Vice 3 Smokey Eye

Hello again!

What's this? Another blog post? That's right pals!

Today I'm going to show a look I did using the Urban Decay Vice 3 palette. I kind of forgot about this one for a while, but I found it again (not that I'd actually lost it, I just fish it out of the drawer) and decided to have a little play.

These shadows are suuuuuuuper pigmented, but very soft so they're easily blended - just like all UD shadows. They're very pretty jewel like tones so great for these colder months.

As I was just playing around, I didn't end up lining and putting mascara on both eyes, so apologies for that. But you get the idea. So, here's what I did!

Face

Foundation was Benefit Big Easy in 01 Fair

Concealer was Rimmel Wake Me Up in Ivory

Powder for setting for Benefit Hello Flawless in Ivory

Contour powder was Heliopolis from the Sculpting Duo Palette which I applied in the hollow beneath my cheekbones

Blush was Benefit Rockateur

Highlight was Lumos from the Sculpting Duo Palette which I applied just above my cheekbones, looks so pretty with Rockateur

Eyes

Truth (a matte peachy/pink) was applied to the entire lid, up to the brow bone and in the inner corner

Last Sin (a shimmery taupe) was applied all over the lid

Angel (a shimmery brown) was applied on the outer third of the lid

Bondage (a dark slightly shimmery plum) was applied over Angel and into the crease

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of blending using a clean fluffy brush - seriously, blend the crap of these colours!

Then I applied Bourjois Volume Clubbing liquid liner in Ultra Black to the upper lash line and winged this out

I tight and waterlined using Urban Decay 24/7 eye pencil in Perversion

Maxfactor Clump Defy False Lash Effect mascara on the top and bottom lashes

Lips

EOS pomegranate lip balm

Rimmel Vintage Pink lipstick

And that was it! I hope you like it!

IOTD - Khloe Kardashian

I feel like this is quite a KoKo-esque look, and she's awesome, sooo...

SOTD - Intro by The XX

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.

Black/Grey Smokey Eye

Ola!

I was meant to post this on Friday, however I'm forgetful and now it's Sunday. Sorry about that, but it's ok, it's up now!

Thought I'd show you a black smokey eye. It DOES look very grey. The flash on my camera lightened it rather a lot, but it's a bit dark not to use the flash, silly old winter nights!

This is great for parties as it's a little bit sparkly and a little heavier than you might wear in the daytime. I used the MUA Immaculate Collection which is BRILLIANT! 24 shades for about £8 in Superdrug, I love these! This brand of make-up is super affordable and really not bad quality. The eyeshadows are the only thing I've purchased, but they have a very reasonable pigment and lots of shades to choose to from.

I used shade 20, which is white, as a base and took it all over the lid, up to the brow bone and into the inner corner of the eye as an highlight.

I then used shade 16, which is grey, all over the lid.

Then I used shade 4, which is black, in the crease and outer third.

I then used shade 11, which is a sparkly silver, in the inner 2/3 of the lid.

I extended the black slightly above the crease and then added a little of the silver above that.

Then blend, blend, blend - which is crucial with dark colours. I've probably not blended enough, but then again, I'm not sure you CAN blend enough!

Finally, I lined the upper lashline with Maybelline 24 hour lasting drama gel liner, lined the water and tightlines with Borjois Kohl and Contour and used Benefit They're Real on the top and bottom lashes.

C'est fini!

IOTD -  Erin O'Connor

SOTD - Irreplaceable by Beyonce 

Brown Smokey Eye

Hello kind people reading this! Hope you're well.

Today I thought I'd show you a brown smokey eye look, a little heavier than others I've shown you, but I'm quite pleased with it.

Here's how I did it using the Urban Decay Naked Palette:

Virgin on the brow bone,
Sin on the inner third of the lid,
Toasted on the centre third of the lid,
Darkhorse on the outer third of the lid and along the outer third of the crease,
Hustle all the way along the crease,
Buck above the crease,
Half baked on the inner corner.

I used (as usual) They're Real mascara on my top and bottom lashes with Borjois Kohl and Contour on the water and tight lines. I used Maybelline Lasting Drama gel line along the top lash line.

So yeah, that's pretty much it. Hope you like it!

IOTD - Queen of the smokey eye, Cheryl Cole!

SOTD - Merry Go 'Round by Kacey Musgraves - you really should check her album out, it's so good!