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Sunday, 27 September 2015 6 Notes "Backstage"

I'm not even going to lie, I feel so bad abandoning this blog for so long without a post. You guys cannot even begin to imagine how busy I am, still trying to adjust to having a "9-5". Anyway am back and I'll try to create time to put up posts for you my amazing reader.
Back to today's post, over the past weeks I realised that I haven't been able to keep purple away from my lips :) I try to mix and match colors just to get that purple! So I resently purchased a purple matte lipgloss, not exactly the shade I had in mind but it works anyway so it would make do for now. I purchased the LA Girl matte lipgloss in "backstage".





I used it to create the look I have on today, I also used the milani lipstick in rose amour. Hope you guys like it. As usual product details will be listed below.







Product Used

Eyes

NYX jumbo pencil- milk
BH party girl palette- wine (crease)
Maybelline eyeshadow trio- desert sunrise(crease)
BH party girl - sliver (lid)
Ardel lashes
Milani eye tech liquid liner
Jordana jumbo pencil

Face

L'Oréal HIP foundation - Tawny
La girl pro concealer - Toffee, beautiful bronze
Sleek blush- flushed, guipure
Mars blush - cocoa
Milani powder - medium

Lips

Zaron lipliner - clay pot
LA girl matte lipgloss in backstage
Milani lipstick in rose amour



Wednesday, 19 August 2015 5 Notes Ugo's Makeover

Hey Guys!
I know I have been "MIA" for some time and I apologise to my faithful readers, Its has been a crazy two weeks and am just trying to get my acts together.
I want to share some pictures from Ugo's Makeup over for a wedding she was attending last weekend. I didnt take a before picture, and half way through taking pictures my camera tuned to a setting I didnt understand so I had to make do with taking the rest of the pictures outside.









-Stella.

Sunday, 2 August 2015 6 Notes Purple! Ombre! Pink!

Hey everyone!

Today's look was inspired by my love for the colour purple. As you all know, I am all about the purples! As long as its purple I am so down for it. Surprisingly I do not own a purple lipstick, but then my eyes caught my purple eyeshadow and am like "this should work"! I slapped it on my lips and it turned out FAB!
The original looks was a simple pink lipstick but as it turned out I created an ombre lip and a purple lip too.











Product Used

Eyes

NYX Jumbo pencil -milk
Inglot AMC 48 eyeshadow
Bh party girl black eyeshadow (crease)
Milani eyetech extreme liquid liner
Milani runway lashes mascara
Ardel lashes
Jordana eyeliner

Face

L'Oréal HIP foundation Mocha and terra
Marykay foundation 500- highlight
Sleek blush - flushed
Sleek blush- guipure
Milani powder- Earth glow(contour)
Ben nye powder banana&Olive sand

Lips

NYX lipliner -dolly pink
Milani lipstick - rose amour
AND
Bh take me to brasil Purple eyeshadow


-Stella









Thursday, 23 July 2015 0 Notes Eyeshadow Tutorial: Silver and Purple with a hint of black

Hey Everyone!

I know I promised you guys makeup tutorials, am still working on making that happen. For now I would be doing a couple of picture tutorials.
 The look I have on today is a silver purple and black eye shadow combination. I hope the step by step tutorial can help you understand how I apply my eyeshadows and created this look.


apply concealer all over eyelid to cover discolouration

NYX primer

Silver on the lid

Purple on the crease

Blend the purple

Darken with a black eyeshadow


Add brow bone highlight

Apply eyeliner to upper and lower lid

Done!!!


Products Used

Eyes

NYX Jumbo pencil - milk
Bh party girl palette- silver (lid), purple (outer lid), black (outer lid)
Black radiance quad pearl (brow bone)
Milani eye tech extreme liquid liner
jordana jumbo pencil black (lower liner)
Revlon fantasy lashes

Face

Marykay liquid foundation 600,507
LA girl pro concealer- fawn, beautiful bronze
Sleek blush- crochet
Mars blush- cocoa
Ben nye banana powder

Lips

Zaron lip pencil- claypot
Nyx lip creme- Addis Ababa




- Stella. 









Friday, 10 July 2015 0 Notes Natural with a pop of colour

For this look I went with nudes and earth tones, but I added a bit of a pop using a sort of greenish aquamarine eyeshadow as a liner, just to give the look a colorful out look. That was not my intent I wanted to try out a classic nude look but the green just happened.

Hair Update

My hair is still out, I have not yet put it in any protective style,  I am trying hard not to, the temptation to retouch it is extreme I must say, but Ill try to resist.
For this look, I simply moisturised my hair with the African pride curling butter moisturiser and a bit of coconut oil. 






Products Used

Eyes

NYX base- milk
Inglot eye shadow AMC shine 31 and 48 (lid)
Wet and wild eyeshadow trio- brown (crease)
Wet and wild eye shadow creme -envy(lower lid)
Revlon lashes

Face

L'Oréal HIP foundation Mocha and terra
Mary kay foundation 507- highlight
Milani earth glow - contour
Sleek blush by 3 lace chantilly
Ben Nye powder Banana and olive sand

Lips

Milani lip liner- nude
Milani lipstick- Naturally chic



-Stella.

Sunday, 5 July 2015 1 Note Amaka's Wedding Makeover

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all have had a nice weekend?Thursday was  Amaka's big day! Which also happened to be my NYSC passing out day, I wasn't going to disappoint her. Being the super hero I am :) I was able to glam her up, and arrive right on time for my POP. Back to my lovely bride, She didn't want to look like an entirely different person, so I went easy on the eyes, and gave her a pink and purple lip color, even though she had told me her husband wouldn't kiss her if she had on too much lipstick LoL! (lipstick never stopped any groom).









-Stella.

Sunday, 28 June 2015 2 Notes Natural hair journey update; hair troubles, new regime and everything in between + and my makeup inspiration

Am really sorry I have not put up a post about my hair in a whil, I must tell you guys I have been struggling a lot with my hair and I must say it hasnt being easy, so many times I feel tempted to relax it and get it over with, but here I am writing a post :).
First of all, I have a dandruff prone scalp and its very bad, with my hair being really full it has become increasingly hard for me to manage the dandruff situation. I have tried using lime and ginger, antiseptic mouth wash and alot of unconventional thing which didn't seem to be working beyond one week.
After much investigation, I decided to try out head and shoulders shampoo (I have never actually tried it! Its suprising I know! Lol!) I am also trying out vinoz shampoo and conditioner and I added Damatol to the mix for my scalp treatment. And to my surprise I have noticed a difference that is lasting.

Regime:

I happen to be a victim of dandruff infestation so co-washing is something I cannot attempt for now. That being said, my hair regime for now is pretty simple, I try to wash my hair weekly with the above products (head and shoulders shampoo and vinoz shampoo and conditioner). I air dry my hair as usual then moisturise with coconut oil, olive oil and African pride shea butter curling pudding. African pride shea butter is a new product I got a while back, I simply use it as a moisturiser. And that's basically all I. I do not twist out my hair anymore because I just cannot go through the stress of twisting my hair and I dont have the luxury of time for that, so I just section my hair into four parts, plait and tuck my end in.


Due to the excess braiding I have engaged in over the past 4 months, I suffered a huge amount of hair loss. So for this I have also adopted a deep conditioning treatment, which is a mixture of hair mayonnaise, conditioner (i use vinoz conditioner) and coconut oil which I apply to my hair after washing. I leave in the mixture for about 2 hours.
This is basically my regime for now, I plan to keep it this way for as long as possible. I am also trying to stay off braiding because it hasn't helped me much so far.

Makeup inspiration:





Products Used

Eyes

NYX Jumbo pencil- milk
Wet and wild mega eye creme - envy (lid)
Inglot AMC shine 32 (lid)
BH party girl palette - purple (lower lid)
Bh pagearty girl palette dark blue (crease)
Jordana jumbo eyeliner
Rvelon lashes
Milani eye tech extreme liquid liner

Face

L'Oréal HIP foundation Mocha & Terra
 Marykay Foundation 500 highlight
sleek blush- flushed
Milani powder earth glow- contour
Ben nye powder- banana & olive sand

lips

Milani lip liner - Nude
Milani lipstick- Naturally chic


-Stella.


Sunday, 21 June 2015 3 Notes smokey but bright + L'Oréal HIP foundation review

The look I have on today is a just basically a simply a mixture of a glittery silver and black eyeshadow. Nothing too complicated. Just cute and pretty.




L'Oréal HIP Foundation review: I tried on the shades in Mocha and Terra and the out come was a flawless finish, it wasnt heavy on the face and had a very good coverage. Hopefully I can get all the shades and add them to my collection. I see myself using this foundation often.

Products Used

Eyes

NYX Jumbo pencil- milk
Bh party girl palette- glittery silve(lid), black (outer lid)
Black radiance quad pearl- brow bone
Maybelline colossal kajal 
Revlon fantasy lashes

Face

L'Oréal HIP foundation Mocha 820 and terra 824
LA girl pro concealer Fawn and Beautiful bronze
Sleek blush flushed
Ben nye banana powder
Milani powder earth glow - contour

Lips

NYX lip pencil -Dolly pink
Milani lipstick- Rose 



-Stella.