My Katy Perry Inspired Look

Hello all you lovely people!

In the hopes to kick start my creative juices, I have decided to set myself a weekly challenge and the first name I pulled out of the hat (literally!) was Katy Perry.

 I have never been much of a fan of hers, not for any real reason as I like her songs, but just didnt really pay much attention during the whole Russel Brand saga.  However, I was intrigued to see what her movie was about so I went to see 'Part of Me', Katy Perry's concert film/documentary a while ago and I'll admit I was blown away.  It was amazing to see how 'real' she is and how hard she works and has worked to achieve the career she has.

I even shed a few tears when you could see how much she was putting herself through and when she finally broke down in tears I just wanted to run up to the screen and give her a big hug! Obviously, I stayed glued to my seat and I gave her a mental hug instead!

So after hours of looking through the images I could find of Katy Perry, I settled on this one.  I thought this is a great look, its simple and definitely suits the summer months (I'm still clinging on) with the mixture of bright colours.

Image from http://enjoyingwonderfulworld.blogspot.co.uk

Here is the look I created,

The products I used were:

FACE:

Foundation: 17 MIracle Matte Foundation in Porcelain

Concealer: Mary Kay Concealer in Ivory 2

EYES

Primer: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Eyeshadows: Blue shades from the eye colour palette (similar to Coastal Scents 88 palette). Yellow shade was Nyx Ultra Pearl Mania in Yellow Pearl.

Eyeliner: Fatal Attraction Retractable pencil in black (from Primark)

Mascara: Benefit Badgal lash in Black

Brows: HD palette in Foxy

CHEEKS

Blusher: MAC Sheertone Blush in Pink Swoon

LIPS

Liner: George Precision Lipliner in 06 Pretty In Pink (from Asda)

Lipstick: MAC Cremesheen lipstick in Speed Dial

Gloss: Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Reflect in 157

Have a lovely day!

Dani xx

Quick Tip: My 4 Multitaskers

Hello my lovely people,

I hope you are having a lovely day! I am so excited about all you new followers to my blog, and I would like to take this opportunity to say hello and thank you for your support! I really appreciate all of you and would like to say feel free to contact me at anytime!

So, onto my thoughts for today, did you know that you don't always need a separate product for everything? 

Well its true!  So I thought I would share with you a few tips I have learnt about multitasking products.

1. Concealer

Not only does it hide dark circles and imperfections, you can also use it as an eyelid or lip primer. Apply a small amount with your fingers and it will neutralise the base colour, help the colours you apply to pop and will help your products last!

2. Cream Blusher

I would have to say this product is the ultimate multitasker. You can use it as a highlighter (depending on the colour), lipstick, eyeshadow.... oh and yes, as a blusher!

3. Brown Mascara

Not only can this product be used as a lovely natural daytime mascara, but brush a bit through your eyebrows and you can add definition and shape in a flash.  Just please don't try this with black mascara, or you'll end up with slug brows.

4. Clear Lip balm

Not only can it heal your lips and give you a sexy pout, but add a touch of balm to the tops of your cheeks and you have a quick and easy highlighter!

Now we all know that Men are no good at multitasking, but us women are great at it! So have a rummage through your make-up bags and see how many uses you can find with your products!!

Are there any other multitasking products you use that I haven't thought of?

xxxx

Quick Rave: Dove Intensive Repair Mask

Hello lovelies,

I just wanted to post a quick rave about this amazing product!  I have blonde hair, highlighted with bleach and at times my hair can get very dry.  I recently had a lot of split ends and as I straighten the front part of my hair (as it's short I can't straighten everything), after a while the ends of my hair become brittle and damaged. 

So after a lot of heat damage and bleaching I realised my hair was starting to feel like candyfloss and it was time to do something about it.  So I popped to the supermarket, as it was late and didn't have time to head to Boots and I picked up a pot of Dove Intensive Repair Mask.

Now at £3.99 for a pot of 200ml's of product I had doubts that this was going to be able to do anything, but thought I'd give it a chance..... and oh I should be eating my hat!!

This treatment is an intensive mask that you should use to condition your hair for 10mins after you wash it.  Now I don't know about you guys, but I'm very impatient when in the shower or bath, once I've washed my hair I want to get out and get on with my day, so letting it sit for 10 mins was a struggle and I think I have only managed this once in total.  However, I now use this as a normal conditioner once or twice a week and my hair is feeling loads better and less and less dry as the time goes on.

I would definitely recommend this product for any of you that are in need of a conditioning treatment, then at this price you can't go wrong!!