New Years Eve Makeup!

Hey everyone,

Happy New Year! 

I hope you had a great start to 2016, I'm writing this before I leave so I hope I did too! Remember that January 1st is reserved for face masks, bubble baths and lots and lots of H2O!

Here's a cheesy little makeup New Year's sign I made, probably posted to my Instagram (follow @megan.thomas22) and if I didn't, then this is just a plug for my Instagram account! In all seriousness though, I hope you're 2016 is off to an awesome start. I feel really good about blogging again, and it makes me really happy knowing that my posts will be more detailed and meaningful!

Okay, so onto the products. I'm just going to list them from left to right, full reviews for these products will be up ASAP!

- Too Faced Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer 

- Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone 

- Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + foundation in #20 

- Too Faced HangoveRx Face Primer

- Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Palette 

- Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray 

- Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder in Diffused Light

- Make Up For Ever 5 Camouflage Cream Palette in #1 

- Becca Champagne Glow Palette 

- Anastasia Beverly Hills Clear Brow Gel 

- Smashbox Brow Tech Gloss Stick in Taupe 

- Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Taupe

- MAC Cosmetics Pigment in Gold 

- Benefit Cream Shadow in RSVP 

- Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics Palette

(Top to Bottom) - Bobbi Brown Intensifying Longwear Mascara for my lower lashes 

- Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara for my upper lashes 

- L'Oreal Carbon Black Lineur Intense Liquid Eyeliner

- Ardell Individual Multipack Lashes, Short Black 

- DUO Eyelash Adhesive in Clear 

- Bourjois Paris Rouge Edition Aqua Laque in 02 Rose on the Rocks 

- Bourjois Paris Rouge Edition Velvet in 10 Don't Pink of it

So now for the ridiculous part- I was getting ready and totally didn't take a picture! This is the only picture I have from the night (Thanks Erik) and although you can't see my makeup close-up, you can see my face and I was having an awesome time with some of my best friends!

I really hope you all had a great night and a good start to 2016! Drink lots of water, get lots of sleep and I will see you next week for another post!

Megan

Update

Hey everyone,

Bit of an update. It's been a very long time as I'm sure you know. I've been pretty busy with school and a job, (I also got a cat!) but basically I had no inspiration to write about beauty. I love reviewing products and I love makeup, but I got a bit bored of writing about it. I think it might be something that's coming back to me. I can't promise 3 posts a week, but I think I'm going to aim for one good post each week. More if I feel like it. I hope that's okay with everyone. I better get writing.

Thanks for continuing to read- even though I've been away for so long.

Have an awesome day, whatever you're doing.

Megan

Halloween Series #4: Queen of Hearts

Hey everyone!

Today's look is a Queen of Hearts inspired one and I did it on my lovely friend, Sara. I hope you enjoy!

To begin I used a white face paint to outline the heart and filled it in. I then outlined it with a black liner and coloured the outside of her face in with a charcoal grey shadow. If I had black facepaint, I would have used that instead.

For the eyes I used some grey in the crease of the eye and a little bit of winged liner. I piled loads of mascara on and made her brows much darker and fuller.

For the lips I used a red liquid lipstick and drew a heart shape onto the lips, making sure the rest of the lip was white.

Finally, I added a black beauty spot in a heart shape on her left cheek.

I hope you enjoyed this look! It's really quick and easy and can be done with most makeup you have at home, or with very limited Halloween face paint!

Thanks for reading,

Megan

Halloween Series #3: Ice Queen

Hey everyone!

Today's post features one of my best friends, Jess, and I decided to borrow her face and turn her into an Ice Princess/Queen/regular ice girl, I dunno. I figured the "Frozen" phase is passing slightly, so it's safe for me to do this without it being interpreted as an Anna or Elsa look. 

I started with a really pale base and lots and lots of highlighter. I wanted her skin to be luminous, but bordering on shiny. I used blue eyeshadows with metallic finishes to put on the eyes, and I also took it around her hairline and contoured with them as well. I also added some snowflakes with a blue liquid liner and buffed over them with more highlighter and glitter.

I went over Jess' brows with a white eyeshadow pencil to give them a frosty look, and I also did this over the lips but applied some blue and purple shadows over top for a frostbitten effect. 

For some finishing touches I used a white mascara and some purple on the lower lashline. 

I hope you enjoyed this look!

Thanks for reading,

Megan

Halloween Series #2: Shattered Skin

Hey everyone,

Today it's Halloween Series post #2! I've tried to create a look that makes it seem as though my face has been shattered. Inspired by my friend, Sara, who recently shattered her iPhone (sorry). Thanks for inspiring dude! Hope you enjoy!! 

I kept the base really simple for this look with no extra colour other than my foundation.

I used a black eyeliner to create a central point on my forehead and then I went from there. 

I went over the black liner with some matte eyeshadow and tried to highlight with some white liner, but to be honest I liked it better with no highlight. I really love how it turned out, and I think after some practice it's quite a simple look to recreate with makeup most people will already have.

Here's the before and after shot!

Thanks for reading!

Megan