Friday 12 September 2014

Long Haul Flight Kit of Wonders

Sunday, I am flying a long, lovely, overnight flight to the United States. Yay!

I have flown many, many long flights in my life. I never wear makeup on them to avoid blockages and breakouts. I have survived them all without becoming a greasy stinky mess with my long haul survival kit of wonders.


Everything fits in that demonic small clear plastic bag 
they say you can only carry.

In the kit of wonders we have...

Johnson's Face Care
daily essentials face wipes
for both face and body, you can do a mini bathroom wash up and feel fresh!

Dermalogica miniature Special Cleansing Gel
a clean face is the best face, this will remove excess oil from the skin.

Dermalogica Barrier Repair
This will prevent dryness from stale airplane air and prevent irritation

Nivea miniature deodorant
fresh armpits are the best armpits, a necessity.

Colgate miniature Max Fresh toothpaste
airplane food doesn't always taste the best, remove the taste ASAP

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Lip Balm
stale plane air makes my lips chapped, no one needs that.

Batiste miniature Dry Shampoo
get off that plane looking like you just stepped out of the salon with fresh bouncy hair.

Cocktail Cosmetics- UK cosmetics website

If I am going to shop for out of reach brands, this is where I turn to. With fair prices and very good shipping, this is my makeup mecca.
(click the link and experience the awesome)


They offer a series of professional brands, cult brands, 
and VEGAN cosmetics and brushes.

100% Pure Cosmetics - ADesign Brushes - Ardell Lashes - BDellium Tools
Brush Guard - Cozzette Brushes - Crown Brush - Daniel Sandler Cosmetics
Duo Lash - ECO TOOLS - Eldora Lashes - EOS Evolution of Smooth
Everyday Minerals - Eye of Horus - GLO Minerals - Illuminare Cosmetics
Japonesque - Karla Cosmetics - Konjac Sponges - Koren Zander - LAQA & CO
La Vaque Professional - Lily Lolo - Lime Crime - NEVE Cosmetics - NYX Cosmetics
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - Pro Hygiene Collection - Real Techniques
Rosebud Company - Shadow Shields - Sigma Brushes - Skindinavia
Sleek Maskeup - Sugarpill Cosmetics - Vera Mona - Viseart - Vueset - Yaby - Z palettes


I am going to showcase my favorite brands on this site, 
the ones I buy from regularly.



Cocktail Cosmetics carries many cult products and tools that I feel are nearly essential for makeup junkies like myself.
Smith's Rosebud Salve - hydrating lip balm with a rose water base
Eye of Horus - the blackest of black kohl pencils
Eco Tools and BDellium brushes - easy to clean vegan brushes
Ardell Lashes- reusable, dramatic or natural, always what you want
NYX Jumbo Pencils - how many makeup sites do you read without seeing these things?!
Z Palettes - Storage system for the makeup hoarder extraordinaire 


This professional brand has extreme stay power and pigmentation. You will find a long stay lip tar in any color you could ever imagine. They are a cruelty free vegan brand that caters to all tastes.

These two brands have only been on the scene for a couple years but have both taken off like wildfires around the world. Sugarpill is now a go to brand or many famous gals off Ru Paul's Drag Race and Lime Crime has been sported by Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardasian.

Sugarpill caters to the eyes. Pressed and loose eyeshadows, themed palettes and the fantasy inspired false eyelashes that are like no other. They have recently released their own line of vegan brushes.

Lime Crime makes eyeshadows but focuses on the lips making lip glosses, lipsticks, and matte liquid lipsticks that are the talk of the town. They have liquid eyeliners and glitters as well.

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Disney Princess inspired makeup and outfits

I have put together some Disney Princess Inspired outfits and makeup looks. If you ever so wanted to be a princess.
These are fantastic Halloween ideas for the not-so-costumey gal.

I gathered all the clothing, affordable, of asos.com and the makeup is compiled off MAC, Benefit, beautybay.com, and cocktailcosmetics.com. These websites cater to people worldwide. Most importantly, i picked clothes than suit all body types, these clothes all come in size 16 and over.



Here we have a purple scuba top, a green scuba skirt and some lovely fish scale shoes. I accessorized with a 'kiss the girl' clutch, anchor earrings, and red sunglasses just like Ariel's lovely hair. 




We have here a lovely pastel blue dress with white and lace accents and a black and pearl choker. Paired with it is some glittered pumps, sparkly earrings and a 'pumpkin carriage' clutch to add a pop of silly.




Starting with 'the beast' faux fur jacket, we have a golden yellow dress and gold shoes. I paired it with shimmering tights, chandelier earrings, a red clutch, and best for last- an over sized magical rose hairband.




This ultra girly look is a white top, a double layered pink skirt, pink pumps, pink earrings, a golden crown headband (she is royalty, after all) and a 'NO! BLUE' pastel blue clutch. The fight between pink and blue will go on forever...




Snow White is a cool kid! We have a blue top tucked into a yellow pleated skirt with a chunky knit red cardigan, red faux leather slide on trainers, a large velvet black bow for the hair and an apple shaped clutch purse.





For Jasmine we need glamour and Persian sophistication. Blue paisley jacquard co-ords, glitzy sandals, large jeweled earrings, a ancient coin and tiger necklace and a 'Rajah' tiger clutch. 




Everything is long in this look. Purple maxi dress paired with a flowing fringed kimono top, gold rose flats, a purple flower crown and long flowing golden coin necklaces. 




Mulan was a tomboy. I made the outfit to match the colors of her presentation kimono. Lilac button down crop top, blue trousers with a red belt, a light blue scarf, a maroon clutch and some 'Hun defeating' gold flats.




This Mardi Gras  frog princess needed an outfit with as much fierceness as New Orleans itself. A green play suit with a gold coin belt, big jeweled earrings, gold shoes and a green and purple floral coat for that 'human again' transformation.




This power house teen needs an outfit as strong as she is. We have a white shell top belted into a tartan skirt with a leather belt. Knee high socks, lace up ankle boots, a tortoise shell clutch and some 'hand winning' golden arrow earrings.