BLUSH // Everyday WoC Friendly Blushes

Blush is by far one of my favourite parts of makeup. 

The way it brings warmth to the face has always astounded me, I don't know what is it about them but I do love me some blush!

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Beauty Haul || Inglot, Illamasqua, ELF, MAC and More

Hey loves!

Long time no see!

It feels like an age since I've last blogged and I've really been feeling it, but do not fret I have some great posts lined up for the blog!

But for now I've filmed another video.

Quite lengthy, I'm not gonna lie, but I had so many new products I wanted to show you guys!

I have already posted blog posts to most of the items features so please below for direct links!

I hope you like and if you haven't feel free to give the video the ever infamous thumbs up and subscribe!

BECCA Luminous Skin Colour in Nuba

Makeup Revolution London Awesome Metals Foil Finish in Magnificent Copper
Makeup Revolution London Amazing Lipsticks in Depraved and Rebel With Cause
Makeup Revolution London Vivid Baked Bronzer in Rock On World
Makeup Revolution London The One Foundation
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...

Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer in SX11, SX12, SX13
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...

Illamasqua Powder Blush in Excite
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2013...

Guerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder in Ebony 08
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2013...

ELF Contouring Blusher and Bronzer in Turks and Caicos
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...
Swatches: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...

Sunkissed Metallic Bronze Blush

Inglot Palette: 609, 450, 60, 426, 439
Blog Post: Coming Soon!

NYX Lipgloss in Deep Bronze
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...

Illamasqua Glamore Lipstick in Soaked
Instagram Post: http://instagram.com/p/ncvjrnD1Wl/

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Dark Night Waterl-oops
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2013...

Ellis Faas Milky Lips in L202
Ellis Faas Creamy Lips in L102
Ellis Faas Hot Lips in L403
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2013...

MAC Cosmetics Flat Out Fabulous Lipstick
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014... (also check out my Natural Glow video for moving swatches)

Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in 05 Ole Flamingo!
Instagram Post: http://instagram.com/p/ncvjrnD1Wl/

MAC Cosmetics Naked Dark Pigment
Blog Post: http://www.discoveriesofself.com/2014...

Madison Street Beauty Pigments: Storm, Indigo Night, Black Cherry, Princess, Toasted Coconut, Harvest Moon
Instagram Post: http://instagram.com/p/nQ25Gpj1dI/ 
Blog Post: Coming Soon!

Stack Pancakes
http://www.stackpancakes.co.uk/
Blog Post: Coming Soon!

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ELF Blogger Festival Makeup Challenge

I love ELF!

I think for everyday products and inexpensive brushes ELF is the place to go!

Some of my favourite products (Personal Blend foundation and the Contouring Blush and Bronzing powder) come from ELF, so when I was asked to participate in the ELF Blogger Festival Makeup Challenge I was genuinely excited!

The brief was to come up with a Festival Makeup Look using ELF products only.

I was sent the following to use for this challenge:

HD Mattifying Cream Foundation in Almond*

Tone Correcting Concealer in Toffee*

ELF Essential Little Black Beauty Book Eye Edition - Cool Edition*

Liquid Eyeliner in Black*

Regular & Waterproof Mascara Duo*

Baked Blush in Rich Rose*

All Over Colour Stick in Persimmon* 

ELF Jumbo Lip Gloss Stick in Tiki Torches*

Natural Lash Kit*

Nail Polish in Party Peach*

On top of these I used some ELF products I already owned, these were:

Studio Eyebrow Kit in Dark

High Definition Powder in Corrective Yellow

Wet Gloss Lash and Brow Clear Mascara

Maximum Coverage Concealer in Tan

Mineral Blush in Peachy

Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder in Turks and Caicos

Conditioning Lip Balm in Bombshell Brown

Mineral Eyeshadow in Natural

Shimmering Facial Whip in Golden Peach

Mist & Set Spray

I decided to go for more of the Bohemian look for my Festival Challenge.

So how do you go about getting this look?

Well, I'll tell ya!

Brows

Firstly, I started off eyebrows as I always start with brows.

I applied the wax from the brow kit and set with the brow section of the Wet Gloss Lash and Brow Clear mascara. Then went ahead and cleaned up as well as highlighted with my Full Coverage Concealer. I then applied the All Over Colour Stick onto my brow bone as a brow bone highlight.

Face

Next - the face. 

I applied the HD Mattifying Foundation with a damp beauty blender as well as the Tone Correcting Concealer under my eyes.

I then set my face as well as under my eyes with my High Definition Corrective Yellow Powder. 

I think glow when I think Festival (at least when you first arrive!) so to bring out a glow on my cheeks I went in with the All Over Colour Stick in Persimmon and topped this off with a bit of my Shimmering Facial Whip in Golden Peach.

I must bronze with EVERY look I do, I have to! For this look I used my favourite bronzer from the Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder duo. I use bronzer like a contour powder so I applied this to the hollows of my cheeks, temples and around the sides of my face. I also applied this down the sides of my nose as contour.

For blusher I didn't want to go too OTT as the eyes were very colourful so I used my Mineral Blush in Peachy lightly over the cheeks. I added more of the bronzer for warmth.

Eyes

I primed my eye with the Tone Correcting Concealer as well as my Full Coverage Concealer as they act as a good lightly coloured base to apply shadows onto.

I took the matte yellow from the ELF Little Black Beauty Book in Cool Edition and packed this onto my entire lid. To enhance the yellow, I packed on the golden yellow shade on top of the matte yellow shade previously applied.

I then took a fluffy brush (the ELF flawless concealer brush is perfect for this) and a bit of the orange matte shade in the book and placed this in my crease to act as a transitional colour as well as to blend out the harsh lines from the yellow shades.

After this I applied the moss green matte shade to my lower lash line and gently blended out.

I also took my Mineral Eyeshadow in Natural and applied this to my inner tear duct for brightness.

Next, eyeliner! 

I always seem to mess up liquid eyeliner so for precision I took the Liquid Eyeliner and applied this with an eyeliner brush instead of the brush provided as I am more used to applying eyeliner with a brush.

Afterwards tight line, this brings the look together, make sure to use waterproof cream/gel liner for this for staying powder. 

Lashes will accentuate this look perfectly, and the ELF Natural lashes would actually look fantastic with this look but alas, I cannot apply lashes to save my life so instead I went in with two coats of the waterproof side of the Mascara Duo and one coat on my bottom lashes. And with that eyes are festival ready!

Lips

Last but not least, lips.

I applied a good coating of the Tiki Torches Jumbo Lip Gloss, I then went over this with a bit of my Conditioning Lip Balm in Bombshell Brown and voila!

To make sure your makeup stays all day, don't forget to set with ELF's Mist & Set Spray.

Add some fun embellishments, paint your nails with Party Peach nail varnish, add a head chain and rings and you're ready to go!

To recreate this look visit ELF Cosmetics UK

Sending positive vibes and festival love to you all!

:)

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