Apologies for not writing the blog posts I promised last week! I guess dissertation stress is taking over! But I want to continue uploading regularly, be it on my blog or my youtube channel. When I am having a bad day, I just love sitting down at my vanity and apply makeup, it is just my sort of therapy to help me relax and get back at thinking more positively.
Anyways, going away from the deep talk as Eyal does on Love Island (Who watches the reality show??), today’s blog post is about my favourite summer lipsticks! I shared a video where I showed you swatches of my choices. So you could either watch that or read this blog post … or do both!!
In summer I love wearing bolder and brighter lipstick colours. I wear less makeup yes but that doesn’t stop me from wearing a vibrant lip shade! My top 10 choices cover pink nudes to fun reds and oranges to a stunning hot pink and even a purple shade. Play around with colours, step out of your comfort zone and have fun with makeup!!
Here were my choices –
1 – Pixi by Petra Matte Last Liquid Lip – Au Naturelle
2 – Huda Beauty Liquid Matte – Bombshell
3 – Catrice Cosmetics Matt 6 hr Lip Artist – Hibiskiss Proof
4 – Revolution Pro Supreme Matte Lip Pigment – Imagine
5 – Milani Amore Matte Lip Creme – Fancy
6 – Colourpop Ultra Matte Lip – More Better
7 – Milani Matte Lipstick – Luxe
8 – Makeup Academy MUA Velvet Lip Lacquer – Zest
9 – Golden Rose Longstay Liquid Matte Lipstick – Shade 06
10 – 3INA The Longwear Lipstick – Shade 508
Which shade was your favourite? What are your favourite lipstick shades for the summer? Let me know in the comments down below!!
See you all next time and thank you all for reading!!
How are you all doing? Here is a Glasses makeup look. Lots of you may be starting school soon or have already started. And some of you wear glasses on daily basis or like me have to wear your glasses for computers/long distances/driving.
Here is a simple makeup look which will still make your eyes pop even though they are behind a pair of glasses. This is also in collaboration with Firmoo.
Firmoo is a website that sells a variety of both vision glasses and sun glasses.
If you would like your own prescription glasses you can order them off this website. You can either enter the details of your prescribed lenses or photocopy your prescription and then let Firmoo do the rest. I feel that this website is a better option from ordering a pair of sight glasses locally. I find that you save money and the glasses are still of good quality!
They ship fast and you get a pocket for free! I think it really is worth it. The customer care service is amazing, therefore if you require any help simply email them and they will reply immediately!!
I also bought two pairs for me mum and I used the Buy one and get one free offer so I only paid for one then!
Basically you can get the Buy one pair and get one pair for FREE from http://bit.ly/bogofirmooglasses By clicking on this link, you can get your very own coupon code and with this code you can get two pairs from Firmoo for the price of one.
Therefore, you are entitled to one pair of glasses for FREE! This includes the frame and standard lenses.
But these glasses that I am showing you in the video were kindly sent to me by Firmoo, so thank you so much Firmoo!!
Previous videos and blog posts about Firmoo Glasses –
In this makeup look I also got to use some of my newer makeup from my collection!
You can watch the entire video on this glasses makeup tutorial right here –
Products mentioned for the Glasses Makeup Tutorial –
NYX Angel Veil Primer NYX HD Foundation – applied with my beauty blender Maybelline FIT ME concealer MUA Ultra Fine Loose Setting Powder RIMMEL Stay Matte Pressed Powder – Silky Beige – Applied with my REAL TECHNIQUES Powder Brush
Milani Stay Put Brow Colour – one of my new products – I love this brow product and the brush that came with it. It made filling my brows so easy and straightforward! Loved the finished look it left me with. Max Factor Natural Brow Gel
MUA 15 Shade Palette – Fire Vixen – one of my new products – I love this palette, I think the shade selection is perfect! The shadows are slightly powder-y but I don’t hate that about this palette. They blend ever so nicely and they are the same shade as what is represented in the palette. It is so cheap and affordable from MUA and you get a whole palette with 15 shades! Total bargain!! Shades used – Shade 3 – in my crease – applied with an EBAY Blending Brush Shade 13 – on my counter of my crease – applied with same brush Shade 8 – placed on my lid – Ebay Flat brush Shade 1 – inner corner and under my brow bone – ebay pointed brush Milani Eye Tech Extreme Liquid liner
L’Oreal miss Baby Roll Mega Volume Waterproof Mascara
MUA Undress Your Skin Highlighter – peach Diamond applied with Ebay Highlighter brush – a new product and I loved it. It isn’t a very pigmented highlight even though when you swatch it on your hands it appears to be. But when applied to my cheek bone it doesn’t transfer that much. But I love the slight sheen that it gives me, it is just enough for me. It is a little chalky but it doesn’t appear like that on the skin, so don’t be alarmed that when you swatch it on your hands it will be appear to be so but it isn’t!
MUA Luxe Velvet Matte Lipsticks – Shade 4 & 12 – I love this formula of these lipsticks. The formula feels so nice on my lips, not drying at all. But I do NOT like the bullet these lipsticks come with. The application because of these bullets makes it so hard to do a perfect application of these lipsticks. But apart from that, I love these lipsticks. Even the packaging is pretty sleek.
MUA Velvet Matte Metallic Lip Lacquer – Perseus – I don’t usually like metallic lipsticks and don’t like buying any. But I thought I would give this a shot, and I really liked it. It isn’t patchy and not drying either. I love how it applied and it is a pretty metallic pink shade!
I used theMUA Velvet Matte Lipstick in shade number 4 for this tutorial.
Thank you so much for reading. This blog post had a little bit of everything, a review, a haul and testing out new products!!
Have you tried out any of these products? If so, comment down below! What about the Firmoo glasses, have you ever tried ordering from this website?
I hope you are all having a lovely SUNDAY! Many of you are probably celebrating today with your families and your dad’s. I know I am, we are soon going to have a good home cooked lunch.
Yesterday I uploaded a new video on my Summer Essentials. This was a collaboration with Ashley Stoyko, make sure you can visit her channel. And we decided of putting together our Summer Essentials. We decided on choosing 5 but we couldn’t stick with that and we chose more. I based my Essentials around 7 different items.
#1 – BB Creams
I love applying BB Creams in Summer. I can also create a makeup look with only my BB Cream and ignoring the foundation step. In summer putting on foundation during the day is a little bit stressful especially on our Maltese Islands unless you set it will and have a good setting spray (which I will mention in my next essential).
My favourite BB Cream is the Rimmel9 in 1 BB Cream. I have a review all about this you can visit it right here.
#2 – Makeup Setting Sprays
We all need this in our collection especially during summer. In winter I tend to forget setting my makeup with one of these but in Summer if I forget it, I regret it!
My favourite setting sprays are – the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, the Avon Mark Setting Spray and the Gerard Cosmetics Slay All Day Setting Spray in the Peach scent.
#3 – Crop Tops
I live in crop tops during the summer. I mostly buy them from H&Mand they just make a summer outfit pop! I love wearing them with high waister shorts and sandals.
#4 – Hats
The two hats I own are from H&M and Primark. I love running around with them, doing my daily errands. A hat is your best friend in summer .. that and sunglasses and sunscreen – we cannot forget those!
#5 – Bikinis
I don’t go swimming much and I prefer going to a pool rather than the sea. The irony is Malta is known for its sunny beaches .. so yeah. But of course I still go, sometimes but I go. And I bought these 2 bikinis I showed on my video last summer from ebay and those are the ones I am using this year!
#6 – Lip Stains
I love matte lips but in Summer I prefer lip stains. They are so lightweight on the lips and leave your lips moisturised. They last all day and there’s no way you will need to reapply these. I love using the MUA Inked Lip Stain– I love their formula and they are so soft on the lips.
#7 – Summer reads
I love lounging on the beach or the pool with a book. I think I prefer reading a book rather than going for a swim and getting my hair all tangled up either with sea salt water or chlorine!
I have plenty other summer essentials but I would say that these are my basics!
What are your summer essentials?
I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post, thank you so much for doing so!
I am so excited to be sharing with you this blog post! Besides it being a Makeup Tutorial with not one makeup look but two, something I have never done; this is also a COLLAB with Deborah from Distorted Priorities.
She is a Maltese Blogger who posts about beauty, makeup and fashion! This is my first collaboration with someone who is Maltese like me!!
Just came onto my blog to share with you all an update. I shall be attempting to vlog again, it’s something I want to do again in 2017! I really hope it goes well with you all!!
So here is what I was up to last week! Again as last year’s system, I shall gather up all the footage into one video and come out with weekly vlogs.
I am so excited to share with you all today’s video! As you know I am a big fan of MUA – Makeup Academy.
They sell such good quality products, a variety of products and they are all so inexpensive!
Today’s video is all about 5 new shades from their Velvet Lip Lacquer range that they had released last Autumn.
The Velvet Lip Lacquer range include a variety of products. I also recently purchased two more which aren’t in this video. But maybe I could do a haul of what other new products I purchased from them recently!
The formula of these lipsticks dries to a complete matte look and doesn’t have a strong scent. They however, do not last that long although this varies with colours. Another distinction is that some colours – mostly darker ones – are extremely patchy so you have to be careful on how you apply them.
Also, it was my first time trying a blue lipstick and I have mixed feelings about it! It also took the longest to dry as the others dried quickly.
The shades are –
Posie – A cute light nude brown shade
Hustle – A dark pink/red shade
Firecracker – A fun pinky red
Splash – A not too dark or not too light blue – just in between – shade
Flair – A vampy red
To see the entire video with swatches and in depth review then watch the video below –
Have you ever tried this range? What’s your favourite shade?
I actually see this as an accomplishment because I actually stuck to it. And I have enjoyed the entire process – recording the videos, editing them, creating the thumbnails and writing a description for every one of them.
Then finally uploading it and sharing it with all of you!
I have also met new, creative and amazing people. Got to do some fun collaborations and everyday I seem to have made a new friend.
I enjoy watching other people’s videos as I learnt how to apply makeup just from youtube. You learn everyday.
In one year I have gained 1640 subscribers – and for that I wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who has subscribed to my channel!!
And also for those who have followed me on my social media – Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat (kezikezi), Facebook and my blog too !!
I really am so happy with how my Youtube Channel developed, even with this blog!
I am very pleased and hope that I will keep doing this and most importantly continue to enjoy doing it.
I started my youtube channel as I am currently gaining work experience hours to start my masters in Clinical/Neuropsychology. Unfortunately, I had applied for a masters in Italy to start this September but did not get chosen.
So I needed something to help keep me distracted from thinking negatively.
Youtube actually helped brighten my mood, because once I was rejected I just wanted to give up on everything! But having youtube and of course the support of family and loved ones I learnt that giving up is not the road to take. Yes I am still learning not to take everything so negative as this one bad thing but to move from it and learn.
Youtube and my blog is sort of a therapeutic technique that keeps my head from thinking of the unknown. The unknown meaning the FUTURE.
I do not know what I shall be doing next year. So having something like this to do helps uplift my spirits and hopefully will motivate me in applying once again for the masters.
So yeah … Thank you for subscribing/following my Youtube Channel/Blog!!
I took a trip down memory lane and stayed watching my first video that I posted on my channel. I think I did improve, I have learnt so much from just watching my friends’ videos on how to edit and use different techniques.
But yeah if you haven’t watched my video – this was the one –
And since this was a MUA related video I wanted to share with you some Good news !! MUA is releasing new shades from their Velvet Lip Lacquer line TOMORROW!! So head over to http://www.muastore.co.uk if you want to check them out !! Tomorrow of course!!
Coincidently tomorrow the video showing you guys their recent released products that I had written a post (click here to view) about is finally going to come out tomorrow.
I actually had recorded this a couple of weeks ago but because I wanted to release other videos this got pushed behind! So tomorrow is the ideal time because tomorrow 5 more shades seem to be coming out and I need to get my hands on them!!
Today’s video that was uploaded is about my August Favourites of 2016.
I tried to include a variety of items that I use on a daily basis. And in the end I also included a favourite book of mine that I read this past month and 2 TV shows that I am hooked on watching!!
I think the Shampoos and Conditioners from Herbal Essence are lovely products and leave your hair not only smelling like strawberries but also leaves your hair feeling smooth and healthy.
Makeup Revolution Pro Base Blur Primer
This is a good primer to start off your makeup. It is a good base and helps decrease those nasty pores from being seen. It may not hide them completely but it does decrease them. L’Oreal Paris Infallible 24HR Foundation in Rose beige
I have been loving this foundation this summer! It has been one of my favourites as it makes me believe that my face actually looks flawless! And that is saying a lot from me who has acne scares and pores galore! ZOEVA Defined Buffer Brush N. 103
I loved applying my l’Oreal foundation with this brush. I think it blends out foundations really well especially if they are creamy and liquid-y! Rimmel Clear Complexion Clarifying Powder in Transparent
I have replaced my Rimmel Stay Matte Powder for this one! I think it is just a perfect, lightweight powder to set all your makeup. Milani Illuminating Face Powder in Amber Nectar
I love using this as my blush as it contains different shades that when blended together make a perfect natural blushed look. MUA Mosaic Bronzer in Sunkissed Glow
Again this has different browns all blended together which can give you that natural bronzed looking effect that we all crave during these hot summer months! BH Cosmetics HD Brow Pencil in Blonde
I absolutely love this brow pencil! It is by far the best out of all my eyebrow products in my collection. It just fills your brows in the most natural and perfect way ever. It is also a dupe for the Anastasia Beverly Hill HD Brow Whiz! BH Cosmetics, Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale Eyeshadow Palette in Night Goddess
I have been using this palette all throughout these summer months and have been loving the palette. Even though this includes a blush, contour and highlight shade; they are not my favourite. However, the eyeshadow shades are super pigmented, easy to blend and are not too powder-y!
My Favourite Eyeshadow shades are Wild Child and Moon Light ❤ mixed together they are super sweet! Essence Get Big Lashes Volume Curl Mascara
This mascara besides coming from the brand called essence which is an animal cruelty free brand is an amazing product! The wand of the brush allows you to hit all your lashes from left to right! It is not clumpy and gives your lashes volume and length. LIPS:
As you know I am an LIP LOVER!! So of course I could not just choose one lip shade ! Now I already did my favourite top ten lipsticks during the summer but I wanted to give 5 more a shot to star in my videos/blog posts!!
My favourite recently were:
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Abu Dhabi – perfect nude!!
Colourpop Ultra Matte Lip Color in Lumiere 2 – lovely dark mauve-y pink shade!
MAC Brooke Candy Liquid Lipstick in Plumful – EBAY replica – lovely pink purple shade!
Milani Amore Matte Lip Cream in Precious – gorgeous everyday pink shade ! It is also the shade that I am wearing in the video!
MUA Vivid Intense Lipstick in Punch – stunning deep red toned shade!
Favourite Book –
See Me by Nicholas Sparks
This book was amazing! Check out my video to see what I have to say about it!
Favourite TV show –
Pretty Little Liars
Guilt
These were my favourite TV Shows and again if you want to hear what I said about these 2 TV shows just watch my video 🙂
I used mostly from MUA – in long – Makeup Academy where you can get all your makeup items either from Superdrug if I am not mistaken or from their website – http://www.muastore.co.uk which is where I get everything from.
Now I used everything from MUA except for the first step which is, primer. I do not own a MUA primer but I used Makeup Revolution’s Primer and again this is drugstore and you can either buy it from a drugstore or from the website.
Here are all the products that I used listed down below –
Makeup Revolution Pro Base Primer Illumination Base MUA Skin Define Matte Perfect Foundation in Ivory Flush MUA Pro Base Argan Plush Concealer in Fair MUA Skin Define Matte Perfect Loose Powder MUA Luxe Powerbrow long wear sculpting brow gel in Fair MUA Blusher in Bon Bon MUA Shimmer Kisses Bronzer in Bronze Shimmer Kisses MUA Spring Break Eyeshadow Palette Shades used – Catacomb and Spearmint MUA Eye Define Volume, Nourish & Care Mascara MUA Velvet Lip Lacquer in Harmony
I hope you enjoy this makeup tutorial !
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I am quite the collector of lip products and so I decided on sharing with you my favourite summer lipstick shades.
I initially had decided that I would only pick 5 lipsticks however, I failed miserably at that! And I ended up picking … 10!!!
Here is the video –
The first of the bunch is a LIP GLOSS! I know shocking! I hardly ever wear lip gloss but ever since Ashley Tisdale released her very own line I couldn’t resist!!
Her line is called Illuminate and you can purchase any of her products on BH Cosmetics. My favourite shade for the summer months is BONFIRE.
The second shade is Wild Watermelon from Revlon. It just screams summer to me !
The third shade is another lipstick. This time it is from the brand MUA. This is one of their latest releases from their – VIVID LIPSTICK LINE – called Red Alert.
The fourth lip shade is one of my first mattes that I ever owned! This is from ELF and it is from the Studio Matte Lip Color Range. My favourite for summer is in the shade called Fuchsia.
The fifth shade is a liquid lipstick. Now as a DISCLAIMER I would like to let you all know – as I also included in this in my video – this lipstick is a REPLICA. I bought this off ebay and I was aware that it would not be real. However, because I tried the product and I actually liked it I wanted to share it with you all.
Now I know there will be others who would disagree with me because I use replica makeup but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. And my opinion on the matter is that I actually like how the product turns on my lips.
It is not drying whatsoever nor is it sticky. It does not have any bad chemical smells. Now I know the ingredients I can never find out what it really includes. But just be aware that there are famous brands that nonetheless use harmful chemicals too.
Anyways my favourite shade for the summer is another liquid lipstick this time from Dose of Colours in the shade BARE WITH ME. I had to include a nude.
The next shade is a favourite of mine and even the formula is AMAZING! That being NYX from their soft matte lip cream line. This time in the shade MILAN.
As you can see I love pink in summer!! Now moving on from pink, I had to include an orange coral sort of shade. And I chose MUA Velvet Lip Lacquer in the shade ZEST. This screams summer to me!
The next shade is one that I am obsessed it with. Again this is a replica but it is amazing nonetheless. I love its matte effect that it leaves and it is a perfect orange red toned shade. This is from Mac Retro Liquid Lipstick in Feels so Grand.
The ninth shade is from MUA and this time its from again a new range called the Inked Lip Stain in the shade Watermelon. This honestly feels so refreshing on my lips!
And let me tell you, it does leave a lip stain on your lips that no matter if you use and scrub on a makeup wipe to try and take it off it will remain there. You can see my struggle by watching my video!!
(The swatch I have here is not a true swatch as I did not really leave it to dry so it would be a lip stain. You could see how it really stained my lips on my video)
Now for the final shade I chose Panda from Colourpop from their Ultra Satin Lip. Now because of Watermelon – my previous lip shade – panda came off a little patchy. But I am sure it was because of the stain drama I had on before!!
I had to include a purple here even though purple is usually associated with the winter and cold months. But I love purple nonetheless, be it winter or summer!!
So there you have it, my favourite summer lip shades!
I really hope you liked my blog post and video !!
Thank you for supporting me both on my blog and on my youtube channel – I truly appreciate it !!
