FOTD: Simple Gold + Brown with Nude Lips

Hey lovelies!!! How are y'all doing? The weekend is almost here and I am tres excited. It's been a very long week and I am looking forward to chillaxin with some cocktails & good food.

This is an easy, simple and quick nude eye look that I wear on a regular. Am wearing gold e/s on my eye lids, blended out using a dark brown e/s; lined my upper and lower lash line with black eyeliner and added natural lashes to glam it up a teeny bit. The great thing about this look is that you can add any lip colour you wish

For my lips, I used Rimmel's Tiramisu and MAc's Chestnut (lip pencils) along with Sleek's Naked lipstick.

Have a great weekend guys!!!

xoxo

Beny

My 5 Fab Red Lipsticks under £5

Hi beauties

As the post title suggests, I will be sharing with you my top 5 red lipsticks under £5. If you peep through my lipstick collection, most of the colours you'll see will be red. I love red lipsticks; they are an all year round perfect colour suitable for every occasion and I love wearing it. 

Here are my top 5 "purse-friendly" red lippies:

1. Sleek Makeup True Colour Lipstick "Stiletto" - a bright matte lipstick, retails for £4.00 and can be found at Superdrugs or Sleek website.
2. Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick "Rose Passion" - as the name suggests, this keeps your lips moisturised. retails for £6.29 at Boots but can be purchased from ebay for £3.00 including p&p.
3. MakeUp Academy (MUA) Lipstick "shade 13" - retails for £1.00 and can be found at Superdrug only. 
4. Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick "Rouge Passion/Passion Red" - I purchased mine during a sale at Wilkinsons about 2 years ago. Can't seem to find it in Boots or Superdrug but you'll definitely find it on ebay. normally retails for £5.29  but can be found for as little as £1.59 here.  
5. Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick "Diva Red" - same as rose passion (see above).

Pros - these lippies are extremely affordable and perfect for us divas on a budget,they all have a good colour payoff especially stiletto and MUAs shade 13 and they all apply smoothly without tugging the lips. Oh the Rimmel ones smell nice as well.

Cons - apart from stiletto, the others don't stay on as long as I would like so I have to keep reapplying but I really don't mind. 

Top L-R: rose passion (Rimmel), shade 13 (MUA), diva red (RImmel)
Bottom L-R: passion red (Maybelline & Stiletto (Sleek.

Have you tried any of these lipsticks? If not, what other affordable red lipstick do you own?

♥

Beny

Sunday Service

For me, getting ready on Sunday morning's for Sunday service is always rushed because I always wake up late and sometimes I end going with no makeup but today I decided to make an effort even though I woke up late. 

So I give you my fifteen minutes quick do featuring the Wet n Wild Vanity palette (NB: the eye liner, mascara and lips were done in the car en-route to church so wasn't included as part of the 15 minutes). 

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: Russet (La Femme)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Primer: Shadow Insurance (Too Faced)
Eye shadows: from Wet n Wild Vanity palette

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lower Lash Line: Supershock gel liner in Black (Avon)

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

Lips

Lip Pencil: Cherry (MAC)
Lipstick: Ruby Woo (MAC)

♥
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 + The Archduke

Two weekends ago, I discovered a great place that I know I will be frequenting from now on. It's a bar/restaurant situated opposite The Royal Festival hall in Waterloo called The Archduke. They have great food, drinks and live music which I loved the most.

For this look, I opted for a very simple winged out eyeliner with peachy lips.

Products Used:

Face

Primer: Milk of Magnesia (MoM)

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

Concealer: True finish Concealer Trio (Fashion Fair)

Powder: Mineral Powder Foundation, Bronze 2 (MaryKay)

Blush: Brun Illusion, 11 (Bourjois)

Contour: Face Contour Kit (Sleek Makeup)

Eyes

Upper lash Line: Glam eyes liquid liner (Rimmel)

Lashes: One by One Volume Express (Maybelline)

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

Lips

Liner: Chestnut (MAC)

Lipstick: Peaches & Cream (Sleek)

Lip Gloss: No11 (Barry M)

♥
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)

♥