Festival Appropriate

I know that summer is very close to being over now, which means that festival season is coming to an end. Before we say goodbye to another summer season, here's a festival appropriate look for ya. Of course, if you love to wear colourful eyeshadows on the daily - I admire your courageousness. But using what I call 'bolder' eyeshadows isn't something I do often at all. I'd love to play around with more colour, but unsure on what palettes are best - if you know of any insane palettes full of rainbow colours, let me know. This is definitely a look I'd wear to a festival, or an event where throwing glitter and wearing funky outfits was a necessity.

Green is a colour that I rarely use, and if there is a shade in a palette, it's not one I gravitate towards at all. However, I think that the green shade, which is a Mally Evercolour Starlight Waterproof Liner in the shade 'Caribbean Sea' looks gorgeous blended out on my lower lash line. No better excuse than to throw colour all over your face (and eyes) than a festival.
I started with the shade 'Blazing', a true orange shade from the Huda Beauty Desert Dusk palette, and added a bit of 'Burgundy' from the Kylie Cosmetics Burgundy palette through the crease. To create the cut crease, I used the Bourjous Radiance Reveal concealer. I set the concealer on my eyelids with the shade 'Royal' from the Huda Beauty Desert Dusk palette - that gorgeous metallic, purple colour. These amazing lashes are from Red Cherry and are in the style #43.

Have you been to any festivals this summer? What makeup look did you go for?

Amber X

Curls Curls Curls

So last week, I made the trip to my hair dressers and decided that I was going to cut my hair (well duh). For as long as I can remember my hair has been super long. Something in me recently has been more than bored with it, and quite frankly, I wanted something a bit different. Now I know what you're probably thinking.. Amber love, your hair is still long.. Yes, you're right. But for me, this is the shortest it has been a long time. You never seem to realise how much your hair needed a tidy up after you've done it, and this is exactly how I have felt. Last summer, my hair was crazy long, and I wish I had it chopped off sooner. My favourite way to have my hair is in curls. I know that not everyone has the time or realistically, the patience, to spend their mornings tediously curling their hair, but I am going to share some of my tips for achieving curly hair. 

Find a tool that works for you - I love to use a curling wand if I am curling all of my hair. Don't forget to use a heat defence glove if you use a wand - your hair can become super hot. Not only that, but your hands will be close to the wand and burns aren't fun. If I am after a few curls throughout my hair, I'll use a straightener. It's all about finding out what works best for you. 

Alternate the way you wrap your hair around the wand - Doing this will add texture, and volume to your hair. Curl the pieces of hair nearest your face, away from your face. This will help frame your face.

Hairspray - Your best friend when it comes to ensuring all your efforts stay in place. The Silvikrin one is a favourite of mine - it holds the curl and doesn't feel crunchy. You can always brush out the curls once you have locked them in place with the hairspray. This will soften the curl, and give you less of a hairspray crunch. 

Sectioning your hair - Using sectioning clips will make your life much easier to make sure that each piece of hair has been curled. It also helps keep previously curled pieces of hair out of the way. I find that when I don't section my hair I spend much longer trying to curl. Even if it's tying your hair up, sectioning it off will save you sooo much time. 

Let me know if you'd like to see more posts on hair - I really enjoyed putting this one together!

What's your favourite hairstyle?

Amber X

Feeling Inspired

Finally, I have time to play with makeup again! I have really missed creating makeup looks and just taking time to myself to mess around. Not going to lie, it was so hard taking these photos. The lighting was being the most temperamental and trying to work with small windows, is hard. The infamous cut crease has always been something that I have wanted to be able to do well - beauty guru's make them seem so easy?! This being my first attempt I was chuffed with the final look. 

I took inspiration from Chris Brown's Heartbreak on a Full Moon album cover. He has always been a favourite of mine and I love the album cover haha. The pink and purple tones looked so complimentary, and the shades in the Huda Beauty Desert Dusk palette were perfect to recreate it. 

First off, I blended the purple colour 'Amethyst' from the Huda Beauty palette into my crease, and then applied 'Burgundy' from the Kylie Jenner Burgundy palette just below 'Amethyst' until I was happy with how the blend was coming together. Next, I took the Real Techniques Detailer brush and the Bourjous Radiance Reveal concealer in the shade 01 to cut the crease. I set the concealer down with powder afterwards to ensure it wouldn't crease. The lid colour (how beautiful is it?!) is 'Twilight' from the same Huda Beauty palette. I then took a red shade from the Morphe 305M palette on a small winged liner brush and ran it along the cut crease line to intensify the colour gradient. My eyeliner is the Maybelline Master Precise Matte liner (my absolute fav), and my lashes of choice were (shock) #213 by Red Cherry. 

What is your go to makeup look?

Amber X

(Disclaimer: I am by no means a makeup artist haha! I just enjoy putting makeup on my face)