Art Haul - October 2015

Today I will be doing an art haul yay! It's been a while since I did one of these and my last major buy was my finecolour markers and if you didn't read about those then please click the link below to see the review I wrote on that: 

http://loveheartdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/copic-marker-alternative-finecolour.html

So, usually I do my art shopping from eBay or Hobbycraft but these recent buys have been from Waterstones - weird right? I'm about to tell you How that came to be! 

My mum works in the Principals office at UCL so they're always throwing away a bunch of goodies and mum being mum always brings them home. This time she stumbled upon a draw full of Waterstones vouchers valid for two years and she bought two home worth £25 each! My Brother wasn't interested so I used both! 

1. Faber Castell Kneadable Eraser 

Waterstones had a very tiny art section so I ended up buying this eraser for £1.99. I have seen it before on certain youtube videos and with some good artists so I thought I'd buy it and try it out, I have not tried it out yet since I bought it only today and I'll be drawing after this blog post, testing all the new products. 

2. Faber Castell Artist PITT pens

These cost me £13.99 and I must say as beautiful as they look they let me down... I'm a marker hoarder so I know exactly what I'm looking for and I thought I'd go for it because I'm familiar with Faber Castell products. They behave exactly like felt tips, when you try to layer or blend them the bleed and the paper starts to peel and I feel like I've wasted so much of the gift card. The set I bought was the most random assortment which doesn't make sense either... I had green, yellow, flesh pink, grey, brown and cinnamon they aren't blendable which make them hard to use. I tried to experiment with different kinds of paper and I found that these pens can only layer with water colour paper which is very annoying. So, I ended up just using them as regular felt tips for my revision notes. 

3. Daler Rowney A5 Sketchbook

This was £7.99. I've owned a Daler Rowney sketchbook before and they're so awesome. They can take whatever you chuck at them whether it is ink, marker, watercolour, acrylic etc and you will have no bleeding or nasty blotches. The paper is very strong and the cover comes in plain black, leaving you to be creative and design the front. 

4. Gertie's New Fashion Sketchbook

This book cost me £10.99 and it's just a big book full of croquis, this is really helpful for me and just pushes forward my drawing process by 5 mins since the figures are already drawn. I'd really recommend this to a beginner in Fashion illustration to help with figure drawing. 

Hopefully sometime soon I will be posting short reviews on all these products so please keep an eye out for that, also coming up soon is October Favourites so watch out! Thanks for reading.

Song of the day: Cynthia Morgan - Come and do

What's in my makeup bag?

I've been wanting to do this post for ages and now it's finally here!

Disclaimer: I'm defo not a beauty whiz, but I know the basics and the do's and donts so I advice that if you are looking for professional help please head somewhere else! This is just me posting on my blog, lets go!

Foundations, BB'S and CC creams. 

These are not the only 3 i'll be showing, it's just that these ones could have their picture taken because they're in a clean state.

1. L'oreal Paris Perfect Match Foundation in Cappuccino

This is my main foundation because it's closest to my skin tone, so after a primer (which sadly my friend decided to never return) this is the first thing I apply. I actually only bought this yesterday on sale in Westfield's Superdrug for £5.99. It's not much of a foundation that gives a natural look but then I prefer the shiny, glittery look it gives. If used properly it gives full coverage however I have only tried it on my hand as i'm saving most of it for an christening on Saturday. 

2. Revlon Photoready Airbrush effect Foundation

In the above picture I used the revlon photoready foundation to highlight my forehead,
cheeks, nose and cupids bow.  

I use this foundation as a concealer for highlighting however that's not what it was meant for but when I apply it to my face it's too light for my skin and makes me look grey and patchy, it's also very glittery and that's not a good combo. I thought it would be good because the colour was cappuccino and most of my face products are either in the colour cappuccino or cocoa. A little shimmer is great, however if I apply this to my skin I start to look like foil which is terrible so for me thats a con. However it work's lovely as a highlight.

3. Sleek CC Cream (Dark)

This foundation was mentioned in Septemeber favourites, so you guys might have heard of it! For me it's used at both a foundation and contour thingy. In the summer I go darker therefore it works as a foundation then. When I'm in winter, spring and autumn it's used as a contour because it's darker than my skin, not that much but about one shade darker so it creates a smooth contour. It was used in the previous picture to contour cheekbones.

4. Fashion Fair oil free foundation

I learnt about fashion fair from my mum because it's the makeup brand she's been using all her life since a teen, they're specifically for women of colour. It's my perfect go to foundation that gives full coverage and leaves a natural glow too. It's very expensive however lately I discovered eBay and it's saved my pocket a bit.

4. Sleek Bare skin foundation

This is my favourite out of all of them, it matches me the best literally! I loved it and now it's finished, however if i'm desperate for it, I know I can always call on my bestfriend. If you're reading i'm sorry for repeatedly stealing your foundation Micha, I love you! 

Eye stuff

1. Me Makeover Essentials 

I'm not great with eyeshadow therefore I don't have a lot of it, I have a bunch of eye shadows and lip stuff in a little set from "Me" makeup essentials. 

Shout out to Charlie Marrie for getting me this for my birthday this year, I love it and it's tiny, portable and cute and comes with mini brushes inside. 

2. W7 eyeliner 

I've had this eyeliner for almost a year, I bought from a market in Romford and this market stall had the most amazing stuff and it was all so cheap! It was putting boots out of business! This is a pretty good liner, it has quite a thick point, that's good for me because I don't like my eyeliner lines too thin. It's also pretty easy to create a flick with. 

3. Rimmel London Kohl eyeliner pencil

This eyeliner pencil, I've had for two years because I don't use it as much the liquid ones. It's great for creating a dark smoky eye and blends better than a liquid one would with eye shadow. Most of the time when I've worn this eyeliner I've had a bold eye shadow to back it up because I have this eyeliner in Jet black which is really dark so the contrast is needed on a dark skinned person like me to really make things pop.

4. Miss sixty 24 hour pump up booster mascara

This is one of my favourite mascara's, however the only downfall is that it takes ages to dry and it's really wet, so if you are the type to just want to put makeup on and go in the mornings without letting it set it is probably not for you. It's really cheap, I think it is £2.99 in Superdrug. 

5.  Rimmel London Lash Accelerator 

I've had this mascara for about two years, it's almost finished but I like using the brush to separate clumps. It's incredibly cheap and you get it for free when you spend over a certain amount in some shops but usually it's just £1.99.

6. Collection Supersize Fat Lash Mascara 

I've actually never used this lol, It's just there for an in case. I didn't check and I bought it brown, which puts me off and that's part of the reason I don't use it.

7. Lash Double Volume edition 40 

I have a few of these from superdrug and I love them!!! Easy to apply, the glue actually holds! Also they're inexpensive.

Lips

1. Mua Makeup Academy Lipstick in Shade 10

 

I bought this lipstick from superdrug for just a pound and it was a bargain because I love this colour, dark reds and purples suit me so it's great. 

2. Fashion Fair Lipstick in the colour Grapesicle 

 

I adore this lipstick because it's just wow, the colour is such a fall colour and looks great on dark skinned girls like me.

I don't do my eyebrows much so usually when I do makeup they're just there undone lol, but I like them nice and natural. Thanks so much, if you have any product suggestions of what to buy please comment below, if you think you have any post ideas please comment below and just generally comment on the post. Please don't forget to leave your blog address so I can check your blogs out and follow them. 

Song of the day: Sarkodie ft Paedae - Oluwa is involved

The Fashion Illustration series: The Getting started with Fashion Illiustration

Hey everybody! I've started with a new series that I think I'll stick with and it's called the Fashion illustration series. I will be making a series of blog posts to explain my fashion process and how I do what I do. The posts will be in posts where you can work your way up to more advanced things.

The first post is how to get started with all this fashion art hoo ha. I've broken it down into useful steps. It's probably best to do these in order too. 

1. Decide a go to method

By a Go to method I mean a method you can just wack out without any planning or thought. My Go to method is sketching, finelining, inking and finishing. Yours maybe different, play around with the order in which you do things and find what's best for you.

To look at an easy go to method to try click here to see my "9 Steps for drawing blog post"

2. Source your inspiration 

I cannot stress enough on this step!!!!!! So many beginners in fashion illustration give up too quickly because they don't do enough research and they run out of ideas. Inspiration is key because it gets very annoying staring at a blank page for long. There's so many ways to be inspired;

• Watch Tv shows - WATCH YOUTUBE! 
• Use pinterest, tumblr and your social networks
• Use Vogue and Elle
• Watch FataleFashion on Youtube for fashion shows 
• Read fashion magazines 

When you've gathered all your inspiration, don't discard of it, make a moodboard so you can always go back to it. 

An example of a moodboard/visual research in my GCSE Art sketchbook

3. Keep a sketchbook

If you don't keep a sketchbook ideas could disappear from your head very fast, it's always good to carry a small one (about A5 in size) to help jot down ideas and do quick sketches so you don't forget things.

4.Watch tutorials 

It's likely that if you're a beginner you don't know much, so watching tutorials is key. When it comes to Fashion illustration some good Youtube channels are: 

• FSketcher
• Zyra Banez
• Shah Design 
• Fashion Teaching 
• Fashion Artventures

That's basically all you need to get started, thanks for reading x

Song of the day: J Hus ft Mista Silva - Thing for you