VIDEO // ELF Festival Makeup Tutorial & Outfit

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VIDEO // Boyfriend Does My Makeup Tag

I've been wanting to do this video for a pretty long time so as you can imagine, I was pretty excited when Alex finally gave in! Let me know what you guy think and if you have any suggestions for future videos featuring Alex!
love amy x

VIDEO // Festival Glitter Makeup Tutorial

Even though this video didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to, I thought I'd post it anyway.  As always everything mentioned is linked in the info box on the YouTube page.  Let me know what you guys think!
love amy x

REVIEW // Mac Asian Flower Sheen Supreme Lipstick

Mac Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Asian Flower - £15.50

My dad took a trip to New York the other week and was so kind as to bring me back a little treat!  I did originally ask for the Violetta lipstick but it wasn't in stock in any of the 3 Mac stores in NY - instead the shop assistant recommended a lighter lipstick with a lavender tint in the form of this Sheen Supreme lipstick in the shade Asian Flower.  It is very different to Violetta but in a good way, I have the Lime Crime lipstick in D'Lilac which I wear sometimes for outfit posts but feel it's a little too 'out there' to wear out, and new additions to my lipstick collection are always welcome because I don't really own very many!

The Mac website describes the Sheen Supreme lipsticks as 'The colour impact of a lipstick with the shine sheen of a lipglass' and I'm inclined to agree.  As much as I love a matt lipstick, glossy lips also look great and I found this to be non-sticky and easy to apply with a smooth consistency.  A few reviews said that they found the formula to be drying but I haven't experienced this, and I wore it to work today and would say it lasts around 4 hours until another application is needed.  I don't know if it's a bit of an odd thing to say, but it fades away nicely, in that a lot of lipsticks I own tend to disappear from the inside out, leaving me looking like I'm just wearing lipliner (which is not a good look!).  Because of the sheer yet pigmented nature of the product I feel the lipstick would be very buildable depending on how much colour you'd like on your lips - one quick sweep and you can have a coloured gloss but add a couple more layers and you get an opaque finish.  In the photo above I have two coats on and did not prime my lips beforehand and the colour is strong, but if you look at other reviews the colour can get even stronger!  As I mentioned before, the colour is a light pink meets lavender and a couple of bloggers say that it is very similar to Lime Crime's Airbourne Unicorn with a little less purple and I can definitely see it.

Anyway it seems I've run out of lipstick qualities to babble about - I can't believe I just wrote a fat paragraph about a makeup product, I guess I'm not as bad a beauty blogger as I thought..either that or I am and I've just talked a load of rubbish!  I hope you guys enjoyed reading this and congrats on making it this far - I'd definitely purchase another Sheen Supreme lipstick and this has made me want to expand my lipstick collection, if you have any 'holy grail' lipsticks I'd love some suggestions!
love amy x

Face of the day // 9 May 2013

Face: Lancome Teint Idole shade 005, Rimmel stay matte pressed powder shade 001, Benefit Hoola bronzer.
Eyes: Urban Decay Naked palette - Half Baked, Smog & Dark Horse on eyes & Buck on brows, Barry M liquid liner, YSL mascara
Lips: Dior Lipgloss

So this is the first time I've ever posted a 'face of the day' and maybe I'll post more in the future?  All I'm gonna say is thank god for bright sunlight which makes my skin look clear!  This was actually taken a little while ago, which you may be able to tell because it's pre-fringe and my hair is so bright!  It's really shitty and faded at the moment because I've been concentrating on college so much recently, but I'm treating myself and going to the salon next week to get it redone so I'm looking forward to that!
love amy x

REVIEW // YSL Shocking Mascara

YSL Shocking Mascara // £23.50 // link

The Yves Saint Laurent Shocking mascara has been my staple mascara for a long while now - this being my third tube so far.  My eyelashes are quite fair so something I look for in a mascara is good coverage.  I don't use eyelash curlers (out of pure laziness!) so my expectations for a mascara is to paint, curve and lengthen - and although it is a quality some people do look for in a mascara, I hate clumpiness!  I find it lasts all day without any smudging or flaking and personally find it comes off easily when I'm taking off my make up, but I've heard some people find it difficult to take it off completely so it may depend on type of cleanser (I use Clinique).  Overall I would rate it 9/10 in my knowledge of mascaras and judging against past mascaras I've had.  I hope you liked my attempt at a beauty post for my blog - I'm still quite new to the whole review thing but I'm going to keep trying!
love amy x

VIDEO // My Daily Makeup Routine

I've had a couple of questions on how I do my daily makeup so thought I'd film a quick video!  This is the look I wear to college or work and features a simple cat flick with coppery eye shadow.  I'd love to know what you think, especially as I'm not quite used to the whole YouTube thing yet, and if you want me to post a video of me discussing the different products I use, or my 'going out' look just let me know, and any other video ideas are very welcome!
love amy x

HERE IN A FLASH & GONE WITHOUT A TRACE

Flower headband // Borrowed from a friend
Skeleton dress* // DARKSIDE
Arm warmers // Claire's (emo dayz)
Fishnet stockings // Primark
Spiked litas // Jeffrey Campbell
Leopard coat // Market stall

So unfortunately these photos didn't turn out as good as I would have wanted, but I wasn't able to take any during the day as I was at work, and didn't finish until 7 so had to do my makeup straight after I finished and go straight to the halloween party.  My photographer was also slightly drunk which didn't really help the matter!  I dressed as a sugar skull, with my darkside skeleton dress that I received just in time for the party, convenient!
love amy x

Lime Crime D'Lilac Opaque Lipstick

I've wanted a Lime Crime lipstick for what seems like forever and after seeing the Redrock editorial with the blue lipstick I just had to buy one! I was going to buy one of the nude or pink shades, but you can find them anywhere, so I went with the gorgeous lavendar colour, D'Lilac, as it's more of an uncommon colour!  The lipstick is gorgeous and is so pigmented, really creamy, completely opaque and easy to apply.  I wore it yesterday and it lasted a couple of hours before I needed to reapply.  The good thing is that instead of going all skanky, it actually fades into a sort of brighter magenta which is weird, but a nice colour nevertheless!  I'm so happy with the lipstick, I will definitely be wearing it out all the time and I would recommend it to anyone!
love amy x

How much is my face worth?

1/ Hoola Bronzing Powder - £23.50
2/ Urban Decay Naked palette - £30
3/ Rimmel waterproof eyeliner - £3
4/ Virgin Vie eyeshadow brush - £5
5/ Bobbi Brown double brush - £5
6/ Mac eyeshadow brush - £19
7/ Bobbi Brown foundation stick - £27
8/ Virgin Vie liquid eyeliner - £6
9/ Dior lipgloss - £20
10/ Rimmel clear complexion pressed powder - £3.99
11/ The Body Shop foundation brush - £16
12/ Mac Lipstick - £13.50
13/ YSL Perfect Touch Foundation - £32
14/ Clarins Bronzer brush - £20
15/ MAC eyeshadow - £12
16/ Bad Gal Lash by Benefit - £16.50
17/ YSL Touche Eclat - £24.50
=£341.49!

Crikey! I really did not anticipate that number! Keep in mind this is only values of each product alone, as some were received in bundles, so were very discounted.  Other things have been received as gifts and most of the brushes are my mums or came with eyeshadow palettes.  My mum is really adamant about taking care of your skin, so she buys me good foundation.  I used to use dream matte mousse but that made me break out like crazy and goes all cakey so I'm glad that mum will go the little extra.  The YSL perfect touch foundation is amazing as is the Touche Eclat so they are well worth the money.  If you have done a post like this, please comment posting links, I'd love to know what everyone elses faces are worth, and maybe I won't feel so bad!
love amy x