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Happy St Patrick's day from your favourite leprechaun 🍀 (why is there still no shamrock) . . . #makeup #selfie #motd #fotd #stpatricksday #stpatricksdaymakeup #leprechaun #leprechaunlife #greenmakeup #greeneyes #greenlips #irish #irishblogger #irishbblogger #irishfblogger #bbloggersuk #irishblbinspire #itwbn #ciaranoelle

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Hey There,

It’s Day 6 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Pretty in Pink. So here’s one thing you need to know about me for this look. I am obsessed with pink lipstick! It’s my favourite colour of lippie and I’ve about 20 shades of pink to choose from. I narrowed it down to one of my two favourites and finally landed on the Lancome lipstick. It was a total last minute slap decision to buy this lipstick and I decided to get it on the basis of ‘treat yo’self’. I combined this lipstick with a pigmented lip liner and gloss. The eyes I went classic with winged liner and sharp brows. I also put on a few individual lashes to give the eyes a little extra flare. My face was starting to look a bit pale at this stage with all those bright pinks to compete with. I decided to go for light contour, a light pink blush and a gorgeous duochrome pink/purple highlighter to add some shape, dimension and colour to my face.

  Products Used:

Face:

Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer

Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 45

Catrice Liquid Camouflage High Coverage Concealer in Porcelain

Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

Primer and Fine Professional Contouring Palette in Ashy Radiance

Flormar Flashy Blush in Love Scene

Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in Peach Lights

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Eyes:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Eden*

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Androgen

Mac Pro Blush in Full Fuchsia (depotted)

Accessorize Baked Trio Eyeshadows in Shameless

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette (Colours Strange and Limit used)

Urban Decay 24/7 Waterline Eye Pencil in Push*

Sleek Dip It Eyeliner in Black

Sleek Brow Kit in Light

Gosh Crazy Volume Mascara

Duo Brush On Adhesive with Vitamins

Pennys/Primark Individual Lashes

Lips:

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Anarchy

Lancome Rouge in Love lipstick in 377N

Benefit Ulta Plush Lip Gloss in Lollibop*

Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 6 Hey There, It’s Day 6 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Pretty in Pink.

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Day 2 and I'm still in recovery mode in bed after doing my back in 🙈🙈 Kevin off work today and treating me to plenty of tea and sweet treats 💖 How are you all today? #irishblbinspire #itwbn #thegirlgang #irishblogger #irishbbloggers #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #darlingmovement #thatsdarling #flashesofdelight #igdaily #instablogger #instadaily #instadetails #mantledecor #pictureframes #instadaily #homedecor #irishbbloggers #cloggers #igbloglove #30plusblogs #persuepretty #irishlifestyleblogger #livelaughlove #vintagestyle #petitejoys

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Back to blogging after some unplanned time off to do my makeup course! ✨Delighted to be back 😊 keep an eye out for some new posts on my blog this week, link in bio. There'll be new posts from me back on @thebeautydial too so make sure you're following for updates. It's good to be back 💜💜💜✨ #irishblbinspire

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Hey There,

  It’s Day 5 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Retro-Futuristic. First of all, what is retro futurism? Well, basically, it’s what people imagined the future would be like back in the 70’s and 80’s. A few good examples of this can be seen mainly in films like Tron, Blade Runner and Logan’s Run. I wasn’t sure what I would be doing for this one so I just sat down and thought of some colours from the 70’s.I don’t have much details on this look just because I went into it with no plan. Somehow, I came up with this look and I absolutely love it!

  Products Used:

Face:

Garnier Oil Control Complete Vanishing Cream

Catrice All Matt Plus Shine Control Makeup in Light Beige

Catrice Camouflage Cream in Ivory

Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Concealer Cream

W7 Banana Dreams Loose Powder

ELF High Definition Undereye Setting Powder in Sheer

Milani Baked Powder Blush in Luminoso

Eyes (and the triangle on my forehead)

Rimmel Scandeleyes Waterproof Kohl in Nude (just to outline the design)

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk and Purple Velvet

Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Androgen

Kiko Smart Lip Pencil in 707

Physician’s Formula Eye Booster 2 in 1 Lash Boosting Eyeliner and Serum in Ultra Black

Stila Sparkle Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Curacao and Rock Candy

Max Factor Wild Shadow Pot in Untamed Green

Kiko Infinity High Pigment Eyeshadow in 207

MeMeMe Dark and Divine Mascara

MeMeMe Beautiful Brows Brow Pencil in Light Brown

Lips:

Essence Long Lasting Lip Liner in Be A Game Changer

Sleek VIP Semi-Matte Lipstick in Attitude

    Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 5 Hey There, It’s Day 5 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Retro-Futuristic. First of all, what is retro futurism?

[ciaraoconnor]

Happy St Patrick's day from your favourite leprechaun 🍀 (why is there still no shamrock) . . . #makeup #selfie #motd #fotd #stpatricksday #stpatricksdaymakeup #leprechaun #leprechaunlife #greenmakeup #greeneyes #greenlips #irish #irishblogger #irishbblogger #irishfblogger #bbloggersuk #irishblbinspire #itwbn #ciaranoelle

[lilliwhiterose-blog]

Spent the week trying out the NARSissist Unfiltered II Cheek Palette from Nars spring collection. Swipe to see swatches. Cool toned and most of which are blendable. Perfect for paler skin tones. Delighted that I got the palette in the end, just to discover the blushes from Nars. Are they the best blushes? No, but I'll still use them and I love 4 out of the 6, one of which worked as a good highlighter. #irishblbinspire #itwbn #thegirlgang #irishblogger #irishbbloggers #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #beauty #instablogger #instabeauty #thatsdarling #flashesofdelight #bbloggers #beautyblogger #igdaily #instadaily #instadetails #beautyaddict #beautyjunkie #darlingmovement #beautycommunity #palette #blush #pinkeverything #bookandmakeup #bookstagram #bookishfeatures #igbooks #bookstagrammers #flatlay

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Friday treats 😂😂😂 Sure I had to cheer myself up with some colour on this dreary day 💖 Have a super day everyone x . . . . . . . #irishblbinspire #itwbn #thegirlgang #irishblogger #irishbbloggers #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #darlingmovement #thatsdarling #flashesofdelight #bbloggers #instablogger #instadaily #instadetails #chocolate #flowers #flowerstagram #tulips #cloggers #flowery #friday #igbloglove #30plusblogs #persuepretty #irishlifestyleblogger #irishblog #igflowers

[lilliwhiterose-blog]

March is here let spring begin 🌸🌻🏵🌺🌹🌼 Also loving my cute #flamingo bookmark which is currently holding my place in the #PrincessDiarist. Busy week so I've been flicking in and out of it. #irishblbinspire #itwbn #thegirlgang #irishblogger #igdaily #instablogger #bookstagram #bookishfeatures #igbooks #bookmark #flashesofdelight #darlingmovement #thatsdarling #booksofinstagram #book #bookaddict #bibliophile #booklover #irishblog #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #igbloglove #30plusblogs #persuepretty #femalebloggerrt

[ciaraoconnor]

Remember when I had long hair and did nice things with my makeup... 🌸 #selfie #makeup #latergram #throwback #pinks #pinktomaketheboyswink #pinkeyemakeup #longhair #redhair #bblog #bbloggersuk #bblogger #irishbblogger #irishblbinspire #itwbn #ciaranoelle

[lilliwhiterose-blog]

My favourite series on @netflixuk last year was The Crown 👑 If you haven't watched it and love royal biopics then this is for you. The series is one of the most expensive television series ever made. The acting, costumes, sets are amazing. The Crown will take you through the life of Queen Elizabeth II in her early years, and with plenty of intrigue, politics, and love, it should keep you hooked. #irishblbinspire #itwbn #thegirlgang #irishblogger #irishbbloggers #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #netflix #netflixstreamteam #streamteam #thecrown #queen #royal #royalty #flashesofdelight #darlingmovement #thatsdarling #instablogger #bookstagram #netflixoriginal #igdaily #instadaily #diary #stationery #red #stationerylove #jewellery #jewels #royaljewels #queenelizabeth

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Hey There,

It’s Day 9 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Cartoon. I almost feel like I could have named this category Lichtenstein. I absolutely love his art and I based my look today on Liehtenstein’s Pop Art Collection. This involves bold colours, flawless skin and a serious of graphic lines and design on the face. As I look at the photos of the looks I see slight faults but considering it’s late in the evening and I’m a tired Marian, I’m still happy how it turned out. I found once I had done the graphic line work on the face, I felt there was something missing so I added a beauty spot and some tears. That, I feel, really completed the look. What do you think? Do you enjoy this type of modern art?

    Products Used:

Face:

Garnier Oil Control Complete Vanishing Cream

Gosh X-Ceptional Wear Foundation in Porcelain

Mac Pro Conceal and Correct Palette in Light

Gosh Pressed Powder in Golden Honey

Flormar Flashy Blush in Love Scene

Ps…CC Radiance Powder

MeMeMe Eye Sweep Precision Eye Definer (for lines and design)

Blue Face Paint (for tears)

Eyes:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Eden

Blue Loose Pigment (I think Stargazer?)

MeMeMe Eye Sweep Precision Eye Definer

Wet N Wild Max Volume Plus Waterproof Mascara in Amp’D Black

Lips:

MeMeMe Eye Sweep Precision Eye Definer (for lines and design)

OCC Lip Tar in NSFW

White Face Paint

  Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 9 Hey There, It’s Day 9 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Cartoon. I almost feel like I could have named this category Lichtenstein.

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Hey There,

  It’s Day 8 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Raver. Today’s look is something I just decided on last minute. I am tired today and I’ll admit the daily blogging is tiring. Never the less I was happy with what I came up with in the end. I went for a mishmash of bright colours on the eyes, rather sloppily blended for a more authentic look. Ravers aren’t always known for their perfectly blended eyeshadows. I added pink brows, a well known trend of the raver girl, a bindi and some metallic gold feather transfers. I kept the skin to a minimum only using some foundation, concealer, blush and a little powder down the T-Zone and under the eyes. Despite the shiny cheeks I’m bearing in this picture, I’m not wearing highlighter. The blush I used was quite shimmery. Then to finish the look I added a bright purple lipstick. I have never being to a rave but I don’t think I’d look out of place if I showed up rocking this look and some pigtails. What do you reckon?

    Products Used:

Face:

Ps…Pro Mattifying Primer

Ps…Pro Longwear Mineralized Foundation in Porcelain

Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Concealer in Fair

Kiko Weightless Perfection Wet and Dry Powder Foundation in CR15

NYX Powder Blush in Rose Garden

Eyes:

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese and Purple Velvet

Makeup Revolution Salvation Palette in Colour Chaos

Maybelline Great Lash in Blackest Black

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Anarchy (for brows)

Lips:

Flormar Long Wearing Lipstick in Extraordinary Purple

  Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 8 Hey There, It’s Day 8 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Raver. Today's look is something I just decided on last minute.

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Hey There,

It’s Day 7 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is 10 Minute Look. This look took me exactly, to the seconds, 10 minutes to do. This is a category I am very confident in because I am a person who loves my sleep and will sacrifice makeup application time to get extra minutes in bed. The most important thing about getting ready in 10 minutes is to stick to tried, tested and loved products. That way, less chance of anything going wrong and costing you precious minutes. I use multi use products a lot for getting ready quick. That’s why I used a two in one brow pencil and highlighter. Also it’s chunky so application is faster. It’s also why I used a cheek palette with three products in one. It’s much quicker than searching around for extra products. I often have to get ready for work quick, so as a makeup artist, it’s important to still look put together and flawless, while still making some impact with your makeup. In order to look like a professional makeup artist, I opt for two things, a soft smokey eye and bright lips. They are two things that are easy and quick to do but still make it look like you put some effort in. I use one shade for the soft smokey end and one brush for application and blending. I like to use shades that have a slight two tone appearance to them so when blended out it can look like more than one colour and again, seem like it took longer to do than it actually did. Good colours for a look like this include Mac Satin Taupe, Club or Woodwinked. Then I choose a bright lip, today I opted for a bold red and I love it. A bright lip for everyone might not be the easiest thing to do but with a quick outline with a liner and fill in with the lippie, it takes me about 2 minutes. The only other thing I did was use a kabuki blending brush to apply my foundation. It’s not as seamless as a Beauty Blender but it works and it’s much much quicker.

      Products Used:

Face:

Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer

Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 45

Catrice Liquid Camouflage High Coverage Concealer in Porcelain

Essence Get Picture Ready! Brightening Concealer in Ivory

Wet N Wild Coverall Pressed Powder in Fair

Urban Decay Naked Flushed in Streak

Eyes:

Mac Eye Shadow in Satin Taupe

Wet N Wild Max Volume Waterproof Mascara in Amp’d Black

Soap and Glory Arch De Triumpe Brow Shaper and Highlighter in Taupe/Buff

Lips:

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Bad Blood

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in F-Bomb

Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 7 Hey There, It’s Day 7 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is 10 Minute Look.

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Hey There,

  It’s Day 4 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Ice Ice Baby. So this is the type of category I feel like going a tiny bit artsy for. In order to give that iced up look, I mixed some white foundation in with my regular full coverage foundation. I wanted it to look like I had physical ice on my face so, first, I covered my brows partially with a white cream shadow and applied glue on top of this. In order to get a textured look of ice, I used a combination of sugar and rock salt on top of the glue. I also applied a generous dusting of white/blue duochrome glitter on top of that. You can see the same glitter on the tops of my cheekbones, over a cream highlight. On my eyes and lips, I used a combo of frosty blues and whites, for that icy look. Then, to really sell the ‘frozen’ look, I added white face paint to my hair and a coat of white cream shadow on my lashes. Finally, because I felt like the look was missing something I added some cute white freckles. That’s it! Simple, right? Ah not so much. This look took me a lot longer to do than I’d like to admit, although a lot of that was due to the terrible white eyeliner I had- Stargazer Cake Liner- It’s going into the bin. Can anybody recommend a cracking white liquid liner or cream liner?

Products Used:

Face:

Illamasqua Satin Primer

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation in SB01 (white)

Gosh X-Ceptional Wear Foundation in Porcelain

MeMeMe Flawless Concealer in Porcelain*

W7 Go Concealer in Fair

Essence All About Matt! Fixing Compact Powder

Ps…CS Radiance Powder

Mac Cream Colour Base in Luna

Stargazer Caker Eye Liner in White (for freckles)

Eyes:

NYX Eyeshadow Base in White

Bourjois Light Concentre De Lumiere in 01

Light Blue Pigment (No name- Stargazer I think?)

Urban Decay Deluxe Palette (Colour Peace used)

Stila Jewel Eye Shadow in Blue Sapphire

Eylure Lash Fix in Clear Finish (for brows)

White/Blue Duochrome Glitter (No name- again, Stargazer I think?)

Lips:

Physician’s Formula Shimmer Strips  Eyeliner Trio in Yeux Blues*

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese

    Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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*PR Samples provided. All opinions my own as always.

The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 4 Hey There, It’s Day 4 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is Ice Ice Baby.

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Hey There,

It’s Day 2 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is 80’s. I was super excited for this category because it was something I actually did a bit of research for. I read a few articles and tried to find advertisements and pop stars from the era. A few things popped up so that’s what I used to put together today’s look.

  First of all the skin was usually glowy, almost shiny from no powder and using a light foundation or BB. The 80’s did like concealer though so feel free to make up a little coverage with that. I used a primer for filling in pores and evening texture and then a glowy primer all over. I followed this with a BB Cream and concealer to under the eyes and problem areas. I used a wet Real Techniques sponge to apply all these layers. Finally I finished the T-Zone with a small bit of powder. The rest of the skin involves a lot of blush from the temples down towards the hollows of the cheeks, usually where you would put contour. In the 80’s they favoured only blush on the cheeks but it was bright and there was plenty of it! I finished the skin with a spray or 5 of a setting spray.

The eyes in the 80’s meant bright and frosty eyeshadows in abundance. The 80’s favoured colours like sky blue, fuchsia pinks, bright oranges and greens. So I went with a messy combination of all those colours. I didn’t overblend or worry too hard about precision of placement of the eyeshadows. Eyeliner was worn aplenty in colours like black, blue and green. I used a green on my waterline. Then just a coat or two of mascara. Feel free to add lashes but I didn’t. I left my brows completely bare, as was the trend of the 80’s.

In the 80’s lips were bright and generally… eugh I shake at this… frosty. Believe it or not, I found two (TWO!!) frosty lipsticks in my collection. Both were PR samples because I would never buy one for myself. But actually it turned out being slightly more wearable than I would have ever thought. Still frosty though. I piled on the lip gloss, as was the trend for the era.

And that’s it. It’s actually a pretty simple and quick look to do. I think it took about 20 minutes or so, max. It’s completely not wearable but it’s fun and that’s good enough for me today!

Products Used:

Face:

Gosh Foundation Primer Anti-Wrinkle

Botanics Radiance Balm All Bright

The Body Shop Tea Tree Flawless BB Cream in 01*

Mac Pro Conceal and Correct Palette in Light

Ps…Pro Pressed Powder in Light

Mac Pro Blush in Full Fuchsia (depotted)

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

Eyes:

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

Makeup Revolution Salvation Colour Chaos Palette (orange and blue shades, no names)

Urban Decay Deluxe Palette (Fishnet and Peace used)

Max Factor Wild Shadow Pot in Fierce Pink and Defiant White (depotted)*

Soap and Glory Smoulder Kohl Waterproof Eyeliner in Aquabat

Revlon Photoready 3D Volume Mascara in Blackest Black

Lips

The Body Shop Colour Crush lipstick in Make My Heart Gleam*

Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie Lip Gloss in Rule Breaker

    Let me know if you like this look or this challenge in the comments below

Chat Soon,

Mar

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*PR Samples provided. All opinions my own as always.

The Lipstick Loving Nurse 30 Day Makeup Challenge:Day 2 Hey There, It’s Day 2 of my 30 Day Makeup Challenge and the category is 80's. I was super excited for this category because it was something I actually did a bit of research for.