Valentine's day outfit ideas - LBD with a pop of RED

Valentine's day is round the corner! 

YAY :-)! 

or 

WOMP :-(!

Regardless of how you feel, its always nice to dress up whether you have a hot date or an anti-valentines date with your girls! I'm not too sure what I'm doing yet, I do have dinner planned for that night so while I was figuring out what to wear I thought it would be a fabulous idea to share some of the Valentines day outfits that I've come up with!

From now till Valentine's day I'll try to post daily outfit ideas ending with what I wore that night! :-)

This first look is a classic and would be perfect for a Valentine's day dinner. The opposite of the little black dress, I love it because it doesn't scream VALENTINE'S DAY! Its bombshell sexy with the plunging back but the midi length also adds quite a lot of class. Top the look off with my favorite lipstick - Ruby Woo by MAC and you are good to go.

What do you think.. yay or nay? J'ADORE!

Outfit details:

Dress: asos

Heels and Clutch: Guiseppe Zannotti

Lipstick: MAC Ruby Woo

My Super Quick Everyday Foundation Routine!

My foundation routine is probably the most requested beauty tutorial I've had since joining youtube. Its funny because it probably takes me all of five minutes to do my everyday makeup routine - Full face! Its never perfect but it serves me well! I like the natural look with a pop of colour during the week then I do a 'flawless' routine over the weekend.

Watch the video to see my everyday foundation tutorial and please let me know what you think:-)

You can see the products I used in the video but I'll list them again for reference:

Foundation: mac matchmaster in shade 8.5 - I'm thinking of trying something new - any suggestions?

Mascara: Soap and Glory thick and fast, I really like this mascara, it does the job but importantly its not clumpy! I missed out because boots had it on sale for £5 the other day and I spent too much time thinking about whether to get it or not... fail!

Blush: Sleek Trio of Reds in flame - I love sleek! The colour payoff of each of this is amazing! and you cant go wrong for £10.

Lip moisturiser: Vitamin E is great as a lip gloss, moisturiser etc. I love that I dont have to keep this on for a long time to feel its effects, and its great for preventing chapped lips... Thank me later

Sleek Face Contour Kit - Again, it does the job at an excellent price! It is also multi functional, I use the dark portion for contouring my cheeks but then also
to fill in my eye brows. I also use the highlight as eyeshadow sometimes.

Ben Bye Luxury Powder in Topaz

Revlon Nude lustre lipgloss

Revlon colour stay eyeliner

Hope you liked the video!

x

My Favorite MAC Lipsticks

Lipsticks.

Lipsticks are the crux of my makeup collection. I have have them in many shades yet I never seem to every have enough! They brighten up or tone down my look and usually make me look like I've put in more of an effort than I actually have!

Quite a few youtube viewers have asked what my favourite lipsticks are so I decided to blog about them! Mac is my favourite brand so naturally thought Id start out with my favourite mac lipsticks!

Here they are (see below for descriptions - the video below is also great for seeing each lipstick in motion and natural light!):



Ruby Woo

This is a rich matte red colour.

I love the fact that its not glossy or shiny in anyway so it really helps to keep your face looking clean and not 'busy'.For example, I wear this to work quite regularly whilst keeping the rest of my face simple. It makes my lips the focal point without making me look like I piled on lots of makeup which you sometimes get with glossy finish lipsticks.

Im also convinced Rihanna has this lipstick, maybe thats why I love it so much lol

Girl about Town

This is more of a creamy glossy finish, I looove the rich fuchsia colour, its definitely a summer staple. I dont wear it as much in the winter but you can definitely darken this up with the help of a dark purple lipliner.

Taupe

You know how people talk about nude lipsticks that arent really your nude? well this is certainly my nude colour! I love it! Its also a matte finish but amazingly not drying at all. This is a great colour to use to balance your face if you've got dramatic eyes.

Rebel

This lipstick never fails to make me feel fierce! I love it! Deep purple, creamy, slightly glossy, divine!

Morange

Morange is a lovely bright orange with a creamy finish, its a bit hard to put on, and your lips definitely need to be lined, but its a great colour for darker toned skin

Top Tip

I never actually buy my mac lipsticks, I usually make use of the 'back-to-mac' program where you get a free lipstick when you return 6 empty mac containers back to the store. My friend gave me a bag of 20 or so empties recently so Im having a field day with those! :-D

Hope you enjoyed this post, did you have a favourite?

I also uploaded a video showing the lipsticks in motion, enjoy xoxo