50 Shades Of Pink Valentines Makeup

Whether you've got a hot date planned with your bae or you're hitting the town with the girls valentines day is a great excuse to pink it up! Whether that be with a bold new pink dress or just some subtle heart patterned knickers it's hard not to get caught up in the day of love. 

I thought i'd show you a quick valentines themed makeup look that will melt anyones heart. 

Firstly start of with applying just your usual concealer, foundation and power to make you look flawlessly fabulous. 

 Now add a little highlighter, I used the Benefit Whats Up! highlighter and blended it into my cheeks, nose and under my eyes, to help with that glowing "in love" look. 

 

A touch of light pink blusher adds a final glowing touch to your look, I used Benefit's Dandelion blusher. 

Please excuse my "i look like I'm sleeping" look, I honestly don't know that other girls show their eye makeup without looking awkward. Anyways, first put a light pink or white shimmer around your whole eyelid and under your brown. Then add a more pinky colour on top and finally with a dark pink/browny pink, define the crease in your eyelid. This gives your eyes an ombre pink look, the shadows I used were all from Urban Decay's Naked 2 Pallet: Bootycall, Chopper and Tease. 

Then it's time to sort out them brows girl! If you want to know how I do my brows check out my other post "Brow Down To Me". 

Nothing scream sexy like some killer winged eyeliner, but since this makeup is more for a date rather then a night out, subtlety goes along way. Thin with a tiny flick is a way to go, just make sure you have a steady hand! 

Now add your usual eyeliner to your waterline and mascara to give you some flirty lashes. 

I was debating on whether to use pink lipstick or a nice hot red, but personally i thought pink went better with this look. I used Mac's Please Me lipstick (The perfect name considering 50 shades of grey just came out ;) ) 

To make my lips look kissable and cute, I added a pink shimming gloss over the top of the lipstick. 

And finally, Valentines day can't be Valentines day without some sexy red thrown in there. Dab a little red along your cheekbones to define them as well as add a final touch of romantic colour to your look. 

The final look! If you want to add a final touch to your look add some cute curls to give you a relaxed but pretty look. 

Happy Valentines Day! Hope this gives those of you out there still stressing out some tips

 xx 

Benefit Cosmetics Recruitment

Benefit is one of my favorite makeup brands and although I only brought my first product from them 2 years ago... they have had a very positive impact on my life. Whilst I was purchasing a very good value for money gift set from them the other week, I discovered a little piece of paper advertising that they were recruiting new staff. Now although I'm not in beauty school or planning on becoming a makeup artist in the near future, it has always been a mini dream of mine to do some part-time work at a beauty counter (due to Tanya Burr saying that she used to). 

(Little piece of paper) 

So the following tuesday I woke up early, did my makeup using all Benefit products, of course! and set off on an adventure, that is interviews. The little piece of paper made it sound quite casual, which is was kinda. They used the term "Drop by and introduce yourself" let me just warn you now...it will never be that causal. So I thought I'd write a little post about things you should and shouldn't do at fashion/beauty interviews. Please take a note that this was my first ever interview and i've never had a job before so this is all from first hand experience. 


1. Always Dress Well: 
Not for a night out and not for a day at the park, something in between. I opted for tights, high-waisted black shorts and a silky brown shirt. The piece of paper also said "Be prepared to come back wearing black if you get chosen" so I popped a black tank top in my bag just in case. 

2. Know Your History
Research up on the company, their website will most likely have the history of the company so just have a read through that and get to know the basics of the company. Also you should know your products pretty well, one question I got asked was "Do you have any products yourself?" and considering that you want to work for the company you really should own at least one of their products. 

3. Be Prepared To Talk
A lot of the questions they asked could have been answered with a simple yes or no, but thats not what they are looking for, you need to show your knowledge and your personality through that 10 minuets that you get with them. They will be looking out for how you talk to new people because you'll have to talk to new costumers all the time. 

4. Be Enthusiastic 
There's no point going to an interview or something similar with the attitude that you don't want to be there, it'll show instantly. Smile, be friendly, be polite and enjoy your time talking to the person because if you're enjoying it, they will too. 

5. Stay Calm 
A lot of the people waiting for their interview were freaking out and that's understandable. The best thing to think is if they say no I can always try again or go somewhere else. Because if you put pressure on yourself then it makes it so much worse! 

Hope this helps you out and if you want to ask more questions then just leave a comment xx