Threading ❤️

Hey there,

So recently I done a threading course in Portabello Institute in Dublin. It was a one day course and in it I learned both the mouth technique and the hands technique. I completely fell in love with threading from that day onwards. It’s so easy and leaves the area perfect!! 

You can even use any kind of string you have lying around the house, although my advice would be to use the professional string used for threading which would be ‘Vanity threading thread’. You can buy this from your local Sally’s for as cheap as £2.69. Can you imagine what an amazing benefit this price would be to you in comparison to the price of wax, wax strips and spatulas? It literally doesn’t even compare. 



The technique is so-so. It’s all about the practice. I mean I felt confident enough to take the scruff of someone’s eyebrows after the course but I wasn’t ready for a re-shape there and then. Like everything it takes lots and lots of practice.I did however take a whirl at doing my own eyebrows and they turned out pretty good. 



I’ll also attach a photo of my arm which was practised on for most of the day. There’s a noticeable difference let me just say that haha.



Look at how different the amount of hair on my arm is . It’s crazy. And yes it is somewhat embarrassing to have an arm half bald and the other gorilla like – I’ve waxed them since. My favourite technique to use was the mouth technique, I just prefer it as I’m one of those people who can’t move both hands at the same time haha. So overall I’m extremely happy with threading. It’s definitely a skill worth looking into if your in the beauty world already and extremely beneficial!!

Clinique Superbalanced Foundation Review !

Hey guys !

So in this post I will be reviewing my latest foundation. I decided to wait a few months to review this product, until the bottle was completely finished and I could give you all the best review possible on it.

 

How Long It Lasts –

I bought this foundation on the 14th of December and it is now February 14th so it lasted me 3 months exactly. To be completely honest I would have expected it to last a little bit longer as most of my other foundations have lasted 4 months onwards. I did however use this foundation a hell of a lot so three months for most days wear isn’t too bad. 

As for lasting power on the skin, I found this foundation to be fabulous with the Clinique setting powder! Its a very light feeling foundation, so automatically I was a bit apprehensive as to whether it would be suitable for me as I’m so used to wearing heavier foundations. When using setting powder it lasts all day, however when you wear it alone it does not.

 

Price Range –

I bought this foundation for €21.00 on sale in Debenhams back in December, however the retail price in most stores including Brown Thomas is €32.00.

My Opinion –

I absolutely loved this foundation for an everyday makeup , I forgot I was wearing any foundation because of the light-weight feel. It left my skin in amazing condition and my skin was always soft and subtle.

This foundation does not contain an SPF so when I wore it in photographs the light did not reflect leaving me with a big white face, complete winner in my opinion.

I am used to wearing a heavier foundation and my go-to would be Makeup Forever’s HD foundation but I was shocked at how much I feel in love with this foundation. It gave me the confidence to ease into wearing a light almost skin like foundation. It left my skin feeling like a baby’s-toosh and it completely balanced out my skin. It gave my dehydrated areas moisture, evened out my complexion and didn’t leave my skin with excess oil on the T-Zone area.

Overall I am very impressed with this foundation, if you’re looking for a natural look, day makeup or a go-to foundation then Clinique Superbalanced is definitely worth a try. Pair it with Clinique’s loose powder and you have the start of a perfect base.

Intense Smokey Eyes ♥

Good Morning Ladies and Gents,

This post is on gorgeous smoked-out eyes. This look is extremely intense and over-the-top much like would be seen in ‘TOWIE’ or ‘Geordie Shore’. I know many girls out there,including myself are obsessed with this type of make-up at the moment and its seen everywhere on social media!

So for this look I began with the eyes first, I applied foundation to the eyes and underneath the eye area, I then applied powder so that when I applied the eye-shadow it wont move or slide.

I then went in with a nude base eye-shadow. For this I used my fuschia palette, taking a matte cream colour. You can use absolutely and cheap shade for this step.

Next I applied a deep-purple shade to the eye,all-over the lid continuing to add more and more depth of colour until it was prominent and made the eyes pop. I then took my undereye brush and applied this same shade under the lash line.I took this colour lower than I usually would for the illusion of bigger eyes and to draw attention to the eye colour.

I blended this shade out -in the shape of the models eye.

Next I took a matte black shade and repeated the previous steps.For this shade I made sure to leave a halo of the purple shade above the black colour. I continued to apply the black shade adding depth of colour and blending the shade into the lash line. I then took my under eye pencil brush with some of the matte black shade and applied it to my lower lash line, this time the black matte shade was closest to my lashes and I also left a Halo of the purple shade to the bottom lash-line. Again this draws attention to the eye colour.

I applied gel eye-liner to the upper lash line and lower lash line.Using my under-eye pencil while this gel was still wet,I blended the gel out to seal the eyes. I then applied this gel eye-liner to the waterline in one quick swoop to prevent discomfort for the model.

Finally I added lashings of mascara to the bottom and top lashes and then I finished the look by applying Ardell Fake Eyelashes.

Above is the finished look 🙂 Hope you enjoyed, don’t forget to like,comment and follow. 

Nicholle-Marie x

Makeup of the day !

Today I had the privilege of doing some of my boyfriends relatives makeup and I was so super excited ! Any excuse to take out the makeup box!

I decided to do big dramatic eyes, emphasising this beautiful lady’s green eyes ! During this makeup look her eyes changed from a light almost translucent green colour to a deep emerald green .

Before :

After:

For this look I used two shades , all from my Inglot palette. I used a burnt orange shade and a cranberry shade that I’ve used in my previous posts ‘burnt orange eye’ and ‘cranberry and brown smoky eye ‘ . For more information on the colours view these posts 🙂

As a technique I used what I always do , my cut crease with transition techniques. I use the burnt orange as an all over lid shade an the cranberry as my cut crease/transition shade.

I applied gel eyeliner to the top lash line and water line and I used ardell ‘Demi wispies’ lashes for extra glamour and volume. I always use duo eyelash glue as it dries super fast and is perfect for this look.

When doing my base I used a heavy contour as my model has amaaazinnnggg bone structure! So obviously I couldn’t wait to emphasise this!

To create the big lip look I slightly exaggeratedly models natural lip line to create those gorgeous looking lips with out all the needles haha . I then applied lipstick and lipgloss in a pinky/purple shade.

And this is the finished look 🙂
Hope you enjoyed an don’t forget to get in touch ! X

Burnt Orange Eyes ♥

Hello hello helloo,

Today’s post is on an extremely flattering Winter trend eye-shadow shade -Burnt Orange. For this look I combined a nude base colour (matte) my Inglot shade 383, and a glittery pigmented eye-shadow with hints of yellow gold through it.

1. I began by taking a matte-nude eye-shadow base from my Fuschia palette. Any shade that is a nude-cream or pale pink/lilac-cream will do. I applied this from my lash line into my brow bone with my sponge-tip eye-shadow brush.
2. I then began to create a cut crease using my Inglot shade 383(Burnt Orange). I used my flat shader brush for this along with my 110 brush from rebel 66 to blend this shade across and outwards. Instead of using tape on the outside corners of the eyes in this look I used the line of Laura’s natural brow-line to create an almond shape,most flattering to her eyes.
3. I blended this colour out using my Sigma E40 Brush and then continued to apply the shade all over the lid using my flat shader brush. Again I blended this into the eyes.
4. For extra depth I repeated these steps once more. This colour is hellllla pigmented so please don’t go all dip happy with this colour. Conjunctivitis isn’t very good looking!
5. Next I took a yellow pigmented sparkle eye-shadow… I repeat YELLOW. If you use any darker shade with this burnt orange you will loose all effect. It needs to contrast not blend ladies and gents.
6. Apply this to the inner corners of the eyes and lower lash line. 
7. Next take an under eye brush-any will do. Apply the burnt orange shade to the lower lash line and blend outwards and inwards towards the inner corner of the eye. Make sure to bring this colour straight across to give the illusion of a longer eye. Its so flattering.
8. Apply liquid or gel liner to the top lash line. Create a small cat flick following the almond shape of the eye and working toward the brow bone.
9. Apply gel liner to the inner waterline. If you want extra dark eyes apply a kohl pencil to the tight-line of the eye.
10. Apply lashings of mascara.
11. I then applied Ardell lashes – ‘Demi Wispies’ . These are my absolute favourite fake eyelashes for special occasions or going out.

1. I then started my normal foundation routine, however this look required extra contouring. 
2. I used a new foundation on this look -Clinique superbalance foundation. Which ill have a review up on as soon as!
3. Read my post on contouring and highlighting for more info. 🙂
4. http://blushinbrownies.com/2014/11/11/contouring-like-a-pro/
5. I finally applied red lip liner and lipstick for gorgeous red lips. Using Seveenteen lipstick and lip liner. Beautiful deep red colour. I highly recommend these products.

This is such a glamorous look,perfect for Christmas and winter as well as any other special event! Thanks for reading and don’t forget to get in touch.

Nicholle-Marie

Cranberry & Smokey Brown Eye Makeup Look .

Hey Guys!

Over the week I went up to Dublin and bought some new makeup goodies, I had to get into Inglot and was in makeup HEAVEN! Inglot honestly has the most amazing pigments EVER.

So anyway this look is based all around my new BEAUTIFUL shades. Hey thuuuur!

For this look I used shades 341, 450 and 329. 

    (shade 341)

   (shade 450)

    (shade 329)

Swatches of these beautiful shades ! 

I started of this look with shade no.341. I packed this shade onto my lid, starting at my lash line and heading up into my eyebrow. This is a perfect matte base colour and goes so so well with the cranberry colour (shade 450 as its rich in pinky pigments)! I packed this shade on using my sponge tip brush from my Rebel 66 makeup brushes. 

Next I took my Sigma flat shader brush and drew a cut crease with the cranberry-450 shade. I then blended this upwards and out using my Sigma E40 fluffy brush. Making sure to BLEND BLEND BLEND.

I then took my Rebel 66 110 brush and applied the dark smokey brown shade-329 into my crease (my inner inner crease not my new crease created by my 450 shade!) and slightly above it, this created a lovely dark look with tons of depth and highlighted the lovely cranberry shade perfectly as a transition shade. I repeated this step three times as I wanted a lot of depth and warmth to the eye.

I then took my Sigma flat shader brush again and re-applied the cranberry shade to the top of the dark smokey-329 shade. Just enough to blend out from the eye, so as the cranberry wouldn’t loose its intensity.

Next I took my pencil shader brush from Sigma and I applied some of the 329 colour and the 450 shade to my lower lash line, blending these shades out and in towards the inner corner of the eye.

I then applied gel eye-liner,using ‘Fuschi’a-gel liner in ‘chocolate’ to my upper lash line  and finished with some mascara.’ (I find chocolate to be the most flattering shade on all eye colours as its not too much and it blends with any eye shadow beautifully! You also don’t come away looking like a complete Vampire ha).

Finally I took my highlight shade ‘Dust’ from my Naked 3 palette and applied it to the brow bone. This is a gorgeous highlighting shade, so flattering and draws attention directly to the eyes.

And voilà a lovely warm wintry eye look filled with colour, vibrancy and most importantly DEPTH.

Thank you Inglot for coming into my life with these AMAZING shades haha.

     

    

  

Thanks for reading, don’t forget to comment and share your experiences!

Nicholle-Marie.

Make Blue Eyes POP

Hey there, hey there !

It’s nearly Friday waaaahoooo. I can’t wait for this weekend to roll around because im getting to start a Bridal Make-up course this Sunday and i am so so so excited! Ive done other makeup courses in the past but this is a top-up and ‘perfecting’ type course for Make-up artists. I’ll definitely let you all know about it and ill have a review up on new makeup brushes im trying out as well. I’ll let you all know the brand and types very very soon so hold on to your hats!

Anyway this post is based on big sparkly BLUE eyes. I know so many people with blue eyes who never ever use these colours which completely confuses me because hello its the most flattering colour EVER.

As you can see here below this is my gorgeous model 🙂 

Above I have used Gold tones on her eyes and darkened the outer corners using bronze tones. 

This is the easiest way of making blue eyes pop! It’s so simple and can be achieved using only two shades. 

1. Firstly I used a tan coloured/ warm bronze matte shade all over the lid, emphasising the outer crease specifically. I blended this shade all over the lid using a fluffy blender brush.If you can’t find an eyeshadow in this shade bronzer is perfect to use also.
2. Next I applied gold pigmented eyeshadow all over the lid and inner corners with a flat shader brush. I re-applied this shade until I had the depth I wanted, switching between my shader brush and my fluffy blending brush to apply and blend the shade into the warm bronze matte shade.
3. Finally I applied liquid liner to her lid and a kohl pencil to her water line and tight line. All in the shade ‘black’. 
4. I completed this look with lashings of mascara.

(For this look I used products that are all found in a drugstore/pharmacy, these shades are so easy to find. 🙂 )

My next look was a bit different but the colours used still made my models eyes pop beautifully !

The shades I used in this look where a little bit harder to find. I mainly used Urban Decay. However these shades are easy to find in christmas eyeshadow palettes and the likes (Bonus – Christmas season and all that ) ! 

1. Firstly I began with my over lid shade , using Urban Decays -Naked palette 3! I used Nooner for this and followed the same steps as I did in the look above. Blending the shade forwards and back until I was happy with the consistency and depth.
2. Next I went in with Urban Decay again, using the same Naked 3 palette and for this I used ‘Blackout’. This is a rich blackcurrant shade with plenty of pigment and sparkle! (Perfect for Christmas girls). I used my Sigma pencil precision brush for this application. Creating an almond shape as I went along as my models eyes were between droopy and deeply set! As before I blended this shade out with my fluffy blender brush. However as my model had a specific eye shape I had to make sure to blend upwards at all times and slightly inwards to pick the eyes up so to speak.
3. For the lower lash line I applied the gold glittery shade I used in the first look. This was Barry M’s sparkle dust in ‘Gold’.
4. This eyeshadow is extra pigmented and therefore take care with fallout when using this beautiful colour.
5. I then went in with the tan/bronze colour I used in the last look also. I used my ‘Hoola by Benifit’ Bronzer for this. Best of both worlds Heh.
6. I blended these two shades out with my E40 Sigma blender brush.
7. Finally I went in with my NYE liquid liner to the top lash and my MAC ‘Feline’ Kohl pencil on the tight line and waterline.
8. I completed this look with lashings of mascara.

And that’s it guys. A simple and easy way to make Blue Eyes Pop ! 🙂 Hope you enjoyed and don’t forget to comment, follow and like !

               

Deep Plum And Caramel Eye ♥

Yesterday I decided to create a makeup look using complimentary colours, that compliment my Green eyes. I decided on Deep Plum eyes with a caramel and vanilla transition. I love these colours together so much and they are so flattering in person! The deep plum colour really makes green eyes pop while the caramel colour gives the eye a smokey look and also helps to take attention away from the deep plum in a way that it’s not to Wow there’s your eyes kind of look.

1. I began as normal with my foundation routine.
2. I then applied my primer – this time I used my concealer as a primer (MAC pro longwear concealer) This is great as a primer as it’s quite sticky and heavy, and so it catches pigments beautifully.
3. I then applied tape to the outer corners of my eyes to catch any fall-out and create a sharp-crisp edge.
4. To begin I went in with a caramel based colour (this would be more orange/yellow toned than pink). I used my Fuschia palette and choose the nearest colour to caramel ‘CM18’. I buffed this into the eye forwards and back until it was blended in using my Sigme E40 brush.
5. Next I took an Orange pigmented eye-shadow and applied this to my crease using a shader brush. Then I went in with my blender brush again and blended everything out.
6. Finally I took a deep plum shade and applied it to the lid using my flat shader brush. This shade I took from my MAC palette although there was no name attached to the shade. A shade similar to it would be ‘3P’ from Fuschia.
7. I continued to blend all of this out until I was happy with the consistency of the blend.
8. Next I created a cat flick using my MAC liquid liner.
9. I then applied eyelashes using ‘Ardell lashes in beauties’.
10. For my bottom lashes I applied mascara and took my Sigma pencil brush in with the first shade ‘Caramel’,blending it forward and back.
11. Next I applied that orange shade blending it back and forth with the same brush.
12. Finally I applied the deep plum shade with a small flat shader brush and blended it just below the waterline into the two previous colours.
13. To emphasise the colours in this look I highlighted under the eye very heavily to include the flat of the nose and forehead. For this is used ‘Crowne-contouring kit’ and Ben Nye Banana Powder over this highlight.
14. Finally contour the areas you wish to to include the cheekbones/nose and forehead.
15. I applied Mac lip-liner in ‘In Synch’ and ‘Faux’ lipstick by Mac on top.

And above is the result ! Don’t forget to follow and get in touch !

 

 

 

Big Bold Sparkly Eyes !

In this post I’ll be talking all about how I emphasise my BIG green eyes. I use this look on a regular basis as it’s my favourite eye makeup and it’s SPARKLY !

For this look I apply my base as I would normally every day an then I start the fun part. Zee eyebawlss.

1. Apply an eye primer all over the lid. For this I used urban decays ‘sin’ as it’s got sparkly pigments throughout and complements shimmery shades beautifully. This primer is my favourite of all time and I’d highly recommend it . But that’s for another day !

2. Now take a matte brown espresso type shade and go in to your crease with it. This will add some definition to your eyes as your going to be using such a light shade all over the lid. Any dark brown will do however I used my MAC dark brown shade in ‘espresso’ . LAVE it :)!

3.now the fun starts. I took my Barry M gold shimmer dust pigments and applied it to the lid using any flat eyeshadow brush . I then blended this all in to the dark shade I use earlier using my sigma e40 blending brush. This is an important step as you don’t want the shadow to look clumpy or make it look like it’s just sitting there screaming hi . Haha
Continue to repeat these two steps, applying the gold pigments and blending to build up the colour to your desired effect.

3. Next go in with eyeliner. In this look I’m using ‘MAC-Feline’ kohl pencil.

4.Finally apply lashings of mascara and /or fake eyelashes. I only applied mascara here as this is my everyday makeup.

Thanks for reading, don’t forget to follow for more updates!

Step-By-Step Bronze Smoky Eye

Hey hey hey .
This post is on a Bronze Smoky Cat eye I done recently. I decided to take step by step pictures to show you all how I did this look 🙂

First off I started with an eye primer . For this I used urban decays ‘Eden’ . I applied it all over the lid top and bottom . It’s a lovely primer (very thick) and compliments matte shades very we’ll . I used tape under my eyes to get a perfect cat eye shape. Making sure to get each side the same shape .

Next I took my Fuschia gel eyeliner in ‘chocolate’ . I applied a thin line of this liner above where my natural crease would be . Then I took my sigma eye pencil brush and blended it upwards and outwards towards the tape (this is great because you can make as much mess as you want and when you remove the tape you will have perfect clean cut eye shadow .

The next step was a transition colour fading outwards and upwards from the chocolate colour . For this I used Maybelline 24hr stay gel eyeshadow in bronze. I used the same sigma pencil brush and blended the colour upwards making sure not to loose the transition of the colour (big fat smudgy eyes ain’t too good 😛 )

Next I took my Fuschia palette and took a dark brown matte shade and applied it to the outer corners of my eyes , using the tape as a guideline makes this step so easy . I then blended this colour into the chocolate liner .

Next I took a sun kissed bronze shade for the middle part of my eyes and blended it into the dark shade in my outer corners . This look is all about spending the time to blend so window wipe that baby ouuuuut . 🙂

I then applied the same Fuschia eyeliner in ‘chocolate’ to my eyes following the tape I applied to the outer corners of my eyes to get a crisp line . If you feel like applying liner to your waterline do this step now , however I love my eyes to be as big so I skipped this step .

Finally go ahead and finish this look with eyelashes and your base routine . I used Ardell lashes here ‘beauties’ because I wanted very natural lashes .
This picture is after a night out of dancing and singing so be aware my camera wasn’t in the best of light.

 

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