Showing posts with label Lip Tar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lip Tar. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Summer Brights using Sugar Pill makeup

Today's blog is going to be a quick one about a look I did a few days ago which I've had a lot of people asking about. Now I would love to do a tutorial video to show the madness in my colours but at the moment I don't have the equipment to film it but fingers crossed soon that will change and you'll get to see a tutorial on the application rather just a run through of products.
 
So, here is the look. I am totally loving matching up my hair to my make because of all the different shades of purple/blue going on at the side!
 
 
The first that I do is my eyebrows, some people like to do the brows last but I like to do it first because I feel that it frames my eye work allowing me to judge if the makeup is going just right.
The best brow brush to use for this is Illamasqua's Angled Brush, £19, the reason why it works so well for brows (as well as eyeliner) is because the brush hairs are short therefore you have more control to the line work. I found this brush gives full the straightest line work.
 
 
The colours that used on the brows for this look was a fade of Sugar Pill Cosmetics Heart Breaker palette. Starting with "velocity", which is the in your face blue, at the beginning of the brows fading into "2am", purple shade, and "Mochi", that gorgeous aqua green/blue colour, applied to the tail of the brow. I love this combination because it goes well with the fades in my hair but also its nice summer brow colour, something different then your average brown or black brows. If you want to stand out from the crowd I recommend you brighten those brows!
 
 
The eye shadow is a blended combination of "Mochi" from the palette above with "Poison Plum", the bright purple, and "Buttercupcake" , that radiant yellow,  from Sugar Pill's Burning Heart palette. These colours work so well together with the "Mochi" working with the brows and "Poison Plum" working against "Buttercupcake" as a contrasting colour. Ever wanted your eye shadow to stand out, choose colours which are opposite each other on the colour wheel, these colours will 'Pop' when put next to each other!
 
 
As you can see the Sugar Pill palettes have the most amazing pigments and strong colours that apply as you see them, no wishy washy colours. Bonus to those who are attending IMATS London next week, Sugar Pill will be attending with all there marvellous colours and products. I can't wait to go and meet the Sugar Pill girls, they are my rainbow icons!
 
 
To finish the eyes off and also match the brows further I added "Kandy Eye" glitter sprinkles in "Shock Tart" underneath the eyes, which is a shock blue colour that closely matches Sugarpill's "velocity". This adds a little glitter bomb to the look and sparkles beautifully in the sun!
 
 
Finish the eyes off using Eyeko's Skinny Liquid eyeliner and Eye Do Mascara, both fabulous products. You can read a review on the mascara in a previous blog. The liner works incredibly well allowing for good definition and control of the eyeliner. The only thing you need to take care with when using the eyeliner is making sure the glitter doesn't get stuck on the felt tip end because it does tend to 'clog' it up slightly.
 
 
So the finished look..it is one of my favourite and I love the products that were used as they work so well.
The lips are OCC matte lip tar in "Seedless grape red" with a purple lip liner for definition.
 
 
 
 
What do you guys think?
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Tuesday, 10 June 2014

OCC Lip Tar: Vintage Product Review.


Hello my lovelies!

In this blog entry am reviewing OCC liptar in Vintage. Now am no stranger to OCC, they are one of my favourite brands and I have all their airbrush foundations as I find them lovely to apply, with a beautiful effect. But it's been a while since I've done a review blog and since I recently purchase this lip tar, I figured this was a good place to start.

So OCC lip tars, there are a million and one colours and effects to choose from, we have the clear, gloss, matte and metallic in the range. Colours range from the nude side to the bright blues and yellows with the idea to be able to mix several colours for a personal customised shade.

 

The colour which a recently got was Vintage matte, which is a beautiful red colour, perfect for my vintage pop up salons and courses!

 
It came in a little bag with a cute little brush for application which I'll be honest on first sight I did think it would be like one of those useless little brushes you get in eyeshade sets but no. The brush had a point to the end which allowed you to use it like a liner for precision and then the fatter part of the brush to fill in. In fact it is just a miniature version of their #10 precision lip brush from their brush range. So it's all the perfect travel size for your handbag or kit.

It is true what they say on the website, the tiniest bit of product is needed for a full application, any more and its over kill people! Plus you put more on and this is when the product will bled outside the lip line which nobody wants! The colour pigment is amazing! Extremely bright and vibrant which is amazing considering the amount you need. And it lasts, mine lasted all day without the need to reapply, in fact it's hard to get off once it's on! I used my Lush UltraBland Cleanser to remove but whose complaining about long lasting lipstick!
 
 

The texture of the product on your lips is very nourishing but without that oil slick feel as it contains lip friendly, moisturising ingredient such as hemp oil and vitamin E which means to product will condition your lips; bonus points to the product for also containing peppermint oil which isn’t over powering but gives a nice "fresh" feeling.

I absolutely love this product as well as the colours available (my next buy is Black Dahlia) I would definitely recommend them to my students and other makeup lovers. You can buy selected colours from Selfridges, UK or pop on to the website for the full range at http://occmakeup.com


Thanks for reading.

 

xRx