Beauty And The Band

Hi guys!! here is a quick tutorial on this second eye look made with the violet voss holy grail palette. i love how this look came out! i found the colours were so vibrant and came out amazingly. the duo chrome shade i used on the lid also reflects nicely in the sunlight. 1. to start off this look, draw your eyebrows and carve them out, then add your eyeshadow base and set with thanks a latte 2. using the shade crystal, apply to the brow bone. 3. using the shade transition, apply into the crease and up towards the brow bone. slightly blend out the shade crystal to avoid any harsh lines. 4. using the shade wine and dine, apply to both the inner and outer corners, packing it on and then blending in the crease to create the halo look. 5.using the shade teddy bear on a smaller blending brush, apply this on the inner and outer corners of the lid to add some depth, and then blend this lightly into the crease, but not as far as wine n dine. 6. take your concealer or eyes...

hi guys! here is a mini tutorial blog post telling you all how i created this look. 1. do either your face or brows, i like to do my brows before my base so i can carve them out. 2. using the shade transition, apply along the crease and up towards the brow bone. 3. using crystal apply on the brow bone, and go back with transition to soften. 4. using the shade r u kitten me, apply more towards the crease, only going above slightly. 5. take wine n dine on a blending brush and apply more directly into the crease and along towards the inner corner creating a round shape 6. taking the shade teddy bear, apply lightly to the outer corner and slightly into the crease, just to add some depth. 7. take a concealer of choice, and carve out from the inner corner half way into your eye. 8. blend the concealer to create a smooth transition, and use thanks a latte to set the concealer in place. 9. using a mixture o...

hi everyone! this is a quick review on the Violet Voss Holy Grail palette. though this palette has been around for some time and has already made its way through to being a cult classic. there is nothing in this review that could say otherwise. the pigment oh the pigment! is actually more than phenomenal. there is a perfect mixture between matte shades and shimmer shades, the shimmers have a range of finishes and the mattes are creamy and smooth..  the ONLY thing that i wish, is that there was a lighter red / pink than 'Wine N Dine'  but I'm not too bothered i can work with what i have. mine is well loved already for the whole two days and several looks i had been dying to create. these will come in a later blog post where i show you guys how to recreate them!! woot woot. time for the swatches! i think its fair to say the pigment is next level.. here are a few pictures of looks i have done with this palette so far. and for...

hi all. i always forget how difficult juggling multiple things at once until reality hits again. after a lovely easter break which has ultimately ended in me getting a cold (as usual), getting back into the swing of 'regular' life is proving difficult. you may have thought coming to the end of my second year at university i would have learned my lesson to not leave my work to last minute, or at least get some structure into my life. but no. thats not for me. university is hard f u c k i n g work.  but thats how its always going to be. and next year will only get worse. when you get to this point of life i guess you can say, you start to realise how much you took for granted. balancing a boyfriend, work, friends, university, alone time is always going to be difficult. and finding things to do after you finish university, or what you're going to do for the summer and where you will be living next year or what you will be doing causes a million and one thoughts...

hi all!! so I'm back with another review on the colour pop Cute AF eyeshadow palette. this one unlike the CP x Kathleen Lights i have some mixed reviews on. the formula for a lot of these shades are thankfully very similar to the Dream St palette, if you haven't read my review on it, then click here  but it describes in depth on what i think of colourpop's formula and how well the palette works as a whole. when you first look at this eyeshadow palette, on mine you can see its taken quite the beating. the packaging and colours are nice, but the feel of the palette is a pain in the booty to clean. its not quite paper or cardboard or even quite plastic feeling. but whatever the packaging is made out of.. it sucks and i dislike it. the actual design, spot on. its nice and light, petite but a good range of colours. but for staining is shite! especially with colours such as the reds and dark burgundy.. they're just a bitch to get rid of from anything, and thi...

Hi all!! though this palette has been out for some time now, i wanted to wait until i had tried it and found out whether i really liked this palette. or not. now i have some mixed views on it. the overall palette? beautiful. i love the rose gold, the shade choices are nice. a good variety. one thing i will say, is that the 'darker shade' on the bottom row, isn't that dark when you put it on. even through swatches it looks so much darker, but when it is actually on the eyes i personally feel the colour changes a fair amount and goes a lot lot lot more red than brown. this is a look that i did from my instagram @lauren.jonesmua  and i loveeeeee how pretty it came out. of course all credit goes to RawBeautyKristi, as i followed her phenomenal video. shades used: shooting star, moony, spark, potion, water bearer, mermaid boy, kaleidoscope, sweet dreams  now for the colours! please excuse my horrendous swatches. I'm trying! the shimmer shade...