Purple smoky eye

For any woman a smoky eye is a classic go to look for a night out, I have spiced it up a little with a layered purple smoky eye to change it up, keeping the rest of the face natural concentrating on showing of the eyes.

 

 

To get this look I first applied the palest shade all over the lid I used Estee lauder pale moon

on top of that I then applied Estee lauder berry ice to give it an added dimension. make sure you blend that's the key to getting any smoky eye, I also put this on my bottom lashes to and blended it out. I then added a metallic berry shadow to the outer edge and crease from a palette I was given.

I applied 2 coats of mascara in black on upper and lower lashes. I used Estee lauder ivory box under my brow and in the corner of my eye

I kept the rest of the look simple hint of blush and dabbed on a bit of raspberry colour lipstick to added a hint of colour so the eyes were the main focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beauty UK eye palette review

Beauty UK posh eye palette No1 Eden  review posh


If you ask me you can never have enough neutral eye shadow palettes, I was recently in Superdrug and came across this palette, every colour is wearable, though only 2 out of the 10 shadows are matt the metallic ones can be used for the day as they aren't glittery. when the natural light hits them they just glisten perfect for summer if you want that golden goddess look.

The shadows themselves are wonderful to use and wear, they are creamy especially the 2 matt they apply beautifully with fingers and brushes. you can layer them up to get a more defined bold look and blend really well for the price they are really pigmented so well worth buying.

The palette is a steal at only £5.99 here's the link http://www.superdrug.com/eye-make-up/beauty-uk-posh-palette-no-1/invt/684251&bklist=

 

 

Flower nail art

Flower power nails

Here is a simple by hand flower nail art all you need is 3 nail polishes and a top/base coat and a pen.

First apply your base coat I used Barry m then apply 2-3 coats of your base I used Barry m prickly pear let them dry completely

select the colour you want for the petals I chose  Barry m navy dab a little onto a plate (don't worry nail polish remover will remove it and wont damage it ) dab the end of the pen in the polish and to make the flower make 5 little dots in a circle I've done 3 flowers if you have longer nails 3-4 will be fine I recommend you do all the petals on every finger and thumbs then go back to do the centres.

After the petals have dried chose your 3rd colour I've used Barry m Red wine and use the pen make sure you have cleaned it of the previous polish and dab a dot in the middle of each flower leave to dry and apply a top coat.

yay or nay?

These days we are used to seeing celebrities wearing next to nothing on stage the likes of Ellie Goulding, Rhianna, beyoncy wearing basically underwear on stage.

As I was looking through the gossip sites I saw a picture of Rhianna at the council of fashion designers of America being awarded the fashion icon award and to say she didn't leave much to the imagination is an underestimated, she may as well gone to the awards naked, she was wearing a see through dress and a thong and that it leaving the world to see what her mother gave her.

I'm a 28 year old woman an I'm disgusted how female singers dress these days wearing like I said underwear on stage and in music videos why do they do that? does sex really sell? do you have to go half naked to sell records these days as a female?

You never see male artists dancing around in pants but they manage to sell records but even in their videos they have woman dancing around in next to nothing pit bull, usher the list goes on woman are still being seen as sex objects and nothing else if Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato can sell records without taking their clothes off why do other female celebs feel the need? are they using what they got to sell records because their music isn't good enough?

what's your opinion on what Rhianna and how other female celebs dress?

my trip to oxford

I love to take photographs and sit back and look at them, the other day I was looking at some old ones I took last year whilst I was in oxford England.

Growing up I used to watch inspector Morse and Lewis which was set in oxford the place looked quaint with beautiful architecture so I was so excited to go august 2013. I found a hotel to stay in along the river Thames with idyllic views and old fashion streets surrounding it.

Arriving at the hotel I was blown away with how stunning the views were in person, wondering around the streets and of the beaten track alley ways seeing the places that I had seen on the telly for years, taking tours around the universities they used for scenes on the shows.

The architecture were magnificent I was in ore of how these old building had stood there for many  years, it was like stepping back in time I was only there for 4 days but dream of moving there one day here are a few of the pictures that I took on my trip enjoy.

 

inner beauty

As a beauty blogger myself there many others out there taking about the superficial things as makeup, how to cover up blemishes how to hide under eye circles and alike but when you stripe that back and you are your natural born self that's when you are your most beautiful.

Makeup may cover up those slight imperfections but underneath it all is where your beauty lies, don't use makeup as a disguise to hide yourself away and not let the world see the real you, makeup is meant to enhance your natural beautiful features don't use it to hide yourself away.

To be beautiful you don't need to hide that spot or eye circles you should be comfortable without anything covering those blemishes the most beautiful thing is when a woman is confident in her own skin when you are able to walk to the shop with no makeup on its liberating being true to yourself.

pull and bear

I was browsing on Asos and saw they had a new brand on the website call pull and bear, I really liked some the items they were selling so went on to their personal site to find out more about them. I have to say I was really impressed they have a great range of garments pretty prints, colours and  all round great collection of clothing I will be spending a bit too much money on there from now on I can predict.

Here are a small collection of the garments they are selling go check them out at www.pullandbear.com