makeup tip - fresh faced for the holidays

The last thing i feel like doing when I'm on holidays is putting on makeup.  Normally its too hot and when you are away from work, can you really be bothered!
The best thing to do if you want to look fresh and summery is to get a tinted moisturiser making sure that it has an spf of 15 or more.  Now I have tried these before and there are many brands you can buy, but I found for my skin, it would always look oily after a few hours. It is best to try products on yourself as it may be fine for your skin type.   What I use instead is my fake tan which comes in a cream and i just apply it to my face and after about an hour I have some colour.  I also apply some mascara to brighten up my eyes and add a bit of lip balm for the finishing touch.
Happy Holidays!!!

I'm so sick of eating

Don't you love it when this time of year rolls around and you give yourself permission to eat as much fattening food as possible because every else is going to be. You try your hardest to limit what you have then someone sticks chocolate balls or any of those other festive treats in front of you and you just don't have the will power to say no. Yes your New Years resolution is to lose weight so until then let's eat some more. I put my jeans on today and I might ad that they feel a little firmer than a week ago, but when you have a Christmas present of $33 worth of your absolute favourite mixed lollies that your beautiful husband buys for you every year, what are you to do. What if I eat them while running on the treadmill or allow myself just two a day till their gone. Who am I kidding, I'm going to take one look at them in that bowl when I get home and say - stuff dinner, I'll just eat those so I can finish them before New Years which I will confess I have done the past two nights already and there is still heaps left. Oh well!

Makeup tips - which colours will bring out my eyes

If you have brown eyes - golds, browns anything earthy and even blues look great.
For green eyes - purple shades as well as corals, golds and violet.
For blue eyes - browns, taupes and greys as well as soft peaches and copper tones.
For hazel eyes - browns, purples and violets ( this will bring the green colour out more) greys also work well with corals. This colour eye can wear a lot of different shadows.
This is just a suggestion of colours but I'm not someone who likes to stick to the rules, try anything and everything and if it looks good, wear it, but one rule I do agree with is not matching your eyeshadow with your clothing colour.

Makeup tips - makeup brushes, your essential tools

Every girl should have at least a few good makeup brushes in their makeup bag. This is definately the best way to apply your eyeshadow, blush and lippy. They don't have to cost you a fortune, you can even get get decent ones from Target or even an art supply store. My suggestion is to have a blush brush, about three eyeshadow brushes - to get the best look on your eyes, use a different brush for each colour you put on, this will stop it looking muddy, an eyeliner brush which I get from an art store and a lip brush. If you have these in your bag you will be able to apply your makeup with a lot more ease.

Makeup tip - eyeliner

Eyeliner has always been one of the hardest things to apply to your eyes. Make sure you have a steady hand when putting it on or you can end up with all sorts of mess to clean up. The purpose of eyeliner is meant to make your lashes look thicker but as we all know it also makes your eyes look amazing. If applying pencil, work it back and forward into your lash line so you don't get gaps, I also think its a good idea to smudge it with some eyeshadow so the line doesn't look untidy. Liquid liner is a lot harder to master. You can get liquid liners with their own applicators but I prefer to use a fine flexible brush. Start with a thin line at the inside corner of your eye and do an even line to the end of your eye. Make sure it is thin to begin with as it is easier to make it thicker afterwards. Depending on your eye shape you can also wing it at the outside corner for a more dramatic look. To do this, carry the line past the end of your eye in a slight upward motion working your way back down the line to make it thicker, don't make it too thick to start with, it's always easier to add on then take away. Get practicing 😊

Makeup tips for lipstick

Do you love having those full bold 1950's pinup lips? Well it's all the rage at the moment so when applying lipstick, make sure it's luscious and even. A few tips - use a pencil, now I'm not a fan of lip pencils so if you are going to use one make sure you get the same colour as your lippy, there is nothing worse than seeing a dark line around your lips. Once you outline your lips , remembering that most lips are uneven so make them fuller where you need then apply your lipstick to fill in. It is really important to get a lip brush. Trying to get that straight line around your lips with just your lipstick is nearly impossible, so a lip brush is an important part of your makeup kit. If you've made a smudge or gone out the line because your hand decided to have a spasm, get yourself a makeup wedge and dip it in your foundation and carefully go over that mistake, the corner of the wedge is a great tool for getting straighter lines. Sometimes you can do your lippy and you know that it's crooked but can't for the life of you work out where. Walk away from the mirror for a few minutes then go back and look at it and normally you will see it straight away. Hope this helps.

A Firefighters wife

There was always a mixed bag of feelings when my husband decided to become a firefighter.  First there was the holy crap I'm going to be married to a fireman and then there was the holy crap he's going to be fighting fires and putting himself in danger.  That definately started to out rule the excitement.  Once he was in the job, my fears disappeared as it seemed like it was more fun for him than dangerous.  He went to a lot of quiet stations to start off with, not too much action in the last three and a half years, until he went to a very busy station.  He absolutely loves it there.  He has been to many fires (which surprisingly I have stayed quite calm about), a few fatalities which have been quite sad and I applaud them even more for having to deal with those circumstances, but it's nights like tonight when I'm at the shops trying to ring him to find out if he wants me to pick something up for dinner, and he doesn't answer.  After a few more unanswered calls I give up and come home to find he isn't even there.  It has now been 5 hours since knock off and those fears start up again, is he fighting a fire, has he been injured. 
Oh well, I'd better get used to it.