LOTD The very start of Fall looks for me!

So this week's LOTD is my first of my fall/autumn looks, purple and smokey it's perfect for this time of year :')

My Full W I D E face :P

I don't know why but this photo made my face look particularly wide! haha, oh well! I used a fair few different eye products to get this look but its worth noting it stayed put and looked lovely all day! This was also the first time I have used the Sleek Vintage Romance Palette & Antique Blush and I LOVE them! They're both so perfectttt for this time of year :')-Good Job Sleek! I also used a Mac Mineralized eyeshadow...can't say I am in love with these but I do like the glitterey-ness :P And Illamasqua's Depravity made a lovely base for the look.
I am wearing the B.Beautiful foundation mixed with the Body Shop's illuminator (can't buy this anymore). Ooh! And it's really noticeable in the photograph how gorgeous Benefit's Lemon-Aid is under the eye! -Look how smoothed out and fresh it looks there! <3
I am still loving MaxFactor's Wild Mega Volume Mascara and finished the look with MUA Lip Boom in Vibe, which is their nude-iest/most natural colour :)

My Purple Smoked out eyes

All Products used for this look!

So, this is my first fall look! Did you like it? What do you think of the new Sleek Vintage Romance Palette & Antique Blush? Did you pick them up? x x x

LOTD: Shopping at Hobbycraft and Crafting for the rest of the day afterwards!

So Yes, I ventured into Hobbycraft once again! Well...I was after some modge podge type stuff (as I cannot find modge podge here in the UK for the LIFE of me) and I saw they had something similar online and thought, Well, why not have a little shop round? And I am  so glad I did! BUT that is another story! :P

Ma Full-Poutey-Face :*

My idea for what to wear/how to style it, I needed something easy to chuck on that would still look cute. I picked this leopard print jumpsuit I own from Topshop and grunged it up with some army boots and a top knot. My face, was quite easy but looked really, really nice and glowey!
I wore Dainty Doll shadows (if you can get hold of the yellow, I'd recommend it!!) and really just did a nice bronzed contour with Nars' Laguna, Physicians Formula Pearl Highlighter and Benefit's Rockateur (which, I still haven't totally figured out yet, haha!) I then slicked on some Nars' larger than life gloss in Place Vendome and then stuck some of the MUA one direction balm (I think I got...someone loves Watermelon??-Not sure, sorry!) But then whacked on some Avon super extend mascara and Elf max coverage concealer (which, if you do not already know I majorly LOVE-check out my elf haul/review here:http://januarybeautyful.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/elf-haul-august-2013.html).

Products used :)

Thanks for reading guys! Hope you liked this post, if you think I should start doing an Outfit of the day once a week...let me know, yeah? :) x x x

16.8.13 LOTD-Swinging Sixties Inspired with Beatles' Tribute Band Night at The Brook

So last night my friends very kindly took me to see The Silver Beatles (one of the very best Beatles' tribute acts in my opinion... ;D) at my favourite music venue in the south! The Brook, Portswood, Southampton. My makeup obviously could've gone two ways, sixties polished or seventies relaxed...I decided to go with polished makeup and relaxed long hair as this meant I could fit in both quite well :)

My Full Face :')

Ma Flick-ey Eyes XD

I popped the eye makeup straight over the top of my day makeup (which just consisted of a very pale shimmerey blue washed over the eyes), for the sixties, my belief is that everything is quite Matte and accurate. So for my eye colours I used the Urban Decay Basics Palette (WOS patted all over lid, faint in crease and foxy on inner corners, virgin as a slight highlight concentrated under the brow arch particularly for a really lifted arch look :)). I then used my Collection black gel liner to make my flicks. Sleek's brow kit in dark (you can see swatches of it here in my massive sleek review: http://tinyurl.com/mbnzxka) using the powder ONLY. I then wiggled some of Benefit's They're Real through my already mascara-ed lashes (Top & Bottom), then a little pinch of MAC's Cremeblend blush in So Sweet So Easy on the apples of my cheeks and finished with A LOT of pressed powder buffed & setting my face. Oooh! and MUA's Lip Boom in Cheeky-Lipstick side ONLY.

Main Products Used!

Have you seen many Tribute bands? I can say I have-I really love visiting the brook and seeing what's on :D You can catch The Silver Beatles on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/silverbeatles?fref=ts
and on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_nY1x0Ej1o This clip is only very short but I think shows how fun they are :') x x x

MUA Haul! Review, Swatches, Looks etc :)

So when MUA had an online sale, lots of products half price or 25% off etc, I had to get a little haul! So I picked up these beauties:

My little haul

 First up, the Beauty Balm in Light:
Firstly, this Beauty Balm SMELLS amazing. Has a great coverage that is buildable and it DOES NOT oxidise! It blends no! Melts into the skin and! Can you tell I am a tad obsessed... ;) It feels weightless/like your not wearing anything and It doesn't slide off during the day (but I do recommend setting it with powder). Overall: A*

Nothing but MUA's Beauty Balm in Light on :)

Secondly, and this works well with the Beauty Balm-The Fashionista Satin Touch Powder in Sand:
At first I thought this powder would be too...powder-ey, if you know what I mean! I thought it would be too cakey and oxidise. I couldn't be more wrong. It is the perfect shade, milled very finely, it is pressed but the exact amount comes off when needed. It does move off quite easily though, so a touch up every few hours is needed. However, this is mattifying it is amazing! I got a very good colour match for my skin and am very, very impressed with it's ability to make my skin look perfectly matte but not Caked. Overall: A-Cannot fault for the price & the packaging is so cool!

The Powder has this awesome swivel lid with a mirror inside

It moves 360 degrees!

My Full face with BB & Powder over the top.

Next up, the Fashionista Double Ended Mascara: this is not exactly as fantastic as I thought it would be!

The white side looks fantastically white! Not sure I can pull it off though, really! :P It's great to go with some white falsies I have that I want to use for a really arty look sometime. The main reason this mascara doesn't wow me though is how natural it makes my lashes look. I like a really fake lash look (really winged out and lots of volume, curl etc XD) and this does not give this...It is nice if you want a natural look or if your lashes are really difficult to lengthen as the white primer acts well. Overall: C

Close up of the Mascara...

 Lip Boom in "Bring It": Now, Y'all know I love and covet the Lip Booms and this is no exception. It's gorgeously pigmented with colour and looks simply astounding with the glitter gloss atop! (and like all the others it smells AMAZING!) Overall: A** -I am so close to owning all of them now!

Packaging

Just Lipstick side of Bring It

Lipstick & Gloss on top of Bring It

Lipstick & Gloss on top of Bring It

Love Heart's Lip Balm in "Great Lips": Nice nude colour, nice glossy texture, not sticky! Makes for a nice luxurious feeling lip balm. Overall: B+ -not my favourite colour but very nice :)

Packaging

Swatch

Great Lips and nothing else on my lips :)

The Britain's Next Top Model I am taking on holiday to France with me (leaving today!) and so I am going to wear it everyday and do a different eye look everyday and give it a full review when I get back, so keep your eye out for that! Below are some pix of my full face with some of these products on, I hope you've enjoyed this review! Let me know what you picked up in their sale!! See you when I get back x x x

My Full Face (BB, Powder, Britain's Next Top Model Palette-on the eyes, Lip Balm) (other stuff too :P)
In Really Bright Natural Light with n:)

My Full Face (BB, Powder, Britain's Next Top Model Palette-on the eyes, Lip Balm) (other stuff too :P)
In Natural Light with Flash :)

MUA HAUL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS +52WODN Added in :D

So when MUA had their recent 3for2 offer (online and instore) I bought a little haul as I love the products I already owned from them and wanted to try out more :)

My Lil' Haul :') x

 I bought the Undress me too Palette, Dusk til Dawn Palette, Matte Perfect Loose Powder, Matte Perfect Foundation, Matte Perfect Primer, Cover concealer, pro-base eye primer, gel eyeliner in tribe and Alexandra Burke's Lip Boom in - .

Overall, I am so pleased with this haul. With P&P I spent around £25 so, it's so worth it. Here's my opinion on everything I bought....

Matte Perfect Primer: Is JUST LIKE BENEFIT's Porefessional! I don't think I've ever been so excited. Ok, it doesn't make pores vanish but it's a very similar formula-matte and pretty :') Will be fine on any skin tone as it blends to transparent. At just £4 though, you get 15ml (porefessional's only 22ml) meaning it's not a huge amount less but the Price difference is something a lot more noticeable! Ok, so, it maybe doesn't make makeup last as long as porefessional but my face did last at least 12hours.
Overall rating: B (a little more time saving on my foundation and it'd be an A)

The Matte Perfect Foundation: So. Fantastic. I am very impressed with this foundation (especially considering the price-£2!) It's coverage is medium-heavy on the first application! It applies smoothly and blends well, my only jibe is that it's the lightest colour available and it's too dark :/ I am not sure if this was worse by oxidising but it's such a shame as it's a lovely foundation! It looked expensive & really gorgeous! Overall: B (would've been an A if the shade had been correct)

Just the Matte Primer & Foundation-apologies for my awful hair! :S

 Matte Loose Powder: £2.30. This is really not worth getting. It's good at blending in but DID NOT keep my skin matte for any amount of time at all-maybe the 5 minutes it took me to get out of the house after finishing my makeup?? Very, very disappointed with this. It wasn't even like it let natural oils and glow through it just let EVERYTHING through! my skin looked so unnaturally shiny in a very short time, I think the foundation did a good job on it's own. Overall rating: E.

Cover Concealer:  £1.50. This is really lovely :') Blends really nicely, BRIGHTENS the under eye area fantastically, this may start to be my go-to under eye concealer as it doesn't crease and is easy to blend with a finger or brush (depending on my skin and my mood :P) Overall: A* -nearly my favourite product.

Pro Base Eye Primer: £2.50. This primer is a nice consistency, is coloured (very palely, but this will not affect any skin tone or shadow as it blends to see-through). The first day I used this it creased after a few hours (maybe 5) But I now think this was because I had really bad hay fever and my eyes were watering a lot, so, even my Too Faced Shadow Insurance or UD Primer Potion would've struggled through that :/ Also, today I've been wearing it since 9 this morning, it's now 3 and there's no looking like it's moving/shifting at all (this is with sleek shadows though, so, I am not sure if that'll make much of a difference). Overall: B (worth it for the money!)

Undress Me Too Palette

Undress Me Too Palette Swatches.

Undress me too Palette: Firstly, let me start off by saying-What a cute name?? And a really clever way of saying number 2! Moving on, this palette has really lovely colours in it, though I find myself yearning for a more neutral/lighter matte brown :'( That's the one addition that I think would make this palette-Ah.Ma.Zing. ya know, to blend creases seamlessly? Ahh well, I still LOVE this palette regardless...
You really cannot see the very first shadow "Naked" on my hand in my swatches and this is reflected on the eye too :( I used it to help lighten a dark crease mistake however and it worked a dream, so, maybe this is the blending companion I was looking for earlier? I do think all the other shades are to die for though and for only £4 how can you go wrong? These shades are super butterey and blendable. Well worth more than the price! (I'd compare these too Urban Decay Quality and-don't want to pay nearly £40 for the Naked Palette?? Buy MUA's Undressed Palette-EXACT DUPE. GOOGLE IT.) -if you like soft/shimmerey shades and aren't too sure on mattes go for it, it'll help you learn and build your confidence + as it's cheap you can practice over and over and not feel as though your wasting a really expensive product (like the UD Naked palettes/mac shadows). Overall rating: A (Pix Below)

Undress Me Too Palette Look

All Made Up Pretty Face :') MUA Products Used: Matte Perfect Primer,
Foundation, Loose Powder, Undress me Too Palette, Curling Mascara,
(Benefit's One Hot Minute & Sephora's Luminizing Powder).

Dusk Til Dawn Palette

Dusk Til Dawn Palette Swatches

Dusk Til Dawn Palette: This palette has some truly beautiful colours, the turquoisey (Bottom, 3rd from left) is soo beautiful. The mix of light colours is nice, they're really pretty and wearable on practically any skin tone (I've tested it on me-mixed race-my mum-english rose-and my gran-gorgeous dark Indian skin-!). Again, butterey, blendable and very affordable! -GO BUY THESE PALETTES-if you like shimmerey/high impact shadows with a few glitter shades thrown in, go for it! The Glitter shades have glitter dispersed well through out them and blend well. Please note that they're not as glitterey as UD's MoonDusts but are very pretty :). Overall rating: A

Wearing MUA's Tribe Gel Liner (MAC's Tangerine Dream
Lipstick with Dior Addict Gloss in Orange Pareo on lips)

Gel Eyeliner "Tribe": I love gel eyeliners though after buying my Bobbi Brown Shimmer ink thingy, I cannot justify buying an expensive brand gel when the Collection (formerly Collection 2000) one is fantastic. I now have this one from MUA and it's just as good as the Bobbi Brown one. Well, almost. It has beautiful pigmentation and not just that but lasted all day. I did have a slight transfer to the top of my eye but very, very little-only noticeable because I was looking to scrutinise. Overall: A

Wearing MUA's Alexandra Burke Lip Boom in LMK (Let Me Know)

 Best Til Last! Alexandra Burke Lip Boom in LMK: THIS. IS. OMG. AMAZING. You have a lipstick in one end and a very bitty/chunky/glitterey gloss on the other side. The Lipstick is so pigmented and matte-Hugely Beautiful whereas the gloss is very sheer but full of glitter. It just looks so gorgeous :') I am really not that sure about the other colours but after trying this I just wanted to go out and buy them all!
Plus I found it lasted all day, I used it in my Body Image Photoshoot with Becky Hardy (which if you missed, you can catch here: http://tinyurl.com/lqkf58y ). Overall Rating: A* -My Absolute Favourite Product :')

Overall, I really like MUA as a brand you're almost guaranteed to get a good product with these. The colour payoffs are fantastic and the quality of the products is great too. I am so very impressed. Especially as I only really had nails stuff from them before (definitely recommend ANY MUA NAIL PRODUCTS!)

NOTE! I AM SO EXCITED AS MUA HAVE JUST LINKED IN WITH FASHIONISTA-ANOTHER OF MY FAVE BRANDS! (check out their site here: http://www.muastore.co.uk/)

Now: 52WODN. (as of the 5th June): Pretty Red & White Dotty :')

My Left Hand :')

 I still haven't fully got a hold of my left hand's shakiness, hence the right hands' quite poor :/

My Right Hand....

I used Barry M's Gelly Shine in 9 "Pomegranate" as the base red colour and Paperchases' Nail Art Pen in White to make the dots, I then just placed them in a weird L shape on my nails :') I really liked the result-though!

Thanks so much for reading-if you got all this way! xx