Hello! Today I have a really simple look that was inspired by snowflakes! I can't stress how easy this looks is, it literally uses like 4 shadows and a bit of glitter and that's it!

So if you're wanting another festive look, keep on reading!

First I put Pretty In Paris from the Sleek Vintage Romance Palette in my crease and up my brow bone.

Over this and slightly down my lid, I used Snowflake by Essence. (Conveniently named haha).

All over my lid I put Sugar by ColourPop. With their shimmery shadows, I find it best to apply them with a finger, I think they're so hard to work with when using a brush.

To deepen up the crease a bit, I took Tease Me from the Makeup Revolution Death By Chocolate Palette, and just kept blending that with Sugar.

I put the same Tease Me shade very very lightly under my eye, just to give a tiny bit of definition, without harshly smoking the look out.

This bit I'm really annoyed about, these were the best photos I could get of the glitter, I TRIED haha. I put the Nyx Face and Body Glitter in Ice in my inner corner, bringing it down just a tad at an angle away from my nose.

And on my lips I used Marshmallow by ColourPop.

And there we have the finished look!

I hope you liked this, and I'll see you tomorrow for Day 8!

Layla x

Hello!

Today I thought I would share my top 10 favourite Christmas songs because I've been listening to them none stop since the 1st December because I just love Christmas so much!!!

I'm gonna count down from my tenth favourite and leave number one til last, can you guess what it'll be?

(All videos are from YouTube)

10.

Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord

Boney M.

9.

Driving Home For Christmas

Chris Rea

8.

Step Into Christmas

Elton John

7.

Fairytale Of New York

The Pogues

6.

Wonderful Christmastime

Paul McCartney

5.

Stop The Cavalry

Jona Lewie

4.

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Wizzard

3.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Slade

2.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Shakin' Stevens

1.

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

(Of course)

I hope this post has helped to get you in the festive mood! I absolutely love Christmas songs, they are the best songs in my opinion!

See you tomorrow!

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 day seven of Blogmas! One whole week!

Today I am bringing you my cruelty free face makeup!

I hope you enjoy.

To cover my dark circles, I use Soap and Glory Kick Ass Fake Awake.

Then for foundation, I use Kat Von D Lock It Foundation in Light 45.

For concealer, I use a mixture of MUA Hide & Conceal and Nyx Above & Beyond Concealer Jar.

To cream contour, I use the Nyx Wonder Stick.

To set, I use the Makeup Revolution Pressed Powder in Translucent.

For bronzer I use the Makeup Revolution Bronzer Matte Light Shimmer.

I use the Milani Rose Powder Blush in Blossom Time Rose.

I use two highlighters, the MUA Undress Your Skin in Iridescent Gold and the MUA Luxe Glow Beam Highlighting Powder.

For my brows, I use the Nyx Tame and Fram Pomade in Chocolate and to set them I use the Sleek Clear Brow Perfector.

The mascara I am using at the moment is the Nyx Doll Eye Mascara in Long Lash.

My eye primer is this one by Milani .

And finally, to set all of this, I use the Makeup Revolution Pro Fixing Spray.

I hope this post has given you some ideas for cruelty free face makeup, to my knowledge at the time of posting this, all of the brands I have mentioned are cruelty free. I am now 100% cruelty free with all of my makeup, it's taken a while but I've done it!

Thank you for reading,

Layla x

1) Soap and Glory Hand Food Travel Sized: http://www.soapandglory.com/bath-body-care/body-products/hands-feet/hand-food-trade-mini

2) Lush Little Sprout Gift: https://uk.lush.com/products/christmas-gifts/little-sprout

3) I Heart Makeup Death By Chocolate Palette: https://www.tambeauty.com/en/I-Heart-Makeup-I--Chocolate---Death-By-Chocolate/m-1090.aspx

4) Freedom Pro Vamp Lipstick Set: https://www.tambeauty.com/en/Freedom-Makeup-London-Pro-Vamp-Noir-Lipstick-EXCLUSIVE-COLLECTION/m-981.aspx

5) Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Pan: http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/makeupgeek/eyeshadowpan/

6) Beauty Blender: http://www.beautybay.com/accessories/beautyblender/sponge/

7) Nyx Liquid Suede: http://www.boots.com/en/NYX-Professional-Makeup-Liquid-Suede-Cream-Lipstick_1771344/

8) MUA Undress Your Skin Highlight Iridescent Gold: http://www.muastore.co.uk/undress-your-skin-highlighting-powder

9) Ardell Demi Wispies: http://ardelllashes.com/Lashes/product_54.html

10) Sleek Matte Me: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/uk/matte-me-velvet-slipper

11) Kiko Infinity Sparkle Eyeshadow: http://www.kikocosmetics.com/en-gb/make-up/eyes/eyeshadows/Infinity%2B-Sparkle-Eyeshadow/p-KM00313001

12) Colour Pop Eyeshadows: https://colourpop.com/collections/eye-shadow

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