Review: Real Techniques Stippling Brush

Sorry about the ridiculous delay!! Extremely busy week!! 

Behold, my lovlies. Real Techniques Stipling Brush. This line was brought out by Samantha Champan of Pixiwoo. If you don't know who she is, look her up. You won't be disappointed!

Onto the brush, this brush is made of synthetic taklon bristles. It blends powders & creams into the skin like a dream. It's quite dense so it creates an airbrushed finish to the skin. 

I have 3 of these,  2 for my kit and 1 for myself. My clients always ask me about this brush, and the real techniques range, they comment on how soft these are. They are a professional brush band, made accessible to all. 

Sam, you made a cracker of a brush here! Another must have! 

This is available from Boots stores for around €13.

LauraLou

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What I've Been Loving Recently

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Back to the Aul Reliable's!

We're all on the constant look for the "Holy Grail" foundation, I thought I'd found tthe one, but alas, I seem to have gotten paler as the summer went on. (.... I know!)

So I reverted back to an old reliable. Revlon Colour Stay. This stuff id the business for oily/combo skin. And it goes super pale, like moi!

Revlon Colour Stay In Ivory

In the picture, you can see how pale it is. Lovely natural matte finish. Lasts all day. Says 24 hour wear, I won't be one to test this! Ick! :) 

Love it! :)

What foundation have you been loving recently?

LauraLou

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Face of the day

Righteo, here's the face of the day. I felt like doing something different than a brown smokey eye, so I went totally out of my comfort zone and went for red! :)

This will look absolutely GORGEOUS on green eyes!

Products used: 

FACE:

Armani Luminous Silk shade 2

Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Porcelain

Nars Deep Throat Blush

NYX Blush in Taupe

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Glamour Doll Eyes Pigment in Lovers Lane

MAC Sketch e/s through the crease

Inglot 77 Gel Liner

Clinique High Impact Mascara

Brows: MAC Omega e/s

MAC Fascinating eye pencil under the brow

Carmex on the lips :)

I know the Glamour Doll eyes pigments are hard to get, however the Sleek Sunset Palette has lots of red tones in it. Or Inglot have a few, Eyeshadow 449, or Pure Pigment in 81 or 54. 

Don't be afraid to wear colour, it's only makeup :)

LauraLou

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How to: 1950's Pin Up Look

Debs season kicked off this week for me. I had the pleasure of doing gorgeous Jessica's hair and makeup. Jess is my boyfriends sister, so basically like a little sister to me :) 

We opted to do a 50's inspired look as we thought we needed something classy and elegant to go with her dress. She suited the look down to a tee. This look can be used for bridal looks too. (It's a personal favourite of mine!) 

How to get Jessica's 1950's look: 

• For a debs makeup, we need the makeup to be long lasting. Jess has oily skin, so I began with a silicone primer, Smashbox Photo Finish 
• For foundation, I used MAC Matchmaster foundation in shadde 3.0. I blended this down the neck to make sure it was all blended in properly. 
• For contour, I used MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NC45. I think using a darker foundation can look better as it looks more natural.
• For concealer, I used Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer in Medium. I popped this under the eyes in a V shape, á la Kim Kardashian!
• For brows I used Mystery eyeshadow from MAC. Jess has strong brows anyway, so we just needed to fill in any gaps. (Major brow envy!) 
• On the eyes, I used Urban Decay Primer Potion, then I packed Brule eyeshadow onto the lid for a matte base. 
• Through the crease I used 3 shadows. I began lightly buffing Copperplate eyeshadow from  to create a natural shadow. Then I put Espresso over the top, and finally to darken it even more, I put a teeny tiny bit of Handwritten on top. I used Nylon eyeshadow as an inner tear duct highlight and as a brow bone highlight.
• For liner I used Inglot Gel Liner in 77. I did a medium flick with it. ( I used a MAC 210 brush!)
• On the lips I used Dubbonet Lipstick from MAC as a base, blotted, then applied Russian Red from MAC over the top. We applied around 6(!!) layers of lipstick (blotting in between each later.) I used Lipcote Lipstain over the top to make sure it stayed all night. 
• For blush I used Suede Blush from Sleek, mixed with a bit of Dainty from MAC
• I powdered the skin with Laura Mercier Translucent Powder.  

Top tips for Debs Makeup:

• THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE EVER!: Please for the love of god make sure your foundation doesn't contain a high SPF. It will flash back light and make you look like a ghost! 
• Use long wearing products!
• If you're wearing tan, match it to your chest, you'll be one uniform colour then! 

Hope everyone who's going to a debs has a great time! :) 

For more tips, tricks and bookings for debs/weddings check out my Facebook Page :) 

LauraLou

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Pictures from a shoot recently!

Sneaky preview of a shoot I did recently. The theme was "morning after the night before" Delighted how the pictures turned out. So grungy. LOVE it! :) 

Stay tuned for more! ;) 

LauraLou 

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Favourite Eyeshadow at the min!

Behold my lovelies, it is the beautiful eyeshadow, club from MAC. Its a gorgeous duo chrome eyshadow. Looking greeny brown in the pan, but blending out to a gorgeous warm brown.

http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/2526802/just-an-ordinary-girl 

(Sorry for robbing this photo, MAC's one was crap!)

Club packed onto the lid. You can see the green coming through.

Full on face view. This is a great colour as it's so easy. One shadow that looks like you've spent AGES doing your makeup.  The warm brown really brings out the blue in my eyes. Its just gorgeous! (sorry for hideous photo. It was taken at 6:30 am! )

This is a photo from a shoot I did. (Yes, its supposed to be that messy :P) I popped black kohl pencil all over the lid, then put club over it. This really brings out the green in the shadow, which gives a different dimension to a smokey eye!

Win all around for me! :) 

What's your favourite eyeshadow at the minute?

LauraLou

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