IT'S ARRIVED!!!!!!!!

My girls, 

 It has finally arrived! I'm so overly excited that the new MAC store has finally opened in Aberdeen. It has been 'Coming Soon' for SO long, without actually arriving... UNTIL NOW!  

Along with being devastated about having to leave my friends, family and boyfriend back home in Edinburgh, leaving my fav MAC concession in Harvey Nichols wasn't any easier, especially knowing there wasn't going to be a replacement for me in Aberdeen. One less thing

getting me down now.

Whenever i'm feeling down I will no longer have to eat my body weight in Ben & Jerrys (admit it, you have all done this! May even be doing it right now)

but instead can treat myself to the 'occasional' 

MAC purchase. Lucky me, just wish i could say the same for my bank account. 

Can't say I'm sorry though. 

Enjoy it as much as I am going to my lovelies. 

Stay Beautiful x

Birthday Girl

Hey my gorgeous girls, 

Just a really quick post of the make up done on my close friend who asked me to do her make up for her birthday meal. 

Always SO happy when people trust me with their faces for 

special occasions.

This was the first time I have ever done make-up on a darker skinned model and I definitely found that shimmer eye shadows 

work best on this skin colour and look amazing especially when

they catch the light. Using the Mac Pigment in the middle

of the eye, with darker colours on either side creates this 'Spotlight' look.

Hope you like it, still need alot of practice though.

Sorry for only managing to get one picture to show you! 

Stay Beautiful x

Lippy, Camera....Action!!!

Hello again my lovelies!

I am so excited to give you a sneak-peak into the make-up I did as part of my university coursework. We had to hold a photoshoot which meant we had to find a photographer, model, make-up artist, clothes - the lot. 
I was honoured when the group I was working with
asked me to do the hair & make-up!
First model I've ever done make-up on, was so unbelievably nervous 
but I did it & was so happy with it.  

 Hope you enjoy :) 

I had to turn our model into a Bohemian Goddess, however, I was told to keep the colours as neutral as possible so I decided to stick to golds, bronzes and pale pinks. Added glitter on the cheeks to give that

Boho look. 

As you can see I was hard at work - doing what I love - transforming the simple gold look 

into a dramatic silver, show stopping 

look for the finale of our shoot.

I added silvers and blacks to the look to create a more dramatic impact in the final pictures we were going to take which were all about the close up 

shots so I had to make sure it looks perfect.

I was asked to use little diamonds underneath the eyes to create a tear 

drop-like effect which looked fab in the 

pictures.

     I can't wait to see the final pictures our photographer took! He was honestly amazing and was 

just as enthusiastic about getting the perfect

 picture as we were and wouldn't stop until he felt it 

      was exactly that: Perfect.        

Just want to say a massive thank you to everyone involved:

The two Emily's who styled our model and made her look amazing. 

Diana who was our beautiful model who was the perfect boho goddess

Gavin the photographer who made the picture exceed all expectations.

                             

                                                              Stay Beautiful x   

M.A.C Madness

Hey Girls,

Was so excited when my best friend suprised me with the most amazing

birthday present ever, a lesson at MAC make up store in Harvey Nichols, Edinburgh. I couldn't wait to learn all the tricks of the trade,

and secrets on how to make your make-up 

look flawless like theirs always do. 

Emma was my make-up artist, who is also a really good friend of mine, and she did an absolutely beautiful job of my make-up - I couldn't have been happier.

She chose a variety of purple shades for my eye make-up as she explained

it's a perfect colour for enhancing darker green eyes. 

My favourite product from this look (which I just had to buy) has to be the M.A.C Kitschmas A21 Pigment eye colour, 

would definitely recommend

if any of you girls want to add an extra dimension to your looks 

then have a look at MAC's pigment collection. To die for. 

I learnt so much from Emma, even simple things on how to perfect 

your foundation. One tip was to use MAC Stroke Cream which just 

leaves you with a more flawless and even finish. 

And a cheekbone contouring tip for you lovely ladies is to follow from the centre of your ear along your cheek bone BUT, when using a darker 

colour to contour do NOT go any further along than about

 2 inches. Line it up with the corner of your eye. 

This will give a more natural contour to your cheeks.

Would definitely recommend a MAC lesson as a gift, was absolutely amazing. And if by any chance you happen to be in Edinburgh then ask 

for Emma, she was absolutely fabulous. 

Now to keep practising with what I've learnt in mind.

Stay Beautiful x

Halloween Horror

Hey lovely ladies, 

Sadly this year I never got the chance to dress up for Halloween, but I wasn't having that stop me from practising my make-up so my friends
kindly agreed to be my canvas. 

My first model, who signed her face away to me, was my favourite girl Megan who asked to be turned into a Sugar Skull. It is an amazing alternative 

look for Halloween, a little prettier than most looks but still giving a dark (and kind of creepy) appearance which you would expect to see on Halloween. Sugar Skulls are usually made up 

of a large variety of bright contrasting colours however, on request 

Megan decided on more subtle shadows of blue. 

Still looking fab!

My second amazing model was Paula who asked to be zombie-fied, ready to keep to Halloween traditions and scare anyone she came in contact

with, including myself. 

This look was really simple to create, using a white as the base and then

contouring her face with black. Creating a strong contrast and

adding shape to the face. Red's and blacks were blended round the 

eyes to create that zombie/walking dead look. 

Had so much fun experimenting away with these two looks. I've never done anything like it before but I'm definitely going to look into teaching myself how to do a wider variety of make-up looks and diversity my portfolio now.

               Stay Beautiful x