Hey guys!
This is (obviously) my first post here. I've been telling myself that I'm going to start a blog for years now, and I've finally gotten my act together and started. Whilst this is mostly beauty-based, to be honest I ramble on a fair bit and am likely to go off topic and talk about other aspects of my life. But it'll be mostly beauty I promise!
A little about me - I'm Jemma, or Jems, or Jem, or anything really. I'm 18, from Sydney, studying at university at the moment. I probably spend more money than the average girl on makeup because you know, it's what I like and it makes me happy. That being said, most of what I own (read: all) is drugstore, ie readily available at Priceline, Chemists Warehouse, Target, etc. I think I own about two things considered "mid-end" so that's definitely not where my focus is at. I love Reddit and spend about 90% of my time on either /r/makeupaddiction, /r/randomactsofmakeup, or /r/australianmakeup.
As of now I can only really use my phone for taking photos, which obviously isn't the best quality but I'm hoping for an upgrade soon. Until then I'll do my best to describe colour, finish, etc if the photo doesn't present it the best.
That's all for now! Now onto my first post - a FOTD playing with liquid liner!
I looove liquid liner. It's my favourite type of eyeliner, above gel, cream or pencil. And it was my day off yesterday so I decided to play around with an inner corner cat eye, something I've attempted before but have never had the patience or the steady hand to get right.
This was my attempt:
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Here's a list of the products I used:
Face
- Revlon Colourstay Foundation for Dry Skin in Ivory
- Maybelline Superstay Foundation in Sand Beige
- Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in Ivory
- e.l.f. Blush in Candid Coral
- e.l.f. Contouring Blush and Bronzer in St Lucia (only bronzer used)
- Pur Minerals Pressed Mineral Makeup (to set under eyes)
- Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent (to set everywhere else)
Eyes
- Lorac Unzipped palette
- Rimmel Glameyes Liquid Eyeliner
- Rimmel Khol Eyeliner in Jet Black (lower lash line)
- Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Flex Mascara
Eyebrows
- Nyx Eyebrow Cake Powder in Blonde
- Savvy by DB Eyebrow Pencil in Blonde
Lips
- Ulta3 Matte Lipstick in Brown Sugar
Liquid liner can be very difficult to work with. Especially if you're in a rush. Or just impatient like me. I found that the key to getting the really fine line into my inner corner was starting out with as little product as you can possibly get on the brush (the Glameyes is one of the ones in a little pot, so you can control product flow) and just dab the tiniest bit on, and work from there. Keep adding more and more because its easy to add more but if you add too much you're likely to end up with black all in your eye and if you have contacts like me it catches all around them and it's just an all-round not enjoyable experience. So try to avoid that.
Here's a close-up of my eye, which (I think) helps with seeing placement a bit more:
I didn't go all the way around my eyes because it makes me look crazy. Yeah. So I made it taper off on the lower part of the inner corner, then added the kohl eyeliner very lightly on my lower lash line. I did a tiny little wing on the outer corner to try and balance my eye out, and because with my hooded lids it's either massive bold wing or tiny wing, there's not much in between.
And that's about all for this post! Let me know if you decide to try this out! It's a dramatic look for sure, but once I got used to seeing myself with it I decided I loved it. It'd be great for going out somewhere where you're likely to have photos taken of you because it photographs really nicely. But you know, wear it whenever! I, personally, was at home all day, proud as all hell of my wings, and the only person that ended up seeing my efforts was the Thai delivery man. Ah well.
This is (obviously) my first post here. I've been telling myself that I'm going to start a blog for years now, and I've finally gotten my act together and started. Whilst this is mostly beauty-based, to be honest I ramble on a fair bit and am likely to go off topic and talk about other aspects of my life. But it'll be mostly beauty I promise!
A little about me - I'm Jemma, or Jems, or Jem, or anything really. I'm 18, from Sydney, studying at university at the moment. I probably spend more money than the average girl on makeup because you know, it's what I like and it makes me happy. That being said, most of what I own (read: all) is drugstore, ie readily available at Priceline, Chemists Warehouse, Target, etc. I think I own about two things considered "mid-end" so that's definitely not where my focus is at. I love Reddit and spend about 90% of my time on either /r/makeupaddiction, /r/randomactsofmakeup, or /r/australianmakeup.
As of now I can only really use my phone for taking photos, which obviously isn't the best quality but I'm hoping for an upgrade soon. Until then I'll do my best to describe colour, finish, etc if the photo doesn't present it the best.
That's all for now! Now onto my first post - a FOTD playing with liquid liner!
I looove liquid liner. It's my favourite type of eyeliner, above gel, cream or pencil. And it was my day off yesterday so I decided to play around with an inner corner cat eye, something I've attempted before but have never had the patience or the steady hand to get right.
This was my attempt:
Here's a list of the products I used:
Face
- Revlon Colourstay Foundation for Dry Skin in Ivory
- Maybelline Superstay Foundation in Sand Beige
- Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer in Ivory
- e.l.f. Blush in Candid Coral
- e.l.f. Contouring Blush and Bronzer in St Lucia (only bronzer used)
- Pur Minerals Pressed Mineral Makeup (to set under eyes)
- Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent (to set everywhere else)
Eyes
- Lorac Unzipped palette
- Rimmel Glameyes Liquid Eyeliner
- Rimmel Khol Eyeliner in Jet Black (lower lash line)
- Rimmel Scandaleyes Lycra Flex Mascara
Eyebrows
- Nyx Eyebrow Cake Powder in Blonde
- Savvy by DB Eyebrow Pencil in Blonde
Lips
- Ulta3 Matte Lipstick in Brown Sugar
Liquid liner can be very difficult to work with. Especially if you're in a rush. Or just impatient like me. I found that the key to getting the really fine line into my inner corner was starting out with as little product as you can possibly get on the brush (the Glameyes is one of the ones in a little pot, so you can control product flow) and just dab the tiniest bit on, and work from there. Keep adding more and more because its easy to add more but if you add too much you're likely to end up with black all in your eye and if you have contacts like me it catches all around them and it's just an all-round not enjoyable experience. So try to avoid that.
Here's a close-up of my eye, which (I think) helps with seeing placement a bit more:
I didn't go all the way around my eyes because it makes me look crazy. Yeah. So I made it taper off on the lower part of the inner corner, then added the kohl eyeliner very lightly on my lower lash line. I did a tiny little wing on the outer corner to try and balance my eye out, and because with my hooded lids it's either massive bold wing or tiny wing, there's not much in between.
And that's about all for this post! Let me know if you decide to try this out! It's a dramatic look for sure, but once I got used to seeing myself with it I decided I loved it. It'd be great for going out somewhere where you're likely to have photos taken of you because it photographs really nicely. But you know, wear it whenever! I, personally, was at home all day, proud as all hell of my wings, and the only person that ended up seeing my efforts was the Thai delivery man. Ah well.
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