Vamp Look | Halloween 2014

The other day I was watching velvetgh0st on YouTube and fell in love with her dramatic grunge makeup look.  I thought I'd try it out myself with different colours that I actually own and here's the outcome!  I'll be wearing this on Friday for Hallowe'en.  My mum absolutely loved it and said she would even wear it on a normal night out!

I started by using NARS Sheer Glow in 'Deuxville',  tried my best to chisel some cheek bones using Benefit's 'Hoola' Bronzer and filled in my brows with a MAC's 'Omega' and some 'Charcoal Brown'.

For eyes I used the post-it note trick (where you like up a post it note from the corner of your eye to the end of your brow) to achieve the perfect winged out eyeshadow.  I started by packing on MAC's 'Plum Dressing' on the inner part of my eye, then MAC's Nocturnelle in the outer V.  Then I started to build up Urban Decay's 'Creep' eyeshadow and blend it out making it super smokey and to the intensity I liked.  I took all three of those colours on my lower lash line too.  To wing out my eyes I used Maybelline's Gel Liner in Black, using Topshop's black kohl liner on my waterline and got voluminous lashes with Too Faced's 'Better Then Sex' mascara.  I lined my lips using MAC 'Cherry' lipliner then used MAC's 'Rebel' lipstick - these are two very different shades of red but I really liked the effect it gave - a crisp lighter line around the lips.

Really regret not taking a better picture of the eyeshadow now!

If you're stuck for makeup this Hallowe'en - definitely try out this look!

Zoe x

Halloween 2014 | 60s Hippie Girl! Outfit, Hair & Make up

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.

For make up I used:
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