Of Love and Lipstick

Toffee apple season is upon us! I am not a huge fan of the traditional British toffee apple, but when I was in Disney World I tried one of the Mickey candy apples and...it was love at first bite! I thought I'd combine the tradition of a toffee apple in autumn, but with the Disney flavours. You will need: Apples Dairy Toffees/Caramels(Uk/US) Skewers or lollipop sticks Chocolate

It's finally November and you know what that means, Christmas preparations are under way. I really enjoy it when the evenings become shorter and the tree are bare, it screams to me ‘winter is almost upon us’. With the onset of the colder months come some of my favourite things:

Happy Halloween everyone! The day is nearly over here in the United Kingdom, but there is still plenty of day left over the pond. I love Halloween but, personally do nothing. There are plenty of parties currently going on, up I prefer to sit down to a Most Haunted/ Ghost Adventures marathon! I also set out my plastic, light up pumpkin in the window to let trick-or-treaters know I'm home. Although Halloween is nearly over, I have had time to get one more makeup look up. My last look is the 'skele-girl'. I've seen a lot of people, today, preferring to only do a half skull but I think that it's creepier to do a full face.

Alexander McQueen long brown dress   £3,985  / Le Silla tan platform sandals   £200  / Dot earrings   £6.88  / Amrita Singh necklace   £37  The next in my 'Get the Disney Look' series.  It's based on Pocahontas from the Disney film Pocahontas. I don't love this one as much as the other I still have to put up; I think I used too

I washed and primed my face prior to putting any makeup on; creating a blank canvas. For this look I tried to make myself as pale as possible, which wasn't very hard for two reasons: I have very fair skin that never has any colour, and I'm Scottish (notorious for pasty, white skin). I used my Too Faced Perfect Eyes Eyeliner (Perfect Black) to create thick cat eyes liner, which you can't actually see that well on the pictures. I used Rimmel's Kate Moss #110 on my lips to crate fuller red lips; the sort you find on creepy old porcelain dolls. To create the 'cherub cheeks' effect, I took Sleek Blusher in Pixie Pink and dusted it on my cheeks liberally.  The cracks were created with numerous eyeliners I have; both pencil and liquid. I used Elf Mineral Eye Liner in black to create faint lines which acted as a template. I then went over the top in Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Liner in black to make them stand out more, and to get a thinner line for the 'hairl...

Tartan is always a key feature in my wardrobe come autumn/winter. Although, that's maybe because I'm Scottish and everyone else starts to wear it. There is just something about it that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Now, even though I am Scottish, I don't come from one of those families where they have their own special tartan (one day though...). I, instead, wear any that please me' preferring to stick to those that feature traditional colors such as blue, red and brown.  These nails were inspired by love of all things tartan during Autumn, featuring a burgundy and gold pattern. Louise x  x