Illamasqua Leeds Beauty Drop In

On Sunday at the Illamasqua store in Leeds there were running a free beauty drop in. I went to see the Very Berry Christmas Make up.

The Leeds store is quite small and then you go upstairs for the session. It was very busy I had to stand at the back, but I still got a really good view as it was a very small room.

It was amazing how many different ways their medium pencils could be used. On the above make up the  artist showed it blended into the socket line of the eye. Used it to contour the cheeks and also to outline the lips. I liked the idea of their pencils so much I bought one to try out. 

Another really interesting part was the eyebrow work they did. The artist filled in the eyebrow and then highlighted the area around it with a light concealer. It was incredible how much of a difference this made.

The artist explained why Illamasqua do not use SPF in their foundations. The reason for this is that it reflects too more under lights when take high definition photos.

I hope they run more beauty drop in sessions in the future.

An Cafe at London - My Nails and make up

On 7th November I traveled to London to see An Cafe play at the O2 Islington. I had forgotten how organised you have to be when trying to pack light. Below is the make up I chose to take with me.

I know not much make up there right!

Above is the nail design I went with. I chose to go with blue as the tour was for the album Amazing Blue. The Grey base under the stripes was by Mavala, the blue glitter OPI and the white  lines Model's Own Nail art pen.

 

This photo isn't very good of my make up as I only had my phone camera. I used false lashes on my bottom and top lashes for a stronger look. The hotel  room was painted orange which didn't help either with the lighting.

My top is from a Japanese brand called Putumayo.

An Cafe were really good live, so happy and the band members looked so cute.

I went shopping in London and made it to Charles Fox and Screen Face, below is what I bought.

I got some eyebrow wax, so hopefully I can use these to block out eyebrows. I could have spent loads in those shops so much make up to chose from. SFX, body paint, glitter, brushes, eyelashes, eyeshawdows bags e.t.c