Christmas Meal

Me and my girls from home went out for our Christmas meal to Spinningfields in Manchester last night. We ended up going to this really nice place called Artisan, I'd definitely recommend it. 

For a meal out I wanted to go with a casual but classy outfit and then have my make up be more of the focus. I decided to go with a soft smokey eye rather than a full one and contour my face properly. This is how things ended up.

As you can see my eyes are dark but not completely smoked out. I finished with a pink lip which I thought made the look pop a bit.

I primed my eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden, which leaves a clean skin-coloured base to work with. I love this product and it's consistent isn't too drying. I then used by Urban Decay Vice 2 palette and applied a wash of Habit up to my brow bone. In then applied Toxic all over my lid, using Dope in the inner corner and under half of my lower lash line. I used X-Rated in my crease as a transition colour. I loved doing a smokey look with pinks for once, it's nice to do something a bit different because sometimes browns or blacks are a bit same old.

After this I went to my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. This palette is still one of my favourites and has all the colours you need for a natural eye. I used Chopper on the outside half of my lid and blended it with the Toxic from before. I then blended Busted into my outer v.

From here I used a MAC shadow called Amber Lights on my lower lash line and the centre of my lid. I blended a small amount of Carbon also by MAC into my outer v and lower lash line. I lined the top of my eye with MAC Blacktrack fluid line and my waterline with NYX jumbo pencil in Milk. The lashes I've used are eldora H105 and they're gorgeous long length lashes but not too full, so you get volume that looks natural. I used my MAC False Lashes mascara to complete the eye.

On my skin I contoured my whole face with my sleek palette and bronzed with MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Medium Deep. For my blush I used MAC Warm Soul which is a mineralise blush and perfect for a natural glowy finish. On my brows I used Dipdown fluid line by MAC as well as a MAC shadow in Brun to set.

I lined my lips with NYX pencil in Bloom,  a dupe of MAC's Magenta but I prefer the finish of this pencil. I then used MAC Snob lipstick all over my lips and finish with Long Love Love Pro Longwear gloss. I went back in with my NYX pencil in the corners of my lips to deepen the colour.

So there you have it, my simple make up look for the Christmas season. Sometimes at this time of year less is more but I can't wait to do a bit of experimenting over this holiday. I've dug out some of my MAC glitters from the Christmas collection 2 years ago so can't wait to be reusing them!