Freckle pencil

You either love them or hate them, it's a bit like the girl with the straight hair who spends too many hours trying to perfect the bounciest of curls or, the girl with the curly hair spending her mornings with the straightener at a temperature that could melt iron. 

Basically we always want what we don't have! Most of my friends with freckles spends hours trying to hide them with mask like foundations. A face well scattered with youthful freckles is bang on trend this summer.

So, Gals stop hiding those freckles just embrace them.

The freckle pencil was first uncovered to me when I was browsing the pages of my favorite magazine www.vogue.com just this summer. I know other makeup brands have had freckle pencils in the past like Chanel and Lancome but they never really excited me.

freckle pencil in forever young - £5.00 

Picture from www.topshop.com

What drew my attention to this one was

Topshops freckle pencil boasts a "3D marbleized formula" which basically means it has to different shades of brown, to help mimic the natural freckles more, so each freckle becomes unique.

When apply the freckles vary the amount of pressure to ensure each freckle is a different shape and size as natural freckles are all unique and If they all look the same it's not very natural looking. Just think of where the sun would usually tan you the most, over the bridge of the nose and slightly over the cheeks, but don't put on the apples of the cheeks.

 Even scatter a few around the eyes and cheekbones. It's so important for them not to be uniform, so be as random as possible. After applying the freckles dust with a light setting powder. 

I always think freckles look best with bold brows and summer lips, or even with smudged brown or metallic eyes. Just wear a light foundation or even a tinted moisturizer. But if your confident enough just wear them with a Brigitte Bardot eye and a red lip. 

This spring/summer 2014 the catwalks where awash with barefaced beauties. From Victoria Beckham to Michael Kors and Dolce & Gabbana. 

The most important thing with the freckle pencil is - do not touch your face after applying. They will smudge and you will look ridiculous. Once set with the setting powder don't even think about scratching you nose.  

Topshop freckle pencil review coming today! 

Glam glow thirsty mud

GlamGlow ThirstyMud Review 

When I heard GlamGlow where extending their family and adding a product for dehydrated skin. My equally dehydrated cousin and myself thought” it’s about time”, if it’s anything like its predecessors, then we are onto a winner.  

What they say? 

An extreme hydration treatment to rescue thirsty skin 

The latest GLAMGLOW mud treatment provides extreme moisture, labelled as a ‘Thirst-Quenching Hit in a Jar’ that defeats dry, de-hydrated skin. 

THIRSTYMUD™ boasts 4 of the newest, most advanced and extreme hydration active technologies,  providing deep and instant extreme hydration for long, medium and short term results.  

THIRSTYMUD™ will hydrate,moisturizes, restore, replenish and calm the skin.  

Designed for men and women of all ages, all skin types and works amazing for guys when applied post-shaving.  

New super technologies include; Dewdration ,HydraPack, GreenEnergy  and GLAMGLOW’s patent-pending TEAOXI® gives you a WOW sensation, after just one use.  

What’s in it? 

• Hyaluronic Acid delivers deep hydration for a more youthful appearance 
• Citric Acid illuminates skin for an instant dewy glow 
• Olive Leaf (grounded) delivers natural, moisturizing fatty acid to maintain moisture 
• Apple extracts will moisturize and nourish dull complexions 
• Micro HydraClay™ traps and retain moisture multiple times its weight to reveal silky soft skin 
• Coconut Oil provides immediate skin conditioning 
• Orange Blossom Honey provides energized radiance 

• Ginger Root detoxifies skin for a healthy complexion   
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How to use it 

Apply an even layer of THIRSTY MUD™ to cleansed dry skin, can be applied to face, neck and decollete: 

• Day use: Leave on for 10-20 minutes allowing product to absorb into the skin. For dry skin wipe off with a cotton pad and massage in any excess. If your have oily skin wash-off with water. 
• Night use: For extremely dehydrated skin apply just before bed  
• In-flight use: Apply at beginning of the fight and leave on for flight duration   
• Perfect for men to use as a shaving balm after shaving!   

My thoughts 

My skin is in heaven and that heaven is Glam Glow Thirsty Mud. 

From application I felt my skin calming and restoring.  It felt like no other hydration mask  I have ever tried. It’s a gel like kind of mask, a strange tan colour. 

Its non setting and you could quit easily wear it through the night but you pillows cases will not benefit as much as your skin will. Might be slightly soiled in the morning.  

Diamond even likes it!

This is the perfect product for my chronically dehydrated skin. I’m actually in love with it. But a little warning, do not get into your eyes!

  

I even have to store it in my handbag to keep my brother away from it. 

As men just love this product, the perfect hydrating calmer post shave.

With Thirsty Mud in my bathroom cabinet and never letting my tank run dry, my skin dehydration levels should be at an all time low.

Interested in this product? Buy now here http://www.orlaghmaye.com/index.php/skincare/glamgow-thirstymud.html 

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YSL Black Fetish Collection picture tutorial

 I know it's a little early to be doing Autumn tutorials but when shopping in House of Fraser Belfast, the new YSL collection caught my eye, TBH I just couldn't resist the temptation of a little makeup splurge -  I haven't shopped in weeks after all ;) 

                                              

I wanted to do a take on the Cara Delevingne shoots for YSL Black Fetiches autumn 2014. I love the exaggerated shadow on both top and bottom, a different take on the whole cat eye. 

House of Fraser YSL display 

 The Black Fetish collection is inspired by leather, it's a chic yet edgy collection, with beautiful         texturised coppers, browns, golds, blue, greens and blacks. 

But one product stood out more than any other and that was the YSL limited edition Collector Fetiche Couture Palette £42 

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/ 

            

It just sums up Autumn for me, the scrumptious warm coppers, bright golds, cool brown, petrol blue and matte black. Reminds me of Autumn leaves, open fires and cosy evenings. 

                     

                          

  A little colour swatch to see how amazing these colours are

                        

And now for the close up

​​​​Step 1 - prime eye 

                Step 2 - apply gold illuminating shadow to the lid area

Step 3 - use a small brush and press the copper into the crease area 

                                    step 4 - apply kohl eye liner to top and bottom lash line and water 

line and smudge out 

 Step 5 - apply petrol blue shadow to top lid and exaggerate the blue in a 

wing effect

 Step 6 - apply navy shadow under lower lash line, also exggerate this out but don't join top and bottom shadow 

Step 7 - put the gold illuminator into the inner eye

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 Step 8. - use a cotton bud dipped in eye makeup remover to sharpen wings 

To finish the look I use a slick of red lipstick in the new YSL Rouge PurCouture The Mats in 209 Red Rhythm - vibrant red £25 www.houseoffraser.com

   

For contouring the cheeks I used Karaja Gold & Bronze no.60, available at www.orlaghmaye.com