3 Simple Steps To Strobing!

Strobing has been blown up recently in the makeup world and I love it! Its basically highlighting to the extreme and if you know me at all then you will know that I love to look glowy and my obsession is highlighter! With strobing, you scrap the contour, put a little bit of bronzer on and highlight the hell out of your face.

I like to layer my highlight to get a more intense look and that way it can last all day too. You don't necessarily have to be wearing a dewy foundation to strobe so for you oily skin girls, you can still be wearing a matte foundation!

Although as a first step I would recommend applying a luminous primer underneath your foundation so there is a slight glow on your skin that you can add to later and the one I have is the L'Oreal Lumi Magique Base, this is great for adding that subtle glow all over.

Next you want to take a cream highlighter and hit up all the places you had to highlight and stand out, and with strobing its on the tops of your cheekbones, down the nose, middle of the forehead, cupids bow, chin, inner corners of the eye, under the brow and on top of the brow. Now that is a lot of places to highlight but what the cream will do is make the powder highlight you put on top stand out a lot more and last a lot longer because it has something to stick to. The cream highlight will also add a lot to the shine too and the one I use is the Topshop Glow Highlighter in Gleam.

Lastly you want to apply your favourite powder highlighter to top everything off and make your skin glow. My current favourite which I cant get enough off is the Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick, this highlighter is just insanely beautiful and I like to mix the top two/three rows to give me the light bronze glow that I want! Apply this to all the places you applied your cream highlight to intensify the glow and now you are well and truly strobed!

Strobing isn't for everyone but if you like the look of it then give it a try!

If you want a video on strobing then the best one I have seen is by Desi Makeup. She does a really good demonstration on how to strobe and you can learn a lot from that too!

Do you like strobing?

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L'Oréal Lumi Magique Squad!

I only just realised that I have the whole L'Oreal Lumi Magique collection (oops except the powder) in my stash of makeup which includes the Primer, the Foundation and the Highlighter Pen. You know I love my glowy skin so anything that claims to be luminous I have to try!

 

In actual fact, I love them all together and separately. The foundation I have done a 'First Impressions' on (here) and like I said in that post, I adore it and it is my current go-to foundation! Its luminous and has a flawless finish and its great for the summer!
I just recently bought the primer because I had heard a lot of bloggers raving about how luminous and amazing it looks underneath and mixed in with foundation; personally I thought it would be a tad more luminous but it still does give a nice subtle glow to the skin.
The highlighter pen I have had for the longest and I used to be obsessed with it. If I am going for a super natural look then I would wear it on its own but normally for any look I would put it on top of any concealer for the extra brightness. It only comes in 2 shades and I have the first shade which is more yellow toned, and the second shade is more pink toned!
I actually don't own the powder in this range so let me know if you have it and if you like it! I will definitely be getting use out of all these products during the summer especially as I love to look as glowy as possible in the sun! Not a lot of people may like that look but for a dry skin girl like me, its what you want aha!
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Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer - Worth The Hype?

So I am definitely back into the swing of things and everything will go back to normal with posting multiple blog posts a week, like I mentioned in my previous post I have just been very busy but I am back and I am ready to start posting regularly again (Yey!).

I have seen this concealer being very hyped about in the beauty world so I figured I would give you my thoughts if it's worth the hype!

I'll start off by talking about the colour range and in general the colour range is really quite bad. The lighter shades really jump in colour with the fairest shade being really light then the shade after that being a lot darker. They do have different tones in the shades as well like 'neutral' and 'warm'. I hope this all makes sense! Personally I have the shade Medium Light Neutral and I really do wish there was a 'Medium Light Warm' because I feel like it looks quite ashy and slightly grey under my eyes. The shade itself is a great shade for me, so its not too light (which can sometimes cause grey tones) and it's not too dark so it's very wierd but it's the slight ashiness that let me down.

However, the formula of this concealer is amazing! It applies very smoothly and blends out so well and most importantly, it doesn't crease under the eyes. It lasts really well throughout the day and it is super lightweight but the coverage is really good. I also use this on blemishes because it covers them really well and lasts. 

Overall the concealer itself is seriously good stuff and definitely worth the hype but unfortunately it's just the shade that puts it a step back although because I really like the formula I do tend to mix it with other, warmer concealers to make it wearable! It's definitely one to pick up if you find the right shade for you so go into a store and do a bit of swatching!

Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer - £17.50

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Fashion Haul! H&M, Miss Guided and More!

I know I haven't posted for over a week but I have just been so super busy and I have had no time at all so I am so sorry! I've been meaning to post this haul for a while so here it is! I have been doing a little bit of shopping here and there from multiple different places so I'm going to show you what I bought!

 

 

Firstly from H&M I bought this light dusty pink blazer style jacket, I have been looking for a nice light jacket in this style that just goes with everything so as soon as I spotted this I had to have it!

 

 

This dress is also from H&M and when I saw it in the shop I just kind of passed it and didn't think much of it but when it caught my eye again I picked it up and tried it on and I then realised how amazing it looks on! Its very cute and all lacy and I love it!

 

 

This was the last thing I picked up from H&M and I really like it as I think it will be great for a casual summer outfit and the denim like colour really suits all!

 

 

I instantly fell in love with this playsuit from MissGuided because of beautiful summery floral print. I posted a picture of this on my Instagram and got lots of compliments so I am definitely happy with this and I cant wait to wear it!

 

 

Matalan isn't a shop I normally go into but I recently went past and thought I had to make a visit. I only came out with one item and that was this long cotton cardigan, I knew I could wear this with a lot of different outfits even in the summer and I think it is definitely a staple!

 

 

 I have recently had an obsession with sunglasses so I picked up two that I really liked the look of! The one on the left is an aviator style sunglass and I picked it up from a shop in the middle of a shopping centre so I cant tell you where exactly its from but there are a lot that are similar from other places. The one on the right is from MissGuided and I really liked the slight cat eye shape on them and they are really in at the moment and the black colour just goes with any outfit!

 

 

Lastly from H&M I bought this set of rings which I just fell in love with and had to have! It is a mixture of normal sized rings and midi rings and you can wear some of them together and it looks really nice on!

  So that concludes everything I have bought recently! I know this I two hauls in a row  but I've just had so much that I have bought to share!

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