Rogue Lipstick

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Behind the scenes

Today I headed off bright and early to Brighton for a shoot with some extremely talented fashion students.

Great fun working with such talent and lovely models for the day

The look for today was a matte finish with the a strong, but natural looking brow. To make sure the models didn't look flat and washed out in pictures I used a light blush to give a bit of contour and a light skin coloured pink in the crease of the eyes to give dimension. Both models were very fair and had amazing skin so it was very easy to give the skin a perfect finish.

Get the look:

Foundation: Lasting Perfection- Collection

Concealer: Cream Foundation- Illamasqua

Blush: Light Rose- BHCosmetics

Lips: Lip Balm

Mascara: The Flasies- Maybelline

Brows: Brow pencil- Rimmel

Eyes: Satin Taupe- MAC

I used transparent setting powder by Rimmel to avoid any shiny T zones throughout the shoot.

You may notice that a majority of what I used were drugstore products. If I am honest with you, the words of my favourite tutor whilst I was learning at makeup school was to not be a brand snob. If it works, it works, so that is what I still stick by. That is all that counts and for the moment, these products work well for me. Of course as I progress into the industry I hope to experience working with a variety of products that I haven't yet and plan to gather a full understanding of all of them! Just like a little fountain of makeup knowledge! I'm glad that I started this blog so early on in my career that you all can come along for the ride! Who knows what will happen in a year from now...... I best finish this off before my day (or late evening) dreams of finishing off the look for the latest Dolce and Gabbana advert for their collection takes me over!

Hope you enjoyed the little insight to my day! I had great fun just doing what I love! Let me know what you think cake lovers xo

Action shot, check out my deep concentration face...

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Friday, 14 February 2014

Memoirs of the Red Lipstick

I am going to be bold enough to say that every girl needs a good red lipstick in their makeup bag.

You could be having the worse morning of your life and be in the biggest flap, but somehow, magically that red lipstick glides over your lips and you are ready for the rest of your day.

What is it about that wonderful rouge handbag sized companion that gives us all such a confidence boost?

Can it be connected back to the 40s and the World War? With everything in shortage, kohl pencils weren't just used for the eyes, but running up the back of your legs to make it appear you are wearing expensive tights and red lipstick was also used for giving your cheeks a healthy flush. Times were so hard and everyone needed to toughen up too. It's as though their rouge was their last piece left from their life before, the one remaining item of normality left that made women still feel like women.

So could it be that the spirit of all these women that had to sum up inner strength and power has been channeled into the red lipsticks of today? Maybe that explains the feeling you get once you've put your red lipstick on, you feel as though you can concur the entire world, the only thing that could get in your way is finding the right shoes to wear with your outfit.

Here are a few Red Lipsticks that I use myself and love:

What is your favourite red? Any outfit inspirations that will go perfect with a red lip?

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Monday, 10 February 2014

Love is all you need

Whether you celebrate it or not, you can't really ignore that Valentine's is fast approaching. I found a selection of pictures that have really inspired me with my make up, outfits and even what I fancy doing for the day... Let me know what you think..

Make up inspiration