Plumper looking lips using only makeup.

Hello my lovelies, I'm back after a long pause of not writing anything. I apologise. 

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and you got everything you asked for and you had lots of great food.

Todays post is about lips. I'm going to show you how I went from having small, thin lips to the having gorgeous plump lips. My secret: lip liner.

  

Before, with only lipstick.

After, with lip liner and lipstick

I look and feel like Kylie Jenner after this trick, now I'm going to tell you how I did it. It's really simple and anyone can do it. All you need is:

Lip liner

Lipstick

Make sure they are similar colours otherwise you're just going to have a dark/light rim around your lips and you'll look a bit like a Spice Girl from the 90's.

Now what you're going to so is outline the natural line of your lips, then when you've got the basic shape you're going to want to go a tiny little bit out of that line you've just created. You can go as far out as you wish but don't go crazy because then it'll be really noticeable. Don't forget to do you're bottom lip plumper than your top, you don't want to look too much like a duck. 

Fill in your lips with the chosen lip liner (this keeps your lipstick on for longer), then go onto top with the lipstick. Dab the lip liner slightly to blend it in with the lipstick.

And there you, pout your new lips in public and feel a million bucks, without having to have all those horrible injections.

I hope you enjoyed this post, tell me what you think and why not send me some pictures of your Kardashian styled lips on twitter @nadia_pulfrey. I love seeing what you guys get up to.

See you again next time.

Love Nadia 

xxx

My Facebook Page.

Hello hello, nice of you to be here. Today i thought i'd share with you my new facebook page i created. It's just a little page to get my work noticed, it's all about make up (obviously) and i'm basically trying to get people interested in what i do. So here's the link: nadiapulfrey.mua . Please take the time to like the page and just check it out. I'll be posting my youtube videos and pictures on there regularly. 

Thanks for stopping by, i love you all lots.

Nadia xxx

Clown Cut Crease

Hello friends, today i decided to do a cut crease. This isn't just any cut crease, i call this one the 'clown cut crease'. Why? Because it's super duper colourful and my lips are a scary colour to pull off too. Let me show you: 

These pictures don't really capture the crazy colours (curse you webcam) but let me assure you that there are tonnes of fun colours on my eyes. I used the Sleek Au Natural palette and Sleek Ultra Matte v2, I used Regal from the Au Natural palette to create the crease it'self and then all the colours from Ultra Matte. I love all the colours in that palette, they're so bright and bold. On my lips i'm wearing Maybelline Orange and then on the corners Neon Red.

That's about it. I hope you weren't too disappointed with the pictures.
Hope to see you again in the next post.
 Nadia xxx

How to do a hole in the skin? Halloween addition.

Hello, hello. Today I bring to you, my Halloween make-up.... Why? Because, I feel like you lovely lot would appreciate pure gore! So let's go.

I've gone for a 60's pin-up look and made her appear to have been shot and man handled quite a lot. Hence the bruising. Now this is fairly simple to recreate. Let me explain the process to you:

Firstly you need to do your make-up like a pin up, if you need help recreating that look click here, this will take you to a post i've already done on that make up.

Now you've got your basic make up done, you're going to need to apply liquid latex, you can buy that here, you're going to apply that with a normal make up sponge (preferably one you don't give a monkey's about) and stipple that onto the desired area of skin. For every layer of latex you stipple on, you're going to add a thin piece of tissue paper. This will give the effect of skin. You'll want to apply 4-5 layers of tissue. Once you've applied the tissue you want to go over it again with latex, repeat the steps until you have a sufficient amount of extra skin.

Then you're going to want to take something sharp (please be careful) and you're going to gently push under the tissue you've applied to the skin, making it look like it's been ripped. This doesn't have to be neat, the messier the better. Once you've got the effect you're looking for, you're going to take a black cream (gel eyeliner works good too) and you're going to apply this to the inside border of your hole, and also to the inside flaps. EUGH, that sounds disgusting! Then with a dark red colour (you can use lipstick) colour in the inside of the wound, mixing it with the black as you go. This will give the effect of sore skin.

Now you've got a nice looking hole in your face, body, arm, hand (etc...) you're going to want to take the same foundation you used for your make up and you're going to put this all over the outside of the hole, this will blend the tissue into the skin.

To make the skin appear irritated, you're going to want to take a matte pink shade, I used this one but you can use anything you can get your hands on. It just needs to look like an irritated skin colour. You're going to messily apply this around the wound. Make sure you blend outwards to make it appear darker around the wound and lighter as it gets further away.

Now for the fun bit. You're going to take some gel blood, you can buy it here, this will seem a bit ketchup-y but that's fine, you're going to apply this to the inside of the wound, you can get it to drip a little as well. Then taking a thicker blood I used blood paste, and applied that to the inside and dabbed gently around the outside to give it a clotted and dried up effect. I then let it drip slightly to give the effect that i'd moved around a lot while it was still bleeding, this is optional.

Then i went in with some bruising. I used cream paints for this, you can use which ever you like. I took a dark red shade and dabbed it on with my fingers using different pressures to give it different effects on the skin, then using black i blended that gently into the red, again using my fingers. Then i went in with a light blue. This would give the effect of a new bruise. I went around my cheekbone because if it was a real bruise the cheekbone would never have a bruise on it. Try and keep it as realistic as possible.

Lastly I applied a bandanna and tied it at the front, I will also be wearing a black fitted midi skirt and simple black heels with an off the shoulder tight fitted top. I'll be dressed all in black because I feel it's more Halloween-y.

I hoped you liked this post and that it gave you some awesome ideas on costumes you could do yourself ready for the spooky day.

See you all again next time.

Nadia xxx

It's been a while.

Hello my lovelies, it's been a while since i wrote a post (almost a month *gasp*) but fear not i am back and this time with a great story to tell. 

So i started college a few weeks back (one of the many reasons there have been no posts) and things have been pretty epic. I've been learning how to do some pretty gross things, see below for serious gore. WARNING not for the faint hearted. Now these pictures are all make-up none of it is real, thank god, that would be horrifying for everyone if they were. Hopefully i'll get a career doing this sort of thing in the future, for now i'm in marketing and it's my first day on Wednesday. I have to be up at 5.00 am to get to the office by 7.30. Stupid buses. Anyway we'll see how that pans out, now for pictures. 

A lot of these look really hard to do but in fact it's actually really simple. I won't tell you how i did them otherwise i won't appear quite as cool and talented haha. Hopefully i'll get round to doing some tutorials for my youtube channel, when i do i'll pop them up on facebook or twitter depending on how they go. Anyways thanks for sticking by me even though i haven't been around much lately, i love you all immensely!!! Thanks a billion times over every single one of you, you beautiful bunch of humans!

Nadia xxx

Growing Out A Pixie Cut.

Hullo friends, you all know that i had a pixie cut for a few months now. But i've decided to grow it out and i will eventually change my hair colour (again) as soon as it's long enough to make a difference. I also cut myself a fringe (bangs if you're from 'murica), this isn't the final form of the fringe it will eventually be shorter and made to look nicer but i did it like that just so i could see. It's always helpful to be able to see where you're going. My new favourite hair style at the moment is two little bunches on the side of my head and leaving the shorter bits, that are still trying to grow, down around the back so it looks cute. I don't usually use that word but what the heck, why not! So yeah, this is my new look not quite finished.

See you all again in the next entry.
Love you all dearly.
Nadia xxx

Colourful Grunge

For this look i decided on the grunge style, but i added my own little twist to it which was the eyeshadow.
Instead of going dark all over, i add some summer colours. Yellow and orange go well. Then i add some plum lipstick to set the look off, and counteract the eyeshadow.
I love the plaid shirt, i find it very grungy (is that how you spell it?) and it sets the outfit of great.
Nadia xxx

Hat: H&M
Crop top: Jennyfer
Shorts: L'Halle
Shirt: H&M
Rings: L'Halle
Boots: Primark

How to apply a wig - Video.

Hello my dear friends, here is a video of me attempting to teach you how to apply a wig.

Now, i bought this wig from coscraft.co.uk go check it out, they have lots of beautiful wigs. In this video I'm going to explain how it's put on your head and how to style it. I also give my review of it, what i like about it and what i dislike about it. 

Please, watch the video it's just at the bottom of this page. Go on, for me! Thanks all, i love you all so very much. 

Nadia xxx

A New Beginning, A Fresh Start.

Hello my lovely people, how is everyone today?

Today i feel like having a chat, getting everything off my mind. And sharing it with you.

My new start in life with begin shortly, at the end of August to be precise. Now if you're wondering what the hell is going on, why do you not follow me on twitter or watch my youtube videos?? I go on about it enough, anyway let me explain for those who do neither... A few weeks ago, i got into college. Massive achievement for me as i normally feel like a huge failure in life. Woe is me and all that crap. I start college in September, and as most of you know (good god i'd hope you do at least) that i live in France so it would be difficult for me to go to college in England. So, it's time for me to move out.... Now this was particularly hard to accomplish, for about 2 days i'd been looking on websites for rooms to rent and then i came across the one i wanted. This is all very well if you have the money to afford such places. Why are they so expensive? Do they have toilets made of gold? Is their internet 3000x quicker than a normal house? Tell me, so i can sell my soul to the devil. It was ridiculous. And because i'm me, Nadia Pulfrey, i left everything to the last minute. Which isn't the best thing to do when you're whole life is about to change. But slowly we're getting there, my mum and me (or should that be I? Eh whatever). I think by the end of all this my mum will be a big ball of stress, poor love, she doesn't half have to put up with a lot from me. I also need to find a job which is going to be a task and a half. Oh gosh, i'm stressing about it just writing this. I think it's time to stop and have a cup of tea.

So there it is, my knew life in writing, not that exciting now i read it out loud. Oh well, what can you do about it? I hope you're all having a fabulous day and everything is going how you hoped.

See you all again in the next entry.

Nadia xxx

A day at the beach.

Hello one and all, nice of you to join me on this fine day. Now if you've read my last entry (read it here, or just scroll down) you'll know that i got rained on and i swore blind that i wouldn't go outside again. I lied, today i went to the beach. It did not rain (thank god, i would probably have cried if that had happened) I went to the beach in Fornby, not sure if that's how you spell it mind, and we had ice-cream and a game of bat and ball. Oh what a life. To get to the beach there was this walk you had to do which was a squirrel enclosure, we were walking along looking up at the trees and thinking how great life is right now, when this little boy walking behind me said "Hey, look out for the monkeys i'm sure this is where monkeys live. Look at all the trees. You've got to be really quiet if you want to see one." To which my sister whispered to me, "I think it's a bit hot for the monkeys" Bless the kid for being optimistic and all that. He was in the wrong sort of 'jungle' to see any chimps or orang-outangs... 

After that we decided we wanted fish and chips... Well, never have i been on such an adventure on the search of the bloody stuff. We went round the same round about 9 times to no avail. All the bloody chippies were closed... WHAT???? In the summer time? Yes, closed, shut down. We ended up coming back on ourselves, about 2 hours later than we'd hoped. We came across a lovely chippy, i was so happy to see food. Actually i think we all were.

I hope you all enjoyed the sun today, thanks for reading.

Nadia xxx  

Manchester

Hello everyone, if you follow me on Twitter you'll know that i'm in Manchester for a couple of weeks. I have interviews in Nottingham, so after all that i'll be well travelled, going backwards and forwards. Anyway this might not be very interesting for you to read so i'll talk about other stuff that's happening. 

Having lived in France for 8 years of my life i haven't really been subjected to this much rain. I went to the shops to buy some apples (this reminds me of that game i used to play in school, "i went to the supermarket and i bought...." did you play that?) it was nice and warm when i left the flat, little did i know it was going to change pretty drastically. Anyway i was walking back and suddenly out of no-where came this massive friggin' black cloud, i was like WHAAAAAT where the hell did that come from. Before i could even finish my sentence boom i got hit by hailstones the size of bloody golf balls. Some of you might be used to this kind of torture, not i.... I ran back as quick as i could, but it was too late. By the time i got home i looked like a drowned rat. It looked like i' been sitting in a bath for the past 20 minutes. It looked like i'd had a bucket full of water thrown over me... Do you understand?? That's how wet i was. My trousers were stuck to my legs! I could not peel them off. I had to wait for them to dry so that i could take them off. I'm telling you all, never again will i go outside without an umbrella, especially in Manchester.

Thanks for reading my rant, i feel so much better getting that of my chest (which is no longer wet, thanks for asking) I love you all dearly.

Nadia xxx

July Favourites 2014 - Video

Hello one and all. 

Here is my new video, all about my favourites in July. It has all the usual things in, from T-shirts to eyelashes and everything else i love. Why not check it out? Maybe you'll find something that you might like to try and i'd have inspired you to go and buy it. I hope you all have a great day.

Nadia xxx

Make-up of the day.

Hello everyone, i hope you're all having a wonderful day. Is it nice and hot where you are? 

Ok, so today's make-up is really simple and not too over powering. All i've done is applied my L'Oreal super slim liner on my lids creating a wing, then applying Maybelline Illegal Extension mascara to the top lashes. I didn't want my eyes to be too dark and i wanted it to have a clean effect. On my lips I dabbed on Maybelline Color burst in Midnight Plum, i only applied it gently because i didn't want it to be too dark. It is quite a dark colour so to get the effect i managed to do is pretty simple. Just dab it on softly not pressing on too hard so it's more of a tint rather than a full lip. I then applied Yves Rocher eyebrow pencil in chestnut. 

And that's it. Voilà. Simple, clean and easy. It took me around 10 minutes to do. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. (Does anyone else say that?) 

I hope you enjoyed this look.

Nadia xxx

Pineapples.

So this is my current look, well not exactly. I just went a bit crazy and realised i did in fact envy the way pineapples look. So here you have it, the pineapple look. Rocked by me, Nadia. I also feel like i could relate to Agnes from Despicable Me. 

IT'S SO FLUFFYYY!!! 

Ok i'm done, but yes. I feel like i'm going to keep this look until someone tells me it looks stupid. I feel that may be a long time as people aren't normally upfront about this like that. But hey, we'll deal with it. Can someone else do the pineapple look with me, to make me feel less alone and weird? 

No? Ok... I don't know what i expected. Forever alone.

Your loss, i look fabulous! You're all jealous! Ok, probably not, i just look like a fool don't i?

You can tell me you know, i won't be offended. 

Anyway rant over.

I love you all, thank you for putting up with my craziness and weirdness. 

Nadia xxx

Stripping off? - Video

Hello one and all, I hope you're all having a great day. 

So the reason i've gathered you all today is to talk to you about my new video that i've just uploaded to youtube. Now again do not be fooled by the title it's really not what you think it is. It's so fool people into watching -Insert evil laughter here- anyway, please take the time to watch it, i'd be most greatful. You can also leave a comment or whatever on the video telling me what you thought. I hope you enjoy the video!!

Nadia xxx

Outfit of the day- Wedding Party.

So i went to a wedding yesterday, it was a lot of fun. I wore a strapless dress from the Lipsy collection 2013 a gold chain necklace, a vintage clutch bag that i thrifted and cream heels with gold plating at the front. I didn't really want to over do the look, and i thought this was simple yet chic with gold. As you might be able to see on my dress there are gold chains printed onto it which makes the gold necklace much nicer.

                                                    

    

I hope you enjoyed reading this, i just thought i'd share my outfit with you all.
Nadia xxx

My First Time - Video

So this is my new video, now don't be fooled by the title. You'll be thinking it's about sexy stuff... Sorry to disappoint but it's not haha. It's actually about first time things, like best friends or concerts, cars and teddy bears.

I think i'd feel a bit weird sharing the other sort of information with you. No offence. I love you all dearly but not that much :p

Now go watch the video, you'll enjoy it, i promise. Guaranteed or your 5 minutes back, can't promise you'll get it back though. 

Nadia xxx 

A big hello, from me to you.

Today i just feel like saying hello. Why? Why, the hell not. I haven't written a post for some time, so i thought that for this one i'd have a chat with my readers about what i've been doing and what's to come.
To start of with i've been helping plan a wedding, it's exciting!!! It's all purple and cream, very chic. It's going well, only a couple more days before the wedding so we have to get it all done! Stressful! But it's going to look amazing.
Next on my list are videos, i've been doing a fair amount of filming in advance. Sometimes i think i won't have time to film something but then it turns out i always do. Never mind they'll be there for when i need them.
This weeks video is a bit of fun. Don't be fooled by the title. Just need to edit it and it'll be ready for everyone to see.
I bought myself some Eylure single lashes to try out, they are so amazing. I used the medium ones on the corner of my eyes to give a beautiful effect of fluttery lashes. I'll maybe to a tutorial on it. They come with this glue that's like super glue, it's ridiculous! I haven't used it yet, i'm a bit scared to try it. It's said that they'll last up to 4 weeks and that it dries within 10 seconds... What if i make a mistake??? Well i've been practising with ordinary glue, so far so good. But going back to the wedding i'm doing the brides make-up (so excite) and i need to be ready before hand. So i'll have to do my eyelashes the day before hence the fact that i'm going to have to use the SUPER glue. Eugh pray for me that i don't accidentaly glue one to my forehead or rip all of my eyelashes out!
I bought a bowler hat. Not very exciting i know. But i like it. I got it from H&M for a fiver. Bargain!


                               

Cute right? Anyway getting off topic.
I tried fake tan, it didn't end well. It went really streaky and patchy and looked like i hadn't had a shower for about a month. Not a good look. So i've been in the shower and scrubbed until i was red. It hurt. Never again. I'm forever pale. Who cares. Not me.

So yes i've had a rant, i apologise in advance.
Hope you all have a great day.

Nadia xxx

What's in my bag?

Ever wondered what was in my bag? Well wonder no more. Now you can watch it in this video.
Go. Go now.
GOOO. Why are you sitting here reading this? Watch it.
Now.

Thanks, love you.

Nadia xxx

Abusive Relationships.

This post is quite deep, if you don't like to read about deep subjects i really advise that you don't read any further.

Now a lot of you reading the title will be thinking, oh that person is in a relationship were they're getting physically abused. That is not the case, there is emotional abuse as well as physical. Physical abuse is a lot easier to get over, i'm not saying it's right, god no i'd never say that, hitting someone is never acceptable. But what i am saying is that the scars and bruises will heal in time. But emotional abuse is much much harder to get over. That person has gotten into your head. Belittled you, made you feel like shit (excuse the language) and has pushed you into thinking you're worth nothing. This person can make you feel horrible in your own skin. Now i'm going to share with you my story, my story of being emotionally abused.

I was 16 years old and i was at school, i had met this guy he was 18. At first he seemed sweet, genuine, kind, at the time i could have gone on and on with a list of great things about him. We had been going out for a few months and it's then that the cracks started to show. Now at 16 i wasn't particularly curvy, nor was i busty. I was average sized, we'll get onto why this is relevant later on. So anyway the cracks started to show, he started controlling me. At first it was just checking my phone, asking me who i was texting. I thought this was normal, if i told him i was texting a guy friend he'd go mental. He'd rage and hit the walls and everything, sometimes i thought he was going to hit me.
He never did.
A few more months passed and things got worse, he made me delete every boys number from my phone. Again i thought it was cute that he was jealous and that he wanted me all to him self. I was so naive.
Then on my 17th birthday he ignored me. He never said happy birthday to me, i didn't get a present. I got nothing. Oh sorry, i got one thing. Abuse over the phone, he would swear, call me all the names under the sun. I didn't have a clue what was going on, or what i'd done wrong. But i blamed myself. My 17th birthday was the worst day ever. Then he'd ring me back telling me he was sorry and that he loved me and stupidly, i believed him. My parents could see what he was doing to me. I couldn't. They begged me to end it with him, but i couldn't bring myself to do it, i thought no one else would want me. That i was worthless. A couple of weeks later he started implying that i was putting on weight, yes i was growing boobs, finally, i'd waited so long for this, my hips started to form, i felt like a real girl. But he wasn't happy. He'd make me feel fat, and i believed him. He made me feel ugly, he would drill his nasty words into my brain so i'd see what he saw, he then started telling me how i should and shouldn't dress, he'd call me a slut when i put on pretty skirts for him but when i didn't he'd get nasty and tell me that i didn't care about him and that i didn't want to look pretty for him, it was the same with heels, i couldn't win. I was always in the wrong, it was always my fault.
I became ill. Before i was ill i weighed 50 kilos, when he pushed me to the limit i weighed only 40. I was borderline anorexic. My hips would stick out, my chest was as flat as that of a 12 year old boy and my legs and arms were like sticks, you could see my spine sticking out of my skin. My periods stopped (TMI, i know sorry) and i honestly felt my lowest point. I wasn't a girl any more. I was a skeleton.
My parents still begged me to leave him and still i refused.
He'd drop me off at school, never even saying goodbye to me. I didn't even have the strength to lift my bag up and onto my shoulders, that's how weak i'd become. I'd often sit alone and cry, not because of my relationship, oh no to me that was normal. I'd never been in a relationship before, no i cried because of the way i looked. My clothes hung off me, i could barely walk up the stairs to the classroom.
We'd been together a year, we were going to celebrate. We went out to a club together with his friends in tow. One of his friends sat next to me and was talking to me, opposite me i could see him, glaring at me, i knew from that instant that that night was going to be torture. And it was, we lay in bed together. He wouldn't go anywhere near me, the next morning i was sick, he ignored me. He ignored me for about 4 days. I thought it was all my fault. I thought if only i hadn't attracted his friend, if only i'd sat next to my boyfriend, none of this would have happened.
And then New Years eve came around, we went to his friends house for a party. I was chatting to his friends, drinking and having fun. He'd had a few drinks by this time, i see him look at me with this deathly stare. He got up randomly and went to his car.
He drove, he was drunk.
I tried to stop him but he pushed me away, he almost trapped my fingers in the car door, his friends had to help me up from the floor.
1 hour later he came back. He pushed me into the car and drove me back to his place. By this time he was mad, drunk and jealous. A deadly combination. When we arrived at his house i saw he'd packed all of my things and left them by the door. He looked me dead in the eyes and told me he never wanted to see me again, he never wanted to touch me again and that he's rather die than be in the same room as me. He told me he was going to drive me home. I refused.
That was the final straw for me. I could finally see what he was doing to me and my parents. I'd fallen out with them over him. And for what?
I rang my mum crying, it was 4 am. I was trying to talk to her, to explain the situation and all i could hear was my boyfriend crying and shouting down the phone at my mum to listen to him and that she should ignore everything that i was saying and that none of it was true. Obviously she didn't believe him, she knew the damage he'd done to me. When i told him my parents were coming to get me, he ran out of the door, without a backwards glance at me and drove off. He knew that if he'd have stayed, my dad would have beat the crap out of him.
The only problem was i had no idea where i was. All i knew was that i was in my boyfriends house. He'd always kept the address from me so i could't tell my parents where i was. 3 hours later they found me. I was on the floor crying, thinking he'd come back and finish me off, but this time physically.
When i got home i had 27 missed calls from him, all of them crying and begging me for forgiveness, begging me to come back to him. I ignored every single one of them. When he realised that i wasn't going to fall for his tricks any more he got nasty, the mean, vile messages appeared. "You're a whore, no ones going to want you" "You should be grateful when you had me" Again i ignored them.

Even now at 19 years old i'm still getting over what that bastard did to me. I've put the weight back on, i'm healthy. But in my mind his words still linger, but only in the shadows. I'm slowly turning back to my old self, but i've been put off guys for quite some time. I now pity the girl he's going out with and hope she never has to go through what i went through with him.

The reason i'm telling you my personal story is because i want people to be aware of abuse. Not just physical but mental and emotional. I managed to get out while i had the chance, who knows. If i'd stayed in that relationship any longer things could have got a lot worse, it could have ended for me. But it didn't because i saw the light. Now if you feel like you're being controlled, please, please, please get out while you still can. Don't let them take over your mind. You are your own person and no one should be allowed to take that from you.

Please be aware, share this and let people know.

Thank you so much for reading, it really means a lot to me. I love you all.

Nadia xxx

My vintage hand bag.

Today I went to a brocante. It's the French version of a yard sale, or a garage sale. Which ever you prefer to say. So anyway i went there not thinking i'd find anything, i'd been walking around for almost an hour. Then i came across this beautiful brown leather bag.
It's got that lovely old smell to it, i love that smell. This bag was originally from the 40's (so i was told).
It has tonnes of pockets, but it's quite small inside.

I paid 3 euros for it, which is a bargain. I can just imagine all the things it's been through... This is my new 'smart' bag!

Nadia xxx

June Favourites 2014

Here is my new video. I think you should go watch it, why i hear you ask... Well because it's full of fun things and interesting make-up, brushes and books that i've enjoyed this month. Now enough questions, go watch it. Go!!!

Rock Chick make-up tutorial.

Rock Chick make-up is very popular, but it's not much of a summer look but oh well i'm going to show you how you can achieve this look:

This style of make-up can make a lot of people uneasy. With it being such a dark look lots of people are too scared to try it out. But trust me, it looks great on everyone. Especially if you're pale, like myself.
Now this is quite an easy tutorial, but if you have trouble with make-up, try it out a few times and you'll get better and better each time. As they say, practice makes perfect. Let's get started.

Ok, so you're going to start off by using a base. I like to use BB cream because it gives a healthy, natural colour without it looking caked on. If you prefer foundation, go for it! This is just my opinion and everyone is different. Apply with a damp sponge, dabbing it on, not rubbing. You could also use a brush, but i find that using a brush uses up a lot more product.

Now, you're going to draw a line where your cheek bones are (you can find this out by sucking in your cheeks), the side of your nose and on your jaw line with bronzer. Yes you'll look like you're ready for war, but trust me when it's blended in you'll look like a chiselled Barbie doll. If that's what you're aiming for, of course. You'll blend it out with a fluffy brush, until there are no harsh lines.

You're going to apply blusher to the apples of your cheeks. It's much easier if you smile, that way you'll get it in exactly the right place. Remember, little and often, if you go all guns blazing you'll look like a clown so do it moderately slow and apply every now and again.

As you can see i've filled in my eyebrows. If you've read my other make-up tutorial you'll know just how easy it is to do. So go back and read it, you can click here (much easier).

Ready for the next bit, you'll have to apply white eye liner all over your eyelid. This will make the colours that we're going use appear much brighter. It acts the same was as primer does.

Then you're going to apply a purple colour, this is your choice, i chose a violet colour because it complements my skin tone. But you can use which ever colour you want.

As you'll see from the photo above i used a crease brush to lightly apply black to the outer corners of my eyes then what was left on my brush i carried across my lid to create a smokey effect.

Then i smudge a small amount of black eye shadow under my eyes. Don't do too much or you'll look like a panda.

This part is optional, but i prefer to apply the lashes because of all the black eye shadow it'll be hard to see your natural lashes. If the band of your lashes are white like mine are, don't forget to cover it with black liner so as it'll blend in with the eye shadow.

You're then going to apply mascara to the tops and bottoms of your lashes, if you've put false lashes on, this will bind your own lashes with them, making them look natural.

To complete the make-up apply a plum lipstick. Preferably with a lipstick brush, it's easier. The apply a tiny bit of white shadow to the centre of your bottom lip. This will give your lip depth.

And the final step to rocking this look is to do an awesome hairstyle and add accessories. I've quiffed my fringe up and added a head scarf.

And there you go, this look is great for winter, autumn, a night out or a day in with friends. I hope you can do something similar if you do why not send me a picture on twitter. I'd love that.
Thanks for reading.

Nadia xxx

How to make your lips bigger.

I know that every girl wants bigger lips, but the thought of getting surgery is terrifying. So here's a quick and easy way to get plumper, fuller lips. And all you need is:

Toothpaste
Bicarbonate Soda
A toothbrush.

I use an electric toothbrush because I find that it works quicker. But you can use a normal toothbrush also.

Before

So as you can see, before i ex foliated my lips they are dry and quite thin. But we can fix that.
Put your toothpaste on your brush just like you would if you were going to brush your teeth, then sprinkle a small amount of Bicarbonate soda onto your brush. (Best to do it over a sink, it can get quite messy)

Brush in small round motions, if you just go back and forth you will make your lips bleed. Don't press too hard either because this could cause bruising, remember your lips are very sensitive.
Do this for about 1 minute, you'll feel a slight tingle and your lips should feel numb.
Don't worry this is just the mint in the toothpaste bringing the blood to the surface.

After

Now you can see my lips are quite a lot bigger, they feel smooth and the numbness goes pretty quickly.
Add a bit of lip balm to keep your lips hydrated and this will make them plumper for longer.

After doing this you'll feel like Lana Del Rey and still have your money in your pockets. Refrain from doing this too often because you could damage your lips, i tend to do it when i'm wearing fancy lip sticks.

Nadia xxx