Not my usual make up look...!

Today is, as they say in the publishing world, a slow news day. Feeling a bit sorry for my jobless self so i had a look through some old pictures to cheer me up and came across a picture of questionable make up that i thought I'd share with you. Not my regular Saturday night party look but interesting none the less!

This was for a fancy dress party that i went to a wee while ago where the theme was 'alphabet dress up' and you had to come dressed as something beginning with the first letter of your name. Im standing next to lovely housemate 'Aslan' in the second photo

Black outfit, cape and some scary make up and i was...Skeletor! What would you go as and what would your outfit have consisted of?

My gammy eye day

Isn't it just the case that as soon as you need to look good, you REALLY don't? Well, it was certainly the case with me today! My band were having some promo pictures taken to pass out to the agents and clients that might think about booking us in the future. The photos are supposed to be a visual representation of the product ie: we wanted to look bloody good...and today i woke up with a big swollen eye! Perfect!

I had been feeling a bit tender in the peeper but as a regular contact wearer I figured maybe my eyes were just a bit tired... but alas twas not the case as when i woke up this morning my right eye was about twice the size of the left one and seriously puffy. Needless to say I had a bit of a panic then as every good woman knows how to do, I went straight into damage limitation mode. Out came the ice pack, cold tea bags and frozen spoons. By the time I had to leave my eye was FAR less swollen.

A day of flouncing around Edinburgh and standing creatively in lines on rocks, against walls and in amongst thousands of daffodils with the band dudes was a great laugh. Short of wearing an eye patch and wearing a parrot on my shoulder, the tactic of dealing with the mutant eye was to do a 3/4 turn so the asymmetry wasn't as obvious... I hope I got away with it! Id better have!



Ill post up some pictures tomorrow when i get them back and you can let me know if i succeeded!

Fifty Caliber Smile and Janek Gwizdala

I did say at the very start of my blog that i would be blogging about alltypes of stuff that makes me happy. Thus far it has mostly been make up based so heres a post thats a little bit different.

Music is something that is very important to me. I went to a Performing Arts 6th form College and yes it was a bit like FAME, before going to the Academy of Contemporary Music to study Vocals. Since then i have been singing in a few bands and have even gigged as far away as Nigeria! So, like i said, Music is very important to me and this weekend i have had a most wonderful musical time!

First up is Friday nights Gig: Fifty Caliber Smile aka Boyfriends Band. Its quite Heavy Rock/ Metal and the guys work harder than any other band I know, rehearsing about a million times a week. For reference BF is the spiky haired guitarist on the left that doesnt sing. Funnily enough this song is about me...although i have to say its not very complimentary. It was written before we actually properly got together and is about how i kept saying that we would never work.Take a gander.



And then last night i went to THE JAZZ BAR to watch The Janek Gwizdala Project and all i can say is, if you like music, particularly groove based Jazz then you HAVE to check out this video! He's a world reknowned Bass player and last night shared the stage with legendary Drummer Jojo Meyer. Jazz moved into Drum n Bass then through to poppy ballads... The whole thing was awe inspiring...and Janek is a stone cold hottie. Doesnt hurt!

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Anyway, a fab weekend full of great music. Good Times!

Question...?

Ok this is going to sound weird...but bare with me on this one! You know when your having a picnic (cos that's when everyone brings out the summer picnic food of course!) and someone bites into a big juicy slice of tomato and makes it look sooo delicious and juicy and fresh, so then you think 'hmm, i gotta get me some tomato to bite into and it will be fabulous and fresh and juicy too', so then you do...but it tastes slimy and yuck?

Ive been finding that this is the case with make up. There are a few looks that everyone else seems to love rocking lately that i just cant buy into on me. So,Question: Whats the one make up look or technique that you love on everyone else but you hate on yourself?

For me the answer is always Nude Lips. There are many of you who look incredible in this look. Its a great way to play up the focus to the eyes but I cant stand the way I look with nude or pale lips. I look dull and dead and really not at all attractive. Nude Lips + Me = Ick!

I don't so much mind my distaste for my face with nude lips. I can deal with it and have accepted that I am just a bright lips kinda gal, but i do mind this next one. I mind it a lot. I wish, I mean I REALLY wish i could do the whole black smudgy dark eye thing. Sooo uber sexy on anyone...except me.

Urgh just toooooo stunning for words. But on me, the second i take the shadow or smudgy kohl liner anywhere near the inner corner of my eye i look ridiculous. Less Rockchic Chic and more overdosed panda. Not a good look.

So Make me feel better, what look would you love to be able to pull off but just cant? Tell me dear people, that I am not the only one with a face that dashes my hopes for the best make up! Please say it ain't so!?

Lily Lolo Easter Discount

Greetings lovely followers! I for one will be taking advantage of this 15% off full size products at Lily Lolo. Im definitely going to get a back up of my HG foundation. Just in case you know!?

I would definitely recommend the foundations and the cover ups. The are my absolute Holy Grail of skin saviours. These products have made such a difference the condition of my skin and i almost never get breakouts anymore...and let me tell you, that is nothing short of amazing!

Other than that I have to say that Ive only tried a few other bits and pieces from this line, the first being the Flawless matte which is a mattifying skin finish. I like this but i dont feel that im oily or shiny enough to warrant a full sized one. The second thing i tried was the Blush sample in Rosy Apple. In the sachet it looks BEAUTIFUL with a stunning rosy pinky brown colour with the perfect shimmer to it. Now i am a total blush fiend...but i hated this one. I am uber pale and i really couldnt see this on my skin. I got absolutely no colour payoff. AT. ALL. NOTHING.

So if you want my advice, Order samples now (99p) so you can get an idea of the great products that Lily Lolo have and then go back and take the 15% off on a full size foundation or Cover up. If you try anything else, let me know how you find it! Enjoy!

How far would you go?

The thing that unites us beauty bloggers is so much more than just make up. Its the feeling you get when you 'discover' a new product that works wonders on you or the happiness that comes from gaining a new follower, as if that extra person validates what you have to say and in turn means you cant be going too wrong with the way you put yourself together. Its the comraderie and the feeling that there are a bunch of other girls with the same interests just a click of a button away.

But how far would you go in the quest for beauty perfection? Is it a case of hair colouring? Of eye brightener, lipstick and contouring? Does it stop at electrolysis?

Or would you, like many others, consider having a nip here or a tuck there. Do you look down on the people who succumb to the pressures of looking good in such a dramatic and dangerous way? Do you think these people are insecure beyond the realms of how make up makes you feel? or do you feel that its perfectly OK to want to make the best out of what you have?

I guess all those questions can be streamlined a bit. So how about this: What I'm trying to figure out is: What do you REALLY think about Cosmetic Surgery?

When looking for an image to brighten up this post, (yes, I know its a bit provocative, i wanted to make it a tad less heavy!) I found it really difficult to find a depiction of cosmetic surgery that came without a heavy dose of bias.

Either the picture has strong negative correlations like this one:
Or alternatively, you just need to flip to the back pages of any magazine to see images like this one that evoke the notion that with just a little help, you too could be this sparkley and happy:

Reading back on this post I noticed that if you didnt know me, My guess would be that you would think I was very much AGAINST plastic surgery... So would you be surprised if i said that I had had cosmetic surgery and was considering more? Would you think less of me?

Have any of you had anything done? Would you consider it? Are you against it?

Id love to hear your views.

Yays and Nays, Hot or Not, Worth the cash or Gash?? #2

YAYS

- Lost Boxsets. Im up to season 3 now and am sooo addicted! Matthew Fox, I heart you. Swoon.

- Coleslaw. I think im addicted!

- Pomplamoose. You NEED to check out this musical duo on youtube! I found them purely by accident but feel like it was 'meant'. They are my favourite band of the moment - Listen to Pas Encore or Hail Mary!

- http://www.voodoopickle.com/ . You have to check out this site for really cute and cheap jewellery. The gummy bear necklaces are adorable! Im excited for my order to be delivered!

- Snog Marry Avoid. Dont you just CRINGE...In a good way!

- Spring! I actually went out without a coat yesterday and it was lovely to walk around the shops without having a jacket draped over my arm! Freedom!

- This car. WANT.

NAYS

- Boyfriend threatening to tell me whats happening in LOST. He's on series 5. What an eveil swine!

- STILL not having heard about the funding for the possible job thing! Grr!

- Twitter. Im not seeing the cause of the hype!?