40 Beauty Questions TAG

Helloooo lovely people.
I currently have three assignments in before term ends and a tonne of birthdays to celebrate (including mine WHOO!!) so I don't really have time to write a decent post for you.  So as usual here's a lazy post.  The 40 Beauty Questions TAG!!! Enjoy.

Here are the questions:

SKINCARE
-How many times do you wash your face daily?

Twice, morning and evening.

-What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)

 Midway between dry and extra super dry...

-What is your current facial wash?

 Simple smoothing facial cleanser.

-Do you exfoliate?

 Yeah, like once a fortnight. Three weeks at a push.

-What brand do you use?

 At the minute, Soap and Glory because it was the closest one to me when I walked into Boots.  I get whatever's cheap and works for my skin.

-What moisturizer do you use?

 Again whatever's cheap and works for me.  I have a lot of allergies so I tend to stick to plain aqueous cream or Cocoa Butter.  I mix it up every now and again but those are my two go to's.

-Do you have freckles?

 Yes, but they don't show through if I wear foundation so I can go with or without depending on how I feel that day.

-Do you use eye cream?

 Sometimes, not as often a I should.

-Do you or did you have acne prone skin?

 Nope.  Fun fact for you, ginger people don't get acne.  We can get spots, just not acne.  So yeay for me!!

-Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?

 Nope, in fact all I know about it is Katy Perry did an advert for it time ago.



MAKE-UP
-What foundation do you use?

 I don't really anymore.  My skin's so pale it's hard to find a match.  When I do wear it it's usually Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse in Ivory (010) or Rimmel True Match Liquid Foundation in Ivory (010) and then a tonne of blending to make it work for me.

-How about concealer?

 I'm luckier with concealer.  I can use anything that's light so whatever's the cheapest.  At the moment I'm using Rimmel True Match Concealer in light.

-Do you know your undertone color?

 Honestly, I don't even know what that is...

-What do you think of fake eyelashes?

 I like them every now and then but I have quite small eyes so they make me look ridiculous unless I get tiny ones that look the same as my natural lashes.

-Did you know that you are suppose to change your mascara every 3 months?

 I didn't, I thought it was 6.  As it happens I use so much mascara that I go through a tube in about 2 months so lucky old me.

-What brand of mascara do you use?

 Whatever's on offer... I'm a student I can't afford expensive makeup... right now I think it's Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Flex in black.

-Sephora or MAC?

 Neither, I prefer drug store makeup for my skin.  And my bank account prefers the price too.

-Do you have a MAC Pro-card?

 Nope, nor do I want one.

-What makeup tools do you use in make up application?

 A few brushes, my fingers and a mirror...

-Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes?

 Nope, I use a general face primer and it keeps it all in there.

-For the face?

 Yep, the one I use now is the best I've ever used.  It's L'oreal Studio Secrets Anti-Redness Primer.

-What is your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?

 Anything from the Sunkissed palette.  I'm a huge fan of autumnal makeup and the whole palette is perfect for this.

-Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?

 Both, black liquid on top, black pencil on my tightline and a white pencil liner on my waterline.

-How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?

 Never, I think the last time I was about 15 so... 7 years ago!!

-What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?

 Love them.  End of discussion.

-Do you use mineral makeup?

 Sometimes, whenever I go back to my Mam's house I bob into e.l.f. and get a few bits.

-What is your favorite lipstick?

 That's like asking which is my favourite child.  I refuse to answer such an offensive question.

-How about lipgloss?

 I hate lipgloss...

-What is your favorite blush to use?

 It's actually the first one I ever got... Sally Hanson Mineral Blush in Cherub (05)

-Do you buy your makeup on ebay?

 Nope.  I have four makeup shops within a two minute walk from my house.  Why would I do that?

-Do you like drugstore makeup?

 Keep up questions, I already said it's all I wear.

-Do you go to CCO’s? (cosmetic company outlets)

 I think so... is Fragrance Direct one of those?  If so yes, but only when I'm at Lee's and stupidly left my makeup bag at home... (no shops anywhere and no car = sad panda)

-Did you ever consider taking make-up classes?

 Yeah, I wanted to do stage makeup if I didn't end up going to uni to do English.

-Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

 No, I'm like a master painter.  Gosh I'm funny...

-Name a makeup crime that you hate?

 Scouse brows.

-Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?

 Neutral usually, but every now and then I like to shock the world and actually wear a colour.

-Which celebrity always has great make up?

 Lauren Conrad.  That beautiful creature she is.  Ooh and Hilary Duff.


-If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item,what would you use?

 Eyebrow pencil.  Always.

-Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?

 I do a lot.  I'm too lazy to do my face to go round the corner.

-Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?

 Yes an no.  If I've been crying or had an allergic reaction then fuck no.  Otherwise I look fine, 12, but fine...

-In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?

 I couldn't possibly answer that.  I've not use enough to really judge.

-What do you think of Makeup?

Clearly I'm a fan.  But if it's not done well then what's the point?





Again, I did this because I have loads of uni work and this is the only time of year I ever really socialize so I like to keep out of the house and away from my laptop.
I hope you enjoyed it.




nicholaannexx

7 Deadly Sins of Beauty Tag

Hey guys!!

It is currently 02.55am and I'm up editing an assignment that's due in at 4pm tomorrow. I finished it two day ago but I've only just got round to proofreading and editing as I've had food poisoning all week.  I know, I know.  Poor old me...so I felt I deserved a five minute break and thought I'd give you a quick update.

So once again I am doing a tag video... most of the views I get are on beauty/tag posts so I thought if that's what the public wants, that's what they want... I'm doing the 7 deadly sins of beauty because like most people with low self confidence, I am obsessed with covering my face and nails in things they don't need to be covered in to make myself feel more secure about imperfections I have that no-one else can see...that and I like the concept. ENJOY!!!

Side-note: I know I don't need make-up to make me happy, and my friends, family and boyfriend all do an amazing job of helping me see how great I can be... however, every so often I just feel like I need that eyebrow pencil to really kick self-confidence in the crotch. Plus, I have brow skills for days!!!

My Halloween nails (only a smidge late)

Hey guys,


So as my most popular post was my 'a few of my favourite things' nail edition post I thought I'd do another one for you guys showing you how I did my nails for Halloween last week.

I wore this nail look for about five or six days without finding any chipping, but removed them simply because I wanted a clean nail look.  I find that the products I used allowed for a polished finish that was difficult to smudge or chip and left a long lasting colour.

I'll put up a few shots of the individual nails and list which products I used as with the above mentioned blog post.  I hope you like it.





My overall nail look.
So on the left hand you can see my final design.  I was pretty pleased with the overall appearance (even though my ring finger doesn't look so much like the character I wanted it to) and thought that they were nice as a Halloween look that still remains cute and doesn't look too fiddly.

I took a snap of the right hand before adding the Halloween designs to it to give you a better look at the colours I used once they had dried as they're all a bit more subtle then they look in the bottles.

In the middle you can see the products that I chose to use.  In regards to how bold a colour I decided to use, I could have gone for some very vibrant block colours such as a bright green, obnoxious orange or other bright colours.  However, I personally prefer the more gentle pastel tones here.  This is entirely my personal preference but as I was the one wearing them around all day I feel I was justified in my decision.

This look was one of the two easiest to do and required only three products.  I used one nail colour, a nail art pen and a top coat.  the design was easy to do and could have been any pumpkin look - I chose this generic carved pumpkin face.

The process.
To start with I filled in the nail with the block colour I wanted.  I chose this coral colour (essie resort collection in 'Resort Fling')  as I thought it was a cute subtle orange that wouldn't be too 'in your face'.  I applied about three coats in total.
Once the base colour had dried I took a Barry M nail art pen in black and put five dots onto the nail.  One for the centre of each eye, one on either side of the mouth and one in the centre of the mouth.  Then I drew the basic smiley face around the dots.
Once that was done I filled in the mouth with little incisions around the smile line to create a carved pumpkin look.
When the face details had dried I threw in some lines to give the effect of the pumpkin shape, and I added a root at the top of the face towards the cuticle.
When all of the details of the face had dried I went back over them to make them a tad bolder.  Then I put a coat of Barry M basecoat, topcoat and hardener on to seal the design.

This was the other easiest design to do.  For this design I used four products.  You can see that the black paint has cracked, this is because I only put on one thin coat of the product as opposed to two.  I liked to overall finish of this and decided to leave it as it was.  The lopsided mouth reminded me of Samara's victims in The Ring,  Edvard Munch's The Scream, and of course the masked killer in the film series Scream (which I never linked to the painting before...).

The process.

For this design I used my Barry M Silk Nail Paint in 'Pearl' and added two coats of the colour.
When this had dried I took my nail art pens from Barry M in black and white and drew out a ghoulish face.  I put two large dots of black on for the eyes and then drew a random shape for the mouth which I thought would look like the scary icons I modelled it after.
Again once this had dried I went over the eyes in another coat of black and then dotted them with the white nail art pen.  I didn't do two coats for the mouth because I liked the cracked effect.
When this had all dried I out my topcoat on to seal it.

This is your stereotypical Dracula inspired vampire.  It required four products.  The process was really simple and I think it's really cute and effective.  However, I wish I'd added another coat of black for his hair and taken a bit more time doing his mouth and fangs as they're a bit messy... but in spite of this, I think its a great design.  I chose this colour because I couldn't find another 'skin-like' colour other than the usual French manicure colour, which under usual circumstances would be perfect but in this case didn't look right with the other colours in the overall look.

The process.
I put on two coats of essie Resort Fling 'Cocktails and Coconuts' for the base of the face.
Next I took the same black nail art pen from BarryM and drew out a curved 'V' shape to form his hair-line.  Then I filled it in.  (In hindsight I should have done another coat)...
I drew out a curved line to form his mouth and then added a couple of triangles to it to form his fangs.
I let the black paint dry and then filled in the triangles with my white nail art pen to form his fangs.
Once all the paint had dried I sealed it with my topcoat.

Believe it or not, this is supposed to be Frankenstein's monster.  Now I'm the first person to point out how shit this is, but if you look at the image on my actual nail you'll think this one is a million times better.  the original on my actual nails looked like the Hulk!!! again this look was really simple, it used three products and was pretty straight forward.  I think it'd look a lot better if someone else with better artistic capabilities did it.  I think I'd try a different look next time as I'm not too keen on this look on its own. 
So if you're not totally repelled by this then here's how to do it...

The process.I used Rimmel London's 'Jaded Green' for this look.  I have a lot of green's but I thought this one complemented the other colours best.  I only needed one coat for this but added two just to build a solid base.
Then I began to build the face.  I started by drawing in his hair in random triangles and filling them in.
Next I added semi circles for his eyes, dots for his nose and a line for his mouth.
When I was happy with his face and hair, I added a small triangle on either side of his face to form the bolts that you see in American versions of the monster.
I went over everything with a second coat of black paint.
Then I sealed it all with my topcoat.

I was planning to use a grey nail colour for this but couldn't find any of my grey's... so I opted for another colour from my essie Resort Fling collection.  Again I decided not to go over the black again as I liked the cracked effect and thought it pulled together the whole dry, mummified look.  This design called four four products.

The process.
I found that this colour was quite thin so I ended up applying three coats of essie 'Find Me an Oasis' from the Resort Fling collection.
Then I used the black nail art pen and drew a thick band of black all the way across the nail just above center.  I filled this in.
I branched off from the thick band adding some thin curved lines to form the bandages.
When the black had dried I went over the bandage lines to make them bolder and a bit tattier looking.
I added white circles to the thick band and then dotted them with black to make the eyes.
After this I sealed the look with my topcoat.

And that's everything I did to make these Halloween inspired nails.  I hope you like them and found this post useful.

If you have any questions about the products I used or would like to recommend a new look for me to try out, then please feel free to leave me a comment.



nicholaannexx

"The TMI Tag"

Hello beautiful people!


So today I'll be doing 'the TMI tag', which was created by the beautiful and crazy talented Carrie Hope Fletcher in October 2013.  The reason I'm doing this is because it seems fun and I thought this'll give you a bit more information on who I am and what I love, and hopefully you'll enjoy it.