An introduction to my YouTube channel

Since creating my YouTube channel, I haven't really said much about it here on my blog. I just wanted to explain to you guys what my channel will/already does include. Obviously my blog is based mostly on fashion & beauty, with the occasionally 'day in the life post', which is similar to what I want to do over on my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/rosieblindell

So far I have done reviews, tutorials, hauls & lookbooks, but no lifestyle/day in the life videos. This is something I would love to do, but i'm not sure if it's something you guys would enjoy watching or not? I would love it if you could let me know in the comments. These videos would of course involve my new puppy Gracie, who I have done a blog post on (head over if you love cute things) -  It would probably involve extremely cute children, eg Izaaks sister (who has been featured on here before), as well as just what I've been up to in general. 

Here are the links to my top 3 personal favourite videos , so check them out if you want :) 

How to: subtle smokey eye & meeting Gracie -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3yNxQSO6Vo&list=UUR50fug50CZikfdgJVS3vhQ&index=2

Monthly favourites & missing my old hair - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMl4_NiGaxI&index=4&list=UUR50fug50CZikfdgJVS3vhQ

Colourful/fancy dress makeup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReA-r4YeDDI&list=UUR50fug50CZikfdgJVS3vhQ&index=1

I got a puppy! Meet Gracie!

So, if you weren't already aware, I got a puppy. She is perfect. 

Everyone that comes up to me saying how cute she is, always asks the same three questions, it drives me mad, so I'll just let you all know. Name, breed, age. Her name is Gracie ( my fave from skins ) and she is a Jack Russell Terrier. She is just coming up to 3 months old, I've had her for about a month, because her mum was rejecting her litter :( so we had to take her early. I'm a bit nervous because she has her jabs & chip put in on Wednesday and shes just so tiny & delicate haha. 

Here are some super cute photos of her :) 

Just to show you how tiny. 

Cuteness overload.

Drugstore Makeup Essentials

I find it a huge task going into a drugstore, without knowing the exact product I want. Say I'm looking for a foundation, it's so hard to pick one, there are so many to chose from & I never now if they're even going to be any good. The solution? I plan ahead. I will go online & see what products are, then do a bit of research on those products, reading reviews etc. 

So today, I thought I'd make your trip a little easier, by recommending my favourite products, to create a full makeup bag. 

I will mention products in the order that I apply them.. My all time favourite foundation is L'Oreal True Match. It gives a medium coverage & can be layered up to give more coverage, without becoming cakey. There are a huge range of colours, this suits my skin tone better than any other drugstore foundation I have tried (a lot). Price - £9.99 

To apply my foundation, I use the Real Techniques expert face brush, it is super soft & gives a more full coverage than if you were to use your fingers. It applies my foundation evenly. Price - £9.99 

Oopsy, I forgot to photograph my concealer.. It is the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer. I use this under my eyes more than anything else, as I find it can cling to dry patches (whenever I have a spot or something, the skin around it dries out, but I very rarely get spots so it's fine). This concealer has a very good, high coverage & does last all day after it's been set by a powder. Price - £4.19

To set my foundation & concealer, I use my trusty Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, in the colour transparent, although if you wanted more coverage, you could go for a coloured one. This powder is perfect at keeping my foundation in place all day. I don't have oily skin, so I don't know about that side of things. However, it doesn't cling to my dry patches. Price - £3.99

 As a highlighter, I use the Soap & Glory Hocus Focus highlighter. It is kind of gold & pink, so works well with both warm & cool skin tones. It gives a nice subtle glow to the skin, whether that's mixed into your foundation, or just applied to the high points of your face. Price - £11

I love the MUA Blush in the colour Bubblegum for the summer. It's super bright & has good lasting power. It only costs £1!!

The Bourjois Delice De Poudre bronzer is the first bronzer I've found at the drugstore, that doesn't look too much on my skin tone. It looks like it has a slight shimmer to it when it's in the packaging, but when applied to the face its matte, which personally, I prefer. This bronzer lasts all day. Price - £7.99 

For my brows, I love using the Maybelline Brow Drama, as it keeps my brows in place, whilst adding colour to them as well, which creates a natural looking full brow. Price - £4.99

For the days that I want a more prominent brow, I use the Beauty UK High Brow kit, i mix the darkest shades to get the perfect colour, then go over with my Brow Drama. Price - £3.99

The Maybelline colour tattoos are my favourite product to use as a base, as they don't crease, & keep shadows on all day. I love the colour On & On Bronze as it's easy to use & isn't too out there like some of the other colours, making it wearable for everyday. Price - £4.99

My favourite eyeshadow pallete is the Make Up Academy Undressed palette, as it has some really pretty shades in, from rose golds, to actual golds. There is a range of shades, from light to dark, meaning you can create both daytime & night time looks.The palette is really nicely pigmented and the shadows blend well. Price - £4

To blend my eye shadow, i use the No7 eye shadow crease & contour brush. It's just good, haha. Price - Don't know, came in a set.

My favourite mascara at the minute (it changes a lot) is the Soap & Glory 'Thick & Fast' mascara, as it holds the curl in the lashes quite well. Price - £10

For my eyeliner, I use Collection, Extreme 24h felt tip liner, because it's very easy to use  & lasts all day. Price - £2.99

I have chosen a couple of lip products, that are all quite similar (creature of habit). For a toned down lip, I will use the Bourjois, effect 3D lip gloss in 'Rose Hypothetic', its very pretty & glossy. Price - £7.99

 The next one is a Rimmel Apocalips, in 'Celestial', this is my most bold choice as it's very opaque, this product lasts a long time on the lips. Price - £6.49

Next is Soap & Glorys Sexy Mother Pucker Extreme Plump in 'very berry', which makes my lips tingle like crazy, I think this product just makes your lips look better. Price - £10

So that's the makeup bag complete! I hope this gave you some inspiration :) <3 

Healthy eating?!

So recently I have started trying to eat healthier, so I wanted to share with you my three main meals & just what I got up to :)

For breakfast I had natural yogurt, with chopped nectarine, pomegranate seeds, cherries & tinned raspberries. This is my fave. Although, it is better with banana in.

Here is a quick outfit run down! I was feeling pretty girly today, haha.

Gracie (puppy) was being a little so & so, and kept running off so I had to hold her haha.

Dress - Primark - £10

Shoes - Primark - £10/12

Sunglasses - Newlook - £5.99

We popped into asda to pick up some bits for lunch & produced this amazingly tasty sandwich.

Contents - Bread ;) , cheese, mayo, sliced southern fried chicken, tomatoes & lettuce.

Then I attempted taking a selfie with Gracie.. 

Then we went to the beach while my dad 'babysat' Gracie.

Super healthy I know...

We accidentally had fish & cheesy chips for tea.. along with a very healthy curry sauce.. It was totally worth it though.. 

Eyeshadow Experimenting & Giveaway

Just a fun little post, with some images of my experimental eye shadow (none of which I would wear out). I'm also including a little giveaway; all you have to do is create an experimental make up look. You will be winning the MUA eye shadow palette in Dusk til Dawn (image below)

 an MUA lipstick and a nail polish, both inspired by the look you create. I chose this palette because it has both neutral colours to create natural looks and bright colours for more experimental looks. I have done a review of this palette on my channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaKHit3lNro

To enter, subscribe to my YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/user/rosieblindell ) and email me a picture of your make up look ( rosieblindell@gmail.com ) with the subject 'GIVEAWAY'. I will be choosing the winner, by how creative the make up look is.

The first look was made using the MUA poptastic palette, I wanted to create a bright, rainbow effect. 

The next look is kinda crazy and I went a bit over the top.. But it was super fun :). I can't remember what eyeshadows i used, but they're pretty simple blacks and greys.

This next one was inspired by Tanya Burr's recent arab inspired tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL1PdbTmthc . I love the pop of colour, in a wearable look. I used the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary palette.

The next look is inspired by the Disney movie Frozen. To achieve this I used plenty of blues, along with some glitter, to create an icy effect. (this did not photograph well) 

The next one just didn't work with my camera. I used the MUA Dusk til Dawn (the winning palette) , to create a black and gold look.

I hope you have fun experimenting, good luck :) 

Let the competition begin ;)

Rosie xxx

Make Up Academy Palette reviews

Over on my YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/user/rosieblindell ) , I have reviewed 3 MUA palettes; Undressed, Undress Me Too & Dusk til Dawn. 

The Undressed palette has some gorgeous rose toned and bronze shades. It has some highlight colours, brown/orange matte crease shades & some dark brown and black shades. To see the swatches, click on the link below :) - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmoM-FsUueE

The Undress Me Too palette has more silver/purple toned shades. With both a matte and a shimmer highlight shade, a matte purpleish crease shade, some beautiful outer corner shades and a deep purple and black.

To see swatches click the link below :) - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6oCNDR15lw

The Dusk til Dawn palette has neutral shades, with a turqouise, a deep blue and a deep purple, for a pop of colour. This palette has super shimmery shades.

To see swatches click the link below :) - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaKHit3lNro

Make Up Academy Poptastic palette review

.Urban Decay have recently released their Electric palette, which is full of bright, summery colours. This made me want to find a cheaper alternative, so I came across the Poptastic palette by MUA. I was pleasantly surprised at the pigmentation of these colours, as they are actually have better pigment than the bright coloured sleek palette. Poptastic is a super cheap alternative to the Urban Decay Electric palette, retailing at only £4.

Sorry about the size of the images, blogger is being weird and wont let me adjust the sizes.
 

 

The packaging has the simple MUA palette style. Not very luxurious, just a clear and black Plastic. It's pretty convenient for travel as it fits nicely in my make up bag (not that this is going to be a regular of mine, the colours scare me!).

The colours, as I said are pretty pigmented, as are most of the MUA palettes. The  However the blueish purple does not swatch very well :/ (second purple in the top row of swatches). The annoying thing is, the colours don't have names, so it's hard to explain what you're using. The palette contains 12 colours, with only one matte shade which is the blue on the top row, next to the purple. I was shocked at how pigmented it actually was because matte shades are usually useless.

You can see in the images above how well the colours swatch. My favourite colour is the first blue in the second row. It's super shimmery and so pigmented (my favourite colour is this blue/green in general).

Here's where you can get the palette - http://www.superdrug.com/mua-professional/mua-eyeshadow-palette-poptastic/invt/267778

 

Rosie xxx