Face of the Day

Yesterday Louise was at my house looking at all my makeup and saying where would I ever wear my bright colours in my Urban Decay Book of Shadows II. Well today on my eyes I used the bright blue underneath, just for some subtle colour...I hope you can tell. I dont like to wear really heavy makeup, so it looks very natural...but trust me my skin underneath is like 100 times worse so it is a vast improvement...! So i have pictures of all the products I used, then the final look...enjoy!

1. I use this Neutrogena Visibly Clear Spot Stress Control Hydrating Spot Treatment(what a mouthful!), as a sort of primer before makeup. It is just a hydrating gel, and it helps smooth out my skin. Plus it smells soooo good and fresh!

2. My biggest issue is my skin. I have pretty bad "acne" on my chin, at the moment it is confined to one side which is an improvment(you will see in the pictures...it still isnt great). I try my best to cover it all but when its like 3D its pretty hard. Also my makeup has absolutley no staying power on my face, I have tried primers and powders but nothing really seems to help so my spots will start to show through. The best routine I have found is MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC15, Clinque Anti Blemish Solutions Liquid Makeup in Fresh Alabastar and Benefit Hello Flawless in Shell.

Sorry...my flash is really bright, even in macro!

3. Ok the eyes! I had totally forgot about my UD BOS II (nice abbreviation!) so I am trying to use it more. I used MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study as a base, then L'oreal Colour Appeal eyeshadow in 23 Gold Shimmer. Then I used the colour Nylon from UD in the crease a little, then a bit of a dark brown colour in the outer V( I used UD Twice Baked but I didn't take a picture as any dark brown will do). Then I took UD Jinx on a 219 pencil brush under my lower lashline and smudged it in to about half way along. A little went into the waterline...but thats fine! Then I just topped it off with Rimmel Glam Eyes Mascara!

4. Then for my blusher I used the predictible colour of Nars Orgasm...and I used my Korres Lip Butter in Pomegranate, to add a bit of colour to my lips...and it smells immense!

And now for my stupid posey photos!

Don't mind my chin for acne...and my wee red nose...hayfever...

Close up!Pretty=)But i forgot to pluck my eyebrows haha!

Thanks for reading! Was kind of pointless but I hope you enjoyed! This is really for Louise lmao, to prove a point haha!

Love Gillian

xoxo

Freedom at Last!!

I am finally finished my exams, even tho it's not late at all all my friends finished like a week before me it was very depressing!

So here are some things I bought a while ago and now that I've got all this free time I can get round to sorting and using everything.

Lush


I bought the lip scrub (£4.50) as my lips are alwaaaays so dry and sore, so when this came out I was desperate to try it :) It is made from sugar and I got Mint Julips flavour which is minty with a hint of chocolate; you can even lick it off after!!

I also got the Eau Roma Water (£3.25) spray in the smallest size (100g) to try it out and see what it's like. It's meant to be used as a toner but I've been using it in a similar way as FIX+ as they've got very similar ingredients. I've used it to wet my brush before applying eyeshadows and to make eyeliners and to set my make up so far. I also transferred about a third of it into a mini spritzer bottle I bought from Boots and have put it in the fridge so in the summer I can spray it on my face to cool me down :)

They also put in a little sample of Aqua Marina which is one of their most famous ones, however I've not quite got round to using this yet as I'm still on my Baby Face (£4.10)bar which I love love love!!

Avon










This quad is called Freshly Cut Greens (£5) from Avon, I am a rep but I'm not a big fan of their eyeshadows but recently they've been bigging them up so I thought I'd give it a go again. I chose the green set because I love the colour and I also have green eyes so they go well! As you can see from the photo on the left the two left colours are quite well pigmented but the other two are rather on the pale side. They all have a gorgeous gold shimmer through them which will make them go really well together in a single look. When I first did swatches I did it straight onto my hand and the effect was really quite crap so I did it again using Urban Decay Primer Potion and then Painterly Paint Pot as a base which made them stand out a lot more, so when using these a base is definitely required!! I haven't used these on my eyes so far but I will post an update to this post with results of all my trying out! In conclusion this is a not bad buy for a fiver.

I also bought Skin So Soft: Soft & Renewed Age-defying Overnight Corrective hand treatment (£1.50). Bit of a mouthful there :P My hands and knuckles especially have been feeling really dry recently but since buying this and using it almost every night before bed (when I remember...) they have actually been fine!! I am rather impressed! Also I just got age-defying because of that advert that says hands show the first signs of aging.. I'm such a sucker but I'm sure it's not bad to start early when it's just my hands :)

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Failing

Ok well...I am supposed to be studying right now! But I just can't! I have left it too last minute...even by my standards...and seeing as it is tommorow I think I might fail! It is economics =)! So I'm going to do a wee post about my favourite things at the moment=)! Enjoy...

Favourite Face Product: I recently purchased the Neutrogena Spot Stress Control cleanser for the second time...it smells amazing=) Just so fresh and clean!



Favourite Item of Makeup: Not really makeup...but my Sigma SS187 brush! It is frankly amazing, you can use it for anything. I use it mainly for stippling liquid or cream foundation or putting on blusher. But I have found it works really to apply Benefit's Hoola bronzer, which at first I thought was too olivey and dark for my skin...but with this brush it looks immense!



Favourite Nail Varnish: Tart Deco by Essie=) A lot oranger than I initially thought...but really pretty.



Book of the Moment: I have two! Firstly Twilight! Shock horror I have never read the book or seen the film before! I think the book is ok...i'm only like half way through, but needless to say I don't really get the hype! I mean it is a good read but its not pure intensly gripping or anything. And I really dont' want to see the film now, as Edward is described as being the most gorgeous person you have ever seen...and I'm sorry...to me RP isn't! So when it comes to vampires, I'll stick to True Blood.
Secondly, my economics textbook...I am slowly working my way through it! Its actually an ok textbook but I just dont get any of it really!




Favourite TV show: We shall stick on the vampire theme I guess!
It was the season 2 finale of True Blood this week, and I loved it=) I just really love that show...but they left it on such a cliffhanger!!! Also I have now got Louise watching it, I feel she loves it...
Next, The Vampire Diaries...I started watching this as there was nothing else on and tbh the first few episodes were a bit crap...but once it got going its actually really suspensful and I really like it...it doesn't hurt that I think Stefan in it is quite hot ;) only at certain angles but still...worth it for that!

Favourite Drink: Lucozade Sport in Orange...what can I say...I'm obsessed!



Favourite Food: My TGI Fridays Chicken Fingers I had for lunch on Friday=) Mmmm

Thats all=) Kind of just a ramble but whatever...I am just procrastinating from studying!
Peace lmao!

Love Gillian
xoxo