Make Up with Maybelline

I'd been wanting to buy some more of Maybellines Colour Tattoo products for a while now and yesterday was one of those days where you think 'why the heck not', so I went ahead and bought a couple more of them.

I bought 'Metallic Pomegranate' and 'Endless Purple'. I set out to buy Metallic Pomegranate but not the other. For me, Endless Purple is way out of my comfort zone with it's electric purple tone, it is super bright for me. I read that purple is good for blue eyes and yes, you've guessed it, I have blue eyes so I went for it.

Just using the two products I made this look with Metallic Pomegranate towards the outside and Endless Purple on the inner corners. I didn't go too heavy with the colours as like I said it's out of my comfort zone and i'm not ready for that kind of commitment just yet. However, I really like the out come and may brave a heavier application next time. I simply blended the colours slightly towards the middle and up to below the brow bone. Throw on a classic cat eye and I was good to go. I'm definitely going to experimenting more with these products.

To finish I thought I'd show you what's on my nails.

A Rimmel nail polish in Desire. This can look almost black in some lights but is in fact a very dark plum colour with a slight sparkle. I'm loving these kinds of colours to transition into autumn and so glad I picked this baby up.

What do you guys think of the products? Let me know in the comments.

All links are in red to take you to buy/ browse the products.

Thanks for reading.

G x 

A New Look

Greetings!

Another new post coming your way. Thats right! You're impresses I can tell. Anyways, enough of the pretend cockiness ness and on with the post. So today I tried out a simpler eye look with my makeup and I really liked it so I thought I would share with you wonderful people. 

I've trying out a new contouring method too and I think it's working out for me. What do you thinks? 

To begin I go in with the Miss Sporty bronzer in 002 Sunny (don't think it's sold anymore) which has two shades but I only use the lighter one as I feel the darker one is too harsh for me pale skin. I go lightly under the cheekbone with the bronzer and blend it out slightly to give a softer finish. To highlight I start with the Nars multiple in Copacabana. I've only just started getting into this but I'm loving it now and may invest in a bronzer one. It really gives a nice but subtle shimmer to my highlight on top of the cheekbone. Between the Nars and Miss Sporty products I use Macs Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle (a very popular product). The combo of these gives a lovely finish which I think I will probably do everyday now.

To create the eye look I applied some of Macs Paint Pot in Chilled on Ice then darkened the crease with a darker silver colour. Then I went in with the Maybelline Gel Eyeliner. I did quite a thin line on the top and bottom. I find it difficult to do a thin line on the top but I think it turned out well. The thinness of the liner brings out the darker colours in my eyes which I love as it makes them pop more. 

I think I may switch up this look to my everyday make up as it's understated but lifts the face and makes it glow. Yep, I like this a look a lot. What do y'all think? I've even been going with my natural hair lately which is rare for me but it seems to be working. 

I'm thinking of trying out Maybellines Fit Me range. Anyone tried it already? Let me know.

Till next time.

Gemima x

Birthday Bundle

Greetings! 

Last Tuesday was my birthday and I went out and bought myself a few goodies with my birthday money. I mean I probably should've saved the money I received but what you gona do hey…? haha First stop was obviously going to be the Mac store. Oh yes, I'd had my eye on a few things for a good while now so was very excite to finally be purchasing them along with some other things I simply just liked the look of. 

 As if I don't already have enough make up brushes I went ahead and bought 3 more didn't I. What? It was my birthday haha. The 130 was picked up simply because I liked the look of it. But all reasoning aside I love this brush. It's lovely for some more precise contouring so I regularly use it when bronzing. I'm very glad I picked it up. Do recommend. Now these next I did actually want so I have good reason to have bought them. So, we have the 215 and the 214. A great couple of eyeshadow brushes that really help build up a more pigmented colour. These babies pretty much make it into my every day make up routine so i think i'm getting my moneys worth.

Popped into Urban Outfitters next to have a rummage,see what caught my eye and things certainly did. First purchase from UO was  this lovely crop top with an eiffel tower print on it. I got it in a medium as I wanted it a little oversized so i could wear tighter bottoms to contrast with the bagginess of it. But it's a great fit with the extra bit of room and for £15 I didn't think it was too bad a price. They have other tops in the same style with different prints so I may end up picking some more up. I can never have enough crop tops.

A cute £3 bracelet (it was on sale) with a tiny turtle charm (is that the right word?). I much prefer to wear lots of small bracelets rather than chunky ones. The only thing with this one is that it does catch on things. I managed to ladder a pair tights with it.

Finally from UO was this nail polish in Splash. The electric blue stood out to me. I believe this is more of a top coat to add a bit of sparkle kind of polish so I may team it with some white to see what it looks like.

Maybellines colour tattoo. A much talked about product so I thought I'd hop on the band wagon and see what the hype is about. I picked up the shade permanent taupe. In the pot it looks more of an earthy brown/ purply undertones colour but upon applications it comes of more puprly grey. However, I still really like it and It is amazing as a base to make my eyeshadow last so much longer. Very glad I jumped onto this hype.
I have few more products to share with you, more Mac ones to be precise but I think I will put them in a separate post as I don't want this to be too long. So stick around for that sometime soon. Otherwise I hope you enjoyed.
Till next time.
Gemima x