One of my new years resolutions was to make at least 3 videos by the end of the year. And it’s now November and I’ve only done one, so it’s high time I dusted off my camera and made another. I thought it might be fun to do The Disney Tag, as I’m a massive Disney nerd and I adore chatting about all things Disney.
It was kinda hard to answer some of these questions, especially as they were very princess-centric and my favourite Disney movies aren’t the princessy ones. But I muddled through and did the best I could.
If you’ve done The Disney Tag I’d love to see it. Feel encouraged to leave a link in the comments. Also, if you have ideas for another video, please let me know! I need to come up with one more before I close the door on 2016.
Halloween might be all done for another year, but I’ve still got one last thing to share with you before I pack up my spiderwebs and skulls for another year. Angie at Sailor July invited me to take part in the Halloween Tag and make a vlog answering a bunch of questions about Halloween. I was very happy to oblige!
Each month I create a makeup look that draws inspiration from a Disney villain. This month, I’m taking a lead from Mother Gothel from Tangled.
Mother Gothel is a vain, youth-obsessed witch who kidnaps Rapunzel when she realises that she has magical powers that will help her to stay young. Then she locks her in a tower and hurls passive-aggressive taunts in her direction. She’s a truly charming character! (Sarcasm alert!)
For this look, I chose to pair a classic smokey eye with a mulberry-toned lip. I decided to do the eye makeup in shades of grey and black because they reminded me of Mother Gothel’s hair. Her hair is usually a wildly curly raven mane, but when she begins to age streaks of grey begin to creep into it. I loved the salt-and-pepper colouring of her aging hair, and I felt that a smokey eye was a great way to incorporate that into this look.
The mulberry lip is a nod to Mother Gothel’s dress, which is a rich plum shade. The lipstick I used for this look is Midnight Rose from Avon.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
If you’ve got a favourite villain that you’d like to see me turn into a makeup look, feel free to get in touch.
This month’s Disney Villains makeup tutorial is actually a reader request. I had somebody ask me to do a look based on Kaa from The Jungle Book. I was happy to accept the challenge.
I hadn’t watched The Jungle Book since I was about seven years old, so I had to check out Kaa’s scenes again to refresh my memory. I was instantly inspired to create a look that was very hypnotic, with a strong emphasis on the eyes.
In the end, I decided to create a green and brown smokey eye. I wanted a look that would really make the eyes pop. I added a little bit of definition to the cheeks with some bronzer and a touch of wine-coloured lipstick as well.
I used a combination of several warm brown shades and some gold-toned greens. Both of the green shadows I used are from Urban Decay’s Oz The Great and Powerful Theodora Palette. The Urban Decay shadows are ideal for creating smokey-eyed looks because they are so smooth and they blend beautifully into one another.
I wanted to keep the green-tones fairly earthy, to reflect the shades of Kaa’s skin. So these gold-based greens blend beautifully with warm brown shades to create a lovely smokey eye.
I also ringed the eyes with a soft, smudgeable black liner. This look is great for makeup newbies who aren’t confident with liner yet. You don’t have to worry about making every stroke perfect because it all gets blended out in the end.
Something hilarious that I noticed while I was watching Kaa’s scenes from The Jungle Book is that the same voice actor did the voices of Kaa and Winnie the Pooh. It’s so funny when you realize the similarities between the two voices.
If you would like to request a villain for me to base my next video upon, feel free to get in touch with me. Let me know if you recreate this look at home, I’d love to see how you interpret it.
I thought it might be fun to make a little video about some of my favourite Christmas traditions and some memories of Christmases past. I’ve come up with 7 Christmassy questions to answer for you:
If you’d like to, please feel free to answer the questions in a vlog of your own, or in a blog post. I would love to read your answers, so be sure to send me a link if you do answer the questions yourself. The seven questions are:
– At what age did you stop believing in Santa Clause?
– What is the best Christmas present you’ve ever recieved?
I can’t believe that this is the final Disney Villains makeup tutorial for 2013. Where did this year go? It feels like just yesterday that I was trying to create the perfect graphic eyeliner for my Jafar look, and now it’s December.
This month, I’m taking my inspiration from Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove. Yzma isn’t one of the most well-known villains, but she is one of my favourites. I like her because she reminds me of an old woman who was very glamorous and gorgeous when she was young, and has always kept her passion for fashion. There are just some women who never succumb to the tracksuits-and-jeans look and keep wearing elaborate costume jewellery, turbans and wild eyeshadow until the day they die. And Yzma is one of them. She’s also wildly theatrical and over-uses the word “brilliant” which I find endearing.
Yzma’s appearance is similar in many ways to Cruella De Vil. She has a similar angular frame and sharp features.
For this look, I used a palette of different shades of purple and a splash of blue. In the film, shades of purple are reserved for Yzma, as it is said to represent madness. She is almost always shown wearing shades of blue, black and purple.
See you next year! As always, if you’d like to request a villain for me to interpret, please feel free to let me know.
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic women of the 20th century. For more than fifty years, her films have dazzled audiences. Her look is instantly recognisable and loads of fun to copy.
I’m a huge Marilyn Monroe fan. In addition to being fascinated by this singular woman, I am also inspired by her style. Everything about her reeked of sensuality and a certain air or sex-kittenish charm. She was the quintessential bombshell, with her curvy figure and round lips.
Today I’m going to show you how to recreate Marilyn’s makeup. It’s relatively easy and very flattering. This look is perfect if you’re hoping to dress up as Marilyn for a costume party. It also looks incredible when paired with your favourite vintage wiggle dress and a killer pair of heels.
