Gatsby Style Makeup

This is a bit of a random, spur of the moment post. I just watched on of my friends do this style makeup look on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BwPoFzPqa8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNVNOJfv6aroA7ScpOiR0kw) and I thought it looked really cool so I decided to do my own version of it (despite me having a great heap of homework). Because I wasn't planning on doing this post the lighting in the photos isn't very good because I took them when it was dark.  

  

Products used-

Rimmel match perfection in shade light porcelain

Maybelline expression kajal eyeliner

MUA Merged trio eyeshadow Theatrics

Claire's Eye glitter (Don't judge it was a present and also never every buy it, its rubbish)

Jelly pong pong Wide Awake palette

Vaseline

Collection Fast stroke eyeliner

 NYC Smooch proof lip stain in the colour Champagne Stain 493

I put a thin layer of the foundation over my face then used the illuminator from the jelly pong pong over any dark patches. Then I put my liquid eyeliner in a line over my top lashes and put the pencil liner on my water line. I used one of the silver glitter over my eyelids and in my crease I used the black from the MUA palette then to finish the eyes I put mascara on. Then lastly I used the lip stain on my lips (obviously) and lastly I put the Vaseline over the top. And that's it!!! Bye! Bye! XX

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Coping With Dry Skin

I think that I'm quite lucky in that I've never really had a big problem with my skin. I go through phases of getting a few spots across my T zone but it's never something that a bit of concealer can't hide. However I suffer from very dry skin especially in the winter so I'm going to share my 'expertise' on how to deal with dry skin.

Moisturiser

About once a week in the evening I use Nivea Crème on my face. It's a very heavy moisturiser so I wouldn't use it in the morning but it's amazing to use in the evening.

I also use E45 on my face every morning as a primer. I find that most normal primers are mattifying and dry my skin out more. Plus I love E45 and it is amazing for dry skin.

 

Face Wash

I try to avoid and face scrubs because I've used them in the past and they dry my skin out so much! So when I'm suffering from a few spots in my face I use Witch Hazel. All you have to do is tip it on to a cotton pad like you do with nail varnish remover and then smooth it over your face. I think this is so good to use on dry skin because it isn't too harsh on your face but it somehow gets rid of any spot problems I have. 

 

 

Also every morning I exfoliate my face GENTLY. All I do is splash my face with water then use a towel to dry my face while rubbing it to remove and dry flaky skin (lovely!)

Makeup

I used to use Maybelline dream Matte Mousse for my foundation in the morning. One tip, NEVER USE THIS IF YOU HAVE DRY SKIN!!! I would say that if you have dry skin then stick to liquid foundations because they tend to have more moisture in them. I use Rimmel Match Perfection in the shade Light Porcelain (Because my skins so pale, I swear I have some vampire in me somewhere down the line.) 

 

 

I would say that even if you have dry skin you should always use a bit of powder on your face to set your foundation and also to prevent it from slipping throughout the day. I am currently using Rimmel Clear Complexion. But only dust a light layer on because otherwise it will suck all the moisture out you face. 

 

I hope that if you also suffer from dry skin then this post helped you out a bit, I know how having dry skin sucks! See you next week BYE! BYE! XX

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Organisation

I'm am now officially a sixth former and it's safe to say that it is a massive jump from GCSE's. While I was doing my GCSE's its clear that I wasn't the best at being organised. I spent plenty of lunchtimes and break times frantically copying homework from my patient friends, and lots of late nights trying to revise 6 months worth of work when a test I'd forgotten about suddenly popped up. For the most part it worked, it probably wasn't the most efficient way of getting through my GCSE's but I came out of school with a good set of results under my belt! Then A Levels started... And I realised I was going to have to organise my life. So here is a list of the tips and tricks that I've developed to help me keep organised and hopefully help you out as well.

Tip 1 - Boxes

I have on box for each of my subjects except Media which I don’t have many folders for yet. These boxes are amazing and they came in lots of different patterns and were 2 for £10 in the Works!

 

                                              Tip 2 - An array of folders

Folders become your new best friend in sixth form. I started the year with one folder for each subject then that got too big so changed to a folder per two subjects then that go too big so changed to one folder per subject then that got too big so now I have around 3 folders per subject.



 

Tip 3 - Pots to organise use desk

You can get really pretty pots to use on your desk and I may change mine to more fancy ones soon. They are so useful and I even have one pot on my bedside table so I can do homework without ever leaving my bed (Lazy teenager tip!)

 

Tip 4 - White Board

This is great for writing important homework down so you hopefully don’t forget to do it.

 

 

 

 

 

Tip 5 - Post it notes  

I think that these are handy for when you are borrowing a text book for school because you can write notes on them without marking the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip 6 - Colour coded stickers

I use these to colour code all my folders so if some get mixed up I know what subject it belongs to.

  

 

Tip 7 - An endless supply of file dividers  

You can never have enough of these! They help so much at neatly separating your work out into sections.

 

 

 

 

 

 Tip 8 - Phone calendar

This is an amazing invention! I find this more useful that a school planner or wall calendar because I never check those as much as I check my phone. Also you can make your phone ring out loud when there’s something important that you need to remember. 

 

 

I hope that at least one of these tips will be useful for you. I might keep reading this post in the future to make sure that I'm still sticking to these organisational ideas.

 

 

See you next time :D Bye! Bye! XX
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