Baby You're a Firework

These pictures are originals and unedited (I can' quite believe it myself!)

I wanted to come up with something bright and eye catching for Guy Fawkes and what better opportunity to put my Makeup Revolution Day of the Dead Palette to good use as it has some extremely vibrant colours! You can recreate this look by following the steps below, all you will need is three vibrant eye shadows (I know you have some lurking at the bottom of our makeup box), concealer or primer, an eye shadow brush, kohl pencil, liquid liner and mascara!

Up to 30% off Beauty @ Asos - 24 Hours ONLY

I am going post crazy today, but you can't complain because guess what, I have another bargain alert for you! I was just browsing my emails and noticed one from Asos which says they have up to 30% off beauty for 24 hours only so that had me hop, skipping and jumping (or should I say clicking) my way to their beauty section and, once again, pages worth of bargains are in front of my eyes!

Halloween Tutorial | Scary Doll

You are probably looking at the picture above thinking it took a lot of time and expensive products to turn myself from 'Miss Average' and into a very creepy looking doll... Wrong! This look is so easy to create and most of the products you need you probably already own which is a bonus! So, why not follow my simple 15 step guide on how to recreate this look which will be sure to turn heads!

All the products I used

Let's get started...

Step 1: Apply your normal foundation.

Step 2: Dolls have very prominent, bright blusher and so you want to recreate this by using a really bright pink blush. I don't own a really bright pink blush and so used the shade 'Redemption is Near' from the Makeup Revolution Day of the Dead Palette. Apply all over your cheeks, ensuring you apply a lot more than you normally would.

Step 3: Take a small brush, this one is from my Topshop Nail Tool Set.

Step 4: Dip the brush in water and swirl it around on the white shade of the Snazaroo until you get a thick amount on your brush. You may need to dip the brush in water and swirl it on the face paint a few times to achieve a smooth, thick consistency on your brush. Then outline a semi circle under each eye and fill in. Alternatively you could use a white eyeliner for example the NYX jumbo pencil in the shade milk.

Step 5: Once the face paint is dry, take the full set of lashes and apply glue, wait 30 seconds or so for the glue to go tacky and then apply at the edge of the semi circle.

Step 6: Apply mascara (any type) to your top lashes.

Step 7: Swill your brush off and then swirl it around on the black Snazaroo, again, ensuring the brush is covered evenly. Line your eye and then bring it down, outlining the semi circle, ensuring that the outline joins with both corners of the fake lashes to give a precise rounded look. Alternatively you could use a black liquid liner.

Step 8: Apply the corner lashes to your top lash line (these ones were pre glued) and then touch up with the black Snazaroo to make sure the outline is perfect.

Step 9: Apply another coat of mascara to your top lashes to ensure your natural lashes are blended with the false ones

Step 10: Swill off your brush thoroughly and then swirl it on the brown Snazaroo until your brush is covered evenly, using the tip of the brush, simply add as many freckles are you like. I dotted about ten on each cheek. Alternatively you could use a brown pencil.

Step 11: Again, using the brown Snazaroo, follow the natural shape of your eyebrow and fill in. I then added an almost triangle point and filled this in as I wanted really thick and angry looking eyebrows but you can shape them however you want. Alternatively you could use a brown pencil.

Step 12: Repeat step 11 for the other eyebrow.

Step 13: Apply foundation to your lips.

Step 14: Choose whatever colour lipstick you prefer, I chose the shade 115 from The Body Shop Colour Crush range. With your lips pursed, outline a heart shape on your top lip and then outline an upside down heart shape on your bottom lip. Fill them both in using the lipstick.

Step 15: The last step is to simply swirl your brush in the black Snazaroo and use it to carefully outline the lipstick or outline with a black liquid liner.

Outfit

You can wear anything you like but I had this Leg Avenue Lemon Girl outfit laying around which I got in the sale ages ago and thought it was perfectly fitting for a doll! For a cheap alternative though I would suggest buying a nightdress from Primark, chuck on a pair of tights and some pumps!

I hope you enjoyed this step by step guide!

Are you going to follow these steps to recreate this look? If so I would love to see!! Tweet me the finished result @thelckydiamnd 

Halloween Overload

As some of you may or may not know I also have a Youtube channel where I mainly upload videos on body confidence, life problems etc but as soon as it hit October I instantly thought 'I need to do Halloween posts!' as I absolutely love Halloween! Now, I have gone through this month creating looks, filming tutorials whenever I have had the chance and you know when you think to yourself 'Oh, it's fine, plenty of time to edit', well I said that to myself way too many times and now I have a whole load of stuff to edit within a week!

Can you guess what the two looks are?

This is just a quick post to let you know there will be another tutorial uploaded to my Youtube Channel this Sunday (almost solely using the Makeup Revolution Day of the Dead Palette) and also a step by step blog post tutorial on an effective yet simple Halloween Look for those of you who prefer to read tutorials than watch.

My benefit parcel arrived yesterday and instead of leaving it until I have all this sorted, there I was this morning taking 100 unnecessary pictures of it in different lighting, angles etc when in fact the first ten pictures were fine. I then thought to myself, 'what the hell are you doing, you haven't even got started on the Halloween stuff'...

I'm a girl who has an insane love for makeup and photography but not editing, what can I say!

For now take a look at my 'Back to Basics Heartbroken Dancer Tutorial'!

Gotta dash, netflix editing is calling me!


Who else is having a Halloween Overload?

Benefit Bargains from Asos

Since the Asos sale started a few days ago I have been planning to put some time aside to scour the beauty section for some bargains! After being busy blogging and editing the first chance I had was this morning and normally they only knock a few quid off Benefit products but there are a couple that have gone more than half price...

If you are a dark skinned girl (if not, scroll down to the next product to avoid crying) you are in for a real treat... The Benefit 'Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation' in the shade 'Nutmeg' is reduced from £26.50 to £10! When I seen this I almost jumped with joy but was disappointed when I clicked on the product and found that only the 'Nutmeg' shade is reduced (don't you just hate it when they do that?). I decided to blog about it anyway as I am sure many girls out there are the shade 'Nutmeg' and so you can nab a bargain!

It is the darkest shade in the range, is oil free and also has SPF 25. It is a light to medium coverage and so I assume feels light on the skin which is always a plus. It is also the winner of 'The Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards 2014' and with hundreds of positive reviews this appears a great product. For £10 it is an absolute steal and I am totally jealous of anyone who is the shade 'Nutmeg'! Click here to buy it!


Now, onto the other bargain that will appeal to anyone who loves eyeshadows... The 'Benefit Longwear Powder Shadow' is discounted at more than half price at £7.50. Surprisingly this price is on more than one shade (yesssss) and the colours are very appealing.

It says on the actual Benefit website that these are 'New' but I am not sure of that as reviews date back to 2013. Seven out of the twelve available shades are reduced and the colours range from milky white to rich brown and they usually retail at £15.50.

A fantastic chance to try out a highly rated Benefit product for such a fantastic price! I think these will sell out quickly, especially in the shades 'Milk It', 'Quick Look Busy' and 'Thanks a Latte' as they are very versatile and workable shades. Click here to purchase them!

P&P is £3 or free if your order is £15 or more or why not click here to read my post which gives you the low down on Asos Premiere which is just £9.95 a year for next day delivery on all orders no matter how big or small.

Let me know if you order anything, I think I might grab 'Thanks a Latte'!