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Monday 19 August 2013

SUMMER ADVENTURE

Ok, ok, I know, I'm crap at remembering to actually upload, I'm a bad person. But i'm back with a special long(er) post today to satisfy your needs until the next millennium. (just kidding, hopefully). So the other day I went to do some shopping in town and thought I would photograph my makeup and outfit for you. Let's go!

Okkkkkk, so firstly I cleansed my face using my Vichy One Step Cleanser, because I like it and I like it because it's good, shit's simple. Not only is it tested under dermatological control, but also ophthalmological, which I think is mint because I get particular about eye products what with only having one to hand. I then went ahead and toned my skin, for this I use the Dr Jart Tight Effect Toner, which is good if you get oily skin in the summer, which I seem to be doing, as its oil controlling, with sebum absorbing powder so you have to give it a shake and I just wipe that on with a cotton wool pad. And this toner actually feels good, normally I dont notice anything, but I like this stuff! Cool, so next, I moisturize with my usual La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo. Then finally protect my skin with SPF and I use the La Roche Posay one with SPF 30, I use this every day, even if its cloudy as sun damage is the main cause of aging (NO)  ((look, sneaky skincare routine))


Firstly, I took a small amount of my Vichy Dermablend on my Real Techniques expert face brush and only applied this to the centre of my face as thats where I get the most redness. I also concealed my birthmark using my MAC Studio Finish Concealer. 
For my contouring/bronzing, I didnt want to have to use powder bronzer, so I mixed a small amount of my Bourjois Bronzing Primer with my foundation and applied this to the outer of my face, this helped create a shadow around my jaw and under my cheekbones. To highlight I used YSL Touche Eclat to the high points of my face, this helped give my face a lot more dimension and glow. 

For my eyebrows I've been trying out this Collection brow crayon in the shade Blonde, i've only bought it recently to try out so I will update you to see how I like it.

For my eyeshadow, I kept things pretty simple and stuck to my Naked 2 Palette, I used Foxy, which is the lightest matte colour and took it all over the lid to the brow bone, then just added a small amount of Tease, which is the dark greyish mauve, to the socket line. For liner I tried something which I dont usually do (except from when I was 12) and used black pencil, this is a Rimmel one, and tight lined my top and bottom waterline, I then smudged a small amount across the top lashes. I applied Deigo Dalla Palma mascara to curled lashes andddd thats the eyes done!

Finally, I powdered the areas I concealed and then through the centre of my face with my Rimmel Stay Matte powder. And I'm actually going to fess up and say that I did start off by loving this powder but recently I've noticed that it does wear off fairly quickly and can sometimes look a little cakey and i'm not a fan of the talc in it, but it is cheap. Swings and round-a-bouts. I finished the make up of with a bit of my Clinique Chubby Stick in Whoppin Watermelon.


For my outfit, I decided to go for my Levi cut off shorts, pared with this over sized breton top from Topshop, with a belt which is supposed to be a waist belt, but the smallest size was too big for me, so I made an extra hole and just wore it slouchy. It's really a cool black belt with small aztec symbols and animals around the back. The neon green/yellow jacket is also from Topshop (could you tell I had some vouchers?), I thought it was real cool, but my sister said it looked like a high-vis jacket. (prepare for some fashhhunnn photos)

For my shoes I wore my red leather boots from Kurt Geiger, which I absolutely love, they've got a cool creeper style sole to them as well and I wear them all the time!


Thank you if you soldiered on to the end of this novel. I hoped you liked reading it and I will be back sometime with other makeup stuff! Feel free to leave any requests as I would love to do them and bye!
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