Makeup & Curls

I wear makeup for a few reasons. I started off wearing it because my face turns bright red very easily and I find it quite embarrassing. This amplifies the redness and I get and infinite loop of a tomato face and embarrassment. Cue a good coverage foundation . But lately, the reason why I wear makeup is because I really really really enjoy applying it. I love thinking up of new looks, using different colours on my eyes and wearing lipstick that my mam thinks is "only ok for Halloween". I love the satisfaction of dousing my cheekbones in a new highlighter. I love spending too much time blending out eyeshadows so it's as close to perfect as I can get. I even love the challenge of trying to make my eyeliner even on both eyes. I love buying makeup, spending time applying it, and wearing it. It's the same way as a tech lover loves spending money on gadgets they "don't need" and using them all the time. On the odd day that I'm not wearing makeup and so

This is my first ever makeup tutorial! I used  the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette on the eyes and I am more obsessed than I'd like to admit with it. It has the most perfect colours and the shadows practically blend themselves. I do this look all the time for day or for night. There's no talking in the video apart from the intro so you can listen to your own music instead (but why would you do that? they're good tunes...) There's not much else to say so lets get right in to it! Products Used Face   Nivea for Men - Post Shave Balm Clinique - Beyond Perfecting foundation in 9 Vichy - Dermablend loose setting powder Morphe - 9FW cream foundation palette Sleek -  face form contour palette in light The Balm - Mary Lou Rimmel - Bronzer Mac- Prep and Prime Fix + spray Brows Benefit - brow zings L'Oreal - brow plumper Eyes ABH - Modern Renaissance Rimmel - gel liner in Black Lips Mac - Soar lip pencil Mac - Twig lipstic

⇻    Disclaimer  ⇺ I am not saying you have to put on tan to be beautiful. I'm not saying pale skin is wrong or not attractive. I'm just giving some tanning tips and tricks I've picked if you do want to be a golden, tanned, goddess. That being said, lets get into it! I am naturally the palest person I know. No seriously, I am stark white. I struggle BIG TIME to get a foundation light enough to match my skin when I have no tan on. My skin is practically blue its so pale. About five or so years ago, I started self tanning, and I never looked back. I have made horrific mistakes along the way and I'm here now to share everything I've learned about fake tan.  Exfoliate, Exfoliate, Exfoliate! This is getting rid of dead skin cells so your skin is left bright and fresh. Your tan will have very little chance of coming out evenly if you don't exfoliate prior to applying it. A massive tip I can give is to start exfoliating in the shower three times before you

Hi to everyone reading this! or should I say "Well, girl!"? I guess I should start off with a bit about myself. I'm Sophie Wicks, my biggest obsession is makeup and I'm also an engineer. As usual, I'm the last soul on earth to get on any bandwagon, but here I am, making a blog. I suppose I'll get the ball rolling and give a head's up on what I'm hoping this blog might turn into... Rewind to a few days ago at the Fleadh and the lovely Ciara Finan told me I should "just go for it!" and start a blog about my favourite thing in the world, makeup. Here I am now, it's way past my bedtime, and I've got a blog somewhat setup. I'm not sure what direction I want to take with this blog, but I know it's going to be makeup related. I'll probably be posting a lot of my makeup looks that I do. I'm sure there'll be product reviews along the way, skin care saviors that I come across, and the odd hair post. Who knows, there m