Career Update....

As the saying goes 'new year new start' and a new start it shall be! I've been slacking quite a bit this year as far as making my dream job a reality, for a number of reasons. Mainly because one thing after another has happened this past year and I had to put the breaks on things. Another big reason being I've lost my confidence a little, and I'm trying to get it back. I've decided to remember how much I love doing people's make up and love making them feel better about themselves, and let that be my motivation.

Plan  of Action:

I've done a Monica Bing again and written list upon list of everything I need to do to achieve my goal, and this time there shall be no slacking!

1- Buy the rest of my kit - Whenever I have spare money I WILL be buying pieces for my kit! I want to pick up some of the real techniques brushes and have my eye on a fair few Inglot eyeshadows

2 - Learn to drive - I've given myself a deadline and I WILL have my provisional by the end of March. This is the thing I fear the most, I'm terrified of learning to drive but it's something that has to be done

3 - Get business cards sorted - I'm actually in the process of getting these (yey me) I just need to figure out which ones I want. I've fallen in love with eight different designs.....eeeek

4 - PRACTICE, PRACTICE and PRACTICE - If I want to get to where I want to be then I need to be confident in what I'm doing, and currently I'm not. So family and friends beware, I'm coming for you with a make up brush mwahahaha

5 - Get cracking on my portfolio - This is something that I'm really excited about starting. I already have my ideas in my head, now I just need to make them happen

6 - Last but not least get my self out there - I need to start looking for jobs make up related and find me some experience. My plan is to find as many Make Up Artists in my area that are looking for an assistant. I'm completely dedicated to making this work so if I end up having to wash make up brushes for a few days then so be it. Can't be scared of hard work and getting your hands dirty right?

I was completely dedicated to making this work from the very start, but now I know how much I want and need this to become reality so I'm going to work my backside off and make it happen!!

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Christmas nails - Candy canes....

Oooooh not long until Christmas now!! Time for.....another nail design ;) Candy Cane time, for all of you with a sweet tooth:

For this I used:

* Essie 'Fifth Avenue' (Can you tell I love this colour? haha) then marked the stripes with masking tape and used Barry M '66 Matte white'

* For the Candy canes I used a tooth pick to create the shape with 'Barry M 'Matte White' the flipped the tooth pick around and added little red stripes

Have you got any Christmas nail designs you're loving?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Christmas golden eye....

And I'm (finally) back. Time for another Christmas eye. Christmas wouldn't be complete without some Golden glitter right? I've actually worn this look on a regular basis and love it.

Here's what I used:

* NYX Jumbo eye pencil in 'Iced Mocha' all over the lid, stopping at my crease. And NYX Jumbo eye pencil in 'Cottage Cheese' as highlight and inner tear duct
* I used MAC 'Blanc Type' as brow bone hightlight and 'Phloof' in the tear duct
* I then used Soap and Glory 'Pink T' in the crease as a transition colour
* I applied 'Shade 7' from MUA 'Going for gold palette' on the inner third of my eye and 'Shade 3' on the outer two Thirds
* I then too Soap and Glory 'Aubersheen' on a fluffy blending brush and added this to my outer 'V' and blended into the crease
* For my lower lashline I used Collection Glam Crystals glitter liner in 'Funk'
* And last I used Gosh Velvet touch waterproof eyeliner in 'Truly Brown' on my upper lashline, waterline and tightline, and then applied mascara


Thanks for reading :)

S xx

I heart Christmas TAG....

There's always TAG video's flying about on Youtube and I came across the 'I heart Christmas' tag and thought it was a fun one to do. However I've changed a few questions up, here we go:

1- What do you want for Christmas?

* Daniel Craig? haha I wish! Mainly just make up things I think. I have a 'wish list' on Pinterest :P

2 - Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

* Always on Christmas day, I don't think I'd like to open any on Christmas Eve

3 - What is your favourite Holiday drink form Starbucks?

* This is the first year that I've ever tried a Christmas coffee from starbucks thanks to my little cousin. I'm now addicted to Toffee Nut Latte's

4 - What is your favourite Christmas film?

* Oooh this is a tough one, I have two faves: The Grinch and Scrooged

5- Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

* We always have a fake tree

6- What do you do on Christmas Eve?

* This completely depends on whether I'm working or not. If I'm not then I usually go out for coffee/food with friends, then home shower and PJ's and stick on a Christmas film

7- Do you have any Christmas traditions?

* Not really. Usually on Christmas morning my sister comes down to our house with my niece and nephew and we all open presents. Then she either comes back down for Christmas dinner or for Christmas Tea

8- What is your favourite Christmas song?

* I love 'Last Christmas' by Wham

9- What is your favourite Christmas food?

* Definitely Turkey....and Chocolate. Not together though, that'd just be wrong!

10- What is your favourite thing about Christmas?

* Spending time with my Family and seeing my niece and nephew get all excited that Santa has been <3


TAG you're it! Why not give this tag a go?

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Weekly Favourites....

I'm not here on Sunday and Monday so I thought I'd post this weeks favourites a day early. Every time I try and schedule a post it never works!

* MUA 'Going for gold' palette - It's so difficult to find a gold eyeshadow that's true to colour, but MUA have done it. There's so many pretty shades of gold in this palette from cool tone to warm tone. This is perfect for Christmas, I've been wearing this pretty much all week

* MUA cream blush in 'Yummy' - I fell in love with this blush the first time I bought it and have fallen in love again. I try to rotate my blushes just so I use them all, but I always come back to my MUA. Especially this one

* Prestige lip liner in 'silk' - This is probably my all time favourite lip liner. It's a 'my lips but better' and whenever I apply this and then a lipstick, the lippy lasts all day! Only bad thing is I'm almost out of this and I don't know where to buy another :(

* The body shop 'Hemp hand protector' - I bought this last winter and it's still going strong, although I think I'll need to purchase a new one pretty soon. This is by far the best hand cream I've ever used. I've had REALLY dry hands this week and as soon as I applied this, the dryness disappeared

* Cover girl lipstick in '405' - Again I've been reaching for this lippy. It's such a pretty colour and matches the prestige lip liner very well

Have a great weekend all

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Berry and Chocolate eyes....

I love burgundy and berry colours, however I have trouble wearing them because I'm cool toned. BUT I found a way to wear them and thought I'd make it into a Christmas look by adding a little gold ;) Here's what I came up with:

For this look I used:

* I applied NYX jumbo pencil in 'Cottage cheese'onto my brown bone and onto the inner half of my eyelid. I then used NYX jumbo pencil in 'Iced Mocha' on my outer half
* I used MAC 'blanc Type' as a highlight and then added Soap and Glory 'Pink T' as a transition colour.
* I then packed Gosh 'Burgundy' onto the inner half of my lid and Soap and glory 'Aubersheen' (You can also used MAC Satin Taupe) onto the outer half, making sure to blend both colours
* For the outer V and crease I used MAC 'Mystery and blended
* To add a little something extra I applied MUA 'Shade 7' from the Going for gold palette along my lower lashline
* Finishing off with MUA liquid liner along my upper lashline and two coats of mascara

Thanks for reading :)

S xx

Christmas nails take 3....

Another nail design coming your way 'The HOLLY and the Ivy.......'

I actually quite stupidly painted this upside down! What a div:

For this I used:

* Barry M '66 Matte white' all over the nail

* Essie 'Fifth Avenue' for the berries and Barry M '284 Emerald Green' for the leaves

* Barry M ' 320 Foil Effects' for the dots

For this I think you could paint your other nails Red, Green, Gold or White and it would look great!

Thanks for reading :)

S xx