Eyebrow shaping @ home

Hi guys,

So the other week at college we got taught how to do eyebrow shaping by tweezing. Now i had never tweezed my eyebrows before only ever waxed. So it was totally new to me, and i love learning new things and sharing them. So here it goes....

What you need:

• Sterilized tweezers (soak them in boiling water for a couple of mins)
• White eyeliner pencil
• A eye shadow brush or a cuticle stick (something skinny and long ha ha)
• Eyebrows ha ha
• If you have sensitive skin then soak cotton pads in the boiling water make them just damp and place over the area for a couple of minutes
• Witch hazel

What to do:

• First you want to take your eyebrow/cuticle stick and line up and put dots like i have in the picture below
• Anywhere outside of the dots (except the middle one obviously) need to be tweezed out
• Now look at the middle one this is where your arch should be, so you want your eyebrow to be thicker nearer the nose go up into an arch and then taper (get thiner) out
• So starting from the outside pluck upwards and in making it from thinner to thicker until your happy with the width, remember you can't glue your eyebrows back on so make sure to do it in steps
• After you have doe the you can go from the arch to the nose area underneath now pluck that area until your happy with that width, remember to make that part thicker so your eyebrows taper out
• Then just go over your eyebrows with some witch hazel to cool the area 

Extra tips:

• You have to pluck the eyebrow hair in the direction it has grown, like this picture shows:
• Don't wear makeup for at least 8 hours after as your pores are open and you can cause infection or clog the pores causing spots
• Get some good tweezers, the better the tweezers the easier and less painful it'll be
• Do it in front of a window and have a magnifying mirror on hand for the really small faint hairs

P.s i have added in my own little things that i think make the process easier for you guys.

Thanks for reading guys,

Love Christina xox

Eyebrow & Eyelash tinting @ home

Hi guys,

So at college I passed my eyebrow shaping and tinting exam and I thought what better way to then start practicing on people from home. So I went onto ebay.co.uk and found a brow and lash tinting kit. I thought it was better to get all the stuff then get the single things and if your like me miss things out. So I got the julienne brow and lash tinting kit and it was about £17. So if you would like to know how to do it then read on and I will explain...

What you need:

• Cotton pads damp and dry ones
• Cotton buds
• Spatcula
• Petroleum Jelly (vaseline)
• Tissues

Before & After picture:

What you do:

• 24hrs before the treatment you need to do a patch test where you basically mix the solution together and place on the inside of your arm or behind your ear.
• When it comes to the treatment you need to check for any contraindications
• Next figure out what color would be best for you or your client
• Take any eye makeup off
• Spread vaseline around the eyelashes but not on them
• Get a skin guard and coat the underside with vaseline and place under bottom eyelashes
• Tell client to shut there eyes and keep them shut
• Mix the solution by a cm of tint and 3-4 drops of peroxide and brush onto eyelashes
• Split a damp cotton pad and put over clients eyes and leave for 10 mins before wiping fully off
• While thats developing clean your brush and mixing bowl and place vaseline around the eyebrows where you don't want the tint to go
• Mix the tint and apply it to the brow coating it fully
• Leave for about 2 minutes then wipe off

Remember to be careful and always do a patch test.

Thanks for reading

Love Christina xox

First impression: Face Mask No1

Hi Guys,

So at Asda the other day they had a 4 for £3 deal on for my favorite face masks so i just couldn't ignore, so i got 4 of them and thought i would try them out and let you guys know how i feel about them and if they make any difference etc.

So the first one i picked up is the manuka honey peel off mask, which is "famous" for anti-bacterial cleansing. It has manuka honey and jasmine in it and you basically put it all over your face (except lips and eyes) and leave until its all dry then peel it off your skin. In the ingredients it has, purified water, caramel, honey, aloe vera, sorbitol, hursechestnut, chamomile, vanilla & jasmine.

My first impression
This face mask is easy to open and put on your face, when I first put it on I noticed the scent which im not keen on but then im not keen on the honey smell anyway so that makes sense. It also stung my face for the first 5 minutes and still did whilst on the face for the remaining time.

Would I recommend
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. When it was time to peel the mask off I couldn't do it properly and it hurt so bad that I had to just wash it off that took agers. I also notice no difference in the softness in my skin etc. But like always it may work better for other people this is just my opinion and I will still carry on using these face masks just not this one ha ha

Thanks for reading guys,

Love Christina xox

Copper Smokey Eye

Hi guys,

So yesterday i filmed this makeup look for you, its a copper smokey eye and i think it looks great on blue eyes! My eyes just pop when i put these sort of colors on and i love it because sometimes some colors can make your eyes look really small and dark. So i didn't have the exact copper red that i wanted to do but i compromised with mixing two colors together and i still liked the color so its all good. Also i think this makeup look is really nice for the autumn time as they are really warm colors.

What i used:

The finished look:

I think this look would look better with matching brows ha ha, thick lashes and a black shadow placed over the black eyeliner :) just some extra tips for you there.

Tutorial:

Thanks guys, love christina xox

NOTD: Nail of the day

Sometimes i like to just have plain nails with sparkles on them. I love this nail polish and its only a bargain from Primark, i got it in a set for last Christmas. I wear nails like this when i know ill be wearing a lot of different outfits that won't match with one other certain color. And i think it makes your nails look clean and healthy without being boring. Plus it seems to last me the longest ha ha. The down side is i could only wear this for one day as my college course means i cannot wear nail polish. Damm!!

Sorry this is a quite short blog post guys, i hope your having a fun day and i will speak to you tomorrow.

Love Christina xox

Throwback Thursday: Year 8

Hi guys,

So its another throwback thursday ha ha. Today I thought if share an old picture of me and my school friends when we were in year 8. I went to mexborough comprehensive school and these were my main gang of friends all the way through it. Sadly I don't talk to some of them and the others only on a regular basis. But these were very good friends and I have very good memories with them all...

I am the third one in by the way and if you can't tell by my non tucked in shirt and tie not done up properly we were the cool people in school ha ha ha ;)

Have a nice day people,

Love Christina xox

Burts Bees Radiance Healthy Glow Kit

So I thought id do a full review on the products I mentioned in my september favorites. Because I didn't have all of them with me to talk about them all and I think that these are definitely worth purchasing! So if you would like to know about these products and want to know about them i will leave a link below to the video and i hope you enjoy the rest of your day :)

Check out my video where I talk about these products:  http://youtu.be/EjaQoScocMY

Where to buy these: http://www.feelunique.com/p/Burts-Bees-Radiance-Healthy-Glow-Kit

Thanks for reading guys,

Love Christina xox