Naughty November

Hey everyone sorry for the lack of blogging in the last week or so.. I have had some rather horrible news of late and haven't been able to get on here and update you all. But am here now to tell you all.. I can't stop buying things, (hence the post title). H&M must love me at the moment I am their most loyal customer!

I also have a bit of a boot addiction at the minute!  Check out the rather fabulous leather lace up boots I bought from Topshop recently. The most amazing thing about them... apart from the obvious treat to the eye that they are.. they are so comfy! I was actually able to wear them for a whole shift at work without them even making my feet ache I usually can't last more than about an hour in shoes with a heel.

Tartan- my other current obsession! See in the picture my new PJ bottoms, (jim jams) and slipper socks.. some Primark jems!!

As I love these few new additions to my ever growing wardrobe I thought I would do a little outfit post for you guys. My boots I have practically been living in will probably feature in the next few outfit posts... because they are beautiful!!

My necklace and fluffy jumper have both featured in a previous post.. Primark specials. I love this fluffy jumper so much it goes with everything. The khaki number poking out underneath my jumper is the shirt I bought from H&M, itis such a bargain as well at £14.99!

All Hallows' Eve...

As promised on my twitter (@thesequinjunkie) I thought I would do a little post on my Halloween make up! What do you think guys?! I wanted to go scary Halloween... so I went as a Vampire bat. Halloweeny... yet not too common. I love getting to do creative make up like this. It's like when I started sketching again I had forgotten how much I like being creative with make up. And amazingly my forehead remained white the whole night, I have quite a brown forehead and last Halloween the white face paint I used didn't quite hold the brown at bay!!

Here I am Vamp-ing it up! I went for typical Gothic materials; lace and leather, (well faux leather). I also customised my tights I layered up a pair of fishnets with a fairly low denier black pair of tights which I cut holes in so you could see the fishnet underneath.
The only thing I would change would be next time I think I will invest in some better fake blood as I ended up using my red lip-gloss because it looked more realistic- but much easier to smudge!
The products I used to achieve this look are as follows:

The amazing face paint that managed to mask the brown- Snazaroo face paint (in white) was the first stage.

The rest of the products are shown in the picture below.. Always start off with a primer. My primer of choice was Urban Decay Anti-ageing eye shadow primer potion. It is amazing, and I thought with such a dark heavy eye look I wanted it to last and not drop all over the place!

The black around my eyes was created using firstly my black Kohl Dust- by Topshop Make-up. I love this stuff but I don't think they make it any more, It is loose kohl powder so it is a quick and easy way to get a strong black pigment and it is easily blended.
To deepen the black I went over it with the shadow Creep from my Urban Decay Naked Palette. It is a black with a shimmer. I love my Naked Palette!

The red around my eye is from my Sleek Sunset palette. Sleek is a High Street drugstore brand which I really like, for colour they are fantastic eye shadows, lipsticks etc. they are great.

Eye-liner- my Urban Decay 24/7 kohl pencil in Perversion. It's excellent and waterproof what more could you ask for.

Mascara- Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara (does what it says on the tin).

Lips- For my lips firstly I lined them with my Urban Decay 24/7 kohl liner in perversion. Then filled the middle in with my CHANEL lipstick, (swoon!!) in Rouge Coco 22. To blend it I simply smooshed, (very technical term) my lips together.

Also I added a bit of glitter to the black around my eye with a Barry M fine glitter dust. The name has rubbed off but it is a black and gold glitter. And the lines underneath my eyes where made with my Urban Decay 24/7 kohl pencil in Perversion.

All shadows were applied with my Real Techniques brushes. If you haven't tried these brushes yet you need to. They are made by a Make up Artist local to me, Samantha Chapman one half of the YouTube duo Pixiwoo.

 Last but not least I also did a Vampy make up look for work which I love mainly because I have fallen in love with the Urban Decay Heavy Metal glitter liners!!!! I love sparkles!!

Go get creative guys!! <3