Sophie-Anne... of sorts.

God, it feels like it's been forever since my last post, even though I've actually had a makeup look just sitting there on my camera; I keep forgetting to upload it.  I've been pretty lazy on the makeup front lately, mostly just throwing on some concealer, powder and eyeliner in the mornings before I go to class, but I am absolutely going to do at least one look a week from now on, even if it is just a monday one.

I've also just started on a weight management plan (that sounds so much better than calling it a diet...) that my new gym, Curves, runs.  I'm hoping that the combination of the diet and the more intense exercise- I used to go to a vibrating gym, the ones where you work out on a high-intensity vibrating platform, but I didn't really see many results- will help me get to the size I want to be.  If only that label on my jeans read 14 instead of... well.  Nobody needs to know that!

Anyway, that's my life at the moment, and on to some makeup!

So, last post I said how I wanted to try a look like Sophie-Anne Leclerq, the vampire queen on True Blood, but I thought it was too casual.  I went to my mate's place for a party a little while ago, and I decided that I may as well rework the Sophie look into something that looked like an evening look, but still had a certain element of casualness to it.  I skipped the red lipstick- it goes so quickly when I'm drinking, and I'm hopeless at reapplying red once I get tipsy..- but the look is essentially still inspired by everybody's favourite ginga vampire.  Let me know what you think!

Bronze Town Look

I went shopping on Thursday (no surprises there) for my friend’s birthday present- she turned 19 yesterday- and I went into Postie Plus to look for some things, and I ended up coming out with the most inexpensive foundation I have ever found… that matched my skin perfectly. The product is Boots No7 Lifting & Firming foundation, and the colour is 01 Opal. It’s fantastic quality for what I paid for it- $10NZD- considering I put it on about 7pm last night, woke up at 9.15 this morning… and it’s about 80% still intact. Compared to my other foundations in the past, that’s brilliant. Of course, my skin is no doubt going to reap the downfall of wearing my makeup to bed in the next few days.

Anyway, for my friend’s birthday we went out for drinks, so naturally, had to do some pretty awesome evening makeup. I had originally meant to try to do a look like Sophie-Anne Leclerq (Evan Rachel Wood) from True Blood, which you can almost see in the photo.  Scarlet lips, heavy mascara, silver eyeliner and natural brown contouring, but I ended up deciding that even with the dramatic red lips, it wasn't quite 'town' enough for going to the bar down the road.  

The look I ended up going with is after the jump.  Let me know what you think!

Day... uhm... I forgot.

I'm starting to get so lazy with this blog already... but I think that's because I'm going to run out of ideas if I post every day. So now, I'm going to post once, maybe twice, a week with my favourite look, or looks, for the week.

Also, I have allergic conjunctivitis or something- it's not the yucky contagious one though, thank god.  It just makes my right eye lid really itchy and my eyeball a bit blood shot... which is good for getting out of having to get my eyelashes tinted, again... but I'm pretty sure that's the actual reason.  The skin surrounding the eye is incredibly delicate and thin, and I'm positive it's not designed to have a 3% hydrogen peroxide mix tint on it every week.  Unfortunately, while I'm not vain enough to allow myself to have my eyelashes redone which would make it worse, I'm still too vain to stop wearing my makeup.
Anyway, here's my favourite two looks for the week that's been. They're pretty lax on the eyeliner because we've had facials twice this week and tinting, and I couldn't be bothered doing my makeup great only to have it wiped off in the morning. Let me know what you think in the comments box.

Day Sixteen: Cinderell....y.

Today is a cold, miserable and grey day, so I decided I might do something cute with my makeup to try and counteract the ugliness outside.  I saw my blue bow headband and thought I might try a very simple, casual Cinderella inspired look for day.  For me, this meant none of those frosted blues or hard liquid lines, and instead something soft, feminine and easy.  I would have lined along the edge of my eyelid, but all my black eyeliners seem to have disappeared.  I must have put them somewhere, and forgot where!  Oops.

Anyway, let me know what you think about my version of Cinderella.

Day Fifteen: Just Line It

I wrote this nice blogpost… and then I somehow managed to delete it.  Damnit.  Anyway, it went like this:  I can now do CPR, I like how vivid the eyeliner showed up in the photos, let me know what you think, have a good weekend.  :D