Hey Beauties!
I would just like to say thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway. It was amazing to see what inspired you all about Makeup and Fashion

The winner that myself and Lisa from Konstantine felt had the best answer was LaaLaa Monroe

"The individuality that fashion can bring is the same with make-up. The way you can express, emotions through clothes and make-up is inspiring. You can use material in make-up playing with textures and wear make-up as fashion such as bodypaint. The never-ending possibilities. When I see someone with personal style to me it makes them fashionable. Out of the box thinking is inspiring. It gives me the chance to dare!"

Hey Beauties!

I thought I would share with you something that is basically exactly as the MAC Matte Primer and almost £5 cheaper.

The Body Shop Matte it, Face Primer which is a clear gel with a almost silicone texture to it yet somehow feels a little powdery. I feel this product is a great alternative to Matte and its cheaper. Matte is around £11 from The Body Shop Website or from any Store and MAC Matte Primer is £15
I have used Matte for over a year now and i can safely say its one of my most favourite products ever from The Body Shop.

Hey Beauties,

I thought I would continue the series of me showing you my work beyond just blogging. The other day I did a shoot with the amazing Ashley Brown, she is an amazing model and just looked flawless in all of the pictures

Model- Ashley Brown Photographer- Tom Farmer

This shoot was starting with some natural stuff and working out way up to more dramatic makeup.

Basically what i did was used Yves Saint Laurent Touché Éclat Foundation BD50  i just blended that into the skin and when that had sunk in i used Illamasqua Skin Base in 10 mixed with some Light Liquid this just added to the coverage to make the flawless base. I let it "cook" while I did the eyes i used the Naked Palette and the Makeup Academy Heaven and Earth Palette basically just to create a natural light eye and finished it off with some Gel liner by Maybelline and Super Volume Mascara from The Body Shop

For the more dramatic look I used the Naked Palette ((Virgin and Buck)) and used Makeup Academy Shade 20 eyeshadow ((Matte Black)) to create a smoked out eye and the Buck from the Naked palette to blend out the black

For the dramatic red lips I used Feisty Medium Pencil from Illamasqua that was used to outline the lips and to fill them in then Lipstick in Sangers from Illamasqua was applied over the lip!


Remember to watch Ashley on America's Next Top Model starting 1st October on Living TV
Follow her on twitter @AshleeeeyBrown

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So I thought I would finally make a post about this as i have been talking about it all week! Myself and Lisa from Konstantine Clothing have been talking about doing a giveaway, shes an amazing designer who I have worked with before on different photoshoots and she was just trying to get images up for her ASOS and we decided that to celebrate her ASOS and the professional pictures we would hold a giveaway!

So Lisa is giving away one pair of her custom made Spiked Boots like the ones you have seen the likes of Lady Gaga wearing!



All you need to do to enter this giveaway is:

-Leave a comment below with Your Name, Email and "What inspires you about Fashion and Makeup?"

- Like Konstantine Clothing on Facebook by clicking here and Leave a comment saying you have entered her giveaway

-This is a giveaway for my current readers if you do not follow my blog in someway ((e.g. GFC, Bloglovin,, Hellocotton etc)) you will not receive and entry

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Here is an image that Me and Lisa have worked on together!

Model- Megan Cowan Photographer- Nuala Swan

After lots of set backs, people not showing up, cancellations, being treated horribly I was going to never shoot again after the photoshoot that changed it all. I owe my little modelling life to this guy! Anyone who knows me, followed my modelling will know exactly who I am on about! Dave (Manipula)!! He changed things around for me so much!! It was the best shoot I had ever had (and possibly ever had, due to it's meaning-fullness) as we both just 'clicked'! It felt like we had known each other for ages and we had such good fun and I would like to think the images showed this too! Dave was to move out of the country a month or two later after this shoot, and since he moved to New Zeland we have worked together again when he was back in the UK, and again, the shoot was amazing, but it was more like catching up with a friend. 

So....with Dave giving me my confidence as a model, and as a person..I went out and made sure people knew I was there! I had many set backs but I didn’t let this stop me! I got more and more into photoshooting, and even a few catwalks too! I moved away from Arbroath to Edinburgh, where I was doing more and more photoshoots, working with different companies and getting my name out there. I was then signed with an Edinburgh based agency, although this may be debatable as I, and other models never seemed to get any work from them, or ever been able to get in contact with them. I was still able to book my own shoots off my own back, and I was a finalist in Miss Edinburgh 2010!

Hey Beauties!

I just did a YouTube Video! where i talk about different things relating to Drag!

Photograph by Michael James

I am a little late on getting those this, Ive had these a while and i wanted to wait till I had the chance to use them before I would review them. Ive had these since May i think and i have used them a few times on photoshoots as bases quite similar to the Illamasqua Cream Pigments but i feel they are quite different as they set on you put them on the lid.
I had bought the colours:

• Permanent Taupe
• Eternal Gold
• Endless Purple
• Turquoise Forever

The consistency is that of a Paint Pot but these feel more like a gel liner than a cream, they blend well on the lids as well but you have to work a bit faster than usual because they do set. I often use them as bases for eyeshadows because they are already super pigmented before they are even paired with a powder eyeshadow
I love the Packaging as its like the MAC Paint Pots you can see the colours and the names really well so i think that helps


















As you can see i have had them since about May but i havent used much of them because they are so intensely pigmented a little goes a long way and they last a long time, but i have found that if you dont use the right amount they flake so if you layer them that works better let the first layer dry then put another layer on then if you want use a powder eyeshadow to blend everything out


















As you can see the colours are awesome! i love permanent taupe because as Jane from British Beauty Blogger said its really hard to find a good nude colour with such great pay off. I do really like the gold as well because its such a intense colour it reminds me of molten gold.


I thought I would do a comparison to show you how similar they looked not in terms of colour but texture and finish, the Illamasqua Cream Pigments are thick and quite like the consistency of a concealer quite like the Color Tattoo's

I think for a drugstore product these are really quite impressed and for £4 for a pot you cant go wrong as MAC Paint Pots are £14.50 and the Illamasqua Cream Pigments are £17. The Color Tattoos are available from Boots, Superdrug and Online 

I did this tutorial recently! What do you think?

                                   

I have posted about these before you can find the review here  I had bought 3 more of them in what I think might be new colours?

Basically Sleek Pout Paints are a highly pigmented formula which is used for the lips they are quite like the OCC Liptars which are quite hard to get a hold of in the uk, the Sleek Makeup Website describes them as-

"The new ultimate lip pigment that provides a blast of colour in one purse sized tube! The intensely saturated formula provides outstanding colour pay-off in just one tiny speck, and dries to a long lasting satiny finish. With a wide variety of Pout Paints to choose from you can mix up your very own unique shade using a combination of colours, or simply go for one stand out striking pop of colour."


As you can see above i got colours that were warm, A Salmon/peachy colour called Peachy Keen, an Orange colour called Lava, and a deep browny red called Pin up. 
I really love the colour Pin up because its such a classic red tone that looks amazing on a lot of people, i recently used it on a photoshoot you can see the image below:

Photographer- Eric Gordon Model- Shannen Allison Designer- Psychomoda Ladies Clothing

As you can see it is quite glossy but still a block colour which i really love. There is a skill to using this type of product because if you dont use enough it doesn't look right but if you use to much it slides and moves and doesn't look right. I used a red lip liner to make sure it wouldn't bleed when it was on for a while. I really would suggest using a lip brush because using something this pigmented needs precision you cant just apply it like a gloss because its not

When applied the colours are what you see in the tube they got on really opaque and last for a good while as they do tend to stain the lips.

I dont know why the peachy one is quite water :/ sorry

The Sleek pout paints are a great alternative to lipstick and gloss as this is quite like both products in one not to mention they are really affordable being from Superdrug or Online and only costing £4.99
the product comes with 8ml of product and for the price I think that is such a bargain because if think how pigmented these are and how little you need in the end its totally work it.



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Hey Beauties!
I really love this palette I didnt think i would because I haven't had very good luck with finding super pigmented eyeshadows from Luxury Brands.
I was quite surprised ((....I get surprised a lot as you can tell haha)) how pigmented these actually were. The Pure Chromatics Palette can be used either wet or dry which I thought was a great thing because if you mix it with some Sealing Gel by Illamasqua then you have the perfect shadow to stay on forever!


I recently found out that this Palette was basically the Facebook Palette that YSL had bought out to celebrate its fans on Social Media. The palette is exactly the same as the Facebook Palette without the Logo on the front





As you can see its exactly the same which i thought was awesome because when that gets discontinued you can still get the Palette you like.
Each shadow is quite pigmented by its self in powder form the glitter retains in the shadow quite well which i was pleased with, i found using a cream base helps more to adhere it to the lids








When I said they were pigmented I wasn't kidding, they are quite amazing to work with they have a creamy texture but are powders. What I love is that they blend seamlessly without any effort when blending.
I took a picture with flash as well to show you have reflective these are and in the light how gorgeous they look.


When used with water i wouldnt say there is much of a difference but the glitter is more noticable in the purple shade when wet but there isn't much of a difference as I can see maybe they will end up lasting longer when used wet but i used Illamasqua sealing Gel which will definitely make them last longer


The YSL Pure Chromatics Palette is Avaliable from YSL Counters and Online at : YSLBeauty and contains a net weight of 5g for £39