Brow Tutorial

Brows on Point!!

Its all about the brows! Full, defined brows are so on trend. I don't think we'll ever look back at thin, over plucked eyebrows again! Seriously, what were we thinking?!

To achieve flawless, strong brows your going to need to following:

 Inglot Gel Eyeliner number 90 (Maybelline/Rimmel also do brown gel liners!)
  Brow Pencil for filling in your brows
Brow wand (clean disposable mascara wand) to brush out your brows
A thick cream concealer for sculpting your brows (I use Mac Studio Fix Concealer in NC20)
 A small detail brush for concealer

Step One: Groom your brows!

Make sure all stray hairs are plucked, then use the wand to comb your front brow hairs upwards and the rest over to the side.

Step Two: Define your Eyebrows

This can be done by using an eyebrow pencil with a slightly heavier hand, or you can use an angled brush and brown gel eye liner.

I find the gel works better to keep the hairs in place and give a more defined look.

Step Three: Fill Them In!

Use your brow pencil to feather light stokes in the front of your brows working your way to the middle of the brow filling in any gaps.
Im using Soap and Glory Archarchy Eyebrow Pencil in the shade Hot Chocolate. (€10 from Boots)

Step Four: Blend Blend Blend!!

Use the wand again to blend out any harsh lines! Focus of the front of the brows.

Step Five: Sculpt  and Highlight

Use a small detail brush, I'm using a lip brush by Real Techniques (available from Boots),  to sculpt out the bottom and the tail of your eyebrow. This will highlight your brow bone, define your brow EVEN MORE! as well as help clean up any mess.

Mac Studio Fix Concealer is great for this! but any cream concealer will do the job :)

afterwards just blend the concealer and apply the rest of your makeup as normal.

Hope this Helped!

And remember your brows are sisters not twins ;)

Until Next Time,

Tried and Tested

Inglot YSM Foundation & Under Makeup Base

I'm always on the hunt for a new foundation that works wonders! so I decided to give Inglot YSM Foundation a go.

I bought this foundation for €20 and got it in the shade 45, which is similar to MAC NC35.

This shade is perfect for when I'm fake tanned!

The foundation is a cream foundation, its quite thick in consistency but feels very light weight once applied to the face. 

I was told when buying this foundation that it had a medium coverage, but I have to disagree, its very sheer! and it takes a couple of layers to conceal any problem areas, which I hate because you end up looking caked! 

I also found that the foundation looked slightly patchy when I applied it and it took FOREVER to get it looking half decent!

I applied this foundation multiple ways, using a damp beauty blender sponge, a stippling brush, buffing brush and even my fingers (which I never do, but I was desperate to make this foundation work!)

I find it works best applying it with a more fluffy haired foundation brush or a stippling brush as a dense foundation brush tends to drag the foundation around, it just wasn't happening for me at all, so annoying!

Stippling Brush

 Buffing Brush (to dense!)

If your looking for a long wearing foundation, then this is not for you! It only last 3/4 hours on me before fading/wearing off and looking oily around my nose, I have more dry skin than oily too so I can only imagine it on someone with an oily skin type.

As for the Under Makeup Base which costs €22, it made no noticeable difference to the application or appearance of my foundation and it was definitely not worth the money! 

You could get something way better AND CHEAPER in the likes of Boots/Superdrug.

I give the foundation an overall rating of 1.5/5 and the Under Makeup Base a rating of 0/5 as it made no difference at all whether I used it or not with the YSM Foundation. 

Hope this helped

Until Next Time,