DIY Kim Kardashian Cheap Contour Kit!

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When I first heard about Kimmy K's infamous contour routine I was desperate to try it out myself - wasnt everyone? 

You can literally change the shape of your face (and i, for one, am very self conscious and see a LOT of flaws so this was fab!) 

I read about it a lot and the word 'highlighter' constantly came up. So, about 5/6 months ago, I took a trip to boots and searched the shop for highlighters, affordable ones as I am a student!! My boots is very small so they only have a small selection of brands, condensed down to the main products - though every brand has the majority of their space taken up by ALL the shades of nail varnish in the world???? 

Anyway, I couldnt find anything!! So I asked someone and they didnt even know what highlighter was!!! EH?! have they been living under a rock?! I eventually found one from Seventeen - I was delighted, however got home, tried it out and it was as advertised but its a shimmer liquid rather than Kim K's creamy style! So i was a little disappointed and I kept using it for awhile then it made its way to the back of the reject drawer!! (makeup that i cant throw away as it isnt empty but is old/not exactly what I wanted)

I then purchased Sleek's Contour palette - first in just the contour colours in medium. Then after i finished that the light contour palette with the blush too! This is great - its a really nice colour and affordable (contour colours alone - £5.49, with blush £6.49 i think!) and it works wonders! the highlighter is a shimmer but isnt super glittery just catches the light, and the bronzer is just a matte brown which i am glad with as I didnt want to overload on the shimmeriness as it can look far too much!! The blush just adds a nice colour/glow to the apple of your cheeks too!

However, its still not giving me this extreme look as above! 

So - I had a massive brainwave! this may be a simple solution to others haha!!
BUT I have thought, instead of shedding out alot of money cause it has the word 'contour' slapped across it.. why not make my own? Alot of the kits dont have a creamy consistency like above so I thought.. why not get a extremely light/cheap concealer stick and a extremely dark one.. making sure it is brown not orange!!

I picked both of mine up from MUA - superdrug for just a £1 each! 

I apply this similar to Kim K's (but not as extreme as I dont want to be caked in makeup) before my foundation.. making sure it is more darker than I like as by the time youve blended and put your foundation on top its barely there! And then I use my Sleek contour kit just to give that extra bit of definition and i am done :D

A fab DIY contour kit for just £2!! Take that Kim K!

Naked 3 Palette - Romantic Smokey Eye Tutorial

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Hope everyone had a lovely night and isnt feeling rough this morning!

I for one had a fab night in (im not your typical teenage party animal haha - I dont drink!) I went for dinner with my girls from school and then had a relaxing night in with Wii games, food and films with my lovely boyfriend :)

For Christmas I got another Naked palette!! Number 3! so last night I wanted to experiment with it as it was my first chance to go out, where its acceptable to wear  heavy eye makeup rather than coming down the stairs with it on and my mum be horrified!!

I wanted to go for a slightly smokey eye and after searching YouTube/pinterest for some ideas I was getting repeatedly fed up of watching the videos and the person using naked 3 but also using a million pound worth of MAC brushes etc, the stuff us average SKINT students DONT have! *HOPE YOUR LISTENING YOUTUBERS*

No wonder their thumbnail looked so amazing!
So taking this into account.. I wanted to share with you all the tutorial to my eye makeup, using ONLY the Naked 3 palette and the brushes included!!
Enjoy :)

This tutorial is to create this look..

Start off by applying a primer all over your lid and brow bone but dont worry if you dont have any, it isnt essential I just find that it brings the pigment up better - I only used the free samples you receive in the Naked Palette boxes!

Then apply Strange all over your inner corner using the bushy side of the brush and down on to the tear duct. 

With the pointy side of the brush apply Factory in a curve following the crease line, keep it above your crease line. Use the brush to create a actual line of shadow and bring it down diagonally away from your outer corner, then join it to your outer corner like a liquid eyeliner flick. Sounds confusing i know - but looks FAB

With the bushy end of the brush blend over the line using small circles to even out the colour. Bring the eyeliner flick of shadow back into your eye socket rather than out.

Using the pointy side again take a TINY bit of Black Heart and dot it into your crease line, you could also miss this out if you wanted a more casual look. Blend into your crease and up into Factory using the bushy side.

Taking the bushy side, apply Dust all over your lid, I also take it up into my crease to blend all the colours as this colour is very shimmery and the others are matte. 

Use Trick for the centre of your eye and dusted around the other colours.

Finally, take Mugshot with your pointy side and draw in from your outer corner down under your bottom lashes.

 I also quickly took a pale colour, like Strange and dusted it down my brow bone to highlight it and allow the shadow to look more 'controlled'.

Add a flick of eyeliner on top, your fave lashes/quick slick of mascara and your looking fab!!! :)

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