OOTN & FOTN: Goodbye My Friend!

This outfit and face of the night I believe is my first ever - wahoo! So go easy on me ;-) I'm not as stylish as others nor am I the best at make up but I try. 

I actually wore this look last Saturday night but I completely forgot I took photos of it before I went out! It was two of my friends birthdays and one of them also moved to Scotland the day after so it was kind of his leaving celebrations as well. It was a fun night and I'm glad I got a little bit of fun before revision started (not that that is going well - argh). 

This outfit was actually put together by my friend Lucy who featured the items in a blog post on lonely wardrobe. We literally went shopping together the day after she posted about it as I HAD to have it. Unfortunately we had to get a different top though as the one she featured wasn't available in our Dorothy Perkins :-(

Top - Select £8 LINK

Skirt - H&M £7.99 LINK

You can't really see it on properly so here is a  (sort of) better picture:

Definitely get the right size top for you. In the store I thought the top looked a little on the small size so sized up but when  I got it home it was huge! I spent all night pulling it up so you couldn't see my boobs - not that that really helped as it is sheer. 

For the skirt I would say try it on but probably size up also. If you're anything like me and Kim Kardashian, with voluptuous bottom halves, you'll find that although it fits at the waist it won't across your legs. And the way it falls at the front means you risk your vajayjay being exposed!

 I went for blue and gold with the make up. You can't really tell because of my glasses but when my eyes are open it looks like a really nice hint of blue in the crease/corner. I have no  idea where my make up is right now as I'm in the process of moving house but to the best of my knowledge this is what I used:

• Sleek Storm Pallette - Gold and a couple of the Blues.
• L'oreal Telescopic Mascara
• Collection 2000 Eyeliner
• Benefit Coralista Blush
• MUA Primer
• Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation in Ivory
• MUA Shade 7 Lipstick

I would love to see some of your OOTN! Leave me links below :-) 

Review: ELF Beauty School Palette - Natural

This gorgeous little palette from ELF has been in my collection for quite a while now - so long I've actually forgotten when I got it, woops! I'm 99% certain seeing as I can't find an invoice for it, it was a free gift with an order I placed around Christmas time. 

It's a collection of shimmery, neutral tones - golds, browns and a creamy/white colour. All shades have a reasonable level of pigmentation although some took a few swipes to achieve the swatches below:

Without flash

With flash

They all contain little specks of glitter which I actually find quite annoying. Although I am a fan of eyeshadows like this, there is a LOT of fall out. In fact, when I took this out my drawer to use the other day, the casing was in such a state I had to wipe it down before use. You can imagine what it's like to use if it's doing that whilst in storage. And glitter is a royal pain in the arse to get off your face! 

I also found that the darker shades did need some building up to achieve a true to pan shade on the lid. I would definitely recommend patting the colour on more than blending it on. Otherwise you will just end up blending it all away really easily. 

 Here is a look I achieved using this palette: 

I think I only used the gold in the centre on the top row and the gold/brown in the centre of the bottom row. Possibly a little of the brown in the bottom right of the palette. (Terrible memory, I know)

And for the first time ever, a full face shot! I wasn't sure whether to include this as you can't actually see my eyeshadow due to hooded eyelids/glasses, grr. Nevertheless, here it is :) 

Other products used:

• Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation - Ivory (£8.19, LINK)
• ELF Corrective Concealer (£3.50, LINK)
• ELF Complexion Perfection Powder (£3.50, LINK)
• MUA Face Primer (£4.00, LINK)
• Urban Decay Primer Potion (£14.50, LINK) 
• ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder - Luminance (£1.50, LINK)
• Benefit Sugarbomb Blusher (£23.50, LINK) 
• MUA Extreme Curl Mascara - Black (£2.00, LINK)
• ELF Makeup Mist & Set (£3.50, LINK)

The ELF Beauty School Palette is available in Natural and Smokey online at:

LINK

and is £3.50.