Miscellaneous: Splurge - Let me know what you think!

I have just come home after the longest day!! I didn't get to sleep 'til 3 in the morning because people either decide to call or text me at silly-hour, or my body refuses to just shut down for 8 hours - as tired as it may be!

Then, I went to work originally meant to be doing a 3 hour shift, but me being me I kindly covered the rest of my supervisors shift because she was sick and she's a reaaaaaaaaally nice lady - so I ended up working a 6 hour shift in total. "That's only 3 hours more!" I hear you say? But time draaaaaaaaags!

After work, Racheal and me attempted to go out for a drink at Bar 55 down in Camden Town. I say attempted because we queued for an hour before... not being served... so we left! I'm actually really annoyed at that - it really bugged me that after an hour of queuing up the guy takes our order, and then doesn't even make the drinks. Like the what the hell? He even ended up serving people who came after us! Not nice =[

So after LITERALLY standing for 9 and a half hours straight I have come home and am sitting at this desk because I have a new idea for myself =]

Every month I'm going to buy one expensive make up product or products. Blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lipstick, mascara etc. etc. and that item or bunch of items will be called my 'Splurge item/s' - because I figured I'm working hard for the money, so I deserve that little something at least once a month! I don't have anyone to treat me, so I might as well treat myself ;) hehe

So I wanted to ask you guys if you have any recommendations, let me know! - I'll also probably do a video when I buy the product, and will do a review on it. So if there's something you want a review on but it's too expensive for your liking let me know, and I'll see what I can do. Keep it within limits though people! I'm not gonna spend ridiculous amounts of money like £20 on a mascara - you can get £3.99 ones that work just as well, if not better. Trust me ;)

But let me know - even if it's a product that you use, or have been using and LOVE it! I wanna love it too! hehe

Thanks for reading,
Night night ;)

Chanel
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Youtube tutorial - Mushroom Blues

Hey guys!

So here are some pictures and a list of all the products I used in the Mushroom Blues tutorial.

Click here to go see the video!

I love this look so much, I've worn it a lot over the past week! I just love the pop of blue at the bottom! And it's a really fun way to incorporate colour into your day look as well... it's not too much! =]

Products used:
EYES:
GOSH Waterproof Eyeshadow - Love the Beige
Barry M SuperSoft Eye Crayon -  No. 5 Purple
Barry M Dazzle Dust - DD51 Mushroom
120 pro palette - Dark grey and blue
Generic White Shimmer Powder
2true Effortless liquid eye liner - Black
Barry M Kohl Pencil - KP1 Black
Collection 2000 Volume Sensation Mascara

LIPS:
Barry M Lip Paint - LP136 Golden Bronze
Barry M Glossy Tubes Lip gloss - Fabulously Nude [limited edition]

FACE:
Astral Moisturiser
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer - 4 Deep

Thanks for reading,

Chanel
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Youtube tutorial - "Don't it make my brown eyes blue..."

I had to take this picture on my webcam so the colour pay off isn't as good as it was in real life, but I really do love this look. Very out of my comfort zone, but I like it ;)


So here's a list of all the products:
EYES:
GOSH Waterproof Eyeshadow - Love That Beige
120 pro palette - all blues
2true effortless liquid eyeliner
Barry M Kohl Pencil - KP1 Black
Collction 2000 Dazzling Gel Liner - 6 Night fever




LIPS:
NYC Ultra Last Lipwear - 413B Rose Gold


FACE:
GOSH Natural Blush - 39 Electric Pink (not mentioned in the video because I already had a little bit on from the "Get ready quick" tutorial!


Hope you guys like this look as much as I do. Click here for the tutorial!


Chanel
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Youtube tutorial - Get ready quick.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of this look because my camera refused to co-operate with me (basically, the battery died and it takes forever to charge! lol) so here's the product information instead:

FACE:
Astral Moisturiser
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer - 4 Deep
GOSH Natural Blush - 39 Electric Pink

EYES:
Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer - 4 Deep
Collection 2000 Trio Eyeshadow - 20 Eclipse
Barry M Kohl Pencil - KP1 Black
Collection 2000 Volume Sensation Mascara - 1 Black

LIPS:
Barry M Lip Paint - LP136 Golden Bronze
Barry M Limited Edition Lip Glos - LE1

This look was requested by chweety16. It was requested that I do a look suitable for early risers and busy bee's or even teenagers getting ready for school.

I will put up pictures of the looks that I do from now on, but for now, click here to go watch the video! =]

Chanel
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Another contest entry for Princess Pinkcat's Rock the runway contest ...

So this is my second entry for Princess Pinkcat's "Rock the runway" contest and this one, as you can see, is a lot more extravagant that the last. This time I actually did have a rock star as inspiration. Who better, than Toyah Wilcox??

I found this picture by pure coincidence while looking for a picture of her with mad, crazy, colourful make up - the type of make up she used to wear when she was a hit punk rocker in the 80s! But instead - I came across this. It might be a recent picture of her as an actress instead of a punk rocker, but I think it's totally legit for the runway!

I have to say, this contest entry took me the longest to do out of all of them. Even longer than that Venetian Mask that I did, if anyone knows what I'm on about. That one had loads of dots to put around the design, and I thought that was intricate work. Although it may not seem difficult to do (and probably isn't for those of you who were born artists) but the line design on the forehead took me forever to do! And I used a new special little technique that I've recently learnt (im probably late with it, I always am lol) ;) ... but it still took forever, 'cause I just could NOT do the little swirl bit. So I decided to give up and alter the design a bit. You can tell...

Products Used:

EYES:

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  Barry M Kohl Pencil - KP25 Red
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  120 Pro Palette - Red
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  Barry M Kohl Pencil - KP1 Black
• 
  
  120 Pro Palette - Black

FOREHEAD:

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  Vaseline*
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  Barry M Dazzle Dust - DD66 Black (Black Lines)
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  Collection 2000 Dazzling Gel Liner - 11 Shake it up! (glitter liner over black lines)
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  2true Eye shadow Dazzlers - Shade No. 9 (Blue lines)
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  Collection 2000 Dazzling Gel Liner - 6 Night Fever (glitter liner over blue lines)
• 
  
  Barry M Dazzle Dust - DD44 Bronze (Gold area between blue lines)
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  GOSH Extreme Art Eyeliner - No. 08 (Blue dot in middle of forehead)
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  120 Pro Palette - White (White streak between lines by temples)

*I used vaseline to make the pigments a coloured liner. Just take a little bit of vaseline onto the back of your hand and mix your preferred coloured pigment into it to make it almost like a gel liner. Simple! =]

FACE:

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  Astral Moisturiser
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  Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer - 4 Deep

LIPS:

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  Barry M Lip Liner - LL3 Red
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  NYC Ultra Last Lipwear - 402B Red Flame
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  Clear lip gloss

That's everything I used, and even the new little technique that I've learnt with vaseline and pigments hehe.

I'll leave you with some more pictures now. Click here to go check out the contest video if you feel to, it's only me talking a little bit about what I did! =]

Enjoy!

Thanks for reading,

Chanel

xxx

Miscellaneous:

This week has been SUCH a mad week! I think, for me, this week is the ultimate definition of hard-work!!

Monday I didn't have uni so I decided to stay home ALL day to get some studying and coursework done... so I did! I revised hard and finished the coursework - only to be told that we had been given an extension. That annoyed me. Don't you just hate it when that happens? No? lol... But at the same time I was happy that it was done and dusted so I didn't have to worry about it!

Tuesday I stayed in all day again and got another piece of coursework ... half finished... coz it bored me after a while haha... That so isn't a good excuse but it is certainly the truth =P

Wednesday I started work! =D Yay me! hehe... it was a lot of fun, I must admit. Especially working behind the till! Having said that, I have never been so confused as to what buttons to press EVER in my life before! The supervisor soooo kindly showed me all the buttons and how they related to all the products but there was just so much to take in! Looool! So whenever a customer wanted to buy something, and I didn't know what it was listed under on the till I had to call for help - but everyone I work with are such nice people. Like literally, I thought nice people were a minority until I met my colleagues (oooo look at me, I have colleagues now HAHA) ... Wednesday was just a trial run, but I got my uniform, which is literally a black polo shirt that says STAFF on it under the logo of where I work. All in all I really enjoyed myself - and I officially start working shifts on the 29th of March! Woohoo! =D

Thursday I had uni, but a very very long day at uni! I was up at like, 5am, studying for my exam that morning and didn't get home from uni 'til 9pm! So it was a very long and tiring day.

And last but not least, today (Friday) has probably been the worst day this week. Even above the long hours and forgetting buttons and not getting enough sleep because of the late nights and early mornings, today was hurrendous! Firstly, it was one of those days where you wake up happy, thinking something good is gonna come out of the day and then it gets progressively worse. You know the kinda days I'm on about? ... It's like those days where you wake up and see the sun shining with all it's glory and then the minute you step out your front door it starts raining like there's been drought for the last decade or so! You know? ... THEN I went into uni and lectures were massively boring, so I decided to slip away early hehe ;) ... and for the rest of the day people, in general, have just been adgetating me.

It's just like, you know when you've been nothing but nice to a person, and they've realised that so they start to take advantage of it? And then you feel bad to say something because it may come across mean and you kinda don't want to ruin your 'image'? ... That and the amount of hypocrites in this world just aggravates me! Lol

And to top it ALL off, even though I have a job now, I am still broke! Lol... Can't wait 'til I get my first pay cheque so I can just go celebrate - even though it'll just mean I'm broke again... but it's all for a good cause ;) haha - And I have blisters on my feet, and I got a splinter in my thumb yesterday lol... what next? xD

Anyway, I got to relax tonight - Thank God! Had a lovely bubble bath with the LUSH Creamy Candy Bubble Bar [So keep your peepers open for that review ;)] and listened to some amaaaaaaazing Jose Gonzales to calm me down and keep mind and body nice and relaxed hehe!

Take care all, and have a lovely weekend. I have the next 3/4 weeks off from uni so expect more tutorials INCLUDING a 5 min tutorial for busy peoplez (sorry it's so late Chweety)!!

Thanks for reading,

Chanel

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Happy Mother's Day! =]

Can you honestly believe it's been a MONTH since Valentine's day? ONE WHOLE MONTH!! Lol... I can't believe how fast it's gone. I remember complaining about Valentine's Day like it was yesterday... but yesterday I was complaining about Mothers day and how much money I have to spend - money that I really don't have! Haha

So, my dad [the good ol' bank of Daddy], my brother and me got our mummy a nice big buncha red roses, a card, a nice box of Fererro Roche (is that how you spell it? lol) and my little brother and me made her some butterfly fairy cakes hehe. She's enjoyed the day so far, and she loved all the presents so, so far, so good!

Pink Butterfly Fairy Cakes- Buttercream icing in the middle =]

Hope everyone enjoys their Mother's Day! =]

Thanks for reading,

Chanel

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