Get Ready With Me: Pale Berry

Hey everyone,

I'm back with another run through of my FOTD, if you missed my last one, you can find it HERE.

As always, I started with a base of primer, this time it was the Flormar Illuminating Primer, which I am trying to give a second chance at the moment. Then I applied my Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation all over my face and applied Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in a triangle shape under my eyes. I buffed it all in with my Blank Canvas Cosmetics F20 brush. To set it I lightly dusted Essence Pure Skin Powder all over my t-zone. No contouring was done today, instead I just lightly blushed my cheeks with Pinkerbell by Catrice.

For my eyes, I relied on my Naked Basics palette, and ran Foxy all over my lid as a base shade, and then took Naked 2 through the crease blending for a soft seamless finish. To deepen the look I very lightly took Faint through the socket and out to the outer V. using a clean fluffy brush, I blended like a woman possessed until it looked the way I wanted. To compliment this look, I used Glam Golden from NYX on my lashline, extending it to a nice wing shape. Then I took Faint on a small brush and blended it under my lower lash line with a light hand. To finish the look I applied a generous coat of Roller Lash by Benefit, and defined my brows with Faint on a small angled brush.

To complete the look, and to draw some attention to this otherwise neutral look, I applied a thin layer of Blistex Daily Lip Conditioner to my lips, gave it a minute to soak in, and then defined my lips with Catrice Precision Lip Liner in Very Berry, before I filled them in. To deepen the colour, I applied NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Copenhagen.

What do you think of my Pale Berry look?

Amy
xo

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REVIEW Threads Lashes*

Not long ago I was contacted by the lovely people over at Threads, a false eyelash company based over in the UK. They create beautiful lashes ranging from the natural to dramatic and everything in between.

I was kindly sent two pairs of lashes, the ones I'm going to review are the Vava Voom, a wearable fluttery lash that you could take from day to night with ease!

Now, I adore false lashes, I love how they look on, the way they can take a look from glam to Oscars Awards Night in one swift move. There's just one problem. I am inept. Two halloweens ago it took me around 40 minutes to apply a set of falsies, from start to finish. When they were on though.... that look was fierce. Remembering that, I decided to at least try.

My first thought was that the band is a little on the thick side, as you can probably tell from the picture, and I generally try to opt for thinner banded lashes because they're meant to be a bit more beginner friendly. I was pleasantly surprised. The band was very flexible and easy to trim, making it easy to fit them to my eyes exactly.

In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I used my Duo Lash Adhesive instead of the little bottle that the lashes come with. I like to keep those little bottles of glue to take in a clutch on nights out, just in case! I'm the friend with hair pins, bobbins, a brush, my whole makeup collection and glue in their purse in the club!!

VaVaVoom Lashes in action

I trimmed the lashes from the outside, and I applied a thin strip of glue to the band. Here's where it gets tricky. I have 3 different lash applicator tools but I couldn't locate one. So I went in with my fingers for the base application, laying them down as close to the centre of my natural lash line as I could, and then took a tweezers to do the fiddly ends. Voila, one was done! I repeated the same process to the other eye, from trimming to application and I suddenly had these show stopper lashes that I couldn't stop flapping and fluttering.

What about the thick band? I hear you ask... Well that thick band didn't make it any more difficult than a pair of Eyelure 114's. It was flexible and light. Once you get used to the feel of glued on lashes pf any kind, you forget they're there and that's the same for these lovely lashes!

Overall, I'm pretty chuffed with these lashes. I might update you in a later post about the reuseability factor, how they hold up to being cleaned, etc.

Threads Lashes were kindly gifted to me for review, however you can pick them up on http://www.threadsbeauty.com/ for £9 a pair!

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