Everyday makeup

Hi Everyone! This is a very different post for me, but one day when I was procrastinating I filmed and edited this. I am not a YouTuber so it is in no means professional by any stretch of the imagination. It was just hanging around in my computer, I thought I would upload it. Hope you enjoy- Products listed below x

• Nivea skin moisturiser
• Collection illuminating touch concealer
• Benefit boing concealer
• Collection pressed powder
• I <3 makeup brow kit
• Revolution cosmetics eyeshadow palette
• Collection felt tip liner
• Bourjois 1 second mascara in waterproof
• Benefit Hoola bronzer
• Benefit Rockateur blusher
• Benefit High beam liquid highlighter

THANK YOU <3

EYELINER 101

So quite a few of my friends have referred to me as the "Eyeliner Queen"  Not because I am so skilled at liquid eyeliner that I am worthy of a crown and a throne (but I do want one). But because I wear it consistently everyday, over this time I've picked up a few tips that make the dreaded part of your makeup routine a little bit easier. So, pick up your eyeliner, and lets get started.

The eyeliner I use everyday is the Collection Extreme 24 hour felt tip liner in black. It's super black, super easy to use and remove and super long lasting. Bish bash bosh, £2.99 ? Thank you very much.

So my first rule of On fleek eyeliner is to make the line smooth and continuous. If your wing is at 90 degrees to your lashline

, chances are your eyeliner is not so on fleek.

A tip from me when winging out your eyeliner is to line up the felt tip with your waterline/ outer corner and continue on the line of your lower lash line. With a felt tip liner this is so easy because you can literally line it up, then press down the eyeliner and voila! You have a quite weird looking line coming out the corner of your eye. Next, I draw a really thin line along my entire lashline, then going back over it and gradually thickening it as I get closer to the outer corner. I then smooth out the line carefully and there we have it. No I don't get it perfect every time, but with this simple routine, it leaves very little room for error.

*i did take photos of me doing my eyeliner for this blogpost, but they were a bit rubbish so I hope the slightly bad selfie will do.

thanks for reading! 

E x

Checking in

When in doubt.... Put a selfie? hahaha

Hello everybody!

Long time no speak, or write and read? Anyway. I thought I would check in, I have completed 15 out of my 25 exams and am currently on Half term break. Funny that- "Break" I have been revising solidly, or attempting to, all week. My last exam is on the 12th of June and I will be free until September. I have loads of plans for the summer and I am so excited. But I know that I will be keeping you guys up to date and maybe even documenting some of my trips? (*oooh* *aaaah*)

I'm also writing to let you know that for some weird reason I seem to have lost every single photo on my blog. I haven't been gone that long! This is so frustrating but I have been trying to resolve it by finding the images on my laptop, but I can't do this for every blog post so I am sorry but some foetus Ellie Loves' posts may be deleted. This, I can promise you, is for the best. Ahahaha. Thank you for sticking by my little blog. I will see you next month for a very exciting summer here on Ellie Loves.

Thanks for reading, you guys mean so much to me.
Ellie xx

Gettin' cheeky with Benefit

Hi guys!
As I mentioned in a recent blog post, Benefit have been taking over my makeup bag recently, particularly in the cheek department. So today I thought I would share with you my favourite cheek products from Benefit.

HOOLA
I can't believe it took me so long to try Hoola! It is the perfect shade, consistency and pigmentation for me. It is so easy to bronze or contour with, all depending on your application technique. At the moment I have a mini size that I got in a set at christmas, and even though I've more or less used it every day, there is no dip in the product. When I need to I will without a doubt be buying the full size, and I can guarantee that it is worth the price tag, because it will last you forever!

ROCKATEUR
I bought Rockateur last July as a birthday present to myself (allow it) And I've been using it religiously ever since, It is a beauty warm rose/ peach colour with golden shimmer and just looks #flawless on the cheeks. Big thumbs up from this girl.

HIGH BEAM
I got a mini High beam in my christmas set too. And I'm so glad I did! It is an absolutely beautiful liquid champagne pearlescent highlighter, a classic from Benefit. It is absolutely beautiful, blends like a dream, catches the light amazingly and you only use a small amount so will last ages! Definitely will be purchasing the full size when the time comes.

What is your favourite cheek product? As you can tell i'm all about the cheek products lately!

E x