Back to School Look 1 - a touch of blue

Hey loves, hope you've all had a good week? 

Since I'll be going back to university in September, I decided to create a few going back to school looks that'll be suitable for anyone.

 I opted for a blue eye liner to add a pop of the colour to the look but you can use any colour you prefer. On my lips, am wearing Revlon's Smoked Peach lipstick with a Barry M lip gloss on top.  

 I kept the rest of my face fairly simple and nude with a little contouring and Sleek's "sahara" blush on the cheeks.
UPDATE: completely forgot to mention that the blue eyeliner is from the MUA stand at Superdrug.

I absolutely love this look; simple, quick and not over the top. I'll definitely be wearing this to lecture.

To find out how I apply my foundation check out this post.

More back to school looks on the way...stay tuned

xoxo

Beny

Beauty on a Budget: Stars Makeup Haven Lip Gloss

Hello my lovelies!!! It's been more than a while since I've done any kinda blogging, hope you are all doing better than I am? The funny thing is that I come on blogger everyday to check up on my favourite blogs and troll the interweb but lack the motivation to talk to you beauties (bad bad bad). I promise to do better from now.

OK on to today's post...

I am not the biggest fan of lip glosses at all but when i saw these on my favourite site I thought "hmm let me try these and if I don't like them I can just give them to my little sister" lol.

They came packaged in these simple but cute purple box and contains 2.7g/0.095oz of product (please don't ask where the 3rd box is) 

They retail for £1.50(sale) each and come with a dome shaped applicator.

The shades I picked are 

The colour pay off of these glosses are pretty good although the brighter ones are a lot more pigmented. I always pair them with a lip pencil + lipstick combo so can't really comment on its staying power but as with every lip gloss, you always have to reapply after a few hours.

They have no weird smell and no sticky consistency. My favourite has to be "hot chocolate", when paired with "Hug me" it gives the perfect nude lip colour for my skin tone. I'll definitely recommend these as they are extremely affordable and worth every penny. 

xoxo

Beny

Oh So Special Makeup Look 1: Ribbon & Gateau

I am loving my new "Oh So Special" palette and I've been playing around with it since I got it. This is one of the looks I created featuring Ribbon and Gateau, two colours that caught my eye. Gateau is a pink shimmery eye shadow with gold reflects while ribbon is a peachy matte eye shadow. 

Please ignore the cheesy grin lol....

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation: Medium Coverage Foundation, Bronze 600 (Mary Kay)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Magenta (La Femme)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Shadow Insurance (Too Faced)
Base: Jumbo Pencil, Milk (NYX)
Transition Colour: Ribbon, Oh So Special palette  (Sleek Makeup)

Lid: Gateau, Oh So Special palette (Sleek Makeup)
Blending colour: Boxed, Oh So Special palette (Sleek Makeup)

Outer Corner/Crease: Noir, Oh So Special palette (Sleek Makeup)

Brow Bone: Honey Spice (Mary Kay)

Upper lash Line: Dip It eyeliner (Sleek Makeup)

Lower Lash Line: MUA Intense Colour, Jet Black (MUA)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)
Brows: Eyebrow Pencil, black brown (Rimmel); Brow kit, Dark (Sleek Makeup)

Lips

 Pout Paint: Mauve Over (Sleek Makeup)

What do u think of the Oh So Special palette?

♥
Beny

Birthday Celebrations

Before the snow descended on London town, I went out with some lovely friends who agreed to brave the freezing weather with me to celebrate my birthday two weeks after the day and it was such a fun night.

Since it was my birthday, I decided to go a little extra with my look and add two lashes. Yes! two lashes  (well one full lash strip and one lash accent) lol and for me that's a big deal as I don't really use false lashes often but maybe it's time I do and as always the lovely Ruby woo finishes the look.

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation: Medium and Full Coverage Foundation, Bronze 600 (Mary Kay)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Sienna (La Femme)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Shadow Insurance (Too Faced)
Base: Painterly (Mac)
Transition Colour: light brown Matte eyeshow 357 (Inglot)

Lid: Biscuit (Front Cover book of Shadows)
Blending colour: Clove (Front Cover book of Shadows)

Outer Corner/Crease: dark brown 329 (Inglot)

Brow Bone: Honey Spice (Mary Kay)

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: MUA Intense Colour, Jet Black (MUA)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)
Falsies: Ardell 107 & Eldora Lash accent B157

Brows: Eyebrow Pencil, black brown (Rimmel); Eyebrow Cake Powder, Dark Brown/Brown (NYX)

Lips

Liner: cherry (MAC)

Lipstick: Ruby Woo (MAC)

♥
Beny

FOTD: RUBY WOO after DARK

There's nothing better than a red lip and for me Mac's Ruby Woo is the ultimate red lipstick. It gives a matte finish that lasts all day and doesn't dry my lips out as long as I exfoliate and moisturize properly before use.


Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

Foundation: Medium Coverage Foundation, Bronze 600 (Mary Kay)

Concealer: Select Cover-UP, NC45 (MAC)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Sahara (Sleek Makeup)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Urban Decay Primer Portion (UDPP)

Lid: Sin, Urban Decay Pallette

Outer Corner/Crease: dark brown (Inglot)

Brow Bone: Honey Spice (Mary Kay)

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: MUA Intense Colour, Jet Black (MUA)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)

Brows: Eyebrow Pencil, black brown (Rimmel); Eyebrow Cake Powder, Dark Brown/Brown (NYX)

Lips

Liner: Red (no name brand)

Lipstick: Ruby Woo (MAC)

♥