Everyday Makeup | Festive Twist

               Hiya!

I thought I'd share a super simple makeup look with you guys that's perfect to pair with any dark or bold lip colour for this time of year. I personally like to wear this during the day since it's light eye makeup and I usually wear a smokey eye at night timeout you do you! You could also wear this for a festive party maybe with some winged liner!

I started by doing just my standard face makeup and filling in my eyebrows which I don't change on a daily basis. Next I took my Urban Decay Naked palette which I use most days to do my eyes. From the palette I mixed the 2 lightest colours 'virgin' and 'sin' and applied that all over my lids. This just really brightens up my eyes. Next I took 'buck' and blended that through my crease to add some shape and depth. 'Buck' is such a perfect crease shade, I tend to use it in almost all my looks as it just blends everything together so so well. 

Finally instead of using an eyeliner I decided to take the darkest colour 'creep' on an angled brush and run it along my lash line then blend over it with a fluffy brush. This is a lot quicker than using a liquid liner but still add some definition and makes your lashes look fuller. With that same fluffy brush I just go over the whole eye and make sure everything's blended together. 

Then I curled my lashes and applied some of my absolute favourite masacra, the Maybelline Big Eyes Volum'Express in waterproof. This holds a curl perfectly and stays on all day long. For everyday I don't normally wear bottom mascara just because I like to keep it very minimal and keep my under eyes very clean and awake looking. 

Then for my lips I used a favourite amoung all beauty euthanuas', it's MAC's 'Diva' lipstick. This is a beautiful deep matte red shade which is quite vampy. It stays on really well for being such a dark colour and considering it's a matte formula it isn't overly drying on the lips. I mentioned before on another post but I good dupe for this lipstick is Rimmel London's lip liner in 063 'Black Tulip', it's a much cheaper alternative! 

What is your go to lip colour for this time of year?

Hope you guys enioyed!

Love, Julie xx

(Ps, sorry for the crappy photos, my laptops been broke for a while so unable to use my camera for pictures and having to use my phone camera.. Hopefully it'll be sorted soon..)

Quick Festive Nails | imPress Manicure

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Just a little nail help here. I've always been big into nail polish, I own a lot but I've recently started to dabble with false nails a little more and I'm loving it. I tried these Impress press on manicure nails and was pleasantly surpirsed. 

'Rated R'

'Peach Shimmer'

When I thought of press on nails I saw the crappy little bits of plastic I had when I was younger that popped off after 10 minutes when I tried to lift something. These nails stay on super well even while I'm working wih jewellery and clasps all day and look like professional gel nails! I thought they were the perfect fix for your nails especially at this time of year if you have somewhere fancy to go or just want to feel a little but more polished and finished than usual. They take only a few minutes to apply and you don't have to wait around for nail polish to dry and pray it doesn't smudge while you're getting ready. They also come in some really cool designs and from tonnes of brands which I'll definitely be picking up! The 2 I show here are normally £5.99 and £7.99 for the glitter ones which is a little pricey to be wearing them all the time but a nice pamper every so often without the price tag of getting them done professionally. 

Have you tried any press on nails before?

Hope you guys enjoyed!

Love, Julie  xx

Festive Nails || 12 Days of Christmas

               Hiya!

So, I pretty much suck at blogging everyday, was so busy yesterday after school I didn't have time to get anything up, sorry guys!!

Anyway I thought I would share my favourite festive nails look I've come up with this year. It includes one of my favourite nail polishes of all time, Barry M's 'Raspberry'. And some Models Own glitter polishes.

 

As you can see when I wear glitter on my nails I only like to put it on the ring finger and thumb as accent nails. I first put on 2 coats of Barry M's 'Raspberry' to ensure a really opaque colour and base. Next I take the Models Own glitter polish 'Southern Lights' and apply this to the top half of my nail, then continue it until almost the bottom but a lot lighter so it looks like it's fading away. The chunkier glitter is Models Own 'Blizzard' and I apply this to the very top of my nails. I use both the fine and chunky glitter in  this order to create an almost gradiate effect.

 

What do you guys think of this look?

Hope you guys enjoyed!

Love, Julie xx

New Lip Products

                 Hiya!

Finally the festive period is upon is and it is socially acceptable for me to listen to as many Chritmas songs as my heart pleases and begin feasting on chocolate everyday. Anyway... it's been a little while since I’ve talked about new beauty products but just the other day I decided to pick up some new lovely things for my lips.

 First off is the Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula with Vitamin E Lip Balm in the original scent. I recently ran out of my favourite medicated chapstick mentioned HERE and decided to try something new and had seen quite a few people using this stuff around school so thought I'd give it a go. It was only £1.89 from Boots which is a complete steal! It’s a super creamy consistently which feels amazing on your lips and is completely sheer so great to use everyday especially in school. Another bonus is it has SPF 15 which is such a great plus especially as I’ve had my lips burnt before and let me tell you it's seriously not fun. All round I’ve been really enjoying this lip balm and advise you to pick it up if you’re on the hunt for a new one.

Next is a product that has been raved about by US beauty bloggers for a while now and its Maybelline’s Baby Lips. They’re pretty much just a lip balm but majority of them are tinted with a sheer wearable colour. The one I picked up is in “Cherry Me” and is a sheer redish colour, great for everyday wear as just a hint of colour. I wouldn’t reach for this if I was after a super moisturising lip bam but if I wanted to wear a little bit of colour on my lips this is great as it doesn’t dry them but, for my anyway it doesn’t add much moisture either.

Finally I was on the hunt for a nice deep red colour for the upcoming festive period and decided on the Kate Moss Matte Collection for Rimmel London in the colour 107. It’s a beautiful rich deep red colour and stays on your lips for so long since it’s matte. It’s also not overly drying considering it is matte. I also like to just blend a little onto my lips and wear it a little more sheered out and not just so dramatic for more everyday wear.

 

Have you tried any of these products?

What lip products have you been loving recently?

Hope you guys enjoyed!

Love, Julie xx