Dancing In The Rain!

The next two months are going to be super duper busy for me with birthdays, catch ups and seasonal occasions (Halloween & Diwali). But I love it, I get to see all my favourite people, have some laughs and eat loads! =D

I started off this ghostly month of October by going out for a friends 25th last night. It wasn't anything big, just went to a club in my local town. The poor birthday boy was so tired he didn't want to dance or drink at the beginning of the night. I felt bad but of course he picked up his spirits and in no time we were all boogieing on down (people still say that right?!).

Just wanted to share what I wore with you lovely people and what my face looked like =)

Top (Tunic/Dress) - ASOS (Old) | Belt - ASOS | Skirt - Miss Selfridges | Tights - M&S (60 Denier) | Shoes - M&S Limited collection

Nails - Barry M Red Black (NP115) | Rings - can't remember, sorry! | Bracelet - Gift

Eyes: MUA Palette in Heaven and Earth | MAC shadows Tempted & Romp | Bobbi Brown Gel eye liner in Espresso Ink | No 7 Extravagant Volume Mascara
Lips: Maxfactor lip liner in Fire | MAC Viva Glam I | Revlon super lustrous lipstick in Black Cherry
Cheeks: Sleek contour Kit in Medium

I loved this lip and it lasted all night without reapplying! That deserves a thumbs up!! =D

I prefer matte lips personally, I find glossy lips have too much movement and that's just asking for a lipstick on cheek or teeth situation, not cool!

I curled my hair using the BaByliss conical wand and just clipped it back to stay out of my face.

Today is going to consist of lazying around the house...just what I need! Hope you're all having a gorgeous weekend!! =D

♥ RP ♥

Turning over a new Leaf!

The Autumn coolness is settling in and the crisp mornings are taking hold, it all sounds so romantic. I love this time of year, the changing of the season; so obvious and beautiful. The changing leaves are my inspiration for this look, if you follow me on instagram (@Rohini_patel) you will have seen me post this picture of a tree that's outside my house, the leaves have just started to change to their autumnal colours, I love these earthy tones.

With those colours in mind I decided to get my trusted sleek palettes out to see if I could create something and of course all the colours I wanted were there in those palettes.

Products used:

Face:
MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NC42)
MAC Studio Finish Concealer (NC42)
NARS Multiple in 'South Beach'

Lips:
Models own Balm in 'Pomegranate'

Eyes:
Sleek palettes in 'Original' and 'Sunset'
Avon Super shock liner in 'Black'
No 7 Extravagant Lashes in 'Black'

Eyes, how to:

I started by placing all the colours where I wanted them to be. So using a small brush I placed the 'Grass Green' (No.1) in my inner tear duct area. Next to that I put the other 'Moss Green' (No.2), I didn't put too much of this colour as I just wanted to use it as a transitional colour.

Using the amber colour (no.4) across the rest of my lid using a flat eye shadow brush. I found that between the green and amber colour I needed something else so I used the 'Yellow' (No.3) from the sunset palette to keep the colours fluid (using the smaller brush).

To deepen the outer corner I used the 'Burnt Red' colour (No.5) and created a 'V' shape to give some depth to the eye (using the tip of the flat eye shadow brush).

Keep Blending and adding colours as you see fit, you don't always get the intensity that you want with one application and the colours sometimes fade when you have blended.

Try not to over blend, otherwise the colours will blob into one and it will look messy. Just use gentle strokes to get the fluidity that you want.

I still wanted it to be darker to using the 'Black' (No.6) I lined the outer half of my lash line (using an angled brush). It was too dark now, so I went back in with the 'Burnt Red' (No.5) going over the top of the black.

I dragged whatever remained of the 'Burnt Red' underneath the eye.

I lined my water line with the Super shock Liner.

Apply lashings of Mascara.

Cheeks:

Just got the NARS Multiple placed it on the apples of my cheeks and blended using my Real Techniques contour brush. Love this colour, warms up the face so nicely, definitely going to be making more use of this with the weather turning.

Lips:

Thought that a deep red would be well suited with the rest of the tones in the looks but didn't want to use a solid colour so this balm was perfect.

The pictures didn't turn out as sharp as I wanted due to may hap hazard picture taking and the lighting was fading.

But I hope you enjoyed this! Are you happy that Autumn is coming, or are you a summer baby?? Till Next time, bundle up warm and have a cup of cocoa!!

♥ RP ♥

September Favourites!

I was really debating on whether to a favourites this month, I haven't really experimented too much this month, but I have been enjoying a few products which I haven't spoken about so this is the perfect opportunity to introduce them.

Beauty

Skin care:

This is my new moisturiser, the Clarins Daily Energizer lotion. It's £20 for 30ml. If you have read any of my pervious posts you will know that I have oily skin and was using the La Roche Posay Effaclar K. As much as I do love that product and would recommend it to anyone who has spotty skin, I thought it was time that i experimented with something different.

I have to admit I did something which I haven't done in years and bought this product without any knowledge of it. I looked at the details on it, a good moisturiser for oily skin. It doesn't contain any oils and has turmeric in it. How different! I was completely intrigued, so I thought I would give it a go. I do not regret it at all. I have not had any adverse reaction and my skin is lovely and soft. Along with my Estee Lauder night repair my skin has definitely improved in terms of pigmentation problems. I will definitely be posting a proper review on it, but I'll try it for a bit longer before I do.

Make up:

My only makeup item this month is going to be this M&S Autograph blush in Coral. I do love my Coral blushes, they just bring a soft freshness to your face. This month has been a month of 'good skin and that's all' makeup. So blush has been important that 'look'. It's got good colour pay off and is a true coral colour. And it's £6, quite reasonable for a good blush I think.

On to my first polish favourite. Essie's 'not just a pretty face', is a gorgeous nude colour! I have been looking for a good nude colour for a while and I've always read and heard good things about Essie's nude colour range but never really wanted to fork out £8 for a polish, but the fact that every time I went into Boots and there was an Essie stand I would 'um and ah' over the polishes clearly shows that I needed to give in. I haven't heard a lot about this polish but I love it for my skin tone, it is just right and it's clean. The brush of these polishes are amazing, just need one stroke and your coat for the whole nail is done. For this polish you need about three coats, but the individual coats dry quite fast. A definite thumbs up!

Leisure

TV:

Google Source

Suits; This show is amazing, just; suave, smart and brilliant. The main characters, Mike Ross and Harvey Spector make such a good duo! I'm not going to say anymore, just that you need to have this in your life! Lol!

Music:

Google Source

Now this album is a must listen! Delilah - From the roots up! I can only describe this album as easy listening, deep and melodic! I absolutely love her voice! Easgasam is what I would describe her voice as! Now if that isn't a recommendation I don't know what is!

That's it for my September Favourites. Sorry there isn't a book in this months favourites but I haven't had a moment to really read anything and need some good recommendations, so if you have any good reads to recommend then please do!! =)

♥ RP ♥