tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15927345058737488242024-03-13T15:21:55.108+00:00LOVEHEART DOODLES - Fashion, Art & Beauty by Lauren WilliamsLMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-82215790212433692892017-12-01T15:58:00.000+00:002017-12-01T15:58:13.247+00:00NEW BLOG! <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I haven't posted on here for a while and I just wanted to let you guys know that I've begun a new blog and you can find it here: <a href="http://artbyelw.blogspot.co.uk/">artbyelw.blogspot.co.uk</a>. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">So, why did I decide to scrap loveheartdoodles?</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Loveheartdoodles began in 2014, when I was 14. I was all about exploring and writing about things I had no idea about! I haven't blogged properly in about a year and a half and within this time I've been learning new skills and taking things to the next level!</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">What is to come?</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Loveheartdoodles was a mix of everything and that's what will be happening on my new blog too. My main aim is to show what I've learnt to people who were in my position a couple of years ago - "I want to be a fashion designer, where do I start?" However there will be posts on beauty, lifestyle and whatever is interesting!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">*There will be no more blog posts on this blog for new content </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">I aim to have 2-3 blog posts out a week, so keep an eye out for all of those. In the meanwhile lets connect!</span></span></div>
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LMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-59683454434574496432017-01-15T09:31:00.001+00:002017-01-15T09:31:09.584+00:00Colour me crazy: Pretty in PinkI've started a new collection which goes by the name of colour me crazy. They are doubles and triples of illustrations inspired by colours, Each set has one colour that's very dominant.This was a random idea and when I created the first illustration, I began to like it. So here's the first one.<br />
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This illustration was dome mostly with Promarkers, brushmarkers, copic ciao markers and finecolour markers. Inspiration for the rather daring design comes from my style board on Pinterest. I also take inspiration from the Kardashians, I love their daring dress sense. I also have a pinterest board dedicated to Kardashian outfits which helps a lot. </div>
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There has been a change in my editing and I'm planning to make a post that shows you how I edit my drawings. I still use free softwares and free websites to edit - there is absolutely no need for photoshop to get this type of editing. </div>
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<br />LMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-51404004406006476072016-12-21T10:31:00.000+00:002016-12-21T10:39:50.385+00:00Leaving Blogger? Timetables? No Blogmas?It has definitely been forever since I made a proper blog post, but I thought I'd start over since the new year is approaching and also give you guys a blog update.<br />
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I am most definitely not leaving blogger, lol. I have been away for a while working on some new art collections which I really can't wait to share with you. I have also been working on my own personal website, which contains my portfolio. I've had to give this more attention because it is what I need to really push my career forward. I will still be blogging on here however there will also be a more professional website.<br />
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I've decided not to make a blogging timetable for 2017, just because I've done it before and seriously cannot stick to it. I'll blog once or twice a week and maybe more in holiday seasons.<br />
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I couldn't do Blogmas this year as the last two months have been incredibly hectic to me due to me moving house, but we are settling in and 2017 should be an awesome year for my blog.<br />
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I'm also planning to buy the relevant equipment I will be needing to do Youtube! I've been influenced and also told by many to start a channel, I think this would be really interesting as I'm interested in lots of different stuff so no video would be the same.<br />
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I'd also like readers to take time and reflect on their favourite posts and comment below, so I can also produce more of whats popular, because my stats may not be telling what the minority likes.<br />
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So, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Expect loads from me in 2017!<br />
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LMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-82180560189359922162016-10-16T12:14:00.000+01:002016-10-16T12:14:07.214+01:00Deep Questions Tag It's been forever since I did a tag and I think this one is actually so awesome and you guys will defo get to know me better. I picked up this tag from Bria Lou's blog at <a href="https://louleecutie.blogspot.co.uk/">Lou's world</a>, be sure to have a look at it and talk to her as she has an amazing blog! I'm going to jump right into it, I nominate whoever would like to do the tag! The tag actually involves 50 questions however I'll be breaking into two posts of 25.<br />
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1. What's my passion?<br />
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Well you guys already know, it's written all over everything I do lol! If you're a first time reader my passion is fashion. I do excel at certain areas but It's my passion as whole and it will definitely play a big part of my future in terms of my career, how I live, where I go and all sorts. I specialise in illustration but by the time I've finished education I hope to have learnt design and also a bit of fashion business. To see more fashion illustrations please follow me on instagram: @efyalauren and I regularly post videos of my drawing process and materials on snapchat: lilmiss_laurenx.<br />
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2. What would you do in life if you did not need to earn money?<br />
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Well in 10 years, I'd love to be married. Maybe not have kids yet but I'd love to be married and have my own house. Ideally in ten years time I would've made enough millions to never work again but time will tell! Realistically in ten years I'd really like to be a recognised figure in the fashion industry and not exactly have my label huge and out there, but have it standing.<br />
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This actually a hard one that I really had to think about, I have a few that I live buy I guess. The first one is WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WELL or in other words AIM TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO . I'm very competitive and I love a good challenge and competition. I also think whatever your passion you should be an expert in that field and know what you love inside out. The second one is DO IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY OR DON'T DO IT AT ALL! I just think that if you are forced to do things you definitely won't enjoy it as you didn't choose to do it out of your own free will so the outcome will not be your best work!<br />
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I have more than three so this is going to be very hard but to many that are not mentioned you are ever so important to me too! The first would definitely be my mum as she's definitely a role model for me, I admire how strong she's been over the years and how she's acquired everything that she has despite some major set backs. The second would be my best friend as he is definitely a big source of my joy and makes my college breaks ever so interesting. The third would be a multitude of people and that is the readers, the followers and everybody involved lol! I love the encouragement I get through my dm's and snapchat telling me to just carry on and telling me that what I do is great! Makes me want to do more and defo picks me up when I'm down.<br />
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A lot, but depends what. I already sacrifice a lot of time and I try to draw everyday and perfect skills everyday. Also what I do has been a very huge investment. I've spent a lot on a lot of high end artist equipment and I'd say what I own if about £500 worth of high end materials and I am not even done collecting!<br />
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8. What are three things in your life that you'd like to change?<br />
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This question is actually so deep. It actually opened up so many issues for me that I didn't even know existed. The first thing is probably the way I go about situations, in terms of many of my relationships I have with people I tend to assume, over think, panic and act on what I've over thought which usually lands me in a big mess. I'm not great at talking about how I feel so I really need to work on that. The second is probably friends, at the moment I have an incredibly limited circle of about two close friends and a few I make small talk with at school. I'd really like a circle of maybe 4 - 5 friends that were really down to earth, honest and have similar interests to me. There is honestly no one I have met so far that has a crazy passion for fashion like me and watches old Ghanaian movies almost every week.<br />
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The house I'm in, the food I eat, the people I'm around, the talent I was given and the God I serve.<br />
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Well as I now go to school in Central (Angel), it's definitely all very new to me. I have these really long three hour college breaks and in that I've started exploring London, well at least the free parts. I often do this on my own but find it very interesting. I go to museums and galleries and also interesting outdoor spaces.<br />
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Well guys, I was feeling crazy and decided to text my ex.<br />
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13. What are the most memorable moments from your past?<br />
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I actually a lot: The day my little brother Miles was born, prom, first holiday to Ghana etc.<br />
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I sure am! I think I will defo continue to until it results in something really terrible that gives me a huge reality check.<br />
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It's important to me to a certain extent. I really admire people who really don't care what others think. I mean I don't care what others think but if someone has an opinion about me I'd always like to know what exactly it is. I don't care enough for it to drastically bother me and take me into eternal depression but I like to hear what others have to say about me.<br />
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I think I definitely live for myself. I do everything I do to make sure it benefits me, before making a decision I always know how it will help me and what it'll do for me.<br />
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17. What was the last life lesson you learnt?<br />
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That friends and even best friends come and go. This is the next post on the people series guys! I literally used to think some people would be around for forever and a day due to the things they said at the time and how happy they made me at the time. Time changes and so do people and they tend to break promises. So I decided the best way to go about friendships is to start of slow and not go in wholeheartedly and always put in what you get out. Sounds selfish but it's so nobody wins or nobody loses. If they invite you to their birthday, invite them to your birthday. If they introduce you to their family then introduce them to your family. This just makes sure everyone is on an equal path and nobody is doing more than they're receiving.<br />
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18. When was the last time you helped someone?<br />
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I helped my mum in the kitchen yesterday if that counts! I also help my brother with his homework all the time, in fact I've almost become his full time tutor.<br />
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Yes, yesterday actually. Whilst shopping, she couldn't reach an item placed high on the shelf and I simply got it down for her.<br />
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20. What is your greatest fear?<br />
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Probably having to divert my career to something I really despise like maths, or having to go into a field I really hate. I'd literally give up on life and become a hobo. Any garden sheds available anyone?<br />
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Creative.<br />
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22. What inspires you?<br />
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The work of Hayden Williams and Paul Keng, the determination of my mother and also being Black African.<br />
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23. What is the biggest change initiated by you in the past five years?<br />
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Sorry to say but choosing strawberries over grapes.<br />
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24. What's your life's biggest achievement?<br />
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Probably landing the collaboration with Adore me, was over the moon to hear they emailed me.<br />
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25. When was the last time you were proud of yourself?<br />
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Friday! My family and I went to the local town hall and I picked up a Young, Gifted and Black award! This is defo a separate blog post coming up guys that you'll defo love!<br />
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Thank you guys so much for reading, remember this will be continued with another 25 questions so keep watching out for the new content on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! Also if you decide to do this tag comment your link below so I can read it!<br />
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Hey guys, today is just a little short blog update. I do blog updates because I love my readers, followers on every platform and you guys deserve to know what is going on! So, since I started school again in September it really hasn't allowed time for me to get back on the blog so I decided to devise a timetable and hopefully it'll work. From now on I'll be blogging two to three times a week and this will be usually on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and one day out of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. </div>
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I do have a lot lined up for the blog and for myself really, I'm thinking about changing the blog name for the second time lol, but I haven't entirely been only blogging about drawing so I was thinking about changing it to a more universal name that reflects everything that is blogged about. </div>
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Apart from that I've got new content and some new series that will be going on! I've decided to start a Textiles and History of Art series. These are two of the three subjects I take in school and this is just going to be some subject help along the way to guide anyone that does these subjects or similar subjects. The subject content is hardly different from things like fine art, graphics and design technology. I will post on this about once a week. </div>
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I will still be showing you guys my illustrations and all the upcoming projects i'm doing and so on and even events I go to! I had a series called Beauty Thursdays, this will now just be on any day that I can blog as Thursdays I am in school from 9 - 4:30 and when I get home I'm literally so exhausted. I will also be continuing The people series, because it seemed like a lot of people liked it and could relate to it. </div>
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Thank you guys so much for reading and please remember to check for blog posts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and over the weekend. </div>
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1. Lemon n' Lime<br />
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Yellows and green motivated this illustration, keeping it simple with inspiration from Kente cloth for the pattern on the swimsuit.<br />
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Using innocent blue and pink I created this look, this bikini was floral inspired but I decided to keep it basic and not go in with too much pattern but rather enhance and focus on the structure of the bikini. I came up with multiple spaghetti straps on the bra that continue down, and some extra decorative straps on the bottom.</div>
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3. Blue Blaze<br />
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I was inspired here by people who slay grey hair so I thought why not! In the end it worked and I really liked this illustration. Taking inspiration from the latest choker and bandage dress craze, I created this look. I used a mix of sky blue and royal blue to create contrast.<br />
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4. Sunkissed<br />
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In this collection I tried to experiment with most colours at least once, and I had realised I hadn't done red or pink! So I combined the two and came up with this simple bikini, with lace up detail and mesh.<br />
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5. Peaceful Purples<br />
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I had the most fun creating this illustration because of all the lilac! It's not a colour I use often so it was fun to experiment with it. It's not clear but the only fabric there is the black straps and the flowers are extra detail which are attached by the straps.<br />
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6. "Innocent"<br />
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After creating Peaceful Purples I wanted to create something very very simple. That resulted in me coming up with this nude one shoulder swimsuit, with the slightest bit of nudity lol!<br />
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7. Fierce<br />
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I wanted one of the outfits to be animal print, so I went with an easy leopard print swimsuit, orange also emphasises how fierce I wanted the illustration to look.<br />
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Finally, I was inspired again by Kente cloth and came up with this swimsuit, the colours Red, orange, yellow and green were used. I used those as they're very typical in Kente cloth. To spice up the look I added some lace up heels. Very festival worthy!<br />
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My last post was a new buys post showing you some new cosmetics that I've bought recently. Those of you who have been reading my blog for ages know I am one to save and I love second hand things, but what if I told you about a bootsale app that sells both new and second hand things. Stick around because I have about three amazingly great bootsale apps to show you how and where to save money! </div>
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Depop is only available in the form of an app, but it is so worth downloading. I have met some great sellers on there. They have everything from clothing, cosmetics to furniture and books. It is honestly great. I have received some great products from there such as; Ben Nye Topaz powder, Makeup Geek eyeshadows, Colourpop lipsticks, La Girl Lipsticks and so much more. I watch my favourite beauty guru's on youtube and think... how the hell will I be able to get these products? There is no need to buy them from the retailers website, there really isn't. I bought my Ben Nye powder for £7, my MUG eyeshadow pans for £4.50 each. It's an amazing site. Many sellers are also opened to offers and swaps. So the price listed might not be the final price, bargaining is allowed. You can also sell on there, I've sold through there and just like any site, they take their seller fees but it's still great. You can also direct message sellers to negotiate prices and also sell your stuff to others.</div>
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I'm sure you've heard about shpock somewhere lol, Shpock shows you things for sale in your area. Some things come new and some come used. I bought my Anastasia Dip Brow pomade from there for £8 and it was completely new and in its packaging. The idea of Shpock is a bit like gumtree where you are meant to meet the seller and collect your item however lots of sellers on Shpock are willing to post. It is absolutely free to sell on Shpock and they do not take seller fees. Once an offer is put in for an item you can go on talk with the seller/buyer about postage or collection and how you will pay. I've sold on Shpock and made over £100 with it so far. All these apps are great ways of earning money if you just clear out what you don't need and see how much money you can actually make!</div>
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I'm fairly new to Carousell, Carousell is said to be a "Snapchat" for buying and selling. I have not bought or sold anything yet on Carousell but the priniciples are the same with Shpock and Depop. Carousell has weekly giveaways which is nice, It also a bootsale of everything, so there's a wide range of things on there. As most bootsale apps you have the option for delivery or collection. </div>
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Hi guys! I'm starting on a new series. It's called beauty Thursdays's. It'll be the day I post all my beauty posts, so watch out for that every Thursday! This week is going to be on all of my new buys. I decided to step out of the drugstore range and try more high end products and try to get a better outcome and so far its working well for me. </div>
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I'm sorry for the quality of the pictures, but this product is as bomb as they say it is. It really is. Is it possible to be heavy handed with this product, apply too much and go overboard. If you do that make sure to use a concealer to go around it to carve out the perfect brow. I'll be showing you were I bought it in my next blog post. I'm wearing it in the above picture.</div>
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I bought this beacause I needed a transition colour that matched my skin tone but a little coppery or reddish. I honestly couldn't find it anywhere. I got the idea of buying this from a beauty guru on Youtube called Destiny Lashae, she uses this for her transition colour most of the time and makes really pretty looks. I tried it out for myself and I really like it. I've tried it but I'm yet to show a proper look with it.<br />
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I fell in love with this shade that I swatched, it looked so pretty on my skin however it was not right on my lip, so unfortunately I can't use it. I've even tried to use it with a lip liner but it still looked like I've just eaten a powdered doughnut.<br />
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This is not high end or even drugstore, I got it in Dalston Pacs - my hair store. It cost me £2.99 but right now it is my Holy grail! It is so amazing and the shade lighter than it is from my skin tone is just great for my highlight.<br />
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It creates an amazing highlight and I love it's outcome. The first picture is when I've set my highlight with a setting powder and the second one is when I haven't set. You can see, baking and setting is for more of a full coverage look rather than a casual day to day look but they're both from the same concealer! Just different finishes. I'm very tempted to go and look at this brand and buy more of their things.<br />
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5. LA Girl Matte Lip in DREAMER<br />
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Hi guys, I'm back with a colourful post about prom, how to get the look and generally how my prom went! I went to an all girls school hence why it was called a leavers tea rather than a prom. I was on a strict budget but I defo made it work and slayed at the same time! I'd just like to say you don't need so much to wow people!<br />
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I wanted to be different and where something that reflected my African culture so, I decided to get mine custom made. I bought the Kente fabric from Dalston market for £15 and it was six yards. I bought the white fabric from Walthamstow marker for £5. It was a stretchy fabric and I bought three yards. The seamstress that sewed it was called Juliet and she's a family friend. She sewed this lovely creation for just £30, it was my idea and she brought it to life! It is a mermaid dress with sections of African fabric. So all together the dress was £50.<br />
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I hired a makeup artist for my day, I didn't want the stress of doing it myself and possibly getting things wrong and delaying! It was a real trouble finding one that deals with darker skin tones such as mine, in the end I found a company called Virtue Glamor, they were really good and you can check them out and even book online here: <a href="http://virtueglamor.online/">virtueglamor.online</a>. They cater for all skin tones and do hair too, which is great. I paid her £40 for what she did. So in total I went to prom on £90!</div>
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I arrived at school around 10:45 even though the ceremony was supposed to start at 10:30 lol. We took pictures until around 11. We started the ceremony and heard different speeches. I also sang with my friend Tianna, that was followed by a buffet prepared by the school which was quite nice. Around 1.15 we went to the Thames to have a party on the river! It was really awesome and the boat had a lovely view. We partied until 6 and made our way back home. It was a great day.</div>
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Thank you so much for reading, I'm posting a "new buys" post next so watch out for that x<br />
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Hi blog! I know I've been away for ages, I'm done with exams so I decided to come back on the blog! I'm going to start with the life update so you guys all know whats up! So, I've been away for the whole of May and June busy with my exams. Lately I've been working on a lot of stuff.<br />
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I've been doing less fashion illustrations because of time but, I will make a new post showing the ones I have done. I'm also working with the company VIDA to make my own merchandise! There will be a post about that soon too. I haven't bought any new materials really. I still have the same markers (Copics, Promarkers and Brushmarkers - Winsor and Newton.<br />
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I've been listening to the same old artists (afrobeat artists). I love some of their new songs that have been released. Some are below:<br />
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Fuse ODG ft Badshah - Bombae<br />
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I know i'm late but I have only just discovered Bryson Tiller? He is AMAZING!!! His music speaks to me and everyone of his songs has a meaning that I can relate to. I've been hooked on him this month. My favourite songs are; don't, exchange, right my wrongs and sorry not sorry.<br />
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I have ordered a lot of new products, when they all arrive i'm possibly going to do a big what's in my makeup bag video to kick off my Youtube because I definitely have cleared a lot of stuff out, sold a lot of stuff to people as well! So there is a big change from my last big blog post about it!<br />
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Okay, well this is awkward but I'm left with two main best friends lol. School ended and I don't see them a lot since then but it's all cool because we all still keep in touch!<br />
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Summer's here and I generally haven't got much to do so I am looking for a job and that also means a lot more drawing and blogging!<br />
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Love you all, Lauren xLMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-45995669169868668012016-04-07T20:01:00.001+01:002016-04-07T20:01:56.798+01:00My go to party look: Makeup and Hair tutorial Today I have a picture tutorial, it's been really long since I did one of these but this is my go to party look, I do this look when I don't have time before a special occasion and I need to think of something super fast! <div>
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It's a purpally, red, gold smokey eye lol with my normal foundation routine. You can definitely mix and match with the colours and recreate this look but to hit the nail exactly I used the Lorac Pro palette and MUA Academy undress me too palette. </div>
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1. Prime time </div>
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So for me, the first step is priming. You can use any primer you want. I have oily skin and after a while my foundation starts to look reaaaaaally shiny so, I use milk of magnesia which is God's gift to people with oily skin. It really helps to control oil. I let that really seap into my skin. In the bottom right picture I looked like I just slapped myself but lets continue guys :).</div>
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2. Eyebrows</div>
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Okay, so I start by using a spooley to brush my eyebrows and to make sure that all the hairs go in the same direction. I'm using the dual ended spooley and angle brush from Primark. To fill in my brows I'm using the second to darkest shade from a makeup revolution eye shadow palette but you can use whatever you want. Secret: I filled in with eye liner before - gel. </div>
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3. Conceal and don't let them feel</div>
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Next up, use your concealer and angle brush (different to what you used to fill in the brows) I'm using LA Girl Pro conceal in the shade Dark Cocoa GC88. I like this colour, it's close to my skin tone and it gives a subtle highlight. I find the LA Girl applicator to be really heavy so I squeeze a little on my hand and use the angle brush. I line the underneath of my eyebrows and then blend the colour into my skin with the angle brush. I line the top too but that's totally optional.</div>
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4. Leftover concealer </div>
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Use the leftover concealer as a base for your eye shadow by patting it onto your eyelids. If you don't like to get messy you can use brushes but I've always loved finger application! </div>
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5. Proper eye shadow base. </div>
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I'm using the Lorac behind the scenes eye shadow primer but you can use anything that's an eye shadow primer and just pat it into everywhere there will be eye shadow. Use a wet wipe to wipe of anywhere there shouldn't be eye shadow because it sticks easily to the primer. </div>
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6. The actual eyeshadow! </div>
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So first I'm going in with the colour taupe for my brow bone highlight. I just sweep this under the highest point of my brow which adds extra highlight. The I'm going to add my transition colour. This colour is a colour close to your skin tone which makes the blending a lot easier. My transition colour will be a lot different to yours, it depends on your undertone. I have some reds and oranges in my undertone so I use a little red with a brown. For my transition colour I'm using Garnet and Sable from the Lorac pro palette (Love this combo). As you can see - Garnet is my most used colour lol. I sweep that above my eyelid but not on it. The brush I'm using is a dual ended brush from the naked 3 palette from Urban Decay.</div>
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For the next part we are starting to add depth and dimension so for details we're using my dual ended brush from primark or just a pencil brush. I forgot to show which colour in the palette but for this we're using deep purple. Any dark purple will do. It's shiny by the way not matte. We're gonna make a few dots with it in the outer corner and the sweep into the crease creating a V shape. You end up with really harsh purple lines. Make sure you do it lower than the transition colour so you get a gradient but high enough so you still see the primer on the eyelid.</div>
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Next, I'm going back with naked 3 brush and using "deep purple" to blend out the colours so we don't have sharp lines. Then, get a shimmery Gold ready. My Gold is from the MUA undress me too palette which is like super super pigmented. </div>
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Here's the fun part. Put your favourite gold all over your eyelid try not to get rid of the purple though. The best way to apply this is by wetting your brush. It makes the eye shadow stick instead of it flaking down onto your face.</div>
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Next, take something with a straight edge. I'm using my primer. Use your pencil brush to create another outer V using deep purple and black. and blend it inwards to about one third of the lid.</div>
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This is the extra fun part! Grab any gold glitter to intensify the look. I'm using a glitter eyeliner from an unknown brand called Rapsody, but you can buy these anywhere. Put this all over where the gold on the lid is. Then use your blending brush with no product on to blend it out. </div>
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Optional: Line the eyes. My eyeliner was so odd it hurt but you know, never mind.</div>
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7. Concealer</div>
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Most people do this after their foundation but I find doing it before saves a lot of foundation. If you think about it, when you put foundation on your T zone, it's going to be covered by your concealer highlight so why not just put foundation on the parts not covered? I'm using my two La Girl Pro concealers in GC87 - Beautiful Bronze and GC86 - Chesnut. I highlight my T zone, which includes a little of my forehead, under eyes, bridge of nose, cupids bow area and chin. I use a foundation brush to pat down the concealer and spread it out. I find that going in straight away with a beauty blender really makes everything disappear. Eventually I do use a beauty blender to blend everything in. I use the B. Beauty blender.</div>
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8. Foundation</div>
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For my foundation I'm using two. Mac matchmaster foundation in NW50 and Makeup Forever foundation in the shade 185. Most of the areas I pump the makeup forever as that's closest to my skin tone. As it's a little darker, I put one pump of the mac one on each side to even out the colour. Don't be fooled guys, I had some really strong lighting going on which was making me look lighter lol. I use a beauty blender to blend that in and also blend into my neck. We defo want to avoid concealer creasing, smile lines, gravy lines and flashback so lets blend well lol.</div>
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I love this part of makeup, I think its so magical lol. Anyway I use the Ben nye translucent powder in Chesnut and normal baby powder. Strange right? I mentioned the two in my last haul so please check that out. When I mix the two I get a great highlight colour. I use a makeup wedge/sponge and just apply it to wherever I put concealer and the term bake implies we leave it for a while. This stuff is incredibly strong, so I don't leave it for long but, I'm going to go and do my contour then return.</div>
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For my contour I'm using the La Girl pro concealer in the shade GC89 - Mahogany (the darkest colour). Not much different from my skintone but I will later go over it. I contour the hollows of the cheeks, hair line and nose and sometimes cupids bow. The bottom two pictures are just me wiping of the powder.</div>
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I've wiped the powder off now I'm using my beauty blender to blend the rest of the contour. For my nose the beauty blender is too big so I used the brush that came with the smash box double exposure palette to blend my nose contour. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, before we get this post alive and kickin I have a disclaimer as usual: If you're reading and you know me and you feel "uh she's talking about me", I mentioned no names but if you feel it's you there's obviously changes you need to make or just pop right out of my life lol. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the second blogpost in the "People series" and I'm loving this series. I've been doing a lot of hauls lately which is getting boring and this is kinda fun, it's like having a conversation with you guys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So today! We're going to be talking about fake friends. Yaaaas girl, you need to dedicate that time of the day just to read Lauren's posts because these posts getting juicier, shadier and indirect. lol. Kidding, I have had a few in my lifetime though. I'm going to cover how to spot them and how to deal with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's not how friendship works boo. Anything your friend can help you with is a bonus that comes with your friendship. You need to be checking on all your friends finding out how they are all the time but I certainly have this and most people certainly have this rule - if you don't text me I won't text you. That's very important and it's one way to cut people off very quickly. Texts are so powerful and an unread one or a read and ignored one can cause hell fire between people. In my last post I said I was friends with some girls back in year 8 and I didn't really fit in, however I was the first one in the group to get an iPhone in the 5 series and suddenly everybody wanted to use my phone for selfies! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lol, stupidly and young at the time that was the time everyone wanted to be friends with me and use it to take pictures because of the quality. I gave in and I was like yay they finally like me! What happened: flashing it about way too much got it stolen and the high went down and they went back to treating me like crap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This may be hard or easy to see depending on the type of person. I'm not trying to be cocky however there's things I love about myself and those are particularly what God has given me. God gave me a talent in drawing and it's very easy to see when someone doesn't like the fact that I can draw. They shrug achievements off or don't congratulate you at all. That's the type of people you don't need to be around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Good friends try and make you happy, they only really stop when something in their life is truly eating them up. They're not going to tell you to go away if they have a headache or they've had a breakup because they know that's silly. If they have the Go away leave me alone attitude that's a bad bad friend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is something I've experienced quite a lot and it's very very annoying. You tell someone something and expect them to keep it and they just blurt it out in front of four of your other friends "without thinking". It took thinking to form what you were going to say so, that's shady. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have to be fake around them, change who you are around them. That's a big no no! I've done this before. It leads to telling little white lies and then trying to keep up the lies till it spills out! If you have to change yourself around them this means that you're afraid to show them the real you. Which isn't okay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is hard to suss out if you don't really know their life story. Some lies may be prominent though. Some tell lies to make themselves look better. I've been in an instance where all of us were talking about our relationships and I discussed a present bought for me by bae and another girl was like "oh how, crap I got this Michael Kors bag and this £200 cheque". That was when I was like hold on. Your boyfriend is 16, you were crying to me the other day about him being thrown out of his house and now he can afford MK? Girl, I'll stick to the teddy bear I got for Vals day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a classic! So you fall in conflict with someone and all of a sudden this friend disappears or they just totally keep quiet and not say anything or help your situation. This is because they usually have a negative connection with the person coming at you and them having your back would make them look silly. So, there you have it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a huge one that's easy to spot. I've done pieces of artwork and instead of constructive Criticism "oh you could do this to make it better..." I get, "what's this?" "Why is her face like that" "she looks like this/that". The funniest thing is that they couldn't even do better, that's why the Criticism isn't constructive. It's only now that my makeup game is beginning to be on point, before I was the only one in my squad who didn't do their eyebrows, didn't do their nails and just went out with foundation and mascara on. With that little bit that I used to do sometimes I would get "your so cakey" meanwhile, there's a hundred other products slapped on their face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is not really a sign of a fake friend but it can be. If someone has no ambition that's cool for them. When that attitude starts rubbing off on you and you have ambitions that's a problem. A fake friend with no ambition is the worst. They're gonna steer you in the wrong directions, mess you up in School and just disturb you and often you miss your road to where you need to go to become successful and have to start up all over again when you realise it was them that was fake but by then it's too late! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If your only points of discussion are what's going on in somebody's life then that's a big problem. If they can talk about other people that much to you, they can do the same about you to other people. It just proves that's what they like to talk about (people's business) and no matter who's business it is (yours or theirs) they'll talk. It's just if its yours they'll find someone else to talk it to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a really hurtful one. I find that if I don't tell my best friend something it eats me up. She's a source of relief, if I let her know she comforts me and it's all a bit better. This has to happen both ways otherwise one person feels a weight lifted of their shoulder and the other person feels burdened with their problems and yours which you've not told them. As your bottling it all you'll soon explode. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the approach I took, it's a quiet one. I stopped hanging with people, cracking jokes and talking about my personal life. If they notice a change then they may think, if not sad to say they never knew you existed in the first place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They're fake, they haven't been listening to your problems, congratulating your achievements, been there for you. I'd have a lot to say to you before I leave yo ass! This is linked to number 2. Some people will still have all the wrong the fake friend did them bottled up inside and that'll affect how they treat the next friend they find. So in order to have a fresh start with anybody else, tell that fake friend what they did and leave! It'll leave them either feeling guilty or it'll leave them feeling angry. Whichever way, just leave their ass before they mess up everything for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay guys, that's it for this post and I hope you guys enjoyed it! That's my second post in the people series. If you haven't seen the first one you can catch it here: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those are the only posts I can come up with about friendships, the next posts will be about anxiety, self confidence, boys, relationships and growing up. So keep reading for that. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/820/439/a4e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/820/439/a4e.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; text-align: left;">If you're lucky enough to have friends from primary school you still talk to we thank God, but I don't. Everyone I went to Primary school with is just non existent but I guess I say hi and goodbye to a few now and then. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; text-align: left;">I had my fair share of friendship groups in secondary school. In year 7 I had a group of friends, mentioning no names. It's only now that I realised they were so boring! </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; text-align: left;">I couldn't still be friends with them now. Is that mean? I really don't know but we are so different in character, it just could not happen now. My friendship group changed in year 8 to a smaller circle and we were just 4 girls. We formed a name for our group and everything. It wasn't long till I realised that I don't fit in - I'm not obsessed with youtubers, I don't like heavy metal and what the hell is Kpop? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; text-align: left;">Moving away swiftly I joined another group, now this was the group that really made me feel like a salad in McDonald's. I was the only black girl in the group, there was one Asian but she's not black? I felt that they didn't go out of their way to make me feel uncomfortable but I just did? They also dropped little sleezy comments about my skin tone sometimes which was really unfair. Soon enough they started planning days out without me and all sorts. That was when I gave up on "friends" and just wanted to be on my own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, at the beginning of year 10. I started hanging with who that girl was hanging with, then I was hanging with who that girl was hanging with. We became a clique of 5 which was great. Now as it's the big year we're all revising and nobody sees each other so it's broken us up a bit but this post is dedicated to a special someone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Through meeting her I've found out that good things come to those who wait lol. I've also found out that one is plenty. She's got so many different personalities, it's like loads of people in one, does that make sense? Lol. She's been my friend for 2 years now and We're not like the Instagram models that have been friends for 10 but I know we soon will be because she's that amazing. We think alike, we finish each others sandwiches and we're both there for each other. What more could I want lol!? </span><span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She's there in every single Relationship fail, she's there at every 2 am I can't sleep situation and she's there when I just need to cry. She's become family to be honest. She knows more about me than my mum does which is downright creepy but quite funny at the same time. Now, you may not have found someone like this. You might want someone like this. I had to make two main changes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 15.36px;">Anyway guys, thank you for reading. The next post will be on "How to spot fake friends". Lol more tea for you to be sippppingggg. I'll post that tomorrow so keep an eye out. </span></div>
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Hey guys! I'm going through that stage in my life where I think I should just quit life and become a professional MUA lol anyway... Let's jump right in with this haul! 24th March was my Birthday and I'd like to say a big thank you to all my friends and family who gave beauitiful cards, great gifts and nice wishes. I successfully collected £400. As always my mum took £50 to store away for a rainy day and we can minus another £50 on odd misuse and street hunger lol. </div>
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This post will be on the beauty products bought in the haul. I'd just like to say that I carry great pride in this haul as I bought a few high end products which was really cool. Lets get started.</div>
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<u>1. Makeup Forever HD Foundation - £16 (Half price sale) @ Shepherd's bush</u></div>
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That's right guys, it's the makeup forever you see in every big youtuber's video! I was so excited to get this because I had heard great things about it from youtube. I couldn't resist this sale. It's a shade darker than me but as I was unsure of the colour scheme of the brand I went with 185, but 180 would of been better. When I wear this foundation together with my MAC Matchmaster foundation in NW50 it looks great, I wore the combo today and it just slayed really. Aside all vanity - I turned heads, got stared at and got approached. Girl. That combo is the bomb! It's light, so pigmented and rich in colour and it allows your face to breathe. It's not heavy or sticky at all and it just slays. New favourite. </div>
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This is the second high end product I bought and it only cost me £6.10, awesome right? I made a mistake and I got Ben Nye's translucent powder instead of their luxury powder. I think they still do the same job though. I got it in Chestnut which is very close to my skin tone, so when I buy my next one I'll buy it in topaz to make sure I get a stronger highlight. However this one does really do a good job. The only problem is I have a very warm skin tone, with undertones such as orange and red therefore this powder makes me look even warmer. That's why Topaz (a yellow based powder) would have evened out the tone for me. I found a solution to this problem, did you guys know that the exact same products in beauty powders are also in baby powder? Exactly - Mind blown. I one day set my concealer with baby powder alone and it came out ashier than ash leaves on an ashy day. I think this is because baby powder is way lighter than my skin tone however if you're white I defo say you should try it because it did set, it's just that it wasn't my colour. So, I mixed the two and I created the perfect powder and it set very nicely which made me very happy! Baby powder for setting can last you two years and only costed a £1. </div>
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Each of these brushes costed me £1.50 and from Left to right there is a Blusher brush, A double ended eye shadow brush with a pencil brush and a normal eye shadow brush and finally an angled brow brush with a spooley. Honestly, people have this feel about cosmetics - If it's not high end then it's not good. Total and utter rubbish, These brushes are super soft and there is no fall out at all. This is the brush I've been using for my brows lately so it's worth taking a trip to your local primark! </div>
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1. Naked 3 palette - Urban Decay<br />
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Firstly I'm in love with this palette because it's rose gold heaven! It looks so heavenly and just by looking at it I can tell what goes with what. It looks exactly like the Naked 3 palette, I got it from Aliexpress so I was expecting it to look really fake but it's an exact replica. The brush is super soft and all the colours are correct. I bought this for an amazing price of £3.35 from Aliexpress, the real retail price from Urban Decay is about £38. So I really saved a lot! The only con is the mirroe, which was absolutely terrible lol. Not ideal for on the go makeup but apart from that we're good. To be honest, I'm going to call it an original because it has like 0.000000005% difference.</div>
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I love the colours in this palette, the only thing is it doesn't really exist lol. When I looked on the Urban Decay website there's only 3 naked palettes lol and I've been seeing all sorts up to number 8 online however fake or not, if I like it... I like it! I think I like the previous palette more, however my it does have really great shimmery colours. The previous palette and this palette come with a brush. The brush says naked on it and is super soft. Unfortunately this palette also came with a really rubbish mirror. I bought this for £3.40 which is a super price for what came in my opinion. </div>
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Now, this is probably my favourite thing in the haul! This palette works in two ways hence the name "Double exposure". They work different dry and wet which gives 28 different colours really. So you can do so much with it. I paid £6.25 for this palette.</div>
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This stuff is so beautiful and when I did a little swatch it made a great highlight. I got my foundation in NW50 so I thought NW40 was a suitable colour for concealer. It's incredibly light! So I ended up mixing it with LA Girl's pro concealer in beautiful bronze (GC87). This was bought for £1.74. Again another bargain! It's really small though and there's not much in the bottle. I might have to order another 5 lol but this time trying NW45.</div>
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This foundation was probably a shade lighter than it should have been. It was my first time buying anything to do with MAC so I guessed about colours and made judgements on colours. Luckily I mixed it with a Sleek BB cream and it was okay. I bought it for £5.66 on Aliexpress. </div>
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This cost me £1.06 as for gel eyeliner, I don't think designer will make a big difference lol. Also this one came with it own little cute angled brush. </div>
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If you guys have read previous Beauty posts you'll know I use this a lot however in a shade lighter beautiful bronze), I bought a shade darker intending to use it for contour but it came and it was the same colour as my skin... not darker so it really didn't help lol. So this is currently a foundation for me. In future I will defo buy these in my local afro-Caribbean store. From Aliexpress it costed £3.05 which is a little bit cheaper than from the shop but going to the shop is better and it avoids the wait. </div>
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Hey guys, so today is another short post a bit like yesterday's one. Please check it out (Aliexpress haul). I finally used the rose gold colour in my new semi illegal palette from aliexpress lol. To see it please check my last post. I had a "museums in London" day with my best friend so I thought why not. </div>
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Face: MUA matte primer, Sleek bb cream dark mixed with another unknown foundation, unknown blush (dark red colour) </div>
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Highlight: LA Girl Pro concealer (beautiful bronze) Contour: Fashion Fair foundation stick (teak)</div>
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Eyes: Lorac pro palette (garnet - on the lid , deep purple - crease)</div>
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Aliexpress looks like a well dodgy place when you first see it, but I actually tried some of their stuff out and I must say i'm pretty satisfied with the stuff. Aliexpress makes a lot of stuff that are fake but look awesomely real. </div>
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First up is the Lorac Pro Palette. To see the product on the site click <a href="http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1-PC-New-Makeup-32-LORAC-MEGA-PRO-2-eyeshadow-Palette-16-Colors-and-UNZIPPED-palette/32265518075.html">here</a>.</div>
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To my surprise, this is the real palette. It has 16 shades the top ones are matte and the bottom ones aren't and you can do some really good eye shadow looks with this palette. My most used colours are Taupe (as a transition colour), mauve, sable, espresso, gold, champagne and pewter.</div>
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I forgot to take a picture but included with the palette was the Lorac "Behind the scenes" eye primer, that's great but I feel it makes a subtle calm eye shadow look really ashy because of it's white colour but that's just me. Overall I love the palette, it's lovely and as it's a well known palette there's loads of tutorials on Youtube creating different looks with it.</div>
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The above look ^ </div>
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MUA stay matte primer (2.99), Revlon photoready foundation in Cappuchino (£8.99) , Sleek BB cream in dark (6.99) those two are mixed. </div>
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For highlight - LA Girl Pro Concealer in Beautiful bronze (1.99-4.99), Fashion Fair fast finish foundation stick in teak (£22.00) for contour.</div>
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Fashion fair perfect illuminating powder in the colour earth (£29.00)</div>
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LA Girl Pro Concealer for base, followed by Lorac behind the scenes eye primer. Lorac pro palette (£4.40!) Colours used; Taupe (transition colour), Pewter, black and deep purple (crease). Garnet for eyelid colour, finally unique 3D Fibre lash for mascara (£2.40).</div>
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The second product is another eyeshadow palette but this one is defo fake? To all my makeup gurus out there, does naked 6 even exist yet? let alone naked 5? Am I also right in saying too faced make the chocolate bar palettes not urban decay? Well this product managed to mix the two weirdly lol but I still like the colours. </div>
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To see the product on the site click <a href="http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcsmatte-Eyeshadow-NAKE-Professional-NK6-Makeup-1-6-Glitter-Palette-16-Colors-Brand-Eye-Shadow-chocolate/32377395120.html">here</a>. I got it for £7.00 which wasn't bad as the colours are super pigmented and pretty. </div>
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I love the colours here so much! Shimmer is meant to be here! I sometimes use mauve as a transition colour. So far I've used the colour gold and that's it. Some of it's colours are very similar to the lorac palette like light bronze, pewter, garnet and deep purple but I'm so in love with all the golden colours on here the red gold is also beautiful. </div>
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Steering away from makeup, I bought a wig from Aliexpress. It's most known for it's great wigs and extensions so I thought why not. I even found out about aliexpress through a youtuber who bought hair. </div>
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I've not actually tried it yet, but it's really smooth and human like and has a lace front to make it look even more real. It was around £39 from an outlet called synthetic wig outlet on aliexpress. I paid an extra £20 for it to be shipped within 3-5 days by fedex otherwise the free postage was 30-60 days from China so it was a must lol. I can't wait to try it and I'll have another update for you guys when I do. </div>
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You guys know that markers are my life! I have another set here today to show you the newly created markers by Winsor and Newton. </div>
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I have been using alcohol based markers for three years now. I started off with Letraset's promarkers then progressed onto buying Copic ciaos in 2015. I also bought the inexpensive finecolour markers in 2015. As of early 2016 I have bought Brushmarkers by the fabulous Winsor and Newton. </div>
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These are alcohol based markers with a similar design to promarkers. They were created by the well known artist brand Winsor and Newton who have released a whole new series of markers including an update of the promarkers and all new Winsor and Newton's "pigment marker". </div>
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These markers are new from Winsor and Newton so they are bound to be pricey. There's always the smart way with price and then the "I don't know how to look for bargains" way. I bought these markers as a skin tone set from the online art store Cowling and Wilcox that do amazing prices and probably the cheapest on the net. Promarkers are currently a pound each on sale. Shocking right? I bought these for £7.95 which I thought was great since from Winsor and Newton's website each pen is £2.50.</div>
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Copic have competition. These markers absolutely kill the game. You could colour with copics next to them and not tell the difference. For many, the reason why Copic was seen as better than promarker was because it had a brush nib. Well, clever Winsor and Newton mirrored the promarker look for all those promarker lovers out there (GUILTY) and added a brush tip to those complaining. Now, with excellent pigment, a brush tip, a flawless design and a flawless price - What's Copic again? The only thing Copic has over these babies is that they refill however let me tell you the truth about refills. One Copic refill costs around £4-£6. I hate looking at that price just for refills so I just don't. Most of my Copic skin tones are gone so I plan to buy new ones, I prefer that over refills.</div>
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<br />LMN-ADEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11726228804091550950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592734505873748824.post-56143718323641906382016-01-31T19:59:00.002+00:002016-01-31T20:03:30.670+00:00Blog updateHey everyone, it's been a while hasn't it... I've been away for the whole of January trying to plan 2016. So here's what I came up with.<br />
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<li><b>I'm preparing for Youtube</b> - Those of you who read my blog updates will know that I have been saying I was going to start Youtube for about 2 years now. The problem was with inadequate material and just a front camera iPod, I wasn't getting the quality I wanted so I pulled out. This year someone special has agreed to help me save towards getting a great camera, some lights and it'll soon be action! </li>
<li><b>My Art is taking a strange turn</b> - You guys may see that I'm posting less art. To be honest it is really because I have no idea what is going on. I only draw if I have time on weekends now, so that has drastically contributed. Also I find myself thinking ages before I can get anything down on paper which just isn't good. A weird case of drawers block. </li>
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I'm in love with this thing! Everybody goes on about real techniques but if you're looking for a cheaper option this could really help. It is a really good blending tool, I use this to get an even amount of foundation and concealer on my face! It also works best if you add a little water to the tip especially if you are trying to work with thick substances like La Girl Pro concealer.</div>
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2. Superdrug Foundation Brush - £2.99 @ Superdrug</div>
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Both this and the beauty blender are used to apply foundation. Firstly I use this brush to dot the foundation all over my face, it avoids the messy fingers. and then I blend it out with the beauty blender. This was worth it's price and the bristles are also soft but if I didn't have it I could still cope with just the beauty blender. </div>
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3. MUA Mascara - £2.99 @ Superdrug</div>
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This mascara slays, I didn't take a picture but the brush is slightly curved and that helps with extending lashes even further. I like MUA cosmetics because of their appearance. Their cheap but they don't look it.</div>
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4. Revolution Eyeshadow "redemption" palette - £4.99 @ Superdrug</div>
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5. MUA Eyeshadow "Undress me too" - £3.99 @ Superdrug<br />
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I love the idea of sparkle when it comes to eye makeup, it makes your eyes pop and draw attention. And all the eye shadows here do a great job at that. They are all compatible with each other which is good for smokey eyes, cut creases and so on. All the palettes come with that applicator but I find them useless.</div>
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I really like this primer, i've been wearing this with and without makeup. Wearing it helps bring less creasing and just makes all the makeuo feel smoother. I use this all over my face but for my eye shadow I prime with LA girl pro concealer for a base.</div>
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So, I go on about it so much... what's the hype? It's my favourite makeup item I've purchased this whole year. I absolutely love it, it's awesome. It's used to highlight and contour. Beautiful Bronze is the colour I used to Highlight and I use dark brown eye shadow to contour, I'm looking to buy a cream contour and highlight palette so if any of you know any good one, please comment below. I'm also going to buy a darker shade of this for my contour and see how it works, I have two and so far they're amazing. </div>
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That's it for now! I'm still using most of the same products, so to see the regulars in my makeup bag see this post: <a href="http://loveheartdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/whats-in-my-makeup-bag.html">http://loveheartdoodles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/whats-in-my-makeup-bag.html</a></div>
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Thank you for reading, Lauren x</div>
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I'm glad to show you guys my latest collection that I completed over about 3-4 months with a colour scheme of Red and Blue inspired by flowers. I'm not going to do an individual description for each of them as they're all identical but I'll explain the process x<br />
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Firstly I started off brainstorming, I usually get my ideas from watching fashion shows on youtube (recommended channel - fatalefashioniii). I also createed a board on pinterest about flowers, flower fashion etc.<br />
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Secondly I started my sketching process and then I inked (finelined), lastly I coloured with my markers.<br />
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Thanks guys, for reading! My next post is a beauty haul which will be out tonight so stay awake! </div>
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