Engagement and 21st Birthday

MOTD / OOTD

Makeup Of The Day and Outfit Of The Day

I haven't done an OOTD for a while and I really liked how I had my makeup for the weekend, so I decided I'd do a little post about what I had on my face and my outfit!

The reason for all the dressing up is that I had two events to go to, and I couldn't just go to one and not the other because I had one of my best girl friends engagement parties to go to (Congratulations Catherine and Sam) and I also had the 21st birthday party of another equally as wonderful friend (Happy Birthday again Zoe) and I was determine to go to both - this however meant I needed one outfit to suit both occasions. Challenge accepted. 

Outfit:

The 21st had a theme to dress to - luckily it wasn't favourite super hero - the theme was black and white. This I could work with - as black and white is quite 'in' in fashion at the moment. 

I found this dress online for $50.00 (On sale down from $150.00) so I snatched that up as soon as I could. It fit both occasions - being black and white, but also 'pretty' enough to be at a slightly formalish garden party engagement setting. 

The purse was a gift from a friend of mine for my 21st birthday (from another friend named Zoe) Its from Forever New and I love it. I use it all the time. 

The shoes I've had for a few years but with something in this style, simple black pumps, they're so chic that they don't go out of style and they go with everything (I was going to wear cherry red heels but thought it might look a bit 'flashy').

Make-up:

I decided to go with a black/white/silver smokey eye and some statement red lips. I felt that this look could be acceptable at both occasions. 

I used a mixture of different pallets to get this look - and to be honest - it isn't really anything special, its really quite a basic look and can be re-created at home by anyone with any black/white/silver eyeshadows.

On my lips, I'm wearing the 'Savvy' Matte Lip Cream in the shade Miss Monroe this is one of my favourite 'liquid lipsticks' and one of my all time favourite red lipsticks. 

Hair:

For my hair, I didn't really have time to do anything special with it, so I just washed it and let it air dry. 

My hair is naturally wavy/curly and because it is ombré at the moment, it looks quite nice when I do nothing with it at all. Which for me is so nice because some days I just can't stand doing anything to my hair because there is so much of it and it is way too time consuming and most of the time I don't have the patience to keep up with it or it doesn't turn out how I want, so for my hair to look this nice when I've barely even brushed it was a massive WIN!

Makeup, Outfit and Mini Review

MOTD + OOTD

Hey, so here is another photo of my face, I'm about to tell you the things I have on it, so stay tuned if you're interested. 

Backstory:

Today is my 'lets leave the house and do things because I don't want to stay in the house and do all the things that I have to do' day. I have these often. 

So, I slapped a bunch of products on my face and with a sassy feeling and a strange yet familiar craving for sushi, I left the house. 

I don't really have a foundation 'routine' when I get one, I'll do a post on that. I feel like I don't know enough about foundations to really review them. (TBH I don't know enough about anything to really 'review' them)

Lets get into it. 

Outfit:

Don't mind the clothes all over the floor, they're just victims of the battle that is every day life. 

This is what I wore today. Pretty basic, but I liked it. 

Eyes:

Eyeliner and mascara are the same as usual, Bourjois products for both, there is another post describing them so I won't go into it. 

For eyeshadow, I did't want anything at all really, but I didn't want nothing, so I decided to use two products by ALMAY. Almay is a brand for sensitive skin, now my skin isn't super sensitive, but around my eye area it can be, also, I like these colours. 

L-R: Crème Brûlée (shade 125) and Cashmere (shade 155)

They're super sheer, but very pretty, I didn't use any primer, but when I do, the colours stand out more. 

The packaging is super cute, they're compact and portable, and I enjoy them.

Lips:

For lips today, because its nice and cold outside, I decided to go with a nice deep/dark red colour. Todays victim is by RIMMEL LONDON.  This is from the Moisture Renew range, I have a few from this range, and I'm quite happy with them. 

This particular one is in the shade 330 - 'Sloane's Plum' I'm not sure who Sloane is, but she has excellent taste in colour. 

The product stays true to its name, it is very moisturising. The product glides on very nicely and doesn't feel 'gloopy' like some lipsticks can. It has very nice coverage and lasts a while. I have had mine on 5ish hours, and in that time, I've been talking non stop, drinking (ice tea) and gorging myself on sushi and it seemed to last, It wasn't as vibrant, it did wear a bit, but the colour turned into more of a lip stain by the end of it. I don't mind when a product comes off after you've eaten something, its when it comes off for no reason at all, I have an issue. Another good thing was that whilst I was eating, the lipstick didn't turn grainy or anything from crumbs or food residue (one of my pet hates)

All in all, a good product, I can't remember how much it cost but knowing me, I probably got it on sale anyway. 

Before and After shot:

L - R: Before and after. 

Top Left: Full face of makeup, before leaving the house.

Bottom Left: Lips just before leaving the house.

Top Right: Full face of makeup, just as I returned home.

Bottom Right: Lips, just as I returned home, after 5ish hours of life and eating and drinking. 

And there you have it! I also went to Priceline today, because I had a $5.00 off coupon that I just had to use, so I'll show you all what I bought in the next post. Either today or tomorrow. 

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