Top 5 Nude Shades | Lipsticks & Lip Gloss

 (L-R | Please Me, Fabby & Snob)

When it comes to nude lipsticks, personally I find it hard to find the perfect one! I have so many deep reds, to purples which are almost identical, but to me, each one is slightly different. Just me? However, nude lipsticks come in so many shades which can go from a nice pale subtle shade to a dark pink which really doesn't suite me! I can spend hours in my local drugstore searching for a perfect nude lipstick but I always come out empty handed!

Winter Lipsticks | Blogmas | Day Eight

Winter is my favourite time of month, purely because I can rock the red and purple lipsticks during the day and not just for nights out! Here are my winter shades that I can't live without! Link on where to buy them are down below!

Kate Moss Matte Lipstick | 107

Avon Red Lipstick | 2000

Maybelline | Plum Passion

Ted Baker Purple Lipstick*

* My Ted Baker lipstick came as part of a set. I've left a link to the Ted Baker beauty range.

Avon Purple Lipstick | Vixen

Mac Lipstick | Cyber

Mac Lipstick | Rebel

I'd love to know in the comments below what your winter lipsticks recommendations are, so I can hopefully try out new brands and shades! 

Here I'm wearing Kate Moss in the shade 107. Definitely my favourite red lipstick I own. 

August Favourites 2015.

I haven't done a favourites blog in a while and that's just down to the fact I haven't came across anything new that I've fallen in love with. But the past month I've came across quite a few things, so here they are..

Top: Please Me

Bottom: Fabby

Connor Franta | A Work in Progress : This book is very inspirational and when reading I couldn't help but sit and re-evaluate my life and life decisions. Also it was just great to sit and read about one of my favourite youtubers and his back story. If you have lost inspiration and aren't quite to sure what to do with life i'd buy this. He speaks the truth and this book helped me a lot! Also check him out on youtube too if you haven't already! 

Mac Lipstick | Fabby & Please Me : On a recent trip to Glasgow I thought I'd treat myself to some Mac lipsticks! I wanted some killer nude lipsticks as I own way too many reds and purples and not enough every day shades! 'Fabby' is a frost shade which I haven't owned before but it's becoming one of my favourite shades even if it does rub off quite quickly (well for me anyway) and 'Please Me' is matte which I'd personally wear on a night out as it doesn't rub off as much as 'Fabby' does. 

Demi Lovato | Path to Fame : I am a massive Demi fan so when this app was released I was glued to my phone for hours playing! This app is about living a life of fame in the music industry and the struggles along the way. You have to make decisions which could either ruin your friendship, relationships or sabotage your fame. It's a slight glimpse into what can really happen when you are put into those positions. I give this app 10/10 and I really hope you love this as much as I do! 

Maybelline Face Master Sculpt | Contour : This contour kit is great if you are just a newbie to contouring or if you have a budget. Only costing £6.99 you can't really go wrong with this! I'd 100% recommend buying this before you go and buy high end as contouring isn't for everyone! But since buying this I can't live without it! 

Zoella | Lets Spritz Body Mist : Being a Zoe Sugg fan I couldn't wait to try out all of her range. But this little bottle stood out from them all! I haven't gone a day in the past month without having this on! It has such a fresh smell to it, I can't even explain how amazing it smells! Your definitely missing out if you don't have this product in your life.

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February Favourites

I can't quite believe it's almost March already. This year seems to be flying by so far so here are my February monthly favourites!  I have already mentioned three of these products in other blogs so i'll link down below where to find these instead of repeating myself again.

Colab dry shampoo and Chanel perfume | More information on these items and links to buy can be found by clicking here.

Fleur de Force | The Glam Guide | More information on this book and links to buy can be found here.


Bourjois Rouge Velvet Lipstick | This is probably one of the most perfect red lipsticks I have ever owned! It has a stick applicator which as you can see is a lot different to other lipsticks you've seen before. It glides on smoothly and dries matte. I wore this out one night and it didn't budge at all. I am just in love with this perfect lipstick! This comes in different colours too so definitely go and check the rest out! 


Soap and Glory Arch de Triumph| Eyebrow and Highlighter | I purchased this quite a while ago now and completely forgot I had it! During all of February I haven't had a day when I haven't used this. I have quite light eyebrows so I found it difficult to find a eyebrow product which didn't make me look like a clown! This though is the perfect shade for me and I highly recommend this, along with it's highlighter which gives your brow bone the perfect lift it needs. 

GOSH Liquid Gel Eyeliner | I wasn't sure when I bought this product as I usually buy high end products but it was 2 for £10 so I couldn't really go wrong. I purchased the black and purple liquid gel eyeliner, and I haven't stopped using them since. The black liner is in my everyday makeup routine and it stays on the whole day! It takes a while to get off too it's that good, I am in love with this and I recommend it even as a starter eyeliner for someone who hasn't used liquid eyeliner before! 

Ted Baker Purse | Unfortunately I can't find this online but Ted Baker do a gorgeous range of purses which are just as perfect as the one I have. I go through purses a lot so I knew with my Christmas money I had to buy an expensive one that would last me a long time. I searched for a good month before I found this beauty! It's the perfect size and rose gold, what more could a girl ask for? 

My Valentines day gift | This may just look like a plain blue book to you, but to me this is the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. My boyfriend is a singer/songwriter and every weekend when I watch him perform I usually ask about what songs they were and what they were about. Now, I don't need to do that. He has wrote down for me all the songs he has ever written, well the good ones, and wrote about the people who inspire him the most when songwriting. Also, there is a few love letters in there too. What a sweetheart. I will always keep this close to my heart. You can check him out on Soundcloud and Youtube.

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Glossy Box Reveal.

I can't believe it's been a year since my first glossy box! So I thought I'd do a glossy box reveal, since I haven't done one in a while!
For once I have received a glossy box full of stuff which I will actually use and not just shove in the bottom of my make up drawer to forget about! So here is a description of what I got and the prices!

      

 

Bellapierre Cosmetics Minteral Lipstick.

I've never heard of this brand before so I'm excited to try this lipstick out! This is in the shade Cat Walk, it's more of a peach shade but got pink shimmer tones through it. I think this is beautiful and glides on your lips gorgeously! This is perfect for summer as it includes Vitamin C and Vitamin E and also protects lips against the sun, which most people forget to do, as lips can burn to!

http://www.bellapierre.co.uk/shop/  £20

Colour Club | Glossy Seal

I have never owned or seen a shade like this before! I completely fell in love with it when I opened up my box this month! I only applied one coat and it looked flawless but an extra few coats wouldn't harm either! I'm going to wear this to work now and hope that it doesn't chip, and keep you posted on it. This is a glossy box exclusive but why not go on and look at all the shades, I'll be definitely buying more! 

http://shopcolorclub.com/  $8.50 (£5)

 ABSOLUTE New York Eyeshadow Primer

This is the second eye shadow primer I own. My go to primer is the Urban Decay Primer Potion so I'm definitely going to try this and see if this is just as good! This is a cheaper alternative so yet again I will keep you updated on what I think of it. 

http://www.nicka.com/ $4.99

Carmex Lip Balm

This wont be a stranger to most of you as this is a very popular lip balm. This is my go-to lip balm as I don't particularly like Vaseline, It's just too slimy and greasy for my liking.  So excited to have another tin to keep in my handbag! The link I'm leaving to buy it has a 3 for 2 on Carmex at the moment so definitely check that out!

http://www.graftonsbeauty.co.uk/special-offers/offer-8/index.html £2.69

 

Dr Bronner's Magic Liquid Soap

I've not used this yet, but might give it a bash and see what's it's like. It doesn't smell the nicest but it's full of organic products and also safe to use on babies too! So it must not be that bad! 

http://www.drbronner.co.uk/  £5.99

Have you used OR going to use any of these products? 

Karina X

Miss Edward Scissor Hands Tutorial.

This is a very quick and easy guide on how to do a Edward Scissor Hands Halloween look. All you need are, a foundation paler than your skin tone, baby powder (talcum powder), two shades of brown eye shadow (one lighter than the other), a dark bronzer, black lipstick or a black eye shadow for your lips and white eye pencil. You can also get sculpting gel for your scars, or just use some glue. I haven't added this on as i couldn't find mine. For the full Edward look, get a black wig or even the Edward Scissor hand outfit from any Halloween costume website, or even easier,  Click Here for the costume. 

So first off i start with a lighter foundation that normal and apply that all over my face and neck, then follow it by added talcum powder to a face brush and dabbing all around your face until you are happy with the look. Your eyebrows have to be lighter as you will only be putting the eye shadow half across your eyebrows, I used a white eye pencil to lighten mine for a more fuller effect.

Then you get your light eye shadow to begin with. I used MUA's 'Undressed' Palette shades 3 and 8 for this look. First apply the shadow on your brow bone, eyebrows, inner corners and outer corners and a horizontal line under your eyes as you can see here. Leave your lids eye shadow free as they have to be white to add more of the ghost affect. Then get your darker shadow and fill in the parts of the look which need to be more defined, Inner Corners of eyes and start of eyebrows (not the whole way along). Then go back and put white eyeliner on your waterline, and also add some to your eye lids.

Then apply your black lipstick to the middle of your lips, leaving the corners lipstick free. Take your time as it can be tricky to get it just right, but practice makes perfect!

Then get your bronzer and apply it to your hairline, and cheeks (as you need to use this as more of a blusher for this look) but as your applying to your cheek take the line down to the end of your chin and stop. You can see in this photo what i mean if you are a little confused. I then went over all the bronzer with the lighter eye shadow to define it more. 

Finish off the look with scars (if you wish) and your Edward Scissor Hands costume, bought or homemade it doesn't matter as it will look fabulous. This is such a fun look for me and with the wig to finish it off, a lot of people didn't recognise me. 

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

Karina xoxo

Maybelline Haul.

Around about 2-3 weeks ago i was at London Fashion Weekend, and was lucky enough to get some free Maybelline products and buy two Maybelline boxes for £10 each. I saved around about £15 - £20 in these boxes as i got 5 products in each box and considering 1 product is about £5 each this was definitely a great buy! 

The two boxes i bought were, 'Popping Pout' and 'Elegant Punk' as these had more gothic and darker colours in them, great for those Autumn/Winter months.

Popping Pout

Firstly i'll tell you the name and prices of these products and then go into detail! 

Master Smoky Eyeliner (black): £5.99

Great Lash Mascara: £4.99

Brow Drama Sculpting Brow Mascara (dark brown): £4.99

Colour Sensational Vivids Collection (Hot Plum): £7.19

Neon Collection Nail Polish ( Fuschia Fever): £2.99

This brow mascara is so unusual to me! I mean I've seen this before but i was always to scared to buy it in case it looked like i had really bad and thick caterpillar eyebrows! So i took the plunge after staring at this for a good week, and tried this on a night out! I got soo many compliments from my friends about my eyebrows and couldn't believe this little tube of goodness could do it! Definitely try it! If not use eye shadow or an eye pencil to fill out your eye brows as you will not believe the difference it makes!

I tried this mascara once, and then passed it onto my mum as she does like her beauty products to! I did love this mascara and i asked her what she thought of it as i couldn't really judge it on just the one time using it, and she adores it! It's in her daily make up look and it makes her lashes look luscious!

This is a eye shadow and a eye pencil! I have only used this as an eye pencil on my water line, and i do like it as it applies quite thick, but it smudges under my eyes after a few hours so i need to go back and wipe my panda eyes again, then reapply! It's my only flaw with this product!

This is my favourite nail polish colour ever!! When i got it, i put it over my light blue nail polish i had on as i was that excited and it turned out amazing!! But, putting it on, on it's own it does need a good few coats to turn out a bright neon colour! So you could either put a base on first or keep applying this until it's the perfect colour for you!

Isn't this gorgeous!? I do love this even if it doesn't entirely suit my skin tone! I'm sure i can mix and match though and get it to suit me somehow! It's so pigmented and i'd definitely go and grab a Maybelline lipstick! I have a few now and they are my favourites!

Elegant Punk 

Mega Plush Mascara (black): £7.99

Superstay 14hr Lipstick (Continuous Cranberry): £6.99

Drama Gel Eyeliner (black): £7.99

Nail Lacquer (electric pink and blackout): £2.99 each

I already had this product, and so glad i got another! Here's my previous blog post on it!

http://itskarinax.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/maybelline-gel-eyeliner.html

I love these two colours, i love black especially coming up for winter time and i always seem to wear bright pinks on nights out, especially when i wear a black dress just to add some colour to my outfit! Make up and nails are always good for brightening up a look! Just like the other nail polish (above) my only flaw is that you need to add a few extra coats to your nails!

I'm not 100% sure that it does actually stay on for 14 hours as mine didn't! (It could be different for others) but it never did for myself! I do love this red though! It's matte and just gorgeous! It reminds me a lot of the Kate Moss lipsticks which i have a lot of! The girl who sold me this actually wore this and that's why i bought the box as i fell in love with the colour on!

I use this every single day along with my other Maybelline mascara, 'the falsies'. I tend to switch between both but i do love this as well! I'm just a huge sucker for Maybelline mascara, it's my favourite!

Bonus items

I got given this 'Mollie' Maybelline lipstick for free, well.. 3 of them for free! ( i am a sucker for all things free). Mollie King from the girlgroup 'the saturdays' teamed up with Maybelline and produced this beauty! It's a bright pink and you honestly don't need a lot of eye make up at all! Just nude eyes, with either black mascara or false eye lashes and this on your lips and you are set! Definitely go out and buy this, i think it's £7.99 in superdrug and boots!

I got this as a freebie to! It's a electric red with little bits of glitter through it! It is gorgeous on, really reminds me of christmas and gets me in the christmas spirit!

Any questions, feel free to ask!

Karina xoxo

Dainty doll makeup.

Dainty doll is the make up range from Nicola Roberts ( girls aloud) if you aren't to sure who she is!

I had been dying to try out her range for a while but the prices range from £15-20 and I didn't want to spend that much on just one item of make up. So I do what I do best and I browsed the Internet to see if i could find anywhere cheaper, but you do have to watch these days as a lot of the make up people put on ebay for example can be fakes. But on amazon i found her make up for only £2 and her other products were ranging from £5 to £8 which I thought was absolutely amazing, and it's 100% legit!

I bought a blusher and a lipstick. ( here are the photos below)

Lipstick: the lipstick is creamy/pink shade which I adore, as I said in previous blog posts i always buy lipstick but never wear it! But this i always wear! And I need to invest in some more, it's such a nice light shade and its not to in your face, which I like! I don't suit bright colours so this shade is perfect for me! I highly recommend it!

Blusher: I have wanted a new blusher for months on end so I found this as a good opportunity to buy one as it was going cheap on amazon! It's not a bright pink its more natural so you can just tell you are wearing it and no more! The only problem I had with this product is i have it in my makeup bag and the powder split and is in little bits now and not all together which I was slightly annoyed at, but in future ill probably leave my blusher at home and not leave it in my bag which I dump and throw about everywhere! 

So on you go, go on to amazon and type in 'dainty doll' i promise you, it's not a let down!

Barry M Lipstick

Recently bought this barry m lipstick (TMLP) for about £4 from superdrug. It is quite expensive for lipstick but it is barry m after all!

Your first thought probably is "omg it's green, ew" but even though it's green it comes out a totally different colour. When it hits your skin it goes to the actual shade of pink/red you suit the most which i found amazing. It comes out a dark pinky red for me, which i'd never normally go for but now that i've tried it i'll definitely be wearing it more often and probably purchase some more darker shades also. If you put it on your hand it doesn't come off that well, as my boyfriend just tried a second ago and now has a bright pink hand.

This has definitely been one of my best make up purchases in a long time and i'd definitely recommend it.