Make up haul & Olympia beauty show

Hope you’ve all had a good week! I attended the beauty show at The Kensington Olympia yesterday so thought I’d upload my mini haul. 

I worked on the All that Jazz stand and had a spare 20 minutes to stop by the Nyx stand & a few others to grab a few bits for my kit. 

I simply had to grab the new ombré blushes! 😍 are they pretty or what?! I Obviously purchased them just for eye candy. I don’t think I could bring myself to actually use them! 

Ombré blushers 

Blushers

Ill upload the shade names when I’m back in the salon tomorrow! 

Nyx butter glosses 

These are my absolute favourite lip glosses! I have loads of them. Nude shades – Tiramisu & Madeline are my most used shades

I went for 2 wearable coral shades- Sunday mimosa & creme brûlée 

Nyx pro foundation mixer 

I decided on warmth & dark to add to my kit. I think I’ll use those the most. They do have a few other shades but They weren’t for me I’ve also added a pic to show you guys how they work. But I’ll have a play and let you know how it goes 

Crown brushes

Numbers C519 & C514 which I purchased to use for foundation & eyeliner 

Provoc 

Concealer & corrector palette & brow pencil 

I loooooove Provocs semi permanent gel liners (black & champagne are my favourites see them Here)  so wanted to try thier brow pencils. 

It was the launch of their new corrector & concealer palettes so I picked up one of those to try out. 

Did you attend the show?

 What did you pick up? 

I’ll get some swatches up for you guys ASAP! 

Hope you enjoyed the make up porn 👍🏼

Sam 🙂 x 

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30 day blogger challenge: favourite eyeliners

  
Regardless of how many times I try, Eye lining is something I can’t quite grasp 100%. It’s a little hit & miss with me. Now when I say hit and miss I mean one eye always comes out perfect and the other far from it. 😒 it doesn’t put me off of wearing it though I might add.

I’ve been through the stage of buying different liner pencils, pens,  liners with brushes attached etc thinking that all these things will do the job when They really didn’t work for me at all.  

  Pencil liners-Eyeko, Provoc, Rimmel, Bobbi brown, HD brows, Maybelline, Avon, The body shop, Famous by Sue Moxley, Cynthia Rowley, Laura Mercier, Lancôme & Urban decay.  Gel & liquid liners- Illamasqua, sleek, Rimmel, Front cover & Mac 

For me the two easiest ways I’ve found are:

1. Gel liners!  I really like the illamasqua precision gel liner. (The brown comes in handy to fill in brows too!)

Gels give you that little extra time to play and perfect the look you are going for. Or in my case give you more time to hate what you’ve done,wipe away and start over before it dries and you end up resembling Marilyn Manson!

2. Eyeshadow! I often use a highly pigmented black eyeshadow (I use urban decay blackout from my naked 2 palette) with a push liner brush (my fave is the a mac 212) it gives the same definition to the eyes but with a slightly softer look. I find it can look less harsh on mature skins. However if, like me- you aren’t that confident with a liquid you can build the look you want with powder and then use a gel/liquid over the top to darken it & boost staying power.

I do occasionally use a pencil on my waterline. Urban decay 24-7 glide on eye pencil is a favourite of mine for that. And I’ve also recently discovered Provoc semi permanent gel eyeliners which come in pencil form (pictured above & below)These are also a joy to use, they glide on beautifully. Shown below

  
  With flash 
Without flash 

I purchased shades 65 & 66. They are both beautiful used as a highlight on the brow bone and also on the inner corner of the eyes. They really brighten up my eye area and they don’t budge! So I think they are definitely worth a mention. 

Do you have a favourite or is there one you’d like to recommend? Let me know in the comments 

See you tomorrow!

Sam x