Summer/ Spring fresh colours + current nails

Oh man I wish I had a name idea before I start doing my makeup, but as I choose the colours as I was doing it, it makes it harder to come up with names.
Onto the makeup.. I was not so happy with the crease but ya get that. I wanted to something bit brighter then lately but still simple at the same time, so I kept the lower lash line free of colour (except for a tiny bit that I didn't mean to get there haha).

Products:
Madd Minerals E/S in Snot Face (lol) for the 1st half of the lid, the rest of the colours are from the 120 palette.
Liner is Nyx Black Bean Jumbo pencil as always

Cheeks I *think* is Nyx Peach, & damn I wish I could remember what I used on the lips (I'm going to make it mandatory to take pics so I remember goddamn it!).
For that extra glow I'm pretty sure I used Mac's Strobe Cream (but its whatever works for you!)

Thanks for looking at this boring, predictable post!! ahah

x x

oopsies almost forgot to include pics of my nails

Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in white as a base, O.P.I Black Shatter, Sally Hansen Pink Shatter, O.P.I Silver shatter. It doesn't look very good when it starts to chip, though!!

How to: Cream Contouring & Highlighing

I like to do contour & highlight for a put together look especially for a night out & it adds a lot of dimension to your face, especially since I feel like I have no cheekbones. I used to only do it with powders but I find that doing it with cream concealers that are a few shades darker/ lighter than your skin tone help it look more polished plus you can still set it with the powders on top.

I like this coastal scents palette for this as it has some shades that I would never use except for in a kit. This is brand new as you can see but I'm still finishing my old one haha.

I'm only going to contour my nose & cheeks but here is an in depth chart if you want to go all out, however I would advice to stick to the face unless your in a photoshoot haha.

Contouring:

Make sure you've applied your foundation with no powder first. I've applied the cream to my cheeks & nose using a concealer brush. Ignore that it's not completely even haha. I've only done the tip of my nose because I think that's what needs refining. You can also see that it is a loott darker than my skin tone but I blend a lot of it away so it doesn't look unnatural.

Now you will want to blend it good! I use the foundation end of my beauty of essence brush to blend all my concealer. It is best to blend the outside of the lines outwards but not blend it completely away.

& that's it blended out. Apply more & blend again if you need to.

Highlighting:

I use the lightest colour in that concealer palette to highlight. You will want to apply it to the features you want to bring out, as shown in the face chart. I've only applied to the tops of my cheek bones (although you can't see it haha), the bridge of my nose & my cupids bow. & Then blend it in again, I use my fingers to blend this part.

So here I have gone over the top of my contour with Nyx Taupe blush, you will need to use something with no shimmer in it otherwise it will bring those parts back out. Alternatively you can just just translucent powder to set. For the highlighter I used Nyx White Pearl eyeshadow or you can leave it for a dewy look. I have also applied my blush & lipstick.

I hope this is useful, especially to any beginners out there! Don't forget makeup is about enhancing your look, & at the end of the day it can be washed off :)

Aussie Pride... Nail art on my toes :)

I'm getting all prepared for Australia Day, which is on the 26th this month. I can't wait to spend all day in the pool and have a barbie & a few drinks! hehe.
I know there's a few aussie's on here, but for those who are not, Australia Day is usually spend by going to the beach, having a bbq or meat pies, playing backyard or beach cricket & drinking! haha.

Anyhoo, I was mucking around with my nail polish & thought heyy why not copy the flag onto my toe nails! haha, its much easier than doing it on my finger nails :P Beware if you do not like to look at toes up close.

Sorry that it looks quite messy, it looks a lot better from a distance for sure.

No Flash

Products:

The Rubi nail polish (base colour) is quite cheap & nasty, I purchased it from Cotton On but its the only colour like that I have, The red is Nicole By O.P.I OMB (Justin Bieber collection), the white & blue sparkle nail polishs are both from Phuket & the Sally Hansen X-treme wear in clear is for the top coat. I also used a dotting tool from ebay for the red parts of the flag.

And of course, the flag.

Thanks for looking! <3 To all the Aussies out there happy Australia Day!

Wedding makeup

As a guest, not to my own wedding haha, I just couldn't think of any other title :)Was a good afternoon/ night, got a little merry with the champagne :)

In case you're wondering, this is my 'getting ready' shirt haha

I'm sorry that its hard to see the makeup, I didn't have much time for close up shots!

Before I let my hair out.. I curled it with a small curling iron & pinned it to my head.. it took forever to get the pins out! haha. Also I like this pic coz it shows my contouring :)

Products

Sleek Storm palette.... darkest pink; applied wet on the lid.

 Light pink from the same palette in the crease along with some gold e/s.

A little bit of Satin Taupe in the outer crease.

 Nyx JEP in Slate on the outer corner, with a black e/s over the top.

Black Bean JEP for eyeliner, mascara & a few single false lashes.

Cheeks: Contoured with a darker concealer, with Nyx Taupe blush over the top.

Nars Orgasm on the apple, highlighted with Mac Strobe Cream & topped with Nyx White Pearl.

Lips: Revlon Nude Attitude l/s topped with Nyx Iris l/s

& a pic of my boy & I at the reception.

Thanks for looking sweethearts <3

A bit of this, A bit of that....

Another huge collection of looks I didn't want to post separately. Some of these are quite old but I will have some newer ones to post together soonish. I wont list all the products but let me know if you have any questions :) Any feedback is welcome!
Neutrals

When I got the fake tan haha. Using mainly the sleek storm palette

Neutral mattes with pink lip which I think is Nyx Narcissus.

Shimmery Neutrals with Red Lip- Nyx Amsterdam

Browns

was meant to be Olivia Wilde- Inspired but didn't turn out like it, used the UD Naked palette.

28 neutral palette

 Simple/ Eyeliner

Gray look focusing on the liner

Lips is Rimmel Shocking Pink

Night Time/ Dramatic

Bright cut crease using the 120 palette

Ignore the lipstick up close haha, I think I used mainly Too Faced E/S Duo in Ohh & Ahh

Using Nyx glitter palette (the purple one) but using the gold & gray with dark blue eyeliner

Pink & Black Smoke

Purple from 120 palette, glitter is Nyx purple glitter & brown from the 28 neutral palette.

Wet n Wild Lust

Colours

Lips is BYS Coral Kiss, Blues from the 120 palette.

Lately I have been lovin using a lighter colour right in the middle of the lid, even if you can barely notice it.

I also used a lighter teal in the middle here.(120 palette)

Thanks for looking if you got through all of that! Sorry some of the pics went off to the side. I can finally move these files so they are not waiting in a folder to be put on here, haha :)

Testing

Helloo, just testing, please comment if this shows up in your feed! thanks :)

All that glitters: Fancy dress for New Years Eve

I hope everyone had a fun & safe new years!! Where I am we don't get fireworks, but we had a spectacular lightning show! (it was fine that day until the arvo, how typical). So my new years attire was a bit different from normal as we attended a dress up party haha, and we were going to change before we went out but decided not to. Although we got a fair few comments while we were out lol!

 With my makeup I basically copied this look here (not that it got much love) Ah wells. Of course I had to add glitter to make it new years eve-y & I paired it with a red lipstick for my costume- If you can guess who I am!!

If you can't guess it, shame on you! I'm Snow White :D

 Haha I had quite a few people asking where my 7 dwarfs were.

 Products:
Eyes: Stila Kitten
Black Bean JEP
Nyx Gold Glitter
Black E/S
BYS False Eyelashes
I also used a few individual eyelashes on my lower lash line.

Cheeks: Fyrianne Intrigue Blush
All About Glo Bronzer

Lips: Nyx Matte Cream Lipstick in Amsterdam

New years nails

My SO & I, brownie points if you can guess what his costume is from!!

I hope everyone has had a good start to the year! & if you have made resolutions, to keep at them!!