Petal Lips

Recently on Vogue I saw an article on lip trends for this Autumn/Winter. Now I am a b i g fan of lip products. When I saw their predicted trends I was instantly attracted. One of the key trends they mentioned was the 'petal lip'. It gives a beautiful disheveled look to lips, the deliberate bleeding of one lipstick into another beautifully colouring the lips. They had a range of shades from pink to deep red.
I decided to see if I could recreate a 'petal lip'.

Lipsticks used: MAC Please me, MAC Rebel

Here I've used a matte pink with a deep pink/purple inside bleeding into the pink. First I applied the pink then used a lip brush and applied to the inside of the lips and dabbing into some of the outer lip creases. I love this look!

One thing I didn't see on the Vogue website was an orange lip version. I love the look of orange leaves in Autumn and by using several MAC shades I managed to create a gorgeous torn leaf affect also. Definitely have a mess around with colours. The orange and deep red lip look would look amazing with a gold eye - very autumn chic!

I will definitely be recreating this lip again, thank you Vogue!

ellalexandra

Life Update:

Been really busy lately with Alevels these past couple of weeks which is why I haven't blogged in a while.
After a great day at Manchester University for an interview for Fashion Marketing I got an offer! I am insanely excited to go to university, Manchester being in my top 2 choices. Now its all about the grades! I've got mocks coming up so I've been putting in lots of extra work so I can secure the grades next summer. I'm also going to Nottingham Trent open day on the 4th of December to check out their fashion department as I have had an offer from them also. My feet have barely touched the ground these past couple of weeks.

I've also passed my driving theory which is great news. Living in Devon the public transport isn't amazing, very excited to drive and go out when I want. So I've also been doing a lot of driving to prepare for my practical test but I am going to put in a real effort to create more blog posts in the up coming weeks and around Christmas! I've recently raided the charity shop and found some gems so a blog post will be up about my finds very soon. Can't believe some of the stuff you find in there. I'm also thinking of posting some OTTD's also as I love looking at other, my list of blog posts to do it getting longer by the day. 

Recently pierced: my rook. I've got my helix pierced but I really wanted my rook on the right ear. I paid £20 in Tribal voice. They were very clean and made me feel really comfortable, the piercing was quick and I think it looks insane. Yes, it was painful but only for a split second, so bearable. I'd rate it a 6/10.  Here are some quick snaps taken on my ipad:

Never know quite how much to write in these life updates and what would be too personal but those are some of the things I've been up to and the reasons for my lack of posts.

Have a great day!

ellalexandra