Playing Makeup (for no particular reason)

Arghhh, I HATE Sundays!

I'm not being dramatic, I do hate them. I think its my nervey sub-conscience preparing me for the fight or flight of a Monday morning. Whatever the reason, I am normally miserable and bad tempered most Sundays, and often still in bed come lunchtime.

 

Today was no different, I couldn't shake the impending (sense of)doom. I watched baking programmes AND nature/travel docs (my fave) all morning to no avail. So I decided I'd get up and crack on with a beef and chorizo stew for tea, and then play my favourite game until my face couldn't hack it anymore...

 

MAKEUP!!!

 

This is me... Fresh(!?) and makeup-less

 

I hope you enjoyed the leopard/granny scarf combo. It's a look I think works best on a rainy Sunday.

And then this, well this is an overly dramatic version of my favoured "night-time" look.

The major black shadow is one of my favourite products at the moment. It came in a recent Glossybox and I love it. Its so pigmented (black) and for such a dark shade it makes surprisingly little mess. You know the dust that goes all over your cheeks, right where you'd put highlighter, well this doesn't do that. It is this (no, I don't know either) The lipstick, strictly speaking is SEVENTEEN Stay Pout in Rule Breaker, however I lined my lips with a cheap black eyeliner and smudged it inwards before applying the lipstick, and then highlighted the chubby bits (I should know the name for these) with a gold powder.

My little piggy eyes ended up looking quite smokey! I would do this for real life, but without the lips. Unless I suddenly find myself on a red carpet or the likes... and the same for the lips, but without the eyes.

This was just for fun. Believe it or not I don't own a black lippy (yet) however I have a purple one on the way. I used the same black eyeshadow and liner as above to colour my lips in, and again highlighted with the gold. My eyes (bless them) had taken a bit of a pasting in round one, so I just lined my top lid thickly with the wondrously silky Soap and Glory black Smoulder Kohl.

I like it! I may pull it out for a fancy dress party (someone please have one)!?

Ahhh, my humble little pouters have had quite the afternoon.

Let me know what you think, I wont be offended, honest!

Katy x

Happy New Year Everybody!

I'm still in bed. I've made lunch and had a shower, but still in bed! Maybe not the freshest start to 2014 however I don't really feel all that fresh.

I hope you all had a great night last night (I'd love to hear what you did as the clock struck 12)? I certainly did, drinks flowed and the glad rags were donned, and in doing so I ticked of 2 of my New Years Resolutions (which you can read here!)

Firstly I wore heels, my beautiful black suede Moda In Pelle ankle boots. And secondly I loved my outfit and make-up so I took a ton of pictures before heading out, in appreciation of having an "on-day"!

My make up by the way, was my first use of the gorgeous Benefit Primping With The Stars kit that my awesome boyfriend got me for Christmas. I must say it is fantastic, and the little tips and tricks it comes with are fab! I'll do a post on it in the future, but I'm definately hooked already!

I didn't realise though until this morning that my full length pictures were ALL blurry. Typical! So for now you'll have to make do with my top half, and trust that I wore a black quilted leather A-line mini and the boots I mentioned above.

I really hope that 2014 is a happy and healthy year for all of you, and that at least one of your wishes comes true. I'm also looking forward to keeping the posts coming, and can't wait to find some of your lovely blogs to get stuck into. Please leave links in the comments and I'll definitely have a look!

Happy New Year

Katy 

Bread and Beauty X