Sunday 30 October 2016

Halloween Costume Ideas

Hey, so Halloween is tomorrow and I don’t know if any of you are doing anything but if you haven’t got a Halloween costume yet, here are 3 ideas for late minute costumes (sorry, but these are aimed at women):

Angel – so for this look you are going to want to wear either a silver or white dress or top and skirt but you should keep the clothes in a light grey, silver or white colours, for your hair I would wear my hair down either curled, straightened or wavy or you could wear your hair in a complicated up- do e.g. plaits going over the head, for your makeup you should start with the normal base and either do a smoky eye or use some grey or purple shades but try and make the eyeshadow quite bold and then you should add lots of mascara to draw attention to your eyes, I would also wear fake eyelashes with this look but it depends on what you prefer, with this look I would also try and use as many highlighting products on your face to help you have a sort of ‘heavenly look’, for your lips, you should either use a nude lip, a silver lip or a purple or grey look and then you are angelic enough for Halloween.

Doll – so for your clothes you want to choose something from your wardrobe that seems a bit childish e.g. a skater dress with a pattern or a dungaree skirt dress, then for your hair you either want to pull your hair up into two high side ponytails (bunches) or you could plait your hair into two plaits at the sides of your head or you could just leave it down either straightened or with large curls, for your makeup you want to start with just you foundation, concealer and powder as your base and then you want to apply a pigmented blush in a circle on your cheeks, you want to make this as pink as possible and then use an eyeliner to draw three dots in the pink circle of blush, for your eyes draw a white semicircle in white eyeliner to make it look as if your eye is a circle then use the eyeliner to outline the whole of the eye including the white area, next apply mascara just to the top lashes and then use the eyeliner to draw eyelashes from the white and the finally use a pink lipstick to do your lipstick but only fill in the centre of your lips for an oval shape and then you are complete!

Cat – so for this look for your clothes you are going to need a full black outfit with a black top and leggings or something similar and if you are worried you will be cold it would be great to pair this with a black leather jacket, for your hair you could easily either leave it down or wear it up in ponytail or messy bun and finally for you makeup you want to start with you normal base and you want to add a subtle grey either shimmer or matte shadow all over the lid and then just blend a slightly darker grey into the crease and then for eyeliner do I thick line along the lid with a thick flick and use the same eyeliner to draw a small triangle with the point facing upwards on the tip of your nose and then draw three lines on your cheeks, one straight line adjacent to the triangle and one slightly diagonal upwards and one slightly diagonally downwards, then finally use add a red lipstick which isn’t too bright and then you will look like a cat for Halloween!

I hope you enjoyed this and let me know what you went to Halloween as. Let me know of anything you would like me to talk about in another future post. That’s all for now,

Bella xxx

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Monday 24 October 2016

Skincare Essentials

Hey, so I always find that it’s hard to find to perfect skin routine for you so I thought that I would share with you my skincare essentials that work for me:

Eye makeup remover – so if you wear mascara it is just one of the worst things to leave it on overnight because it’s not good for your eyes or your skin, taking off my mascara at night also helps me feel a lot less tired or sleepy the next morning and it helps you to feel a lot more fresh, eye makeup remover is also so useful to just have around to help deal with problems when things go wrong with your makeup.

Cleanser – it is so important that if you wear a full face of makeup or you wear any makeup at all that before you go to sleep you need to cleanse your face thoroughly so that all you makeup comes off otherwise you skin won’t be clean and you will get blemishes which isn’t a nice thing to happen, also it is good for you to clean your face with cleanser before you do your makeup in the morning as well to help keep your face as lean as possible.

Toner – now I don’t think that this is as much of an essential as a cleanser is but this is something that I use straight after cleansing my skin which just makes my skin feel a lot softer and helps it to feel a lot cleaner, I think that if you have got a limited budget then rather than buying a toner you should spend your money on a great quality cleanser instead but I think if you don’t have a budget to stick to then you should definitely try and get one.

Moisturiser – now I actually hate the feeling of moisturiser which means I absolutely hate putting moisturiser on so I used to try and avoid it because I thought that because I have oily skin I would need it but if you don’t moisturise your skin will just produce even more oil to moisturise itself or for other skin types, it could get really dry, which isn’t pleasant either so I think that it very important, for the rest of your body as well. 

Blemish cream – now this is probably not an essential for most people but I have really bad skin, so I always try to make sure that there is something to help reduce my blemishes to constantly try to improve my skin and although it’s hard to try something that works for your skin well but I think that it is important to have something in your skincare product that is there to correct something that is wrong with your sing.

I hope you enjoyed this and let me know what skincare you use. Let me know of anything you would like me to talk about in another future post. That’s all for now,

Bella xxx

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Sunday 16 October 2016

School Makeup Look

Hey, so what I hate about school is how you can’t really wear a full face of makeup so I thought that I would share with you the perfect look for school which only takes 10 minutes:

So for this makeup I decided not to divide it into sections because it’s going to so simple, so for the base I just blend in the collection lasting perfection in fair onto any blemishes and under the eyes with the real techniques. Then I just fill in my brows with the L’Oreal brow artist plumper in medium brown just to make them look a little bit fuller and a little neater, for my eyes I just use a little mascara to make my eyes look bigger by using the Maybelline lash sensational and I just add this to my top lashes. Finally, I just add the Revlon colorburst lip butter in 001 pink truffle which is a very neutral lip colour which works very well on the lips.


I hope you enjoyed this and let me know if you use this look. Let me know of anything you would like me to talk about in another future post. That’s all for now,
Bella xxx

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Hey, so I have run a blog for nearly a year now but I have recently been having trouble with it, and it is beginning not to work so I have decided to slowly move from my old website to this new one, so just so you know I post every Sunday about beauty, lifestyle and occasionally baking.

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Bella xxx

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