Strobing Makeup Look

  For over three years, contour has been everywhere - there are Kim Kardashian makeup looks on every beauty guru's YouTube channel, contouring kits have been making their way onto every high street and drugstore shelf, and into the makeup collections of anyone with a love of beauty or fashion. Whereas contouring is quite a heavy, full-face makeup look, many designers have opted for clean, fresh faces on their runways for the most recent Fashion Weeks. Strobing has taken over, and is only going to get more and more attention. But what is strobing?
  Strobing, in short, is just highlighting! No bronzer or contour is needed, and it's best worn with full eyebrows, and clean eye makeup - even without mascara, in a lot of cases. I'm going to show you how I wear strobing as an everyday look.

  I start off by using the That Gal brightening face primer by Benefit, to give that 'light from within' look.

 I then take a beauty blender (this one is just from Penneys) and dampen it by spraying some Tea Tree Water from Lush onto it. I find that beauty blenders work so much better damp!

  I then blend some of the Wake Me Up foundation from Rimmel into my chin, forehead and around my nose, just to give some light coverage. This foundation is brilliant for a lightweight makeup look, as its really moisturising.

   Under my eyes I'm using Touche Eclat from YSL, which is slightly peach toned, to cover dark circles. I also use some of this down the bridge of my nose, and on my brow bone.

   My go-to concealer for blemishes is the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, and I place that on any troublesome areas.

 To brighten my cheekbones, I apply some of the Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation, as the shade is too light for me right now, but works great to highlight!

 To set the concealer under my eyes, I use the brightening yellow-ish shade in the SmashBox Contour Palette.

 Now for bit that makes all the difference. Taking the highlight shade in the Urban Decay Naked Flushed palette, I highlight along my cheekbones, under my eyebrow, above my eyebrow, in my inner corner and along my tear duct, down the bridge of my nose, on my cupid's bow, under my lips, and on my chin. Wow, that's a lot of highlighting!

Then, to finish off the look, I use a sweep of mascara and lipliner, and I'm done!

And here's pictures of the finished look! 

I hope you enjoyed reading, I'll have more posts coming soon and will be adding a list of the products I used!

                                Sarah-Rose x

My Five Most Used Makeup Products

Whenever I wear makeup, I always find myself reaching for the same products. I wear very minimal makeup, if any, so I don't use many items - five, to be exact, and I thought I'd share them with you!

Unless I really feel that I need the extra coverage, I never wear foundation, only concealer. The concealer I use is the Collection Lasting Perfection in the shade fair, which has very good coverage for a concealer and is a really nice colour for my skin right now. I just dot this on any blemishes/hyperpigmentation I have and under my eyes, and blend it in well with the Coastal Scents concealer brush.

Next I move on to brows, which I've loved doing ever since I bought the Bobbi Brown eyebrow brush. The bristles are quite coarse and make it much easier to apply the darkest shade from the Lancome eye set, which I've unfortunately hit pan on from using so much!

I have become obsessed with the Naked 2 palette from Urban Decay, that I very kindly got for Christmas this year. The shades are so beautiful and pigmented, and there's such a wide range of colours that it's easy to transition from day to night looks. For everyday makeup I usually take the shade 'Foxy' across my whole lid, and then blend a darker colour like 'Tease' into my crease with the Coastal Scents eye shadow brushes.

My all-time favourite mascara is the YSL Faux Cils mascara, as it never fails to give beautifully long, separated and voluminous eyelashes. The formula isn't at all clumpy, which I love, and makeup never looks complete without mascara, right?

Lastly, I contour, using the Naked Flushed palette. A light sweep of bronzer under the cheekbones and at the temples, some highlighter and then blush, and I'm good to go. I use (again) the Coastal Scents angle and flat buffer brushes.

Thanks for reading!

                                                     Sarah-Rose 

Autumn/Winter Makeup Tutorial

  Hey guys! Today I though I'd show you how I like to do my makeup for Autumn/Winter. I never wear makeup to school, and only sometimes on weekends, but I love this look for when I'm trying to make more of an effort. It's very simple, and takes barely any time, so I hope you enjoy!

I start off by applying my foundation using the Sarah Ashton foundation brush. The foundation is Naked Skin by Urban Decay, which I love for a slightly dewy look. I just apply this to my T-zone, as that's where I need the most coverage.

I then blend some of the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer underneath my eyes and on any blemishes I have using my ring finger, as it's the most gentle.

       

Next I do brows, and fill them in using short strokes with the Real Techniques eyebrow brush and the Lancôme eyebrow kit.

 I like to wear quite natural makeup, so, using the Uran Decay Rollergirl Palette, I take the pearly                                                        shade 'Verve' and cover my whole eyelid.

I then buff the shade 'Suspect' through my crease, and put 'Dark Horse' onto my outer corner.

 After that, I just add mascara, a swipe of the NYX butter gloss in Tiramisu, and I'm finished!

Products from left to right: Sarah Ashton foundation brush, Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation, Collection Lasting Perfection concealer, Real Techniques Brow Brush, Lancome brow set, Urban Decay Roller Girl palette, Real Techniques Base Shadow brush, Real Techniques Deluxe Crease brush (unpictured), YSL Volume Effet Faux Cils and NYX Butter Gloss in Tiramisu.