Special effects makeup

When I first started with makeup I didn't think about sfx or any other types of makeup, I focused on looking pretty and mastering the perfect day and night looks. Until recently I was inspired by @powdah (amazing sfx artist!!) to play around with special effects materials such as wax, liquid latex, fake blood etc and I love it! I haven't quite mastered it but I'm loving playing around and learning how to create open wounds, scars and small cuts. I have tried a few times and here are the results.. I hope one day I can be half as good as Marc Clancy! I've used ben nye face and nose wax, blood gel, snazaroo deep red face paint and purple eye shadow to create bruising. 

These are my most recent attempts. Before buying the materials I played around with things I had at home, such as tissue and pva glue.. These being the outcome 

@leighnicole_ xx

Halloween

It's so close to my favourite time of the year, halloween!🎃 I've already started to have a play around with different looks, and looks clients have requested. Using facepaint, sfx and makeup I've created lots of different looks, I've picked out a few of my favourites and they are my scary toned down clown, my creepy Aztec and my half skull half pretty makeup. 

The clown: I used Revlon photo ready foundation as a base. For the eyes I used makeup revolution dark blue eye shadow to create an off looking smokey eye building the colour up to the brow, after doing this I applied a small line of liquid liner under my eyes then allowed to dry. For my brows I used mac dip down. On my lips I used Max's Russian red for the main colour then created depth with Mac's diva then applied a small circle on my nose as a clowns nose. To get the effect of crying and messed mascara and eye shadow I simple drenched my brush in water and pressed under my eyes and let it drip down my face until I was satisfied with the look.. To finish this I drew black lines down my eyes with snazaroo face paint then splattered gory snazaroo blood down my chin and onto my chest. 

Spooky Aztec: for this I used snazaroo face paint in black and white and drew and dotted across my face, I really love the finishing look with this as it's different to the typical halloween look. 

Half skull: Again for the half skull I used snazaroo face paint in black and white and built up the colour, on the opposite side I stuck to my day makeup (check my blog you'll see my day look) then applied ardell Demi wispie lashes to finish it off with mac Russian red lipstick. 

I hope you like these halloween looks, to see more have a look on my Instagram @leighnicole_ 💁 

Arbonne review

Recently I was asked if I would try out a selection of arbonne products, this included skin care and makeup. I used the calm cleanser and moisturiser twice a day for 4 days, before trying this I had a few pimples that wouldn't go away for weeks 😞 however, even after the first day my skin was feeling soft and felt so fresh. Onto the makeup, I tried the perfecting liquid foundation, usually I use mac studio fix and need two/three pumps to achieve a full cover, with this foundation I found just one pump was enough, although it's not a thick foundation the coverage is amazing! Under the foundation I used a primer which held my makeup for around 6 hours, I did have to apply the mineralise powder on top of my foundation after this time to top it up and keeping it look fresh. I also used the bronzing powder to contour my face lightly as I'm just obsessed with contouring and this powder doesn't have a red tone to it so it was brilliant for this. It's a long story mascara is pure magical, I have the shortest eye lashes and nothing but falsies help me but when I used this (3 coates) I found my lashes, for the first time in ages I could see I had mascara on and it was filling out my lashes and making them appear longer. I didn't get around to using all the lip polish's but I did fall in love with shade pearl, neural looking and has a pretty shimmer and made my lips feel super soft! If there's anything else you would like me to add or review then comment or message me privately.

@leighnicole_ xx

Animal mouth

I spent ages wondering what face paint I could do without doing my whole face. When I finally decided to try it out on my lips I started with the frog using snazaroo face painting kit. I loved it! That much I washed it off and tried more. This is an amazing idea if you're going to a party but you don't want to go all out on face paint instead just do lip art 👄 

@leighnicole_ xx

Amrezy pallet

I've had my Amrezy pallet a few months now and fall more in love every day! Definitely my best purchase from Anastasia Beverly Hills. I've created a few looks with this pallet as it has a colour for day and night. The pigmentation is amazing, goes on like a dream! I love the brush but it doesn't blend too well so I apply with the brush that comes in the pallet then I use my mac blending brush to blend blend blend. 

On this look I applied vanilla all over the lid to make the area brighter, then into the inner and outer corners I applied caramel and blended, leaving the middle area still bright, after doing this I built up colour by using caramel, morocco and deep plum and blended them into my crease until blended well.. On the bottom lashes I applied vanilla and blended morocco into the inner and outer corners still leaving the middle bright without a lot of colour. After applying the shadow I used arbonne mascara topped with Ka-Ching Katie perry colour pop lashes. I always have to cut down the width of my lashes as my eyes are very narrow so the lashes poke me in the eyes and get very uncomfortable. 

I hope you like my look using the Amrezy pallet.

@leighnicole_ xx

My go to look.

Being a student, it's not every day I get to experiment with makeup so on a daily basis I stick to a simple day look. 

Products I've used- mac studio fix nc20, sleek creme to powder foundation in shade 'Hot chocolate' to contour my cheek bones slightly. Going over the contouring with my I  heart makeup contour pallet in medium. I always finish my face with mac skin finish in soft and gentle, my absolute favourite high lighter. On my eye brows I've used Mac fluid line in dip down with a small W7 angled brow brush and mascara is arbonne with no eye shadow used. On my lips is blankety by mac with diva(also mac)blended into the edges to create an ombré lip making my lips seem enlarged. 

@leighnicole_  xx