Velvet Red Lips

Hey,

I love a red lip, its beautiful, classic but yet timeless. Every girl can pull it off once you find your perfect red. But really the trick to the red lip is confidence and of course knowing what kind of eye makeup to pair with! I love a matte red the most, but lately I have been doing a velvet like effect when doing a red lip and I wanted to share with you how I do it! I am not good at taking pictures of my lips, it's quite difficult, but my lips look really big and full in the picture so that's a plus! That shine is all the shimmer, I also do this with baby powder when I want a purely matte lip.

What I used:

• Rimmel Lasting Finish Kate Moss Edition in the Red tube in 111, I think it's name is Kiss of Life
• Avon Glimmersticks Lip Liner in Red Brick
• Coastal Scents Hot Pot in American Rose,  a medium red with a shimmer/satin finish
• Concealer, I used a concealer that was too light but I suggest using one that matches your skin tone, I just couldn't find mine at the time. You can see the difference, but this makes the red look much neater and pop even more!

What I Did:

1. I applied the lipstick, personally I just go straight out of the tube but you can use a brush if your  a perfectionist.
2. Then I cleaned up any mistake I made by using the lipstick straight from the tube, a lip brush should help eliminate this step! I also use this part to shape my lips, I like a more round pouty lip so I don't use lipstick in the corners of my lips and I round the edges out to give this effect.
3. I used the liner which is a bight darker then the lipstick to outline my lips and fill in the corners a little. This helps give dimension to the lip. I do this afterwards because I find that it just works better to give this effect.
4. I then set this, you can use an eyeshadow brush but I just use my fingers, I take some of the shadow and press it onto the lips, this will make your lips dry. It mattifies the lipstick but gives it a satin almost velvet effect. This looks more velvet like in person then in a photo.

Note this is a bit drying for your lips but looks great, last a long time and is fairly transfer proof!

Thanks fore reading, please leave any request below!

Bronze Slutry Eyes

Hey,

This look is easy and so pretty for a night out this summer. It is using one palette and just a few other products. The palette used for this look was the Ooh La Lace palette by Lorac, it is a great palette for both day and night looks, it comes with six baked shadows, enough about the palette, but if you would like to know more about it I have a review on it which you can see here.

 

What I used:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
• Lorac Ooh La Lace palette, all shades excepts the gray
• Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl Liner in Brown
• Avon Glimmersticks Diamonds in Flashy Copper
• ELF Liquid Eyeliner in Black
• Random unknown mascara

What I did:

1. Primed my eyes with UD Primer Potion, I set this with my face powder
2. Lined my eyes with the brown liner and put a little in the outer v, I then blended this out with my finger.
3. I packed the brown from the palette over the liner then blended it out into the crease. I also smoked it out on my lash line.
4. I added more brown to the outer v and crease till it was as dark as I wanted.
5. I dabbed my brush very lightly into the black then blended this into my outer v, just the littlest black, I didn't want it to look like there was any black but just darken up the outer v without using any other palettes or single shadows.
6. I patted on the bronze shade to my lid and blended the edges, I also took this slightly into the inner part of my crease.
7. I highlighted under my brow and made sure all edges were blended out with the lightest shade in the palette.
8. I lined my lower lash line, tight and water line with the brown liner, leaving the inner corner and very inner third clean. I lined the inner third with the copper liner.  
9. I set all the liners with coordinating colors and blended the brown liner out.
10. I lined my top lash line with the liquid liner and applied a few coats of mascara.
11. Lastly I cleaned up the edges, applied concealer, and did my eyebrows.

Thanks for reading, please leave any request below!