create!makeup

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Last Thursday I attended the Create! Makeup Workshop at the V&A museum in London, which was basically a day filled with makeup, makeup and just a little bit more makeup. The artist leading it was Mel Winning, who is a fantastic makeup artist, and during the workshop we had a little look around the theatre part of the museum, had a talk on makeup artistry from Mel and had a chance to practise our techniques on each other...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKghnadXWqIN5jzU8gct09z3KWnZ2-D0-QndhDeivDKhB0a76uM3brqJ8Ps6qG-jtgrj9xCbesbv5oRHnN8_FQ95P1_Lt6Y7w4n-KWpc523nXJalssCfpVOz_ExahxcROjA-DzAI-LH3bI/s640/CIMG1891.JPG" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftvkDa9PMCR_5JuyK4a_oE9yUgcVKC5mzOIZcYQJKbZfZOQiWtSX_A3P9R62TVB6u0OVS697UlBcJjPkkDEvBOK77JV0AS0Lxvt7W7ztXHvOahbW718jqxo18xKm-G2dG0wG3QugZaiBn/s1600/CIMG1885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftvkDa9PMCR_5JuyK4a_oE9yUgcVKC5mzOIZcYQJKbZfZOQiWtSX_A3P9R62TVB6u0OVS697UlBcJjPkkDEvBOK77JV0AS0Lxvt7W7ztXHvOahbW718jqxo18xKm-G2dG0wG3QugZaiBn/s640/CIMG1885.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">a replica of Kylie Minogue's actual dressing table on her Showgirl tour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-cF4mGxL_XZKWl5stYBnS_ZJbj5w7hpM5saFik2LX1X_BafsarI7O-bPkPLvRlbNbIt_eRGgeM4bnI0QlX0FVqHTsiZdljOcTkPkVQ6XAdtFGVmoUdPisSHJ7Nqr3Q3o4R1v1u-9DPF6/s1600/CIMG1898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-cF4mGxL_XZKWl5stYBnS_ZJbj5w7hpM5saFik2LX1X_BafsarI7O-bPkPLvRlbNbIt_eRGgeM4bnI0QlX0FVqHTsiZdljOcTkPkVQ6XAdtFGVmoUdPisSHJ7Nqr3Q3o4R1v1u-9DPF6/s640/CIMG1898.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRS0cINzMwNxrdVfvUG7IeLBawEDEOffj6mbnqa57KNlMLe31BbRg397CFKsFGvX409CSwuEponnh2geJs7gnFrQ9UQR5nQIaapOsOcVJuF5Mtolviatmtjewf12MF8uZABqwagT6TrnD/s1600/CIMG1907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRS0cINzMwNxrdVfvUG7IeLBawEDEOffj6mbnqa57KNlMLe31BbRg397CFKsFGvX409CSwuEponnh2geJs7gnFrQ9UQR5nQIaapOsOcVJuF5Mtolviatmtjewf12MF8uZABqwagT6TrnD/s640/CIMG1907.JPG" width="586" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGoaMgy4cOLb28CjF2rxklWPCmI63etpfjbzpr2W2rqZQwlmIkexC90W8kD7b3mTrrKEmkeTv87CCuhz1IVbIRKGHWlHPJfRgEwA8axiwWXdnklmQ2Jm9bfhJGUzjxaDgzKdZus_W6KUm/s640/CIMG1905.JPG" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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create!makeup

Last Thursday I attended the Create! Makeup Workshop at the V&A museum in London, which was basically a day filled with makeup, makeup a...

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lets vamp it up.

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">After picking up the beautiful <em>Maybelline Gel Liner</em> the other day, it has integrated into my daily makeup routine, displacing the old <em>ELF Cream Liner</em> that used to be my liner of choice. The Maybelline version is a lot creamier, easier to work with and also includes a lovely little brush which is perfect for creating a multitude of different lines. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I was recently inspired by the wonderful Lisa Eldridge and her liner in <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8XaCznnJEk&feature=channel_video_title">this tutorial</a></strong> of hers, and had a wee go at recreating the look myself:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKSvTIRpxoPkkNjkTdw0f7QnZsaJ28N83aUhlG2Vfam2YVn9YgcPjU8s9lig4aUBmCWUec0CbsoZ0EgyrnE7s29EQXCzatC5JXR5B84VG8m_-H5WExKW6q894ZQsuI4wdO_b3RK4wFZN-/s1600/CIMG1519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6kkNdH124W3ZXDzA19tKGBXTNrqT8DSigdcxy09TEDUGpR-vmM_x72iZ4D2Ni1To3bliImF8vupqxl4lQK6bRBA136WNpsB2eHkpH66rFnYbNLZfyR5_KLgJpJaYNzS1lcg0Caib047Ki/s1600/CIMG1522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="400" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1QmkzekBA24XdJovMj6vcPR41OXfEBgztMYe6HP3Rh_-ShY7QW5DC2avNR-EaPMpCeI4zLyC6G7BD5WrAWyqp7M3ccz54lLxibDAxISN-z3T1dj-uUrXjUOPyF7CnMJRT-3R9BPleihQ/s1600/CIMG1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeD_nxeBk1CWs9dNLvI7lyvmtX0j8590swfmpMW1BDSyc-Qj5EaM0Q1nxMXrF_NUQ8yNynYT7aR7XEYSWq9h6aYA_5-YCgUc31jGr7qHiCtYCSbS8z9B2pg81ljZlgIRRRLfCNJufHIFv/s1600/CIMG1505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="586" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">By no means is my version anywhere near as perfect as Lisa's original but I absolutely adore this look! It almost reminds me of something Gaby from the TV show Made in Chelsea would wear, and I love how dramatic and bold it is!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the picture above I paired it with <em>Hue </em>lipstick from <em>Mac,</em> so as not to draw too much attention away from the eyes, however I also had a little play with my Sleek OMG Lipstick...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ6IdY-5AniVxyb_cGc1uYgcev-ulRhMkGlzkPnra2jswqJtfIr54_YBHdFlQmgBMGkmbnSPnLccOcCTiib34zeMzW0Yftn0n6C5-zLT9eG0bElgv5_F6bnl7wLxS5NUZXDbUKO7cy0_5/s1600/CIMG1556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdBWrm44aFCJJ_bQVJVwjQn3oPv13PiP4lyAn7za19j3gT1a3Uxj4tntmP8-qFDCiUy9C9-wMbdYSWPgTHan0DoXRLh9_kuYp0DH9keephG9KOxpLGylEOKYh9nv-zm2GQ2Ly9dsR60sy/s1600/CIMG1555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Paired with red lipstick it looks a little 'vamp-ish' and my mother even referred to it as 'Mautitia Adams' type makeup!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Although this isn't exactly wearable for everyday I'm still in love with the idea of dramatic cat liner, and I really hope Maybelline come out with different colours in their new liner!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4894/siggiei.png" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: undefined;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4894/siggiei.png" /></span></a></div></div>

lets vamp it up.

After picking up the beautiful Maybelline Gel Liner the other day, it has integrated into my daily makeup routine, displacing the old ELF C...

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youtube inspiration.

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/pixi2woo"><strong><span style="color: #666666;">Pixi2woo</span></strong></a><span style="color: #666666;"> is one of my absolute favourite beauty guru's on YouTube, and her makeup tutorials are some of the best, in my opinion. One of her </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzRCkgXO-A"><strong><span style="color: #666666;">latest</span></strong></a><span style="color: #666666;"> is based on Beyonce's makeup in the music video for Why Don't You Love Me and the makeup was so beautiful I just had to give it a go...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgg7gsjhLMbfL5ABwdvygVIW3NhNFU22msHhNQixIOS-xxjY1HtRdgTF2D5igrKjhafMAs864iKdGifOkQ-Jskw6EuOSNom9tGIrWsyq4AV1YwVE4eXaF-zm7t_teSDvhB0G7SbN-TtKp/s1600/CIMG0702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgg7gsjhLMbfL5ABwdvygVIW3NhNFU22msHhNQixIOS-xxjY1HtRdgTF2D5igrKjhafMAs864iKdGifOkQ-Jskw6EuOSNom9tGIrWsyq4AV1YwVE4eXaF-zm7t_teSDvhB0G7SbN-TtKp/s640/CIMG0702.JPG" width="518" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3XwK_5xCLiP5TNmmarTsoim73OXlO7HiUYq1XJWIz6T9WFAnLIf6dg17sBoHvy-LV0Zsr3gFb5IHwVlofnIbjjx6gDe72-XPpuD3W7kQy9NVy9sp5yz3ITxH0fQRldnJCSKh5MHC3X5k/s1600/CIMG0717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3XwK_5xCLiP5TNmmarTsoim73OXlO7HiUYq1XJWIz6T9WFAnLIf6dg17sBoHvy-LV0Zsr3gFb5IHwVlofnIbjjx6gDe72-XPpuD3W7kQy9NVy9sp5yz3ITxH0fQRldnJCSKh5MHC3X5k/s640/CIMG0717.JPG" width="592" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEayXiNiyg31cVPoow5GiGW42Ad9zAlnyl-hAkXh66-PgZJTeTuVOoK3mwYjZM0Jgj-FuE87cHCm85Bhb3WpAOMrSaCLYiAAxWIqlFxQDeX3ijDysalxuLThL3cGRMcda8fwbyrmfVO_X/s1600/CIMG0711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEayXiNiyg31cVPoow5GiGW42Ad9zAlnyl-hAkXh66-PgZJTeTuVOoK3mwYjZM0Jgj-FuE87cHCm85Bhb3WpAOMrSaCLYiAAxWIqlFxQDeX3ijDysalxuLThL3cGRMcda8fwbyrmfVO_X/s640/CIMG0711.JPG" width="362" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I absolutely adore this makeup, its soft but also very bold and I'm really embracing big black flicks in my eyeliner at the moment, <em>a la</em> Audrey Hepburn :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Lately I've been feeling a little tired of my everyday makeup, which is very boring and simple for school and their stupid <em>'no makeup allowed'</em> rules. I literally cannot wait for 6th form and for this year to be finished, as wearing proper makeup may actually be the thing I'm most looking forward to when I finish year 11... sad, I know ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Therefore, it's always nice to try something new with my makeup and shake it up a bit!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4894/siggiei.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4894/siggiei.png" /></span></a></div>

youtube inspiration.

Pixi2woo is one of my absolute favourite beauty guru's on YouTube, and her makeup tutorials are some of the best, in my opinion. One of...

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Makeup Editoral Look ♥

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am always amazed at lovely bloggers on here and on YouTube who can create astonishing makeup looks, and am jealous of their amazing editorial work they create from just a few basic products and a<em> 'blank canvas'</em> - face.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, as an aspiring makeup artist/beauty journalist myself, I decided to try out a bit of <em>'face art'</em>, inspired by youtubers such as </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CosmeticsCharlotte72"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">CosmeticsCharlotte72</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupByRisa"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">MakeupByRisa</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEFrlYhC6O7JzjifT_qVnJ7IskBbFYejnx6nybnrBsl0cvUNQYA7d0KnI2lkOz19ZacC9YlLsyB__labnbknkGF4YLrWGBEqZCuIMrmTrALbuQxgogXbKqjFrxGj_JDlXXRA7NdFGt2kg/s1600/DSCN4436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtNrSExVfFTfFlo7_brfLhmOpx97qzPeMCNIJMg_RovgSPczCfwlKDtKbVuaDaVlDwx_bcaC0VdSrImPJQ4hfYnpWB7xrHPR2QcuYT5xIxTaLbC9ptLvNzIcaXd39-67Gi8mfcMKzbFCf/s640/DSCN4459.JPG" width="531" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>I used ELF Cream Eyeliner in Black, Barry M Dazzledust in Mushroom (used wet) and Benefit Lust Duster in Moon Doggie (also used wet) to create this look :)</em></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #666666;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By no means is this anywhere near as good as anything the amazing artists on YouTube and blogger can create, however I am actually quite pleased with the result, for me a makeup artistry newbie :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I based this pattern/look on flowers and fireworks night, and played around until I came up with something decent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Upon showing my family my makeup, I was subjected to a lot of dropped jaws and '<em>What have you done?!</em>'s before they eventually gathered I was trying out a whole new look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm hoping the reactions from my lovely followers will be a little less shocked, but all the same <strong>what do you think?</strong> <em>Honest opinions please :)</em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; 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Makeup Editoral Look ♥

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