Naked Basics Tutorial - Neutral Smokey Eye

Hi Guys!
One of the things I want to start posting more on my blog are tutorials however I find them very hard to take pictures of so maybe soon I will start video tutorials and venture into the world of YouTube!
I'm going to be doing a tutorial today just focusing on the eyes and using my Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. I only have the 1st palette but am dying to get my hands on the 2nd one, so let's get into the tutorial....

I started by doing the rest of my face makeup off camera and just leaving one eye bare - using the first eye as a guide. I'll be doing a tutorial soon of an everyday makeup look but for now it's all about the eyes! So I started by applying a layer of MAC Paintpot in Soft Ochre over my eyelid to help my shadows stay and apply better. (Side note: PLEASE ignore my eyebrows - I'm trying to grow them out!) 

Once I had applying my Paintpot I picked up the shade Naked 2 from the Naked Basics palette which is definitely my favourite shade! I used my Morphe Brushes blending brush in B81 which is new to my collection and I absolutely love it!

I used this shade in the crease and applied it from left to right all over my crease to use as my transition shade in-between colours. I kept going over this until there was no more product on the brush and still continued to blend with the same B81 brush. 

Next I picked up the shade Faint from the palette which is a darker milk chocolate brown. These shades are so pigmented so you only need a little bit of product on your brush. The brush I used for this step was the Morphe Brushes B80 which is the exact same brush as the B81, just thinner with less hairs. I used this shade to create an outer V on my crease and then went back in with the B81 brush and Naked 2 to blend everything out.

For the lid I took my MAC 239 brush and used the shade W.O.S for a lighter colour to make my eyes look brighter and more awake. I then again blended over the crease with my B81 to make everything start to come together. I then applied a thin layer of liquid liner and pencil liner in my water line and also applied mascara to my top and bottom lashes. To tie everything together I used my MAC pencil brush from the Kelly Osbourne collection to blend a bit of Faint underneath my lower lash line. 

And that's the end of the tutorial! It's very quick and honestly very easy, it took me less than 10 minutes to create this look! If I was going out at night or somewhere more formal with this look then I would have applied thicker liner and also false lashes but at the moment I quite like keeping it simple! 

Hope you enjoyed this post, i'll hopefully have some more tutorials up soon!

Speak soon,

Beth xo

Makeup of the day: Night Out

Hey Guys!

On Monday night I went to a club in Bournemouth where Callum Best was hosting his Birthday party. I ended up not even meeting him but took pictures of my makeup when I was getting ready! I've been trying to use things in my collection that I never reach for so here's what I used....

For a primer I used my travel sized MAC Strobe Cream which gives an amazing dewy glow to the skin through your foundation. I also used some Maybelline Baby Lips to moisturise my lips while I do the rest of my makeup. I've been loving L'oreal True Match at the moment so used this for my foundation. I then primed my eyes with MAC Paint pot in Soft Ochre. This is where I wanted to use some products that I hardly ever use... I put down my MAC Palette and picked up my MUA Undress Me Too Palette. I used the shade Lavish (5th from the left on the top row) mixed with Benefit Hoola in my crease for more definition. I then darkened up the outer v with Obsessed (5th from the left on the bottom row). For the lid I used MAC Lily-White Pigment from their A Fantasy of Flowers collection. I love the colour of this but for some reason have hardly ever used it before! 

For eyeliner, I used my ever trusty L'oreal Super Liner Perfect Slim - Intense Black on the top as it's so easy to draw on your liner as close to your lash line as possible. For my lower water line I used MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil - Engraved and it stayed on all night! Moving back onto my face, for concealer I used my Maybelline Instant Anti-Age The Eraser Eye - Light and then to bronze, used Benefit Hoola again! I used my MAC Powder Blush in Desert Rose and then blended it in along with my bronzer. For eyebrows, I used my Sleek MakeUp Brow Kit - Dark and just used the powder. To finish off my face I used MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder - Medium and then used MAC Fix+ all over the face to add to the dewy finish. 

For lashes I used Benefit They're Real on top and then Maybelline Great Lash Mascara on my bottom lashes. I then lined my lips with MAC Whirl Lipliner and then filled in my lips with Revlon Colourburst Matte Balm - Elusive which I had just bought that day and really loved. And that completes the look! I know it wasn't very intense reviews on everything but was more for the products!

What's your go-to look for a night out? Or do you normally experiment with new things?

Speak soon,

Beth xo