Hello!

Welcome to the FINAL day of Blogmas!! I actually can't believe that I managed to blog every single day haha.

To end, I have decided on a scroogey post, and I have done this "anti Christmas" eye makeup look. It's basically just me going back to my emo days and using a load of black eyeshadow.

I also took these photos at like 9am, so please forgive the lighting haha.

First of all, I used my fave of all time, Substitute For Love from the Zoeva Cocoa Blend Palette in my crease. Obviously, I don't want a full black eye look, I wanted a bit of a warmer gradient in the crease.

Then I took Naked 2 from the Naked Basics Palette.

But then I wanted a bit more of a deeper brown, so I took Faint from the same palette. I don't even know what this angle is lol.

I put Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk all over my lid, and blended it around my crease, although I didn't want a particular "cut crease"

Then I put Crave from the Naked Basics Palette and kept blending and blending until I was happy.

I did a wing, of course, and then lined my water line. Then to smoke it out, I took Crave and smudged it under my lashline.

I used Primark Pink In Excess Liquid Lipstick.

And there we have it! I'm super annoyed at the blending in this, I dunno, the black was just so hard to work with, I literally kept blending it all through the day because it just kept going back into a block...

But this is it! The end of Blogmas. I hope you have a lovely Christmas, and I will continue with my normal schedule in the new year (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)

Layla x

Hey there!

Today I have a simple gold eye look for you! I really wanted to try out one of my new Lime Crime Red Rose lipstick, and I thought this was the perfect look to go with it! It's also easy because they're quite accessible colours, so you don't need the exact ones I use (not that you do in any of my posts, of course).

I took these pictures before I had work, so they're not the best, but again, this shows you just how easy this look is!

After priming with my Milani Eyeshadow Primer and setting with a light colour, I put Naked from the Urban Decay Naked Palette in my crease.

I then darkened this with Buck from the same palette.

I then put Half Baked all across my lid.

I decided this wasn't quite gold enough, so I put a bit of Pure Ganache from the Zoeva Cocoa Blend Palette on the top.

I then took Cyprus Umber from the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette and darkened my outer corner.

After I drew my wing, I then put Collection Glam Crystals Dazzling Gel Liner in Funk just on the wing. This is such a pretty gold colour and I thought it went with the eyeshadow quite well.

I then put a bit of the Cyprus Umber shade on my lower lashline.

And Red Rose from Lime Crime on my lips. (Note: this stained my lips!!)

And there you have it: a simple gold eye makeup look.

I hope you enjoyed this! And I will see you tomorrow!

Layla x

Hey there and welcome to day eleven!

I'm feeling super inspired with my makeup recently, I think it's just all the festivities giving me ideas!

Today I'm doing this rose gold look using the Makeup Revolution Foiled Shadow in Rose Gold. I tried to use this when I first bought it and it just didn't work for me, it clumped on my lid and it was just a mess. But I decided to give it another go, and I'm actually impressed! I know that it always sells out, but if you can get your hands on it, it's such a pretty shade, and worth learning how to use!

Firstly I primed and set with White Light from the I heart Makeup Death By Chocolate palette. Then from the same palette, I put Lick Me very lightly in my crease.

Then I took Sidecar from the urban Decay naked Palette and ran this through just so I had some shimmer.

Then I decided I actually wanted some more depth, so I put Beans Are White form the Zoeva Cocoa Blends palette right through my crease line. I also popped a bit more of that Sidecar shade across my lid.

Then the fun part! I put Rose Gold Foiled Eyeshadow from Makeup Revolution all over my lid!

I ran a bit of the Beans Are White shade on my lower lash line, but only very lightly.

And there we are!

On my lips, I used my new absolute favourite, Pink In Excess from PS Pro (yes, Primark). I've had so many compliments about this lipstick and I'm just like "lol go to Primark" I love it!

I have quite a few more makeup ideas, including an anti-Christmas look! So stay tuned for more!!

Layla x

(Some of these palettes I own and so would definitely recommend, and some are just ones that I am personally interested in and seem popular at the moment)

1) Nyx Ultimate Shadow Palette Warm Neautrals: http://www.boots.com/en/NYX-PROFESSIONAL-MAKEUP-Ultimate-shadow-palette-Warm-neutrals_1908967/

2) Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette: https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/anastasia-beverly-hills-modern-renaissance-eye-shadow-palette.html

3) Sleek Highlight Palette in Solstice: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/uk/solstice-highlighting-palette

4) Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette: http://www.urbandecay.co.uk/en_GB/palettes/naked3/UD409.html

5) Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Shadow Palette: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123016000299_-1#intcmp=kat-von-d-br-component_7-shop_contour-palette

6) Morphe 35W 35 Color Warm Palette: http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/morphebrushes/35w35colorwarmpalette/

7) Zoeva Rose Golden Blush Palette: http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/zoeva/rosegoldenblushpalette/

8) Zoeva Plasir Box: http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/zoeva/plaisirbox/

9) Too Faced Cocoa Contour Body Bronzer: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_154614111099_-1

Hello and welcome to my first Christmas makeup tutorial! Today I have an eye loo kthat is inspired by a Christmas fireside, and it uses the reds and golds that are easily associated with the colours of a winter fire! I really love this look, and I also show 2 lip options to go with it too!

So let's get into it!

After priming, I used Naked 2 from the Urban Decay Naked Basics palette all along my crease and just up a bit. I thought that a nice light brown/taupe would be a great transition to balance out the reds and oranges.

Then I took Substitute For Love and a tiny bit of Freshly Toasted from the Zoeva Cocoa Blend palette and put these in my crease and slightly down onto my lid.

To fire this look up a bit, I used Burnt from Makeup Obsession (Check out my post on the palette here). I used a pencil brush from Spectrum to blend this through just my crease, and then took a fluffy brush to blend it out a bit more onto my lid.

I then took Pure Ganache From the Zoeva palette and put it all over lid and blended it into the red shade.

I then decided that this wasn't gold enough, so I took Half Baked from the Urban Decay Naked palette and popped this ontop. Although you can't really tell in this photo, it definitely looked better in real life!

I then took some of  Beans Are White from the Zoeva palette and lightly smudged this into my outer corner...

... and also the outer corner of my lower lash line.

After I added mascara, I put Vice from the Makeup Revolution Chocolate Vice palette on my brow bone and in my inner corners,

The first lip colour I used was Kitten Heels by Nyx.

(This is why I never smile on photos haha)

And the second colour was Charmed by Nyx. I actually ended up wearing this one all day because I felt this had more deep, berry tones than Kitten Heels, and I was in the mood for that haha.

I hope you enjoyed this Christmas look! I'm so excited to share some other ideas I have for makeup looks to do with Christmas!

I hope to see you in tomorrows post,

Layla x