FAVOURITE SERIES: NUDE LIP LINERS

As promised! My top nude lip liners.

Nude liners don't just have to go with nude lipstick, it's the most versatile colour you can have in your collection, it goes great under pretty much any lipstick to either block out the natural lip colour and change the colour of the lipstick, or just to mimic a false natural lip line!

  

From the top of the swatches below here's my list:
NYX - EVER
MAC - WHIRL
SEPHORA - CUTE CARAMEL
SEPHORA - RADIANT ROSY
MAKE UP FOREVER - 2C
RIMMEL - SPICE
NO7 - CARAMEL
NYX - CHOCOLATE
MAC - STRIPDOWN
CHARLOTTE TILBURY - ICONIC NUDE
MAC - SUBCULTURE

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Behind the scenes...

I thought I would share the details of one of the recent looks I created, along with some raw behind the scenes images. I was going for a regal bridal look with simplistic jewellery as I wanted the eyes to do all of the talking.. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Here are the product details:

- Nars eye primer on the lid
- Maybelline Gel liner on the lid in brown blended out into the crease as a shadow base and crease colour base
- Mac 'Gold Stroke' pigment packed on top of the gel liner to the mobile lid
- Make Up Forever Matte Bronzer in the lid crease
- Illamasqua medium pencil on the water line (flesh tone)
- Illamasqua Obsidian eyeshadow buffed into the upper lash line to give a fuller lash effect
- Heavy smoked out lower lash line with the Nars - 'And God created women' palette
- Illamasqua Skin Base foundation 12 & 13
- Contour with Kryolan Supra Colours
- Mac sculpting powder in 'Sculpt' to emphasise the contour at the highest point of the cheekbones
- Femme Fetale Lashes in Samantha 

- Foundation set with Banana from the Anastasia Beverley Hills Contour Kit

- Anastasia Beverley Hills Dip brow in Medium Brown for a defined brow

- Illamasqua lipstick in Immodest mixed with Mac Love Lorn 

Make Up & Hair: Sharon Marway

Jewellery: www.deeya.co.uk

This image was created at the Nina Ubhi Beauty & Hair Institute

Asiana Bridal Show - Birmingham @asianatv

We're just about ready to get started with preparations before the next dose of the biggest Asian Bridal show in the UK - Asiana Bridal Show London! 

So before I get swamped in make up, face charts and team get-togethers (so not complaining!) I wanted to share with you the shenanigans of the Birmingham show!

The Nina Ubhi Institute was the Make Up sponsor of the show, which means we were solely responsible for every model on the Catwalk looking the part, at every second!

It may have been just one day, but the show has taken weeks of preparation from Nina Ubhi, myself, and the Nina Ubhi Team. 

My role was joint Head Make Up Artist for a team of over 20 artists. The make up concept was created by Nina Ubhi herself, and my job was to ensure the make up of each model was consistent and just as planned, as well as support each of the artists along the way.

We had weeks of training which was so much fun! When the weekend came, we all travelled up to Birmingham for final preparation which included a Catwalk rehearsal.

We set up shop in the Egbaston Cricket Stadium by 8am and eagerly awaited our models! 

By 10am our models were ready to get going with their first dress rehearsal!

There were three Catwalk shows in total, 1pm, 4pm and 7pm, each was an hour long and all the artists were backstage making sure every model looked the part in between outfit changes.

The atmosphere backstage was just buzzing, it was such an adrenaline rush to get the girls ready against the clock, I managed to sneak out for a couple of minutes to see the girls on the stage and boy did they look amazing! That's the thing about Asian outfits, after the make up, the hair, the jewellery and the outfits the glam-o-meter is just through the roof!

If you're getting married next year or even just fancy a glam day out, head down to the next show in London on February 8th 2015. I'm hoping to give away a few tickets nearer the time, so I hope to see you there!

Velour Lashes @velourlashesofficial

Sometimes we just need a short and sweet review, so that's exactly what I have for you....

I picked up my Velour Lashes at the IMATS earlier this year, they were literally sold out of almost everything by the time I got there which says it all really! We were served by one of the lovely Velour Lash girls, it might have even been Mabel Lee but it was so busy we had to rush through.

Onto the make up talk..

So I was recommend by the girls to pick up the Naughty Me lashes -according to my eye shape, which is pretty much a medium sized almond shape.

The lashes themselves have quite a thick band, usually I'm not a fan of a thicker lash band because they can be quite hard to put on as they aren't as flexible but these surprised me!
I think its mostly down to how tactical you are with the lash glue, I'm quite practised with lash glue timing so I think that helped - it has to be the right consistency before you even think of applying them.

The main thing I like about these lashes is that they look super full once they are on, typically we all know a bit of eyeshadow/liner along the lash line can instantly make your lashes look fuller. Not sure if you remember the Aishwarya Rai Loreal Mascara advert which kicked off a lot of talk not he blogger scene about the exaggeration on a mascara advert.

I've worn these lashes four times in total since I bought them and they are still in pristine condition, most lashes would wilt after that many uses or even have some of the individual lashes come away but that hasn't happened.

I would recommend to really look after the lashes, because after all they aren't unbreakable and a decent amount of care is needed.

My tip is not to get mascara on them
As soon as you are done with them, slowly peel away any glue on them
Always apply glue to the lashes and not over the lashes once they are on your eye, glue belongs on the lash line where you can't see it, not on top where its visible if you look down.

All in all heres my rating:

Value 9/10 - They aren't the cheapest of lashes but you have to weigh out the amount of wears you could get from them, and like i mentioned thats down to how well you look after them!

Packaging 10/10 - Love the packaging, they are fully secure in the box and aren't going to get squashed whilst travelling, its also really cute looking if you wanted to have it on display at your vanity.

Quality 10/10 - Its instantly noticeable that these are high quality, thing I look out for are that false shine you get from cheap quality and the lash fall out - neither of which applied to my pair!

Tag me on instagram or comment here if you have used Velour lashes!

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Topshop Lip Marker

Hi guys its been a long while but I wanted to do a quick post on the Topshop Lip Markers and tell you to go out and get them!

My main findings
- Highly pigmented
- Reasonably priced
- Wide range of colours available
- Stays on for around 7 hours tested during a shopping trip to Westfield, it only came off slightly after our meal

The picture doesn't really do it justice, it doesn't show how bright this thing really is even after just a single application.

The colour I got was Hot Shot, and as a girl on the Estée Lauder counter pointed out, it is somewhat similar to Macs Chilli but I wouldn't say totally because the texture, tone and intensity is very different.

The good thing about Topshop is that they are pretty much everywhere unless you literally live in the middle of nowhere, so pop in and swatch some of the colours. Believe me you will walk away with more than one!

Lip Markers retail at £7

Let me know if you recommend any colours!
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