MAC Shy Girl lipstick

MAC Lipstick - Shy Girl £13.50


It has to be said, that this is my all time favourite lipstick. And also my most repurchased MAC product! I find Shy Girl one of those lipsticks that not only looks great for day wear, but also for evening wear too.

If you aren't an avid MAC lipstick wearer like myself, you may be unaware that the lipsticks come in all different finishes - this being a Cremesheen finish. Leaving the lips locked with moisture without a sloppy finish. I prefer the Cremesheen finishes apposed to the others as they are highly pigmented without drying your lips either.

Shy Girl is what I describe as a peachy nude with warm undertones. I feel that this shade will suit every skin tone ranging from very pale to really dark complexions. I am a fan of nude lips, but not the 'concealer lip' - which is why I enjoy Shy Girl so much as it has a peachy warmth to it without looking at all washed out.

Here is how it looks applied - almost like it's been coated with gloss. I also use a tan lip liner from Topshop just to add a little more depth and fullness to the lips.

What is your all time favourite lipstick? Have any recommendations for me? Do you like Shy Girl? Do you know of any good Shy Girl dupes?

I would love to hear your thoughts..

Halloween Tutorial: Open Flesh Wrist Wound

Halloween is slowly creeping up on us, and then, before you know it........ BOO! It's here. *evil cackle*

I love Halloween and all that comes with it; scary costumes, crazy makeup, carving pumpkins and spooky stories. I decided to have a little play around with some makeup and fake blood. What I resulted with, was a damn scary realistic wrist slash! Eeeek!

So, here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create and open wound this Halloween.

What you will need:

Foundation, powder, fake blood, liquid latex, black eye pencil, scissors, tweezers, cuticle stick, tissue.

Step 1:

Cover the selected area in liquid latex. Then lay on a layer of tissue, cover with another layer of liquid latex and repeat this with another layer of tissue. Wait 3-5mins until dry.

Step 2:

Once dried, apply foundation to make the 'blob' skin coloured. Blend in the edges.

Step 3:

The foundation alone will look shiny, so to matt it down, use face powder to set it with a kabuki brush.

 Step 4:

Using a cuticle stick, break through the set 'skin' and scrape back to make a peeling effect. Continue this until you have the desired effect.

Step 5:

Using the scissors trim off any unwanted areas, and use the tweezers to carefully pull open the scar wound without ripping.

Step 6:

To make the cut appear deep, apply black pencil eyeliner to all the areas which are intended to look 'open'.

 Step 7:

Add some fake blood and voila! You have an eerie yucky open wound!



Just another photo to gross you all out!

I actually ran downstairs screaming to my Mum showing her this! You should have seen the look on her face - Priceless!!

Anyways, I how you have found this a helpful tutorial. I'll hopefully have more Halloween posts for you soon... So stay tuned...

Face of the Night

Face:

Liquid foundation = Chanel Mat Lumiere - Naturel 50
Setting powder = MAC MSF Natural - Medium Plus
Bronzer = Bourjouis Chocolate bronzer - 52
Blusher = MAC Blushbaby

Eyes:

Eyebrows = HD Brows eyebrows kit
Liquid eyeliner = Rimmel
Mascara = Maybelline Colossol
Eye liner = MAC eye kohl - Smoulder
False lashes = Eylure Girls Aloud Nicola Roberts (original)

Lips:

Lipstick = MAC Hue
Lipliner = MAC In Synch


I decided to ditch the eyeshadow on this particular night. The main reason being; because I didn't actually have enough time to start titivating myself. I opted for some fluttery falsies, complete with thick liquid eyeliner (a'la Lauren Conrad). My lovely friend, Maxine, also introduced me to this particular lip liner. Never in my life have I used lip liner, and now that I have used it, it's safe to say I shall never be going back. It really defines your lips and creates a fuller pout. However, lip liner can be dangerous! Make sure that you find one to suit your lipstick, as you can end up looking like a drag queen!

Cheeky little MAC Haul

Lipsticks: Viva Glam Gaga 2 & Hue | Eyeshadow: Embark | Blusher: Blushbaby

We all love a cheeky trip to MAC, don't we? After having a MAC Makeover earlier on in the year (which I blogged about), I've been slowly getting my mitts of the products in which the lovely make-up artist used on my face. I purchased the following lovely treasure;

What are your MAC favourites?