Makeup Transformations

From Day To Night...

If you are like me and work late on saturday afternoons (pure hell) this cheats makeup will be perfect for you. There's nothing i hate more than coming home from work and having to rush to get ready for my night out. By just touching up your foundation slightly, changing your lipstick and adding a bold lip colour you can quickly go from a basic bitch to glam AF in seconds (literally) Today i was feeling daring and paired a shockingly pink eye liner with a purple lip, and im kinda obsessed with it. 

Below are pictures of the makeup i wore today...

Adding a bright colour along the lower lash line and changing your lip colour really does make a huge difference...

Glam in seconds!
xx

Autumn Inspired Copper Eye & Nude Lip

This look is subconsciously a result of the appearance of Autumn. The clocks have changed, it's dark at 4pm now, and the weather is decidedly cooler. These copper and brown tones are are a reflection on Autumn. I love these colours and I can see myself wearing looks like this in the upcoming weeks. Although warm tones suit my eye colour, I think on my fair skin they can look very dramatic. Still love 'em though, and I hope you do to.

Product list;

Skin:

Foundation - Mac Mineralize moisture foundation in NW25

Concealer - Collection lasting perfection concealer in No1, fair

Powder - Studio sculpt defining powder, Medium plus by Mac

Bronzer - Bronzing powder in Matte Bronze by Mac

Highlighter - Mineralize skinfinish Lightscapade by Mac

Eyebrows:

Brow pencil - Soap & glory 2 in 1 brow pencil in blonde

Brow gel - Loreal Paris brow artist plumper in light/medium

Eyes:

Eyeshadows - Kid, Rule, Antiqued, Sable & Coppering, Vanilla pigment

Eyeliner - Collection extreme 24 hour felt tip liner in black

False lashes - Eylure lashes No141 (exaggerate collection)

Lips:

Lipliner - Essence Lipliner in No11, In the nude

Lipstick - Taupe lipstick (Mac)

Continue reading below for the full face tutorial;

When you apply foundation to your entire face, you've created a blank canvas, so you have to go back and add in the dimensions. Remember in Art classes at school how you used darker shading to push an area away and lighter shades to pull an area towards you? That's all we are doing here! Contouring creates the illusion of a stronger jawline, more chiselled cheek bones and a slimmer face. The easiest way to do this is to draw an E shape on each side of your face to contour. Anyone can do that right? I used a powder bronzer for this look, but a cream bronzer is usually the best product for this. 

Steps;

After you have applied your foundation all over your face, it's time to contour, (before powder) dip your brush into your bronzer to load it up. Swirl the brush on the back of your hand to take away some product so it's not too intense. Start at the middle of the top of your hairline and begin the letter E by tracing along the perimeter down to your temple. Suck in your cheeks slightly to see exactly where your cheekbones are and continue the letter E by sweeping the brush from your temple to just underneath your cheekbone (to hollow it out). Go back along the underside of your cheekbone to the ear and then down your jawline. I also like to fill in the neck so everything blends in nicely. Repeat on the other side.

Now to highlight! Swirl off any remainder bronzer onto a tissue or the back of your hand and use the same (or different brush. It's up to you) and fill up with the highlighter. I like to highlight the majority of my face, so anywhere the light hits my face I apply it. Tops of the cheeks, bridge and tip of the nose, brow bone, temples and a tiny amount on the chin. The highlighter will bring forward those areas and make them stand out. To set everything in place I then use a large fluffy powder brush and apply my powder to my T-Zone, chin and jawline. 

Brows, I won't go into detail on because everyone has their preferred look. (Check out my previous blog post on a step by step how to guide to perfect eyebrows!).

For the eyes, apply Quarry eyeshadow all over the lid and blend it through and slightly above the crease of the eye. Make sure you blend out any harsh edges when apply each colour. Using a tapered blending brush, buff  Rule and Woodwinked into the crease. Make sure you don't blend the shadows too high up your lid, the focus for this look is the lower lash line. Apply your favourite black eyeliner to the outer corner of the eye are create a wing. Easy. For the lower lash line use Coppering eyeshadow on a s,all tapered blending brush and apply along the whole lower lashes. (Build up layers of colour to increase the colour payoff and intensify the look). Use a small angled brush to apply Vanilla pigment on the brow bone and in the inner corner of your eye. Add some lashes, and the eyes are complete. 

Last but not least, use a nude Lipliner to line your lips. I like to slightly over line my top lip (it barely exists) and thoroughly apply your Taupe lipstick. To add a bit more dimension to my lips I like to dab a small amount of Vanilla pigment onto the centre of the top and bottom lip for a more glamorous look. 

VOILÀ!!  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

xx

I Have A Website!

Hi guys! 

For me, this is very exciting. For you, probably not so much. But... I have a website! Me and my boyfriend worked together to create this in hopes that it will help me find a job in makeup in the near future. Yes i am still learning, but I am enjoying it SO much at the moment. If you are interested in seeing in depth makeup tutorials and makeup styles check it out and let me know what you think!

www.lucywassell.co.uk

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Whats In My Makeup Bag.

Like most girls, i absolutely love makeup. For the majority of my life i would buy my makeup from Superdrug or Boots. I would always be drawn to products on sale or on offers, but i have learnt how important quality is when when it comes to the things we put on our face every day. I think, investing in good but painfully expensive products every now and again isnt so bad. Remember, i am a novice at this, and while i might not know much, i do know that i love these every day products. These are products that on a daily basis, i cannot live without. (you will notice throughout my blog that i have a slight lip product obsession. im not even sorry!!) 

I hope you enjoy this post, however short and sweet it may be!

Makeup Bag - Skinny Dip London (Avaliable on Asos.com)

 

Giorgio Armani Si - £69.90

Dior Lip Maximizer Lipgloss - £23.50

MAC lipstick (Doubleshot) - £15.50

MAC Pressed Powder (Medium Plus) - £20.50

EOS Lipbalm - £7

MAC Studio Fix Concealer - £15.50

Yves Saint Laurent Tint-in-oil (Crush me orange) - £23.50

*LEFT* Real Techniques Setting brush - £5.59    *RIGHT* Coastal Scents Pro Blending Fluff Brush - £2-5

xx