Pink Eyeshadow: How to wear it like a BOSS!

Pink eyeshadow can create a lot of weird illusions. Making you look as if you have conjunctivitis is one of them. Nobody wants to look like they have pinkeye.

The secret to avoiding this is to not put pink eyeshadow directly next to your lower waterline, which is the part of your eye that gets inflamed when you’re ill. I would say that in general, pink eyeshadow should go on the upper eyelid only. (but for you dare devils who want to wear is on the lower lash line... go for it!)

If you have pink eyeshadow and have absolutely no idea how to wear it, heres a simple look for you to follow...

This will look AMAZING on a night out, but daytime... not so much.

 If you would like to see how to create this look, keep on reading! 

Start off with a clean base, add an eyeshadow primer if you wish...
Using a pink eyeshadow and an angled makeup brush, map out your line. You want to follow the natural crease shape of the eye and wing out the sides...

Once you have created your guideline you can now start to build up the colour. Using the same angled brush, pull the colour from the line up towards your eyebrow, and blend. keep adding the colour until it as bold as you would like...



Once blended, its time to add your winged liner. For the liner i used a purple liquid eyeliner from MakeUpAcademy. But use whatever eyeliner you would prefer...

Once your eyeliner is nicely dry, add mascara. Now its time for the glitter!!
This glitter is from eBay, but use any silver holographic glitter you can get your hands on. Using a glitter adhesive (if you dont have glitter adhesive, a sticky lipgloss works just as well or eyelash glue for a more permanent application)
Dab the glitter to the inner corner of your eye and leave to set in place for about 30 seconds...

Last but not least, add some false lashes...



Voila!!

I hope you enjoyed this post! Go out and rock that pink eyeshadow!

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Top 4: Favourite Instagram Accounts

Beauty bloggers never fail to inspire me to turn my beauty routine up on a daily basis. There seems to be an endless stream of incredibly makeup savvy girls adding (literal) sparkle to my Instagram feed every time i scroll. These ladies that I absolutely LOVE teach everything from the perfect contour products to the best date night lip colour. Some of these bloggers even have a small army of devoted followers hanging on to every glamorous hashtag and anxiously awaiting each tutorial. A.K.A, me. Naturally, whenever i stumble upon a new inspiring makeup guru, i obsess over every post concentrating on how she fashioned her eye brow arch that perfectly or how her bronzer has just the right summer glow. My love for these four incredible ladies just keeps on growing haha!

First of all, top of my list... the ever so lovely Desi Perkins:


Desi has a very popular instagram account that highlights various makeup looks and her everyday life. She creates celebrity inspired makeup tutorials, including my all time favourites of Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Jenner. LOVE HER!

Next, The incredibly talented An Knook:

An, from the Netherlands has SOOO much talent. Her flawless skin and beautiful eyes are enough to make anyone jealous. Her makeup looks are always so lovely and so precise. I need that precision in my life!

Next, a girl i have recently discovered and automatically loved... Georgia Cutts:



First of all, her ever changing hair colour was what inspired me to dye my hair silver/ ashy blonde. Although i dont pull it off as well as Georgia does :( Georgia is a makeup artist working at Mac Cosmetics from the UK, Currently at 158k followers, her instagram page is forever growing. I fully admire her. A beautiful girl.

Last but not least. Another new obsession of mine... Jamie Genevieve.


Okay so, lets just talk about her hair colour for a moment. wow. I know for sure what my next hair colour is going to be!! Jamie is also an incredibly talented makeup artist, whos highlight NEVER disappoints. Ive tried and failed to re create many of her looks before. I just dont know how she does it!!!

So there we have it guys, my four favourite instagram accounts. Give them all a follow!!

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Kiko Haul & Swatches

The christmas and boxing day sales in kiko were wayyyyy too tempting. With up to 50% off a HUGE range of products its safe to say that I got my moneys worth.
Heres what i picked up...

For product details and swatches, keep on reading!!...

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Sexy, Sultry, Smokey Eye

This makeup look is kinda inspired by Kristen Stewart’s, (although i dont really like her so im not going to give her much credit) SORRY! im not sorry.

This burgundy smokey eye look happens to be one of the more popular ones and is my favourite look of hers because she rarely goes out in anything pink or girly, so a cranberry/burgundy smokey eye look is a great way to make her grunge-y style appear more feminine. 

Face: 

The eyes are the main focus, so keep the rest of the face looking natural. Apply something sheer like the MAC Face and Body Foundation, and buff it in to achieve your desired coverage. Conceal any dark circles or blemishes as well. To set the foundation, apply a translucent powder very lightly over the sides of the forehead, jaw line and chin. Leave a bit of shine on the T-zone.

A light pink blush may be applied to the cheeks, but is not entirely necessary as the overall finish is very subtle and natural. Ladies with naturally rosy cheeks may skip this step.

Lips: 

Go for something that’s close to your natural lip color so it doesn’t overpower the eye makeup. I used dior collagen plumping gloss which has a subtle shimmer.

Eyes:

1 Prime your lids with your primer of choice. I’m using the Nars Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base. 
2. I’m using a black eyeliner as a base for my eyeshadow. This will help create a deeper black later on. There’s no need to be overly neat about it just yet. 
3. Blend this out into a slight wing, with the deepest black near the lash line. Keep adding eyeliner and continue blending until you have a nice black smokey eye.
4. Take a warm brown eyeshadow like Mulch by MAC and apply that to the eye socket with a tapered blending brush. 
5. Then take a matte black eyeshadow and pat it over the lid to set the eyeliner. Use a blending brush to blend the shadow upwards over the rest of the eyeliner base. I used Kiko eyeshadow in No178.
6. You’ll need a berry colored eyeshadow for this step. I’m using No137 from Kiko also. Pack the color onto the lid, making sure to cover the inner corners until you are almost to the outer corners of the lid. Don’t forget to put a little bit along the lower lashline as well. 
7. Take the same matte black eyeshadow as earlier and apply it on the outer corners of the lid in a V shape. Make sure this color is blended into the berry-toned eyeshadow. I also used No207 from Kiko to add a warmer tone to the look.8. Line the top and bottom waterlines with black pencil liner.

Now for the glitter!!
I used a clean glitter fixing gel that i bought from ebay to help the glitter stay in place. The glitter i chose for this look is a charcoal/grey, from ebay also. (99p each, BARGAIN) I applied it along the whole of my lower lash line, using a small eyeshadow brush to really pack it on.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

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Kiko Haul & First Impressions

Kiko FINALLY has a store at my local shopping centre, I was so excited when it opened today and went to pay a visit. I wasn’t hugely impressed with the store-a little garish, weird smell and odd layout of products but I was impressed by the price tags of the products.

I have been on the hunt for some different coloured eyeliners recently so I picked up all sixteen of the colours that they have to offer. All of them have a shimmer that runs through the colour so I knew that they may not have the best colour payoff when worn on the waterline. However, the website does say that this can be used on the inner and outer eye so I would expect it to live up to these claims!
Unfortunately this is where the good points end. I have tried these in every way that you can try an eyeliner... waterline, tight lined, lash line-upper and lower, and it sucks at all of them. It does not show up at all on the waterline at all and the hard nib drags across the lash line so much that it becomes sore and just looks like a mess. Whilst the colours are pretty I have found these to be completely unwearable. Luckily the products were "buy 3 get 3 free" so i dont feel like i have wasted a stupid amount of money. Although they arent wearable for everyday im sure i will be able to find a use for them!

I also picked up three of their eyeshadows. At £2.90 each i wasnt expecting much, but the colour payoff is actually pretty impressive. They are nicely pigmented and give intense color payoff over primer aswell. What i love the most about these shadows is that they're very buildable and lovely to blend. Great value for money!
I hope you enjoyed this post!
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