Makeup Monday: Lush Event!

Hello, as always on a Monday i'm showing you a FOTD! Please let me know if you like these every Monday. I'm hoping these help - i may tempt you into buying a new product or show you how to use a product you already own!

Anyway, i did a post on the Lush 'Emotional Brilliance' event i attended here it was such a good night. I love the makeup i wore this evening it's probably becoming my go-to makeup whenever i go anywhere half decent. It lasts all night long and i love the way it looks!

Face

17 Miracle Matte Primer (t-zone)

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation (applied with Real Technique's Pointed Foundation brush on 'problem area's - under-eye, nose, spots and blended)

Laura Mercier Mineral Foundation Powder (applied with Real Technique's Buffing brush all over the face)

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer (under the eyes)

Nars 'Casino' bronzer (contour - cheekbones, nose and jawline)

No7 'Peach' Skin Illuminator (blended onto tops of cheeks and centre of nose)

Natural Collection 'Peach Melba' Blusher

Eyes

Une Skin Glow Pencil - shade G02 (applied on waterline, inner tear-duct and around eyebrows to define)

Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil (colour in eyebrows)

Avon Supershock mascara & George X-tend mascara (post here)

Lips

MAC 'Please Me' lipstick.

Now i've wrote that down it does look like a lot of products.

What do you think? Do you use any of these products? What's your secret to long-lasting makeup?

Favourite Mascara & Combination.

Hello! I've been wanting to do this post for such a long time as who doesn't want a good mascara? Mascara is definitely one of my 'must have' makeup items - i feel odd and weird looking without it! I love the definition it gives to my eyes.

What i look for in a mascara..
It's simple really, volume and length. I'm not overly fussy about it being 'super black' or holding curl although they are good extra's too ;) I like my lashes to look really full and noticeably longer!

So, above (to the left) are my two favourite/most used mascara's.

I have been using Avon SuperShock for years and have always loved it and re-purchased! But, this is my first ever tube of Maxfactor False Lash Effect Fusion, it was a present from a friend who thought i'd love it and rightly so, i did. Both these mascara's are very similar - basically the same. If i put one on one eye and the other on the other you cannot tell the difference atall the finish is exactly the same. Both add lots of volume (hello voluminous lashes!) and add some length although they are not dramatically long! Both are the perfect day mascara - two coats and you're good to go for the rest of the day, they do hold curl but don't create it.

As you can see, all the mascara's have a rubber brush rather than the spooly type brushes. I personally prefer these brushes and find they work much better.


Here comes my favourite and much loved mascara combination;
My mum kindly returned home one day with the George Lash Xtend mascara from Asda as she knew i was running out of my two favourites above. As you can tell from the name, this mascara's sole purpose is to lengthen the lashes and x-tend them. Used alone it does just that, it makes lashes really long but you get that spider leg effect where it looks like you only have 6 long eyelashes (i hate that).

So, because i hate wasting products i decided to layer it over the Maxfactor False Lash Effect Fusion.
What do you get? The perfect volunimous, long, full, bold lashes. Bit dramatic but it's true. The George mascara adds the extra length you don't get from the Maxfactor or Avon one.

Doing this little combo doesn't take any more time or effort as i always do two coats of mascara anyway. So i use the Maxfactor or Avon mascara as a first coat then use the George one for the second coat.

TOP - left eye with the combination, right eye mascara free!
BOTTOM - both eyes using my fave combo

Have you tried any of these mascara's? What do you look for in a mascara? 

Makeup Monday: Pretty in Pink.

Hello everyone! And a super big hello (and thankyou) to the new followers! It seems like it's going up and up everyday which obviously means a lot :)

 I just nipped into Manchester on this particurlar day for my first session of laser hair removal. I think i'll do a full post on my experience when the 6 courses are over? It'll be more beneficial that way. So far though, i have had a test patch done and my first full area session and it doesn't hurt atall, it just feels warm. Although, each session the intestity of the laser will increase so i expect it'll hurt at some point - who knows? If you've had it done, let me know please but try not to scare me too much.

 

Face

Benefit The Porefessional

MAC Select Foundation

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer

MAC Studio Fix Powder (few shades too dark as bronzer)

Natural Collection 'Peach Melba' Blusher

MAC Blot Powder

Eyes

MAC 'Groundwork' Paint Pot (lid)

MAC 'Brown down' Eyeshadow (crease)

MAC 'Blacktrack' Gel Eyeliner

George Lash X-tend Mascara

Rimmel 'Black brown' Eyebrow Pencil

Lips

MAC 'Please Me' Lipstick

MAC's Please Me lipstick has by far become my favourite and most used recently. It's such a perfect baby pink - not too light! It really is the perfect pink in my eyes. I find myself reaching for this constantly and it's a matte formula so it lasts ages on the lips (win!) 

Does anyone fancy seeing a MAC lipstick collection post? I only have four at the moment and thought it'd be better to have them all in one post than separate (LET ME KNOW). 

Anyways, what are you all up to today? Anything good? It's a bit miserable up in Manchester so i just have my head stuck in 50 Shades of Grey - it's soo addictive!

p.s. a huge THANKYOU to Sophia (tattooedtealady) for suggesting the title 'Pretty in pink' - my mind has gone blank today and i couldn't think of a name to save my life. She suggested this name and i stole it straight away ahaa!

Makeup Monday: Daytime Smokey Eye.

Hello, i have another makeup look for  you today. I'm gonna keep posting these every monday let me know what you all think and if people like it i will keep going if not, well i won't..

So above are all the products i used (apart from my setting powder - forgot that oops) so keep reading to see what look i created. I literally received my MUA palette mid-makeup and obviously had to put it into use ;)

Base - Benefit Porefessional on nose, chin and centre of forehead. Garnier BB Cream applied all over. Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer under eyes , around nose. MUA bronzer as contour in hollow of cheekbones. MAC Fleur Power blush on apples of cheeks. All set with MAC Blot Powder and MAC Mineralise Skinfinish Natural. 

Eyes - MUA 'Undressed' palette - Shade 1 (eyelid and highlight), Shades 10/11 (crease and lower lashline) and Shade 12 (eyeliner). George Asda 'Lash Xtend' Mascara.

Lips - Revlon lip butter 'Berry Smoothie'.

Eeee, anyway i hope you like look. I quite like it myself actually, it doesn't feel heavy on the skin atall but looks smart and it doesn't take that long to do. I reviewed the Garnier BB cream (here) and to put it bluntly - hated it. But the Porefessional helps it last that little bit longer and set with powder it lasts long enough so i'm enjoying using it up. I also reviewed/swatched the 'Undressed' palette here if you fancy a more in depth look at it! 

Bye for now..