Christmas Day Makeup.

My Christmas Day makeup ended up purpley in order to match my top I was wearing :) Also chose not to wear any lip products other than a non tinted lip balm purely because the eyes are pretty bold/colourful for me and I didn't want to put two bold things together as I'm not a massive fan of neutrals, my lips were and still are super dry and also because it was Christmas Day, I knew I'd be eating all day, so what's the point in constantly reapplying and making my lips drier?! :p

Anyway, I will just list all the products I used in order to get this look as I'm feeling a lil lazy, I'll also link everything that I can :)

• Garnier Essentials Hydrating Day Care 
• Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in 100 Ivory
• Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation in i'm pure 4 sure
• NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla
• Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in the t zone ONLY 
• MAC Bronzing Powder in Golden
• MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle
• Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush in Santa Rose
• Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake in Gaze
• MAC Sketch eyeshadow in the crease
• MAC Plum Dressing eyeshadow all over the mobile lid
• L'Oreal Paris Super Liner in black
• Rimmel Scandal Eyes Mascara in Extreme Black
• MAC Nightmoth lipliner in the tight and water line.

Hope you enjoyed this! :) I really liked this makeup look, I hope you like it too :3 

Robyn's Works Night Out Makeup - 11th December.

Robyn and I put her hair into my heated rollers to start off with and used hairspray on them as we went so that her hair would stay in place and also be finished for once her makeup was done! Firstly with Robyn I primed her eyes with the 'Barbara Day even smoother eye primer' which I got from tesco but can't find it anywhere on the site to link on here... Next I first went in with "MAC's Wedge" in her crease just to define it a little, we then went over that with "MAC's Concrete" softly in the centre and concentrated it more in the inner and outer corners of her eye, making sure to wing it out at the outer corner of her eye. Next we went in with a pink colour from my "Makeup Revolution Awesome Eyeshadow Collection" (it doesn't have a colour listed but if it did I'd have listed it) in ONLY the centre of her eye, blending it in with the inner and outer corner we used Concrete on.

 To add some extra sparkle we went in with L'Oreal Paris' Color Riche eye shadow in '204 Golden Nude' just over where we put Concrete and Wedge. I also lightly dusted 'Slink' from my Illamasqua Complement palette to her eyes. I lightly filled in her wonderful brows with Illamasqua's eyebrow cake in Gaze. Time for liner! I used a mixture of L'Oreal's Super Liner Blackbuster to get the general shape and filled it in with L'Oreal's Super Liner Perfect Slim to get it really black and fill in any sparse areas. Robyn also used Rimmel London's Scandaleyes Mascara in Extreme Black.

Next it was time for the skin! So wiping away any fallout from the eyeshadows, we moisturised her skin with Garnier Essentials Hydrating Day Care which Robyn and I both love cause it smells so yummy! I used Rimmel's Match Perfection concealer in 010 Ivory under her eyes and around her nose area and blended that into her skin. Next I mixed one teeeny tiny half a pump of Benefit's Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation in I'm pure 4 sure, Ivory with a full pump of Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation in 100 Ivory and blended that into her skin, making it look even more flawless!

I powdered her skin with my good old Rimmel Stay Matte powder before contouring her cheek bones with MAC's Bronzing Powder in Golden and also put it around her temples. Robyn and I love a good old highlight so we highlighted her skin with MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft & Gentle. Lastly for her lips we went with "Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet" lipstick in the shade "Ole Flamingo!" or "Nude-ist!" (I can't remember which one and Robyn still has it with her)

Anyway here is her finished look! I hope you all enjoyed this post and again, I'm SO sorry for not posting much!! I have linked all the products that I can find, any that aren't there have either been discontinued or I just can't find. Thank you for reading :) x

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Makeup of the Day - 22nd November 2014.

Hey there!

So I'm going to do a little post every now and again (mostly whenever I've done makeup that I actually like or if it's something that's not just 'everyday' and common for me) of how I've done my makeup that day :)

 This is the eye makeup I went for today, totally made it up as I went along and ended up loving it so I figured I'd take quick snaps before I went out and do a post on it :) Okay so firstly for my skin I moisturised with Garnier Essentials Hydrating Day Care, then went in with my Benefit Brow Zings in medium (I only use the wax) and put that all over my brows then filled them in with Illamasqua's browcake in Gaze. Next I put Soap & Glory's Kick Ass Concealer all over my lid as a base (and cleaned up any mistakes I made with my brows) and then applied MAC's Orb all over my lid and crease, this colour is just very pale and makes a perfect base colour. I then added MAC's Wedge into my crease and then finally added a bit of MAC's Concrete eye shadow into the outer corner of my eyes to darken it up. Next I lined my top lash line with L'Oreal's super liner and winged it out at the ends. Next for my face I mixed Benefit's Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation (is that the longest name or what?) in the shade "I'm Pure 4 Sure, Ivory" with Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation in 100 Ivory. I mix them because I don't like the Benefit one on its own and the Rimmel one is too sparkly for me on it's own so they kind of balance each other out :) Next I powdered using Maybelline Fit Me powder in 115 Ivory. I next contoured my cheekbones with MAC's Bronzing Powder in Golden, put some blusher from Rimmel in the shade 010 Santa Rose (this is so old I don't even think you can get it anymore haha) on the apples of my cheeks and finally MAC's Mineralize Skin finish in Soft and Gentle on the highest points on my face/where light would naturally hit (top of the cheekbones, bit on the forehead, cupids bow and chin and down the bridge of the nose) I finished off my eyes with Benefit's They're Real mascara and voila! I'm all done :) I would normally pair this with a red lip but my lips are so dry/cut/chapped that I couldn't even bear it haha :) Anyway, I'm gonna really start trying to do more things on here!

Please excuse my Me to You onesie haha :) but here is the finished look!

Thinking about doing a lip product collection on here but kind of scared because I have SO much stuff. We'll see :)

MOTD | 24th September.

Always feel super awkward taking these photos but my motd using: Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in the shade Ivory, Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundations in Light Porcelain & Ivory, MAC Bronzing Powder in Golden, Rimmel Lasting Finish blush in Santa Rose, MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle, Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake in Gaze, MAC eyeshadows in Wedge and Copperplate & Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara

Eyes of the Day.

I first of all used this little No7 "Stay Perfect" eyeshadow in the shade "69 Starry Lights" all over the lid and made sure it didn't go above my crease and really concentrated it in the inner corner. 

Next I used a kind of semi shimmery shade from a French Connection palette I have. I only took little strokes at a time in the crease and the outer edge to darken it. Also remembering to blend, blend, blend!

(This eyeshadow doesn't have a name as far as I'm aware but will update this if I find out it does. I'm on my phone just now and it isn't as easy to search.)

Lastly I just added a couple of coats of mascara to my bottom and top lashes and voila, it was all finished. 

I used the Rimmel Scandal Eyes mascara in the shade "003 Extreme Black". This all took less than ten minutes! :)

I hope you enjoyed and I'm sorry for the lack of posting. I will seriously get round to posting more, I promise!! 

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Benefit They're Real! Mascara | Review.

I am just going to start off by saying this mascara is one of the best ones I've ever used. I absolutely love the length and volume it gives my lashes. This mascara retails for £19.50 so it is on the pricier side of things, but in my opinion, it's SO worth it. It's an amazing mascara and it makes me feel like my lashes are perfect every time I use it. It also lasts forever, I've had this since Christmas and it's not dried out or anything and it's quality hasn't reduced the longer I've used it! I've also had a long time to play with it so I can truly say it's one of the most perfect mascaras I've ever used. 10/10 would recommend to anyone.

Girls Night In | Baking, Drinks & WWE.

So I thought it was about time to do a little personal blog post and tonight me and my cousin decided to have a little girls night since WWE Payback is on and we both love it (especially The Shield) and since it didn't start until one AM we decided we'd do a little baking because who doesn't love cake? :) 

So I also decided to just do this cute, short little blogpost!

We first of all made the Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake and the smell was absolutely insane, as is the taste. It's gorgeous!

Next we made little chocolate chip cookies and they didn't turn out as well as I'd thought but heyho! :p

So now we're just enjoying a couple drinks, a couple cheesecakes and WWE. Really short blog post but thought it was cute and yeah! Let me know what you guys have been up to :) 

I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and enjoy your week ahead. Thank you for reading!

Rachel 

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MOTD | Mostly Drugstore Items.

I thought I'd do a little Makeup of the Day for you guys! I'm just going to show you all the products (including brushes) that I used today to make my face a lot more presentable to the world. 

I should say that I first off washed and moisturised my face and I might do a skincare type post soon, not sure yet! Anyway, so the first thing I used on my skin was the Makeup Academy Pro-Base Primer which claims to flawlessly even out your complexion - I have to say, I don't agree with that. It is a decent primer in that it keeps my foundation on all day, I'll possibly do a review on it soon.

Next, since my skin is super bad just now, I went in with my concealer before I done my foundation. I dabbed it all under my eyes and then all over my cheeks area (I have an insane amount of redness just now all over my face, not sure why) and the concealer I use for this is the Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer in the shade Ivory 10.

Next I went in with my cream highlighter by Illamasqua in the shade Aurora. This is absolutely gorgeous and highlights perfectly, I love it. I just dabbed it on the highest points of my cheekbones and a little bit down the nose for under my foundation. 

So then, using my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush, I blended the Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation in the shade 010 Light Porcelain into my skin and then with any leftover brush strokes, I dabbed with my Real Techniques Miracle Complexion sponge to give my face an even, flawless coverage (I wasn't up for showing the sponge up close because it's embarrassingly dirty)

Now onto powder, I use the Maybelline Fit Me powder in the shade 115. It's a decent powder and keeps me pretty matte all day, which I love. I do prefer the Rimmel Stay Matte one though. I just use a French Connection powder brush with this to set my foundation. I also then curl my eyelashes.

After my powder, I dab a little bit more of the Illamasqua highlighter on to the highest points of my cheekbones again just to give it even more of a pop. Next, I go on to blusher. I use the Rimmel Lasting Finish Soft Colour Blush in Santa Rose. It's more of a bronzey-colour rather than a blush for me since I'm awfully pale and don't like many blushers but I like it nonetheless to give my cheek bones some definition. I use the Real Techniques Blush brush with this.

So next I comb my eyebrows through (or what there is of them...) with a little spoolie/spooly? Idk. One of them, anyway! Then I start to shape my brows using an Angled eyeliner brush - it's just one I got out of H&M but it's decent for my brows. I then fill in everywhere that is sparse and make sure they're the shape I want them. If I've made any mistakes, I'll go in with a little lip brush and my concealer to erase the mistakes. I use Illamasqua's brow cake in Gaze for my eyebrows.

I then curl my eyelashes once more and use my YSL Mascara that they no longer do. I then use my No7 Exceptional Definition mascara to use for my bottom lashes since it's teeny tiny.

I have linked absolutely everything I can - if things aren't on sale anymore that's why they're not linked! This is my kind of every day, go-to makeup routine and it's not anything fancy, pretty natural and light. This is what I looked like this morning after all of this:

I am being so overly posey in this photo, I do apologise. But I hope you enjoyed reading this, I enjoyed doing it actually and will be doing more like this in the future I think! I think an eyebrow tutorial (possibly with just step by step pictures will be coming on here soon as I have just now realised how big and bushy my eyebrows are with makeup, yet with nothing on them they are barely there, haha! Anyway, I'm rambling.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Thank you again for reading,

Rachel 

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