FOTN : Coral Vibes at Caspers

Last Saturday night, I defied my usual lazy girl tendencies and actually exchanged my bed and fluffy socks for a bodycon dress and stiletto heels for my friend's 23rd birthday. I haven't been out in what seems like forever so I found myself running around trying to find a dress and an adhesive bar (ASOS & my premier account is my saviour)

I decided to keep my look a lot lighter and coral than my normal "smokey eye uniform" just because I felt it would go better with my electric green Aqua dress. I mean let's face it, how on earth do you colour match your makeup to a bright pastel green dress????

I don't even wear pastel green!

Using my Illamasqua Cream Eyeshadow in Linger; a light brown shadow that works as a natural base, I applied this all over my eye, blending it in with my finger. Using a fluffy eye blending brush I applied MAC Texture just above my crease to act as a transition colour. MAC Woodwinked was then placed on the inner 2/3rds of my eye and transitioned into MAC Twinks. For my crease and outer vee I used a mixture of MAC Folie and MAC Carbon and finished everything off with my favourite liquid eyeliner (which FYI is L'oreal Paris' Super Liner in Black Vinyl) on my lid and Collection 2000 Kohl Pencil in Black on my waterline.

Quite a simple look but I just love how it gave my eyes a lot more definition. I think I might just have made my Bambi eyes a little bit cat-shaped *pats self on back*

I really hope you like this look. If you do please love it on Baobella (so I can win a makeup course *crosses fingers*)

Vote For This Look on Baobella!!!

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Trend On Trial: Antoni & Alison SS'13 Inspired Look

While being ill really sucks, it does mean I get to spend my time surfing the internet looking for anything that caught my attention and of course catching up on my blog reading. Last week Alice from Super Gorgeous posted a few Rock & Roll Spring Makeup Looks that really inspired me and made me haul myself off my sick bed.

I really loved the Antoni & Alison SS'13 eye look which encompassed bright electic colbalt-blue eyeshadow with nude eyeshadow and no eyeliner or mascara. You would think that the lack of black (i.e. mascara, false lashes, eyeliner etc) would really 'dull' down the eyes and make everything look unfinished but there is really just something different about this look that I can't quite put my finger on.

This look is very easy to do. Taking MakeUp Forever Aqua Cream in 20 which is a bright electric blue cream eyeshadow as my base, I placed this shade on the corners of my eyes with a flat shader eyeshadow brush and took MAC's Eyeshadow in Bronze and placed that on my inner eyelid to act as my 'nude shade'. I really wasn't sure where I was going with this but to try and make my eyes look a bit more cobalt rather than royal blue, I placed MAC Eyeshadow in Stars 'N' Rockets on top of the Aqua Cream Base and blended it out.

My main problem with this look is that it really changed my eye shape but I didn't realise by just how much until I started editing my pictures and it looked like I was wincing in pain, so apologies that I didn't add as many pictures as I normally do

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How to: A Valentine's Day Speckled Eye (Illamasqua Style)

I wasn't really planning to do anything Valentines days related this year but when I saw the Illamasqua Speckled Eyeliner Technique, I knew that I had to replicate it in some way.

Now I didn't have a white gel eyeliner and because of the spending ban, I'm not allowed to go beauty shopping til April (especially as I need to save my funds to go to New York next month) so I couldn't pick up Illamasqua's Gel Eyeliner in Scribe. What I do have are gold and pink eyelinera so I thought I might as well give the speckled eye trend a romantic feel with what I have at my disposal.

Products Used

MAC BlackTrack Fluidline
Collection 2000 Fast Stroke Black Eyeliner
Sleek Dip-It Liquid Eyeliner in Gold
Sleek Dip-It Liquid Eyeliner in Pink

I really hope you like this tutorial as it is the second one I've ever done and boy was it a bit tricky to do loool. After doing this look I had nothing else to do except try and pair up this pretty valentine's look with a few Illamasqua lipsticks I had (I mean it's only fair after all) so sit back and take a quick glimpse at some lip combos to wear this look with. I've chose a nude (Illamasqua Sheer lipgloss in Provoke), a deep raspberry pink (Illamasqua Matte Lipstick in Salacious) and a cute red lipgloss (Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Besotted)

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!!!!

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Red Hot Glitz!!!!

A really, great blogger I’ve come in contact with recently is Kamen from Kaka’s Beauty Blog. She’s really my kind of girl. She is all kinds of wacky and loves to try out new things on her blog . . .plus she seems to have a creepy obsession with all things purple (Yes, Kamen you do . . . don’t try and deny it). 

Today’s post is Valentines Day (or Singles Day) Inspired as I am going to be covering myself in red. It actually looks like red threw up on me . . ok that’s not a pretty visual, ignore that I wrote that. This post was originally meant to go up on Monday but life and me losing my memory card got in the way. Hope you like it though and do check out Kamen's take on all things red

I've used Barry M's Pigment in Cherry Red all over my eyelids, blending in the crease with a intense black eyeshadow from Bourjois. Slapping on my favourite bright red lipgloss; besotted from Illamasqua all over my lips. The red blush you can see is Sleek Scandalous, a bright red, limited edition blush I recently got in a blogsale that just seemed so perfect for this post I had to add it.

Hope you love all this red because quite frankly I’m surprised I had this much in the first place. Just goes to show that when you’re on a spending ban, past hoarding comes in useful. I really wish I wore more red as a classic red nailpolish would have been perfect but alas I'm not actually the biggest fan of red nails . . . ok I can't paint my nails so I don't buy nailpolish but if I had the patience to do them, just know some red talons would have been featured

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Trend On Trial : A (Dark) English Rose

‘A rosebud lip, the first blush of spring and a luminous glaze in homage to the fresh start of the New Year”

I really wish my words carried as much imagery as Anita Bhagwandas words do but lets face it, I struggled through my GCSE English Language classes (though I wished my English Literature classes would never end) and the fact I can even string together a blog post that is not covered with grammatical errors is a win in my book. In this week’s StylistMagazine, the beauty team was inspired by the “Jane Austen-esque” makeup look worn by the Valentine S/S13 models and decided to try it out for the day.

While I’m all for natural and dewy makeup looks, I can’t say I have every tried anything remotely close to being classified as ‘English Rose” but I’m also up to try anything once the inspiration hits. So pushing aside my powders and vamp lipsticks; with a few colour appropriate tweaks, I’m going to don highlighters, concealers and a lot of rose pink for a “Dark English Rose” look.

Luckily for me I have normal skin so that’s half my job tackling concealers and correctors done, I’m still going to go in with Black|Up’s Corrector Palette in 02 to correct the purple-blue tones of the straightener burns on my forehead and the dents on my noses *Oh, the woes of being a glasses user* and apply a thin layer of Illamasqua’s Skin Base in No. 16 with a duo-fiber stippling brush.

I’m really focusing on highlighting my face for this look so taking my L’Oreal Paris True Match Concealer in Café Coffee, I’m going to highlight the bridge of my nose, my chin and under my cheekbones and slap on Becca Cosmetic's Beach Tint in Strawberry on my cheeks with MAC’s Stereo Rose MSF as my inner radiance highlighter  . . . or that’s what I’m aiming for anyway.

For that just bitten lip effect, I’ve taken MAC Apres Chic lipstick and blotted it on with some tissue to give my lips a rose colour that hopefully ties everything together.

You would think that a subtle look would involve less products but here you go . . . now all that’s left to decide is whether I want to go find my Mr. Darcy or curl up in my bed with a book.

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Makeup Video: Sidecar'd By Sam

Everyone knows about the blog wife, Sam, so there is really no need to introduce her (again anyway) so  I'll skip that lool.

I've been meaning to do a Youtube video for a very long time but I've really not been feeling well lately  so never got round to it. I finally gave myself a big push today and got round to filming a video response to Sam's New Year Eve Glittery Tutorial which was a super easy holiday look using Sidecar for the Urban Decay Naked Palette, that I really wanted to try out.

I am using my brand new camera to do this video and I haven't even taken any pictures with it yet but decided to just dive in and do a video, so the colour settings are not the greatest (as I had no clue what I was doing).

Eyes:-

Urban Decay Naked Palette Eyeshadow in Sidecar

MAC Eyeshadow in Folie

Bourjois Paris Extrait Intense Eyeshadow in No. 10

MAC Eyeshadow in Texture

MAC Gel Eyeliner in BlackTrack

L'oreal Paris Contour Kohl in 131 Jet Black

Eylure Naturalite Evening Wear Lashes in 107

Face:-

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in Trinidad (Dark 3)

MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW40

Ben NYE Translucent Powder in Sienna

Sleek Contour Kit in Dark

Illamasqua Cream Eyeshadow in Betray

Lips:-

MAC Lip Pencil in Cork

MAC Lustre Lipstick in Viva Glam VI (6)

MAC Lipglass in Pink Lemonade

I really hope you like it even though it's not the best quality  . . . . Oops just realised that my makeup smudged round my lips where I had a sip of water looooool oh well

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Makeup Look: Xmas 2012 Face of the Day

I've been publishing a lot of makeup looks lately and I really hope you enjoy them because I really love creating them and posting them online. Today I wanted to do something a bit different so I decided to dig out my pinks and purples and do a look using solely these colours.

This look is very similar to my Sweet, Bridal Pink Look that I posted in the summer but I feel that it is a lot more subtle even though I used a lot of the same colours in this look.

As always if you want to see a list of all the products I've used them scroll up and click on my 'Makeup Looks' tabs on my header.

Eyes:-

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

MAC Eyeshadow in Passionate 

MAC Eyeshadow in Hep cat

MAC Eyeshadow in Cranberry

MAC Eyeshadow in Expensive Pink

Lash Perfect La La Lashes in B168

Face:-

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation in Trindad (Dark 3)

MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW40

Sleek Makeup Face Contour Kit in Dark

Lips:-

MAC Lipliner in Cork 

MAC Lipstick in Speak Louder

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Makeup Look: Sparkle 2 Palette Inspired Look with Rhinestones

I know I posted this a snapshot of this look earlier today with my Sleek Makeup Sparkle 2 Palette Review but I REALLY love the way that this look turn out so I just wanted to post up a few more pictures of this look.

Yes, it is a bit vain but I don't get to play around with bright colours on a day-to-day basis anymore and I thought the added crystals really enhances this look and will make it a perfect option if you plan to go crazy and loud makeup-wise this xmas.

Apart from a my highlight eyeshadow, I've only used Twinkle (dark blue) and Tinsel (white-silver) from the new Limited Ediiton Sleek Makeup Sparkle 2 Palette to create this look. I've used a winged-cut crease method to apply Twinkle in my crease and under eye area with Tinsel on my lid.

 I bought the Pre-glued crystals from Ebay in 3 different sizes and tried to stick them in locations that enhanced my Vee shaped smokey look

I'm really loving this look (especially as I did it without my glasses and contacts so couldn't really see what I was doing very well) but hopefully I will do a Youtube tutorial on it this weekend once my new camera arrives.

 

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Makeup Look: Beauty & the Beach

Trust Laalaa not to tag me and tell me about this competition until the night before the day it closes!

The Travel Supermarket Beauty and the Beach Blogger Competition is all about remembering your favourite holiday and recreating a hair, nails and/or make-up that recreates said memory. It can be anything from a daytime look to nighttime, clubbing look. Seeing as it is very late at night right now and my lighting isn't the greatest, I am going to keep this look relatively easy and hopefully the flash from my camera won't wash out the colours too much.

Since I am African (Nigerian to be precise) and I spend my time in either UAE or Nigeria soaking up the sun, I thought I should do a bronzed look with bit of pink and blue to represent a natural tan that I always get but also throw in some vibrant shades that represent the sunsets and seas/rivers. By using a bronze shade similar to my skintone this look is natural enough to wear in the daytime if you wanted (I would) but I do think its a great nighttime look.

Product used

Face

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW45

MAC Select Cover-up Concealer in NW40

MAC Prep & Primer Transparent Finishing Powder

MAC Eyeshadow in Handwritten (Face Conotour)

Sleek Makeup Luminous Pressed Powder in LPP04

Sleek Makeup Blush Lantern in the Pumpkin Blush by 3 Palette

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Centre of the Universe (LE)

MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW45

MAC Eyebrow pencil in Stud

HD Brows Kit in Vamp

Eyes

Illamasqua Cream Eyeshadow in Linger

Barry M Pigment in Cherry Red 84 (Vee and Crease)

MAC Eyeshadow in Bronze (Lid)

MAC Eyeshadow in Cranberry (Transition)

Sleek Eau La La Liner in Blue Moon 323 (Line under eye)

MAC Eyeshadow in Blue Calm (Placed on top on Blue Moon)

MAC Eyeshadow in Steamy (Tearduct)

L'oreal Paris Super Liner in Black Crystals

Collection 2000 Kohl Eyeliner in Black 1

Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Cat Eyes Mascara

Lips

Map Lippencil in Chesnut

MAC lipstick in Lickable

Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Sunbaked

The hair has to be big! I’m talking Victoria Secrets/Bond girl big! I might not be the most creating when it comes to braiding my hair but I sure now how to use a heating tong to an inch of it life.

Since I was already rocking voluminous hair from the Lauren Way Dream Rollers I tested out this morning, I used a large barrel tong as well as lots of hair spray to get this look. 

Product used

Aussie Miracle Coloured Haire Protection & Shine Serum
John Frieda Frizz-Ease Heat Defeat Protective Styling Spray

L'oreal Paris Elnett Satin Hairspray in Extra Strength

Ok everyone know that I am VERY hopeless when it comes to nails . . .I just can’t seem to  paint them in the same direction!!! So please understand that I did try with this as Nails are really not my cup of tea.

Product Used

Leighton Denny Nail Polish in Hanky Pank
Gosh Cosmetics Nail Glitter in 

There are only a few hours left to enter this competition as it ends at midnight so get over to the Travel Supermarket website and enter your best holiday nails, hair and/or makeup look.So wish me luck!!!

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