Last night was my University course's Gaudie Night and the theme was Retro & Rave! Gaudie Night is basically when two freshers get given two parents in the years above, go on a pub crawl and finish up in the Union. It was suuuuch an amazing night! I thought I'd do a blog post about it seeing as it's now October so the countdown to Halloween has begun (one of my favourite nights of the year) and this would be a great outfit for it!
I absolutely love fancy dress so as soon as I knew I had to dress up Retro, hippie chick was definitely on the cards. I got this amazing bright hippie dress from eBay, I loved wearing it so much! It was actually really flattering because it sinches you in at the waist. Because the night was going to be a lot of walking I didn't want to go ahead and buy high heeled white knee high boots, so just opted for converse and so glad I did! The dress came with a headband too but I decided to do something different and more cool with my hair.
I curled my hair using the Babyliss conical hair wand, taking really small pieces at a time to make the curls crazy and big which is just what I wanted. Then I took the front of my hair and pinned it back in a quiff to add volume, I thought it added to the retro vibe of the look. To finish off I plaited random bits of hair - this just adds such a nice twist to the look.
NARS Sheer Glow foundation in the shade Light 4
Topshop Bronzer in Mohawk (this is amazing btw - definitely check it out!!)
Benefit Rockateur Blush
Mac Soft & Gentle Highlight
Maybelline Colour Tattoos in Pink Gold (inner eye) and On and On Bronze (outer eye)
L'oreal Black Superliner
Barry M Blue Kohl Eyeliner on waterline
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Girls Aloud false eyelashes in Kimberly
Soap & Glory Brow Archery in Love is Blonde
Mac lipstick in Girl About Town
The lipstick colour just brings together the entire look I think! It brought out the pink in the dress really well too.
Hope this gives some inspiration!
Zoe x
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