My New MUA Products - I am in Love

Here are my new products courtesy of Make Up Academy. I just love love love there products. Affordable, great quality, great pigment, great staying power.

The palette is the New Palette called Undressed; this has 12 shades of bronze and browns. The lighter shades are great for highlighting the eyes and the darker ones are great for a sultry effect, with all the great choices of colours in this palette you can transform your day look into a smoky night time look. The palette is released in Superdrug stores on July 4th but you can purchase this online now.

Head over to http://muacosmetics.blogspot.co.uk/ for more tips and tricks.

Face Primer - Great for a flawless even complexion. Wear this product alone or mixed in with your foundation. £4.00

Trio Eye shadow in Shade Passion - A trio of gorgeous pearl and lilacs, amazing product for that super sultry purple smoky eye. £2.50

Brush On Concealer Pen - Disguises blemishes, highlights under the eye to hide those dark circles. Makes the skin appear much brighter and clearer. £2.00

Keep an eye out for the looks I will be creating using these products. 

All products can be purchased from http://www.muastore.co.uk

Sarah x

NOIR Photo Shoot - My Portfolio

NOIR PHOTOSHOOT

I wanted to share this image from my portfolio with you all, I love this image. We had a NOIR  photo shoot not long ago, the stylist picked out some amazing garments to go with the overall theme. I loved this shoot as it gave me the chance again to do some really bold outlandish make up, which is exactly my style.
Check out the rest of my portfolio at www.facebook.com/SEBmakeupartist

Sarah x

Powder Shadow Smoky Eye

Morning All,

So today I was inspired to do a Purple Smoky Eye, I wanted to inject a bit of colour into my day J

I opted for a pallet I have not used for a while which is my No7 Midnight Enchantment Eye Palette, this was a Limited Edition from No7 which was sold last Christmas time. Along side this I also used a MAC Pencil Liner, L’Oreal Lash Architect 4D Mascara, Bourjois Shadow in Shade 04 Noir Precieux, No7 Metallic Eyeliner in shade 05 Purple, and lastly my amazing Fashionista Gel Liner.

Below are my top tips for a perfect Smoky Eye:

The best way to start off your smoky eye is to layer up the lid with a light shade right up to the brow area.

Take a light matte shade and apply this to the lid from the lash line to the fold (socket) of the eye using a stiff brush. Do not go any higher or you will not have space to blend.

Take a soft shade next, this will be your mid tone. Apply this from the outer corner of the eye and up over the socket line going towards the bridge of the nose. Blending upwards as you go. You will need a shadow brush to apply this then a big fluffy blending brush for the blending.

Once you have the correct shape you desire take one of your darker shades and deepen the socket area again using a stiff brush to apply and a fluffy brush for the blending. Using the same stiff brush apply your darkest shade again into the socket area and then bring this underneath the eye, below the bottom lashes. You can bring this right to the inner corner if you wish under the lash line.

Always keep the corner of the eye the lightest and layer up your dark colours starting from the outer eye area. If you preferred a really smoky eye all over then you can use the darker shadow in the corner of the eye but to widen the eye area I would recommend layering from the outer eye area.

Always run a gel liner or pencil liner along the top of the lid really close to the lashes, it does not matter if this is not perfectly straight (if you use a pencil liner) as you will then grab a small blending brush and blend this into the eye shadow you have already applied.

Make sure you line your waterline with a black eye liner then apply a generous amount of black mascara.

Have fun with your chosen shades and create that perfect smoky eye for your next glam night out.

Sarah x

Illamasqua - Naked Strangers Collection

Illamasqua have just launched a brand new collection called Naked Strangers, Gold, Nudes and Pinks make up this beautiful Collection. In the collection are 3 Nail Varnishes £13.50 each in a gorgeous gold, nude pink and a deeper gold tone.
The Lipglosses consist of two, one in a coral/pinky tone in shade In Intimacy and the other is a metallic gold tone in shade In Stranger, this one I will be purchasing for a upcoming photo shoot. :-) Priced at £13.00
The new collection also has a Powder Blusher in Shade In Naked Rose and a Cream Blusher in Shade In Zygomatic, this shade is a warm deep brown colour.
The new palette is the collection is called Neutral Palette priced at £30.00, very simple but yet very effective, Create sculpted highlights anywhere on your face and body with these four Powder Eye Shadows. From the new antique gold shade, Vintage  and matt shades Stealth and Wolf (rich chocolate brown), to the smoky charcoal depths of new shade Obsidian (rich black), have fun expresisng your Alter Ego.
The last product in the collection is the famous Liquid Metal in Shade Antigue Gold priced at £17.00, absolutely amazing product, this is a metallic cream which can be applied to the face or body with fingers or a brush, this has very deep pigmentation.
If you are a Industry Professional you can apply for Illamasqua's Professional Discount were you can receive 40% off.

Check out the new collecion at Illamasqua 

Google Widget - Please Follow My Blog

Yippeeeee I have now added the google followers widget to my blog, I am still getting use to this world of blogging. You can now follow my blog using this widget

sarah x

Strawberry's and Cream

So today I re created a Strawberry's and cream look which was inspired to me by one of my favourite make up artists Karla Powell, her work is amazing. I get so much inspiration from her.

Below is the look I re created, I used MUA Pallets in Pretty Pastels and Immaculate, I used a white rimmel eyeliner on the waterline, a loreal liquid eyeliner and my gorgeous Benefit Lashes, I just lurvvvvvv them they are so big and fluffy yet still look quite natural. I would definately wear this look for a night out. You can purchase all MUA Products in your nearest Superdrug or online at www.muacosmetics.co.uk

Sarah x :-))