FOTD- pop of colour

So today I felt like keeping it simple with my makeup, not having to spend time blending different eyeshadows together, but I still wanted to retain a pop of colour. So the look I came up with was very simple, the lid eyeshadow was applied standardly up to the crease and the teal colour along the lower lash line was applied with an angled brush, SIMPLES!
I really like the results, and I think this is definatly a look I will wear more of, swapping the colours around. It was so simple to do and gave me the pop of colour that I wanted.
Here's the look:

Face: Bobby brown creamy concealer- porcelain, Mac studio sculpt foundation-NC15, Maybelline dream matte powder- 02 rose ivory, Borjois delice de soleil bronzer-12 light/medium, Mac style blush, Jemma kidd dewy glow radiance cream- Rose gold

Eyes: Illamasqua brow cake-thunder, Mac prep + prime eye-light, Mac eyeshadows: Gleam(lid), All that glitters(outer corner), Nylon (brow bone & corner), Nars eyeshadow duo-misfit (the teal-lower lash line), Rimmel white eyeliner, Rimmel lash accelerator mascara.

Lips: Elf conditioning lip balm- mellow melon.

Hope you like!
Rachy xxx

FOTD- slightly bronzed, satin taupe & red lip

So yesterday I went to my friend Kelsey's 21st bday BBQ, and Kelsey is always glamorous so I thought I'd attempt to glam up a little bit. Of course it was nothing compared to the birthday girl but here's my FOTD from yesterday:

You might notice I have the remainders of a tan.. thought I'd drop that in there ;)

Cheeky attempt at a little contouring there

Products used:
Face: Mac Studio sculpt foundation-NW15 (only on red patches), Maybelline pure cover mineral concealer, Bourjois delice de soleil bronzer- 12 light/medium, Mac creamblend blush- something special, Jemma kidd dewy glow- Rose gold
Eyes: Illamasqua brow cake-thunder, Mac prep + prime eye-light, Mac eyeshadows: Satin taupe (lid), Sketch (outer v), Nylon (browbone & inner corner), Pixi gel liner-onyx, Maybelline one by one volum' express mascara
Lips: Maybelline moisture extreme lipliner-red glamour, Mac prolong wear lipcreme- prolong

So there you have it, my first FOTD in ages!
Rachy xxx

FOTD- first attempt at contouring!

Bronzer is something I have altogether avoided in the past, mostly because of my pale complextion and I can never seem to get it to work for me. Since beauty blogging I have become more aware of 'contouring' with bronzer and have decided it's high time I gave it a try. Nothing too dramatic mind you, I am a beginner (and I still havn't worked out if I like bronzer)
But here's my FOTD with an attempt of a bit of light contouring on the cheekbones (not that I have any):

Products used:
Face: Maybelline pure cover mineral concealer, Barbara Daly bronze glow, Maybelline dream touch blush-apricot, Jemma kidd Dewy glow- rose gold.

Eyes: Illamasqua brow cake- thunder, Bobbi brown concealer-porcelain, Mac prep + prime eye-light, INGLOT eyeshadows: AMC shine 30(brow bone), DS 465(lid), Peal 402 (crease& lower lash line), Pixi gel liner-onyx, Rimmel white eyeliner, Maybelline one by one volum' express mascara.

Lips: Mac- Vegas volt

Rachy xxx

May monthly favourites video

Heres my favourites video for the month of May. Must appologise for how out of sync the video is, something went wrong with youtube uploading it :(

Products features in favourites:
-Body shop shea butter
-Garnier skin naturals cleanser and toner for dry & sensitive skin
-Aveeno cream
-Origins ginzing eyecream
-Mac creamblend blush- something special
-Jemma Kidd dewy glow- rose gold
-Real techniques stippling and blush brushes
-Denman hair brush
-Collection 2000 skyscraper lash mascara
-Collection 2000 collagen curl mascara
-Revlon super lustrous lipglosses-pink crystals, coral reef, pink pop
-Topshop lipstick- Ohh lala

Rachy xxx

2 FOTD's- My skin's getting better!

So if you follow me on twitter I'm sure you've heard my rants about my poor skin. I also did a post a week or so ago. Basically I had a reaction, got reccomended a bunch of creams, the University doctor said I didn't need to see them and just wait it out, I made them see me, and they gave me steroid cream and Aveeno moisturiser. I wish I could have just had them in the first place because my skin has pretty much cleared completely now in 2 days (touchwood!)

Yesterday I was still laying off the makeup on my cheeks so that FOTD is more eyes and lips of the day, with a little added highlight in the cheekbones ;)

-The first look is yesterday's FOTD (still some redness on my cheeks) and the second look is todays, notice how much my skin has improved :)

Yesterday:

Face: Jemma kid dewy glow- rose gold (on cheekbones)
Eyes: Bobbi Brown corrector- porcelain bisue, Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer- 1 fair, Illamasqua brow cake-thunder, Gosh velvet touch eyeliner- golden globe (as e/s base on lid/under eye), Inglot eyeshadows: AMC shine 30 (pearl-browbones), AMC shine 25 (gold-lid), pearl 433 (green-crease), Pixi gel liner- onyx, Collection 2000 skyscraper mascara

Lips: Topshop satin lipstick- ohh la la

Today (notice clearer skin and makeup on face- yay!):

Face: Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer- 1 fair, Surf baby cheek powder- My paradise, Jemma Kidd dewy glow radiance cream- 02 rose gold,

Eyes: Bobbi brown corrector- porcelain bisque, Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer, Mac prep + prime eye-light, Illamasqua brow cake- thunder, MAC e/s: Shroom, gleam, All that glitters, Mac kohl liner- I get no kick, Pixi gel liner- onyx, Collection 2000 skyscraper lash

Lips: MAC lisptick: Vegas volt.

You can probably tell from these pictures that I'm really feeling the glowy face with peachy and coral lips at the moment, so these will probably be a couple of my staple looks for this summer

What are you're staple looks for the summer?

Rachy xx

Jemma Kidd Dewy glow radiance cream- Rose gold

So even though my skin is still sore and I can't really wear makeup at the moment I still have loads of new, practcally unused makeup products and I was dieing to try one of them out. So I decided (perhaps wrongly) to slap on some foundation (you can still see some sore redness on my cheeks) and try out Jemma Kidds Dewy glow radiance cream in 02 Rose Gold.

Here's some pictures, Swatches and What It looked like on my cheeks:

Don't know why I took this picture, couldn't resist with the pretty packaging!

More pretty packaging

02 Rose Gold

Mirror inside, pretty convenient :) OOPS you can kinda see me in my slanket lol

Very pretty rose gold colour :)

Heavily swatched, blended.

With Dewy Glow on my cheeks.

My overall impressions of this product are: loveee! such a lovely creamy texture which glides right onto the skin and blends beautifully. It also has the added ingredient of jojoba oil, which can't be a bad thing! As I said in a previous post (and have ranted about on twitter), I am still suffering from an allergic reaction on my face so can't really wear makeup at the moment but I can tell that as soon as I can, this is going to become one of my staple products.

I bought it from http://www.beautybay.com/ for £13.50 which is cheaper than anywhere else I have found on the internet (usually £17).

Rachy xxx