Makeup By Paije : April 2015

#MOTD

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Hi guys, This is my 'Make-Up of The Day' spring look.

I went for a very highlighted, strong gold eye with light shadows of bright colours. I was inspired by this look by the latest pic of Kim Kardashian sporting a very bold bright blue under-eye on her recent trip to Armenia.

For basic base I moisturised my face with the Clinique Dramatically Different moisturising gel. I then applied with my Real Techniques beauty blender MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation in NC40.

I then primed my eyes with Urban Decay eye shadow primer potion in the colour original.

I then applied to my crease in a cut motion the burnt orange colour from my Morphe Brushes 35N palette with my MAC 224 tapered blending brush. I then applied the vanilla colour all on my lid from the same Morphe 35N palette with my MAC 242 shader brush.

For the glittered effect on my lid I applied MAC 'Goldmine' shadow with the same MAC 242 shader brush ensuring it was fully pigmented I dipped it in a little bit of my MAC Fix+. I then blended my crease again taking a little bit of the cappuccino colour from the Morphe 35N palette.

(Highlighted shadows I used from my Morphe 35N Palette)

I then primed my undereye again with the UD primer potion and applied MAC 'Aquadisiac' shadow with my MAC 214 short shader brush then taking a little of the 'Goldmine' shadow to blend the two together from the tearduct.

I then applied L'Oreal superliner in 'Black Lacquer' across my lid and created a winged liner. I then took L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara in 'Carbon Black' to my top and lower lashes and added Demi Whispies lashes by Ardell using DUO adhesive. I then applied to my waterline MAC eye kohl in 'Fascinating'.

To contour I used the darkest shade from my Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit to sculpt my cheekbones the sides of my nose and hairline. I then applied MAC Prep & Prime Highlight in 'Light Boost' under my eyes in a triangle motion under, down the bridge of my nose and to my forehead with my MAC 130 small duo fibre brush and blended it out. I then used the Banana Powder by Ben Nye to sculpt my contour further using the 'Baking Effect' with my beauty blender and let that set onto my skin for a good 10-15. I blended it out with my MAC 109 small contour brush.

To bronze my cheeks I used the Bourjois Bronzing powder to apply over the previous contour I done with my ABH kit. I then highlighted my cheekbones with my 'Mary Lou Manizer' from the Balm Cosmetics with my 140 Duo-Fibre fan brush.

For eyebrows I used my Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in 'Chocolate' with a MAC 266 angle brush. I then highlighted my tear duct and brow bone with 'Vanilla' shadow by MAC.

For lips I used 'Boldy Bare' liner by MAC and applied 'Barely There' lipstick by MUA all over my lips.

I set my whole face then with setting spray from AVON cosmetics. This is my actual holy grail!!

I hope you all enjoyed this post on how I achieved this look.

Thanks for reading! Lots of love Paije Elizabeth xx

My Morning Routine

14:02

Welcome back my loves!

Mornings are not me, I'm not a fan. If I had my way, I'd wake up naturally, laze about in fresh sheets chatting and pondering the day for a while, mess about on my laptop and then at about 10am, meander to the bathroom and get beautiful.

First things first, I nip to the bathroom and start running the taps. I splash my face a little with cold water to wake me up and then grab my St Ives Timeless Skin Daily Microdermabrasion scrub. I love any of the St Ives skin products and have found this works so well with my skin. I add a squeeze of it onto my fingertips and massage it onto my face. I let it froth there for around 3-6 minutes so it forms a little mask and then rinse it off. I love it as it leaves my skin feeling so soft and super glowing. You can grab it at any Boots store.

St Ives Timeless Skin Daily Microdermabrasion Facial Scrub.

I then take my Oral B Pro 6500 electric Toothbrush and apply a pea sized amount of my Oral B 3D White toothpaste. I switch on my toothbrush and start cleaning. What I love about this toothbrush is that it pairs with your iPhone (or whatever smartphone you may have), and times and coaches you through your brushing process. My dentist recommended that I brush for atleast two minutes so I always set my timer to that. As a gadget lover I absolutely love this toothbrush and wouldn't go back to using a regular toothbrush again. It's a little on the pricey side, but teeth are one of the most important things to a face and I love to take care of mine.

I then make sure everything is put away in the bathroom tidy back to their places and go back into my bedroom. I grab a cotton pad and squeeze a little of my Garnier Micellar Cleansing water. I wipe this all over my face just to ensure I am squeaky clean. It leaves you feeling so refreshed. I also take my make-up off with it on a night time. It has no added perfume, and can even remove off waterproof mascara and heavy eye make-up.

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water.

I then take my Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel and pump about two squeezes onto the back of my hand and massage it into my skin and neck. I then have skin as soft as a baby's bottom and I'm good to go to start caking my face and get on with my day!

So there you go, my very basic, but very happy-with morning routine! As with everything beauty I like to switch it up and try new products but this has been my favourite combination for a few months now and I'm very comfortable with it.

I'd love to know any of your own routines, or any products you would suggest me trying? Also if you use these products already and your thoughts on them?

Very short but sweet, hope you enjoyed this post!

My Favourite Eye Brightening/ Highlighting Powders

13:11

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a good weekend :) So today I'm going to be listing my favourite eye brightening/highlighting powders. Again this is my personal preference and what I love to use on myself and my clients.

Ben Nye Banana Powder

http://camerareadycosmetics.com/products/ben-nye-bella-luxury-powder.html

So my first and foremost favourite has got to be the Banana powder by Ben-Nye. It is a little full coverage for everyday use but I absolutely love it if I'm going out for cocktails or a night in the club with the girls. It gives off the perfect yellow highlight, as seen on our all time favourite contour queens like Kim Kardashian and Lilly Ghalichi. I apply this using the 'baking' effect. I literally apply the product to my under eyes, forehead, chin and sculpt below my cheekbones with it. I let it set for around 10-15 minutes and then blend it in.

Highlight on me using Ben Nye Banana Powder.

Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder

Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder in #1

This is the perfect product that you can use to set your under eye area. It is a concealer, and brightener in one. It's a very transparent white colour and it is very pigmented. Luckily, as it's such a light weight product in comparison to how good the coverage is, it doesn't settle in fine lines and doesn't accentuate shadows under your eye. It also leaves a weightless feel on the skin. The shade I prefer best is #1.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Highlight Powder

ABH Highlight Powder in Banana

Another favourite of mine I definitely fell in love with after purchasing my Contour Kit from Anastasia Beverly Hills was her highlight powder in Banana. It is very similar to the Ben-Nye Banana powder. It has that again perfect yellow undertone, It is easy to apply and is very long lasting with no movement. It's also fab to photo too!!

ABH Highlight Powder in Vanilla

Another favourite that I love from ABH is another highlight powder from her range which is called Vanilla. This is a more slightly warm toned highlight with barely there peach-undertones. It has a matte finish and shows up lighter applied to the skin than what it looks like in the pan. It works very well on fair to medium skin, whereas Banana is best for medium to dark skin tones.

MAC Studio Sculpt Defining Powder

MAC Studio Sculpt Defining Powder in Light

This has a very gel like creamy consistency although it sets like a powder. It provides sheer light coverage in just a stroke of your brush. You can definitely get a highlighted look that will sculpt under your cheekbones and under eye area. It applies flawlessly.

NARS Light Reflecting Setting Powder

NARS Light Reflecting Setting Powder

This powder has a stark white sparkly pearlescent look, which can scare you. Especially the sparkle, most people wouldn't want to walk around looking like a disco ball. But don't be scared – this goes on completely translucent and gives that perfectly highlighted white look. It appears to blur our everything and gives you an excellent finish. It truly is a photo shop miracle in a powder.

Hope you all enjoyed this post! It would be great if you could let me know of any future blog posts you would like me to do. If you have any requests feel free.

#beautyblogger

FAQ: Lip Fillers

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My everyday essentials!

13:22

Hi again! This is just another quick post on what I use daily to create my everyday look. I differ between what make-up I use, but if I'm wanting to create a simple smoked eye with winged eyeliner, and nude lips then below are the following products I would use!

Clinique - Dramatically Different Moisturising Gel

(RRP - 125ml £30)

Without fail I use this every morning after cleansing my face. I'm going to do another post shortly with my morning routine stating products and skin care I use. Anyhow, this is by far one of my favourite moisturisers I have tried a lot and always end up going back to this. An old friend of mine introduced me to it and I haven't looked back since. It's perfect for my skin, I use sunbeds so the face tanners always leave my skin feeling dehydrated so this is perfect for me. I prefer the gel to the actual moisturising lotion, but that's just my personal preference.

Eye Primer - Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

(RRP Original Shade - £18)

There isn't a day rarely where I don't use eyeshadow apart from if I'm wearing no make-up at all. I always set my eyes with a primer whether I'm wearing a full smoky eye or just a simple look. I use this primer, I've found it's very easy to apply to the eye and doesn't make your eye-shadow crease whatsoever.

Eye Shadow - Morphe Brushes

(Morphe Brushes 35N Eye Palette $19.99)

I always go back to using my Morphe Brushes 35N palette without fail. I love the neutral colours, whether your creating a look for a day time or night time for those neutral lovers like me this is the perfect palette. I purchased this a while back off their website www.morphebrushes.com. It's very cheap considering how pigmented the colours actually are. All time favourite!

Eyeliner - L'Oreal Superliner

(RRP - Black Lacquer £6.49)

I absolutely love this liner. It's so easy to apply even if you are a liner virgin it has a very pointed felt a tip end, that is sharp enough to give you the perfect precision for a flick. I use the shade Black Lacquer and it's as black as my soul. It lasts all day, although it is very hard to get off as it is waterproof.

Mascara - L'Oreal Telescopic

(RRP - Carbon Black £10.99)

This is by far my FAVOURITE mascara ever ever ever!!! I love the the brush it gets from the root of the lash to the length within one stroke and makes my eyelashes so long without overdoing it to get that spidery look. It again is very dark as I use the Carbon Black shade.

Eyebrows - Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade

(RRP - ABH in shade Chocolate £15)

This is perfect to add to my eyebrows. I use this every day without fail to fill in my brows, and I never have the problem of touching my eyebrow and them rubbing off anywhere. Literally in love with this product I've used it for over a year now and trust me once you go ABH you never go back!!!

Lashes - Ardell Demi Whispies

These are my all time favourite lash my literal holy grail of lashes. I have tried plenty eyelashes and always go back to using these. They compliment my eye shape so good, and you can over use them a good few times without having to open up a new set. They are reasonably priced and you can buy them from any Boots or Superdrug, although I will stress they sell out very quickly I always buy in bulk because I can never get them if I really need a pair! I apply them with my DUO glue and wallah they're on all day!

Foundation - MAC Studio Fix Fluid

(RRP - NC40 £21.50)

I always do my eyes before I do my face, I don't know why it's just personal preference and i'll go back to making sure my eyes are perfect once I've finished the majority of my face adding under lash line eye shadow and coating my bottom lashes. I use this foundation daily, it gives me a perfect airbrushed finish and is very longlasting.

Contour & Highlight - NARS, MAC & Anastasia Beverly Hills

(RRP - Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit in Light-Medium £39.00)

This is the bomb.com! I use this to contour to sculpt my cheekbones and highlight. It's very easy to apply and blends easily. I prefer to use matte products rather than a creamy product to highlight. Especially during a day time as I don't want to feel too caked. I mix between the bottom two left - right to contour. I then once I've applied my highlight set it with the banana coloured powder from the top row.

(RRP - MAC Prep & Prime Highlighter in Light Boost £18.50)

I use this to highlight, I apply it under my eyes in a triangle motion, and then down the middle of my nose and my forehead. This is the perfect yellow tone which is perfect to set with the banana powder from ABH. I vary between this and a NARS product though, depending on how bright I want my highlight or how much coverage on a day I haven't had much sleep I will use the NARS Creamy Concealer.

(RRP - NARS Creamy Concealer in Custard £21.00)

Bronzer - Bourjois Bronzing Powder

(RRP - Delice De Poudre in Bronzed £7.99)

I use this daily to bronze and sculpt my cheekbones with and my nose and hairline and jaw line over my contour. It has a perfect matte finish and doesn't have that orange tone to it, which gives you the perfect bronzed look.

Highlight - The Balm Cosmetics

(RRP - Mary Lou Manizer Higlight £15.75)

This is my perfect highlighting product. It is so pigmented and lasts all day! My favourite until I tried this was MAC MSF in Soft and Gentle but this is now my all time fave! It has multiple uses aswell, you can use it as a shadow, under brow highlight.

Lip Liner & Lip Stick - Natural Collection & MUA

(RRP Natural Collection Lip Liner in shade Expresso - £1.99)

I prefer this compared to MAC liners, to be honest it is so long lasting and could last hours without me having to re-apply. It is so cheap especially for girls like me who is forever misplacing my liner or loosing it out the side pocket of my handbag wherever I go. It is perfect underneath a nude lipstick.

(RRP - Make Up Academy Lipstick in Barely There - £1.00)

This is one of my fave lipsticks and can you believe it is only £1!!!! It's so matte and if I'm being honest if you like MAC Myth lipstick this is the perfect dupe for that. It is so long lasting no matter if your drinking all day or licking your lips it stays put.

Setting Spray - Avon

(RRP - Avon Setting Spray £6.00)

This is the hairspray to my face, my secret for having my make-up not budge from night to morning. I first tried this when my mum brought a few home from her friends house who does the door-to-door Avon sales, so I thought I would give it a go! I absolutely love it!!