Friday, February 24

platinum baby



the result of spending 3 hours and 10 minutes in the hairdressers. i went in with patchy bleach highlights, a brassy yellow halo and inch and a half long level 4 medium brown roots. i typically have a full head of highlights, but this time i decided i wanted to get it as platinum and white as possible. i had a full head of highlights, however on the top the foils were back to back which left the top super blonde. i then had it toned for 5-10 minutes. there are still some darker sections through the underneath, but next time i have my hair done they should be gone. 

my hairdressers are amazing. bleach should never touch your scalp, and so with bleach you will always have a tiny bit of root showing. they got it so close that you can't even tell i'm naturally dark brown. i had two hairdressers working on my hair today, Rosie worked on the sides and Fern worked on the top. The best bit? they're trainees. i have my hair bleached at the training academy, as many hairdressers charge absolute extortion due to the length and thickness of my hair. and many of them won't even bleach it... i know what my hair can and can't take and i know that it takes bleach very well. i paid £55 today, and they did an even better job than 99% of qualified, experienced hairdressers. 

if you're in the bristol area, i would highly recommend visiting the gary henri training academy and asking for fern or rosie. they're both lovely, super talented girls and will make your hair look AMAZING. 

Monday, February 20

sleek blush by 3

sleek have been surprisingly quiet with the launch of this product. launched into superdrug only last week, are the blush by 3 palettes. each one containing 3 blushes, 20g of product in total. they retail for £9.99 each, and are very very pigmented. i picked up lace, the lightest and least 'full on' of the palettes. it has 3 beautiful warm shades of coral or peach. 


the first shade is a beautiful matte orange peach, the second a peach with gold shimmer and the third a beautiful watermelon coral. the second shade reminds me a lot of rose gold, however with a peach base tone rather than a rose shade. my favourite is actually the watermelon coral, i really really like the colour of this although i am uncertain as to how it will translate onto my cheeks. 


this was just one swipe. as you can see, they are very pigmented and so i would imagine would work best when applied with a stippling brush. i think the photos of this online are inaccurate, it looks fairly neutral in stock photographs however in person it is very warm toned.

i'm not sure if i will purchase any of the other palettes. i think they are great value for money and i love sleek blush, however i think a lot of the colours are very very bright and not something i would find myself reaching for on a daily basis. if they had came out with an even lighter palette than lace, perhaps filled with light to medium neutral shades i would have been all over it. or even one filled with golden bronzes...

Saturday, February 4

star violet




elemis visible brilliance serum
nars sheer glow in punjab
rimmel match perfection highlighter and concealer in 002 soft beige
la femme blush in flamingo
bourjois chocolate bronzer

mua eye primer
maybelline black gel liner
sleek storm:  black, pale gold eyeshadow
mac star violet eyeshadow
eldora lashes h125

mac coquette eyeshadow for brows
mac taupe brow pencil
mac brow set in beguile

mac kissable lip colour in enchantee