New Year's Eve Face

Seeing as I'm insufferably nosey, I love looking at other people's make up from special events, etc. So I'm sharing what I wore on New Year's Eve.. 

(This was obviously taken with flash, hence my skin looking a bit too soft focus.)

Face

MAC Prep & Prime

MUFE HD Foundation

Benefit Booing Concealer

MUFE Lift Concealer

Bourjois Bronzing Primer

NYC Blushable Creme Stick (Big Apple Blush)

ELF Highlighter (Lilac Petal)

ELF HD Powder

Eyes

Urban Decay Priming Potion

Urban Decay Naked Palette

Sleek Celestial Palette

Collection Lasting Colour Gel Liner

Collection Glam Crystals Gel Liner (Rockchick & Hustle)

YSL Shocking Mascara

Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

Urban Decay Brow Box (Brown Sugar)

Lips

ELF Lip Exfoliator

Blistex

Kardashian Beauty Joystick Lipstick Pen (Retro Red)

Pretty standard going out make up, but I still took about 5 hours to do it. And as always, I wore Cocoa Brown One Hour Tan. 

Chloe x

Lawls at a Ball

Hey girls!

So, like last year, I wanted to do a post on the TCD Law Ball. Basically, a black-tie event that I couldn't wait to get dressed up for! I was worrying about my appearance & had to beg for help but I got my style dilemma sorted, managed to fix my hair & lasted all night!

(PS - I was wearing Cocoa Brown tan, which I've already reviewed.)

A bit of a pic heavy post coming up - Be prepared!

Make-Up

Face 

MAC Prep & Prime Skin and Benefit The Porefessional

Face 2 Foundation in Cameo Beige

MUFE Lift Concealer in 03

Louise Gray for Topshop Up In The Air Blush (the coral shade)

ELF Studio HD Powder

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

Topshop Highlighter in Crescent Moon

Eyes

Benefit Stay Don't Stray

Benefit Eyecon

Elizabeth Arden palette (Pale pink shade, there's no name) on lid

Urban Decay Naked Palette - Virgin in inner corner, Darkhorse in crease

Loreal Super Liner Gel 

17 Eye Kohl

Clinique High Impact Masara

Urban Decay Buck on brows

Lips

MUFE Lipstick in L157

Hair

I did my hair myself, I pretty much just plaited bits & pinned it up!

Hairband from Pull & Bear

Dress

River Island, reduced to €24.

It was pale pink/peach, with a lace insert in the front and a split chiffon skirt.

Shoes

Topshop, reduced to €22 from €103.

 Venue

The Mansion House on Dawson St, Dublin.

 Meal

i.e. the best part.

Roasted red pepper & smoked paprika soup

Club cut sirloin of beef, horseradish pomme puree, truffled glazed asparagus, red wine jus

Chocolate profiterole, cheesecake, wild berry compote with orange cream

I decided to decorate myself a bit more. In fairness, my make up held up really well!

It was definitely a good night, and I loved the chance to dress up & try out different hair & make up ideas!

Chloe x

Havin' a ball.

Hi guys!

I was about to apologise for a lack of posts, then I realised - It's pretty much the norm for me. Like a lot of other bloggers, I'm in the midst of trying miserably to study for end of year exams. (Which means i'm not blogging myself, but avoiding the books by reading lots of other posts to be honest.)

Also, I seem to be having a slight problem, in that my new posts don't show up on my followers' Dashboards. If anyone has any idea how to fix this - It would be very much appreciated!

As a little break from study though, I was at one of my friend's college ball last Thursday. (Just in case you're wondering Mum, yes I DO do things other than go to balls in college. Honest.) It was an amazing night, and thankfully very cheap for me - He paid for my ticket, I borrowed a dress, and did my own hair, make-up, etc. While I don't have many photos of the night, as my camera is playing up, here are a few quickies:

Probably the best photo I have of my dress.

It was backless, which caused me a lot of hassle in trying to find the correct bra, 

but I finally succeeded! 

With me is my best friend, Danielle. 

A photo of my make up. 

(Before I did my hair, etc.)

My eye make up. 

A very basic golden/brown smoky eye.

(Before I applied false lashes)

Overall, it was a fabulous night. Good luck to any girls studying/ doing exams at the moment!

Chloe x

Going-out outfit & make-up

I've been wanting to re-join the blogosphere for quite a while now, but due to personal circumstances, haven't been very present online, or IRL! But seeing as it's a new year, I'm going to have a new start. I hadn't planned this blog post, (I'm trying to avoid writing an essay, & blogging is my procrastination) so photos aren't of the highest quality, etc. Hope it's okay!

This is a post dedicated to my appearance on St, Stephen's Night, which was quite a while ago. I went to my aunt's 50th birthday, then headed out to a local club afterwards.

I wore this dress. I got it in New Look, originally €24.99 but €22.46

sleeves & round neckline kept things classier. including my student discount. I am tack central, so I love animal print. Leopard, zebra, snake-skin, you name it. I admit that this dress was pretty short. I'm 5'7", so that was probably why, but of you were any taller, I'd definitely recommend tights! As you can see, I didn't opt for tights but I was a little nervous of flashing too much, especially after a few drinks! Something I love about this dress is that it's not too tight,but also not exactly 'flowy'. (It was perfect after loads of Christmas dinner!) I'm an hourglass shape, so it came in at the waist & then skimmed over my hips. I also like the idea of showing either legs or cleavage, so the longer

I'm not exactly great at accessorising, so I kept things to a minimum; my earrings were the black version of these feathery ones, also from New Look, for €3.99.

My ring was from Awear and is no longer on the website,but I believe it was around the €5 mark.

Shoes were a pair of Penney's finest black snake-skin shoes boots, at €21.

My make up was pretty stand-out, because I was in the mood for a different look. I did my usual face of:

Catrice Prime & Fine Smoothing Refiner

Mac Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation in NC 15

Catrice All Round Concealer

Rimmel Clear Complexion Clarifying Powder (One shade)

Benefit Coralista

My eyes had:

Urban Decay Liquid Eyeliner in Perversion

17 Perfect Definition Eyeliner in Onyx

Silver & G

old eyeshadow from Fearne Cotton's "Made You Look, Made You Stare" palette for Boots

Eyelure Girls Aloud (Nicola) False Lashes

And I did a brighter lip than usual.

I used a Yes To Carrots Lip Butter, then tried out a Models Own lipstick in Hot

Pink. It was a big step away from my usual nudes, but I did like the neon colour!

So overall, my hair & make-up came out something like this

Either way, I had quite a good night. I wanted to try out a bit of a different look, & I didn't chicken out.

My lipstick might have faded & the shoes might have come off at the end of the night in favour of flats, but there's no pictures of the messy part of the night.. Thankfully!

I feel quite awkward ending this post actually. I know quite a few bloggers finish up by asking a question, but I don't exactly have many followers. But give it time, I might develop into a questioning, non-awkward blogger!

Chloe x