Glowing crazy

I am obsessed with highlighters, anything that glows or is sparkly I like it. So thankfully more drug store brands have been coming out with highlighters. The first on I have is quite new to Rimmel – Good to Glow in the colour 001 Notting Hill Glow

The product is pink toned and has a pearly finish. It does have some specks of glitter but it is very easy to blend so it is less in your face on the skin. It can be worn on top of foundation can be blended into foundation to sheer out the product and give healthy and summery look to the skin. It is quite similar to Nars highlighter Copacabana although I have tested that in shops and it seems to be a chunkier highlighter also it £23 whereas the Good to Glow highlighter is £4.99. Also they give you a lot of product and a very little goes a long way! The product is available in 2 other colours getting darker in colour.

The other highlighter I have is from Sleek it is the highlighting palette in Precious Metals, there are 4 colours, two of which are quite wearable the other two are very intense and glittery highlights which I like but might be too much if you like a subtle glow.

The colours are called platinum, royal gold, renaissance gold and antique bronze. Antique bronze is a powder glittery bronzer which works well on the cheeks and forehead, the colour renaissance gold is the most wearable shade as it doesn’t have big glitter particles, it works nicely on the bridge of the nose and on the top of the cheek bones. Royal Gold is the most over the top shade and has a lot of glitter, I like it for the top of my cheeks if I am going out at night otherwise it isn’t the most subtle. The white shade is only works for the inner corner highlight as it is white and pearly and is very pigmented. The 3 cream shades blend and set well and the power shade blends well. It is £9.99 and comes with a brush which was the worst part about the product as whole, all the products work well blended with your fingers. I like the packaging as it fits with the precious metals look and is sturdy it also has a good sized mirror.

Hope this was helpful! Thank you for reading

60s party look inspired by Twiggy

Posted by Grace

A few months ago I was invited to a fancy dress party and I went, in a very shot dress, as Twiggy I went quite full on with the make up making it very appropriate for a party and very 60s.

I kept the skin very basic and used Topshop’s cream blush in the colour head over heals on my cheeks and lips.

For the eyes I used Urban Decay’s primer position in Eden and I mapped out the crease using a matte charcoal shade by Benefit. I went over it and lined my eyes connecting everything I used Rimmel’s water proof gel liner I also used this for the dot eyelashes underneath my waterline. Remember with this step to practice and be patient!! For the glitter I used Topshop’s silver glitter all over. On the actual night I wore fake lashes but as I don’t have any I used a Max factor mascara.

My MAC lipsticks

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I own 3 MAC lipsticks and I must say I do love them! All of them were gifts and as sentimental and cheesy as it may sound each one has a memory attached!

This is my newest MAC lipstick it is called Saigon Summer and is a crenels sheen the colour is a goldy orange tangerine shade which is quite sheer so perfect for every day but very buildable. The formula is smooth and creamy and doesn’t dry my lips out. It is a great summer staple! I am such an ib student trying to focus on the lipstick using a copy of my George Orwell essays!!!

This is the shade hibiscus, I got given this by my god father who got it free when he worked for the magazine Esquire, the colour is a pinky coral and wears well on the lips it is very versatile. Because the colour was limited edition the closest dupe I have found I the Rimmel lasting finish by Kate Moss in the colour 110

The MAC one is on the left and the Rimmel lipstick on the right. They are different in texture as the Rimmel lipstick is matte but they very similar in colour.

Morange is my brightest MAC lipstick, it is an amplified, it is very long lasting and a great alternative for people who don’t like reds or want a bright staple for summer and festivals. The texture is quite thick but very moisturising on the lips it is my most pigmented lipstick as well just make sure you haven’t got any on your teeth!

This is the second part of a series on MAC lipsticks

Urban Decay’s Naked 3 review, swatches and FOTD

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Since getting a rather generous birthday present from my friends not too long ago, Urban Decay’s Naked 3 palette has become my new obsession and go to palette! The palette has 12 rose gold toned colours which are all versatile and wearable for every day use or special occasions. Urban decay fails to disappoint, all the colours are blendable and pigmented for the price of £38 you really get what you pay for.

The palette comes with a double ended brush – a blush for blending and a small flat shadow brush which is great for packing on the shadow. The packaging is sleek and pretty which makes it good for travel.

There are 3 matte colours which on there own for an everyday look, the rest are shimmery and can be worn as just a wash of colour or a smokey eye. The look I have created uses 3 of the colours creating a night time look, I used strange as a base all over the lid then the colour mugshot all over with my favourite colour from the palette black heart – a black with pink glitter running through – in the outer v then I used the matte shade nooner in the crease to smoke everything out. To intensify the colours I used the sin primer which I received a sample of and to bring out the silver I also used Rimmel london scandal eyes in the silver shade. The eyeliner is from Rimmel and the mascara from Max Factor.