3 FESTIVAL LOOKS - THE INDIE, THE CLASSIC AND THE HIPPIE.

It's summer, and we all know what that means - Festivals. With everyone at their laptops waiting to see if they managed to get hold of some tickets, it's not a surprise people pull out all the stops to nail a festival look. From my point of view, festival looks should be effortless, yet precise. I love seeing festival looks that look so simple and beautiful. Here's a 3 looks and how to achieve them - with your own spin.

THE INDIE

This is my favourite. I quickly applied some glitter gold shadow all over my eyes, under eyes and cheek bones. Popped on some mascara and went mad with some gems. I then applied a dark lippie, I used Diva from Mac, to finish my look. Have a play around with messy shadows and gems!

THE CLASSIC

A simple and playful spin on the classic wing liner. Apply a bright liner before, or a wet shadow, and then apply the black wing on top as usual. Gives a great pop of colour. I then chose a bright lippie to match, I chose a bright pink.

THE HIPPIE

Flowers, flowers, and more flowers. This look is a trend throughout the festival world. With swirls, glitters and gems the possibilities are endless. Grab yourself some pretty colours and start doodling - There's no right or wrongs! I mixed some glitter and eyelash glue to create a glitter liner.

I hope this has inspired you to try something new,

or get creative!

I'm now off to Latitude, so have a great weekend!

MAC ALLURING AQUATICS LIPSTICKS - MYSTICAL AND GODDESS OF THE SEA REVIEW AND SWATCH

I have to admit, when I saw this collection online I fell in love with the marine inspired packaging. I instantly needed one - or two - of these to add some colour to my mostly black packaging Mac lippies. I picked up Mystical and Goddess of the Sea to try out. The colours available are neutrals, other than Goddess of the Sea which is a gorgeous purple. Unfortunately, when the email was sent out to promote this collection online, the Alluring Aquatics collection had mostly sold out!!

Let's get down to the packaging. Wow. Something really quite unique, and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't one of the reasons why I needed these in my life, even though these are my 26th and 27th Mac lipsticks... We all need a selection, right girls?

I love the gorgeous bright blue - with a slight green hint - chrome mirror packaging. This alone was a stand out for me, but then when you have a proper look there are pretty little water droplets on them!! Both of my lipsticks are completely different in the way the droplets are. One of them as loads of teeny little splashes as well as big ones, while the other is prominently big splashes with nearly no small ones at all. So I'd go ahead and say no lipstick is the same. Once you pop up the lid, the twist mechanism is black, compared to the original packaging which is silver. Also what I loved about it is that MAC was written in a deep turquoise which I felt was a lovely touch. 

However, I felt that the packaging itself felt a bit cheap, very similar to the Rihanna collection with the gold packaging. I'm not sure if that's me being picky as it looks stunning, but to me in the hand I wanted something with a good weight as it just felt a bit light and cheap. 

Goddess of the Sea is beautiful, a gorgeous purple with slight purpley blue shimmer which can't be seen once applied. I took this picture in natural sunlight and it appears a really pretty bright purple, but with no light the lipstick looks a dark purple. This is a cremesheen finish, one of my favourite finishes at the moment. It has a gorgeous creamy finish with amazing colour and leaving a lovely soft shine.

As you can see, it's a really pretty purple, but such a wearable shade. Usually I'll shy away from purples, but recently I've been loving them. It has a hint of red in the colour making it more easier to wear. I love this, and find this lasts ages. It feels lovely too and doesn't highlight my dry lips at all, which I find can be a problem with some of Mac's lippies.

This is Mystical, the most wearable of the two I've picked up. Again, in sunlight it appears brighter, but other wise it looks slightly more browner.

I love this shade, and I've been wearing it all day! Will become my daily shade, I just know it!! It has a creamy texture with a soft natural finish. It really gives me the 'my lips but better' look and compliments my pale skin, rosy cheeks and ginger hair. Perfect for summer. Again, this lasts me ages and doesn't dry out my lips at all.

Overall, I LOVE these and I'm so glad I picked these up,

even with the hefty £16.50 price tag.

Look out for Alluring Aqua in store soon.

Did you pick anything up?

What do you think of the packing?

Thanks for reading!! 

SUPERHEROES SERIES - BATMAN

I love the Batman films, and after a request what a better way to kick of my second makeup look. My first on was the Hulk. This one was a tricky one, and you will see why!

First off I marker out my line of the wing with a black pencil liner, I used Urban Decay 24/7, but any one will do. Then over the top I used Urban Decay Waterproof Liquid Liner, which has a gloss to it once dried. I then patted on Blackout, a matte black from Urban Decay over the top, filling in most of the shape.

Then with the liquid liner, I emphasized the corner of my eye with a thick pointed line. I then applied the yellow shade from the Sleek Ultra Matte Brights palette over the main area of the lid. With a silver - this is where it went very messy - I blended in the yellow and the black shadow. The shimmer seemed to get everywhere, and didn't seem to stick to the lid. Alas, it still worked and I think it blended in well.

The last few things I did involved liner to top lash line with the liquid liner, and again on the bottom, but not going all the way. With Rimmel's Scandaleyes Liquid Eyeliner I filled in the brow to make it appear more thicker and sharp. I then popped on some lashes!

What do you think of this?

Does it remind you of batman?

What superhero look would you like to see?

Thanks for reading!