How to Fill in Your Brows

Hey guys hope you are well! Today I wanted to share some of my quick tips for achieve beautiful brows. I have come to realise that eyebrows are a very personal thing, and everyone prefers their eyebrows looking a certain way. Where one style of brow may suit one person, another may suit someone else. However, hopefully these simple basic tips will help you if you are struggling to fill them in.

The Best Drugstore Foundations

Recently, I was going through my foundation collection and realised there was a fair few drugstore foundations lurking around in there. When it comes to foundations, I think the drugstore have got it pretty spot on and there is one that tailors to everyone’s skin type and desired finish. Today I am going to share with you a few of my faves, and you will realise that achieving flawless skin really isn’t that expensive.

How to Conceal Spots

 

Everyone has days where their skin looks flawless and they look amazing: but today is sadly not one of those days for me. When life gets stressful, this definitely shows on my skin. Waking up this morning I was greeted by gross red blotchy spots on my face, which inspired me to make this blog post. Sometimes, it can be difficult to cover up blemishes with just a plain foundation, however using the correct concealer and using some of my steps below will help make a bad skin day better.

How to Remove Make-up Correctly

After a long exhausting day, or on weekend nights when you are home in the early hours of the morning, you may be tempted to skip removing your make-up and jump straight into bed. Although it may not seem like a big deal, leaving your make-up on overnight can cause your lashes to dry and break, your pores to clog up and cause breakouts. By simply taking a minute or two to follow these quick and easy make-up removal tips, you will wake up with refreshed and happy skin.

Start with removing your eye make-up first. If you are wearing heavy eye make-up or waterproof mascara try using an oil-based product. This will quickly dissolve and breakdown the make-up making it easier to remove. Saturating a cotton wool pad in the eye make-up remover of your choice, hold the cotton pad against your closed eye for 10-20 seconds.

Placing the pad against your eye using gentle pressure will allow the make-up remover to dissolve the make-up, ensuring it will wipe off with ease and with little rubbing as possible. Remember that the skin around your eye is thinner than the skin on the rest of your face, so avoid any harsh rubbing. If needed, use a clean cotton pad to get all traces of mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow off.

To remove make-up on your face, such as foundation, blush and bronzer, a selection of products can be used.  I like to start with using a make-up wipe and then follow up with my daily cleanser. This ensures I get all the make-up off my face and don’t have any leftover traces clogging my pores. Afterwards, rinse your face with lukewarm water and pat dry with a towel.

An extra step in removing your make-up is the use of a toner. For those nights where you have a little extra time to spend on your skin, using a toner can help make you feel refreshed. Applying generously to a cotton pad, wipe all over your face to remove any traces of make-up, dirt and oil that your cleanser may have missed.

Hopefully these quick and simple tips will help you successfully remove your make-up and wake up with refreshed, happy skin. Let me know in the comments below what you use to take off your make-up at the end of a long day.

Until next time beauties, have a great day and I will see you in my next blog post,

 

 

How to: Contour and Highlight

Recently, contouring and highlighting has become a massive craze, and once mastered can transform your entire face. Applying foundation to your face creates a blank canvas, so to add dimension back in we use contouring and highlighting. Let's go back to basics: in art class darker colours would be used to push areas back, whereas light colours would be used to bring areas forward. Essentially this is what is being achieved by contouring (pushing parts of your face back) and highlighting (bringing areas of your face forward).

Both cream and powder products can be used to create the desired look, however for all my beginners out their I would stick to the powder products, as they are easier to blend and wont leave you with any harsh unblended and unnatural lines.

Here comes the harder part. To achieve the best contour and highlight that would suit you, you should work out what face shape you have. Shown below are the best ways to highlight and contour your face depending on the face shape you have. If you are struggling to work out which of the face shapes you have, I've added a link to help you work out which you have. 

http://thebeautydepartment.com/2012/11/finding-your-face-shape/

Below I have also gathered a few of my favourite products for contouring and highlighting, both higher end and those that are on a budget! Depending on your skin tone, these may not be suitable for yourself, but I would recommend for contouring to stick to a product which looks ashy (has a grey undertone- mimics shadows better) and matte.

Contouring

Splash the Cash:

Hoola Bronzer £24 https://www.benefitcosmetics.com/uk/en-gb/product/hoola-matte-bronzer

Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit Light £39 http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/anastasiabeverlyhills/proseriescontourcreamkitfair/

Stash the Cash:

Sleek contour kit £6.49 http://www.superdrug.com/Sleek/Sleek-Face-Contour-Kit-Medium/p/608335

Highlighting

Splash the Cash:

Becca Cosmetics Jaclyn Hill Skin Perfector Pressed Champagne Pop £30 https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/becca-jaclyn-hill-shimmering-skin-perfector-pressed-champagne-pop.html

Stash the Cash:

Revlon Highlighting Palette £9.99 http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-Highlighting-Palette_1416321/

STEPS:

1.     After you’ve applied your foundation all over your face and neck, set with a powder, this will create a canvas for your powder contour and will be easier to blend.

2.     Depending on your face shape, start with contour. Follow the guide above to see where to place the darker colour to add more structure. For example, sweep the brush underneath the cheekbone to hollow it out and look more structured. Always start with a little product and build it up: it is easier to add colour than to take away!

3.     Next take your highlighter and add to the face with a separate brush. It is important to use these products with different brushes, otherwise the desired look may not be created.

4.     To ensure everything is blended, take your powder brush and sweep over these areas, to ensure a natural finish.

Hopefully these quick tips help you achieve flawless contour and highlight! Good luck babes and I'll see youse in my next post,