My easter nails!

Hey guys,

So i’ve been super busy recently, however I have a spring nail tutorial for you today. Its not amazing but I kind of liked it. I thought it was a bit unusual and it features one of my favourite trends – colour blocking! I fancied doing a nail tutorial as Ive seen so many good ones at the moment!

It’s unlikey another post will be up before easter , so HAPPY EASTER!

Here’s the tutorial:

1) Paint your nails a pastel colour, I chose purple. Then on 4 of your nails, paint a diagonal line of another colour from the bottom left of your nail to the top right. Then fill the line in so there are 2 triangles on your nails. I did 2 different colours.

2) Next on the nail you left blank, do a half moon on that nail in white. This will be the rabbit’s head.

3) Then with a dotting tool, I take the same nail varnish (Essie Figi) and make 2 elongated ovals for the ears.

4) Next using a pink polish and a smaller dotting tool, I do a triangle in the half moon for the nose, and a shorter oval inside each ear.

5) Lastly i take a toothpick and make 2 dots for the eyes and 3 strokes either side of the nose for whiskers. I use a black polish from Elf. For this.

And this is the finished look!

I hope you enjoyed my nail tutorial! I quite enjoyed it, Should I do more posts on nails and stuff?

Thanks for reading!

XOXO

Nail Natter! 3 summery nail looks, to get you in the mood for sun!

Hey guys,

So today im gonna show you some of my favourite nail looks for summer, that are either inspiered by trends or my own randomness. I have 3 looks that I have been wearing this week.

This year there has been many twists on the original french manicure, and this is just my interpratation. This is my favourite, not just for summer but the whole year. It’s so cute and is relatively easy to do.  you just need: a white polish, a black polish, a translucent nude polish, and those wooden cuticle sticks to do dots for the eyes, nose and ears. This look I also love. Everytime I look at it, it makes me feel so happy and inspired. I also have a rainbow eye tutorial you can check out. (as you can guess I like a lot of colour) 😀 https://majormakeupmadness123.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/rainbows-unicorns-a-tutorial/

So here’s my looks.  Did you like them? Whats your favourite nail look/ trend for summer? – Comment Below!

Thanks for reading you guys!

XOXO

Pop Your Pout!

Hey guys,

So today,to get in the summery mood, I thought Id do a post about swapping your neutral lipstick for a bright one. I Spent time looking through my lipsticks to find some colours which work for all skin tones

Often when we do ‘summer makeup’ we just go for a barely-there look, which to me doesn’t feel that summery at all. You can still do neutral makeup but maybe just a pop on the eyes or lips. In the summer I prefer putting a pop of colour on my lips which you can match with your nail polish or just your overall outfit. So here you go, 3 pics of bright lipsticks that brighten up not only your face but your day and outfit as a whole! 🙂

These pictures are without flash, so the colours dont look as bright, here a swatch of the lip sticks in flash.

left to right:

Sleek true colour lipstick – candycane £4.00

L’oreal rouge caresse lipstick- impulsive fuchsia £7.99

Mac lipstick- New York apple £13.50

Hope you enjoyed and maybe thinking to use a bright lipstick in your makeup routine soon. Have  a great week!

XOXO

Here comes the sun! Tips and tricks for your makeup routine!

Hey Guys,

The weathers been great here in the UK recently so it inspired me to do a summer inspired post. I mean if you change your wardrobe up for summer, why not change your makeup routine? Im going to show you what things to swap out from your winter makeup stash, and a few tips and tricks!

Lipbalm

A lot of people condition their lips but do they use SPF in their lipbalm? -In most case no. Look out for a lipbalm with spf in. Also, Dont get tempted to use vasceline (even if it has spf in it), vasceline contains mineral oil which actually intensifies the suns UV rays, which means you could get skin cancer if your not careful! I like the solft lips- lip balms as they are sleek and compact, they offer good moisturisation and spf 20. Also they smell great! And I have a thing for scented lip products.

Lipstick

Unlike a lot of people, I prefer lipstick to lipgloss 100%, when its humid, no one likes getting their hair in their lipgloss or having to put on hot sticky stuff! I have wrote a post about the L’oreal rouge caresse lipsticks already, a while ago. but it really it feels lip a tinted lipbalm because its so smooth. I love a good coral for summer too, I consider it ‘the colour of the season’.

Lightly swatched and Heavily swatched.

Base

I like tinted moisturisers for the summer, though I have got to use quite a hefty amount of concealer with them as I havent got the greatest of skin. The spf is also a great factor , because I sometimes forget to put spf on my face, just remember spf isnt good in photographs – it flashes back. Here is my benefit you rebel light tinted moisturiser, its a bit beat up, ive had it over a year.

Eyeshadow 

Now ive featured this before, its the MAC paintpot in Bare Study, its a beautiful champagne colour which has a beautiful gold tone so it will complement many skintones. Its a lot less hassle to have your primer and shadow all in one, it makes doing your eyeshadow a 30 second job!

Eyeliner

I dont often wear eyeliner much in the summer, but I know some people cant go out the house without eyeliner. I would recommend gel liners, they generally last the longer than pencils and usually liquids, and you can often find waterproof formulations for those of you going to the beach.Gels are quite easy to apply and can be used on the waterline and tightline.I like the maybelline eyestudio gel liners.

Skincare/base

This may suprise you but I like using a toner from lush to give me a boost of freshness throughout the day. It contains tea tree among other spot-fighting ingredients. Its also good to make your skin look more natural when you might have applied too much powder.

 

I havent included mascara, but I would just say use a waterproof mascara you like, mascara is quite a personal thing and to be honest I havent found my ‘signiture’ waterproof mascara yet…. Im still on the hunt.

This must have been a bit rambly, but there you go, my summer tips and tricks!

Hope you enjoyed, have a great weekend! 🙂