Inspired FOTD: Leanne Woodfull

There are many people who inspire me in terms of fashion and make up. I'm considering doing some posts which show looks which have been inspired by these lovely people. This first one is a make up look which I created after watching one of Leanne Woodfull's YouTube videos. It isn't based on any singular look that Leanne has worn, but came about because she often wears brown smokey eye looks. This is my personal tribute to Leanne because I really admire her make up and style. If you happen to read this Leanne (doubtful!), then I hope you think it's worthy! Day-to-day I tend to wear very simple make up and I really enjoyed wearing something a little more glamorous for daytime!

Face: Look Beauty Flawless Fix Beauty Balm; Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair; e.l.f. Mineral Booster.
Cheeks: Fashionista Blush in Rose Thrill.
Eyes: Virgin (brow bone and inner corner highlight; Sin (inner two-thirds of lid); Buck (outer half of eye). All from Urban Decay Naked Palette. Avon Supershock Gel Eyeliner in Black. Rimmel Scandaleyes Mascara in Black.
Brows: Rimmel Brow Pencil.
Lips: Combination of e.l.f.'s Runway Pink and Revlon's Love That Red sheered onto lips using finger.

Cunning Minx

This is essentially a face of the day post for today. I decided to take a picture of my mug and share it with you as I haven't produced a simple 'here's what my face looks like today' post in a while. I am aware I haven't done any outfit of the day videos (in fact, any videos) on my YouTube channel for a while and I'm hoping to remedy that this weekend, if I'm able. I am just sinking so quickly under postgraduate work at the moment. It's hard going!

Face: Dior Skin Nude foundation in 010; MAC Studio Finish concealer in NW15; e.l.f. Mineral Eye Brightener; e.l.f. Mineral concealer in Fair; .e.l.f. Mineral Booster; No.7 Cream Blush in Peach.
Eyes: Clinique High Impact Mascara (two coats); No.7 Double Ended Eye Pencil in Ivory/Brown (white on waterline, brown smudged lightly up against top and bottom lashes).
Brows: Benefit Browzings in Light; e.l.f. Lock and Seal (to stop powder fading off); Collection 2000 Clear Mascara (to keep hairs in place).
Lips: MAC Amplified Lipstick in Cunning.

Battle of the Corals!

Hello my loves!

I was going through my nail polishes recently only to find that I had several colours that were very similar. For that reason I decided to wear them all at once in order to test them out. I applied two coats of each polish and a base/top coat on all nails. I rated them based on how opaque the colours were, how nice the colour was when dry, as well as their staying power. The clear winner was my Eyeko Coral polish. The colour is gorgeous and two coats gave a perfectly even colour, unlike the Nails Inc. coral polish which appeared slightly patchy. For each category mentioned, the Eyeko polish came out on top. Nails Inc. was a close second and poor indeed were the e.l.f. and Barbara Daly for Tesco polishes. They both chipped badly after two days, which I don't expect from my polishes as I don't have time to reapply it that often. The picture below is of the nail polishes after three days wear.

So, on my thumbs is Nails Inc. "Coral", on the index fingers is Barbara Daly for Tesco "Sunset", on the middle fingers is e.l.f. "Fire Coral" and on the ring/pinky fingers is Eyeko's "Coral Polish".