1920's Glamour

On Saturday my dad threw a fancy dress party, and if you read my other blog Rockit Style, you may already be aware that I went as a 1920's flapper.  I love, love, love that era, the women were so glamorous, the clothes, make up and class, If I had a time machine to go back into the past my first stop would be the 1920's.

I loved creating this look, as always I've taken a snap of what I used to create it.

• Foundation - Bobbi Brown long wear even finish in warm beige 3.5.  This is an excellent foundation and it's staying power is up there with Estee Lauder's Double Wear.
• Real Techniques - Stippling Brush, I love this brush, it really blends in the foundation a must have for any makeup addict
• Powder - I used the Maybelline Fit Me pressed powder in 125 nude beige, I always set my face with powder now, it really does make it last that much longer.
• Concealer - I forgot to photograph my concealer but I used the Maybelline Fit Me concealer in 15.
• Highlighter - MAC Cream colour base in Pearl Frost - I always use this on my cheek bones, nose and cupids arrow.  I also put a little bit under my eyes to really illuminated them for this look.
• Blush - SLEEK Blush by 3 pallet in Sugar - I love this palette its my fave at the minute, I used the colour in the middle of the palette and its called Muscovado, its a shimmery gold and red, just beaut!
• Eye shadow - SLEEK Storm Palette, I used the really light cream colour (second one on the top row)  all over my lid, then used the really dark brown (5th along on the bottom row) for  the corners, then blended it slightly into the center of the eyelid.
• Eyes continued...- MUA Glitter eyeliner, in shade 2.  I love this stuff and at £1 it's incredible.  After I had blended my shadow into the crease and the middle of the lid, I then put the glitter liner all over the rest of the lid to create a super sparkly eye.  The pictures don't do the sparkle justice!
• Eyeliner - Sephora eyeliner creme in smoky.  I lined my lash line and created a little flick at each end of the lids.
• Mascara - Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara.  I lightly coated my lashes before applying lashes.
• Lashes - I bought the lashes in Asda, they were reduced from £4 to £2, bargain! 
• Lip Liner - NARS Damned lip liner, love this, if your not into a bright red lip then this is your answer to glamorous dark lips 
• Lip Stick -NARS Scarlet Empress - love the name of this so movie-esque, rich colour too, delish!
• Lip Gloss - Sephora nameless lip gloss, it's a very deep winey colour that compliments the NARS lipstick so well and it smells like marshmallows - yum!

VIOLA - 1920's glamour!

  

How cool are these lashes, when I first spotted them in asda, I didnt hold out much hope with regards to quality and lasting the night, but boy was I wrong! (this pic was actually taken at 1am)  They lasted all night, I am a DUO lash glue girl, but i'd ran out so I had to use the glue that was included but it worked really well.  I loved these lashes that much that i'm making a trip back to Asda at the weekend to stock up, after all there on sale! would be rude not to really!

Although I paired this look with my 1920's theme it's definitely a look I will be recreating for my Christmas parties.  The MUA Glitter liner was so glittery and stayed on all night, it dried fairly quickly and didn't cause any creasing.  I believe that MUA Cosmetics have an amazing 35% off all their products and free shipping over at their online store, and it's on for the week! You can check that out HERE

Much love pretties 

x. KP .x

never fully dressed without a SMILE!

recreate my look - natural day wear 

I have been wearing this look on a daily basis for the last few weeks, it's quite natural and really quick for the dark and early mornings that greet me Monday-Friday.  I've listed below all of the items I use to create this look, mostly all are drugstore/high street brands and really quite inexpensive.

• Rimmel Match Perfection foundation (in 103 true ivory) 
• Use a Real Techniques expert face brush, to apply your foundation for a flawless look!   
• Touch up any dark areas/imperfections with Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch highlighting concealer, I also put a spot of this on my eyelids to neutralise my lids and create a flawless tone, I don't use eye shadow day to day.
• Powder all of your face with Maybelline Fit Me face powder (in 125) for maximum foundation staying power!
• Apply Sephora Creme (gel) Eyeliner (in smoky, actually black, but any gel eye liner will suffice) across your lids with a small flick at the sides.  I also Use a little bit of the Avon Glimmer Stick (in blackest black) in the corners for extra coverage
• Next up coat the lashes in Rimmel Scandaleyes Mascara. 
• Using MAC Cream Colour Base (in pearl frost) to highlight your cheek bones, nose and cupids bow.
• Blush your cheeks with SLEEK Blush BY 3 palette (in sugar 364)
• Finish off by puckering up and lathering those lips in MAC lipstick (in Up the Amp)

VIOLA!

*Please note that the shades above are a match for my skin, and you should change these to suit your own tones*

LOVE FOR THESE LIPS!

Lipstick: MAC in "Up the Amp"

Like Annie said, your never fully dressed without a smile! True fact, smiling is contagious and infectious, so SMILE!.

As I already mention in a previous post MAC was never a go to brand for me until recently. Whilst in LA I took some time to visit the MAC counter in Bloomingdale's , I was instantly drawn to a lipstick on the stand in a colour that I would never normally consider wearing, a neutral girl at heart, I was looking for something more subtle, however when I spotted the gorgeous purpley pink colour, I instantly wanted to put it on my lips.  Without thinking and before I knew it, I asked the guy behind the counter to get me one, within minutes I was the proud new owner of "Up the Amp". I set off with my little black MAC bag feeling rather pleased with myself.

I looked at the pretty lip colour for days and it wasn't until I returned back to Scotland that it touched my lips, it was however instant love.  Its soft and creamy texture is just divine, when on the lips it almost feels like a lip balm, it is so moisturising and it's staying power is unreal.  On Wednesday I had it on to work, I applied it first thing in the morning around 8am, and I only touched it up after lunch, about 1pm, even then it was still showing a lot of colour.  I am now totally addicted to MAC lipstick.  I have several now stocking up on my Christmas list, and with a wee trip to London planned for February i'm saving my pennies for a mass MAC stock up.

If there are any other must have colours you know of, please leave me a comment below letting me know which ones and I will check them out for sure!

Much love 

.x KP .X

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Blush Up!

This gorgeous little bundle is one hell of a palette that you need in your makeup bag.  I have just added this to my kit and have been testing it out over the last 3 weeks, and it gets a massive THUMBS UP from me.

Colour: Pigmentation in this palette is fantastic.  Each blush gives maximum coverage you can blend it right down into the skin for an light coverage or layer it up for a rich colour.  This palette is definitely an autumn palette with its rich reds and oranges 

Staying power: As previously mentioned the pigmentation in these blushes are fantastic, they are very buildable, a small, small amount goes a long way, if blended and re applied this blush will stay on all day.  I wore it on Friday to a wedding I was a bridesmaid at and didn't have to touch it up once!  

Price tag:  At only £10 you can't complain, the quality is fantastic and there is loads of product.

Sleek BLUSH by 3 palette in "Sugar"

If you have £10 to spare, I would definitely recommend this product, 3 blushes all in one very compact case.  They also come in 4 other shades, 5 sets in total, I am working on getting all of these palettes as they seem to have a trio for every skin tone.

So until next time beauties

Much Love .x KP .x

When Bobbi B met Claire

On Saturday one of my best friends asked me to do her makeup for a wedding she was attending. Claire usually wears Estee Lauder Double Wear but on Saturday I gave her pretty little face a splash of something new to wear.  I used the latest Bobbi Brown long wear even finish foundation.  I can definitely say after wearing it for the last several weeks myself, its definitely my favorite at the minute (a full review to come soon)

My beautiful friend Claire after having her makeup done (forgot to take before pics)

 

Having your makeup done in daylight is a total must, as you can see these pictures were taken in a full stream of day light and it really shows the true effects of how your face will look when you step outside.  Claire's look was fairly natural with a slightly purpley/gold smokey eye and pink lips.  Clair doesn't have noticeable eyelids when here eyes are open so I took the colour on the lids up a little higher so that you could still see a hint of colour when her eyes were open.

Ingredients for Claire's look:

I also added a little bit of lipgloss and some Sephora setting powder to her face after her face was finished and then sprayed a little Urban Decay "All Nighter" on her face to keep her makeup in place for longer.  Claire said her makeup stayed on all day and night and she only needed to touch up her lips #excellent.

I am still a newbie to professional makeup application so any tips or tricks are always welcome!

Until next time beauties, Much Love

.x. KP .x.

Get lippy

Happy Friday lovelies!

Today I wanted to share with you my tip on storing lip sticks within your kit, this is a great idea especially if you have lots of lip sticks that your currently lugging around.  My kit is growing by the day, and its quite heavy, carrying tones of lipsticks obviously isn't helping the cause, so I was looking into other ways of storing lip sticks and loads of other makeup artists were "potting there lippies".  

So let me introduce you to the invention of "POTTING".....

Ingredients:

1x WH SMITH childrens painting set - £3.99 (bargain)

1x Screwdriver (any small thin poking type tool will work too)

The paint brush that comes with the paints (do not throw away)

When I was looking for storage containers to pot my lippies into, I considered using pill boxes (which can be found in the pound store), however they were quite bulky and had Mon-Sun subscribed on the boxes which wasn't very glamorous.  So on an outing to WH Smith one lunch time I spotted the above children's painting set, the container looked and felt quite sturdy, and at £3.99 I couldn't really complain even if it didn't work.  Child's paint set in hand, off I went to experiment, and it worked!  And it's bloody fantastic.

It really is very simple.  Open the paint pack and remove the paints inside, underneath you will see 18 blank squares. Select the lippies you want to de-pot and get to work ......

You can choose to do this as soon as you get a new lippy, or you can wait until you are down to the very last part of the lippy and scrape out what's left.  I personally like to do it as soon as I get my lippy, that way I am not carrying loads of loose lippies, and it's great to see all the colors that I have in one place, saves me raking around looking for a specific color.

So break off the top part of the lippy, drop it into a square, then using the other end of the paint brush (included with the paints) begin to mush down the lippy, and spread it around the square, once you have done this and its all pretty soft, use your screwdriver to get in and scrape out what's left inside the lipstick pot and repeat until all mushed.  It is amazing how much product is in the bottom of these lipstick pots and to think I used to bin them (the horror).  Once all lippy is picked out of the pot and mushed into the square, again use the end of the paint brush to smooth it all out (it doesn't have to be perfect, mine still has little lumpy bits, that's completely fine).  The black squares are very deceiving and you will come to find that 1 full lipstick fits comfortably into 1 square - amazing!

Continue to fill up your squares with colors until they are all complete and VIOLA!  Your very own lip pallet.

Once you are finished, close up the lid and pack away.  The lippies will harden up again, just like they were in their original packing.  Get yourself a good lip brush for applying them and your good to go!

This is by far the best pallet that I have found for storing my lippies, I still have a few more pallets to do, im quite geeky and like my stuff colour co-ordinated hence why this one isnt quite complete.

I hope you found this helpful, if you have any other tips for storing lippy that I need to know about, leave me a comment or get in touch.

Much Love 

.x. KP .x.

Just for fun - Pin me up sweetie!

Hola my little pretties, and to all my lovely new followers, thank you for joining up! Yesterday was my first day back to work after 4 weeks off (wedding & honeymoon) and it wasn't so bad, I survived. It was also pay day #hooray!  So with a few bucks in my pocket I was finally able to book my pro makeup course.  I am so excited about this, and the course starts on my birthday, what a wicked way to spend turning 27.  The course doesn't start until January, but that's ok, just means more time to build up my kit.  All in all yesterday was a GOOD day! 

On Saturday I picked up the new foundation from Rimmel - Match Perfection, so last night I tried it out and it's quite amazing I have to say.  I will try this out for a few more weeks to test out staying power, and i'll report back but so far it's pretty flawless.  The classic pin up look is one of my faves, so I gave it a bash, I even pinned in some victory rolls, but they didn't last as my hair is so soft at the moment and super long, but anyway here's a modern take on the classic pin up look ......

I Love it!  If I could get away with wearing this to work everyday I would!  What do you think?

If you want to recreate your own classic pin up look, here's my ingredients:-

* Rimmel Match Perfection (my colour 103 true ivory)

* Sephora smoky cream liner in "must have" (black)

* Sephora blush in no.10 romantic rose

* MAC cream colour base in Pearl 

* MAC eye shadow in Brule

 MUA lipstick in shade 8

* Collection 2000 lasting perfection powder in 1 fair

* NARS velvet matte lip pencil in "damned"

* Benefit IT stick

* Benefit "they're real" mascara

* False lashes ( I used a pair from Accessorize that I had in my kit) 

OH...and not forgetting a brown pencil for my brows (khol pencil, cant remember the make)

So, go try this out, and if you do re create this look, please leave a link to your post in the comments so I can come take a peek at all you beauties :)  and if you have any question on how I created this look feel free to e-mail me at kirstypiriemakeup@gmail.com or tweet me @missksmudger

And if you'r really nosey (like me) you can hop on over to my Facebook page and like, like, like www.facebook.com/kirstypirieMUA

Much Love KP .x.

Spread the crem....

We all know that Sudocrem is best used on the little bum cheeks of babies, but it's also THEE best spot cream ever!  I suffer quite badly from spot breakouts around my mouth, it's so annoying and it seems to break out every few months.  I have been on the hunt for something to stop the break outs and have tried every spot cream on the market, whilst some of them worked ok, they never really cleared up the spots quick enough.

After hearing such amazing things about Sudocrem, I decided to invest in a tub and give it a try.  What'dya know its the bomb!

I apply it to all my spots and to the areas that have been marked each night, and in the morning I kid you not the spots are dried up, and the marked areas are visibly reduced.  Its really incredible.  Over the last few weeks I have been cleansing, toning and moisturising my skin daily, but since using the Sudocrem in the evenings my skin has been 100% clearer!

So ladies (and gents) this is it, the miracle cure!  If you need a quick fix fast, get down to your local chemist,  drug store or supermarket and pick up a Sudocrem.

Much love Pretties .x Kirsty .x

M.A.C me up!

Afternoon lovelies,

It's another dreich day (that means horrible in Scottish haha), it's been rainy and cold all week, I have to say I am definitely missing the sunny days of LA.  

Whilst I was in LA I visited one of there many MAC stores and picked up a few goodies.  Up until recently I  had only ever purchased one item from MAC, that being there long wear foundation, and I only got it because I was passing through Heathrow and needed a foundation.  Admittedly MAC has never been a brand that I have been attracted to, I dont know why, maybe just because of my lack of knowledge regarding there products, however that may about to change!

As I previously mentioned I built up quite a bit of my kit whilst away, and I picked up this face & body foundation from MAC as I had heard great things about it and that it was a fave amongst the MUA's.  I have tried it out on my skin, and I have a lot of red undertones, so for me this isn't a great foundation.  Its very sheer, so would be suitable for someone with already flawless smooth skin, or for someone who doesn't wear all that much makeup.  It did appear fairly blendable  it is slightly runnier than I am used to but I used my real techniques stippling brush to apply it and it went on well.  This is in shade NW2.  I don't think I will buy any more of this unless my course tutor recommends it, but i'll keep this one in my kit just incase.

I am in LOVE with this MAC lipstick, "up the amp" its a pinky, purpley toned lipstick, a colour that I would never normally wear.  The MAC lipsticks are very long wearing, it kept its colour on my lips for so long.  I will definitely be purchasing a few more of these.

These colour swatches dont really do these products justice, but they are just so yummy! I picked up a few more MAC products also, some eye-shadow, matte bronzer and a highlighter which I will review shortly.

Last night I was playing with a free sample of Smashbox BB cream, it was actually really nice, very lightweight and recommended for daily wear to work or a casual occasion.  I was also playing with my NAKED pallet, from Urban Decay, hence the two different coloured eyes, above are the results!  I added a bit of MAC cream pot in pearl to hi-light some key areas (forehead, nose, under eye, upper lip and chin) and although this was taken at night I was quite pleased with the results.

Until next time beauties...... x.Kirsty.x

Sephora-say-what?

Whilst on honeymoon I found the most fab shop, Sephora.  Many of the US readers will be well aware of Sephora, but for us here in the UK this isnt a store we have.  Well let me tell you its super awesome, think adult makeup candy store, HEAVEN.

The store stocks pretty much every brand you can think of, except MAC as they have many of there own shops (on every corner) but its just dreamy.  I swear I spent most of my honeymoon in that shop, and spent WAY too much dollars, but on the up side I've pretty much given my makeup kit a flipping awesome start.  I have to say I was absolutely gutted to learn that they did not ship to the UK *sad face* BUT after a little digging around I found out that you can in fact order items from their French website and it can be shipped to the UK *happy face*.  The site is in French which is a bit of a bummer, however using google translate it doesn't seem too much of an issue, and there search facility recognises product names when typed in English, so I am one happy bunny!

After returning from honeymoon yesterday with our cases not in tow, I was without my  many new purchases, thankfully the cases turned up today and we have been reunited .  I see tomorrow consisting off painting faces.  Signing off to catch up on Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries.

Catch Y'all soon 

x.Kirsty.x 

Welcome in lovely bubblies!

Welcome aboard lovelies, this is my little space on the www.  Here I am going to share all things, pretty, pearly, pink & peach (basically anything and everything I heart!).  You'll also find a host of yummy posts on all things makeup.

I recently got married (28 sept 2012 to be exact) and found it uber difficult to find a makeup artist that didn't want to make me look like a monster, for real!  I've always had a big makeup collection and enjoyed getting my glam on for a night out or special event, and I love playing with products.  After my ordeal of terrible makeup trials in the run up to the wedding, I decided to do my own makeup on the day.  From that experience I have now decided to look into makeup school, it's something I really enjoy and would love to get involved with, I would love to make other brides feel beautiful on there own day without feeling like a total monster.  I swear every artist gave me black looking eyes, what is that?! 

Anyway, I hope you will join me in my new venture, and visit often.   Please leave your comments and say hi when you visit and i'll be sure to return the favour!

I'll be back soon with some fab haul & review posts, but to kick things off, I'll share with you all a few pics of our special day .....

The last pic is one of my fave non professional ones, me with my two grandmas, aren't they super cute!

Well signing off, im a little jet lagged after our epic 10 hour flight (returning from honeymoon)

.x. Kirsty .x.