair I always do a pre shampoo treatment using Castor Oil. Castor Oil is to promote hair growth and make new growth thicker, stronger and nourished. As you might know Castor Oil has got a really thick consistency and it's a good idea to mix it with another carrier oil.
As you can see I've now stocked up on these oils for my pre shampoo treatments. My Castor Oil is from the brand "now solutions" and is 473 ml (16oz), the KTC Almond Oil is 500 ml.

In addition to that I bought this oil applicator bottle- this was long over due! It was only 99p and it works really well!

2. DIY Avocado Hair Protein Treatment (INSTRUCTIONS)

When washing this treatment out my hair felt extremely hard (protein can make your hair feel hard) and when shampooing it was so dry that I could hardly move my hands through my hair when applying it. However, after using conditioner it went back to normal and it felt as if it had gone stronger!

3. Trimming My Ends 

 This is my hair air dried, as you can see the ends are a lot thinner than my new growth, I basically cut the whole section I am showing in the picture.

Yes, I was way over due in cutting my hair! Look at those ends, I literally felt when I was doing braid outs that when I got to the end of my hair I was plaiting three hairs, haha!

Again, any transitioning tips/inspo/post, link them to me :)
Do you do protein treatments to your hair?
x

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♥ FOTD- My Make up Palettes Pt. 4

This is my make up of today :) A while ago I started a series called "My Make Up Palettes", which simply is creating a look with one of my many eye shadow palettes.

This is the eye shadow palette I used. I got it a long while ago and I don't know a lot about the brand (Victoria Jackson). All I know is it's a bit dodgy, because it's not sold in any shops- instead they usually have people approaching people at colleges, universities, beauty salons etc. explaining how this brand is used by Hollywood starts etc.

I got this palette which has 3 eyeshadows, 2 lip colours, 1 blusher and 1 bronzer. You also got another one with different colours, plus a kabuki brush and a mascara. All of this was £20 and I have to say however dodgy it might seem- I love them. As you can see I've almost finished two of the eyeshadows.

For this look I'm also wearing my Calvin Klein Nude Lip Stick.

This Picture shows off the true colour a bit better!

So back to the palette.

Quality: There is no fall out when I use this, it's easy to blend and goes on smoothly. 

Lasting Power: From what I can remember this last all day.

Would I buy again: Not the whole palette, since I only use the eye shadows. Another issue is that I can't find the ingredients of this anywhere. So it could be that it contains Mineral Oil and other nasties, but I wouldn't know.

What do you think of this look?
Do you know anything about this brand?


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♥ Prom/Spring Make up Look Collab (My Make up Palettes Pt.3)

My Make up Palettes Pt.3 / Prom (Spring) Make up Look collab

So Carolin from "My Boudoir" suggested that we could do a Prom look together, and I though why not! It's quite a topical look since a lot of people are graduating (including me) and going to prom.

She is very talented at doing make up and she's the blogger who inspired me to do this look, Roberto Cavalli- Peacock Eyes.

As you might know I've done a make up series called My Make up Palettes (view previous ones here) recently so this will also be a part of that.

Isadora Outlet Collection Palette in the shades "12 Heather Moore".

-I used the yellow shade (on the far left) on my lid

-I used the green shadow in the middle above my crease

-I used the purple/brown shadow in my crease and on my lower lash line 

-I used the yellow one in my tear duct and corner of my upper lash line

-I used the light pink colour on the right underneath my brow

I noticed that a couple of people were actually interested in eyeshadow ingredients. This one does not contain mineral oil, but contains quite a lot of parabens, and also Lanolin which some people mind (I don't)

I only used these three brushes. Two of them are from the Real Techniques Starter (link) set and the shading brush (the middle one) was bought individually. If you have the eyebrow brush, omg, try using it for "harder" lines or on your lower lash line. It's perfect!!

I used MUA jet black eyeliner (mentioned here), Clarin's Mascara (Reviewed here), and Rimmel's eyebrow pencil (mentioned here)

For my slightly winged eye liner I used Maybelline Gel Liner (Reviewed here) and applied it with my Fake Bobbi Brown Eyeliner Brush

Link to my Bobbi Brown Brushes
Link to the explanation about them being fake 

Sneak Peek of Carolin's Look.

Click HERE to view her post, she's really talented!

What do you think of this (these) looks?

Have you tried Isadora Eyeshadows?

x

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