My camera is fixed! Yipeee... so this means... a blog post with better quality photos :) Anyway, I woke up 15 minutes before my alarm today... so to celebrate, I spent a little bit of extra time on my make up! I was pretty pleased with the outcome so I thought I'd share how I did it and the products I used :)
- Real Techniques face brushes (powder, buffing and stippling)
- Guerlain Terracotta Light bronzer in the shade 05 (from John Lewis in Nottingham)
- Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 101
- Maxfactor Creamy Blush
- Mac's eye shadow brushes in 239 and 217 (the only two you'll ever need!)
- Maxfactor Whipped Crème foundation in the shade Beige
- Paint pot in the shade Painterly (mac)
- Rimmel liquid eye liner
- L'Oreal super liner brow pencil in 03
- Carmex lip balm (vanilla... smells amazing!)
- Collection lasting perfection concealer in 01
- Maxfactor False Lash Effect mascara (used this for years... think it'll always be my number 1)
- Eye shadow in Bronze (mac)
- Eye shadow in Brule (mac)
Everything on there that I haven't said where it's from, is from Boots :) Also, I'll add that not everything on there is essential, I'm sure you could use many things that'll look really similar :)
EXCUSE THE UBER GLAMEROUS HAIR STYLE HAHA!
My favourite item... which I accidently left out of the first photo, is Mac's Tan Pigment. I got this when I was really young, actually... I think it may have been one of my first items of make up that I ever bought! I'm glad I picked it up a long time ago too as, since then, Mac have made their pigments a lot smaller, so I think this one might last me until I'm 40 haha... its huge!
For the eyes, I started with covering my eye lid in 'painterly' paint pot with my finger, as a primer to make sure the rest stays put. Then, I used the 239 brush to apply mac's Bronze eye shadow all over my eye lid, and then blended out the edges with the 217 brush. On top, I used the same 239 brush to apply the 'tan' pigment (best bit!) and you only need a small amount :) After blending the edges again, I used mac's 'brule' eye shadow across my brow bone just to brighten it up a bit. Then, I made a small line of eye liner along my lash line and a small flick at the end, before applying mascara... done :)
The rest of the make up is fairly standard with no special tips so I won't bore anyone with the details! I think this make up would look beautiful both day and night (I know some people don't like to wear shimmer in the day time... but without the camera flash it does look a little more suble) and it's really pretty for Autumn/Winter. Before I go, I'll quickly add that I'm not the best at applying make up, so apologies to any professionals who are reading and perhaps cringing at any mistakes haha... otherwise... I hope this gave a little inspiration for anyone who's looking to try something new :)
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