Perfect Red Lips Turtorial!

Yet another tutorial, this one I feel more confident doing as I do this near on every blooming day! I love red lips and this is how I get my perfect red lips. I kind of base mine off how Marilyn Monroe did hers, I've become slightly more infatuated with Marilyn over the past few weeks and just kind of wish to replicate her a little more in my style as of recently.

What You'll Need

Red lip liner (Mine is Rimmel 021 Red Dynamite)
2 red lipsticks (I have the Barry M one in shade 121 and the Seventeen in Red Hot Chilli they are also blue undertone lipsticks)
Clear Lipgloss
Tissue

Step 1 Moisturise and Prepare To prepare my lips before being covered in my red goodness, I use a clean toothbrush over my lips to just remove the dead skin and make them super smooth, I then use my babylips lip balm and wait till this kind of dries a little.

Step 2 Line it Up Now you want to take your lip liner and start drawing round the outline of your lips. I like to make my cupids bow super obvious and to stand out more so I tend to draw these a little more exaggerated and above my natural lip line ever so slightly. I tend to be quite strict on my lips and only really want the cupids bow exaggerated and the rest is uniform. 

Step 3 Lipstick No.1 Now I use my Seventeen lipstick, just simply going round my lips and not going outside the lip liner. This lipstick is super vibrant and bright and I love it! Once rubbing your lips together to make sure your lips are covered you then need a bit of tissue to then blot your lips to take off the extra bit of lipstick.

Step 4 Lipstick No.2 Again this time using your other lipstick, mine is the Barry M lipstick, and again going over your lips, rubbing them together and then blotting to take off the excess.

Step 5 Gloss To make my lips that extra bit more glamorous I like to use gloss on top, I just have a cheap one from Superdrug and its so good. I have a seperate gloss from the rest of my other ones as I have one for specifically applying onto red lipstick, as the wand does normally pick up the red lipstick on your lips. It doesn't matter if your gloss does go a red tint though as it's going on top of your red lips anyway! Just apply the gloss all the way around your lips, rub together and et voila your DONE! 

I super love red lips, and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Love

Emma Victoria

xoxox

This or That Tag!

I was meant to have done this tag a little while back (woops) as my friend Stephanie from Stephanie Maverick tagged me to do it, so with a huge delay - HERE IT IS!

Make-up

Blush or Bronzer?

I am definitely more of a blusher sort of girl - I love having rosy cheeks as everyone says I just look cute and innocent when I have rosy cheeks (I did just say look, I am definitely not an innocent girl!)

Lipgloss or Lipstick?

Definitely has to be Lipstick! I am a lipstick addict! I wear it everyday and carry around 3 different lipsticks with me everyday (even for college) just in case I want to wear another one!

Liner or Mascara?

Hmm tough one - I really like using liner but if I used liner, I'd have to use mascara to do my eyelashes cause otherwise that would just look odd - so I'll say mascara.

Foundation or Concealer?

CONCEALER!!!!! I have major, MAJOR, issues with spots at the moment so concealer is the one to be!

Neutral Eyeshadow or Colour?

Colour all the way - I really like the colour to compliment the liner I use and the lipstick I'm wearing and the colour of my bandanna! Co-ordination is key!!!

Pressed or Loose Eyeshadow?

Pressed because I am such a messy person sometimes and manage to throw everything all over my self... Convenience is key with me.

Nails

O.P.I or China Glaze?

I'm going to say China Glaze because I've never actually used O.P.I.

Long or short nails?

Long nails, not too long but long enough. (Not like the ones that look fake).

Acrylic or Natural?

Natural all the way! Because the more you use acrylics, the more they damage your natural nails. I've spent ages getting my nails to how I like them so much now so I avoid acrylic nails as much as possible!

Bright’s or Darks?

Brights! I like to be bold and brash - and I always love my nails being painted red!

Flower or No Flower?

I love flowers so yes, flowers, always.

Body

Perfume or Body Splash?

Perfume, because as my band members say I'm a "rich bitch".

Lotion or Body butter?

Body butter because I love my cocoa body butter from Morrisons and my Satsuma Body Butter from Body Shop.

Body Wash or Soap?

Body Wash because I really love my Soap and Glory 'Foam Call' Body Wash!!

Lush or other bath companies?

I'm not a fussy little bunny at all but I'm currently super in love with Miss Patisserie Products!!

Fashion

Jeans or Sweat Pants?

I've recently started to face my fear of jeans again. I used to live in jeans about 2-3 years ago, but I stopped as soon as I had people commenting on my bum, which made me have a huge fear of people judging my figure. Until the last 3 weeks, I've been wearing jeans and had more people comment on how fabulous my figure actually is - Body Confidence and nice people can do so much for someone like me!

Long Sleeve or Short Sleeve?

Short sleeve because I always like adding a cardigan or a cute jacket! Accessories is key!

Dresses or Skirts?

Dresses all the way - because I have own over 30 dresses already and its forever going up!

Stripes or Plaid?

Stripes because I've wearing a lot of sort of Psychobilly outfits at the moment!

Flip Flops or Sandals?

Sandals because they are a little more stylish then flip flops, and I only wear flip flops when running errands and doing stuff round the house!

Scarves or Hats?

Hats - especially the 40's style hats which I'm really getting into and buying for when the winter comes and pairing them up with a pair of cute gloves!

Studs or Dangly Earrings?

Dangly earrings for glamour when I do photo shoots, but for everyday I prefer studs as they are more out the way (like when I go to work or college).

Necklaces or Bracelets?

Necklaces - I have a habit of constantly fiddling with bracelets, I don't know why, but Necklaces I just don't fiddle with!

Heels or Flats?

HEELS! Because I'm 5ft 5, and I just love how I walk wearing heels and it makes me feel more confident!

Cowboy Boots or Riding Boots?

I don't really wear either, but I'd probably choose Cowboy boots!

Jackets or Hoodies?

Jackets all the way baby!!

Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe?

Forever 21 because I just love me a good bargain!

Saks 5th or Nordstrom?

I've never shopped at either so I can't say - sorry!

Hair

Curly or Straight?

Curly because it makes me look so super cute and beautiful!

Bun or Ponytail?

Ponytail because I love being silly and constantly swinging it around haha!

Bobby Pins or Butterfly Clips?

Butterfly clips for when I do my cutesy looks, but I use bobby pins all the time for when I style my hair!

Hair Spray or Gel?

Hair spray, especially my Elenett one because I just love that Hair spray with my life!

Long or Short?

I like hair which is kind of in the middle where its long enough to put up but short enough to wear down - around shoulder length. So I'm gonna say long I think?

Light or Dark?

Hmm I don't really prefer either, cause each hair colour is different on each person but for me personally light, because dark hair washes me out due to my light skin tone.

Side Sweep or Full Bangs?

I have in fact have had both styles in my life - and currently I prefer full bangs!

Up or Down?

I like my hair in an up-do with some hair falling down so I'll say up!

Random

Rain or Shine?

Shine

Summer or Winter?

Summer

Fall or Spring?

Fall

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Chocolate (nom nom nom)

East Coast or West Coast?

East Coast - I love New York!!!

I am also thinking about doing a post on a little wedding log book of what my dream wedding is! I've been watching Don't Tell The Bride (BBC3) and Say Yes to the Dress (TLC) on television a lot and it's made me start dreaming.... I mean thinking about my own wedding when I'm older! So if you want to see the post then let me know, or I might just do it and see what people think!

ALSO - I am finally doing my most requested post of them all! I am doing my Rockabilly Transformation - how I go from looking like everyday to photo shoot ready with steps along the way with how you can achieve this super awesome look!

Lots of Love

Emma Victoria

xoxo

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OOTW: Pretty in Pink!

Who enjoyed the fantastic bank holiday weather we had? I most certainly did! Just to clear things up, I actually took these photos yesterday before going to perform yesterday afternoon, and I am absolutely in love with my new outfit and dress!

Pink Polka Dot Hetty dress, Lindy Bop - £29.99

Black Belt, New Look - £4.99

Trixie Pin Up Rounded Cat Eye Sunglasses (White), Bow and Crossbones - £8

Pink Record & Music Clef Necklace, Bow and Crossbones - £4.50

Gold Jewel Kitten Heels, New Look - £5 (last pair in Sale)

Pink Glitter Bow, Beauxoxo - £5

Sock Bun, Peacocks - £1

I hope you like this look! I adore dresses with the full circle skirts, you can wear these with or without a petticoat! I love this dress while wearing the petticoat as it just gives that extra 'wow' to the outfit! I also added the Glitter bow for a bit of sparkle to this outfit! For my make-up, I just have a simple thin winged eye liner and I used my pink Barry M Lipstick! I bought the Lindy Bop 'Hetty' rockabilly dress from the LB's Amazon store, and I must say this is made of the most perfect material if its a hot day, I find the dress is quite light and not too heavy, and the polka dots are just so super adorable!

Loads of Love!

Emma Victoria

xoxo

Scaffold/Industrial Bar Piercing!

Today I was asked about how I care for my piercings and how long I've had them and how long they took to heal... I don't have a tonne of piercings, and I don't have any tattoo's (yet)...

Shh don't tell anyone this is my one of my
AS Final Photography photos!

So lets start with my lobe piercings! I have 2 lobe piercings, which I love very much and have a lot of fun with different pairings of earrings! 

My bottom lobe (the pink earring) I got when I was 7, and I have never ever had any infections with them!! I got mine done at a local hairdresser/piercing salon, and got them done for £10. I had gold studs at first, and I only kept them in for 6 weeks instead of 12, however my ears healed super early! When I first got these done I used tap water in a cup using the cotton q-tips and turned them every day to avoid any crusty stuff round my ears as they healed! At 6 weeks I changed my studs, and since I have never had a problem! 

Now onto my second lobe (the blue earring), I have had the opposite of what I had with my first lobe! Getting these done was absolutely hellish. I got these when I was in year 7 at school so I was about 11 years old. I went to my local hairdressers, and she said she would do them for me, relatively cheap, so she should me all the proper things, like her certificate to pierce etc. And everything was fine, got my ear's pierced, but this time, instead of after a couple of hours of my ears feeling hot and then cooling down and just being a bit sore, I had them sore and my earrings relatively hot for about a week, so I went down the doctors, and quoting my lovely doctor, "there is a good chance your ear is infected cause the piercing gun or earrings weren't sterilised or cleaned properly". I do occasionally still get infections in my 2nd lobes, but they are generally pretty good now, seeing as I clean them with a product I import from America called H2Ocean - I absolutely swear by this stuff! It has done magic on my ears!

Now onto my scaffold/industrial bar; I have wanted this piercing for absolutely years! Since I was about 12, however I finally got this done in February 2012 with my friends in Eastbourne! It took just under a year for mine to heal, I was told to leave my bar the same for 6 months and then change it, however, me being super impatient I changed it after 2 and a half months, and it was fine until it got infected. I became hot and sore to touch, so me being the person constantly reluctant to visit the doctors, I actually used my H2Ocean spray, which worked WONDERS! My infection cleared after a week and I've never had a problem since with it! I now change my bars all the time, and my corkscrew bar (the one in the picture) has to be my favourite!

I buy my studs from all sorts of place such as Claire's, Primark, New Look, shops online etc! And I buy a lot of my scaffold barbells either online or a piercing shop called Tizz's in Lewes, which is near Brighton! I bought my H2Ocean spray from Amazon for £9.99, which you can buy here. I still use my H2Ocean spray just to keep my ears and earrings sterile and clean!

Lots of Love

Emma Victoria

xoxo