I'm probably the worst blogger in the world, I haven't written a blog post in nearly 2 months and I'm really sorry but it's not like my posts are in high demand or anything. I've been finding it really hard to think of things to blog about because I haven't bought any new products or seen any new movies or anything so that's one reason for being absent, the other being I've just sort of forgotten that I had a blog *awkward*. I was thinking of doing a summer essentials post but I don't really have any products that I've found essential during summer other then sun cream but I've been using the Urban Decay Naked Palette a good bit so I'm going to share my thoughts and some of the looks I like to do with it, so let's crack on!
I don't think I've ever heard anything bad said about the Naked Palette, and I know a lot of people have it. It's just such a great palette to have in your make up collection. It has 12 different eye shadows in the palette ranging from light to dark colours. Most of the eye shadows are shimmery but they're are two matte colours in the palette and they're both really nice browns. All the eye shadows have great pigmentation and are really good quality and they all go really well together so you can create so many different looks with this palette from everyday neutral looks to very dramatic night time looks and everything in between. When you buy the palette it comes with a brush and a little Urban Decay Primer Potion which I think is amazing, I get very oily lids and if I don't use a base or a primer the eye shadow creases after about 5 minutes and the Primer Potion makes my eye shadow last all day and it doesn't move at all! I can't remember exactly how much the palette cost when I bought it but it wasn't any more then €50 which is quite a good price when you think about how many eye shadows you're getting and how good quality they are. So I think the Naked Palette is something everyone should have in their makeup collection.
The only bad thing about the Naked Palette is that there are so many different colours and looks to pick from that sometimes I get overwhelmed and can't choose what makeup to do! All the looks I create with the palette are pretty simple but look really nice, all the colours compliment each other really well to create really nice combinations of colours that make the eyes stand out and looks really nice. Before I create any makeup look I put a little bit of the Primer Potion over my lid and blend it out with my finger, then I wait a minute for it to set before starting with the eye shadow. When using the Primer Potion you only need a tiny bit because it blend out really well so a little goes a long way. If I'm in a huge rush I will literally just but "Sin" all over my lid and just blend it out with a bit of 'Naked" then line my lash line with some gel eyeliner and add loads of mascara which I do with most of these looks. If I've got time I like to brush "Sin" all over the lid, then add some "Dark Horse" to the outer corner and blend it out and into the crease a bit then I'll place some "Creep" on the very outer corner and blend that out as well. "Virgin" is a really great highlight colour so I'll place that in the inner corner of my eye and maybe on the brow bone. For a really dramatic look, I like to use "Hustle" and place that all over the eye and blend it out really well, then I'll use a little bit of "Creep" in the outer corner and blend that like crazy as well. I like to get a little bit of "Naked" on a blending brush and blend out the edges of my eye shadow to make sure that it's blended really well because I don't think it looks good at all when there are just harsh lines in a makeup look, I think it looks so much more put together and neater when the edges are blended really well. So they're three looks I like to create with the Naked Palette but, like I said, you can make so many different looks with this palette and if you're like me and get overwhelmed and don't know what kind of looks to make there are so many good tutorials on YouTube, so if you click here it will link you to loads of great tutorials using the Naked Palette.
So that's my thoughts on the Urban Decay Naked Palette, I hope that helped you in one way or another. If you have any suggestions of other blog posts you'd like me to do or if you have any questions about any of the posts I've written then feel free to leave comments on any of the posts or contact me on any of my social network pages which are always linked on the side of my blog. I'm really going to try to keep up with my blog posts from now on. If you could please follow my blog, it will only take a minute and it would mean so much to me. As always thank you so much for reading and I hope everyone has a lovely summer :)
Showing posts with label makeup. Show all posts
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27/07/2013
25/01/2013
Work Experience + Beauty Reviews
Bonjour, I've realized I haven't blogged in a while and as you can tell from the title I have a few things to blog about. I've just finished my first week of work experience so I'm going to write about that and I'm also going to do reviews on some beauty products which will hopefully be helpful to some people.
As I said, I just finished my first week of work experience which, for those who don't know, is when our school gives us three weeks to go to work places of our choice and see what jobs we'd be interested in pursuing. My first week was in my old primary school and I'm doing my next two weeks in a creche because I want to work with children. It was so amazing going back to my primary school and it was done so that I got to go to four different classes a day to watch the teacher do their thing and help, if need. Since the younger class need more help, I was in a Senior Infants class (5-6 year olds) in the morning, a split of Junior/Senior Infants (4-6 year olds) after break, 1st Class (6-7 year olds) after lunch then 5th Class (10-11 year olds) from 2 till 3 o'clock. I absolutally loved every minute of it, I got to read with the younger kids and help them with their maths, all that kinda stuff. I've always wanted to work with kids but now I'm positive that it's 100% what I want to do. You need so much patients with them and creativity. I didn't do much when I was in with the 5th class but it was still good, most of the time I was sticking pictures on the wall but they were so funny. They'd make cheeky remarks and the teacher would give out but they'd be hilarious. Being back made me realize how old I am, I'm not saying that I think I'm ancient but the last time I was in the school the 5th class were in 1st class! I remember them all being so small but now there are some that are nearly the height of me!
Working with the younger kids was brilliant, they'd get so excited about the simplest things, for example in the senior infants class they were getting an envelope with pictures that they had to match together and the teacher said "We're going to do something really fun now, you're all going to get an envelope" and they all gasped with excitement over an envelope! But it's not just the kids that amused me, the teachers were pretty funny as well, one was reading his class a story and he was getting so into it, he was putting on voices and singing all funny which got all the kids interested and I just found it so funny. There is also the more boring side to it like photocopying loads of pages loads of times and then cutting up lots of words and putting them all into the kids folders but I didn't mind doing that. The thing I found most fun was when I was helping the junior/senior infants paint. They were doing patterns using paint and sponges but they didn't have enough sponges for the whole class so there was one table painting and when one person was finished, another would come, paint and so on and so forth. I got paint on my shoes and in my hair, and because they were using sponges all the paint was absorbed by the sponges in minutes so I was running back and forth with different coloured paint to refill the bowls as children were handing me their wet paintings and sponges full of paint were being dropped everywhere. I would have loved to do another week there, I enjoyed it so much and it's defiantly something I'd love to do when I'm older.
When on work experience I wore makeup everyday so I really got to test my product's will power over the week. I use the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation which I've been using for a while and I think it's pretty good, it gives a good coverage and a dewy finish which I don't really like so I use my Rimmel London Stay Matte powder over it which I love, it just mattes everything, it stays really well and it smells quite nice. Today I used my Maybelline Colour Tattoo in ''On and On Bronze'' which is really good. I have oily eyelids so things usually crease easily but this didn't which is amazing and it's a really nice colour and there were a good few different colours so I may be buying a few more.
During the week I was always so tired after the day and being a lazy teenager I hate taking off my makeup but it has to be done and done properly. Girls always say they do take off their makeup but they still might not have the best skin and that might be because they're not taking it off properly. I use to just wipe it off with a baby wipe which I knew was wrong so I looked on YouTube for quick ways to get my makeup off but the products they use are sometimes quite expensive so I started using the Boots Essentials Cucumber Range which are cheap, they do the job and they smell nice, and they also do a fragrance free range. I start by using the Moisturising Lotion to take off my foundation, I just massage it into my skin using my hands for a few minutes then I wash it all off with warm water and a facecloth, it makes my skin feel so clean and it's way better for your skin then a baby wipe. I then use the Eye Make-Up Remover Gel which I put on a cotton pad and leave it on my eyes for a minute, it just loosens everything and makes it so easy to wipe away and it doesn't sting or anything. When I have all that done I use the Facial Toner, I just pour some onto a cotton pad and gently wipe it over my face, it just gets rid off all the makeup that gets left deep in the skin, I feel it's so important to use toner because even if you've scrubbed your face with a cloth, if there's dirt left in your pores you'll get spots. I've also started using the Moisturising Cream because I didn't moisturise and people are always saying you have to do it but I think it depends on the person and their skin. I have combination skin which means it's oily and dry so I only moisturise once every two days and I only use a tiny bit only on the center of my face because I don't need it anywhere else. If I use to much my skin gets oily but if I don't use it my skin gets dry, so I think everyone should decide themselves on how much mosturiser they need, I do think everyone needs to moisturise though even if you have oily skin, they do make moisturisers for oily skin so there's no excuse!
Woah, that post was longer then I was expecting but that should be enough to make up for the fact I haven't blogged in a while. I'd also like to say I'm not saying that if you take off your makeup properly you'll have flawless skin but it might help, I don't have anything near perfect skin but it's manageable. I really hope you enjoyed this post and that the reviews were helpful to some people and I'd also like to wish everyone doing work experience the very best. Thanks for reading :)
As I said, I just finished my first week of work experience which, for those who don't know, is when our school gives us three weeks to go to work places of our choice and see what jobs we'd be interested in pursuing. My first week was in my old primary school and I'm doing my next two weeks in a creche because I want to work with children. It was so amazing going back to my primary school and it was done so that I got to go to four different classes a day to watch the teacher do their thing and help, if need. Since the younger class need more help, I was in a Senior Infants class (5-6 year olds) in the morning, a split of Junior/Senior Infants (4-6 year olds) after break, 1st Class (6-7 year olds) after lunch then 5th Class (10-11 year olds) from 2 till 3 o'clock. I absolutally loved every minute of it, I got to read with the younger kids and help them with their maths, all that kinda stuff. I've always wanted to work with kids but now I'm positive that it's 100% what I want to do. You need so much patients with them and creativity. I didn't do much when I was in with the 5th class but it was still good, most of the time I was sticking pictures on the wall but they were so funny. They'd make cheeky remarks and the teacher would give out but they'd be hilarious. Being back made me realize how old I am, I'm not saying that I think I'm ancient but the last time I was in the school the 5th class were in 1st class! I remember them all being so small but now there are some that are nearly the height of me!
Working with the younger kids was brilliant, they'd get so excited about the simplest things, for example in the senior infants class they were getting an envelope with pictures that they had to match together and the teacher said "We're going to do something really fun now, you're all going to get an envelope" and they all gasped with excitement over an envelope! But it's not just the kids that amused me, the teachers were pretty funny as well, one was reading his class a story and he was getting so into it, he was putting on voices and singing all funny which got all the kids interested and I just found it so funny. There is also the more boring side to it like photocopying loads of pages loads of times and then cutting up lots of words and putting them all into the kids folders but I didn't mind doing that. The thing I found most fun was when I was helping the junior/senior infants paint. They were doing patterns using paint and sponges but they didn't have enough sponges for the whole class so there was one table painting and when one person was finished, another would come, paint and so on and so forth. I got paint on my shoes and in my hair, and because they were using sponges all the paint was absorbed by the sponges in minutes so I was running back and forth with different coloured paint to refill the bowls as children were handing me their wet paintings and sponges full of paint were being dropped everywhere. I would have loved to do another week there, I enjoyed it so much and it's defiantly something I'd love to do when I'm older.
When on work experience I wore makeup everyday so I really got to test my product's will power over the week. I use the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation which I've been using for a while and I think it's pretty good, it gives a good coverage and a dewy finish which I don't really like so I use my Rimmel London Stay Matte powder over it which I love, it just mattes everything, it stays really well and it smells quite nice. Today I used my Maybelline Colour Tattoo in ''On and On Bronze'' which is really good. I have oily eyelids so things usually crease easily but this didn't which is amazing and it's a really nice colour and there were a good few different colours so I may be buying a few more.
During the week I was always so tired after the day and being a lazy teenager I hate taking off my makeup but it has to be done and done properly. Girls always say they do take off their makeup but they still might not have the best skin and that might be because they're not taking it off properly. I use to just wipe it off with a baby wipe which I knew was wrong so I looked on YouTube for quick ways to get my makeup off but the products they use are sometimes quite expensive so I started using the Boots Essentials Cucumber Range which are cheap, they do the job and they smell nice, and they also do a fragrance free range. I start by using the Moisturising Lotion to take off my foundation, I just massage it into my skin using my hands for a few minutes then I wash it all off with warm water and a facecloth, it makes my skin feel so clean and it's way better for your skin then a baby wipe. I then use the Eye Make-Up Remover Gel which I put on a cotton pad and leave it on my eyes for a minute, it just loosens everything and makes it so easy to wipe away and it doesn't sting or anything. When I have all that done I use the Facial Toner, I just pour some onto a cotton pad and gently wipe it over my face, it just gets rid off all the makeup that gets left deep in the skin, I feel it's so important to use toner because even if you've scrubbed your face with a cloth, if there's dirt left in your pores you'll get spots. I've also started using the Moisturising Cream because I didn't moisturise and people are always saying you have to do it but I think it depends on the person and their skin. I have combination skin which means it's oily and dry so I only moisturise once every two days and I only use a tiny bit only on the center of my face because I don't need it anywhere else. If I use to much my skin gets oily but if I don't use it my skin gets dry, so I think everyone should decide themselves on how much mosturiser they need, I do think everyone needs to moisturise though even if you have oily skin, they do make moisturisers for oily skin so there's no excuse!
This is a drawing I got from a girl who called me ''Pretty Triona" for the whole week, cutie
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