Gem and Jo's Face Of The Day

Lads and Lasses, welcome to another installation of Face of The Day. As usual you shall read about what we decided to chuck on our faces for the day, and boy do we mean chuck. Jo had to be in college super early and Gem was supposed to be up at 9.00am, however getting out of bed at 10.00am made her slightly late. Only slightly. Therefore makeup was chucked. 

Gem's FOTD:

As per usual, I started off with the best foundation ever, Estée Lauder's Double Wear in Shell and powdered using Makeup Rumours pressed powder in Nude. As I was in a little bit of a rush, only an hour or so late at this stage, oops!, I did minimal eye makeup using E.L.F. Cosmetics' Eye enhancing Palette. 

Using the E.L.F. palette I covered up to my brow with 1 as a base colour and I slightly deepened the crease of my eye using 2. Then I patted 3 onto the lid for a pop of colour. I did a tiny cat eye flick using Wet n Wild's H20 Proof liquid eyeliner and swept Estée Lauder's Sumptuous Extreme mascara across my lashes, sweeping them towards the outer corner of my eye for a bit of drama. I gave myself a bit of a glow using Front Cover's blush and shoved some Estée Lauder lip gloss on before legging it out of the house. 

Jo's FOTD:

So I had to be in college today for 8.30 this morning, which meant having to get up at 6.45 (disgusting is not the word!). So while I was having seriously withdrawal symptoms from leaving my bed, I went for a look that was quick, easy and didn't require me to be fully awake. I started with Rimmel London's Lasting Finish 25 hour foundation and then powdered with Makeup Rumours pressed powder in satin. 

For the eyes I went for a look that could be done with just one palette (no hunting around for loads of single eyeshadows for me this morning!). I decided to go for a purple(y) look using MACs bare my soul eyeshadow quad from their temperature rising collection. I started with 1(temperature rising) all over the lid, I then put 2(performance art) in the outer third of my lid, 3(swelter) in the crease and 4(beauty marked) in the outer corner. I then lined my top lash line with Wet n Wild's  Mega Liner and applied loads of Elizabeth Arden's Ceramide mascara to open up my eyes. To finish the look I swept  Sleek's Blush by 3 in sugar on the apples of my cheeks, dabbed on a bit of Orofluido's lip gloss and put a bit of Benefit's high beam on the tops of my cheek bones to make me look like I was awake (even if I was still in a sleep like trance). I then had myself a serious cup of tea and walked out the door, no longer looking like a zombie!

What is your go to 'in a rush' makeup look?

Thanks for reading!

Until next time, 

Gem and Jo's Face of the Day

Good afternoon all you fabulous people! Today we had a lovely little get together with some of our close friends, just to catch up and what not, and this is what we wore on those things we call our faces.

Gemma's Makeup 

Today, instead of going for either a natural or night-time look, I decided to combine both and pair a neutral eye with a bold lip which also matched my nails! (Yay for matchy- matchy!) As per usual I started with Estée Lauder's Double Wear foundation in Shell (CO1) and powdered with Makeup Rumours pressed powder in Nude. (£1 you guys, £1!!) I yet again used Front Cover's blush for a healthy glow. 

On to the eyes! I used Makeup Rumour's Dazzle Palette, I applied 1 over my whole eyelid and browbone and used 2 in the crease of my eye with 3 adding a coppery look to my eyelid. Then I used 4 to highlight the inner corner and just under my eye to create an awake look! Wet n Wild's H20 Liquid eyeliner and Estée Lauder's Sumptuous Extreme mascara finished off my look. 

Jo's Makeup 

So today I decided to go for a put together neutral look. I started with Seventeen Miracle matte foundation and powdered with NYC Matte Powder Foundation (it was just one of those days guys!). I then highlighted with Benefit's High beam (it's like instant sunlight.).

On to the eyes! After priming my eyes I then used Stilla's Natural Beauty palette (check out our review  of it here). I started with vanilla (1) as an all over eye base. Next I used toffee (2) on the lid and ran rosey (3) through the crease. I then used caramel (4) in the outer third of my lid and used merlot (5) to deepen the outer corner. I finished off the eye look with a sweep of Wet n Wild's Mega liner in black and used lashings (see what I did there) of Maybelline's the Rocket mascara. I finished off my entire look with a rosey nude lipstick from makeuprumours (see our makeup rumours review here). 

So there you have it, our looks of the day.

What's your go to neutral eye shadow palette is? Let us know in the comments. 

As always, thanks for reading. 

Until next time, 

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