Playing with fire, red eyeshadows

After seeing Chanel’s le rouge collection No.1 everywhere, I realised the eyeshadow quad Candeur et experience looked awfully similar to a five eyeshadow palette that I already owned for the fraction of the price; Rimmel London’s five pan eyeshadow in Brixton Brown.The main difference between them being the Rimmel palette consists of mainly shimmery shades whereas the Chanel quad is all matte, but the colours themselves are very similar.

Here’s my favourite way to use this little palette:

I chose to do my eyes first as these shadows have slight fall out. I took the matte grey brown shade in my crease and then using the bottom left shade, a gorgeous dark browny red, I added this to the outside corner of my eyes. I took time to blend the shadows thoroughly with a fluffy brush. I packed the pale shimmery shade all over my lid using a flat eyeshadow brush, stopping when I reached the dark shade on the outer corner. Now time for my favourite part, the red! This colour is a beautiful coppery red. I packed this onto the centre of my lid, over the top of the pale shimmer. I made sure that these two shimmery shades were kept below the crease. Finally, I used the darkest shade in the palette on an angled brush to create a soft wing.

I finished the rest of my face makeup before going in with the pale grey brown shade on my lower lash line. I added some depth to the outer corners with the darkest shade and blended them together. I highlighted my inner corners with the pale shimmery shade. Curled my lashes, added mascara and I was done. I paired this look with a nude lip, Topshop lipstick in Nevada.

Here I am playing with autumnal colours and its 26 degrees outside. But I love this little Rimmel eyeshadow palette and the red was calling out to me.

Do you have any good dupes for the new Chanel collection? What is your favourite way to wear these eyeshadows?

Meg x 

Beauty and Makeup Haul

It has been a while since I have bought more than one makeup item at once. My wish list was building up so it was about time I took a trip to Superdrug and Boots!

L'oreal Nude magique cushion foundation has been everywhere recently, I have heard great things about it and thought it would be a great option for the summer months. I also decided to pick up the L'oreal Glam bronzer cushion de soleil. I only have a powder bronzer so a liquid one for summer seemed necessary!

Superdrug had a deal on L'oreal products. So I bought the Lumi magique primer. After having swatched it on my hand, I think I may use this on top of foundation as a highlight. But I am excited to have a play with it.

A coral matte lip was next on my wish list, I thought the colour would go beautifully with the couple khaki coloured clothes that I have. Coral is a typical summer colour and I love it! I chose the Revlon ultra HD matte lipcolour in Flirtation, I think it is called.

I already own a Rimmel wake me up concealer, but it wasn't light enough to use under my eyes, so I picked up a lighter colour.

I also picked up individual duo and trio lashes from Eylure. I don’t really wear false eyelashes too much, but they always look beautiful when I see others wearing them. I picked up some Duo glue. I had a reaction to the glue that came with another pair of my Eylure lashes, which ain’t that great!

Bastiste is the dry shampoo I normally use as it does a great job when I have three day old hair (I don’t like to wash my hair too often!) but it does leave my hair feeling coarse and not particularly clean. I wanted to try something new so picked up Co-lab dry shampoo which I am excited to try.

I was running out of my Nip + Fab glycolic fix night pads, I cannot live without these so I had to repurchase before I ran out.

I am going to Wilderness festival next weekend, so I bought two travel bottles to take essential skincare products with me. I also bought clear elastics because they’re perfect to create different festival hair styles with.

I also bought a pack of tissues, not that you needed to know that!

What were the last makeup bits you bought?

Meg xx 

My Everyday Makeup Look

A lot of the time I feel more comfortable wearing some makeup, but it has to be quick and simple. I quite often don’t have enough time to spend more than 10 minutes on my makeup in the morning. So I have perfected my everyday makeup look so I could do it without even looking. Well, maybe a mirror is needed for my brows - no one is that good!

Base - Nars, pure radiant tinted moisturiser, in the colour Alaska, light 2. For quick application I use my fingers to blend in. This tinted moisturiser has a small amount of coverage but gives the skin a lovely glow. It also has SPF 30, perfect for summer, if we’ll have one!

Concealer - Urban Decay, Naked skin, weightless complete coverage concealer, in the colour light warm. A very popular product amongst makeup lovers, so I probably don’t need to tell you why I love it so much! I blend this in with a damp Real Techniques, miracle complexion sponge; it helps give the concealer a beautiful finish.

Powder - Rimmel London, stay matte powder in the colour 005 silky beige. This isn’t the best powder in my opinion. It doesn’t stay matte as it claims to. But I am a bit of a stinger, I will not buy a new powder until this has run out, I have finally hit pan though. The end is in sight!

I use the Real Techniques,setting brush to pack on the powder under my eyes and other areas I had concealed. What a brilliant little brush this is!

Brows - Rimmel London, brow this way eyebrow gel in the colour dark brown. I don’t need to do much to my brows other than tame them. This does the job pretty well!

Bronzer - Rimmel London, natural bronzer in sun bronze. My thoughts on this are the same as the stay matte powder, and yet again I won’t buy a different one until this is all used up! I have bills to pay people!

I just use a random big fluffy brush for my bronzer, I don’t even remember the brand - it’s probably that old!

Highlight - Sleek, face form contouring and blush palette in fair. I love the highlight in this, great pigmentation and lasts pretty well too. An all-round great, affordable palette. I use the nifty Real Techniques, setting brush for my highlight. I don’t have time to find my other brushes!

Eyeliner - Rimmel London, waterproof exaggerate eye definer in rich brown. I think this is a great eyeliner, I love the colour for everyday and it lasts really well. It’s retractable so I don’t have to spend most my time sharpening the thing! It does however come with a mini sharpener the other end, if you so wish to use it!
 

Mascara - Bobbi Brown,smokey eye mascara, in black. I love this! It has the perfect sized wand and bristles, it gives great lashes for smokey eyes, but I love it for everyday use too!

 

Lipgloss - Tanya Burr Cosmetics, lipgloss in lunch date. This is the perfect everyday lipgloss, a great nude colour that just gives my lips an amazing shine. It also smells really good!

 

Aannnd Done!

 Most of the products I use are highstreet and affordable so great for those on a budget but still want to look great. If anyone has any recommendations for an under eye concealer that is affordable but works amazingly, I would love to know! I have nearly run out of my Urban Decay naked skin, so I am on the hunt for a new concealer.

 

Thanks for reading,

Meg  x

My Story

I have two passions in life - flowers and make up! Both pretty, but two very different things.

I trained to become a florist a few years ago. Having grown up with parents being gardeners and grandparents being farmers, I have always had an influence and love of the outdoors. Plus, who doesn’t love flowers? They look gorgeous, and can smell amazing - putting a smile on anyone’s face.

I have my own Florist business - Briar Rose Floral Design, which I started in 2015, whilst freelancing for others. In the beginning of 2016 I became more interested in the growing world of beauty blogs and vlogs. I was wearing more makeup and got excited to buy new products to use, it was different to the early starts, scruffy clothes and naked face that I am used to when working in floristry.

A lot of florists I know love make up, I think we like to make an extra effort when we’re not working, even if it just down to the local shops or coffee with friends!

That’s when I decided to start a blog, combining make up and flowers together. Even if it is just for myself!

Hope you enjoy!

Meg