Yup, that time of year again...Jasmine Dress Up! :P

So my friend Jess is FINALLY turning 18. I cannot tell you how long it feels...
and so, her and her cutey Boyfriend are having a sickening-ly sweet themed joint party of Disney, Cartoon etc etc. Hence, I've decided I am going as Jasmine and Ed...you got it, Aladdin.

However, the outfit it would seem is proving very difficult on my budget :/ I have some trousers (harem type pants) but when you don't want to bare your mid-rift the whole just buy a turquoise bra thing doesn't work :S

This is just the makeup, I am sorry I haven't got a full outfit yet but DO NOT WORRY I am going to John Lewis, Southampton on Thursday for a Benefit Event and while I am there I shall head to Primark and pick some stuff up! :)

So, lets dive into my makeup design and products I am thinking of using!

Design

Predicted Products

For my eyes I have chosen Maybelline's color tattoo in "On and On Bronze" as this is a really pretty neutral that looks multitonal on the skin. I have chosen Benefit's Sun Beam and High Brow Glow as my Cheek and Brow Highlighters as-Benefit make THE BEST highlighters :') they won't move but they'll stay glow-ey :P. I've chosen the Sephora mascara which I know a lot of you UK buddies will get annoyed with but this my runniest formula mascara and I think that's perfect for merging with false lashes. Nars' Laguna is a MUST here as Jasmine is all beautifully bronzed :') and you'll have to wait and see what the Paris Hilton lashes look like on! :P
 So as you can see, I have chosen real neutral, glow-ey type products and finishes :) Also, have you noticed that this is the first drawing I have created actually using the makeup products?? What do you think!? haha >.<


One thing I have got to wear...some rings! :P

Potential Jasmine Rings....

I think I like the pretty jeweled Bird one best but the pale blue oval one in front of it, is very in keeping with Jasmine's colours and styles so, we'll have to wait and see :P

Similarly, I have some hair slides to choose from :)

My Hair Slides :)

Again, I really like the dove bird but the round blue stone is really in keeping with the look, so we shall have to see what I feel like on the day! :P

Keep an eye out for my FULL post on what I wore and where I bought it, it'll be coming up this Sunday with a bit of luck as the Party's Saturday!

Love you all and stay tuned for my Benefit post-so much exciting stuff this month!  x x x

Pirate Party Full Outfit & Makeup :D

Let me firstly apologise that this is so late! (Barcelona-Full Post on what we did etc to come :))

We had so so much fun! Nicki had put so much effort into games etc for us to play and traditional Mexican food! So impressed! The music was good and the booze was flowing (always good!) and we just LOVED dressing up!

Full outfit

So as you can see, I went with my Black Bandanna and Red Snakeskin Boots. I went with the red boots as with the red lipstick they broke up the black and white well.
I was going to curl my hair but ended up with very little time so crimped quickly!
I must say that I really love the blouse! It's so soft and sheer :') So pleased I bought it XD will now be wearing it just generally I think.
I am not sure I'll wear the leggings again, but never say never!
I think I'll start wearing bandannas more often though as I really liked it!

Products I ended up using :)

 I used soooo much bronzer!!! I also just whacked on Revlon's Colorstay in Earthly Tan (WAYYYYY too dark for me) it's a gorgeous bronzed brown and I think that added with Nars' Laguna & Benefit's Hoola, I was well away! I used Sleek's Brow Kit in Medium & a brow and lash gel from M&S, Mac's Riri Woo with my lips lined with Benefit's Waterproof BadGal liner ;) Which Ed said he really liked a two-toned lip like that! So, I am going to do that more now XD

For my eyes I used Sleek's Lagoon Palette (as it has a LOT of Pirate named shadows and I wanted to stay as true to the theme as possible :P) I used the shades Black Pearl, Ariel & Oyster :) I tried to keep my brows as ungroomed as I could take haha! *One thing I would say is that Pearl looks quite pale and white, bit shimmerey, above is it blended out REALLY WELL! It's almost a pure silver metallic!*

Ed & I on his Dad's Motorbike :P

This is Ed without his outfit on but he still looks cool, I think :P
Below is a picture of a few of my friends, you can see some made more of an effort than others! :P xxx

A few of us all enjoying the drink! :P

Makeup Holder-ey Thing-Great for travelling to & fro' Shoots! Mini Post :) x

I love the shop "The Works" almost as much as I love ice cream (which is a lot. No joke.) and I can almost always find over £10s worth of stuff I wanna buy in there! So I always limit myself to a tenner so I don't go crazy. Last time I was in there, probably 3 weeks ago now, I bought a few plain eye masks to decorate...well, you never know when you'll get invited to a masked ball (MAJOR HINT TO ALL MY FRIENDS THERE :P). I also picked up some books for my band mates' Birthdays and then found this:

Make & Create Bag

It's meant for crafts/crafting stuff and that's the bit I found it in, of course the reason I spotted it was because a pink one caught my eye ;) But, I thought that black was more professional looking :P

It was £3.99 And I LOVE IT! You can just fit EVERYTHING in it!

Front View

Reverse View

Top View

Top View, again

Everything inside the bag, you can create more than a few thousand looks with all this!

 Above is everything I had in the bag but I must add that not all the outside pockets were filled and there was still tonnes of room left! I am so impressed with this nifty lil' thing!

Everything from outside pockets inside main bag

If you're a make up artist/someone who needs a bag to pop a lot of stuff in/any single human being I recommend you go get this as it's just so useful! XD

Tweet me if you're gonna go and get this! @JanBeautyful -I'd love to hear what you think of it/if you got it-did you succumb to the pink? :P xxx

Boxes, Boxes, Boxes...OMG!? WHY! XD mini post on Storage :3

So, I Love Benefit, MAC, Illamasqua and other high end brands, but I also love Sleek, Fashionista, MUA & other drugstore brands. What do all of these brands have in common?? They ALL have adorable packaging/boxes they come in! And! I can't/don't have the heart to get rid of these gorgeous boxes!!!

All of my Benefit ones (except duplicates) are on my shelf in my office as the shelf was bare and they're too pretty to store away! Here's what it looks like (you have to use your imagination to piece all the bits together :P)...

Right Third

Middle Third

Left Third

 Then I have a big shelving unit my Dad made me that I store loads of boxes on (the very very top also has books and stuff on it but going down all the way to the bottom has extremely large boxes stacked up from the floor). Here's a couple of the top shelves:

As you can see, I have a strange filing system of books, shoe boxes, mini boxes, photograph albums, Decorated random sized boxes (all decorated by moi, of course!), a leopard print mini drawer system, a soap and glory tin and an office drawer set. I like this system, although in the picture it looks really messy and disorganised, in real life it's perfect and really does not look so messy :/ haha!




Anyhoo, some of these boxes in my shelving system, are only filled with other mini product boxes. Like, I said, I just don't have the heart to throw away such gorgeous packaging!!

My Secret Boxes filled with product packaging...shhh!

A Cute Benefit Box I was given for my Birthday is filled with Benefit Only Packaging! :P

A Mini Box I got in a set from Wilkinsons (for like £3) is filled with mostly MAC boxes

A bit more inside the box...

My Massive Lancome Box (received as part of perfume set for Birthday) is filled with all sorts and the Perfume boxes
inside it are filled with stuff again!

This DKNY pink perfume box, closest, houses all of my MAC blush/beauty powder boxes!

Of course, you must be wondering why I am going a bit hush hush and shh! This is because, Ed doesn't know I keep any other boxes than the ones on my shelf (again, some of those larger ones on the shelf are also filled with smaller boxes too!) And I think if he saw he'd work out how much I have and probably never speak to me again! :P (Makeup is really NOT Ed's forte you see >.<)

Now, some of you must be thinking-WHY ON EARTH DOES SHE KEEP ALL THAT! Here's Why:
1) You never know when a label might rub off or disappear from a product and/or you may forget the name and that's when this comes in handy, you can just look it up again! So it's kind of like a record keeping system...kinda...
2) If I no longer like the product/use it/just want to sell it on, you get much more money for it (and it helps with proving authenticity) when you sell it on sites like eBay (though with eBay regulations/conditions you can only sell unused cosmetics) and Gumtree etc.
3) It's just SOOOO PRETTTY!!!
4) If I move house and get a display cabinet, what else am I going to put in there? (aside from Horsey rosettes-which, I can't lie-they're aren't many... >.<) Don't get me wrong though-if they're all screwed up n' chewed up, looking worse for wear, I'll bin 'em.


So there we go! A little secret into my life :P Do you keep all your old cosmetic boxes? Tweet me to let me know! @JanBeautyful I'd love to know I am not the only one!!

Quick Biology Trip to Leeson House :) -Left Today! +52WODN added in :)

So today (I've written this post a week in advance for today and scheduled-cos' I am so organised ;) ) I am off with the Biology Department from College to Leeson House (near Swanage) and fingers crossed the weather's really nice and held out for us! We're going to be carrying out a River Study, A Heath Land Study & a Sand Dune Study. I am not sure about you, but to me-that all sounds pretty GO! haha >.<

Apparently the accomodation is of a very high standard with lounges, games room and coffee bar-woah, when can we move in? haha! But the thing that's really excited me is the food....(of course!) The letter says, and I quote- "The centre provides a cooked breakfast, packed lunch and a 3-course evening meal." Omg, I am so looking forward to that! Especially considering this only cost us £90 for 3 days!

Now moving on to the bit I was really interested in...what we're advised to pack:
Trainers/shoes and wellies, Shirts/Tshirts, Trousers/Shorts, Underwear, Sock, Swimming Costume, Large Towel, Waterproof Coat, Warm hat, Gloves, Suncream, Sunglasses, Lip Salve, Sun Hat, Towel, Washcloth, Toothbrush/Paste, Soap/Shampoo, Hairbrush, Scrunches, pen, paper, book to read-?, disposable camera, notebook, small bag/backpack, water bottle, large plastic bag, bed linen: 2 pillowcases, undercover, sheet, duvet cover.

To be honest. This probably is around the right amount for stuff I would take! As we have no idea what the weather's going to be like/it can change pretty quick down here in the south, so, I kinda agree with the list. Although, I kinda wish we didn't have to take our own bedding :/ BUT at least I know its clean!


So, here's just some pictures of my makeup I've decided on taking (bareminerals and tinted moisturiser kind of took hold here) and pictures of my general other stuff....



My Makeup Bag I've just whacked everything in :D



Flipped over makeup bag :P

Everything I am taking laid out on my Aerosmith towel I am taking!



The LONG list of items and reasons for having them Claire sent out to all of us!

 I am pleased with my Large see through makeup bag though! (got this at Superdrug with 2 others inside it and this features in my Barcelona Posts too http://tinyurl.com/lbeusvp :)) It's just so big I can throw pretty much anything in it and it all fits! yippee! :P See y'all when I get back! I have other posts lined up so please check my blog as I may not have the wifi to link them all in on twitter and facebook :)



Now for my 52 weeks of delicious nails bit:

My Left Hand

My Left Hand & The Bottle :)

Cap etc & my Left Thumb :P x

Hope you guys liked it! xxx

52 Weeks of Delicious Nails 10.6.13 First Attempt at the whole Water thingy...

I was YouTube surfing, as I very often do to avoid revision, and I found myself looking at Nail Polish collections and then clicked onto a video about "Water Marble Manicure"... y'know what these are, when you get a cup of water, tape around your fingers, drop your nail polish in the water and swirl your nail in and you end up with a totes gorge marbled nail. Well, this is actually a bit difficult than it looks-to get something that looks nice anyway :P

To be fair, I only had to re-do two nails, so I wasn't too bad at it >.<

I used Barry M's Nail Paint number 66 -a complete white shade, for the base colour & then dropped in Model's Own Beach Party (a Bright Orange) into the water first, then Model's Own Luis Lemon (neon yellow) and then Illamasqua's Collide (Bright, Neon Pink). I did interchange the order of the colours, but essentially, it turned out the same, with yellow giving the most coverage =D.

My Left Hand :)

My Right Hand :) Which, for once doesn't look awful! :P

A Close Up of my Left Hand :) It's all so pretty!

My Thumbs ^.^ (Left is left and Right is right...)

Considering this was my first attempt, I am actually really pleased with it. They look so pretty and summerey! XD

Tweet me your pictures if you've done this before! @JanBeautyful xxx

Rianna's 18th Birthday Party, What I wore, what she wore and what we had to eat!

So, Rianna's Birthday Party was in the Courtyard Room of Winchester Guildhall, which was a very pretty room with old style door frames and all painted white. It looked lovely, she had decorated the tables with turquoise and pale green beads with a small centre piece of a bowl filled with those jelly beads (you put them in water and they expand) and in the middle held there was a little tea light :') There were also balloons of the same colourings around the room and it just had a lovely atmosphere :). The DJ was playing music I hadn't actually heard that much of but later Rianna's Boyfriend Ryan Stevens sang and played his Guitar (he is very good and worth a YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/ryanstevens94/videos). AND THE FOOD! omg, I was so impressed, gorgeous pasta and party food-really lovely Ed & I felt very welcome :)

Anyway, moving onto my outfit! My Jane Norman £1 Dress!

My Full Outfit & Invitation :D

I didn't wear a necklace, just like I said however, unlike it looks I didn't have my hair in a bun, it was in a high pony tail with this side detailing I did :)
I wore the gold large ring with the purple detailing on it (picture below)
I used this purple cross the shoulder bag (it's quite long actually hence it looks like it's bending round me :P)

All Makeup Products I used.

Unfortunately I left out the primer I used from the photo! (Idiot!) so FYI, I used Benefit's Dr. Feelgood, slathered all over my face :P and then did my eye makeup. I didn't use a primer for my eyes as I patted on Maybelline's Color Tattoo in - and these bases NEVER budge haha! I then using a small fluffy brush took Illamasqua's Inception and fluffed this in a long the crease line and blended out (there was a harsh difference now as I hadn't blended it all yet). Using my ELF 100 colour palette I used 2 shadows (highlighted below) by taking the slightly pinkier one and patting it on my inner half of my lid, then the more purpley shade and blending that lightly over everything on the eye. Next I took my Bourjois Clubbing Liner in - and smoothed this along the top lashline and winged out to sides. I then took my Sleek Eau La Liner in White Noise and lined my bottom waterline, inner eye corner, bottom lashline and winged it out under the bourjois' flicks I'd done-then applied the Fearne Cotton Liner in Purple over the bottom lashline and waterline white I'd just done then smudged it all in to make sure it wasn't really harsh. Lastly (for the eyes) I used the shade "you alone" from the Kat Von D Poetica Palette as a highlight under my brow bone and blended into the purple. After finishing this I buffed Benefit's HFOW Liquid Foundation into my skin with a big duo fibre brush and then applied Maybelline the rocket volume mascara :') (I really do love this mascara :D). Lastly, I contoured my cheekbones with Benefit's Hoola and then applied my normal setting powder down the centre of my face (Green People's Compact Powder :) ). -ooh! and I almost forgot I used a Gosh Eyebrow Pencil for my brows and MAC's Viva Glam Gaga 1 Lipstick :') -woah. I need to start writing this down as I am going along!

A Close-up of my Pretty Eyes, Man I really Love Purple! <3

I used the deep pinky shade (above the turquoises-2nd from left) and the deep
purple next to it on the right :)

This Elf Palette is quite hit and miss with shadows, I've taken to labelling the front with ticks (if the shadows really nice), nothing if it's ok and a big red cross (if it's terrible). Overall, I do really like it and for the cheap price I definitely think it's worth a purchase :)

I used the last shade in the palette called "you alone"

I absolutely adore this palette. If I ever go into a Sephora again I vow to buy all of the Kat Von D Palettes. The shadows are gorgeous, I have a blush too :')

My shoes!

I bought this gorgeous pair of shoes from T.K.Maxx literally the day before the party as they were in the sale for £8 and they're ever so comfy! Very Pleased :D

My Ring and Bag Close Up :)

Here's a close up of my bag and ring :)
I really think the colour of the shoes and bag was well matched, so that's always good!

Ryan & Rianna :')

 To finish, I must say Rianna's Dad's speech was so full of love and laughter and I cannot think of anybody as sweet as Rianna. Now she's 18 we will have to go dancing ;) and I think between her and her boyfriend Ryan, there's so much talent it's incredible. They'll both go so far and deserve too :') xxx

 And as you can see <<< she looked lush-just liked I said she would ;) x