Saturday 28 September 2013

My first GRWM!

This get ready with me post was for when I was going for drinks and clubbing with friends, there is a lot of steps on this but when going out I like to go all out with my make up.

I firstly start off with a freshly washed face which is my basic skin care routine, but I'll save that for another post.

I always start with my eyes first and base the rest of my make up around it so here goes!

I apply tape to the corners of my eyes to create a sharp edge so the shadow is winged out, I then apply my eyeshadow primer which is by avon in the shade natural beige then apply a white base to help the colours pop, since in this look I will be using mainly bright colours. 

I then move onto shadows which I will be using from my 120 pallette I picked up in eBay, I apply these using a flat shader brush, also part of my brush set from eBay. 


After these steps you should be left with something like this. I mix up the colours using the lightest I'm the inner corners and gradually getting darker to the end. 


I then apply my revlon photoready primer followed by my revlon colorstay foundation. I use the shade 150 buff in oily/combination. I apply this using my flat top kabuki brush.


I set my foundation with the revlon colorstay pressed powder. I use the shade light/medium. 


After foundation I move onto eyebrows I'm not gonna go into much detail here as I will be doing and eyebrow routine post so keep your eyes peeled! 


After my eyebrows which usually takes me the longest, I then applied my black liquid liner which I get from china and it only costs 99p! And it's the best one I've used. I also used an avon eyeliner on the bottom waterline and under the eye in the shade turqoise.


After these steps i follow up by curling my eyelashes and applying my two favouraite mascaras at the moment. 


And the last two final steps are contouring and blush. My blush is by make up academy in the shade cupcake. Followed by lips, I used a Barry m lipliner in a pink shade followed by sleek matte lipstick in the shade heartbreaker. 


Here are some photos of the finished look, I finished off by taking darkest contour colour through the crease of my eye and inner corners and contoured my nose. 


Hope you all enjoyed my first get ready with me post, thank you for reading. Sophie lee xx

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Favouraite MAC lipsticks!

Today's post is going to be my favouraite MAC lipsticks.
I'm going to do them in order of favouraite to least favouraite!

Russian red - retro matte 
This is my favouraite everyday lipstick. As you can see it's well loved. I team this with a red lip liner for a really defined mouth. If you are prone to dry or cracked lips I would recommend using a lip scrub and lip balm before applying this as it is very drying on the lips. 

Flat out fabulous - retro matte 
This is slowly becoming my new favouraite I love this colour! It's so bright yet could be used in fall to keep it fresh. It looks different colours in all light, this is why I love it so much. I will defo be repurchasing when I'm out. As before apply a lips scrub and lip balm as it very drying! 

Morange - amplified 

I got this lipstick as a 21st gift from my girlfriend, I wore this with very bright sunset inspired eye make up, which everyone loved, this is one of those colours ill always find myself going back to because it's gorgeous, I would highly recommend using a lipliner and blotting after applying because it is soooo messy! And by messy I mean orange teeth material. EW. 

Viva glam nicki 1 - satin 

I don't really have a lot to say about this lipstick apart from that it was one of my all time favouraited for a while, the only thing I wish was different was the finish, wish the staying power lasted a bit longer as the colour is beautiful! 

Raspberry swirl - creemsheen 

Lets start off with the few good point of this lipstick. It came out in the baking goodies collection, I couldn't get my hands on lavender whip so I settled for this as there wasn't much difference. Oh how I wish I hadn't bothered. The smells and colour as gorgeous. But the colour looked totally different when I got the lipstick home as too when I picked it up in the shop. The finish is horrible. It honestly lasts about five minutes when your having a cuppa, and let's be honest who can be bothered re applying a lipstick every five minutes?! NOT ME. 


And so that concludes my second post and my favouraite to least favouraite MAC lipsticks! Hope the swatches and little bit of info helped out!
Thanks for reading, Sophie lee xxx

Monday 23 September 2013

My first blog post!

First and foremost I read people's blogs and watch YouTube video's all the time!
But I feel as my first blog post it should be a little about me, just so everyone reading knows a few things about me and get to know me a little.

50 facts about me.
1. My name is Sophie-lee.
2. I'm 21.
3. I love my beautiful girlfriend. 
4. I don't have a tongue web.
5. I'm a fully qualified hairdresser.
6. I love Starbucks at Christmas.
7. I hate carrots.
8. I love my onesie.
9. I want to work for illamasqua.
10. I hate anything salt and vinegar.
11. I never leave my house without headphones, a piece of paper and a pen.
12. I never go into mac and never leave without a lipstick.
13. Once a year for the past 6 years I've cut my hair really short to get it healthy again. 
14. I could live off honey peanuts or cashew nuts.
15. I want to put my feet in the Pacific Ocean and see the Hollywood sign.
16. I am a hollyoaks fanatic.
17. I have enough iphone cases for almost everyday of the month.
18. I have 72 lipsticks.
19. I love Owls.
20. I hate pizza.
21. I've never been to Nandos.
22. I love lucky charms.
23. I don't ever have bare finger/toe nails.
24. I am a nail polish junkie.
25. I watch YouTube every day.
26. I'm really close with my mum.
27. I love 1940s/1950s era.
28. I love vintage/rockabilly clothing.
29. I love cherry me baby lips.
30. I have to have my make up organised.
31. I need to wear glasses.
32. I am very crafty.
33. I once went to Africa when I was 13 and for braids in my hair.
34. I am body confident.
35. I've only ever seen one Harry potter film.
36. I love dita von teese so much.
37. My food cupboard is always organised.
38. Carmen Electra is my older woman crush.
39. I'm excited for Christmas shopping.
40. I want to see one direction live.
41. I have 17 tattoos.
42. I have stretched ears.
43. Orange Lilly's are my fave flower.
44. My girlfriend is the most hilarious person I know.
45. I want a fawn pug called mack.
46. I love Yankee candles.
47. I love tropical juice.
48. I love cleaning my face with cucumber wipes.
49. I miss the Disney channel.
50. I'm a part time alcoholic. 

And that concludes my 50 facts about me and my first blog post.
Thank you for reading, Sophie-lee xx