Coral Cut Crease & Lip Combo | Product List



If you don't follow me on Snapchat (alannahmakeup) you will have missed this make up tutorial , but last week I created this cut crease tutorial using browns, corals & pinks . When I started doing my make up I didn't know what I was going to do but I just started doing my make up and just went with it . This was the result . Anyhow , heres a product list of the make up products I used . I was in Iceland the last five days so expect a detailed blogpost all about Iceland in the coming days .



Product list
Eyes - smashbox eyelid primer , make up geek eyeshadow in peach smoothie , Sleek eyeshadow palette in oh so special , No7 eyeliner pen in dark brown , urban decay eyeshadow in buzz (bottom waterline) , Mac eye pencil in coffee (in waterline) , eyebrows anastasiabeverlyhills dipbrow pomade in dark brown ,mascara maybelline great lash , fake eyelashes ardell Demi wispies

Face
Simple moisturiser , Mac studio fix fluid foundation , Ben Nye neutral set powder , Kiko highlighting and contouring sticks , smashbox contour palette , Pippa palette by blank canvas cosmetics blush & highlight

 Lips
Penneys pink lipliner & wet n wild just peachy lipstick

I tried to pull of the slick back straight hair look here put completely failed .Someday I'll master it haha .
Thanks for reading ,
Alannah x

St .Patricks Day | Make Up Inspiration

Since St. Patricks day is only two days away and the fact that I am Irish it only seemed right that this weeks blog post would be inspired  by the day . I haven't got round to creating a green make up look this year (yet, maybe tomorrow possibly) but I have grabbed some inspiration from my favourite website for ideas , Pinterest . Here are some of my favourite looks I have found .

 
Brown smokey eye with winged eyeliner with a little bit of green eyeshadow applied to the centre of the lid .Subtly being festive .
 
 
Brown & green cut crease with the brown blended into the crease of the eye then the green applied to the lid . Perfect if your planning on going out St. Patricks night .
 
 

This could be worn in the day time and wouldn't look over dramatic . Apply some green eyeshadow with a small damp blending brush like you would winged eyeliner then go in with a blending brush and blend it out for that smoked out eyeliner effect .


Similar to the second picture I showed . Double wing and more lashes for extra drama . This look is also not as harsh as the other cut crease look .


Here's a picture of a green spotlight eye I did last year . Full tutorial : click here . Spotlight eye make up can make your eyes look a little smaller so if you have really small eyes maybe go for a different make up look like the blended out green eyeliner.

Thanks For Reading , hope you all have a nice St. Patricks day wherever or however your celebrating .

Alannah x

A Weekend In Brussels

I spent four days in Brussels with some friends last weekend and what a weekend it was . I had no expectations before I went over and I am glad I didn't because it wasn't like I would of expected it . We wanted to go somewhere quite random so we chose Brussels because it was €30 return from Dublin with Ryanair . We book a flight and the hostel 2go4 which was really handy because of how central it was . Belgium has three official languages : French , Dutch and German . Brussels is the capital of Belgium and a lot of English is spoken there also .



Hostel : The hostel was a very good choice we had a private bathroom and shower with two bunk beds . It was central , clean and safe which is everything you want a hostel to be . The staff where very friendly and got talking to people from all over the world .


Drinks : Famous for there very wide variety of beers there is plenty of pubs . Of course some of the most lively ones where Irish pubs . O'Reilly's was probably the best pub in the city (in my opinion) some other popular pubs are Delirium(which has a beer menu of over 2009 beers ), Celtica , Mapa Mundo and The Big Game Brussels.  There was a really hipster cocktail bar called Le Rio Des Belges that served a wide range of beers an really fancy cocktails by really fashionable looking interior and staff .All the pubs serve spirits too if your not a fan of beer , I'm not a fan of beer but thought the peach beer they did over there was nice and sweet .



Food : Belgium is famous for waffles ,chocolate and fries (french fries originated from Belgium) . There are loads of places that do expensive chocolates that would make a nice gifts for chocaholics . You can find cheaper Belgian chocolate in the supermarkets brands like 'Cote d'Or' and 'Jacques' . So if your a fan of chocolate you will definitely like Brussels . There are some places that do waffles for  €1 then extra for toppings , we were told that for real authentic Belgian waffles to go to Maison Dandy . For chips(french fries) in a cone you can get lovely ones at a place called Fritland at the Grand Place but it can have quite a que so you might have to wait awhile , its worth it though . Eating out can be quite expensive (even in McDonalds) .



Shopping : There are so many chocolate shops , great for gifts . Clothes wise there is a lot of shops like Mango and Zara which have that classic European style . They also have Primark but it was so busy .

Touristy things to do : As we were on a tight budget we only seen things that didn't cost us much money . Grand-Place, Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert and the Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) where very beautiful to look at . One thing we wanted to see also but didn't get around to was the Musical Instrument Museum which apparently has a lovely view from the top where you can eat lunch . You also will see loads of souvenirs of a little boy urinating  (yes, urinating) you can find the statue of the little boy a short walking distant from the Grand-Place .  Its called Manneken Pis . There is a chocolate museum beside the Grand Place that is €5 entry and you get to try the chocolate .






Really the best thing to do is just stroll around the city and enjoy the lovely achitexture and coble streets . Oh and eat/drink your weight in food .
If you are in Belgium for longer you could get a train to Bruges , Ghent or Antwerp . They all look beautiful in pictures (especially Bruges ) .

Have any of you been to Belgium before ?

Thanks For Reading ,
Alannah x