Party Makeup Inspiration

I feel like once the festive season has gone people stop posting so many make up tutorials especially for parties. People still have birthday parties to go to in January so I thought I would post a party eye make up inspiration. Now I know I am still a novice at make up but I hope you can appreciate what I was trying to go for. This is what I did to create the look: 

Tools:

• An eye primer - I used the Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin but which ever one you have available will do. 
• Sticky tabs - I use these to help me get the cat eye flick but if you are good at doing it you probably don't need to bother. 
• A neutrals palette - I used the Collection Uncovered Palette in the shade Nude but again any palette that has a good highlight and shimmer base colour will be good. 
• A shimmery bronze brown - I used shade three from the Avon True Colour Quad in Mocha Latte. 
• A liquid black liner - I used the L'Oreal Super Liner Superstar not my favourite liquid liner but I had no other options. 
• A black kohl liner - I used the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero but use anyone you have and that you like
• A blending brush 
• A flat brush. 

Steps: 

1. Apply eye primer over lid and crease. 
2. Put the sticky tabs on the corner of your eyes if using.
3. Apply the highlighter colour from nudes palette over your brown bone and then apply the gold shimmery base colour over your lid with the flat brush. 
4. Apply the shimmery bronze brown shade in your crease and blend out. If the colour is not intense enough for you, do this process again. 
5. Next the tricky bit for me, apply the liquid liner with a cat flick. 
6. Now pull off the sticky tab and continue the liner to the bottom lash line. 
7. Use your kohl liner to line your top water liner and your bottom lash line.

If you want me to do a post on the rest of my make up let me know. 

See you soon.

Jess

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Little Mix Jade Eye Make Up

So I thought as I loved Little Mix so much I would try and do a some Little Mix eye tutorials and I have started off with Jade from one of her recent music videos and with the help of some YouTube videos. I know it is a pretty simple look but if you want me to continue this mini series let me know. 

Products Used: 

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cahsmere 

Barry M Light Me Up Highlighter 

L'oreal Superliner 

Benefit Rollerlash 

Brushes Used:

Mac 217 

Step 1: 

Apply the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil across the whole of the lid and blend it at the edges with the Mac 217. 

Step 2: 

Lightly apply the Barry M highlighter all over the lid blend with the 217 in the crease to blend it more seamlessly with the NYX pencil. 

Step 3:

Apply a thin line of the L'oreal Superliner and a small flick. 

Step 4:

Apply lashings of your favourite mascara and maybe some false lashes if you want to add some extra glamour. 

Sorry for the lack of photos I realised after I probably should have done more but I hope you get the right sort of idea. 

SO what do you think shall I do the rest of Little Mix too?? Let me know. 

P.S Sorry about my horrible brows hopefully getting them done tomorrow. 

See you tomorrow. 

Jess

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Eylure Christmas Party Lashes

Snow Princess, Frozen Beauty, All Hail the Queen (Top to Bottom) 

Now that it is officially the Christmas season, it is time to take a look at what we might want to wear make up wise to Christmas parties, Christmas Day and even New Years. It can't be just me that likes to plan what make-up I am going to wear as well as what outfit I am going to wear. This Christmas collection from Eylure is the perfect edition to take a normal make up look into something a bit more Christmassy. There are three different limited edition sets in the collection all of which contain a varying amount of sparkle. 

Frozen Beauty

The three sets are All Hail The Queen which are textured lashes with iridescent stones at the lash. Frozen Beauty, which are my fave these are ribbon embellished lashes which have a bit sparkly ribbon in between a few of the lashes. And lastly, Snow Princess which is a volume filled lashes decorated with iridescent sparkles. As you can probably see from the photos (and from hard I found it to take photos of them) it is very subtle the added glitter and are easily wearable to parties without making too much of a statement. 

Would you wear any of these to a party? Let me know in the comments. I can definitely say I am going to be wearing the Frozen Beauty ones on Christmas Day. 

See you tomorrow.

Jess

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Review and Swatches: Two Concealers

Hi!

Trying to find the perfect concealer has become an absolute quest for me over the last few months. As there is nothing worse than having a concealer that does not match my exacting standards. So, here are my reviews on a couple that I have been testing.

Barry M Flawless Light Reflecting Concealer in 2 

I am in love with this concealer, and it has replaced my love for the classic Collection concealer. It is nice and light but has a good coverage to it and it does not cake up or crease. On the down side I think there are only two or three shades so not so good for darker skin tones. 

Maybelline Anti-Age The Eraser Eye 

Again, this has become one of my favourite concealers for under they eyes as the name would suggest. On a side note I have tried this on spots and red patches and although it is not terrible I feel there are better ones out there, such as the Barry M. This concealer I would recommend to literally everyone it is perfect for covering those dark circles.

So there we have it, short but sweet I suppose. I don't like to try too many new products at once as my skin is super sensitive. 

Do you have any recommendations? 

See you tomorrow!

Jess

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Four Cult Classics: Review

Hello!

Today I am going to review four cult classics and tell you whether they are really worth it. Sometimes with cult classics I find that people can get caught up in the moment and it is hard to determine whether something is good or not or whether people are saying it as everyone else is too.

Here on my verdicts on four of them:

Real Techniques Buffing Brush - Although all Real Techniques brushes I think have the status of cult classic, I feel as though the buffing brush is one that everyone raves about. I have had my buffing brush for a good few years now and I feel especially for the price, that it is of good quality. The only downside is that you have to buy it as part of a set.

VERDICT: YES

YSL Touche Eclat - Now I don't know if this is just me, or whether it is my skin but I do not find this well renown product to work on me. Maybe it is due to my pale skin tone but it just seems to do not very much for me - neither working as a highlighter or a concealer. I much prefer dupes from L'oreal or Maybelline.

VERDICT: NO

Shu Umera Eye Lash Curlers - I have to be honest here I don't have the most experience with eye lash curlers with the only previous ones before this being from Primark. (Which I don't have any more). When I do curl my eye lashes I do notice a slight lift but noting too outrageous. I would say maybe it isn't worth spending the £20 on them and to try some cheaper ones first.

VERDICT: MAYBE 

Nuxe Rev de Miel - Last but not least is the Nuxe Rev de Miel lip balm and as far as lip balms go this is pretty good. I put it on at night and can still feel the reminiscence of it when I wake up in the morning and my lips are feeling pretty juicy. Although I did not know before buying this that it was honey scented, despite the countless reviews that I have read, although this doesn't put me off.

VERDICT: YES

Are there any cult classics that you can think of that I should try? Would love to hear?

See you tomorrow,

Jessie-Lou
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Autumn Eye Wardrobe

Hi,

I'm not going to lie, eye shadow is my favourite thing to experiment with and although my go to is usually a take on a goldie brown smoky eye. There is something about autumn that just makes me want to try different shades. So here is a round up of some of my faves.

The Balm Nude'tude Palette  - usually £30 

This is one of my favourite palettes as it has a bit of everything in it - it has shades that you can wear during the day and the night and also has that berry shade that can make any eye look look autumnal. It also has two golden shades which can make any smoky eye look beautiful. There is nothing too scary in this palette, but whatever look you choose will create a beautiful look. Of course, being from the balm the shadows are beautifully pigmented and are of a buttery texture. 

Charlotte Tilbury Dolce Vita Palette - £38

I bought this palette around this time last year and it was my favourite palette to use over the autumn/winter period. The bottom tow colours make the looks perfectly autumnal and the layout of the palette makes it easy to create a look that is  beautiful with hardly ever effort. I don't think it needs to be said but these shadows are beautifully pigmented and I have no other shadows that match in quality, definitely worth the expensive price tag.

Collection Eyes Uncovered Palette in Nude Grey - £3.99

Now on the complete other end of the scale is a palette from collection, I have to be honest when I looked at the palettes in Boots, they all pretty much looked the same but I still went for the grey toned one for more of a cool toned look in the autumn. Again having a few shades makes it easy to create an amazing look and the quality of these shadows is good baring in mind the price you are paying, you can't go wrong with this.

Laura Mercier Longwear Eye Pencil in Violet - £18

Now I do wear eye liner all year round, but I find that having the violet colour for some reason makes a normal eye look a little bit more edgy, autumnal and that you've really put an effort into your makeup for that day, when really, you haven't (when you wake up fifteen minutes before you're meant to leave the house). Although it's not so bold that people are like what is that you've got on, cos no one wants that.

I'm sorry that this is not the most in depth review as I didn't want it to be super duper long but if you would like any more in depth reviews of any of the products, comment down below and I will do that for you. 

See you tomorrow,

Jess
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