Make Up - Tidy Up ... Plus Homemade Shades!

After spending 10 minutes this morning searching through my make up collection for my YSL Touche Eclat (Mega bags as feeling ill and very rough at the moment) I knew I had to have a good sort out!

I don't wear make up every day but have so much! I love trying all the new colours and have a terrible habit of buying it when I see it at a bargain price!!  At the moment alot of the Poundshops are getting Rimmel, Collection 2000, N.Y.C. in and they have some great item so I always end up buying a few different one to try, one of the Lipsticks I got in there was in boots for £6.49 so a great saving!
Also Superdrug have a great range called MUA (MakeUpAcademy) where everything is a £1. I have tried a fair few pieces from that range, I find the blushers and foundations great and some of the eyeshadows I would actually rate better than Urban Decay, A brand I love but have limited of due to the price.

When I got home this afternoon I spent a good hour sorting it out, and now its looking lovely and neat, not sure how long it will stay like that hehe!

I did manage to clear alot out this time and will be taking it home next weekend for my Cousin's little Girl's (age  4-7) to play "Pretty Princesses" with, rather than their Mums expensive make up!

Usually i'm terrible for holding on to everything and somehow think up an excuse as to why I should keep it... Great for fancy dress? Halloween? Incase I lose the others? What if I get a tan, that foundation thats a tad too dark at the moment will then be perfect! Ha Crazy excuses I know.

While sorting out though I did find a make up set that i've held on to for the last 2 years but hardly used, it's one of those sets that has about 24 colours, 18 of them that are ok but you wouldn't really wear them and about 6 amazing colours. I was just about to give up on it when I remembered I had some of those little clear pots so decided to play a little mix up with some of the shades.

Here's a picture of the set after I finished taking the colours I wanted, should have took one before hand and could have showed your which ones I mixed together.. never quite think till it's too late.. oh well :)

And here's the colours I made. They are a mixture of 3 or 4 different colours from the tray and i'm so glad of the way they turned out, I think they look really rich and glamourous, Also as they have a glitter look to them they look really metallicy when on :)I kept the dark blue on it's own as thats one of my favourites from the set.
 

I also mixed 3 blusher colours that I like but are always a little off, together and put them in an empty No7 blusher pot.

Doe's anyone else mix eyeshadows together.. or make excuse's as to why they are keeping make up their haven't worn in a while? ... maybe just me lol!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend...
Kerry X

P.S. When sorting out my nail varnish's I realised that the ones with a little metal ball inside don't go clumpy and if they seperate then after a few seconds of shaking the ball mixes it all back up. I'm going to look to get some little metal balls for when I buy new varnish's and pop one in each... hopefully this will keep they great for longer :D

Summer is on it's way!! Let the customising clothes commence... X

Today i've been toddling around Leeds in the sun, feeling pretty carefree and super happy... oh the joys of a few days off work hehe! I'm hoping if it's this nice tomorrow i'll go on a little shopping adventure to somewhere i've not been before... maybe Sheffield... Skipton.... Dewsbury?? Hmm still deciding... should really hurry up or i'll be stood at the train station tomorrow trying to pick while the lady at the counter gets slightly annoyed at me for holding up the queue of angry commuters.  Ek!

I visited the market and stocked up on a few crafty bits. While there I found the perfect 'item' to customise the wonderful green denim skirt that previously posted about.

I wanted to be able to wear it casual but also have the chance to wear it dressed up to so slashes and zips were a no go! As i'm currently loving all things corsetry I thought i'd work with that, After a bit of deciding I got these wonderful crafty bits together.

2 Swallow Patches - I adore clothing with Swallows on and have a few sets.
Grommet tape - this is so hard to get in the UK at a fair price so I did a bulk purchase from the USA a few years, it's my sewing 'Golddust' and only gets  used on the best projects.
4 sew in suspenders - these were todays super bargain, there were in the 50p clearance box... totally made my day :)

*** An hour later my craft goodies and plain green skirt turned out like this! ***

I love that it's still kinda simple yet has something about it :). If I was going to be wearing it dressed up i'd team it with a black corset, knee high socks or stockings... clipped in of course! ;) and some killer heels!

For a dress down look i'd probably wear it with boots, a plain tee & leather jacket... maybe accessories it more! This then got me routing through my box of accessories... I found these great badges that I brought a few months ago and realised they'd be perfect! £1 - H&M bargain <3

Add a funky belt, some chain-age and WOLA...!! Dressed down it also looks ace... kinda grunge/punk!!

I'm pretty happy that i've started on my customised summer clothing as I left it really late last year. Doe's anyone else customise their clothing ready for summer? What trends is everyone lovin' for this summer?

Much Love & Happy Craftin'

Kerry X

In a moment of crisis.. try something new...!

A month ago I ran out of the red hair colour I use and was having a mega panic when I found out that the website I purchase it from was going through some business type change over which meant they were unable to trade. As my hair colour had faded and my roots (im naturally dark

brown) were showing I knew I had to do something.

I didn't want to use a different brand or shade of red and thought it'd be an ideal time to try something totally different! :)

I picked to try blonde, its a colour I've always wanted to try but never braved before. As my hair was red I would have to bleach the colour out, incase it went a terrible orange/yellow colour I brought a blue hair dye as a back up.

After alot of bleaching, blue shampoo (it takes the yellow tinge outa freshly bleached hair) and a XXL Ice Blonde hair dye my hair went from this....

to this.....!!

I've had the blonde for about 3 weeks now and it looked better than I thought it would, its a kinda strawberry blonde and a few of my tips are a browny ginger. Don't think its quite me but definately glad I tried it :) a few of my friends said it was a little too 'Normal' for me.

Finally the website I order my red from is back to trading and I have put my order in, 3 bottle... don't want another crisis moment of running out hehe!

Here's a pic of when I bleach my roots, didn't keep it as an actual hair style, just thought it looked "flamey" when i was drying it, so took a pic. Oh the little things keep me happy :)

Kerry x