Red Smokey Eye | Gryffindor Inspired | Nerdy Makeup

Hey! This is the look I wore today, been doing quite natural makeup day to day lately so felt inspired to do something a little more powerful.

First of all the easy parts, everything but the eyemakeup are the products I use everyday.

Skincare/Prep:

Moisturizer: Origins Ginzing energy boosting -This is my favourite skincare brand, ever! I am slowly working my way through the range to find the best one suited to my skin, but I am happy with everything I've tried so far! If you are wondering why I change, but I always finish it up first.

Primer: Smashbox photofinish original.

Bare Minerals night treatment Light. - If I have breakouts I always put a layer of this on first to help heal my skin and it acts as a barrier from the rest of my makeup to prevent any spots. It's great cause it adds a bit of coverage too. 

Face:

Bare Minerals Ready Foundation R250

Dior Honey Bronze

Lancome Blush trio palette (apricot peach one?)

Benefits Watts Up Highlighter (I HATE Benefit as a brand/company (not the general staff lol hi friends, basically how they treat you!) and everything it stands for but I can't deny this is their one hidden gem, product.)

Lips:

NYX Mauve Lipliner (Lost Mac Spice *cries*)

Mac Creme Cup Lipstick

Mac Lipglass Florabundance

Brows

Mua Heaven and Earth Palette - Light matte brown and dark matte brown

And Finally to the EYES!

Base: Urban decay primer potion

MUA Heaven and Earth Palette - Matte brown in the crease, gold in inner corner

THE MAIN PRODUCT OF THE LOOK - Illamasqua pure pigment in Berber

Sleek Del Mar Palette- white to highlight, orange blended into the brown in the crease as a transition colour and a little over gold in inner corner.

MUA white eyeliner blended with MUA matte brown and sleek orange on bottom lash line.

Black ELF gel liner

Dior show maximizerwhite mascara to thicken and build lashes with Lancome Hypnose Mascara on top.

And that's the look!

I am super happy with it, I went through a stage of wearing really warm eyeshadow looks everyday and I have been out of it for months until now! I have fell back in love!

Let me know if you would rock something like this? To me I feel like this is normal but I know my brain doesn't work like everyone else's! 

Bit of a long one but enjoy! xoxox p.s almost at 60,000 views ewk! 

Everyday Contouring | NOT the Kim Kardashian technique

Working in the makeup industry, from beauty to retail, probably the biggest fad is the 'Kim Kardashian' contouring technique. Previously this has been around for years but pictures like these of Kim have thrown it into the public eye. I have many girls ask me will you do this on me? Can I do this for everyday? Yes of course you can, with many products, light and dark concealers, illuminating and contouring products and probably the different colour setting powders to match. But why would you want to do this everyday, the point I want to get across is that this is not an everyday technique (for most people) and it can be very unforgiving if its not blended properly.

Lancome Blush subtil Palette 02 Nectar Lace

Elf Contouring Blush and Bronzer 

Here's my alternative, for an everyday sculpted look. The matte bronzer does a great job, the Lancome one which in particular is a grey undertone is perfect (much harder colour to find day to day) but the Elf one still does a great job and stands the test of time. I have had the Elf one about 4x as longer and still have more product left. You will give yourself shape as long as it isn't shimmery (shimmer draws out features and does the opposite to what contouring is) but it will look more natural, takes a fraction of the time and money.

Thanks for reading! xox

Wounding.. my friends | Special effects Makeup

Just more of the simple stuff. I now have a lot of time for my blog, uni is finished! I have accumulated many pictures from throughout the year that I was too busy to post about. I like to document everything on here, my posts help me see everything a lot more clearly and it is like a diary for me. You guys still search for me so I figure why not, hopefully these are not too dull. 

Playing around with silicones, probably my favourite medium to work with, blends super easy. There isn't really a story to this makeup, I was literally just playing here and there with no thought. I think the would around the eye looks the most realistic. 

Get used to this little face, we are moving in together in a few weeks. More of the same, Poppy kindly being my model. Nothing particularly special about these looks, or anything I am truly happy with, just playing around. I think I used wax for all of this, back to basics.  

Thanks for reading! Also I changed my blog name back to 'BECCASBEAUTYSPOT.BLOGSPOT.COM' as I found a lot of you could not find me anymore! I guess that will have to stick because I've been doing this too long! xoxox

Mixing up my Favs | Topshop Makeup

Still haven't got bored of wearing colour obviously.. Haha.

People always ask me 'oh where were you going with this look?' The funny thing is I love makeup so much, I tend to do something crazy like this everyday now. The orange is the same Topshop eyeshadow as before, the silver in the inner corner is a mac pigment (was limited edition) but try any silver, its more about playing with colour and placing them differently than usual. Lips is also Topshop, in the colour straight ace. Any one from around me check out the makeup section in the Belfast Topshop, so far it's the only one that stocks it. 

Word on the street is that Mac also make Topshop makeup.. I can definitely see that in the quality. Cheaper too which is a plus. 

Let me know what you think of this look? Thanks for reading! xoxox

Summer Shopping | Sally's and Savers Haul

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water

My best friends and flatmates are obsessed with cleansing waters, I've tried the no7 one and wasn't impressed but I'm easily influenced and this was super cheap at £2.99 for 400ml so here we go again. These are great for your kit too. 

 St Moriz Mousse and Shimmering bronzing souffle

This pack was £4.99 for both, holy grail products that I always fall back on.

Nail Rock Kit £1.29

Got2b volumizing styling powder £2.99

This is my holy grail hair product, I am literally never without this. I you love big messy hair try this. 

Quick Tan Bronzing Mousse Medium Dark £6.99 with sallys discount

Ardell lashes 120 and demi wispies £2.30

L'oreal tecniart £9.99

Spray this on to dry or wet hair before heat and it creates a sleeker long lasting style. Tried and tested many times, it's the best. 

Garnier Summer Body £2.99

This is another trusty product that, I've been using for years also interestingly this is one of the only tans that Poppy can use that doesn't irritate eczema. 

Let me know if you have tried any of these products and if you still like these posts or prefer just makeup looks?

Thanks for reading xoxo

| Chanel

These beauties are a result of one too many cocktails at lunch last weekend, living up to the typical student stereotype. Probably the first time in my life where I've been drunk shopping, classy, my mother would be proud. Quite an experience though, I do recommend!

I am a bit of an impulse buyer anyways, eventually I was going to pop my Chanel cherry!

I am not a lipgloss girl at all. Hate them, especially if they are sticky but low and behold Chanel have a gloss that feels like lipbalm on but has literally the most amazing sparkle ever. I bought mine in the shade 104.

Also a big fan of the lipstick, smooth, soft and still pigmented! This is the Rouge Allure formula in shade 91.

Let me know if you have splurged on anything recently? Thanks for reading! xoxo

Quick fire casualty makeups | sfx makeup

I am no longer going to make promises on my blog, cause that ends in failure, I will always post and never abandon it, but I really struggle to find time at the moment, for instance working and uni over 2 weeks in a row no days off and have to fit uni work in to that aswell. I am even doing this post off my phone before uni, so if there are a mix of more simple posts that's why! Anyways this is just some bits I've did in class recently, bare in mind only had 10-15 mins to create concept, the piece and paint it! Kind of like quick fire casualty makeup!

Burnt fingers with latex, tissue, blood and grease paint.

Wound made with wax and blood.

Cuts made with silicone, blood and grease paint.

Obviously my fav #selfieeee haha

Hope this post was still interesting even if I did do it on my phone, no pics are edited so that way you can see everything in reality which is good! Thanks for reading! Xox

Fairytale Assessment | Good Witch from Oz | Black and White

My black in white assessment from last week, keep in mind, I set up studio and do all photography aswell as costume, props, hair and makeup (and never enough time to prep). My concept was the good witch from Oz after she had been in a fight with the wicked witch but with obviously a more modern twist. 

Hope this is some inspiration to some of you! Getting your work photographed is a great way to learn, especially for me as I am very critical of myself! 

Thanks for reading! xox

Satan's Keeper | Halloween Look

Some more inspiration for Halloween, I am so busy at the moment it's hard to post as many looks but I will try my best before Halloween! Next week I am working on prosthetics for a production called Spooky Tours. Anyways this one reminds me of Satan's Keeper or could even be an evil clown!

I only used face paints, black eyeshadow and liquid fake blood! An easy one as you don't need many supplies.

Thanks for reading xoxox

Burns and Open Wound (Warning! Gory!) | Sfx Makeup

At the moment any SFX makeup I do is all self teaching, I have really no grasp of firm techniques yet (Start class in over a week!) I just try and recreate from my head and the small bits and pieces I have bought to practise with. For this I used latex and tissue, fake blood and a mehron bruise wheel. I am quite happy with the results and I usually when it scares my mum I know I'm somewhat on the right lines, haha!

Follow my blog for my journey through my Special Effects Makeup Degree, I will blog everything I create and you can see what I learn and hopefully how I improve.

Thanks for reading! xoxox



Pop Art | 15 Minute Fancy Dress/Halloween Makeup

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll be the first to admit this isn't my best work, but I had a spare 15 or so minutes of boredom and this is the quick look I came up with! This is a great makeup to do if you have a last minute fancy dress party or if you are looking for low maintenance Halloween ideas (very early! lol) It's pop art inspired so basically you're outfit can be anything you want, I would definitely go with bright colours and maybe colour blocking!

 

Thanks for reading! xox

I just got mugged | Special effects Makeup

Once again just playing around with some simple special effects techniques, especially because the more you practise and take photographs, the more you can pin point what looks realistic!

I am happy with the bust lip but as I look closely at the pictures I can see the latex around the cheekbone isn't as blended as I would like, but that's exactly my point on the importance of photographing yourself. What looks perfect in real life, may be picked up different in the light of a camera. If it doesn't work on camera then your skills are useless!

Products used:

Liquid latex

Tissue

Mehron Bruise wheel

Fake blood (very little, as I went for more scabbed look, as if this was a couple of hours later)

Black gel liner

Thanks for reading! xoxo

Just a casual Saturday and lots of florals | FOTD

 

 

Can you tell I'm a fan of granny florals, I practically blend into my room with this shirt from Marks & Spencers. I don't tend to shop there but I was with my mum and just spotted it and loved it, so I would definitely take a look they do have some younger female sections! It's a real stand out, uber girly piece and a lot of people seem to like it!

I wouldn't call this my everyday look as I don't wear much makeup to work which is a shame, maybe more of a casual, everyday weekend look where I have a little bit of time but still don't want to look too made up! I haven't used anything new product-wise so just check out a few posts below to see what I normally like to use!

Not a very organised or informing post but just a little personal chatty one and it's mostly about the photographs, hope you enjoyed, stay tuned I have a few reviews coming up, empty products and my mac lipstick collection! Thanks for reading xoxo

FOTD | Bright Pink Lips!

Skin:

Mac Prolongwear foundation nw25 & Mac Studio fix nc20 (Mixed, totally unnecessary)

Mac Studio finish concealer nw20

Stila bronzer

Mac Cream blush Posie

Mac Studio Fix Powder C2

 

Brows:

Mac Fling Brow Pencil

 

Eyes:

Mac bare study paint pot

Mac cranberry eyeshadow

Collection 2000 gel liner

Lancôme Doll Eyes Mascara

 

Lips:

Nivea lip balm in Crème Caramel

 

Sleek Pout Paint 159 Port (These are amazing, well worth trying and will last forever!)

 

Thanks for reading xoxox

Beauty Outlet Haul | Mac, Bobbi Brown, Clinique

 

 I always see bloggers from over the UK showing products they bought at beauty outlets, I wasn't actually aware any of these existed in Northern Ireland. For anyone who is from here, there is one at Junction One in Antrim. Its pretty amazing and has a large range of discounted Mac, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder, Origins etc. Quite annoying because I could have saved a lot of money shopping here instead!

Altogether I spent £40 on all of this, saving quite a lot! Mac normal lipsticks were £8 and the sheen supremes were £11.

 

 

 Lady Danger, Gotta Dash, Insanely It



 Bobbi Brown gel liner in Denim £11

 

 

Clinique Bottom lash Mascara (Mum bought a huge Clinique set for only £15 and gave me this, probably ends up being priced £3 or something lol)

 

So all in I would definitely google and find out if there are any close by you, worth a look if you like to buy high end beauty products!

 

Thanks for reading! xoxo