Werewolf Look

Hi guys, something a little different for you today! I did a post like this back around Halloween time and I really enjoyed it, so here's another character look.

I'm off to a costume party on Friday and I was also sent these beautiful yellow contacts by the lovely people at SPOOKY EYES and these are in the style Avatar (find them here), I have never worn contacts before so I was, to be honest, a bit scared of trying these but I have always loved how they looked, so I thought I'd bite the bullet and try them out. It did take me a few wears to get used to them and for my eyes to stop watering constantly, but as soon as my eyes had time to adjust they really are very comfortable, and after a whole I forgot I was wearing them! (Nearly went to sleep in them, don't do that, so dangerous!)

Anyway this is how I created this awesome Werewolf look:

1) First things first is to pop in your contacts, this way if your eyes water you won't ruin any of the look, I popped the contact on my middle finger and fed it in to the outer side of my eye, blinked a few times for it to position itself and then they were fine, I really rate these contacts, even though I really have no comparison, but a few of my friends made me aware that some character contacts were really stiff and uncomfortable, but I really didn't get that impression from these guys, they were so easy to apply and really comfortable to wear, check out their other styles at SPOOKY EYES

2) Next you need to create a flawless base to work on, it doesn't really matter about your skin colour so I just did my normal foundation routine (all products will be listed below)

3) I then started by defining the eyebrows, the big bushy brows are what really make this look so realistic, I bought the start of my eyebrows in a bit further, almost to the bridge of the nose, and then filled them in as normal, I then used a brown lipstick (cream eyeshadow or any kind of cream make up would work for this, as long as it's matte, the shimmer will not work for this look) and I used this to create extra hairs around the brow, and it should look something like this

I also went through it with a black creamy shadow to make sure they weren't just one colour, and I used hairspray on a normal old spoolie to keep these in place.

4) I then took a dark brown shadow to contour my cheek bones, under the jaw and also down the centre of my forehead in an upside down triangle shape. Then, using the same technique as we did with the eyebrows, add the extra hair detail.

5) For the eyes I wanted to keep it really simple, I started with a base of my MAC paint pot in Painterly, then I just used the same brown shade that I contoured with to sweep over the lid, then took my eyebrow kits darker brown colour to define the crease and I took this pretty much up to the brow bone, you could add mascara, and even falsies, if you wanted to sexify this look a bit too!

6) I didn't want too much on the lips either, so I took my Kiko lip pencil in the shade 300 which is a true brown, and just filled them in with that, no lippy or anything as I wanted a matte effect.

And this is the finished look, I hope you enjoyed something a little more interesting and fun today as I definitely enjoyed creating this look! As usual I'll list all the products below and please check back for more posts.

PRODUCTS MENTIONED

SPOOKY EYES CONTACT LENSES IN "AVATAR" *

L'OREAL INFALLIBLE MATTIFYING BASE

MAC STUDIO FIX FLUID

MAC PRO LONGWEAR CONCEALER

RIMMEL CLEAR COMPLEXION POWDER

L'OREAL BROW ARTIST GENIUS KIT

RIMMEL LIPSTICK (220 HEATHER SHIMMER - used for hair detail)

REVOLUTION "RUN BOY RUN" PALETTE

KIKO PRECISION LIP PENCIL

Halloween 2014

Hey guys! I hope you all had a great Halloween like I did, as you can probably tell by the photos above. I did a post on this look earlier on in the month, when I was trialling the look, but as you can see I went even further with the gore and zombie-ness, as it were.

You guys asked me to do a post to show you the finished look, I got great feedback from lots of party goers and fellow Halloween lovers! In comparison to the last look, I added some boil type wounds, made with tissue paper and liquid latex, I also continued the bone definition throughout my body, anything that was exposed was defined, so my ribs through the peek in my vest, my hands and my arms as well.

I love this time of year, it definitely brings out my creative side, as much as I'd love to do this every day of the year it's maybe not as appropriate in May or something, but at least there's a holiday I can express this side of me! 

I hope you guys like the look, and if you guys did any Halloween outfit posts please link me! I love checking out everyone's interpretations, and I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

Autumn Loves

Well, we are very much in to this lovely season, my favourite of all, so I thought I'd share with you guys my most beloved things of the Autumn period.

Seasonal Scented Candles

Cosy Spice Candle and Warm Apple and Cinnamon Candle: Tesco

There's nothing more comforting than a warm and cosy scent in your home at this time of year. Having some candles lit in my bedroom makes me so relaxed, and the scent from each of these candles are stunning individually, and a burst of Autumn freshness when you light them together. These candles both burn for up to 30 hours and were only £2 each, a simple way to add a comforting touch to your Autumn home.

Cosy Bedding

Double Bed Sheet: Asda, Throw: Primark

Now, as I have a single bed in my humble student accommodation, I always add to the cosy-ness with a double quilt. There's nothing better than getting in to bed after a long day and rolling yourself up like a little burrito and falling to sleep in your own little cocoon, well not for me anyway. To add some Autumnal charm I found my old Primark throw and added it in, and when it's extra cold I snuggle up in that before I wrap myself up in my quilt. Pure bliss!

Snuggly Slippers

Slipper Boots: Asda

Especially with the cold laminate floor of my house, we are all in need of snuggly slippers at this time of year, every year I have a different pair of these, and, sorry if I offend, I will never go back to floppy slippers, boots all the way since 2009. I've always been of the belief that if your feet are cold, then your entire body will be as well, so the most simple way to keep warm in these colder months are a lovely snuggly pair of slippers in my opinion, I'd be lost this time of year without them.

Winter Coats

Coat: Zara, Scarf: Vintage

I am such a lover of big coats, I was looking for the perfect coats in magazines while I was on holiday, in the 40 degree in Gran Canaria, believe it or not. I love my salmon pink boyfriend style cost, easily wearable, and layering up in this weather just makes you so cosy and warm. It's one of my favourite things about the season, coats mainly but the Autumn style in general.

Autumnal Nails

Barry M Matte Nail Paint in Rhossili, Barry M Gelly Hi Shine Nail Paint in Mustard, Barry M Matte Nail Paint in Crush

Being a massive polish and nail art lover, Autumnal shades in nail polish are so perfect. They suit all the colours of the nature around you, so why not plop that colour on your nails as well? Well that's my thinking on the matter anyway. The Barry M colour selection is incredible as well, so if you're on the hunt for these kinds of shades, then Barry M is the way to go, in my opinion.

HALLOWEEN!

Liquid Latex: Amazon, Blood Pellets: Poundland

As you may be aware, Halloween is my favourite time of Autumn. The dress up and the escape is so freeing, and of course, Halloween make up! I've already done a post on the kind of look I'm going to be doing for this year, of course there'll probably be some changes, upgrades and different styles, I tend to make things up as I go along half the time. But I'm so excited to break out the zombie look tomorrow night, and I'll be doing a full post on my make up and costume tomorrow.

Dark Lipstick

Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick: Shade 107, Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick: Shade 380 Dark Knight, New Look Pure Colour Lipstick: Shade 67 Burgundy, Old Avon Lipstick: Dark Cherry, Revolution Amazing Care Lipstick: Love Nude

Now, I never used to wear lipstick in any capacity this time last year, that was mainly due to the fact that I have been self conscious of my teeth for a few years now which have come under damage due to some health issues, but I am currently whitening my teeth (a post coming up about this in the near future!) so my confidence about them has skyrocketed, so over the past few weeks I have been picking up new shades perfect for the Autumnal look. It suits the colours of nature as well, and I'm rather pale so a dark lip against my skin is quite the look, and I was always jealous of the people who could rock lipstick, and now I'm working up the confidence to, I shall be joining those people!

I hope you enjoyed reading, and we can all enjoy this Autumnal season together. Do you guys have any Autumn posts, I'd love a good read of them.

Zombie Look

Hey lovelies! So Halloween is coming around, and I am a massive lover of this holiday (can you tell?) so I thought I'd do a sneak peak of the make up I shall be sporting on the spookiest night of the year! I'm off to my lovely classmates' joint birthday party, which is obviously Halloween themed and falls on the day! I became massively obsessed with Halloween/horror make up/SFX in my first year of university and ever since then have been creating these looks, by teaching myself through YouTube videos, and here is the result this year.

I have made this in to a video tutorial, so once I rack up a decent enough blog I will be putting every video (which is also racking up as I do a lot of videos of looks I haven't even posted here) on to my YouTube channel, which is under construction, so fingers crossed you guys enjoy my blog enough to head on over there and subscribe.

But until that all happens, here's a little step to step on how I got this awesome scary look.

    1. The first step is to make yourself look all emaciated and skinny, I did this by applying a reddy/purply toned lipstick to the dip at the bottom of the neck and then blending upwards, do this also to the collar bones, top of the ribs and essentially any dips or bumps on your chest area, and then over the top of the lipstick, blend in a brown eyeshadow to define these areas more. Do this to any exposed area, the top I'm going to be wearing on Halloween is going to have a gaping hole in the side, so I'll be defining my ribs this way (and probably adding some wounds and gore too!)

    2. Use the same lipstick and shading technique on your face as well, define the eyes and eye sockets, the cheek bones and around the forehead too, basically anywhere you would normally contour.

    3. Next I added some spider veins throughout the look, do this by taking a thin liner brush, or an angled brush which I used, and taking the lipstick you used earlier to create jagged lines to look like veins.

    4. Next it's time to apply your liquid latex, build up the layers about 10 times to make sure it's a thick enough patch to work with, make sure you let the liquid dry fully before you apply the next layer.

    5. Then take some tweezers and pull a hole in the latex and then ease it apart until you're happy with the shape of your wounds.

    6. Fill the wound in with the lipstick from before, then you can use blacks, browns or purples to enhance the bruises/deep wound look. You're also going to want to go around the edges of the wound with a light concealer to make sure it blends in to your skin.

    7. Next I decided I wanted my lips to look dry and sore, I did this my putting a thin layer of concealer over them, and then used the lipstick and an angled brush to created small cracks in the lips, and I extended them off to the side as well.

    8. Next I added a few droplets of blood to the wounds, just under my eyes and around my mouth as well. And that's the look complete!

Link me to any Halloween looks you're doing this year, and we can all bask in the glory that is Halloween! Lots of love.

American Mary Inspired Look

This beauty-esque character look was inspired by the horror film American Mary and the character Mary Mason (who is played by the stunning Katharine Isabelle).

This is a look that's pretty wearable, but also would be perfect for Halloween along with Marys surgical mask and doctor get up! I personally think that would be a pretty original idea for Halloween.

To create this look I used:

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in Light Porcelain

Seventeen Miracle Matte Pressed Powder in Ivory Porcelain

Avon Glow Bronzing Pearls

Revolutions 'Dia De Los Muertos' Eyeshadow Palette (Love Life, Salvation Is Inside, Smile)

Seventeen High Drama Intense Liquid Eyeliner in 10 Black

Seventeen Back Lash Mascara

Avon Lip Paint in 2000 Red

I have made this in to a video tutorial, and if anyone wants me to upload that then I'll 100% get that on my YouTube and get the link up!