Keepin it Casual.....Outfit Of The Day and a little Face Of The Day

So I thought i'd do a 'Casual outfit of the day' as I rarely do daytime OOTD posts, i've done night/party ones a few times and I think the reason for this is my style if you can call it that LOL is really simple......jeans/vest and heels simple, I love casual but glam wear so I might dress casual but for example to be glam always wear heels, I'm just more of a make-up/shoes and handbag obsessive than a fashionista, don't get me wrong I like clothes but I like to get dressed up for occasions and just simply wearing heels makes me feel glam, plus to be honest half the time I think the 'in trend' and 'fashion-y' stuff aren't nice or flattering! So this will be one of few OOTDs but I will try get more as I like to see them on blogs so assuming my readers might too.

 

Sorry for the crap middle image thats so dark someone *cough cough* Ash my bf didn't put the flash on and it was the only front facing one I had to had to be put on here! Grr LOL.

So yep I was just going to do some shopping in Leeds (didn't get much but might do a haul of the H&M stuff I got this week) So I wore a simple orange cropped tee, black skinnies (I could live in these! So easy to dress up or down and go with everything!) and my canvas wedges.....AAAND my favourite - The furry bag! I also took a denim jacket thanks to the upredictable UK weather!

• Top - Primark
• Jeans - New Look
• Wedges - Primark
• Handbag - River Island

 

 I love this bag, the studded handle and the soft fur (FAUX FUR obviously!) but I have barely used it since getting it for xmas as I haven't felt it goes with much but then found it added some pizazz to a plain outfit The only thing i'm abit pissed about it some of the black dye from my jeans transferred onto the back of my bag from it rubbing against my leg.....so not happy I got most of it off and you can barely tell now, but still....my poor furry baby.

Jewellery wise....big gold earrings and one of my fave bangles the snake one -

 

And lastly my 'Face Of The Day' - Easy peasy neutral lined eyes with a coral/orange lip:

 

(hahaha this pic makes me laugh taking a pic of myself like a poser when Ash is on the phone in the background LOL)

PRODUCTS USED:

• Rimmel 25hr foundation (shade 201)
• Wet N Wild Natural Powder (Ivory)
• Rimmel Professional eyebrow pencil (black/brown)
• Clinique High impact mascara
• 2True liquid liner
• MUA Heaven and Earth palette
• Rimmel Sunshimmer (medium matte) bronzer
• Bourjois little blush pots (Lilas D'or)
• Rimmel 1000 kisses lipliner (Tiramisu)
• Rimmel lasting finish lipstick (Coral in Gold)
• Sleek Glo Face & Body highlighter on browbone and cheeks (Peach shimmer) 

Do not ask what was going on with my hair, it's naturally on the wavy side like that so I didn't use no heat on it just some volumising mousse and abit of salt spray.....in the words of Ash 'Could have brushed your hair man' hahahahah charming, got to love men, I was going for the Sufer Chic look gosh!

Vikki xoxo

P.S only 3 more days to enter my SIGMA F80 make up brush giveaway!!!!! Enter HERE now

Amazing Bargain - MUA Eye Dust's......

Im sure you have heard before of my love of alot of the MUA (Make Up Academy) Cosmetics, that have a standard line sold in Superdrug stores and online for £1 (They have now brought out the pro range which is all under £5) But anyway I was going through my make up and I bought these a while back but never posted about them so I took a photo of them the other day when I did the BarryM lipstick post and thought I would share!

First one is this amazing smokey purple colour (shade 6)

And the other is this amazing khaki/gold shade how pretty are these!

They come with an opening like this just with some cellophane over that you have to break to get the product out the little hole so they can get abit messy, I usually just tap abit into the lid and use that.

This above was from the tiniest bit of product and once spread out look at the amazing pigmentation, and all the shades in the range are sooo lovely, this is great for nightime looks, I really like purples and blues to do smokey eye looks with,

The khaki I have been wearing alot during the day as it's glam without been over the top, they blend like a dream. As with similar products like these (Barry M dazzle dusts/MAC pigments etc) they do have abit of fallout as pigment type products do get messy but the intensity makes up for it so just go carefully.

I am definatley going to be stocking up on more shades very soon

Who else has tried these?

Vikki xoxo

p.s A WEEK TO GO for my sigma giveaway!!! Enter HERE

Barry M lipsticks - Shade 121 (Red Shade) and a little mention of the infamous horror that is shade 101 (Nude Shade)

Barry M....What can I say I LOVE their nail polishes, truly. So when I bought some of their lipsticks to try it I figured it would be a love situation too. They come in quite a nice sleek black casing with BarryM embossed in gold on the top, pretty nice BUT ohh have I been wrong so far, When I got 2 they were on special offer 2 for £6 I think or possibly 2 for £5, and I also got the well known 101/Marshmallow AKA Concealer lips lip colour - not a good look. I got a red because I didn't have a good red at the time as I did get these a while back, and I got the other marshmallow shade *cough cough* concealer lipstick because I wanted a good nude (this was before I got Sleek's True Colour 'BabyDoll') Well I haven't even bothered to photograph the 101 nude as it's gone missing, can't say im too upset over that.

I tried 101 Marshmallow the nude first OMG that was seriously DRYING, even with lipbalm/vaseline and the shade - horrendous. Way too white toned I really would mistake it for a concealer if I didn't know better but I let that pass and thought it might just be me or 101......So I tried this baby - shade 121 (it's a bit worn apologies!)

Looks a pretty decent red, cool toned, and I liked when swatched in store, god knows what possessed me, I blame the lighting in store, it's the only explanation!It really isn't much different to 101 apart form colour, it has the same awful drying tendency, it's waxy, hard to apply as it drags and it felt like it took any moisture out of my lips all together even though I a) Don't have dry lips and b) Had carmex and vaseline on them before applying......PLUS the red is really not flattering on me, it makes me look pale and I definatley suit warmed toned reds, or reds that lean abit more to pink, I have tried with this lipstick, really I have, I even wore it on a night out and felt dreadful in it, and c'mon girls we don't go to the effort of wearing makeup to feel dreadful do we!

It doesn't look so bad in the picture but in real life teamed with the dryness and the awful heavy feeling it's a no-no, I will be sticking with my Rimmel Moisture extreme red I love or I have heard good things about MUA's red lipstick and I do love their lipsticks in general (and for a bargain £1!)

I don't think i'll be trying any Barry M lipsticks in the future even though they have some really cool shades, these really disappointed me....unless any of you lovely ladies have had a good experience with other Barry M lippies?

Oh well Barry M you will always be my nail polish prince - forever! LOL

Vikki xoxoxo

p.s don't forget to enter my Sigma F80 brush GIVEAWAY!!! Go to this post HERE to enter- 8 days to go!!!!!!

Sigma Make-Up F80 brush review

So as you may no I have a Sigma F80 Brush giveaway at the moment you can enter that HERE

 I also have my own Sigma F80 brush that I recieved from been part of Sigma's Affiliate program, and I thought I would do a review.

Firstly this is what Sigma say -

''This exclusive flat top synthetic kabuki was designed to deliver a flawless makeup application. The Sigma Makeup F80 is a buffer brush that can be used to blend powder or liquid products. The short and dense bristles make it easy to buff your liquid foundation. The long handle adds comfort to your makeup application. The synthetic fibers are ideal to be used with liquid products and can be easily cleaned. Made of Synthetic Sigmax HD filament''

 

 As you can see Sigma products come beautifully packaged it comes in a lovely drawstring chiffon type red bag, with a informative leaflet and compliments slip, It also has a cover for the brush when not in use,  and it feels great to hold, it's definatley high quality and made very well, when I have washed it there was no shedding either which is always a plus.

 

 

I have been using my brush the last week and for my foundation and the finish it gives after you have used it to buff in your foundation is amazing, I have always preferred putting my foundation on with my fingers but not anymore, I LOVE this brush, and I did also try put my blush on with it which again actually went on great, it's dense shorter hairs pick up product great, It is abit on the small side for all over powder so I will just be sticking with it for foundation purposes really, my usual foundation is liquid which is what I was trying it out with but this morning used a mineral powder and for once got a full and even coverage whilst using this, it retails at $16 HERE and Sigma ship worldwide so I really would recommend buying this, I am compiling a shopping list of all other Sigma brushes I want now!

You can also kind of get an idea of what size it is against my face -

Good luck to everyone that enters the giveaway there is 9 days to go! 

Vikki xoxo

P.s - You can also use the link under the banner below to go to the site and if you spend more than $30 you then get a FREE gift!

http://www.sigmabeauty.com/?Click=80201"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face and Outfit of the night! Friday night AKA Party Night :)

Friday night was drinks with the girls, drinks involved us deciding our town was crap and we should go into leeds which is a 20min train away......to go to a club that had seen better days LOL. All in all it was a funny night but going to Leeds wasn't the best plan! Anyway my FOTN and OOTN.....

The make up I used to my FOTN was:

FACE

• Rimmel lasting finish 25hr foundation (shade 201)
• NYC concealer
• Rimmel Stay Matte powder
• Bourjois Blush Pots (Lilas D'or)
• Rimmel profession eyebrow pencil (black/brown)

EYES

• Benefit Lemon Aid eye primer (See HERE for review)
• Neutral shade all over the eye (4th shade along on the top row of the MUA Heaven and Earth Palette see HERE)
• Accessorize Eyeshadow (Platinum see HERE) packed on my lid and then lightly under the browbone and blended
• Midnight Garden (A Navy shade from the Sleek Monaco Palette see HERE) in the crease and outer V of the eye

LIPS

• NYX Long Lipliner (Nutmeg)
• NYX Round Lipstick (Power - A lilac shade see HERE) MIXED WITH Lip Balm and Clear Gloss as its abit overpowering alone

Because the Accessorize shadow is a metallic strong silver, and I added the definition with the Navy Blue in the crease I wanted to keep my lips simple which is why I choose just a light hand coat of 'Power' it is such a pretty colour you just have to use it with caution!

And some more pics...... :)

 

 

My hair was really decided to let me down, and I was going to just go with a really high sleek ponytail but the Mr just looked at me and was like 'No Vikki' Enough said LOL. Ideally I would have curled it or put some bounce in but laziness took over and I was rushing, So I sprayed it with Batiste for abit of va-va-voom and swung it over one side of my shoulder.

Moving onto the Outfit of the night I wore this one sleeve leopard print silver/grey dress from Miso @ Republic I got it about January time and I love it, its a lovely thick material and slightly rouched and the leopard bits are velvety, the sleeve is slightly sheer you can't see the sleeve in the pics but it is a long sleeve

Accessories I had the black bangle with silver flecks on that you can see in the above picture (you can't see my nails but it is Barry M 'Shocking Pink a bright pink which I had on for a day and just kept on (theres that laziness again ha ha ha) and these earrings which are some new favourites I got in primark for a bargain £2.50, they have little grey feathers on which matched my dress perfectly

And to finish off (not including the black tights which are a neccessity in this poor excuse of a summer the UK is having) I wore these silver heels, They have a slightly metallic cracked effect and they are Miss Selfridge

So there you have it an OOTN and FOTN!

Vikki xoxox

p.s don't forget to enter my Sigma F80 brush GIVEAWAY!!! Go to this post HERE to enter