Halloween Makeup - Gun Shot To The Head

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I'm going to share with you a super easy, quick, last minute Halloween look, that looks really effective but only takes 10 minutes, if that, to create.

Bullet wound to the head.

1. To make a realistic bullet wound I suggest using eyelash glue. Apply about 5 layers of eyelash glue to where you want the bullet hole, Then wait for the glue to dry. To make a hole in the centre of the glue, pick it open using tweezers.

2. Apply a light shade of foundation over the entire face including lips & eyelash glue.

3. To give the effect of some serious eye bags, apply cool toned brown & purple around the under eye area. Use these shades in the centre of the lips too.

4. Now to make the bullet wound look more realistic. Apply black eyeliner in the centre of the hole & set with black eyeshadow. Apply a dark cranberry shade to the outer rim of the wound & blend out with a cool toned brown & purple shadow. 

5. I picked up some fake blood from Sainsburys for 99p, so it's not the best stuff but it defo does the job. So I poured the blood in the centre of the bullet hole & let it trickle down my face. As the blood looked so bright tomato sauce red I blended some black eyeshadow into the blood. 

Lastly I applied some of the blood to a thick dense brush & flicked it into my face to create some blood splatters.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

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Halloween Makeup - Jigsaw From Saw

Now I don't do scary films because I get scared far to easily & they freak me out, but I do know Jigsaw from Saw & boy does that thing look scary. So I thought it would be a perfect look to recreate for Halloween; here is my second installment of my Halloween makeup look; Jigsaw from Saw.

1. First I covered my entire face with NYX jumbo pencil in Milk and blended into the skin using a beauty blender & set with a white eyeshadow or transparent powder

2. Line the water line with a black liner. Using the black shade from my Sleek 'Storm' palette I covered my eyelid & under eye area, then blended out using a big fluffy brush.

3. Using a red lip liner I drew the red jigsaw swirl on the apples of my cheeks.

4. With the same red liner I lined & filled my lips extending the lips horizontally.

5. Lastly using the black eyeshadow I contoured my face, making my cheeks appear rounder & giving myself the jigsaw mouth & eyebrows.

  

What are you dressing up as for Halloween?

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Halloween Makeup - Leopard

Halloween is less than a week away so I thought I best get to work on some looks. First off is this leopard look, what girl doesn't love leopard print? It is super easy to create & you can use products you already have in your makeup kit.

1. Using my Sleek Storm Palette  I picked up the black shade on a flat shader brush and applied on my lash line blending it upwards covering my entire lid & blending out using a big fluffy brush so there are no harsh lines.

2. Next using a black liquid liner I created a dramatic winged out cat eye, making sure to extend the inner tear duct area to a point.

3. Apply mascara just to top lashes.

4. Face- I applied my Guerlain Teint D'ailleursall over my face using a beauty blender, to give my skin a tanned base.

5. Heavily apply Ben Nye Banana Powder under the eyes to give a yellow tone to the skin like a leopard.

6. Next I took my Benefits Hoola Bronzer to contour my forehead & cheek bones. Again this gives the brown tone to the skin like a leopard.

7. To whiten the area under my nose I used my NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in milk & blended it out with a beauty blender & set with a white eyeshadow.

8.Cover the tip of the nose in black eyeliner, extending a line connecting to the top lip. I set the liner with black eyeshadow.

To create the whisker effect under the nose I lightly applied a brown eyeshadow horizontally across the now white area. Using a black eyeliner I drew small little dots along the brown line.

9.Around the white area I applied bronzer to contour & make the area look rounder & more defined.

10.Lastly the leopard print marks; I applied my marks along my cheek contour & forehead, but where you place the print is totally optional. I used a black liner to create the mark & filled in the centre with a golden eyeliner.

I loved the finished look & had a lot of fun creating it.

Hope you all like :)

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NYX Wonder Pencil & Cream Blush Review

Today's post is my second instalment for my NYX beauty blogger of the month, reviewing there 'Wonder Pencil' & Cream blush.

A lot of brands have recently started selling nude coloured eye pencils. The idea is that when applied to the water line, the nude shade makes your eyes appear wider & more awake (which, with my little peepers I am more than happy about, they need all the help they can get) it seems NYX have taken the nude eyeliner pencil idea & run with it creating the 'Wonder Pencil'.

The wonder pencil has three main purposes, concealing, lining & brightening.

Concealing; There are three shades available, light, medium & dark, being that it's the winter & I am now ghostly pale I opted for light. The light shade is a very light shade indeed, a lot lighter than I expected. A light pink toned nude perfect for pale porcelain skin tones but for me to use as a concealer it was far to light, it In fact acted more as a highlighter on my skin. So I don't feel I can comment on it's concealing properties.

Lining; This is my favourite use for the pencil, lip liner. Line the outside of your lips with the wonder pencil to help prevent lipstick bleeding & you can also fill the entire lip with the 'wonder pencil' to cancel out your lip colour & get a true opaque finish from your chosen lipstick. These two tricks are great & do work wonders, but my fave method & I have been doing this ever since I received the pencil is to line the outside of my lips & then blend out for a less harsh look, but apply extra amount on the Cupid bow & POW pouty lips! Where the shade is slightly too light for me it acts as an amazing highlighter for my lips, LOVE it!

Brightening; Other brand nude liners I have tried do look a dark tone creamy nude when in my water line, where as the NYX one is slap bang in the middle between this & a white liner shade. It really does help with making my eyes appear wider, but sadly doesn't last long on my water line. I'm yet to find an eyeliner that will stay put in my water liner, so the fact it didn't last long on me may just be personal to me!

Recently I have been really into cream blushes, I love how they blend into the skin & look so much more natural than a powder blush, so I was super excited to try a NYX cream blush.
Shade 'glow' is an extremely pigmented beautiful deep pink.
As it is so pigmented my fave method for application is to dab my mini duo fibre brush in the cream then dab off the excess on the back of my hand & then lightly apply to my face, it blends in seamlessly with this method leaving me with a natural pink glow.

I love the natural dewy effect it gives my cheeks, & the fact that it doesn't feel sticky or tacky   when on my cheeks like other cream blushes I have tried. Also I found that it can double up as a lip colour (in my pictures all I'm wearing on my lip is the cream blush) so another great multi tasking product.
I most definitely will be trying more NYX cream blushes.

Wonder Pencil - £4.50

Cream Blush - £5.50

Have you tried any of these products?

Thanks for reading guys I hope you all have great week :)

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Lasting Finish Matte By Kate Moss - Shade 101

I may be a little late on the Kate by Rimmel lipstick collection, but I have only recently been into matte lips so decided to give the 'Lasting Finish Matte By Kate Moss' a go while there was 30% off Rimmel on asos last month (This deal is over now but asos often have beauty deals on, so keep a look out).

I ordered shade 101 which is an opaque mid toned dusky pink, it's not a full on matte lipie, but the slight sheen can be removed with a simple blot on a tissue. 101 is such an easy everyday shade to wear as it's not to far from my natural lip colour so it's a great pop in your bag, on the go, no mirror needed lipie.

Rimmel describe the Lasting Finish Matte collection as ;
Be Iconic - Make the Ordinary Extraordinary Sumptuously Rich Matte Colour with a sublime comfort. Ruby Powder enriched formula. Intense velvet colour all day!

Now what on earth is ruby powder? Have you heard of ruby powder? What ever it is it makes this lipstick extremely smooth on the lip, with that being said It does have an odd almost grainy texture that I've never come across in a lipstick before. I know that sounds like it should be uncomfortable but oddly enough it really isn't, in fact this is the first matte lipstick that I have found to be very comfortable to wear & not at all drying, it is honestly such a lovely consistency.

This lipstick has such a yummy scent of watermelon that I just can't help taking a sniff when applying, the scent transfers to the lip but ever so slightly & then fades away.

The packaging is a matte red tube, with Kates signature on the side of the lid along with the Rimmel's emblem etched on the top. It contains 0.14oz/4g which is a fair amount for a lipstick as mac for example contains only 3g.

The lasting power of the actual lipstick is a great 2 hours minimum which for my lips is pretty good. I would definitely be interested in trying maybe a darker shade in the lipstick next & would highly suggest this lipstick for matte lip fans.

£5.49 from all drugstores. 

Lil tip - Boots have a deal on at the moment, spend £10 on Rimmel & get there Scandaleyes Lycra Flex mascara FREE.

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Mac 'Soft N Gentle' Mineralized Skinfinish & Dupe

Mac soft and gentle has to be most well know highlighter out there, A gorgeous peachy champagne highlighter, that gives a natural glowing effect to the face.

The texture is beautifully smooth & is easily applied, when swirling my brush in the powder there is a lot of fall out & it seems quite powdery but when applied to the face it is anything but.

For application I favour using a fan brush & apply on my cheek bones, brow bone, Cupid's bow, centre of my forehead & sometimes down my nose & centre of the chin. 

The lasting power is brilliant & lasts me all day, obviously more intense when first applied but lasts amazingly well on me especially when set with my skindinavia setting spray.

Mac 'Soft N Gentle' Mineralized Skinfinish

Soft n Gentle contains 10grams of product. I have been using this nearly everyday since I bought it back in June & there is not even the slightest dent into the dome shaped powder. Unless your a MUA using this multiple times a day, this highlighter will last you years so you definitely get your money's worth from £22.

Mac 'Soft N Gentle' Mineralized Skinfinish

This is a gorgeous higher end highlight & I'm so glade I own it but if your not really wanting to spend £22 on a highlighter then I suggest elf 'pinktastic' blush (which is most definitely not a blush but an amazing highlight) it's pretty much the same shade as 'soft n gentle' for less than half the price. Yes the elf highlight may not have as much staying power or be as smooth textured as the mac one but it still applies smoothly & does pretty much the same job.

Have you tried a Mac MSF? Whats your go to highlighter?

Thanks for reading guy, hope your all having a great week :)

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Maybelline The Rockets VS The Falsies

Back in the Summer when the rocket was first released I was quick to snap it up & it soon became one of my all time fave mascaras.

Last month my rocket was coming to an end & instead of repurchasing I remembered I had heard a lot of great things about maybelline the falsies, so I decided to pick one up to make a comparison & see if I had been missing out all this time.

So here's a short run down of each mascara;

The Rocket has a very thick round plastic applicator covered in tiny plastic bristles & comes to a flat end. The Rocket gives me slight volume & instant length without having to put much work into it. The applicator really does the job for you, two layers & you achieve the perfect set of long clump free lashes. One down side to the mascara is that the applicator comes to a flat end, meaning it doesn't reach those little outer lashes.

The Falsies has a C shaped curved applicator, with long bristles surrounding & covering the tip of the applicator, the wand has a slight ridge in it making the applicator bend & glide with each application.

The curved applicator really hugs the lashes and gets to those little outer lashes, but it hugs my lashes so much so that they end up easily looking clumpy. I've worked out that the best way to apply this mascara is lots of very light thin coats, giving me nice volume & average length.

For me the falsies is a very time consuming mascara you really have to reapply & reapply in very thin layers to avoid clumpy lashes, I like the volume it gives but for me there's not enough length & it's too time consuming giving my lashes an effect I'm just not overly impressed with.

The rocket is a quick & easy mascara that gives instant effect, I love the length it gives my lashes. For me the rocket is the outstanding winner.

Have you tried either of these mascaras?

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NYX Doll Eye Mascara And Love In Florence Palette

It's no secret that I absolutely love NYX cosmetics, I'm constantly reviewing & raving about there products. I love the affordable price, the great quality & the fact that all there products are cruelty free.

So I can not explain to you how excited I was when NYX contacted me telling me I am there chosen 'blogger of the month' for October eeeek. NYX kindly sent me some products to review, so let's get stuck in

NYX have recently released three new eyeshadow palette collections 'Love in Paris' 'Love in Rio' & 'Love In Florence'. I received a palette from the 'Love in Florance' collection called 'Eat, love, be fab' containing five shadows created exclusively for this collection.

• Intense golden shimmer shadow with slight golden glitter reflect.
• Coral shade with a slight sheen to it, also containing a little golden glitter reflect.
• Matte brown shadow (that is lighter than it appears in the pallet) great for blending into the crease.
• Emerald green shimmery shadow (absolutely goooorgeous)
• Matte dark brown shadow with golden glitter reflects.

All five shades are beautifully smooth & rich in pigment. The one down side is that after an hour or so the colour does start to fade & isn't as intense, but this can easily be fixed by using a shadow primer.

To finish off the look I also received a Lengthening mascara from the Doll Eye range. All mascara's from this range contain a blend of natural oils, Vitamin E and  nylon fibers.

The thin hourglass wand is covered in natural bristles, and can really get to the root of the lash & reach those little lashes at the corner of the eye.

 When the wand is removed from the tube you can clearly see the wand covered in fibers, but when applied to the lashes I can't see any fibers at all so unfortunately they don't enhance the length of my lashes.

The consistency of the mascara is unusually dry, maybe this is because of the fibers. So you do have to layer the mascara, coating the back & the front of the lash.

Even though I don't see the fibers helping with lengthening my lashes, the hourglass shaped wand seems to create the lengthening effect itself.

Doll Lash Mascara - £7 
 Love In Florence Palettes - £8 
Both available from nyxcosmetics.co.uk

What do you think of these products?

Whats your fave NYX product? 

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Mac 'Snob' Dupe

My fave Mac lipstick 'snob' was on its last legs, about to run out. I went online to repurchase only to find mac lipsticks had raised there lipstick prices AGAIN to £15. Then I remembered seeing that Revlon do a very good dupe called 'pink pout' (Thank you pintrest) for £7.49. Needless to say I opted for the cheaper option deciding to give Revlon 'Pink Pout' a try.

my poor little nub of a 'snob' :(

Mac 'snob' is a light pink lipstick with a cool blue undertone giving a more lilac pink, with a satin finish.
Revlon Pink Pout is again a cool blue toned light pink & satin finish.

In my opinion it's not a spot on dupe in the tube or swatched, as 'snob' has a more mauve lilac tone to it, but when on the lip it is pretty darn close. Mac 'snob' has a creamier texture than Revlon's 'pink pout' but 'pink pout' does have a much easier application.

So the question is would I still purchase 'snob' after trying 'pink pout'? Oh it's a hard one, if money was no object yes I would because this isn't an exact spot on dupe. But I do have to say Pink Pout is a much more day to day wearable shade as it is a lovely neutral baby pink.

Have you tried either of these lipies?

What your fave mac lipstick?

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