Drugstore Grunge Summer Makeup Tutorial

It's been a heck of a long time since I did a makeup tutorial (I already specified previously that when I say makeup tutorial, I'm not saying I'm a makeup artist or I have any idea what I'm doing, but for the sake of shorter post/YouTube video titles, I have called it a tutorial - #dealwithit) and I quite fancied doing the somewhat summery look I've been wearing recently. When I say summery, I mean as summery as it gets for me. I actually decided to do this tutorial different to my other makeup videos (which you may or may not have realised are now mostly unlisted) so this isn't a chatty one, let me know what you think! I really fancied shaking things up and I think I prefer these sorts of videos at the moment. Also, big change - the lighting is actually pretty good in this video and I actually look mixed race, amen!

Products Used:

Rimmel 25hr Nude Foundation in 400

Collection Cover Stick in Natural Beige

L'Oreal True Match Concealer in Sable/Sand 5

Collection Sheer Loose Powder in Translucent (Review here)

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Transparent

Essence Brow and Lash Gel

Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow in Delicious

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 200 Soft Beige

Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow in MMMM (Review here)

Colours by Technic Complete Makeup Palette

Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal Pencil in Nude

Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal Pencil in Black

Essence Lip Liner in Satin Mauve

Essence Long Lasting Lipstick in Natural Mauve

How do you shake up your makeup for summer? (If at all, I evidently don't change up mine that much!)

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Drugstore Rihanna American Oxygen inspired makeup tutorial

I said a while ago that I was considering doing a Rihanna American Oxygen inspired makeup look, I don't want to call it a tutorial because obviously I'm not a makeup artist and I don't think I have any sort of authority or grounds to tell people how to apply their makeup, but for the sake of YouTube I have called it a tutorial (but just remember, this is just how I recreated the look).

I hadn't seen many people recreate this look on YouTube at the time of filming this, and all the people I had seen who had recreated it didn't use drugstore products so I thought I would do that seeming as I'm a bit of a cheapskate and it might put my thrifty nature to good use.

I'm not sure why the lipstick is showing up so orange in the video and photo, but if you look at the review I've linked to of it down below, you'll see it's nowhere near as orange!!

Products used:

L'Oreal True Match Foundation in N5

Collection Cover Stick in Natural Beige

L'Oreal True Match Concealer in Sable/Sand 5

Collection Sheer Loose Powder in Translucent (Review here)

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Transparent

Essence Brow and Lash Gel

Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow in Delicious

Makeup Revolution Baked Highlighter in Pink Lights

Bourjois Bronzing Powder in 52

Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal Pencil in Nude

Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Kajal Pencil in Black

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Leather Effect in Creamy Beige

Makeup Revolution Iconic 2 Palette

Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara in 100% Black

Revlon Super Lustrous Matte Lipstick in Really Red (Review here)

What's your favourite music video?

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GRWM - Alt-J concert

Alt-J are one of my favourite bands and I got to see them live for the first time on the 24th January, so I thought I'd show you how I did my makeup on that night, if you want to see the video it's down below or you can scroll further down to see the products I used :-)

Base:

• No7 Colour Lock in Sweet Mango (discontinued, sorry)
• Rimmel 25hr Lasting Finish Nude Foundation in 400
• Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 200
• Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 25
• Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Warm Medium
• Collection Sheer Loose Powder (Review here)

Brows:

• Essence Lash and Brow Gel
• Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow in Mmmm (Review here)

Eyes:

• Makeup Revolution Focus and Fix Eye Primer
• Makeup Revolution Iconic 2 Palette
• Essence Kajal Pencil in Black
• Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Pencil in Nude
• Makeup Revolution Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner (Review here)
• L'Oreal Miss Manga Mega Volume Mascara in Black Angel

Contouring:

• Bourjois Bronzing Powder in 52
• Makeup Revolution Baked Highlighter in Pink Lights

Lips:

• Black Radiance Lip Liner 
• Sleek True Colour Lipstick in Cherry (Review here)

If you could see anybody perform live, who would it be?

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GRWM - Late Afternoon/Evening Outing

I recently went out to a friend's 18th birthday and it was a late afternoon/early evening shindig meal type of social occasion so I filmed myself doing the makeup for you, the video is down below and the products I used are further below.

Base:

• No7 Colour Lock in Sweet Mango (discontinued, sorry)
• Rimmel 25hr Lasting Finish Nude Foundation in 400
• Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in 200
• Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 25
• Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Warm Medium
• Collection Sheer Loose Powder (Review here)

Brows:

• Essence Lash and Brow Gel
• Makeup Revolution Mono Eyeshadow in Mmmm (Review here)

Eyes:

• Makeup Revolution Focus and Fix Eye Primer
• Colours Complete Makeup Palette by Technique
• Essence Kajal Pencil in Black
• Rimmel Scandaleyes Kohl Pencil in Nude
• Collection Fast Stroke Liquid Eyeliner
• L'Oreal Miss Manga Mega Volume Mascara in Black Angel

Contouring:

• Bourjois Bronzing Powder in 52
• Makeup Revolution Baked Highlighter in Pink Lights

Lips:

• Essence Lip Liner in Satin Mauve
• Revlon Colourburst Matte Balm in Sultry (Review here)

Do you do a bold lip or a nude lip when you go out for a meal?

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Full face of first impressions - Makeup Revolution

For a while I've wanted to start up a series on my blog in conjunction with my YouTube channel in which I do a full face of make up (somewhat of a tutorial or how I would do my ordinary makeup) using only products from one brand, preferably products I haven't used before, and giving you my first impressions, and providing you with links to reviews on a product if I have used it before or made a review before the post/video goes up - and this post marks the pilot of this series (such fun!)

I'm kicking things off with Makeup Revolution for two reasons: they're a popular brand and reviews of their products generally go down quite well, and they're inexpensive and I already can tell this series is going to be expensive - first things first, there were a few products I couldn't get a hold of so I used products by other brands and I mentioned what they are in the video rather than talking about them in the blog post.

The base:

• The matte effect foundation:
  - Repurchase? Yes, it was a good colour match for me although not high coverage, but for £2 it was well worth it and I've never had a foundation match me so well
• Focus & fix liquid concealer: 
  - Repurchase? No, it was really really low coverage, if it can't even cover up spots (let alone circles under my eyes dark as my soul) then it's not really doing enough for me

The brows:

• Mono eye shadow in 'Mmm':
  - Repurchase? Hells to the yeah, and I really want to try out their other mono eye shadows because this was so pigmented and buttery and generally a good egg, I've been using it on my brows everyday since discovering it

The eyes:

• Focus & Fix eye primer: 
  - Repurchase? Yes, it's inexpensive and does a basic priming job so it's a win for me
• Iconic 1 palette:
  - Repurchase? Yes, when I hit pan on all of the shades, it's a dupe of the Naked palette and about 10 times cheaper, how could I not repuchase this?
• Waterproof liquid eyeliner:
  - Repurchase? Yes, it's long lasting and creates a nice cat eye flick. The only issue I had is that it's hard to dip the nib in and out of the pot but it's generally a good'un.
• Amazing Volume mascara:
  - Repurchase? Yes, it's not ridiculously volumising like other mascaras I've tried but it is pretty volumising given that it's about 3-4 times cheaper than any other mascara I've tried 

Facial definition:

• Baked highlighter in Pink Lights:
  - Repurchase? Definitely, this is amazing value for money but mind you, you've got to use a light hand (in the video I went pretty heavy) but if you do dust a tiny bit on the top of your cheek bones, you are heading towards the pathway of Kim K contour (which is obviously what we must all aspire to in life)

The lips:

• Matte lipstick in Dare:
  - Repurchase? Yes definitely, this wasn't actually a first impression but I do love it and think it's so good for just £1

What other brands would you like to see first impressions of?

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How not to do a GRWM: Christmas edition

If you click on the video below, you'll see my very first GRWM/see me fail at doing my makeup on camera if you want to watch. If you see further below that though, you'll see all of the products I used :-)

You may be wondering why my hair isn't resembling a bird's nest as per usual, my sister styled it but it didn't really suit my what-I-call big head so I wasn't a giant fan unfortunately.

Base:

• Rimmel Lasting Finish 25hr Nude in 400 Natural Beige (perfect if you want a strange orange/pink finish, just saying for all of you out there with an ancestry tracing back to those known to work in chocolate factories)
• Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Warm Medium
• Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 25
• Collection Sheer Loose Powder (Review here)

Brows:

• Essence Lash and Brow gel
• Dark brown shade in Makeup Revolution Iconic 2 Palette

Eyes:

• Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo in On and On Bronze (Review here)
• Light champagne (almost white) shade and Dark greyish black shade in Makeup Revolution Iconic 2 Palette
• Essence Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner (Review here)
• L'Oreal Miss Manga Mega Volume Mascara in Black Angel
• Rimmel Scandaleyes Nude Eyeliner
• Essence Kajal Pencil in Black

Bronzer/Highlight/Attempt to achieve Kim K contour:

• MUA Bronzed Perfection (Review here)
• No7 Highlighter in Makeup Set - super sorry but there are no details about this kit on the back, it's just a pinky/white highlighter

Lips:

• MUA Lip Liner in Red Drama
• Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Really Red (Review here)

What type of makeup did you have on Christmas?

Or did you rock a no makeup/onesie look which I am prone to do but for some reason opted out of this year?

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