Wonders of Beauty: August 2012

Blush - 19:54

La Femme Blush Swatches

La Femme Blush Swatches.. ♥ Feels like it has been ages since my last post. I'm in the process of redecorating my room so everything is...

How I Highlight My Face..♥

For those that have asked, this is a post to show you how I use concealer to highlight my face. I know other people also highlight their cupids bow and chin but I personally don't. I only highlight the centre of my forehead and my undereye area for that "Kim K glow". I am not a professional so apologies if I highlight incorrectly but this is the way I feel comfortable with.

The concealer used for highlighting is entirely up to you but if you do have fine lines under your eyes and you want to avoid creasing, be sure to set your concealer with a powder of choice. Click HERE to read my post on how to prevent your concealer from creasing.

Depending on my mood, the concealers that I use vary, though I tend to pick up my MAC Prolongwear concealer more often. I have this concealer in NC42, NC45 and NW40. The shade NC42 is the one I use majority of the time. NC45 is worn on days where I'm going for something more natural or I don't want my undereye area to be so bright. I never use the NW40 because after purchasing it, I realised that I don't really like the shade against my skin tone. If you're like me and usually use MAC concealers, the MAC Studio Finish concealers are also nice to use for highlighting provided that they are set very well. If you're not careful, yes this concealer will crease like crazy. If set, it is a good concealer to use for highlighting and out of the MAC concealers, will give you the most coverage and can also be used to achieve a glam look if that's what you're after. I own this concealer in the shade NC45.

All my highlighting is done after my liquid foundation has been applied. When highlighting my under-eye area, I highlight in the shape of an upside down triangle. Using a makeup sponge, I then blend out the edges of my concealer into my foundation. Once the concealer has been blended, I use my under-eye setting powder to prevent the concealer from creasing.

Using the same concealer, I apply the concealer to the centre of my forehead and the bridge of my nose. Once again, I blend the concealer into my foundation using a sponge. I also set this area with the same powder.

Once I've highlighted these areas, I go on to apply my finishing powder and complete the rest of my face.

When highlighting, go for a shade about 2 shades lighter than your skin tone making sure you try your best to blend.

Anyone who has tried YSL Touche Eclat or Estee Lauder Double Wear concealer, please let me know how you found these for under-eye application. Is there any other concealer you would recommend for this as I would like to branch out and try other brands.

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Face - 14:13

How I Highlight My Face

How I Highlight My Face.. ♥ For those that have asked, this is a post to show you how I use concealer to highlight my face. I know other p...

FOTD - 22:30

FOTD: Wearing MAC Morange Lipstick

FOTD: Wearing MAC Morange Lipstick.. ♥ As quite a few of you asked to see how MAC Morange lipstick looked, I thought I'd wear it...

Bronzer - 15:02

Are you after that summer glow?

Are you after that summer glow?.. ♥ Hey beauts! It really upsets me that our summer in England this year is pretty much non existent. Rega...

- 21:18

Happy 1st Birthday Wonders of Beauty!

Happy 1st Birthday Wonders of Beauty.. ♥ I can't believe it has already been a year since I started blogging. With 500 followers on Bl...

This part of my 'What's New' post focuses more on recent hair products that I've bought and very few makeup items.

100% Cosmetic Argan Oil

I was meant to feature this product on my blog when I first got back from Morocco but I completely forgot. As most of you already know Argan oil originates from Morocco so I thought this would obviously be the best place to purchase the oil. I use it on my Virgin hair and it makes it feel so soft and keeps it moisturised. I managed to bring 3 large sized bottles back to England. They were bought for 50 dirhams (I knocked the price down from 120 dirhams! Can you believe it?!) from the market in Marrakech. 50 dirhams is around £3.50. They had many different Argan oil products including black soap with Argan oil which I've forgotten to take a picture of! The soap was less than 10 dirhams.

Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo & Conditioner

My hair was bleached last month so it's really important that I'm using products that will keep it moisturised. So far I'm really liking the Aussie Miracle Moist Conditioner because it has a lovely smell and makes your hair very soft! They are both larger versions which were bought from Costco but if you're not able to buy from Costco they have the slightly smaller sized ones in places like Superdrug. They are currently having a 2 for £6.99 offer on Aussie products in Superdrug if you're interested in buying them.

Tresemme Heat Defence Spray

My Tresemme Heat Defence leaked in my suitcase so it needed replacing. I always use this before blow drying or straightening hair.

£4.69

Tresemme Smooth Memory Straightening Spray

I very rarely curl my hair anymore as I feel it just takes too long to do so I've been going more for the sleek straight look. Whilst looking for my Tresemme Heat Defence Spray, I came across this product which is meant to train hair to become straighter, smoother and less frizzy over time. It also includes Argan Oil which is a plus.

£4.99

Superdrug Makeup Sponges

These are just multipurpose makeup wedge sponges. I've only just realised they're quite small compared to the sponges I'm used to using.

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

I know that I usually use the shade Dark but I wanted to try Dark Deep. For my skintone at the moment, I prefer Dark Deep and I've even been getting more compliments on my makeup since I've switched shades. I may go back to Dark during winter.

£21.00

MAC Morange Lipstick

When I wrote my post about MAC Vegas Volt, I mentioned wanting another orange lipstick for the season and I wasn't too sure how I felt about the boldness of MAC Morange so I was going to go for MAC So Chaud. It was Back2MAC time, so I went to the MAC in Stratford Westfield to try both Morange and So Chaud on. After having them both on, I decided that I preferred MAC Morange though it is a very loud colour. I believe I can work with it. As one of my readers suggested, it can be used with a brown lip liner. After trying on So Chaud with a red liner, I still had on red liner whilst trying on Morange as it was hard to get off. Believe it or not but Morange with a red liner was a nice combination. This post obviously doesn't include a swatch of the colour but I will swatch it or do a FOTD post at a later date if you would like me to.

£14.00

That's the end of my 'What's New' posts until my next purchases. I know these products are not as exciting as my package from America but what are your thoughts?

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Hair - 19:51

What's New (Part 2) | Tresemme, Aussie, MAC, Argan Oil, Superdrug

This part of my 'What's New' post focuses more on recent hair products that I've bought and very few makeup items. ...

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La Femme Blush Swatches

How I Highlight My Face

FOTD: Wearing MAC Morange Lipstick

Are you after that summer glow?

Happy 1st Birthday Wonders of Beauty!

What's New (Part 2) | Tresemme, Aussie, MAC, Argan Oil, Superdrug

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