Winter Makeup Tutorial..

Aloha!

Welcome November! One month closer to Christmas! I have just learnt how to knit and Im currently trying to make a scarf, therefor it is christmas time! Today I have a winter make up tutorial since I'm off to a bonfire night tonight to celebrate Guy Fawkes and it is winter and freezing!! 

The first thing I start with is washing my face, using Simple Moisturising Facial Wash. Followed by the Simple Moisturising Cream. I also apply my rosebud salve to moisturise my very very dry lips ready for lipstick at the end. Once a week I also exfoliate my skin with the Simple Exfoliating face wipes.

A prepared face. 

From that stage I apply my foundation. The foundation i am using at the moment is the new L'oreal Nude Magique Eau De Tint. It is a very light liquid foundation. Normally I would use a brush to apply my foundation but because of how liquify (runny) this is I apply little bits to my finger tip and apply it like that. Once all my face is evenly covered, I then apply Collections Concealer to my under eyes and any necessary place for the extra little coverage. I normally use the Real Techniques dark shadow brush to dab it on and evenly spread. 

Foundation and Concealer Done. 

Moving onto my eyes. The first thing I do is primer my eyelids with the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion and also use the same brush as the concealer one, to spread it out. The three colours I use for my winter look is Sin, Toasted and Hustle. All three colours from the Naked Palette. Starting with Sin, I use the brush that comes with the palette and put it all over my eye lid, but no higher than the crease. After that, I take a one of my Frauline 58 eye shadow brushes and apply Toasted into the crease of my eye lid then Blend it with a different Frauline 58 brush. Taking a different smaller Frauline 58 brush I then add Hustle the outer side of my eye lid. Again blending with the before Frauline 58 brush. 

Sin, Toasted and Hustle

After my eyeshadow is done I then add mascara and eyeliner. The mascara I am currently using is the Soap and Glory Thick and Fast and the MUA Liquid Waterproof Eyeline. Additionally, I also fill in my eyebrows with Betty Br-WOW! Using the Shadow like filler. I tend to give my eyebrow's structure there for use a very titled brush. 

Finished Eyes.

Having finished my eyes I then quickly brush over with Collection's Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Powder. It keep everything in place. I use the Real Techniques Stippling Brush for this. 

I don't like to go totally over on blusher so I only add a little bit of my Naked Blusher for a rosy cheek affect with the Real Techniques Blush Brush. 

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And the very last thing I do is add my Lipstick. I feel the YSL one is appropriate for winter because it has the Dark winter look about it. 

And that's all to my Winter Makeup Tutorial. I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and have a great Bonfire night! Thanks for reading! -Lauryn xo

Sephora Beauty Review

Aloha Hoaloha,

This week's post is going to be a review on things I have beauty products from Sephora. The items I have got are what I have either bought for my self on a holiday where there is a Sephora store and a present from a friend or family member.

The first beauty product that has been amazing is the Naked pallet, by Urban Decay. If you have read mine previous August Favourites blog, then you will know that this is one of my favourite items at the moment. The pallet is so good! I chose the first naked pallet because I thought that all the colours in there were me. Each day, when getting ready I use the shadow pallet and use the colour I fancy wearing (today is Smog, Sidecar and a little bit of Dark Horse). There is not one colour in it that haven't used yet. I really recommend everyone to get! The brush that comes with the pallet is fabulous as well. (Such a soft brush!) The greatest thing about it though it that when you buy it, you receive a 'Eyeshadow Primer Potion' which is amazing! I found it keeps my eyeshadow looking great all day (which is great for me because I tend to play with my eyes a lot~ sounds so strange!). I would really recommend buying this to anyone who ask's and I definitely intend on buying Naked 2!

Naked Eyeshadow  Pallet

Another Urban Decay product I have, I only got yesterday as a present from my parents! (Thanks Guys) -Naked Flushed. WOW! So, even though I just got it yesterday its fabulous! It's a pallet that consist of bronzer, highlighter and blusher. All of which are very pretty colours! I have only used this once (today) but I have already fallen in love. The blusher looks really good on and works really well with the highlighter to give a lovely light pink shimmer. I have been looking for a really nice blusher/bronzer pallet for a while so it was great when my mam gave me this! (High Five Mam!). So thats another great Urban Decay product in my makeup bag!

Naked Flushed and Real Techniques Blusher brush

I am so excited about this next product. Its the most amazing product I have ever had in my whole life! Smiths Rosebud Salve is literally heaven in a pot! For those of you who don't know of it, It is the best Lip Balm/Salve ever, ever, ever. The first time I purchased a one of these was at the Sephora store in New York and I only got one having never used it before. When I got home all of my friends kept asking to use some, so as you can imagine it went very fast. And at first you couldn't buy them in the UK until a few years ago when House Of Fraser started selling them. (Yey) But at a price of £8. (Boo) Then when my mam was at America earlier in the year she bought about 3 tins for herself and none at all for me! (Not happy mother). So this time she made sure she got me a tin! Rosebud Salve is the bestest thing my lips have ever had contact with! It seriously works on chapped lips so well and keeps my lips so hydrated (Especially in the harsh British Winters!) I cannot express how much I love rosebud salve! I am definitely going to buy so many in America Next year!

Smiths Rosebud Salve

Urban Decay Black Market 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil Set is the next last thing I got off my parents from America. Anyone that knows me, knows I hardly ever go anywhere with out eyeliner. These ones are so great because they are long lasting and they come in a range of colours! (West, Black Market, Desperation, Riot, Apathy, Ink ~ They all sound so good!). So far I have only used the Black Market one. Its so nice! The great thing about it is that it goes on great! Normally when I used a eyeliner pencil it's really awkward and rough to put on, but this one is so smooth! (Thumbs up)

Urban Decay Eyeliner's

The final product is a gift from one of my best friends Handful Of Emily. Yves Saint Laurent lipstick in Rouge Volupte. It looks like a dark purple, kind of like The damned lipstick from Topshop but comes out darker on the lips. It is such a nice colour and suits my skin tone and hair colour really well. Credits to the woman in Sephora Italy that helped Emily pick it by giving a description of me! Its so nice one and feels almost silky! I really would recommend to anyone who loves lipsticks to buy this one!

YSL Rouge Volupte

Thats all from my Sephora beauty review (haul ~whatever you want to call it really). I love Sephora so much! I really wish they had a store in the North East of the UK. It would make life glorious! Although I can still order off there website but the shipping cost is incredibly expensive so I intend on not buying from their website.

Thankyou for reading!