Quick Review of MaxFactor's new Wild Mascara & Shadow Pencil XD

I was so, so excited to try these out!

First up, Wild Mega Mascara:
http://www.boots.com/en/Max-Factor-Wild-Mega-Volume-Mascara_1359147/
Soo gorgeous, does give amazing volume! Doesn't flake or fade or smudge throughout the day. My only niggle is that the end of the brush is still thick making it difficult to get right into those inner corners and grab every last lash in there! Otherwise truly fantastic mascara, worth every penny. Love it. Curl your lashes and you'll faint with how fantastic it looks! (Absolutely perfect results without curling, btw)

Next up, Wild Shadow Pencil (number 10-Lime Green): 
http://www.boots.com/en/Max-Factor-Wild-Shadow-Eyeshadow-Pencil_1359138/
I absolutely adore the colour, it's payoff is good. It's smooth, creamy and......DOES NOT CREASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am buying all these colours. 'Nuff Said.

Swatches-Gosh my skin looks pale here! haha

No creasing! Even in this gorgeous hot weather and my hayfever!

Beautiful Fanned out lashes :')

I now cannot wait to get my hands on the rest of the collection. I think I might have to buy all the pencils and some of the powder shadows! Might go have a look for 'em in Boots after my Benefit Appointment on Monday (if I still have any money!).

Yes, that's right folks I am planning on grabbing the new Blusher Rockateur, Fake Up & at least one new Eyeshadow (hopefully they'll throw in a free something too...!?) at my Benefit Appointment on Monday, so keep your eyes peeled for my review and first impressions etc! xxx

BARCELONA! WE WENT, WE SAW, WE CONQUERED, WE GOT PRETTY DRUNK...!

So we made it! Four, 18 year olds on their first holiday on their own, away for 1 week, Barcelona. Sun, Sea, Walking, Drinks, Food, trying to find our way, Metro, Lost. FUN! I cannot think of anyone else the holiday would've worked with apart from Annie, Andy & Ed :)

First things first, Ryanair were not half as bad as everyone makes out! One piece of hand luggage fitting into their guidelines permitted, was enough for our week! On time both there & back. Very pleased with them.

Our hotel: http://www.barcelonarooms.es/
Clean, very pretty rooms, nice communal areas, nice bathrooms (we shared and had absolutely no problems) Very Very pleased & all the staff were very pleasant and happy to help :)

Now the little tiny restaurant/bar we found to eat from: It was one block away from our hotel (opposite a very posh looking Hostel!) and was by far the best value for money place we found. We went every single day for breakfast at least! Some days we went for dinner too! (The pizza was pretty damn tasty ;)).

 Here's a pic of the Patatas Bravas we we became ADDICTED too! haha! And below that is Ed carrying our 6euro each delicious chicken & ham, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms (pretty much everything) pizzas!

Second Day headed out to the Gaudi Parks: http://www.parkguell.es/en/portada
Lots of lovely architecture to see, very crowded though :( Lots of buskers and musicians playing! I bought La Mananers CD I liked them so much! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IvihpKNAxs
Here's a pic we took of them :D I am not sure where else you could buy their album but iTunes had it on their gracenotes database so I am assuming it is available/you could download it somewhere :)

Here's a few of the places we went to eat/drink:
http://www.lavacapaca.com/ LA VACA PACA! OMG 11Euros of all you can EAT DELICIOUSNESS! <<NGL it was amazing XD Picture of Ed trying to struggle a massive spoonful :P

Origens: http://www.lallavordelsorigens.com/ we had a lovely time here! It had such a beautiful decor and the food was really, really tasty (a bit small portions for my liking but nice!)

Margarita Blue: http://www.margaritablue.com/en/ This place was so quaint! So Spanish! So Gorgeous! We had lots of very tasty cocktails and enjoyed the live music from the band! We had two rounds of Chilli Nachos and a massive bowl of Patatas Bravas. We even had a free magician come round and entertain us too! (very, very nice place :3).

 http://www.museocerabcn.com/en/bosc.html
The Fairytale Bar! This bar is part of the wax museum and is a fairy's wood and cave inside! with a little river/pond thing and it's so atmospheric it's lush! The drinks were by far THE most expensive of anywhere we went, but you're paying to sit in the fantastic surroundings more than anything!

7Sins: This was the bar we went too more than once! http://www.7sinsbar.com/
It's got such a GORGEOUS interior, very sexy, very comfortable. Reasonably priced tapas and nice cocktails/shots. Very very nice service and just a place we had an awful lot of fun ;)

On our third day we went to the Basilica de la sagrada Familia We didn't go inside as it was 20euros to get in! But we got a good look from the outside and walked all the way around, looking at it in great detail in the sweltering heat! It was enjoyable and a sight definitely worth seeing, we ate the most delicious peaches on the way back to the hotel too! XD

You can see how busy it was!

On our 4th day we went to this Science museum (very similar to Intech, but on a much larger scale)
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixabarcelona/cosmocaixabarcelona_ca.html
And it was truly AMAZING. They have this massive indoor swamp/jungle thing in which they can make it rain and it has the most beautiful huge fish! A Crocodile and turtles and things :3 Ahh! I loved it so much I could've spent all day easily just watching the fish! Plus! It was only 4euros entry each! Very cheap!

All down La Rambla (the main strip/street with everything on it) there are loads of people dressed as statues/weird things to try and make money. This one was actually outside of the Gaudi Parks but was by far the most weird. He was not sat on anything! He was crouched like that! And kept waving at us! D:
Very impressive. Fun but if you want your picture taken with one, be careful! It'll cost ya!











The market just off of La Rambla Street:

Thousands and thousands of Chilli's and Spices all stacked and bundled on top of each other :')

A SIGHT YOU HAVE TO SEE. So much variety, sweet as anything fruit pots and smoothies to eat there and then and beautiful rows and rows of meat, fish, veg, nuts, chocolates and more all laid out in this square market!

Another fantastic place Andy found for us, was this Massive Beautiful fountain!

It was quite a way out compared to other attractions (near the zoo) but was totally worth the walk and sweltering heat to get too!

Overall, we had such a good fun holiday and I really want to thank Annie, Andy & Ed for being the nicest people to travel with. LOVE YOU GUYS! xxx

If you want to see the outfits I wore you can here: http://tinyurl.com/lbeusvp
If you want to see the makeup I took with me you can here: http://tinyurl.com/publvhp
Please like my Facebook page (Januarybeautyful) if you haven't already! 

Follow my blog with Bloglovin' x

<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/9972399/?claim=ppz8ybr36ee">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>

As I am sure you can all see, there has now been a "Follow this blog" button added to the sidebar! >>>

Bloglovin' is a site where it's very easy to follow all the blogs you want too in one easy space, I highly recommend it! xxx

Look Of The Day Rocker Red with a Neutral Eye... 23.7.13

 So today I was wearing my Loose fitted KISS Destroyer Tour T-Shirt paired up with my western style brown suede fringed shorts! I felt very 80's Rock N Roll. Though I was wearing sandals, not as rockin' as some Cowboy boots. BUT With this true heatwave I feel as though Cowboy boots would be self destructive. I decided a Bright red lip with Orange undertones mixed with a fairly neutral eye and a touch of Bronze would work well.

My Full Face :D

My Neutral eyes, in real life look a tad more contoured than they do in these photos :/

Products I used :)

I am so in love with Bronzer at the moment! The Bourjois Bronzing primer is to die for! And Hoola is simply a staple EVERY makeup bag should have! haha, hope you're enjoying the glorious HOT weather! xxx

52WODN Britain's Next Top Model Logo Inspired!

So today I really, really wanted to try out some proper Nail Art type stuff. Lines! Lines seemed like a great idea at the time! (Oh how wrong could I be!) Lines are soooo difficult to do!
Nonetheless, determined. I struggled on!
To be perfectly honest, though, I am quite pleased by how they turned out :D

The logo for a reminder ;)

I used Barry M's Nail Paint (NP66) as the White Base colour and my Primark Nail Art Pens in the purpley colour and black :) I also used a couple of gems but they have smudged a bit :/ 

My Left Hand :)

My Left Thumb :)

My Right Hand :)

My right thumb is ATROCIOUS! but oh well haha, I feel like every week when I do my nails, they're getting better and better, each week I feel a bit more adventurous than the last :D

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for my Look of the day post! (coming every Tues, Thurs & Sat!)

VOGUE FASHION COPIES

I often flick through Vogue and look at the makeup and think ooh I could do that! And as I do recreate a few looks from time to time I thought I'd collect them up and show you! (So please let me know what you think, I'd love to have your feedback!).

First up: A Dior Advert

Original

My recreation-

Not my favourite one of all that I've done but still noteworthy :)

 Products Used: Maxfactor Eye Brightening Mascara (for Brown Eyes)
Sleek Original Palette
Tarte Exposed Blush (very lightly)
Wet N Wild Fergie Lipstick in Ferguson Crest Cabernet (with a touch of clear gloss over the top)








Second: Louis Vuitton Advert

Original

 My recreation-

This was a bit easier but I didn't realise how much Contour/Blush I'd need for it to come up on camera well :/

Products I used :)

I used: Elf Eyebrow kit in Medium
Elf Shimmer Palette (just the white & peach ones)
Collection Extreme 24hr Liquid Liner (very good actually!)
Tarte Exposed blush
MAC Sunny Seoul Lipstick (as my first very lightly under my others)
Clinique FE Rubelite Lipstick
Nars Edie Eyeshadow
Dainty Doll Lipstick in Baby Love
Maybelline Superstay 24hr Bold Matte lip colour in Hot Brown

A random black shadow from an elf palette.

Next up: Samsung Galaxy S4 Promo (Punk-Glam theme)

Original

Original

My recreation-

I tried so hard to get rid of my brows but only had Nyx jumbo stick in Milk & a White eyeshadow. Kinda worked :/

I absolutely adore the eyeshadow shape of this, I think my flicks were too flicky though needed to be a bit more straight lines, but I still love it. I also loved doing the slightly graduated lip colour.

Products used: Sleek Oh So Special Palette
Sleek blush in Suede (to contour)
Illamasqua eyeshadow in Control
Nars Liquid Liner Pen
Maxfactor Lip Pencil in Passionate Red
Elf Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Turkish Coffee (to make the graduation)
Sleek Eau La Liner in White Noise

Mary Kay Time wise foundation in Ivory & Powder too

Calvin Klein Lipstick in Ruby Red
Elf Cover Everything Concealer
Soap & Glory Thick & Fast Mascara
Fashionista Shadow in Black Out

Lastly, Fendi Advert

Original

My recreation- 

This was by far THE MOST difficult one to do! But probably my favourite result :3

Products Used: MUA Undress me too Palette (neutral shadow for base)

Sleek Snapshots Palette (shade sandwalker, washed ashore & sunset)
MAC Ring of Saturn Mineralize Blush
Elf Cover Everything Concealer in light
Mary Kay time wise foundation in Ivory
Nars Liquid Liner Pen
Lancome Hypnose Mascara
MUA Cover and Conceal concealer
Estee Lauder Lipstick in Tiger Eye
Prestige Lipstick in Berry Fantasy
Rimmel Brow Pencil
Nars Laguna Bronzer
(the MAC looking powder is actually a Stila powder refill in the mac pan-I had a spare one lying round so, y'know :P)

And that's it for VOGUE but I have another edition for Hunger & Wonderland coming to you at the end of the month! Thanks so much for looking at my work, please give me feedback via twitter (@JanBeautyful) or Facebook (just search Januarybeautyful and Like my page :)) or leave a comment below!

Electro Bleu-Look of the Day :D 18.7.13

Electro Bleu, Essentially I just wanted something to match my ring & shorts XD

My Full Face :)

My Eyes XD

Products Used :)

I absolutely adore the Bourjois Metallic Pencil (I don't think they sell these anymore :( ) but it's so long wearing and comparable to a UD Glide on 24/7 Pencil! In the Sleek Palette I used the shade Summer Breeze all over my lid :)

So that was my look of the day, Electro bleu! Please "+1" or "like" my facebook link if you like these kinds of posts and I'll start doing more :) Thanks guys! xxx