Ballerina bun for long/medium hair

This hairstyle is very simple to achieve and also looks very elegant. In my opinion you could use it for both casual and evening looks, but you may prefer one or the other.

You will need :

• Hairband
• Doughnut Ring (in your hair colour)
• Hairbrush - Tailcomb or backcombing comb
• Pins!
• Hairspray ( if needed/wanted)

To start, simply tie all your hair into a high ponytail. If you have a fringe or bits you want to keep down then do. Depending on what look you want, either tie your hair into the ponytail neatly, or leave it scruffy if you want a more casual look.

Once you are happy with your ponytail, take your doughnut ring and slide your ponytail through the hole in the middle. Then part your hair over the ring in sections until the ring is hidden with your hair, and wrap your hair around the outside tucking under the ring as you go. The longer your hair, the more times you will need to wrap your hair around the ring.

Then take your chosen pins, and pin around the outside of the ring to keep it in place. Use as many pins as you need but try to keep them hidden!

To finish, spray your hair with a bit of hairspray for extra security, and also to get rid of any stray fly away hairs. If a casual look is what you wanted, perhaps even take a few strands out to give it that 'messy' look.

Have fun!

Leopard Print Eye Makeup

First of all i am sorry for my lack of blogging recently! Have been super busy and also had my birthday so i've been out doing things. Thinking of making my birthday haul/day my first youtube video so let me know what you think.

I've jumped ahead a bit as i haven't shown you lot my basic eye looks, and have gone straight to a more complex one, but i love this so much and am pretty chuffed with myself that i managed to do it first time!

Step 1: After applying the skin makeup (see blog post about foundation and american lips to read on how i did the skin) i got two different purple eyeshadows, a dark blue, and a black and filled in her eyebrows blending them all together. I had a picture that i was referencing too, which is on the beautylish app if you are interested. I then got my aquacolours (kryolan) and using a thin brush, dashed each colour lightly and randomly across the eyelid and browbone in a rainbow like pattern, going green to yellow to orange to pink to blue to purple! I then waited for this to dry. (You must keep the eye closed or opening it will smudge the look while wet)

Step 2: I then took a black liquid liner, believe it or not the one i was using was from Primark! And then created leopard print shapes and dots in the shape of a cat like eye. This requires a steady hand and a lot of patience! And again, do not open your eye until dry!

Step 3: I then took a silver glitter liner, from beautyUK and added glitter into a few of the leopard print shapes.

Step 4: To finish of the eyes, i added a line of black liquid liner with a flick, following the natural shape of the eye and also the shape of my pattern. I added a white kohl liner in the inner corner of the eye (MUA) and took the black liquid liner under the eye about a quarter of the way.

Step 5: To complete, i used a black kohl liner (MUA) and took it the rest of the way along the bottom eye line. I then blended it with a grey smokey coloured eye shadow (kryolan) , and then mascara to finish! (max-factor).

 Step 6: To complete the look i added a bright red lip using NYX lip palette. I then also lightly teased her hair, to make it look more 'wild' like the whole cat look i created, and parted it in the middle. ( Hair is naturally curly)