Artist Of Makeup Highlight & Contour Sticks!

I have wanted to try out these contour sticks for ages now, ever since Artist Of Makeup first launched because at that time they were very unique and I believe AOM were the first brand to create the 'Cream Contour Stick'. Now, many brands have come out with their own but I still waited to try the Artist Of Makeup ones because I have not seen a bad review on them yet.

I can now say that these contour sticks did not disappoint at all. They are creamy and smooth and blend like a dream, a little definitely goes a very long way with this product because it is very creamy although now you'd think it doesn't set and it moves around the face but no. It sets very nicely and you can layer on a powder contour on top to intensify it and prolong the longevity of it too. You can apply them under your foundation for a much softer contoured look or over your foundation for more definition.

These are the swatches for the contour sticks, if these look a little light for your complexion, Zukreat (founder of the brand) also created a 'medium' highlight stick along with a 'dark' contour stick for darker skin tones. I find the shades of these sticks would work very well for light - medium skintones because although the highlight may look very light or the contour may look very dark, I asure you, when you start blending them into the skin, they look amazing.

I think you can tell by now that I am head over heals in love with these contour sticks and I would recommend them to all! You won't be disappointed so give them a go!

Do you like contouring? 

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The Sponge

If you didn't know already, I love my Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge. I use it nearly every single day to apply my concealer because I find that nothing gives me a better finish including brushes and fingers. You can use it with any liquid/cream products (even some powder).

The beauty blender is very hyped between many bloggers and vloggers but I've never found the need to cave out and buy it because I love my RT one and its less than half the price.

If you haven't tried out this sponge yet, then I definitely recommend giving it ago because I just wouldn't apply my concealer with anything else. I sometimes do apply my foundation with it as well but it tends to give it a little less coverage so I do prefer to use brushes with foundation. I do although recommend that you change up your sponge every so often because old sponges get stained a lot easier and I have found from purchasing a new one that the bounciness wears away with it as well. You can see the different in the picture from an old to a new sponge (the old one is freshly washed as well) and there is a huge difference so make sure you do buy a new one when you find your old one getting a bit worse for wear!

Do you like using a sponge?

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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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