Celeb Inspired Look #2 Ellie Goulding (Burn Music Video) - Requested

Hey Guys! Today's post was requested by Hellen who sent me a really lovely email. She wanted me to do a tutorial for Ellie Goulding in her music video Burn so here it is. It is a pretty simple, natural look that was easy to create and doesn't use that many products.

Products used to achieve this look:

Face

Benefit's The Porefessional (to prime face)
Rimmel's Wake Me Up foundation (in True Ivory)
Rimmel's Wake Me Up concealer (in Soft Beige)
Bourjois' Délice de Soleil Bronzing Powder (14 Olive/Tanned Skin)(to bronze neck and blend makeup into it)
Rimmel's Stay Matte Powder (in Translucent) (all over face to set foundation)
It didn't look like Ellie was wearing any blush in the video so I didn't use any.

Eyes

Urban Decay's Primer Potion (Original) (to prime eyes)
Mac's All That Glitters (used all over the lid and then I concentrated it in the crease to build up colour and define my eyes more. I also took it under the eye just under my lash line.)
I used no eyeliner though I think Ellie had a thin line of black eyeliner on her top lash line just over her fake lashes to make them look more natural on her eyes by covering over the strip.
Curl Eyelashes 
Benefit's They're Real mascara (applied to lashes in a zigzag motion to avoid any clumps)
I think Ellie was wearing fake lashes in the video so you could add them if you wanted.

Lips

Soap and Glory lipstick (in The Missing Pink)


Hope you liked this post, especially you Hellen :) If anybody wants to request another celeb inspired look please leave a comment below and I will try to do a post of it :) Click here to watch the music video for Burn or click here to see my other celeb inspired makeup tutorial of Selena Gomez.






*I wasn't able to get a good picture of the makeup with me looking straight at the camera because I have quite hooded eyelids and you couldn't see any of the eye makeup so I had to be looking down in the picture.

Friday Favourite #11 Urban Decay's Naked Palette

Hey Guys! Today's Friday Favourite is Urban Decay's Naked Palette. I really think that this eye shadow palette is a must have for everyone, even people who aren't that into makeup. It's fairly expensive at €42 but includes 12 high quality Urban Decay eye shadows, a flat shader brush (cruelty free) and a mini Primer Potion from Urban Decay that will make your eye shadow last all day. That's really only €3.50 per eye shadow which is fairly reasonable for us makeup addicts but to the girl who isn't that interested in makeup is quite expensive. However, I think that for the everyday girl, this palette contains all the eye shadows that they would need for everyday and some that can be used for night eg. Creep and Gunmetal. Also, the palette contains both matte and shimmer eye shadows to create different looks. My favourite looks from this palette are Naked all over the lid with Buck in the crease or Sin all over the lid with Buck in the crease. I really love the colour Buck, it's a gorgeous brown matte that looks great in the crease with most eye shadows from this palette. I will probably do a tutorial of one of these looks in the future with pictures. I have already used this palette in a Selena Gomez celebrity inspired tutorial. Click here to see it.

                                          Here are the colours included in this Palette:

L-R Virgin,Sin,Naked and Sidecar

L-R Buck, Half Baked, Smog and  Darkhorse

L-R Toasted, Hustle, Creep and Gunmetal

Overall, I couldn't recommend this palette more. It is an essential to any makeup collection!

Hope you enjoyed reading this post :) Do you have the Naked Palette? Do you love it as much as me? Leave a comment below :)

                                                             

July Beauty Wishlist!

Hey guys! Here are a few beauty items that I have been wanting this month but unfortunately I can't really get them yet because I am saving up all my money so I can go to study in France for four months from September, but I think that because I am being so good and saving for so long that I will treat myself to at least one of them before September comes :)

1. Essie Nail Polish in the colour Naughty Nautical.
I've seen a lot of blog-posts and reviews of Essie nail polish and have been dying to try it out and then I saw this colour on their website and loved it. It's so pretty. This gorgeous colour is available here on Ebay.

2. Tangle Teezer Compact Styler (Feline Groovy).
I've heard only great things about this product whether it's used for backcombing or just to detangle your hair and I think it could come in handy as I have very thick curly hair. It's something that I've wanted to try for a while now and I think this particular one looks so cute. You can buy this Tangle Teezer here on Amazon.

3. Rihanna Mac Lipstick in the colour Heaux.
I really love this shade, it's a lovely berry colour and I think that it would be nice as a statement lipstick with neutral eye makeup. Unfortunately, it is sold out on the Mac website, but it can be bought individually or as a set of three including Rihanna's other two Mac lipsticks Woo and Boy on Ebay.com but it's quite expensive.

4.Tony and Guy Casual Sea Salt Texturising Spray.
I keep hearing about salt sprays and how they add texture to your hair, giving it more of a beachy look and I heard 
of this particular one in Zoella's Ombre Hair Care Video and was wondering how it would make my hair look because
my hair is pretty textured anyway, but whatever Zoella has, Laura wants :P and ever since then I've wanted to try it and 
see what it does to curly hair. You can buy it here on Amazon.

5.Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer.
I'm the kind of person who always wants to find the ultimate of each beauty item there is. I need to 
find the best mascara, the best eye shadows, the best lipsticks etc. And there is no exception with the best concealer.
I've seen people raving about this product all over the internet and I think it's about time I tried it out :) Buy it here on 
Amazon.

6. Soap and Glory's Kick Ass Concealer.
This is another concealer that I want to try in pursuit of the ultimate concealer. I have never found a concealer that I really like and I love all of Soap and Glory's Products so I thought that this would be a good idea to try this one out. It has two shades that you can mix together and powder included so you can set your concealer. Buy here on Amazon.

Hope you guys liked this post :) Please let me know which one of these products you think I should treat myself with before September comes or if you have any of them yourself.

Friday Favourite #10 Benefit's The Porefessional

Hey Guys! About six months ago, I went to Benefit to repurchase some makeup that I'd run out of and was given some freebies with my purchase to tryout. One of these freebies was a mini The Porefessional. Now I'd heard of The Porefessional before from other people and had seen it in-store but it never had much of an appeal for me. My pores are pretty okay so why would I need to spend €34 euro on something to hide them I thought. They weren't that big of a problem for me. I quickly forgot about my freebie over the next few weeks and left it thrown aside somewhere with the rest of my makeup. That was until my older sister came home one day and was saying how she had heard such amazing things about the porefessional and that she wanted to get it. That's when we decided to try it out to see if these things were true and I was surprised to find that they were.

The Porefessional makes your skin feel so silky and smooth and it certainly makes your complexion a lot more flawless looking without any makeup. I had Benefit's "That Gal" primer before and loved it but I have to say that I think I prefer The Porefessional to it. The main reason for this is that I feel The Porefessional makes your skin look and feel more moisturized and this is very important for me as I have quite dry skin. Although "That Gal" does make your face look brighter and give it more of a glow, The Porefessional does this and also make your skin look more flawless and even toned. It has a sort of silky feel to it even if you just rub it between your fingers and I find that this makes sure that when I apply makeup over it I don't really get any dry patches, though I did notice some when I used That Gal.

I really love this primer and have since bought a bigger version of it in my duty free Paris haul  (even though a little of it goes a long way) and gave what was left in the small one to my sister. We both love it and I think that she will probably repurchase it once she runs out. The one thing that I think that could be a problem is that it feels quite oily on your skin (but it is oil free...you'll know what I mean if you feel it :P) which I like because its very moisturizing and just glides on to your face but this could be a problem for people with oily skin although I've never heard any bad reviews about that, I just think that from the feeling of it that it mightn't last as well on oily skin.

Hope you liked this post. If you have this product, what do you think of it?
I would especially like to know what you think of it if you have oily skin, please leave a comment below :)
If you are interested in buying this product, you can get it at any Benefit counter or click here to buy it on Amazon.

Don't Give Up!

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Hey guys! Today's post is about not giving up on something you that you want to achieve. I myself, always set out to do something and then, when I find that I am completely rubbish at it, lose all faith in myself and just quit. I've found this with a bazillion things such as juggling, solving the Rubik's Cube, learning dance routines,wanting to run a marathon, being able to fix cars, etc. You name it I've probably attempted to master it. But there is something that I have learned. First of all, how much does this particular thing mean to me? I know I probably won't end up crying on my deathbed because I didn't learn to juggle, but if I didn't achieve any big life goals in my life I think that I would regret it. 

The main reason I think that I (and probably a lot of people) give up things is that it has to be perfect. I am a bit of a perfectionist and if something I do isn't as good as I think it should be it makes me feel like crap, but what I keep forgetting is that it takes time for you to become good at something and just because you are not where you wanna be with it right now doesn't mean that with a little time and practice that you might end up being as good as you want to be. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! And I think that this quote by Thomas A. Edison really applies here. If there is something that you want to do and you try it and suck really bad, maybe give it a week to get rid of all the bad memories of the last time you tried it, and just try again. Always say "I'll just give it one more try" and you will see that you might even get a little better after another try and eventually, over time, succeed.