On Wednesdays (and Fridays...) We Wear Pink - Regina George's Make-Up From Mean Girls

"In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it"

*Creeps in looking a good mix of embarrassed, awkward and apologetic for not posting in a really long time*

.....I'm sorry.....

Hello everyone! I knowwwwwwwwwww, it's been aaaaaages. My life suddenly got really busy. I turned 21 (Woo!), found myself a job (Woo woo!) and applied for a make-up course that starts in Setember (Woo woo woo!), so I've just been figuring all that out, as well as seeing my friends now they're all coming home after graduating from university.

I've finally got the end of my Mean Girls posts, which shouuuuuuuuuld have only taken 4 weeks, but I'm a terrible blogger and it obviously wouldn't run like that, now, would it?!

The final look is Regina and I chose to recreate her make-up from the Halloween party scenes.

It's a pretty easy look, and gives you chance to practise your gel liner skills - who doesn't need practise? It's also got some glitzy little gems and my photos vaguely feature bunny ears (classy lady!). Here's what I came up with, hope you like it!

Yes, I did only apply mascara, eyeliner and gems two 1 eye - I only ever show you my left eye anyway!

So, moisturise and apply your normal foundation and concealer, if you wear them. I used my usual Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow liquid foundation with Fake Up concealer around the eye area and on any blemishes.

Next, apply an eye primer if you want to, I didn't but would if I was wearing this make-up out. I then applied a pearly white cream eyeshadow to my entire eyelid, from lash line to brow bone. Make sure this is blended really well and not caked on. You want it nice and smooth. Apply a white eyeshadow over the top to set.

I then applied a very pale but slightly metallic eyeshadow just above the crease, but just below the brow bone. Blend this in well.

Apply a muted light brown in the crease and then using a clean blending brush, blend everything well. You don't want any harsh lines or blocks of colour. That's it for eyeshadow.

Apply a black pencil liner in the water and tight lines and then using a gel liner and brush, line the upper lash line. You want this line to be of thin to medium thickness, with a winged out edge. The easiest way to use a gel liner with a brush is to make short brush strokes, so you're remain in control at all times. Plot your winged edge using the end of the liner brush - hold it along the corner of your eye and match it to the end of your eyebrow. Brush a short line here, and then join it to rest of your eyeliner.

Using small body gems, stick one to the outer corner of your eye, and one to the inner corner - if you're going with gems. Leave them if you want a more wearable look.

Apply a highlight - something like Benefit High Beam, or Illamasqua Lumos highlighting powder - above the brow bone, along the centre of the nose and on the top of the cheekbones. Then generously apply a rosy pink blush to the apples of the cheeks. Blend this back towards the hairline.

And finally slick on a light pink lipstick and lip gloss (ugh, lip gloss!) (and bunny ears if you want them) - and you're done!

I hope you liked this! I do have lots of tutorials, reviews and hauls to share with you, and now I'm settled into my job I hope to update this blog more often. It's nearly a year since I started properly and I definitely haven't written enough posts yet! But I will try my hardest as I would love to boost my views and followers.

IOTD - Rachel McAdams

SOTD - Built This Way by Samantha Ronson

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink - Karen Smith's Make Up From Mean Girls

Hello! Long time, no blog. You know how it is though, life got busy, the usual story.

Here's the third post in my Mean Girls themed blogs, this time it's Karen Smith. This one was the easiest make-up to recreate, but the hardest to find in terms of photo references. She's kind of an underrated member of the primary cast in the film, but actually has some of the funniest lines.

 Do you know who's looking fine tonight?

Seth Mosakowski.

I ended up using a combination of her more natural looks (so, everything aside from the Halloween scene) to create a more general "Karen" look. Here are some that I used as references:

Bit of a tricky one, as in some photos, her make-up looks more brown, in others it's more grey. I've gone for brown so it's more natural, and because the Gretchen look I did was a grey smokey eye. Made sense to me ;)

 I hope you like it!

This is a REALLY simple tutorial. I'm almost hesitant to call it a tutorial, it's THAT easy. If you have the right colours, you can do it.

I started with a nude shimmery shadow which I applied to the entire lid, up to the brow bone. This will act as a base and subtle highlight under the brow.

Next, I applied a muted, matte brown to the outer third of the lid and into the crease. I used a medium brown that would blend nicely in the crease and with the first shadow. You don't this look to be too "blocky" if that makes sense - everything wants to be softened, delicate and natural.

I applied a very subtle gold/beige shadow to the inner third of the lid to create more depth and shape to the eye. I'm not entirely how to describe what I mean actually... Hmm... Without this added shadow, it can end up looking slightly flat. You're basically fading the colours from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner to shape the eye and create dimension. (Word vomit).

Add mascara to your top and bottom lashes and use a black liner in the tightline.

For the waterline, I lined the outer third with the same black liner as the tightline, and then blended a brown liner into this slightly, and continuing to line the rest of the waterline. This stops the liner potentially closing up the eye (not literally, but it can make your eyes look much smaller) and softens the look. Using only black liner could look far too heavy on an eye like this.

I swept a muted, rosey/brown blush across the apples of the cheeks and used an almost clear, but slightly pinkish/brown lipgloss. I used Sugarbomb by Benefit if you're looking to see what the shade actually looks like in the tube.

C'est Fini! Hope you liked this look! Next week will be the last of these blogs, and it will be Regina's Halloween look - complete with some delightful bunny ears (they're actually hideous!).

IOTD - Amanda Seyfried

SOTD - Milkshake by Kelis 

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink - Cady Heron's Make-Up From Mean Girls

Hello!

How are you this week? My week has been very hectic and stressful, but it's easing up now - thankfully!

Here's the second installment of my Mean Girls themed posts, this time it's Cady Heron's make-up, who is played by everyone's favourite child starlet, Lindsay Lohan. On a side note, I've actually become quite fond of Li-Lo after watching her interview with Oprah and the first two parts of the documentary about her. Sure, she's made mistakes, but who hasn't? Most of us don't have them splashed all over the tabloids either...

Anyway - onto the make-up!

I re-created the look that she wore during the Burn Book scene where they read out their apologies for what went in the book. It's a very light, pastel-y and soft look, which is unlike most of the other make-up that Cady wears in the film which is much heavier, with a LOT more black eyeliner. I suppose this is a reflection where their characters are at emotionally during the story.

As you can see from this picture, it's predominantly a pink, purple and blue look - very pretty, very girly.

Here's what I came up with:

(Don't worry, I'm getting my hair coloured next week, it won't look so rooty in my next post!)

So, like my previous post, I'll just describing what colours I used, rather than the brands of make-up I used. This way it's more accessible to everyone. If people prefer me to list what I actually used, do let me know. I want this blog to helpful to people and how they like it.

I started off by using a white shadow all over the lid, right up to the brown bone. I then applied a light pink shadow all over the lid. Over this, I applied a light purple shadow. Using a darker pink shadow, I added some depth into the crease. I applied a light blue shadow along the lashline, but not too thickly, just enough that you can see it under a lined lashline. I basically then just kept working into the blue with a darker purple and the pink until it looked less blue, and blended in with the pink better. Blending is the key when you're using 2 different coloured shadows (blues, greens, purples, pinks, etc) as you don't want them to look too blocky.

I lined the lashline with a black liquid liner, applied a few coats of black mascara and used a black eye pencil in the water and tight lines.

I then applied a very light pink blush to the apples of my cheeks, with a liquid highlight on the very top of the cheekbone. I didn't use any contour as this is such a soft look.

Finally I applied a rosey pink lip stain and lip gloss.

And that's it! So simple, so pretty!

Thanks for reading!

IOTD - Lindsay Lohan

SOTD - One Way or Another by Blondie

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink - Gretchen Wieners' Make Up From Mean Girls

Hello everyone! Hope you're all just dandy.

So, last Wednesday it was the 10th anniversary of one of my favourite films - Mean Girls, so I though it would be fun to create some looks inspired by the 4 lead roles - Gretchen Weiners, Karen Smith, Cady Heron and Regina George. The good thing about this film is that the make-up is all very wearable (perhaps not Cady's Halloween look...) so it's great if you want something different for your daily make-up.

This week I've created a look inspired by Gretchen in the scene where she gives her speech about Brutus and Caesar (WE SHOULD TOTALLY JUST STAB CAESAR!!!). The scene is pretty funny and very truthful about what goes on among girls in school (well, women in general, really). Hoop earrings are MY thing, actually. Gretchen's make-up is very smokey in this scene, and could be worn for day or night, so it's a really lovely versatile look.

Here's what I came up with:

I used one of my cheap and cheerful MUA palettes, but I'll just talk you through colours so that you can recreate the look using whatever brands you have.

So I went for a pure white shadow which I applied to the entire lid and brow bone. This is a subtle highlight for me as I have very pale skin, however if you skin tone is darker, you'll want to use something that matches, as Gretchen's highlight is very similar to her skin tone.

I went in with a medium grey matte shadow and applied this to the entire lid.

Next, I did some shading with a black eye shadow. Do use black shadows sparingly, especially if you're going for a grey tone rather than a black tone. I applied a little to the inner third and outer third of the lid, leaving the middle third clear. As you can see, Gretchen's eyeshadow blends from dark to light to dark again. You almost use the black shadow as a contour for your eyes.

I then applied a a slightly sparkly silver shadow (Alliteration, get me!) to that middle third that I left when applying the black shadow. This is to create that colour gradient. 

The next step is kind of subjective because it hasn't actually translated to the photo, unfortunately. I basically started mixing a tiny bit of purple with the silver and lightly tapping this over the middle third. I think there's a slight hue of purple in Gretchen's eyeshadow to further bring out the colour of her top, but you may prefer to leave this step out.

I finally lined my lash line with a black liquid eyeliner and my tight and water lines with a black Kohl pencil. I then added mascara and the eyes were done.

For the face, I used my usual foundation, so whatever you normally wear is perfectly fine, as long as it correctly matches your skin tone of course... Gretchen has quite a glowy and bronzed complexion throughout the film, so I applied some bronzer to my temples, the hollows of my cheeks and under my jaw. I never normally use bronzer so I did this sparingly as I didn't want to look orange and patchy, but again, use as much or as little as you like. I then applied a dusky pink blush across my cheek. I swept it right down my cheek up to the end of the bronzed contour.

Finally I applied a rosey/brown lipgloss and I was finished!

A really simple but pretty look that could be worn during the day, or for a night out.

That is SO fetch!

SOTD - Operate by Peaches (I'll be using songs from the movie's soundtrack on these posts)

IOTD - Lacey Chabert who plays Gretchen

None for Gretchen Weiners, BYE.