Gold Lids And Rosy Lips: A Festival Friendly Make-Up Look

Hey lovelies, call me high maintenance, I don't care, if i'm roughing it at a festival my make-up bag is coming with me! I went to V Festival in Chelmsford last weekend and had a great time; the weather was so beautiful I actually got a mini tan (I say mini as I realise I still look whiter than white in the pictures below).

Below is a sunny make-up look that I came up with perfect for the remaining festivals of the season, if you want to jazz it up with some glitter as a highlighter or something, that would add an extra festy element to it!

Base: Body Shop All In One BB Cream (00), Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation (1N2 Ecru)

Highlight and Contour: Seventeen Define and Conquer Contour Kit

Blush: MAC 'Rosy Outlook'

Eyes: Urban Decay Naked 3 'Limit' through the crease, with a touch of 'Nooner' to deepen it, 'Blackheart' in the outer 'V' and 'Strange' in the inner corner and on the brow bone. )Mabeline 24 Color Tattoo Shadow (24K Gold) across the the lid. Blend blend blend!

Eyeliner: Kat Von D Tattoo Liner (Trooper) 

Mascara: YSL Faux Effect as a base and Collection Lengthening Mascara on top

Brows: MAC 'Croquet'

Lips: MAC Satin Lipstick (Pink Nouveau)

This is pretty tame compared to some of the looks spotted at V, go mad! When else is it acceptable to wear UV paint on your cheeks and glitter on your brows?

To finish, here's a beauty of a  sun-set picture that I snapped over the campsite...

Are any of you off to a festy? If you've been to a festival already this summer let me know what your make-up staples were below!

Beauty Haul: Drugstore and USA

Firstly, my lack of posts for the last two months - I blame exams, personal life and a lifestyle that I just couldn't justify posting about! I'm back on it now though with a beauty haul mostly from Boots but with a few gems from CVS and Sephora that get me a tad excited. 

Lets start with Boots...

1) Seventeen 'Define and Conquer Contour Kit' - The product I was probably the most excited about! Thanks to Kim K's hollowed cheekbones and lightened under-eye contour kits are the latest trend and this one isn't too bad at all. It does the job, although I find the highlighting shade a little too powdery. 

2) Seventeen 'Supreme Shine Lipstick' in 'Day-glo' - You can tell there was two for one on Seventeen products! These are quite new to the brand and are brilliant for the price, I can apply it at the beginning of my shift and will only need to re-apply a couple of times throughout the day. A must-try.

3) Maybelline '24hr Color Tattoo' - Lorded greatly by beauty bloggers and You tubers everywhere, I couldn't believe I was yet to own one, so I bought three. These are like little pots of beauty heaven, so shiny, smooth and pigmented they make me salivate a little bit. Left to right the shades are: '24K Gold,' (incredible!) 'Metallic Pomegranate,'(dark and mysterious) and 'Pink Gold.'(think everything that's good about Naked 3 in one little pot).

4) Soap and Glory 'Supercat' eyeliner - Lovely pen-style eyeliner for those on a budget, i've tried an Estee Lauder liner in a similar style that isn't as easy to use and black as the Supercat. Purrrrrfect for a cat eye!

5) Rimmel 'Exaggerate' lip liner in 'Addiction' - Nice, dark, pinky nude. I've even worn this all over the lip instead of as just a liner and I thought it gave quite a sultry look. 

USA...

Unfortunately, it wasn't me who got to go make-up shopping in America (because, trust me, I would have been far less controlled), it was my mum who kindly picked me up a few things. I've not tried any of them out yet but I can't wait!

1) Covergirl 'professional' mascara
2) Wet n Wild 'Coverall' primer
3) Wet n Wild 'Walking on eggshells' Eye shadow trio
4) Wet n Wild 'Coverall' correcting palette
5) AND the icing on the cake: Kat Von D 'tattoo liner' which I am so excited to try that i'm saving it for a 'good make-up day' so I can do it justice!

Have you picked up any highstreet/drugstore gems recently? and what would you grab if you had free range of Sephora? (Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz is next on my list!)