MAC "Hug Me" Lipstick

Hi lovelies, hope you're all having a good week so far?  The weekend is almost here and I will like to share with you my new favourite "weekend" lipstick - Hug Me. I've worn this everyday of the past two weekends and I cannot get enough of it.

Hug me is described as a flesh pink lipstick with a lustre finish which I totally agree with. It disappears on my lips when applied and blends seamlessly with my skin tone. The lustre finish helps keep the lips moisturised and enables it to glide over the lips easily.   

It contains 3g of product and retails for £14 as part of MACs regular collection.

This is pretty pigmented; It gives a good colour pay off with a creamy finish. As with all nude lipsticks, it doesn't last all day so needs reapplying after some time especially after eating and drinking. Having said that, I absolutely love this lipstick. It is the perfect nude for that everyday/no-makeup look and will definitely recommend everyone to have this in their makeup bag or at least go to the MAC counters and swatch it.

Here are a few pictures of me wearing "Hug Me"

(Taken with the IPhone)

You can pick this up from MAC counters or website.

xoxo

Beny

A Twist on Tradition

Hey Lovelies!!! How are you beauties doing? 

Saturday was a very hectic but fun filled day for everyone involved, my cousin got married and we partied like it was 1999...hehe. My day started at 4:30am as I had to get ready and  make my way to Essex before 9am to beautify the bride for her big day and thanks to milk of magnesia and Porefessional, my makeup stayed put for the whole day (15 hours to be exact).

My dress was designed by the talented Asake of Asakeoge and I absolutely love it. It is super fitted and well made, granted I couldn't move or sit down or eat much (which is a plus I guess) but it was everything I wanted the dress to be. If you haven't heard of Asakeoge before then check her out here and here.

Dress: custom made by Asakeoge

Shoes: Asos

Bag & Bangle: H&M

Watch & ring: Asos

Earrings: DIY by me

Lipstick: Sleek's Mystic

PS: stop calling me when am trying to blog....who know who you are lol 

xoxo

Beny

Product Rave: Hollywood Beauty Argan Moroccan Oil

Hey beauties!!! am sure most of you have heard of The Hollywood Beauty Argan Oil but if you haven't just know that this the answer to your prayers if you have very dry hair. 

It works miracles on both your natural hair and your extensions. It conditions, moisturizes and gives your hair a medium luster finish to keep it looking fresh all day. It doesn't weigh your hair down but will build up with time if used everyday.  

So try it and thank me later

xoxo

Beny 

M.A.C Pro Longwear Lipcreme - Good To Go + Swatches

Hello beauties, hope you are having a good week so far?

On today's post, I'll like to share with you one of my favorite lipstick - Good to Go. 

Good to Go is a vibrant neon orange lipstick with a cream finish from the Pro-Longwear range;  perfect for the spring and summer season.  

Here are a few FOTD's using Good to Go:

This is true to colour and has great pigmentation so can easily look clownish if you are not careful. So I'll advice to apply using a lip brush or a slight hand if applying straight from the tube. I also pair mine with a brown lip pencil to tone down the colour a little bit. 

 how do you make your orange lippie work for you?

♥

Beny

Tutorial: Purple Smokey Eye with MAC 'Hug Me'

                Hello beauties, Hope you all had a lovely weekend?
I am back with another eye makeup tutorial using purple and dark brown eye shadows to create a smokey eye suitable for a day look as well as an evening look. As I wore this during the day,I decided to keep the rest of my face very simple by using Sleek's 'Sahara' blush and MAC's 'Hug Me' lipstick but you can wear any lipstick you are comfortable with (pink lips will compliment this look perfectly for an evening look).  
                                                    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: primer potion (urban decay)
eyeshadow base: jumbo eye pencil, dark brown 602 (NYX) 
transition colour: clove (FrontCover Reborn palette) 
lid colours: dark purple '325' & dark brown '329' (Inglot)
brow bone highlight: biscuit (Frontcover Reborn Palette)
inner corner highlight: clematis & biscuit (Front Cover Reborn 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 (NYX) 

Lips

Lip Pencil: soft brown(NYX) & Chestnut(MAC)
Lipstick: Hug me(MAC)
Lip gloss: no name from Superdrug

Step by Step eye-makeup Tutorial:

1. apply an eye shadow primer all over your eye space including the brow bone.
2. apply a dark brown eyeshadow base to the mobile lid and blend upwards towards the crease using your finger or a flat shading brush.
3. use any brown eyeshadow closest to your skin tone as a transition colour and apply this in the space between your brow bone and your crease.
4. press a deep purple eye shadow onto the dark brown base just in the middle of your lid and then a dark brown eye shadow on the outer corner.
5. blend these two colours together using a fluffy blending brush to remove any harsh lines
6. apply your highlight colour on your brow bone and the inner corners of your eyes
7. line your upper and lower lash line using a black liquid liner or pencil and finally apply some mascara to your lashes(completely forgot this myself lol)and you are DONE. 

hope you like this look as much as I loved it....

♥
Beny

Sleek Makeup Blush by 3 Pumpkin Review and Swatches

Hey lovelies,

I am sure you've all heard of the Blush by 3 palette's from Sleek makeup released exclusively to Superdrug. Well if you haven't, let me quickly bring you up to speed. 

Sleek makeup released 5 blush palette's (Lace, Pumpkin, Flame, Pink Spirit and Sugar) with each palette containing 3 different blush available only at Superdrug stores until April 11. Each palette retails for £10 and is now available to be purchased online at sleekmakeup.com

I got the Pumpkin palette which has a trio of gorgeous reddish-coral, pink and orange shades called Lantern, Squash and P Pie which are all great for spring and summer. 

Lantern has a slight shimmer while Squash and P Pie are both matte. These blush are very pigmented and requires a very light hand when applying (depends on the look you are going for really). 

The Pumpkin was the only palette I wanted from the 5 palette's because of the orange shade as I missed out on Aruba (a previous limited edition blush) when it came out.  These are very pigmented and am sure will look great on any skin colour ...I absolutely love it.

 Do you own any Blush by 3 palette? If so what are your thoughts on them? 

♥

Beny

Beauty Basics: Foundation Application

Hey beauties. Hope we are all having a good week so far? 


This post is on a new series called "Beauty Basics" and I hope to have a few episodes (posts) on this series to cover all your basic beauty needs.
First on the series is Foundation application and I will show you how to achieve an everyday flawless look. 


What you need:

1. a face primer
2. your foundation of choice
3. a concealer or two
4. setting powder
5. foundation brush
6. a mirror

Before we get into the pictorial, let's have a mini chat about foundation brushes. The best tool for applying your foundation are your hands but when you don't want to get those manicured fingers dirty then brushes are the next best thing. The three different brushes that I use for foundation application are:

from L-R: No7 dome-shaped foundation brush, Sigma large duo fibre brush (F50) and Elf face powder brush.  






step 1:Cleanse, moisturise and apply your face primer. 

step 2: dot your foundation all over your face.

step 3: blend, blend, blend and then blend some more using your chosen foundation brush (I used No7 foundation brush today).

step 4: cover any blemish using your concealer and set your foundation using your face powder.

step 5: finally apply your blush, contour, mascara, lip colour and you are DONE.

What I used:

Primer: Milk of Magnesia and MAC's Fix+

Foundation: Avon Ideal Flawless Invisible Coverage Foundation "Sable"

Concealer: Fashion Fair Concealer Trio and MAC Select Cover up "NC45"

Face Powder: Mary Kay Mineral Powder Foundation 

Eyes: Maybelline One by One Volume Express mascara

Lips: MAC "chestnut" lip pencil & Sleek "coral reef" lipstick

PS: hope u didn't laugh at my head gear in the first four pics. hahahaha

PPS: always blend your foundation and powder into your hair line and down your chin and neck to avoid looking like boo-boo the fool.

PPPS: and please use a mirror when doing your makeup unless you want to look like boo-boo the fool....

Hope this has helped someone? If you'll like for me to include anything in the "Beauty Basics" series then let me know. 

♥

Beny