Hey Doll Face

'I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair' - Dita Von Teese

Ok.. I really am planning on making this more of a vintagey style blog rather than a beauty and makeup blog but then I thought, hey!! makeup is part of my era and the glamour in which I love comes from being able to create that! Unfortunately I wasn't born with satin smooth picture perfect skin, I have blonde eyelashes and eyebrows which means I am able to pass very convincingly as an albino who has died their hair and I also suffer from the worst under eye bags which have ever existed, even after 12 hours beauty sleep! 

What I love about the era in which I dress is that beauty and glamour can be created. I am amazed at the women who can leap out of bed, put their hair up and look stunning, I am also incredibly envious! But on the other hand I love my makeup. I enjoy doing my face everyday, I like having the patience to slowly build up what ever I am trying to achieve, to learn different methods of applying and see improvements. Many will disagree with me but I genuinely feel like make up is art and I am the little old painter with his palette trying to create what ever tickles his fancy today! Dear lord I sound like a crazy old bat but it is just how I feel!

I was thinking of doing a before and after photo but the before photos were so shocking and not something I wish the world and his dog to view! Therefore I have just included my whole makeup case, what I use in 'everyday' makeup and then plan to do separate posts reviewing single items of my makeup over time! 

My makeup box

Things I slap on my face -

Soap & Glory - Feel Good Factor SPF25

MAC - Prep + Prime

Benefit - Boing concealer

MAC - Studio Fix Fluid in NW10

MAC - Studio Fix Powder

Bourjois - Blusher in Frosted Rose

MAC - makeup brushes no. 187 (foundation brush), 150 (blusher brush) & 195 (concealer brush)

QVS - compact powder brush 

My go to lippy things -

Aloe Vera Vaseline (20 minutes before putting lipstick on)

MaxFactor - Colour Elixir Lip Liner in 10 Red Rush

MAC - Matte Ruby Woo

Soap & Glory - Sexy Mother Pucker in Yummy Plum

As I have already done a post on my eyemakeup I won't bore you with the details again but I will mention I have invested in a new eyeliner which I am getting on much better with!!

Rimmel London - Glam'Eyes

The finished product!!! Please ignore my stroke face lips and ever so attractive hair rollers! The last photo is of a different day and therefore different lipstick. I prefer the photo more but I think that is due to the quality being poor and I love a little blur around the edges to make everything seem peachy! 

Reviews on individual products to come in due course!

xxxxxxx

My Little Peepers

I am planning to do a full face makeup post in the near future explaining what goes on my face and reviewing what I use etc. But until that day when I haul out my makeup box I have decided to do a nice and easy eye makeup post. This isn't really a 'how to' post or really a reviewing one, but more of a 'this is what I chuck on my face' post. Not sure if anyone would actually be interested in a 'how to' post, my makeup is a bit too simple for that but let me know if you would like one, I would be more than happy to oblige!

In case anyone hasn't yet realised, I use rather a lot of slap on my face which is why I am just concentrating on my eyes else we will be here all day! These are my basic go-to eye makeup necessity's when I want an easy look I can achieve with confidence in under 5 minutes! 

Urban Decay - Naked 2, I use Bootycall and YDK obsessively

Bourjois - Light eyeshadow no. 3

MAC - eyeshadow brushes 275 & 219

MAC - Liquidlast eyeliner waterproof (really struggling with this eyeliner at the moment, will review it in another post and let you know why)

Maybelline - The Falsies mascara

Rimmel - Soft Kohl eyeliner pencil in white

Eylure - 145 false eyelashes (they don't normally look quite so extreme as they do in these photos)

What do you run to for your everyday makeup? I would love to hear, I have a secret makeup obsession! 

xxx