FOTD #2

Hi everyone, I have another FOTD post for you today. I wanted a soft smokey eye for the day time with a pinky nude lip. Here are the products I used...

Complexion:

The PoreFessional- Benefit

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation mixed with Loreal True Match

Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer (undereyes, forehead, nose, cupids bow and chin)

Collection Loose Powder (Translucent)

Bourjois Chocolate Bronzer (to contour)

Rimmel Good To Glow (cheek bones, forehead, nose, cupids bow and chin)

Bourjois Chocolate Highlighter (cheek bones, forehead, nose, cupids bow and chin)

Pink Cult Blush-MAC

Anastasia Beverley Hills Dip Brow Pomade-Taupe

Rimmel Brow This Way-Blonde

Eyes:

Primer Potion- Urban Decay in Sin

Buck- Urban Decay (crease)

Suspect-UD (lid)

Busted- UD (crease, outer corner and smoked under the eye)

Blackout- UD (to line the base of the lashes)

Vanilla- MAC (brow highlight)

Rimmel Extra 3D Lash Mascara

Lips:

Angel- MAC

And there you have everything that is on my face!

What are you favourite products for a day time smokey eye?

Product Rave: Model Co Eye Liner

I'm back with another product rave! Today the product I'm telling you about it the Model Co Black Eye Pencil- a classic black pencil eye liner. It's really pigmented, super easy to apply and doesn't smudge. It also still has that slightly creamy powder texture to it, rather than the even creamier gel formulations such as the Rimmel Scandal Eyes liners, which can get a bit too smudgey if you arent careful.

I've been enjoying using this as an altervative to liquid liner. I use the pencil to tight line my upper lash line which makes them look thicker and darker than they actually are. I then draw the tiniest wing at the end of my lash line, which gives a subtle but defined effect. Great if you aren't very confident with liquid liner or find that is is too harsh for you!

The eye liner itself retails as £14, so it is more of a premium product, but I think it's great value for money. 

The Nude Lip

As wonderful as brightly coloured lipsticks are, every woman can appreciate the simplicity of a great nude lip. Brilliant for an every day look or paired with a more dramatic eye look. There are hundreds and hundreds of nude lip products out there, with different tones that suits different people, so it's easy to struggle to find your perfect go to nude lip. But I think I've found mine and I absolutely love it. So here it is.

The trick to my nude lip is that it's more on the brown/pink side of things, rather than a proper my lips blend into my face type nude. I start with the Rimmel Exaggerate Lip Liner in East End Snob. I line my lips and fill in my lips apart from the very centre of my top and bottom lip.

Next I go in with the YSL Rouge Volupte Lipstick in 01 Nude Beige. This almost looks sort of like a mauve-y pink in the bullet, but translates to the perfect nude once on the lips. 

I then slightly blend the lip liner and lipstick together with my finger.

To finish off, I slick on a little bit of Clinique's Long Last Glosswear in Air Kiss to the centre of my lips.

& there you have my perfect nude lip...I find that because I build this up in layers it lasts really well on the lips and its goes with any look. What's you go-to nude lip combination?