NYE

Good morning my friends! Happy last day of 2014. I know I say this basically every post but-- WHERE HAS THIS YEAR GONE!? This morning I spent an extra few minutes in bed cuddling with my fur baby than I normally would, to think and reflect, I'm feeling very grateful for this past year as it has been a huge learning experience for me. Learning about what I love to do, and what I don't... and teaching myself to follow my heart no matter what. I'm also more than ready to take on another year, one I can only hope will be full of adventure and fun! 

My parents have been in town for a few weeks now, and my beautiful Mama, is the proud owner of the Stila 'In the Light' palette that I constantly drool over but have oddly enough never picked up and used... Until yesterday! I finally got my hands on it and played with some looks. I love doing a dark lid with gorgeous full falsies and then keeping the bottom clean and bright so the whole look isn't too heavy. This look is gorge for a night out on the town, and perfect for your New Years Eve party tonight! 

See what I mean about the bright factor? L o v e !

What I used...

The pigment in this palette. Just amazing!

Face...

Primer: Benefit Porefessional 

Foundation: Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in 5.5 {I love this foundation more than words but shade 5.5 is clearly way too dark for my skin tone, I bought this in Vegas when I had a spray tan and the girl suggested this shade for me... clearly wrong, but I'm obsessed with it so the odd time I do wear it, I spray Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs down my neck and connect it to my top}

Concealer: Maybelline Fit Me in Light

Powder: Banana by Anastasia Beverly Hills from her Contour Palette

Contour: Nars Laguna

Blush: BH Cosmetics Glamourous Blush Palette {peachy pink shade}

Highlight: Nars Albatross

Eyes...

Primer: MAC Paint Pot in Painterly

Eyeshadow Breakdown: I used Bliss as my transition colour, and then blended Sandstone in the crease as well as the outer corner of the eye. I then applied Kitten all over the lid, and again took more Sandstone to blend throughout the crease, adding a touch of Ebony to smoke everything out. I used Venus from Urban Decay Cosmetics for my inner corner and brow bone highlight

Waterline: Too Faced Perfect Eyes Waterproof Liner in Perfect Black on the top and Rimmel Scandaleyes in Nude on my lower

Mascara: Marc Jacobs O!Mega Lash in Black

Lashes: House of Lashes in Iconic

Eyebrows...

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow in Soft Brown

Lips...

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in San Paulo {I'm so obsessed with these right now. Affordable, gorgeous range of colours and they last so long on the lips}

"May your coming year be filled with magic

 and dreams and good madness. 

I hope you read some find books

 and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, 

and don't forget to make some art - 

write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.

 And I hope, somewhere in the next year, 

you surprise yourself."

♡

Have a night full of laughter, dolls.

See you next year!

xx,

S.

Holiday Glam

Ho Ho Ho! Can you believe we're only 184 hours away from Christmas? This whole year has been an absolute blur of amazing-ness, I can't believe it's almost over... especially since I'm the worlds worst procrastinator and I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet but I'll get there! There are so many things that I love about this time of year. The Christmas movies, sprinkling my Christmas obsession from one end of my house to the other, baking + spending time with loved ones, and of course the events. I decided to put together a few of my favourite looks to wear to any get together you may have over the holidays! I started with my go to, the classic holiday glam- red lips and clean bright eyes...but I did however pop a little glitter in there to give it a sassy twist and I just loooove how this look came out. I'm wishing I had a party to attend tonight but instead I'm drinking hot chocolate out of a mug that says I'm on the naughty list in my over sized pyjamas :) Lets get into it...

the face

What I used...

Face...

Primer: MAC Strobe Cream

Foundation: Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in Light Beige

Concealer: Maybelline Age Rewind in Fair             

Powder, Highlight + Contour: Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit

Blush: MAC Gingerly

Eyes...

Primer: MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre

Eyeshadow break down: I used the Lorac Pro Palette for all my shadows. I wanted to create a subtle cut crease so I used Taupe on a medium size fluffy brush as my transition shade, then using a small pencil brush I applied Sable, following the natural crease of my eye then I lightly blended the two upwards together. On my brow bone is White and all over lid colour is Cream. I haven't used this palette in a while and it is bombbbb! I then lightly applied Black on my lash line and buffed it out. On the lower lash line I used Sable and blended it out with Taupe

Waterline: Gosh Truly Brown Pencil

Glitter: NYX Glitter Liner in Gold- this did not show up great on camera but this pop of glitter was gorge in person! 

Mascara: Marc Jacobs O!Mega Lash Volumizing Mascara

Lashes: Ardell Whispies

Eyebrows...

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow in Soft Brown duh

Lips...

Liner: NYX Lip Liner in Hot Red

Lipstick: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Amsterdam {so amaze balls. go buy it! drugstore approved}

I hope you guys enjoyed the first of my holiday looks!! Next up is going to be something really glittery and dramatic so stay tuned lovers

♡

"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. 

It came without packages, boxes, or bags. 

Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store.

 Maybe Christmas means a little bit more."

xx,

s.