Ps Custom Glow Liquid Highlighters

Penny's have done it again!!!  Just when you think they can't out do themselves they do!!! A couple of weeks ago they brought out three different shades of Custom Glow Liquid Highlighters priced at €5 each.

 

 

Moon Shine, Pearl Blossom, Stargaze

 

 

 

I wouldn't use liquid highlighters too often on my own face when doing makeup but said I would pick these up and see how I got on with them. For €5 each you couldn't not pick them up!!


Swatches of all three together.....

 

How could you not love these. Look at that glow off each and everyone of them.

 

 

 

Ok so I'm going to start with the first highlighter... MOONSHINE

 

Moonshine is the softer of the three shades in my opinion and has a lovely soft golden glow to it. It's fab! With liquid highlighters you can apply them under your foundation to give a glow to the skin with the foundation. You can mix a small amount into the foundation before applying it to the skin and its a more noticeable glow all over the skin. Then you can apply it softly over the foundation to he areas of the face you want it to be seen but its a much more noticeable glow and slightly harder to work with if you are a little bit nervous of using a liquid highlighter.

Moonshine to be is the best shade of the three for apply to the face after foundation. Its so easy to work with too which is great. I applied a small amount above the cheeks and taking it above my cheek bone and around the corner of my eyes up towards the eyebrows. Now this sounds a lot but I only used a small amount and patted it on with my finger then blended it all out and into the skin with a small fluffy brush (similar to what you would use on the eyes)

 

Here's a pic to show you what it was like on....

 

         As you can see its very noticeable but not too much. I applied a soft powder highlighter over it just to set the liquid but you can leave it as it is on its own if you want. I personally just don't like any tacky feeling on my skin.
It lasted all day and stayed in place and held its glow throughout the duration of wearing it which was great.

Now the other two shades PEARL BLOSSOM and STARGAZE are two other stunning shades but a lot more pigmented and noticeable on the skin. These two shades would be fab applied before foundation to give the skin a dewy glow look. Pearl Blossom would be fab on the more paler skin tones and Stargaze of the more warmer skin tones or someone wearing tan.

Here's swatches of the both....

Pearl Blossom is so fab and because of the softer pink tone it would be amazing on paler skin tones, some highlighters can be too "golden" in colour on pale skin tones and this is the winner in my opinion for the paler skin tones :)
Both worn above and under the foundation and it would be amazing !!!

 

 

Now Stargaze as you can see is a more golden tone and its stunning. This would be amazing in the summer for a golden makeup look and this applied before the foundation and a little after above the cheeks would look amazing. Imagine this with tan :)

 

It would be soo hard to just pick one shade I think anyways that's why I picked up all three :)

 

You could also pop some highlighter down the front of your skins when wearing tan and showing off the legs. It finishes off the legs lovely.

 

I would highly recommend these highlighters to everyone who loves some glow in their life and for €5 you literally couldn't go wrong so go get ALL THREE you WILL find uses for them TRUST ME!!!!

 

 

If you have picked any of them up let me know what you think of them and if you have tried them how have you found them :) :)

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca xxxx

 

 

Coconut Oil

Hi everyone, 

As many of you may already know but I LOVE Coconut Oil and its many uses. If you watch my Snapchat ( lipstickglitz) you will see what I use it for on a regular basis. 

Coconut Oil is a great natural, healthy  product with so many uses for both internally and externally on the body aside from cooking with. 

It has high moisturising properties along with healing properties. 

Due to popular demand I decided to write a blog post on all its handy uses. 

The Coconut Oil I use is from Tesco and is less than €3. 

 

So let's start off with the benifits it has on... 

The Body: 

If ingested orally it can help the guy, intestines, heartburn, fight infections such as flu, influenza, throat infections, urinary tract infections, bacterial infections, fungal infections. 

It is also an anti inflammatory and antioxidants. 

So why wouldn't we all have this is our presses for the body alone!! 

What we can use Coconut Oil for: 

* Bug Bites - apply directly on to bite and it will remove itch / burning sensation and will help heal the area. 

* Burns - apply to burn ASAP and it will help the pain / sensation of the burn and treat the area and aid in healing. Keep applying until healed and will also prevent from scarring. 

* Age Spots - apply to the spot and will help it fade. 

* Dandruff & Cradle Cap - apply to area and it will nourish the skin and eliminate the dandruff / cradle cap. 

* Dry Lip - rub onto lips a couple of times a day and at night and will soften and moisturise the lips. 

* Bruise - apply to bruise and will help heal bruise and reduce swelling and redness. 

* After Shave Balm - apply after shaving and will help reduce redness and heal any broken skin. 

* Eye Cream - apply under and around eye to help reduce fine lines, wrinkles and puffiness. Apply all over lid at night as an over night treatment. 

* Cleanser - apply all over the face and massage into the skin to remove makeup and waterproof products. Apply second layer to get a deep cleanse while nourishing the skin. 

* Facial treatment - apply layer to the face at night and leave over night. This will help treat any dryness, puffiness in the skin. Also heal and renew skin cells. 

* Exfoilator - mix oil with sugar and form a paste. Apply all over the body in circular motions to remove any dead skin. Also great from removing tan. 

* Deodorant- can be used as a deodorant.

* Nappy Rash - apply to areas of rash to help heal and treat the skin. 

* Hair Treatment - apply to hair and leave over night. Can be used as hot oil treatment melt and apply to hair and wrap in cling film and leave for 15-20 mins and wash out. 

* Pre Shampoo Treatment - apply from mid lengths to tips of hair before washing hair to prevent water from drying out hair. 

* Hair serum - rub into hands and run through hair to condition and prevent frizz and fly aways. 

* Lubricant - natural, safe lubricant. Not compatible with latex. 

* Nipple Cream - apply to nipples to nourish cracked, sore nipples. 

* Stretch Marks - apply to areas to nourish damaged skin and reduce colours of stretch marks. 

* Shaving Oil - apply to area and shave as normal. 

* After Sun - apply to sun burnt areas. Will help and heal the areas. 

* Tattoos - apply to tattoos to help the healing process, prevent infection and prevent from tattoo fading. 

* Teeth Whitening - rub into teeth and leave for 15 - 20 mins and remove. 

* Ear ache - warm up oil and apply into ear and seal up with cotton wool. 

* Nausea - rub oil to inside of wrist and forearm to help calm upset stomach. 

* Dry Skin around Nose - apply around the nose and nostrils to heal cracked, dry skin. 

* Massage Oil - melt oil and use as massage oil to areas of the body. 

* Cracked Dry Heal / Feet - apply liberally to feet and leave over night. ( wear socks to help soak on better ) 

* Eczema - apply liberally to areas. Coconut oil will help treat and heal areas. 

* Acne - apply to areas to help heal and treat acne. 

* Boils / Cysts - apply to boils / cysts and will reduces swelling and redness along with treating area. 

* Athletes Foot - apply to area and daily until athletes foot is gone. 

* Hayfever / Allergies - apply to nostrils and inside of nose to prevent pollen or allergies from entering the nose. 

* Decongestant - apply to chest and nose to help decongest.

* Warts - apply to warts daily to reduce and remove warts. 

* Hives - apply to hives until gone. 

* Soap - can be used as a natural ingredient in soap.

* Pets - can be giving to pets to help digestion, teeth, muscles, arthritis, ligaments. 

* Cleaning Product - can be used to clean furniture, leather, polish bronze. 

* Remove Chewing Gum - apply and rub in liberally and leave for 30-45 mins and rub gently to remove. 

* Cook / Fry - apply to pan instead of butter or oil to fry with.  

Use as supplement for cooking when using butter or oil. 

These are just some of the things you can do with Coconut Oil, there are many many more uses. I didn't want to flood you with too many. 

If you know of any not listed feel free to comment below and let everyone know. 

I hope you find some of these uses helpful :)

Rebecca xxx 

Soft Gold Spotlight Eye Makeup Look

So it's that time of the week again..... Tutorial Tuesday!!! Over on Snapchat I do a step by step guide on how to create a makeup look.
This week I done a soft gold spotlight eye look, a long with using some of the products I had picked up last week from Collection and Natural Collection cosmetics.

Here is the look I created

 

So here's a run down of the products, brushes and a guide as to where they went.


                                                                       Brows:

Inglot Brow Gel no.15 and I applied that with an Inglot 17TL Brush

 

 

Eyes:

 

I applied Natural Collection White Opal under brow from the arch to the tail. Using Blank Canvas Cosmetics E23 brush (small pointed pencil shaped brush)

 

Inglot 335 for the transition shade which was applied just above crease using an Inglot 6SS brush and then blended into the lower lash line also

 

Then into the crease I used Inglot 326 using Nima Patricia brush ( small dense fluffy brush)

Once that was applied I then blended everything out using a clean Inglot 6SS brush

 

On the outer corners of the eyes I applied Inglot 306 in a V shape using the same Nima Brush Patricia and blending that out with the same clean 6SS Inglot brush

I applied this into the lower lash line using a Blank Canvas Cosmetics E23 brush

 

Using a flat shaped brush I applied Inglot 357 to the inner corners of the eyes

 

Using the same flat brush I packed Fuschia's white shadow in the shade 256 to the centre of the lid

 

Then applying the Natural Collection Barley over the white shadow in the centre of the lid using the same flat brush

 

 

When the eyes where finished I then applied a black kohl pencil to the upper and lower waterline to really intensify everything and give it that smokey look.

 

and going back in with the Inglot 306 and 355 into the lower lash line blending both out. Then applying a black mascara

 

 

Face:

 

I applied my Kat Von D Lock It Foundation using a Blank Canvas Cosmetics F21 brush

 

Then to Highlight and Contour I used NYX Mineral Foundation sticks in shades 02, and 09

blending them out using and Inglot 4SS brush

 

Then to "Bake" I used a translucent powder and a beauty blender and packed it onto the highlighted areas and just below cheek bones above the jaw bone also

 

 

To set contour and give it more of a defined look I applied the darker matt bronze shade to just below the cheek bones, temples, hairline, and under the jaw and chin using a Blank Canvas Cosmetics brush

 

Then to blend out the contour on the cheeks I applied the lighter shade to just above the contour and really working the colour into the skin using a Nima Blaithin brush

(this is perfect for anyone with a round shaped face as it slims it down)

 

 

Using the Nima brush i applied the darker shad of blush to the apples of the cheeks

 

 

 

To highlight then I applied the lightest shimmer shade of the quad and placed it just above the cheek bones and around the temples slightly

(this is a perfect highlighting shade for a day time look)

 

To really intensify the highlight I applied the same Natural Collections White Opal just above the highlight using my finger to really make it pop

 

 

 

 

Then to set everything I sprayed the entire face a couple of times using Urban Decay All Nighter setting spray

 

 

Lips:

 

For the lips I used Pennys/Primark PS...Love range lip liner in nude and NYX liquid lipstick in Sandstorm

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like this weeks look and if you plan on trying it out of picking up any of the products I used please let me know :)

 

Rebecca xxx

 

 

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