Beauty And The Band

Hi all! this is my review on the Kat Von D Shade and Light eyeshadow palette. I first got this palette around July last year, and i used it on occasion. firstly, I cannot fault the quality on this palette. for matte eyeshadow shades, the range is lovely. and i love the fact that you can create three separate eyeshadow looks from the 'neutral' 'cool' or 'warm' toned quads. the only thing i dislike, is there is not a shimmer shade for the lid. i feel like this would have completed the palette and therefore made it a one hit run for everything you could need in a nice base, transition shade and a crease shade. although as i said, the main shades i would change, are the three largest. now, i do use the cream shade from the neutrals section regularly, however the other two i just dont. they're too dark for me to use to set my eyeshadow base, and not dark enough for my skin tone to use as a transition. i feel that this is where shimmer shades would go perfec...

hi all! here is a quick review of this Vichy Dermablend foundation in shade 15 - opal now I'm usually an NC15 in mac, and this is comparable. i actually prefer the coverage on this compared to Mac Studio fix fluid. i find it to be a lighter weight foundation. as i have rather oily skin, vichy claims to be 16 hour wear. to this i somewhat agree. the foundation can last a good 8-10 hours on my face (whilst at work) however it starts to disintergrate around my nose and chin. however no matter the foundation and powder i use, it always seems to break apart in those areas.  none the less the coverage is lovely, and definitely hides any redness that i have that day. as i mentioned it is rather light weight, however it is very very shiny if you do not set it with powder. i decided to take photos before i started work as well as after work on a busy day (that i dont have time to touch up my makeup) and show you all how it works for my skin. for people with dry skin...

Hi all!! as many people know, z palettes have been the life and soul of the makeup community as they're just so damn convent. i have started to incorporate this palette into my everyday life as it becomes so convenient to have shades i love all together.  the palette that i decided to use is an old mac palette, i had originally bought the palette and inserts along with a few of the bottom row colours, but decided that the insert was useless and is much easier for me to use it without. each of the shades that are not magnetic i bought some magnet tape (just a cheap one from pound land) and cut it to the size of the bottom of the eyeshadow, and voila. starting with the top two rows of eyeshadows from this palette, if you had read my 'whats in my makeup bag' you would have seen that this palette is in it. i decided that the packaging on the 'Zoeva Matte' palette was just becoming inconvenient to me, and so i decided to depot it and place it in this...

Hi guys! wow its been a while since I've done a blogpost. but I'm feeling ever so determined to continue posting new content. for my first post back, i thought i would do a 'whats in my everyday makeup bag' and show you the products I'm currently using and loving.. so here we go.  the first being palettes! the Kat Von D shade and light eye palette £37  this is my main palette, as i use it for my eyebrows! of course i also use it on the eyes, but that is my main purpose. next is the Zoeva Matte palette £18  again these are pretty much my every day eyeshadow palettes. between the two there is a really nice mix of neutrals, warm tones and a few colours i like to play around with regularly. the last palette i use on an every day basis is the Zoeva Basic moment blush palette £13 . this carries a bronzer / contour shade, a blush and a highlighter, which is extremely handy that i can use one palette for all of my needs. also as both of my eyeshadow palette...

hey guys! so today i thought i would do an updated whats in my makeup bag. i think its extremely fair to say that my makeup skills and products have changed so so so much over the past year and a half and so has my skin; and so the products i have used have to cater towards that. some products i am still trialing out again, to see how well they work and i am beginning to venture into some more expensive brands which are working wonders on my skin but not for my bank account. i tend to switch up a lot of my makeup, and so this is my basic pretty much every day makeup. enjoy. PRIMER: - Benefit Porefessional -Max Factor facefinity -Too Faced shadow insurance (candlelight) -MUA pro base mattify fixing mist FACE: -Vichy Dermablend foundation (15 - Opal) -Max Factor miracle touch (40 - creamy ivory) -Collection Lasting Perfection powder (2 - medium) -Rimmel Stay Matte loose translucent powder -Revlon Colourstay concealer (01 - fair) BROWS: -Benefit Browvo Conditioning P...

Good morning guys. I'm up bright and early which is a surprise for me. I'm never up this early, like ever. But 4 days ago I embarked on a new adventure in my life. University. So on Saturday 03/09 I moved from my little village in Essex all the way up to Birmingham. My new home. I was so ready to make a fresh start and now I've made some amazing friends, most I'm sure will last a lifetime. Or so I hope. And so as I carry on my journey through the next three years of living in Brum, studying makeup and slowly but surely making my way through the industry, who knows what could happen in a few years time. You might be seeing 'Lauren Jones' in the credits of a horror movie you watch - or maybe even Vogue (but that one would just stay a dream for the time being) As I'm moving forward I realise I have hoarded and gathered a lot more makeup than what I thought I originally had. Especially lipsticks, and also highlighters. I can never get enough (they're ...

Hey all! So today I thought I would speak to you all about my 3rd McBusted encounter. So my first McBusted show was on April 25th 2014, and it was one of the best nights of my life - to put it short, I felt like I was 10 again listening to them on my CD player. It was great, and the 2nd time was July 6th 2014 at British Summer Time, when they headlined in Hyde Park, where I also saw so many other rad bands like Hollywood Ending, Backstreet Boys, The Vamps and Wheatus. All of which were so freaking awesome live, and the overall day was amazing.  So on Sunday 5th April, like any other normal ish day I woke up and got the train to London with my sister and my mum(we got the tickets for her this year as she couldn't come last year) and had a nice meal and then went and saw the supporting acts, which were Symmetry and New City Kings, who were both fab and i'm now going to see Symmetry with my bestie on May 4th(STAR WARS DAY WOO).  I was also extremely lucky, that I m...