My beloved iPhone

Hey guys! 

One of the things you may not know about me is I am addicted to my iPhone 4. This was recently confirmed by three weeks without it due to a silly water accident. It appears that my beloved iPhone is sensitive to a bit of water! So I gave decided to tell you a bit about what I love about it weekly! In fact I am typing this from

It. This weeks favourite app is 'Get running' It's a couch to 5k app. I have always loved the idea of being a runner so I have tried a couple recently and this is the better one as it works outdoors and on the treadmill and allows music to play with audio commands over the top. Brill! It was about £1.30 I think! Go search for it! My favourite iTunes tune is 'Bang, bang, bang' by Mark Ronson. It's good for running and is totally unique. 99p from iTunes. Best game by far is 'Angry birds rio' Addictive and very likely to get you the sack if you play it at work! You can get a free version in your app store.

Hope you enjoy and feel free to let me know your favourite apps and songs in the comments!

Big hugs,

Katie

Xx

Natural, defined eye make up tutorial

 Hey!

 While I love my dramatic eye make up tutorials and I regularly wear a red lip (Viva Glam Cyndi if you are wondering!) I however love natural defined eye make up for when something more demure is needed. I use this look when I want to appear natural and beautiful.

 This tutorial is using my favourite high street eyeshadow product the 'Smoky Eye' palette from Bourjois. They have three colours in the palette-light,medium and dark and come in nine colour combinations. These include greys and purples as well as the brown and black. When I got mine from Superdrug and they were priced at £7.99.  I did a quick smoky eye tutorial back in January which is here using the black version.This video for some one special and I hope they and you enjoy. Click here to view.

 These are the products I used;

 NARS sheer glow foundation in Deauville

 Dermacolour concealer in D66

 Bourjois Smoky eyes palette in 04 Nude ingenu

 Maybelline eyestudio long lasting drama gel eyeliner in 01 Black

Bourjois La creme des Levres in 03 Rose doux

Accessorize merged Blusher in 3 Pretty Pink

Bourjois Delice de poudre bronzer in 52

L'oreal volume million lashes mascara in Black

I used a lot of Bourjois didn't I!

 Hope you enjoy and I'd love to know what are your favourite products from Bourjois are in the comments box below!

 Big Hugs

 Katie 

xx

My Jessie J 'Nobodys Perfect' Make up tutorial

Hey guys,

 Long time no blogging!

 You guys who know me I love Jessie J. I could not contain my excitement when I saw her new music video pop up in my subscription box. The song itself is my favourite from the album, full of angst about making a mistake that hurts someone you love. We have all been there and this song sums up the feelings perfectly. The album 'Who you are' is a great listen and I also love the song 'Abracadabra'. The make up in this video is completed by Andrew Gallimore who has been the key make up artist on all of Jessie's video since 'Do it like a dude'. He is a chameleon make up artist who rocks the beauty shots as well as male make up and editorial. His portfolio can be found here Jessie is also known to do some of her make up herself and she has such a strong sense of style so I am sure she will have had a say in the make up brief! 

 I gave the red lip look above a go using the following products;

Chanel Prolumiere foundation in 10

Derma colour concealer D66

MAC Rubenesque paint pot

MAC Carbon eyeshadow

Urban Decay 'Jabbawocky' from the Alice in Wonderland Palette. It is just re re-named for the palette. True name 'oil slick'

MAC Vintage gold pigment

Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in 'Zero'

Max Factor false lash effect mascara in black 

MAC Redd lip liner

MAC kissable lip colour 'Strut your stuff'

 I do not have Jessie J's confidence to pull the same look!

Hope you enjoy!

 Big hugs 

 Katie x 

Moving home...

 Hey guys,

 Katie loves make up is getting a new home! Yay!

 Unfortunately I have been told I'll have no internet connection for at least two weeks-AArrrggghhhhhhh!

Follow me on twitter for all my updates in the mean time...

 www.twitter.com/katielovesmakeu

See you on the other side...

Katie 

xx

Video: Tulisa from Ndubz inspired make up 'Morning Star'

 Hey guys,

 I was researching new make up inspiration when I found the new Ndubz video 'Morning star'. it's my favourite song on the album so I was over the moon to see this video. I feel in love with the stand out blue eyeshadow look and could not wait to re-create it for my subs. However I could not find the perfect blue- I found a shimmer one in my kit but not a matt dupe. In the meantime my lovely subscribers Jo and Annabellatina had requested this look. I found the perfect blue in my Sleek Circus palette so i hope you like the look and video.

 The products I used were:

Vichy dermablend foundation in 15

MAC studio sculpt concealer in NW20

Sleek brow pencil in brown

Sleek circus palette

L'oreal super liner in carbon gloss

Avon supershock gel liner in black

Collection 2000 big fake mascara in black

Eylure girls aloud lashes 'Nadine'

MAC's viva glam gaga lipstick or Barry M dolly pink listick

MAC's pink swoon blusher or Sleek blush in 'Flamingo'

Barbara Daly for Tesco powder highlighter 'Light and easy'

Hope you like and as always let me know what you think!

 Big hugs

 Katie 

xx

January 2011- The review

  
Hey gorgeous peeps!




New year for me brings lots of promise-A new me, a new body, a chance to right the wrongs from 2010...  

 I was doing so well until the lead from my camera broke on day 23. I was in the recording groove and had loads of ideas left to do but I couldn't do them-aaarrrrggghhhh!

 I immediately ordered a new lead and 5 days later it arrived and the race was on the finish my 31 days of videos. I completed it today with my Jan faves video

 My faves are:

 Mac strobe cream

 Mac Boy bait cremesheen gloss

 Rimmel stay matte powder translucent

 Sleek pout polish in Scandal

 NYX false lashes no. 129

My undecided: The eraser foundation by Maybelline in Ivory

My worst: Divine lip tar by OCC. Just for the colour mind....!

 My highlight of Jan 2011: Talking with Eve Pearl at IMATS

 My low of Jan 2011: Breaking my camera cable!

 My monthly resolution for Feb 2011: Research new skincare regime as I'm breaking out every where!

I hope you liked my January review and stay tuned to my blog for loads more coming up.

Big hugs

Katie x

Jessie J 'Price tag' inspired video

For my new  VIDEO I was inspired by another of Jessie J's looks. She is fast becoming my new style icon. I love how she is more refined than lady gaga and just as experimental. This is the look I chose to recreate.

 I used Eve Pearl HD foundation, MAC's studio sculpt concealer in NW20, Sleek make up's safari palette, l'oreal super liner in carbon gloss, Max factor false lash effect mascara, Eyelure natralites eyelashes and duo glue, MAC's strobe cream and MAC's boy bait cremesheen gloss.

 I like that it's pretty but glam. This is my pic of it.

Hope you like it!

Big hugs

Katie x