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5 Minute Makeup Challenge

A few weeks ago Laura tagged me to do the 5 minute makeup challenge. I shy away from application type videos these days as they are not so well received and take much longer to film and edit than your average chatty equivalent but I enjoyed this. I'm pretty sure I've done it before but I can't find it so it must have been waaay in the beginning. Anywho.. here's what I used..

Face

Nars Sheer Glow in Mont Blanc

Benefit Erase Paste in Shade 2

17 Shine Control Pressed Powder

Miners Bronzer/Blusher Blend in Sunblushed

Eyes

MAC Tete-a-tint eyeshadow

MAC Wedge eyeshadow for brows

Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Liner

L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara

Daniel Sandler Baby Jet Mascara (lower lashes)

Lips

Miners Matte Factor Lip Paint in Peach

Brushes

Eyebrow Brush from QVS at Superdrug

F50 from Sigma (for powder)

F40 from Sigma (for blush)

*Sigma brushes can be bought here, use code GLAM2012 for 10% Discount

And here's the video...

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New To Me From S&G

You may remember I had a little issue with my Soap & Glory hair turban a few weeks ago and I blogged about their remarkable customer service, you can read that post here. They contacted me having watched my Best & Worst Soap & Glory video and asked if I'd like to try anything else from the range. I will embed that video and the bottom of this post because you can see for yourself not all of my opinions were positive. I am approached by a lot of different companies and the ones that stand out to me are the ones that want you to review something even when you've spoken negatively about them in the past. Of course I can't be sure they aren't attempting to buy my favour but if they knew me or my blog at all they'd know that's impossible. I'm a big fan of S&G but as with all brands they have some products that just don't work for me and I'm not going to tell you I like them just 'cause they sent me it for free.

Anyway.. When they offered to send me something I knew exactly what I wanted, Whenever I've mentioned cleansers in the past the first to be recommended is always the Soap & Glory Fab Pore Hot Cloth but it is always out of stock.. ALWAYS! So I asked if they had that for me to try and they did along with two other things they suggested I'd like.. Fab Pore Facial Peel and Make Yourself Youthful Rejuvenating Serum. 

I've recently started a "use everything up" kick so I'm only just about to start using the cleanser and serum but rest assured the pictures have been taken and the review posts are all ready waiting in my drafts to be written up once I've given them a good test run. As of today my facial skincare will be 100% Soap & Glory as I've finished my L'Oreal Youth Code Serum and I'm using Super Eyes Super Eyes eye cream and Wish Upon A Jar night cream so give me a few weeks and hopefully I'll look like the beautiful pin ups that grace their packaging.

It's available at Boots, prices range from £4.50-£15.00 - link to site

Ooh and I just checked and the hot cloth cleanser is shockingly in stock!

Have you tried Soap & Glory's skincare?

Miss BB

How To Remove Glitter Polish

This is one of those things I'd always heard about but took ages to try and when I did I couldn't believe the results. I'm sure for a lot of you this will be like teaching you to suck eggs.. you've seen it all before, right? Well I would have thought so too as  you're all so beauty minded but when I mentioned it in a recent video I had an overwhelming response to film a tutorial so of course, I did.

If this helps only one poor glitter lover it will have all been worth it!

What you'll need...

Acetone Nail Polish Remover

*acetone free works just not as quickly in my experience*

Tin Foil

Cotton Wool Pads

• Cut your cotton wool pads into quarters and your tin foil into strips.. you'll need 10 of each.
• Saturate a cotton quarter and place it on your nail.
• Wrap your fingertip with foil - don't use too little foil and make sure it's properly covered.
• Cover all 10 fingers and leave for 5 minutes.
• To remove wiggle the foil and the cotton pad on your nail and pull the whole thing off, you should be left with a clean, glitter free nail.

The polish that I was wearing was Razzle Dazzle by Deborah Lippmann, I absolutely love this stuff but it's the worst to remove in my collection because the tiny glitter particles act like sand paper to my cotton pad. Nightmare! It was this polish that first drove me to trying this method and I still can't believe how effective it is. I know it's still time consuming but you feel a lot more productive wrapping your finger with foil than you do scrubbing away an entire pack of cotton pads for an hour. I reserve this removal for the more terminally difficult polishes.

It's easy peasy and I'd have thought you could follow this easy step by step but here's a very short video tutorial for you if you'd like to see it in practice...

Here's to many more glitter moments for us all!

Miss BB

If I Could Only Have One...

I was asked to do this video a while ago and only just got around to filming it today. Apologies to those who watch my channel for the lack of uploads in the past week.. Sometimes you just get out of the swing, y'know? Either way I'm glad I finally got something up.. and here it is..

Miss BB

Three Very Funny Videos...

I don't often do this but I had to share these two videos with you. The first is a clip from The Cleveland Show that we looked up to watch again because well.. it's just so darn funny! The second was randomly linked after that one and it the most impressive research/editing work I've seen since Cassette Boy vs The Bloody Apprentice (which I've also linked at the bottom for those unfortunate souls who still haven't seen it) Enjoy!

   

EDIT
I can't believe i forgot this one..


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Party Parrot Tutorial

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Green Eyed Monster

For the tutorial click on the video below...

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Gloss & Glitter

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I've really rediscovered my love for red lips this Christmas so it seemed only right that I wear them in my Holiday tutorial this year. For my eyes I used a similar technique as I do everyday.. I define just above my crease in an attempt to widen my eyes, classic winged liner and a slick of festive glitter...

What I used for this look...

MAC Paint Pots in Morning Frost and Chilled On Ice

Urban Decay Shadows in Last Call and Smog

2True Easyglide Khol Eyeliner in Black

Rimmel Exhaggerate Liquid Liner in Black

MUA Glitter Eyleliner in 4 (gold)

Loreal Volume Million Lashes Mascara

Daniel Sandler Baby Jet Mascara

MAC Sheertone Blush in Plum Foolery

Urban Decay 24/7 Lip Pencil in Gash

17 Ultimate Volume Lipgloss in Very Berry

To see how I did it watch the video tutorial below...

Miss BB

1 Week To Go!

Here's a festive video catch up for you all...

VLOGMAS!

And not forgetting the Holiday Tag!

To follow my daily vlogmas videos go check out my vlog channel

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Miss BB

Get Connected!

For those of you that don't know there are lots of other places you can find me on the web!

I have FOUR blogs, yes I know four sounds excessive but I wanted to keep stuff separate.

There's my beauty blog (you are here), my baby blog, my wedding blog and my cooking blog.

If you want to see every post from me you really should go check them out.. and follow of course while you're there! 

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Next up I'm assuming you already know but I'm on YouTube. I was a YouTuber before I was a blogger and there are A LOT of videos of mine out there... over 500 to date... now that's scary! That's a lot of me! 

You can go over and subscribe to my YouTube channel for regular beauty videos from me here.

Much the same as I have with my blogs I have set up a second YouTube channel for my pregnancy and baby videos. You can find that (don't forget to subscribe) here.

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I also have a Twitter. I tweeted more before bubba came along but I'm still pretty active there and it's the best way I find to connect with readers. It's the easiest forum in which to respond as I can access my messages on my iPhone. If you have a question twitter is where you should send it. 

You can tweet me here.

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Lastly I've recently set up a Facebook fan page. I originally started a personal profile as I was more than a little uncomfortable asking people to become my "fans" but it would appear it's "like" now so that's not quite so bad, is it? A fan page is better because there's no limit to how many people you can connect with, unlike a personal page which has a limit on friends you can accept. I'm planning a little welcome giveaway on Facebook very soon so go and "like" missbudgetbeauty here now.

I love to connect with you guys so connect with me every way you can!

Miss BB

My Big Distraction

I know you all know but I had a baby recently. I haven't posted any pictures of him here and thought I would for those who haven't seen him yet. I've already blogged and vlogged about him here and here so you can check that out if you're interested. He was born on 15/11/11 and he we named him Milo. He is 100% of the reason my blog posts have been lacking in frequency and perhaps lower in quality lately...you can imagine it's hard to get anything done with a cute baby around to play with. He is the best behaved boy, though, so I really have no excuse for shirking my blogging responsibilities. He sleeps well and generally doesn't like to bother anyone.

I have managed to film a few non-baby related videos for my beauty YouTube channel since Milo was born but here are his YT debuts...

Thank you to everyone that has sent kind messages since his birth. I am doing much better and he is perfect, 2 weeks old tomorrow and life is just about returning to somewhere near normal.

Usual beauty blogging will resume shortly!

Miss BB

Iced Island Breeze

I know the title "Island Breeze" totally betrays the season but I've had this palette for the longest time and only just got around to filming a tutorial with it. The colours are lovely pastel shades which unfortunately don't seem to translate well in photos but I think the video picked them up well and I'm really pleased with the overall look. I'm looking forward to winter but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on the glow just yet.

What I Used

Clarins Beauty Flash Balm

Nars Sheer Glow (Mont Blanc/Light 2)

YSL Touch Eclat (light)

Maybelline SuperStay 24 Concealer (light 2)

Benefit Boxed Powder in Sugar Bomb

Avon Palette in Island Breeze

2True Easyglide Khol Liner

Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara (to give volume)

Urban Decay Skyscraper Mascara (to lengthen)

Urban Decay Lip Junkie in Peroxide

*video will be here once uploaded*

Metallic Smoke

What I Used

17 Wild Metallic Shadows in Wild Silver and Wild Midnight Blue

2True Easyglide Khol Liner

HD Brows Palette in Vamp

Maybelline One by One Mascara (top lashes)

Daniel Sandler Baby Jet Mascara (bottom lashes)

Urban Decay Cream Highlight in Moonshine

Benefit Boxed Powder in Moonshine

MAC lipstick in Angel

I really wanted to do a tutorial with my new Wild Metallic shadows from 17 and it ended up kind of "costumey". In pictures it looks pretty wearable but it was a bit on the garish side for my liking so I would be more likely to whip this out for an upcoming Halloween party than a night out.. you might feel differently.. each to their own. Either way the shadows were pretty good. A little difficult to work with as they don't seem to set so they're not easy to layer and as the evening progressed you might smudge them. They do give a lot of bang for your buck though. I am looking forward to trying some different shades from the range as just between the two I picked up the formula is very different. The Wild Silver is more of a metallic block silver where are the Wild Midnight Blue is a dull, sheer dark blue with lots of glitter. Both look totally different which is a nice contrast but I expected the range to be the same shade to shade. The silver was definitely easier to blend so I'm hoping the neutrals I want to go back for are more like that. Although they do crease without a primer and are prone to sliding around on your eye if you are a glitter-phobe like me these are a great way to achieve that sparkle without the dreaded fall out of a powder shadow.

Warm Winter Look

What I used...

Garnier BB Cream in Light

YSL Touche Eclat in Light

Maybelline Superstay 24 Concealer in Light 2

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Translucent

ELF Studio Cool Bronzer

MAC Blush in Desert Rose

HD Brows Palette in Vamp

Too Faced Natural Eye Palette (Silk Teddy, Erotica and Sexpresso)

2True Easyglide Khol Liner

Maybelline One by One Mascara

Miners Matte Factor Lip Colour in Peach

Really loved this look.. it's glowy and bronzed but still winter-appropriate. I filmed a tutorial and will post it here once it's live! 

Hallowe'en Tutorials

I've had so many requests this year for Hallowe'en tutorials... well.. I did a lot last year.. some good some VERY bad and I figured most of you wont have seen them so... here they are!

Pretty "First Date" Drugstore Makeup

I've had several requests for a full face of drugstore makeup and a couple for "first date" looks so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. I'm uploading my tutorial to YouTube now but it's a bit blurry (I've had it with trying to film using my SLR) so here are some photos of the look and a run down of the products I used. Hope it's helpful.

I used mostly MUA, their new pro range has some fab stuff. I threw in my new 2true liner as an alternate as I don't have a basic black from MUA and I must say I was impressed. I'll be using that again! I love the overall look but the standout discovery for me has to the mosaic blush. When I first bought it I didn't think much of it, it didn't seem to have an colour pay off when I swatched it and I don't think it ever even made it on to my face. Well... I'm very glad I used it in this tutorial 'cause it's awesome! It gives a really sheer wash of colour and a beautiful sheen, not sparkly at all just glowy, I wish they did a neutral highlight powder in this formula because for £2.50 that would be my number one drugstore product. I have a mosaic bronzer too so I'll be trying that out tomorrow. Just goes to show you should give things another go.. I am often too quick to judge and once something is put away in my collection it could be lost forever.. I would have been seriously missing out.

I also want to point out I used a tiny bit of lipstick with the gloss to create a more tinted lip.. this lipstick is a really bold pink when used normally.

Mosaic Blush in English Rose £2.50

Dusk Til Dawn Palette £4

2True Khol Liner £1.99

Extreme Curl Mascara £2

Lipstick Shade 3 £1

Lipgloss Shade 4 £1

Here's the tutorial video...

What are your favourites from MUA?

Chanel Giveaway

It's a huge deal for me to see my YouTube Channel and blog growing at the rate they are. I never thought anyone would watch or read anything I posted online when I started so it's very exciting to have nearly hit 10,000 subscribers on my Channel. To mark the occasion I wanted to hold a giveaway. Back when I hit 4/5k (I forget which) I held a "choose your own MAC" contest which went really well and obviously received a great response. This time I wanted to do something a little different but I wasn't sure what. Over the last few weeks I have asked you on several occasions what one beauty product you would love to see available at a discounted price. Lots of you responded and everyone had great idea's but the one product that saw the most nominations has to be Chanel Universal Bronze (AKA Soleil Tan de Chanel)

As a result I decided that should be the prize! I hope you're pleased :)

Some of you will be finding this giveaway through my blog for the first time so that's a little background for you but some of you will have been directed from my channel in which case this next part is what your looking for...

THE RULES

You must be either subscribed to my YouTube channel or a follower of this blog

You can be any age but you must be able to give me your address if you win

The contest will run internationally

The end date will be 07/11 or when I hit 10k subscribers (whichever is sooner)

You must leave me a comment on this blog post telling me your current favourite bronzer

And that's it!

Simples!

Once again BIG LOVE to all of you that do read my blog especially. I never thought I'd love it as much as I do but it's a fantastic hobby for anyone thinking of taking it up..  but it wouldn't be half as great without you guys that comment and leave me feedback every week. You have made a lifelong blogger out of me.

Quick Morning Makeup

I have been inundated with requests (I did ask for them) in the last few days so in an effort to make my way down the list here's the first one ticked off. A quick makeup look for Busy Mums was requested so here it is.. although not limited to Mums. We all have those days we don't have a lot of time to get ready.

Here's what I used...

Garnier BB Cream in Light £9.99

Maybelline Superstay Concealer in Light £5.99

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder £3.99

Benefit Dallas Bronzer/Blush £23.50

HD Brows Palette £19.95

Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero £13

Maybelline One by One Mascara £8.49

Urban Decay Lipstick in Sell Out £13