Getting Lippy, Kardashian Style!

Hellloooo Beauties!

Hope you’re all having a wonderful week. I’m currently going through a little bit exam hell which is why I’m a little late with the post this week - so I am very very sorry! This week I have done my first tutorial on someone else, the pictures may not be the best as I’m still finding my feet in the world of tutorials (one day I might get it right!) but nevertheless I've given it a shot. So today's tutorial is loosely based on Khloe Kardashians berry lip look - now I’m personally not a massive follower of the Kardashians but my lovely housemate (and model for the day) adores them, and I know a lot of you do! This is a shimmery eye look with a plum lip - which I’ve been assured are one of Khloe's favourites!



Finished look on my lovely housemate Ellie


 

'Ello Elsa!

Hellllloooooo Beautiesss!!!

Hope we are all doing well! Welcome to my new look blog!! Due to my inability to work with computers I manage to break my blog this weekend and had to restart - as you can imagine it was a fairly stressed weekend - so if you like the new layout let me know!! Now on to the serious matter - my tutorial based on Elsa from Disney's Frozen. I LOVE this film (yes, I am 21, no this has not stopped me), so when it was suggested I created my version of an Elsa's look I jumped at the chance! I've linked most of the products so you know where to get them from without the hassle of searching. Just a little disclaimer, I'm not in anyway a professional so these are just my personal opinions of how to achieve this look. Also as I'm fairly new to the tutorial scene please let me know what you think - good or bad - so I can improve future posts! So do you wanna build an...Elsa?!




Prepare for some interesting faces!




Primark, I salute you!

Hello Beauties!!

Can you believe it, we're in May where on earth has this year gone!! I hope you are all enjoying the partial sunshine - but mainly showers - we have been having! As I told you last week I recently celebrated my birthday, and somehow a week later I'm still milking it (we all do it don't judge me!) and still being royally spoilt by my friends. This weeks post is all about Primark's new makeup range - P.S. love.. and thanks to follow blogger and friend, Nicole of Nicolepownallx, I have a lovely selection of these products to show you. We all know primark as that amazing low price store filled with fashion goodies, but now you'll have a new reason to pop in!

All about the eyes!

Firstly, how lovely is the new packaging!! I know it has nothing to do with how the product works but the change has taken the Primark products to a more professional level!!! Naturally the first products I was excited to try were the main eye products I use everyday - mascara and eyeliner!



In love with the packaging!

 

Gone Shopping

Hello Beauties!!

How are we this week? This week saw me turn 21, yep I can now legally drink in America and urm, well that's it really! As you may all expect a large portion of my birthday money was spent at the makeup counters of the midlands - and I found some right bargains. Of course I just had to share my finds with you, after all sharing is caring.

Say hello to my little....bird?

Before showing you my little finds, I wanted you to introduce you to my new mascot, she's currently un-named because I can not think of a lovely enough name for her! If you think of one, please leave it in the comments or tweet me (no pun intended) cause I'd really love to hear your ideas!! She has been made for me by Harveyshouse, a lovely handmade business (she may or may not be my mother..) and you can get your own little birdy for only £4.50!!


Notice very authentic threads in the background - obviously intentional!

Being Lippy

Evening Beauties!

Happy Easter (I'm a little early I know!). This week has been very hectic for me - birthday and exam season is upon us! All this rushing about has meant I've let myself down on the pampering front, and its about time I get back to looking human! So this week I'm focusing on lips, with two quick and easy lip-fixing lovelies, did I mention it all homemade?! Oh yes, I'm being extra stingy this week!! All the items I used are very cheap and cheerful and most you'll have lying around the house (or in my case, lying around my Moms house - thanks Mom!)

Lush-alike Lip Scrub

Interesting Angle I Know!

I love lush, its such a cute amazing store but my bank account does not love lush! Even though the products are so so so good, it does tend to cost the price of an outfit to have a nice lushy bath! The lip scrub is a product I particularly enjoy, because I think it really does work, however at £4.50 a pot, I think its time for an alternative! The best thing about this recipe is that you can make soooooo many pots for less than the price of one lip scrub - so lets get making!

Blue eyed girl

Evening beauties!

How are we all? So this week I’ve attempted something a little new to me (drum roll please), tutorials/pictorials - I’m not sure what there called! I’m basically going to do my best to show you a few looks in the simplest way I can. Some of you might be asking, ‘Why not just do a video Lynds?’ Well, I’m from a urmmmm lovely city known as Wolverhampton, and the accent this wonderful town has given me is somewhat vile and most definitely not made to be filmed.

So the tutorials today used the items used in last weeks blog - I spy with my little eye; the 17 starry eyes trio, the Cosmopolitan brush set and the Saffron eyeliner. You might also find it easier to use a fluffy blending brush for some stages of these looks, and I promise to review a budget friendly one soon *Brownie promise*.

　

Smoked out starry eyes 

Apply your base how you normally would, I like to apply my foundation first even though 90% of the time I end up wiping half of it off! I’d also suggest filling in your eyebrows before you start because I think it gives you a better idea of the finished look. Side note - please don't judge my eyebrows I’m currently in the ‘you over plucked them you idiot now you need to grow them back’ stage.

I spy with my little Eye

Evening beauties!


Hope you are all very well and enjoying the British spring time/the pouring rain! We’ve all recently experienced the yearly pain of the clocks going forward, and our sleep getting stolen - naughty clocks!! My answer to this daylight robbery of time (see what I did there *wink wink*) is to head to my makeup box, and show you my favourite products! Today I'm focusing on your beautiful blinkers. A poet (not really sure who, but I'm sure hes a cool guy) once said that eyes are the windows to your soul, so why not decorate them - line them, smoke them and glitter them! These few products are my favourite soul window decorating tools, that i promise wont break the bank.

Cosmopolitan Smokey Eyes Brush Set


 

 

Honey, I made a blog!

Hello, Ihola, Salve, Hallo and Bello!  This is my first (of many, I hope) blog posts. Firstly you should know I’m very new to this and feel very much like a beauty obsessed Bambi on glittery lip gloss covered ice, so please be gentle with me. Secondly I’m student - or in Latin, skint! -  So almost every product will be bargain hunted, tried and tested to try to help you save money. And finally, I have a completely irrational obsession with makeup. If I’m honest it’s probably getting out of hand, but hey EVERYONE needs a hobby. True to my obsession I’ll be doing my best to showcase my bargain make up finds, my little tips and maybe even a little tutorial or two!! I’ll throw in some beauty products for good measure too! If this sounds like it’ll float ya’ boat I’ll be here Thursday evening, throwing my beauty based rambles at you

See you soon

Lynds xx