Mummy Epiphannie Makes A Blog Appearance

Over the weekend, my mum finally managed to capture me and force me to do her makeup for a party she was going to . . . ok that's a bit dramatic but puppy dog eyes and emotional blackmail was involved.

 I loved doing this look mostly because I got to practice my conceal and correct techniques on someone other than myself and also ways to work with mature skin . . . well  . . . I'm going to stop at that mature skin comment before my mum flicks through my blog and see that comment.

I've used Illamasqua's Skin Base in No.17 as her foundation with a mixture of MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC50 and NC40 as her brow highlight and concealer. To cover any skin pigmentation, the orange corrector in Black Up Concealer Palette in Dark 3 was dotted where need.

On her lips, I've used Viva Glam VI Lipstick , Pink Lemonade Lipglass and Cork Lip pencil which are all from MAC.

Hopefully this won't be ther last time Mummy Epiphannie makes her appearance but let me know what you think . . . I might add a before image if I can pin her down long enough.

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Epiphannie A in Nigeria - My Cousin's Traditional Wedding

As you may have guessed already from the theme of my posts lately, I'm in Nigeria at the moment and I'm not really here for the Xmas holidays but for my cousin's wedding, which is a really big deal in my family as she is the first grandchild to get hitched *lucky her*

Nigerian Weddings are a VERY colourful affair in England or Nigeria or wherever on earth you might be. I've never actually experienced a full Nigerian wedding in all it's colourful and flamboyant glory (as I normally slip in at the reception and head straight for the buffet table *sad but true*) but I did notice a slight difference in the way they were arranged in Nigeria compared to England.

Nigerian weddings are split into two (or maybe three depending on your tribe and religion) but the most common are an English wedding (you know white dress, a priest and a church) and a traditional wedding (African clothes, and banshee-like singing). In England we tend to squish these together and hold them on the same day to save money and time but in Nigeria, each wedding is given their own separate day, which I think is better.

My cousins and my stupidly tall sister (far right)

My mum (center) and my beautiful aunts 

Me rocking the yellow and silver

The Blushing Bride

Yesterday was the traditional wedding, where we all had to wear traditional garments in the theme of yellow ankara (african print) with a silver gele (headdress) while the aunts from the bride side of then family had to wear brown with an orange gele

I normally don't like the colour yellow but the tailor did an amazing job suiting up my family (my lil cousin just looked so adorable). 

I had the best day ever and my cousin Joyin just looked so gorgeous, I can't wait for the next part of the wedding

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LOTD:- Traditional in Pinks

My mum went to a wedding recently and I put my make-up skills to the test to get her looking glammed up! Looking at these pics, I really did my mum justice because she looks absolutely beautiful.

Face

- GOSH Velvet Touch Foundation Primer

- Illamasqua Skin Base in SB17 (foundation)

- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Deep Dark
ELF Complete Coverage Concealer in Dark

Eyebrows

- MUA Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown

- ELF Eyebrow Kit in Dark

Eyes

- NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk (eyeshadow base)

- MAC Eyeshadow in Woodwinked (on lid) 

- MAC Eyeshadow in Cranberry (crease)

- MAC Eyeshadow in Embark (applied lightly in outer v)

- MAC Eyeshadow in Ricepaper (browbone)

- MAC Eyeshadow in Texture (are from browbone to crease)

L'oreal Paris Super Liner in Carbon Gloss

Eye lashes from Ebay set 

Cheeks

- ELF Blush in Gotta Glow (highlight)

- Sleek Blush in Blushed (1st layer)

- Sleek Blush in Sahara (2nd layer)

- Sleek Contour Kit in Dark

Lips

- ELF Lip Base

- Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in Addiction 018

- Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Rosegold/ Rose 026

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