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 - 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.

Favourite Films and Recommendations

Hello!

I've always enjoyed watching films, not really at the cinema (bad eyesight for the win!), but a good DVD or a Sky+ recording sets me up for a couple of hours so I thought I'd make a post about some that I've enjoyed over the years, and then some that I've watched in the last couple of weeks, with their trailers. So if you're stuck for something to watch, maybe this list can help you narrow it a bit. I'm no expert and I'm sure you won't like everything I've chosen, but everyone is different and that's what makes life fun!

Comedy:

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Directed by John Hughes, Cert 15

The Breakfast Club – Directed by John Hughes, Cert 15

Pretty in Pink – Directed by Howard Deutch, Cert 15

Shaun of the Dead - Directed by Edgar Right, Cert 15

Bridesmaids - Directed by Paul Feig, Cert 15

Romance:

Garden State - Directed by Zach Braff, Cert 15 (I couldn't find an actual trailer for this one, but here's a short clip of it that I did find)

Sleepless in Seattle - Directed by Nora Ephron, Cert PG

Pretty Woman - Directed by Garry Marshall, Cert 15

Dirty Dancing - Directed by Emile Ardolino, Cert 15

Romeo and Juliet (1996 version) - Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Cert 12

Drama:

Marie Antoinette - Directed by Sofia Coppola, Cert 12

Anna Karenina - Directed by Joe Wright, Cert 12

Philadelphia - Directed by Jonathan Demme, Cert 12

This is England - Directed by Shane Meadows, Cert 18

Big Fish - Directed by Tim Burton, Cert PG

Action:

The Bourne Trilogy (NOT LEGACY! If Matt Damon isn’t in it, I’m not interested!) - Directed by Doug Liman (Identity), Paul Greengrass (Supremacy and Ultimatum), Cert 12/15

Flightplan - Directed by Robert Schwentke, Cert 12

Hanna - Directed by Joe Wright, Cert 12

Phone Booth - Directed by Joel Schumacher, Cert 15

The Day After Tomorrow - Directed by Roland Emmerich, Cert 12

Recently Watched:

Ruby Sparks - Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Cert 15

The Sapphires - Directed by Wayne Blair, Cert PG

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Directed by Lasse Hallström, Cert 12

Mermaids - Directed by Richard Benjamin, Cert 15

Cruel Intentions - Directed by Roger Kumble, Cert 15

Hope there's something here that you might like, if not, give me a recommendation in the comments! I'm always looking for films to add to my rental list on Lovefilm, so go right ahead!

IOTD - Jessica Mauboy who plays Julie in The Sapphires

SOTD - Fall by Ed Sheeran