My Favorite Fall Trend

Recently in a lot of magazines, videos and on the cat walk I've noticed that there is a growing trend for the fall of heavy under eye make up. I really love this look, its so pretty and makes it possible to really show off the colour on the upper lid.

Its such an easy look which is possible with all colours of eye liner to match and extenuate any eye colour. So I gave it a shot.

To go along with the fall trend I chose to do a Gold eye look with a heavy black line under the bottom lash line. After a few experimental looks I found that this type of look is a lot easier with Gel liner instead of Pencil or Liquid. As pencil is, for me, quite harsh and insensitive for my lower lash line and liquid was too difficult to control between the skin and the bottom lashes on the lower lash line. Gel liner is also easier to blend than pencil or liquid so is easier to achieve a more smokey look.

Lining the waterline with a very black pencil will also bring the look together and give extra depth on the lower lash line.

I love this look. I love changing my make up look and stepping outside of the normal comfort zones that all my other friends seem to love to stay in. I am most defiantly going to be wearing this look out more regularly, I would defiantly recommend it!

Laura xo

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HIGHEND VS. HIGHSTREET: Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo + Benefit Crease-less Cream

I'm a massive eye shadow girl, no matter what look i will try and include eye shadow in my make up somewhere however my only issue is i tend to always rub my eyes a lot, resulting in my eye shadow not lasting very long. Once creme shadows hit the stores claiming to be more long lasting than powder shadows, i was automatically sold. The question is, who is better in this department? High street or High end?

I currently own only 2 cream shadows Benefit Creaseless Cream and Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo:

Maybelline 24 Hour Colour Tattoo -
On and On Bronze

Benefit Creaseless Cream - Skinny
Jeans

Firstly starting off with the high end product, the Benefit Creaseless Cream. Whereas, the claim of being "Creaseless" is correct and the original formula was smooth, apart from that, i'm not overly keen on this product. To start, the pigmentation of this product, in my opinion, is nothing compared to the Colour tattoo. It took me about 3 coats to get the desired colour, also as you can probably tell from the photo. This product doesn't last all that long, mine has already started to dry out and fall out of the packaging and this makes it even harder to apply. Not sure whether this may have been a packing error as i haven't left it out without a lid on for a long period of time. At £14.00, i wouldn't expect any of these issues to happen however, since i bought this product Benefit have brought out a new Creaseless Cream WITH different packaging and a new formula, so the problem has seemed to be solved.

Now for some positivity! Feeling very disheartened by Cream Shadows, i reluctantly bought the Maybelline Colour Tattoo and will defiantly be purchasing more! The formula is so smooth and the pigmentation is unbelievable for a drugstore product (shown in image bottom right)! The wear of the product is also great, as i stated previously i tend to rub my eyes a lot the name initially drew me to the product as everyone knows tattoos to obviously be long wearing and whilst I've been wearing this, rubbing my eyes hasn't been a problem. This product sticks to your lids and will not move at all and at just under £5 its an absolute bargain and i would recommend it to anyone!

There it is, paying more money for something doesn't always necessarily mean you receive a better product. Hope this has been helpful to someone out there because if i had read something like this before, i would be £14.00 better off right now!

Laura xo

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Quick and Easy Glamorous Look.

Its nearly Friday Night and as i usually work Fridays i get home late and if i have something planned such as a party or a night out i need a really easy and quick make up look that wont look too rushed! These are some simple, easy to follow steps that could help you in a rush. Enjoy!

For this look i will be using only a small sample of products, this photo shows the products i have used. 

(From top left to bottom right)

1. Benefit cream shadow - Skinny Genes

2. MUA 'undress me too' Palette

3. MUA Harry Kiss You Lipstick

4. Rimmel Glam'eyes Eyeliner

5. Rimmel Scandal Eyes Retro Look Mascara

 1. I first apply 'Naked' from my MUA palette. 

2. I apply my Benefit Creme Shadow in 'Skinny Jeans' with a flat faced brush. This will create a base for my next shadows to stick too.

3. With my Duo - Fibre Real Techniques brush i apply 'Lavish' to the crease and place 'Corrupt' to the outer corner of the eye.

4. With my Rimmel Glam'eyes liner i create a winged cat eye 

5.Then wear the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Retro Look Mascara.

This look for the eyes is really easy and will last the night because of the base of creme shadow. To pull any quick or unfinished look together is really easy by adding a bright red lipstick to add the glamorous factor! I've chosen the Harry Lipstick from the new one direction range available from Superdrug or online, mainly because this is truly a really good lipstick and lasts all day. Hope you enjoyed this post, a little different to usual but oh well. 

Laura xo

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