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Print Your Own MAKEUP!!!

08 Thursday May 2014

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, Fashion, Make up, Makeup, Technology

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awesome new technology, Beauty, blush, colour, design your own makeup, eyeshadow, Fashion, foundation, how to print makeup, lipstick, makeup, makeup in any colour, makeup printer, Mink, Print makeup, print your own, TechCrunch, Technology, technology for bloggers, Tutorial

Wow.

Mink

 

Thanks to Mink it is now possible to PRINT MAKEUP!

The video below shows Grace the founder of Mink demonstrating how the Mink Make Makeup Printer lets you print makeup (eyeshadow, blusher, foundation or lipstick) in ANY colour, just by using an image from your laptop, camera or phone.

Basically if you see someone wearing a cool colour on their lips, take a snap and print your lipstick in the same colour. Or snap a picture of a daffodil and get an eyeshadow in the same colour. Or look at funny cat pictures online and think that colour of fur would be great as a foundation and…you get the picture.

Grace literally prints an eyeshadow in this video.

If you think this printer looks as awesome as I do then you will want to sign-up here to be notified when it goes on sale.

Makeup will never be the same again.

*This is not a sponspored post, I just found out about this and thought that it was really cool.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

 

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Marie Meili – My New Favourite Lingerie Brand

04 Wednesday Dec 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Fashion

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ASOS, Bargain, Beauty, best, bra, bra set, brazilian briefs, briefs, budget, bustier, Fashion, favourite, feminine, Fun, good value, gorgeous, Inspiration, Lingerie, Marie Meili, mix and match, online, Online shopping, Pretty, Push-up bra, shopping, style, thongs, unique, women

Hey 🙂

So I was just torturing myself by browsing the ASOS website and looking at all the pretty things that I can’t afford right now when I stumbled across lingerie from Marie Meili.

Their stuff is gorgeous!

Now, I can be a bit of a cheap-skate, especially when it comes to lingerie since it’s not like you can go around showing it off. I usually try not to pay more than £10 for a bra (yes I really am that cheap)  but the Marie Meilli stuff is all so nice that I was adding loads of it to my saved ASOS items without looking at the prices. Luckily for my bank balance the prices are pretty reasonable if you are a normal person willing to spend more than £10 on a bra and justifiable if you are a scrimper like me. When I have some cash to spend on lingerie I will buy some from Marie Meili and review the quality, fit etc. but for now I can only show you how unbelievably pretty their stuff is. All the sets below are from ASOS and all the pieces can be purchased individually or as a set.

Here are just some of the sets that I loved:

Marie Meili Ambitious Set £28.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Ambitious Set £28.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Safira Set £37.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Safira Set £37.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Wilma Set £15.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Wilma Set £15.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Tanith Set £28.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Tanith Set £28.00 from ASOS

The set below is my favourite  🙂

Marie Meili Varia Set £27.00 from ASOS

Marie Meili Varia Set £27.00 from ASOS

So anyway, I think these sets look really cool and I thought you might like to know about them. I just hope that I haven’t shot myself in the foot by telling everyone about them and then having them sell-out before I can buy some. I suppose if everyone likes them as much as me then ASOS and Marie Meili will be sure to go on working together so I shouldn’t really have anything to worry about.

Do any of you own Marie Meili lingerie? Would you recommend it? What is your favourite brand of lingerie?  Leave a comment  and let me know.

*This is not a sponsored post*

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Shoe Storage Solution

03 Sunday Nov 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in D.I.Y, Fashion, Organisation, Shoes

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Beauty, cheap, cup hooks, D.I.Y, decor, Design, do it yourself, dowel, Fashion, Homebase, idea, shoe display, shoe rack, shoe storage, Shoes, space saver, space-saving, storage solutions, Under £10, wall art

My boyfriend made me the lovely shoe display below:

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It’s especially great because it fits in a tiny space between our fitted wardrobe and the wall.

Want to know how to make it? It’s really easy.

All you need are :

-Cup Hooks

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We got ours from Homebase for £3.99 a pack (contains 25) You can buy the same pack here.

-A Dowel

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Again we got ours from Homebase, it was £4.99 and over 2 metres long, you can buy the same one here.

So for less than £10.00 you can make your own shoe display rack. What are you waiting for?

Thanks for checking out my blog, likes and comments always appreciated 🙂

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100 Halloween Costume Ideas for women 2013

19 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, Fashion, Halloween

≈ 6 Comments

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100, 2013, belatrix lestrange, Blurred Lines, cartoon characters, celebrities, costume, Daisy, Daria, different, disney, entertainment, Evanorah, fancy dress, Fashion, films, Flinstones, Game of Thrones, gaming, Glinda, Gretel, Halloween, how to train your dragon, ideas, Inspiration, Jane Lane, Katy Perry, Margery Tyrell, Miley Cyrus, Myrtle, new, Night Bitch, Norah, original, Oz, Oz the great and powerful, pop culture, popular, Skyrim, Tauriel, Theodora, True Blood, TV shows, unique, van helsing aleera, Video Games, videogames, VMA’s, women, Ygritte

Here are 100 halloween costume ideas, 20 of them are new ideas for 2013 (from things that happened or were out this year.) The rest are older ideas that are not overdone and that you could be proud to wear to a halloween party.

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  1. Miley Cyrus at VMA’s
  2. Theodora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  3. Evanora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  4. Glinda from  OZ The Great and Powerful
  5. China Girl from OZ The Great and Powerful
  6. Annie Gale from OZ The Great and Powerful
  7. Daisy from the great Gatsby
  8. Myrtle from the Great Gatsby
  9. A girl from the Blurred lines video
  10. Night Bitch from Kick Ass 2
  11. Tauriel from The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug
  12. Gretel from Hansel and Gretel
  13. Jungle Katy Perry from Roar video
  14. Margery Tyrell from Game of Thrones
  15. Ygritte from Game of Thrones
  16. Norah from True Blood
  17. Amy from The Big Bang Theory
  18. Black Widow
  19. Skyrim Character
  20. Irisa from Defiance
  21. Royal Baby
  22. Sally Jupiter from Watchmen
  23. Nancy from Sin City
  24. Alice from Resident Evil
  25. Elektra
  26. Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games
  27. Katniss Everdeen
  28. Miss Spider
  29. Merida from Brave
  30. Princess Peach
  31. Derpina
  32. Ramona Flowers
  33. G girl
  34. Fem Bot from Austin powers
  35. Hit Girl from Kick Ass
  36. Miss Piggy
  37. Silk Spectre from Watchmen
  38. Xena
  39. Calypso from Pirates of the Carribean
  40. Maleficent
  41. Belatrix Lestrange
  42. Betty Boop
  43. Wendy from South Park
  44. Olive Oyl
  45. Meg from Family Guy
  46. A Powerpuff Girl
  47. Megara from Hercules
  48. Angelica from The Rug Rats
  49. Quorra from Tron Legacy
  50. Esmerelda
  51. Wednesday Adams
  52. Spinelli from Recess
  53. Comic Book Woman
  54. Seven of Nine from Star Treck
  55. Padme/Queen Amidala
  56. Princess Leia/Slave Princess Leia
  57. Leeloo from The Fifth Element
  58. Satine from Mouline Rouge
  59. Mystique from X-men
  60. The Bride from Kill Bill (Yellow suit)
  61. Selene from Underworld
  62. Anna Valerius from Van Helsing
  63. Aleera, Verona or Marishka from Van Helsing
  64. Daenerys Targaryen
  65. Arwen
  66. Galadriel
  67. Trinity from the Matrix
  68. The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  69. The Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  70.  Merlotte’s Waitress
  71. Jessica Rabbit
  72. Corpse Bride
  73. Black Swan
  74. Sally from a nightmare before christmas
  75. Neytiri from Avatar
  76. Trinity from the Matrix
  77. A Character from your favourite book
  78. Chun-Li from Streetfighter
  79. Cami from Streetfighter
  80. Poison from Streetfighter
  81. Sansa from Game of Thrones
  82. Cersei from Game of Thrones
  83. Arya from Game of Thrones
  84. Black Swan
  85. Jessica Rabbit
  86. Xena Warrior Princess
  87. Coraline
  88. Leela from Futurama
  89. Misty from Pokemon
  90. Zelda
  91. Babydoll from Sucker Punch
  92. Pocahontas
  93. Mary Poppins
  94. Wilma from the Flintstones
  95. Betty from the Flintstones
  96. Pebbles Flintsone
  97. A character from Once upon a time
  98. Astrid from How to Train your Dragon
  99. Daria
  100. Jane Lane

I hope you have found a costume idea that you like. If you have any good costume ideas for 2013 please share them in a comment.

I have loads and loads of costume ideas on my halloween pinterest board – have a look for some inspiration:

http://www.pinterest.com/breigem/halloween/

Likes and comments always welcome 🙂

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Inside the September Glossybox (The London Edition)

14 Saturday Sep 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Be A Bombshell, Beauty, Blusher, box, Breviewed, British, budget, Cheeks, cosmetics, Cream, edition, Elizabeth Arden, expensive, Eye Liner, eyelashes, Eyeliner, Eyelure, Eyes, fake, false, Fashion, glossybox, good value, Hair, London, London Edition, make up, Mystery, Perfume, Pre-glued, Rimmel, September, Serum, shopping, surprise, Toni&Guy, Untold, women, work

 Hey 🙂

Here is what I received inside my September Glossybox :

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I have tried the perfume, the blush and the false eyelashes. I really like the perfume and the blush, Untold  isn’t overpowering or barely there, it’s just the right amount of noticable. I would call it a heavy scent, I don’t know what scent to compare it to but it is not fruity and smells expensive. I think this will be my new perfume for work.

The Rimmel Stay blushed blusher is a great colour for me, it looks like a dark coral when it comes out of the tube but blends to a light barely there pink. I would go for this if you want your blush to look as natural as possible.

The eyelure lashes are great because you just peel them off and press them on, no glue required. For a false eyelash virgin like me though, they are a bit too big and dramatic, not really my style.

I’ve still to try the eyeliner and the Toni&Guy serum but I’ll update this post once I have tried them.

Glossybox Breakdown

Full size items

Eyelure Pre-glued lashes (£5.06)

Tony&Guy HairMeetwardrobe Classic Shine & Gloss Serum (£7.19)

Be A Bombshell Cosmetics Onyx Eye Line ($14)

Rimmel Stay Blushed Blusher (£4.49)

Sample size items

Elizabeth Arden Untold (5ml aprox £4.80) (50ml=£48.00)

Thanks for checking out my blog, I know it’s been a while since my last post. I got a new job and I’m moving house next week so I have been too busy to blog but I am now back to daily posts so stop by again tomorrow 🙂

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Dower & Hall – For when it needs to be special

22 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Fashion, review, Shopping

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bespoke, bloggers, bracelets, British, Celebrity, charms, chintz, Designer, Dower and Hall, engagement, event, Fashion, feather, Glasgow, gold, hearts, Inspiration, James Bond, jewel, jewellery, Judi Dench, Kasabian, lockets, M, pearls, pendants, Press day, rings, severine, shopping, silver, spiral, unique

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the Dower and Hall Press Day in Glasgow. I was absolutely thrilled to get an invitation, especially since most of the press invitations I get are for events in London which isn’t even in the country I live in. When I received this one and a) it was from Dower & Hall and b) it was in Glasgow, there was just no question about whether or not I would attend.

The Glasgow Dower & Hall store is tucked away on the first floor of the lovely Princes Square shopping centre. Princes Square is a gorgeous little shopping centre which is full of luxury stores. I normally only go there to wander around window shopping so this time it was actually quite nice to go in with some purpose and walk straight into a store.

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I was actually the first one to get there and this was my first time attending a press day so I was quite nervous and as at first it was only me and the store staff I felt a little awkward. That didn’t last long though as the Dower and Hall team were all really friendly and soon I was chatting away to Dan Dower.

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Now before I even tell you about  Dower & Hall jewellery or review the lovely piece that I was gifted, I will tell you the main reason why you should go there if you ever want something special. Dan. Dan is the reason. He is one of those rare and lucky people who love their job. And what does he love most about his job? Turning an idea from your imagination into a real, beautiful and one of a kind piece of jewellery. He showed me some images of  bespoke pieces that he had created and they were all really lovely. If you commision a bespoke piece he will really go above and beyond for you. He even goes so far as to cast the pieces in silver and then plate them in gold or whatever the client wants and set them with cubic zirconia instead of diamonds just so you can wear the piece and say ‘yes I want it like this’ or ‘please change this and make it x’ so you always know that the finished piece will be exactly as you imgained it. Dan showed me some beautiful images of the pieces he has created in the past but unfortunately I don’t have them to show you.

I can however show you one of the members of Kasabian wearing a  feather pendant that they commisioned from Dan and also Judi Dench wearing Dower and Hall pearls in the latest James Bond film Skyfall:

Celebrities seen recently in Dower & Hall_Kasabian _

Judi Dench

To be totally honest, Dower & Hall is a bit out of my price range, my budget only allows costume jewellery at the moment but now that I have met Dan and seen his passion for what he does and heard him describe how he really wants to create exactly what clients want and imagine, I am sure that I will be seeking him out for the one piece of jewellery that I will want to be unique, my wedding band (not that this is on the cards at the moment) So, if any of you would like to have your own unique piece of jewellery created, you know who I would recommend.

Here are a few of my favourite pieces that are on sale at Dower & Hall at the moment :

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Would you like to see the lovely gift I received? Here it is:

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To see what else Dower & Hall have to offer visit : http://www.dowerandhall.com/

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Inside the July Birchbox

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Beauty, beauty protector, birchbox, blanc cachemire, blush, Chia, Chia shots, conditioner, detangle, Eyeliner, Eyes, Fashion, french, gel, German, Hair, hair products, inkwell, instain, july, leave in conditioner, long wearing, make up, new look, protect, protectrice, purple, review, shopping, skin, Skincare, skinfood, the balm cosmetics, waterproof, waterproof gel Liner, weleda

Here is what I received inside my July Birchbox :

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Inside the July Miss Glossybox

22 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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asda, bath, Bath Bombs, Bath fizz, Beauty, beauty box, Beyonce, eyelashes, fake, fake eyelashes, false, Fashion, glittery, glossybox, Hair, Heat, how to, Kiss, Kiss nail wraps, make up, Miss Glossybox, Miss Pattisseries, nail wraps, Nails, Perfume, pink and silver, plump it up, products, samples, shopping, style, summer, Teen, VO5, volume, volumising

So in my Beauty Box Bonanza post yesterday I gave you a sneak peak of what I had received in my July Miss Glossybox (the second box from Miss Glossybox not to be confused with Glossybox). This boz is £7.00 + £2.95 p+p and there is a new box every two months. Here is the full reveal :

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Beauty Box Bonanza! Glossybox, Miss Glossybox and Birchbox

21 Sunday Jul 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Beauty, review, Shopping

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Bargain, Beauty, beauty box, Beauty Boxes, birchbox, budget, different beauty, Fashion, glossybox, july, make up, Miss Glossybox, Mystery Boxes, Nails, self indulgence, shopping, subscriptions, summer

Hey 🙂

So I recently started a new job and guess where my first pay check went? Well a lot of it was eaten up by beauty box subscriptions. I have wanted to try so many beauty boxes for so long that I went a little OTT and ordered 3 different beauty boxes in one night. Of course, I rationalised that I could blog about them, so they are for research purposes too, not purely self-indulgence. Well that’s my story and I am sticking too it.

The boxes I ordered were all July versions, I got GlossyBox, BirchBox and Miss Glossybox ( this box is aimed at younger teens and is only £7 plus P+P while the other 2 boxes are £10 plus p+p) so at least one of my boxes was for research purposes as I have yet to see any Miss Glossybox reviews so I thought I would post one 🙂

But first, here are all three boxes together in their arrival condition:

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Inside these you will find:

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Stop by the blog tomorrow for a full review of the July Miss Glossybox, here is a sneak peak before you go :

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The Minimum Wage Dress

20 Thursday Jun 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Fashion, News, Shopping

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18s, age groups, ageism, £3.68, Bargain, Beauty, Bizarre, black, budget, cheap, clothing, cut out, cut-out dress, dress, dresses, earnings, elastane, employment, Fashion, Figa, Figa Store, Frugal, green white, Inspiration, knot detail, Minimum wage, minimum wage dress, minimum wages, new look, occasions, Online shopping, pink, polyester, profit margins, salary, Sale, saving, saving up, She Likes, shelikes.com, shopping, style, summer, under, under 18, Under £10, under £5, women, work, working hours

Sometimes when you work you think of prices in terms of hours, for example ‘those shoes will cost me 5 hours pay’. I recommend this style of thinking if you need to look after your pennies because when you think of the hard work you have done to earn your money when you are considering a purchase it really curbs your spending.

Well in most cases it does, but if you happen to shop at Shelikes.com thinking in terms of ‘price vs. hours’ probably won’t put you off your purchase.

That’s because they have just introduced ‘ The Minimum Wage Dress.’

This dress costs just £3.68 ($5.68) (€4.30) (Prices converted on 20th June 2013) In the U.K £3.68 is the minimum wage for under 18s so for minimum earning 16 and 17 year olds this dress costs one hour’s pay. The dress is supplied to shelikes.com by Figa Store.

It comes in 4 colours as shown below:

The dress is described by www.shelikes.com as :

The Minimum Wage Dress – Only £3.68! A dress worth keeping! This spectacular cut out dress is the perfect choice for all your summer occasions. Featuring a cut out design & knot detail. Versatile & easy to wear, team with colour popping heels for the evening, or wear with hi top trainers & a customary denim jacket for the day.

Approx Length – 28.5″ (72.5cm)

95% Polyester 5% Elastane

Machine Washable

So what are you’re thoughts on all this? Do you think it is a wonderful idea? Do you wonder about the profit made on this dress? Would you like to know how the company can sell it so cheap? Do you think more companies should be selling items like this? What do you think about the dress itself? Do you like the style? The colours? Should they broaden the range of Minimum Wage Dresses available?

Also what are your thoughts on different age groups having different minimum wages? Personally I think it is very unfair, if you do a job I think you should be paid as much as the other people who do the same job, age should not be a factor. Do you agree/disagree? I would love to get your comments about this.

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