Scattering of Light

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Caring For Your Skin

I spend a lot of time and money trying to perfect my skin. I think that having good skin can save you a lot of money that you would usually spend on makeup and it gives you great confidence. This is what is in my skincare bag at the minute.

Taking off your makeup at night is the key to helping your skin and my personal favourite makeup wipes are the Yes To Cucumber wipes. I don't have them in my skincare bag because it is too small but it is something I use extremely often. I also use Simples Eye Makeup Remover and a cotton pad to remove my eye makeup. I also find that my DIY makeup remover works fantastically though, maybe even a little better than this one that I bought. If you want to see how I make it then click here.

As far as cleansing my skin goes, I do that in the shower with my Clarisionic Mia and a cleanser I got free with that so they are not in my skincare bag but when I get out of the shower I use my L'Oreal Skin Perfection Moisturiser. I find this is the best moisturiser for my combination skin. I have a review on it here.

I then take my Simple Soothing to the eyes balm under my eyes and use either Clinique's Acne Solutions Clinical Treatment or Decleors Spot Treatment on my blemishes. I have a full post on caring for acne skin and how to prevent it here.

I also use Lush's Bubblegum Lip Scrub to exfoliate my lips but I have a post on how to make your own lip scrub so click here for that. Or read my review on the lush scrub here.

Finally I have some tweezers and cotton buds in my bag too. What's your skincare essential?

xoxo PinkCupcake xoxo

Aurora Inspired Hair and Makeup Look (Maleficent)

Obviously not everyone wants to say their hair and makeup was inspired by Aurora from Maleficent but after trying this look on my little sister, I realised that it was a really nice look that I might have to wear more often.

Hair
This hairstyle looks very complex and like you have spent a lot of time doing it but really it is so simple. I started by curling all of the hair, I did it with straighteners but do it whichever way you prefer. Then I simply twisted the front two sections and secured them with a small clip at the back. Make sure these parts of the hair that are pulled back are quite loose for the next step. Then I two more pieces of hair from the front and twisted them over the other pieces. So it was going over and under the original pieces we clipped back. That's the finished look but since my little sister was dressing up as Aurora I added some flowers and pretty clips to the look.

Makeup
This is a very simple look, not much more than a no-makeup makeup look really so it is perfect for school.

1. My sister has good skin seeing as she is only young so I only used some of Maybellines Age Rewind Concealer to highlight parts of her face. I put this on her forehead, in a V shape under her eyes,on her chin, the bridge of her nose and on her cheekbones. If you have blemishes or feel uncomfortable with this little among of face makeup then I would suggest using a BB cream or a light foundation. MAC Face and Body would be a good example. I used the Real Techniques Contour Brush to blend the concealer in.

2. Next I added a cream blush to her cheeks. I took Maybellines Master Glaze Blush Stick in the colour 'Just Pinched-Pink'. I just dotted this on her cheeks and blended it with a combination of my fingers and the Real Techniques Multi-task brush. I wanted it to look natural and this blush did the job perfectly.

3. Next I took Benefits Cream Shadow in R.S.V.P and applied it to the lid, I then took a blush by Covergirl called Rose Silk and used it on the outer section of the lid. This looked really pretty and natural after blending it out. I applied this with my fingers and a Covergirl brush.

4. Finally I lightly lined her lips with NYX's Peekabo Neutral Slim Lip Pencil and used my fingers to blend it out onto the rest of the lips. I then took the same cream blush that I used earlier and dotted a tiny amount over the lips.

5. This step is optional but my sister wanted to look 'just like Aurora' so I used a light brown eyeliner and slightly dotted freckles onto her cheeks and over her nose, I then took a Real Techniques Detailer Brush and blended it out to look very natural.

I hope you enjoy this look, its perfect for natural days. I might begin to do more of these inspired looks or maybe celebrity makeup looks. Let me know of any you'd like to see.

xoxo PinkCupcake xoxo

What Lipstick Suits Your Skin Tone?

Since you all seemed to like my 'What Colour Suits Your Eyes' post, I decided to do some more posts like that. Today I'm going to tell you which lipsticks might suit your skin tone. Obviously you can probably pull off any lipstick if you wanted to but these are just colours that will compliment the colour of you skin.

I found all of this information on the internet but I decided to tell you what I found. I take no credit for the photo below. I just wanted to share it with you and tell you my suggestions for lipsticks that may compliment your skintone.

Fair

For a daytime wearable colour, try pale pinks.

Drugstore: Maybelline's Colour Sensational in Born With It

High-end: MAC's Creme Cup

For a nude lip, try more yellow-toned nudes.

Drugstore: Rimmel's Moisture Renew in Summer Angel

Highend: MAC's Japanese Maple

For a night-time look, try deep, dark reds.

Drugstore: Rimmel's Kate Moss lipstick in 111

High-end: YSL's Rouge Pur Couture in Rouge Saadi

Medium

For a daytime look, try corals.