Brunch In Chelsea

Hello Gorgeous

Im so sorry guys for not being able to post anything for a while but it is because I have exams currently and my education comes before anything else, however much I love blogging!

Even though I have been revising a lot I also make time to make myself look 10000X better whenever I go out during evenings with my family, so I have had a bit of free time to figure out my current makeup routine!

Before doing anything I also think that it is key to prep your face and make your surface as smooth as possible (as no artist wants to be working on a rough canvas, so before even priming my face I will was it with my Clearasil Ultra 5in1 Wash. I apply this product using circular motions around my face and then I leave it on for 3 minuets whilst I am brushing my teeth. Then, using a clean flannel I rinse it off and pat my face dry with a towel.

Straigh after I have washed my face i will apply my Garnier Skin Naturals Moisture Match Shine Be Gone Mattifying Moisturiser. Whilst this is sinking into my face I will usually do my hair.

The first step to my makeup routine is applying a primer. I have very oily skin so I find the Smashbox Pore Minimizing Photo Finish to be a perfect way to mineralise to oily and shine. Then using a damp Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge I apply my Mac pro longwear foundation in small sections all over my face.

Then, using the nyx contour stick I contour my nose by drawing two line down the outer bridge of my nose and highlight the middle.

I then draw two lines down my cheekbones using the same product to give them much more definition.

I then use one of the MUA Cream blushes as little dots from my temple to my mid cheek.

To set all of my cream contour I use my MAC studio fix powder and my Zoeva Buffing Brush.

At the moment I am loving bold brows so I have been using the Soap and Glory Archrey pencil. What I love about this product is how the pencil part is really thin so that you can really define your eyebrows, and the other end is a brush to that you can get rid of any harsh unnatural lines.

Then, whatever contouring you did with your cream products, you want to go over then with your powder products, so for the dark contour I have been using the Avon bronzing pearls and for my highlight I have been using the MUA Highlighter.

Because I have always been so rushed recently I have never had enough time to do a full shadow look, but If you are wondering about my style of look that I usually create, check out this tutorial!

To finish off any look I always have to have a bold mascara and the one that I have been loving alot recently is the Benifit they're real mascara! This makes my lashes look so long and I always have multiple people asking me if they are real or not!

So that is my daily makeup tutorial! I hope you enjoyed the couple of GIFS that I encluded! The tutorial that they are from is My contour Routine Video which is currently up on my youtube channel!

I really hope you enjoyed this post and I will see you guys later!

Chai!!

Hello Gorgeous

This afternoon, I opened my mailbox to find a little package from the company Knock Knock. I encountered this company whilst having a little stalk through buzzfeed. Like every Sunday morning in cold wet England, the weather was miserable, and although my mood was not great, the products on their website instantly made me topple over with laughter. From humorous journals to the perfect gift for your bestie, Knock Knock has it all!

What is Knock Knock, Olivia, you may ask?

Knock Knock is a hilarious gifts and stationery brand which aspires to bring humour, function, organisation, and aesthetics to everyday life, and believe me they do just that!

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through my inbox and I found an email asking if I would like to do product review. I instantly jumped with joy as I finally had the opportunity to get my hands on these products I have been obsessing over for what feels like years. The hardest decision I have ever faced was choosing which products to review, but after long debates and mass confliction with my mind, I managed to narrow it down to two products!

Now lets fast forward to this morning—I rapidly peeled away the cardboard to find two very professionally wrapped products. One was the WTF Am I Doing? Pad and the other was the Honest Acronyms Sticky Note Packet.

I'm a huge fan of all products that are witty and funny so as soon as I saw the Sticky Notes on their website I knew I had to get them! After analyzing them today, I noticed instead of “OMG” meaning the obvious, “Oh My God,” it had a funny alternative at the bottom saying, “Officially Mindless Garbage.” Some of you may find this simple, but something about it just makes me smile!

The WTF Am I Doing? Pad is also a fun way to write down things you’re doing instead of just writing it down on simple pieces of paper! I can’t wait ‘til my notice board is up on my wall because then I will be able to pin one of the sheets up and it will look all snazzy and jazzy.

One thing that I love about both of these products is how bold they are. The products really stand out and are very noticeable so it is very unlikely that you will lose an important note or plan.

Out of both products, my favourite is the Honest Acronyms Sticky Note Packet because it has the most variety and the products really makes me smile!

As I am the most slayying person in the universe I made sure that I could get you guys the hookup!

If you sign up for their newsletter using this link you can get 20% off any order of $50 (which is about £35)

^^^^ WTF am I doing? Pad

^^^Honest Acronyms Sticky Note Packet

Hello Mi Beauties

So I have been wearing make up for a while now, but one of the main things that I remember from my virgin-makeup days was that I was always so confused about what I actually needed to to make my face look polished and perfect. So, because of the amazing person that I am, I've decided to construct a little list for all you new-bies out there to make your leap in the make up world as smooth and enjoyable as possible! A few things in this post I am going to be explaining in there own post as this is the first in my 'Starter Series'
One key thing to remember when started off with make up is that practise makes perfect! Do not expect to get a perfect winger liner or your contour fleeking with your first attempt, I've been wearing make up for years and years and I still struggle with getting the perfect wing!
Also, done feel pressured to go to high end products straight away, I recommend starting with drug-store brands like Rimmel, maybelline ext, before you cashing out for high-end brands like Mac and Channel.

Face Makeup

Primmer

Primer is your new best friend if you are keen for your make up not to slip off your face during the day! One of the biggest mistakes that I did during my beginner days was totally ignoring the primer set in my make up routine. A great primer also reduces your pores and can stop your face from looking as red and as blotchy.

I recommend the Maybelline 'Baby Skin' as it is refreshing and keeps your make up staying put all day. It is also a cheaper dupe of the 'porefessional by benefit'

Foundation

Foundation is great for evening out your skin to give it a more polished and flawless look. I always think of foundation as the cement holding the bricks together in the house, too little and it will not look fully covered and too much, it will over flow and everything will go wrong. Your foundation will also be the cross-road between the 'my make up looks like a five year old has done it' and the 'my face is as perfect as Kylie Jenners' look

One of the largest mistakes that you can make with foundation us putting too much on, It will make it will make your face look caked and messy. You also want to make sure you blend all of your make up in so that you have no 'Tramp Lines' (These are them really ugly orange lines on your face which will make your make up look childish and unpolished)

I recommend the Rimmel Match Perfection as I used this until I started to use more High-end products!

Livs Tip: The key is blending the colour, when Applying, make sure the colour matches your neck and blend all the way to your hairline and ears.

Concealer

Personally I'm not a huge fan of concealer as it can sometimes make my foundation looked caked. Concealer is great for covering blemishes and under eye circles. For under eye circles you want to purchase one with a creamy consistency to decrease the chances of creasing You have probably heard about this product before, but the concealer that I am recommending is the Collection lasting perfection. Not only does it last for a long time (Tried and tested by yours truly) But it also gives your under eye circles a bright finish.

You could also use this product for blemishes but I recommend getting the 'Rimmel Wake Me Up' As this is the one that I always used to use and I find it to be amazing!!!

Livs Tip: Avoid concealer sticks at all cost as they are told to block up your pores! Liquid concealer are much more effective and easier to blend out.

Powder

The main job of powder is to mainly set your foundation and concealer in place. Powder can be re-applied during the day to reduce shininess on the face. One of the tricky tips with powder is to not apply to much as it can make your face looked caked and thick, so you want to apply just enough to erase any shininess and to set your make up. Whenever applying powder try to use a large brush. I always like to use 'this one' by real techniques, but If you are thinking of purchasing it I recommend buying the whole core collection set at it contains all the tools you need for your kit! and I always carry it around with me during the day for touch ups!

I always used the Rimmel Stay Matte powder as it made my face look matte all day and gave my face a flawless finish.

Contouring

I'm not going to go too much into contouring in this post as I'm going to make another one completely dedicated to it!

The basics of contouring are Bronzing, Blushing and Highlighting or BBH

Bronzing is use to give a tanned colour to this face but to also define certain features.

Blush is used to give colour to the face to make your look more natural.

Highlight is used to give a glow to your face and to also draw attention to certain features.

For contouring, my favourite products all come from MUA. MUA is legitimately the cheapest make up that you can buy in super drug and it always give me great results and my friends always rave about how amazing some of there products are. When staring off with contouring I recommend using power products and not moving onto cream products until you are more advanced. Here are the products I recommend:

Bronzer- MUA Bronzer

Blush- MUA Blush (These goodies are only £1 TOTAL BARGAIN)

Highlighter- MUA Undress Your Skin (I have been using this product for as long as I can remember and I still find it to be the best that you can buy

Eye Makeup

Eyeshadow

Its only been very recently that my eye shadow skills have started to improve! One of my top tips for applying eye shadow is to always apply a primer!. When I was starting out with make up I always forgot to apply this so I was always confused about why my colours were not showing as bold as I wanted them to! The primer that I recommend is this B. Fixed eyeshadow primer.

Whenever looking at eye shadows themselves I always go for pallets over single shadows as I find that the colours in a pallet always compliment each other and even if your lucky, they give you instructions on the back.

If I ever even think about eye shadows, my mind wonders to the amazing Tanya Burr and her beautiful pallets! Even if you have been wearing make up forever and are just reading this for a refresher, I really recommend that you go out and purchase one of her sets as they are just simply magical! My favourite is the Tanya Burr Fairytale Eye Palette

Mascara

They always say that the eyes are the window to the soul, so it is always important to give them a really nice frame! I have alot of favourites but I have manage to select my favourite one!
My favourite is the Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara! It gives massive volume and never clumps up!

Lipstick
Lipstick is simple but effective! The one that you use can alter your whole face look! You can go for a classic red for a more chic look, or a nude if your going natural!
I have always been a fan of rimmel lipsticks but you can really wear any lipstick that you like! It is a no brainer really!

Livs Tip: Always make sure you line your lip so you have no harsh smudges!

STARTER KIT REMINDER

OOTD: Chic And Street

Clothes

Jumper: This jumper is the most stretchy comfortable roll neck that you could possibly buy! During the Autumn/Winter 2016 season I have been obsessed with high neck/ turtle neck sweaters and jumpers so much that I have a million of these thrown around my room in my 'floor-drobe', Not only can you buy these in black (which I find to be my signature autumn colour) but you can also get them in a variety of different colours for all shapes and sizes!

Jeans: These jeans are one of the newest items of clothing that I have added to my overly large collection recently. I purchased them for own clothes day -AKA Judgement day at an all girls comprehensive school- so that I could fit more into the latest fashion trend as I have seen multiple people wearing these all around the area where I live so obvc I had to go and grab my own pair. Not only do these look stylish but they are super comfortable to wear as they are stretchy and soft.

Gilet: I went and brought one of these for when I went to the Capital jingle bell ball (or jungle bell ball as we like to call it) with Chummy and her wonderful mother who was generous enough to buy a starved teenager pizza and diet coke (me!). I found it increasingly difficult to find a gilet that fit my short figure as many of them drowned me out and made me look like a posh ginger Eskimo who arrived to hunting beach wearing ski equipment when the un-official dress code was a bikini under shorts. After all the shopping struggles I managed to find one that fit my figure and didn't go down to my ankles.

Bag: Unfortunately my bag was not in this image but I took my channel-lookalike one that mi famila got me for Christmas. Even though it is quite small I managed to get my Paul's Boutique purse, phone, key and bus pass into it! I am addicted to this bag because it can give any outfit the 'this outfit took me 3 hours to plan look'

Makeup

**The makeup that I wore today was much more on the classy side.**

Eyes: For once I put down my favourite Naked 1 pallet and grabbed the dusk-collecting Naked 3 pallet that I was yet to use. I really wanted a chic look so I stuck to a dark brown on my outer crease and blended it up to just bellow my brow bone and then I highlighted my brow bone where my eyebrow arched with the lightest colour on the pallet. I then added a darker brown on my outer crease and then a pink shimmery shade across the whole of my lid.

This time I applied my eye shadow before I applied my faced make up so that I could clear up the glittery fallout from under my eyes which I expected to get as I always apply an obscene amount of shimmery eye-shadow as I want it to stand out among the rest of my face.

Lips: Yesterday when I was shopping about London with Chummy we popped into Selfridge's so that I could finally purchase some of the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream's. For my lips I used the whole of the 'London' Colour across the whole of my lips and then I used 'athens' along the inner edges of my lips near where the meet. I went for a very Kyle Jenner lip colour because I have been inspired by her alot recently.

(Our Mini Feast)

The Most Exciting Events Of The Day

Met my Queens Jodie, Maxine and Danielle on the bus
We went into the promise land AkA Nandos so we could feast on chicken and unlimited refillable drinks. I obviously went for a coke zero because I have an unhealthy obsession to the stuff.
We then raided sainsburys to purchase a ship load of junk food that we could pig-out on
All us then proceeded on the trek in Artic-like conditions to Jodies house so that s

he could force us to watch greace live whilst we ate all of the junk food that easily could have fed an army.

**Fangirl Moment Alert**

Im now going to have a massive fan girl moment and express my love for Jordan Fisher who may I say can marry me any day. Like literally every time he waltzed onto the screen I dropped whatever I was doing so that I could stare at his beautiful face. He was also in teen beach movie 1+2 but he looks a hella' lot more buff in grease live

**Fangirl Moment Over**

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