Happy Halloween! | Last Minute Manicure!

Happy Halloween everyone! It's finally here! This is our last minute Halloween themed manicure. If you've been reading our blog you'll know that we recently discovered nail art. We've both been obsessed with creating different looks as it's so fun and easy to do! If you want more inspiration for Halloween themed nails you can check out our Zombie nails here.

It's been so fun posting a series of Halloween posts and I'm so sad it's all over. I can't wait for the Christmas posts to start now! We hope you all have a great Halloween! 

Love Rachel and Leah. x

Halloween | Carving the Pumpkins

It's nearly Halloween so Me and Leah finally decided to carve our pumpkins! I always have good memories of carving out the pumpkin and this was no different. I love the whole process. There are so many ideas on Google to choose from! I'd really love to attempt one of the really artisit ones like the witches and other different ideas. However, this year we stuck to a traditional spooky face but I think they look quite cute!

Who knew carving pumpkins was so exhausting though? At least at the end of it we have a cute little pumpkins lighting up the whole room.

Do you carve a pumpkin at Halloween?

Leah and Rachel, x x x

Reasons Why October Has Been Our Favourite Month.

Seeing pumpkins in the shops, Halloween costumes, and us putting makeup all over our faces in the spirit of Halloween. It must be October! We love October and if you've been reading our blog recently, you'll already know how much we love Autumn! October is always a different month with the excitement of Halloween - we love it, the darker night and colder days and the mark of the end the year. I'd go as far as to say that October has been our favourite month of the year so far! Here are some of our reasons why... I'm sad this month is coming to an end!

1. Look what our Dad got us from Sayers on Saturday. How cute is this little Halloween inspired cupcake? I really loved it too. Thanks Dad! It's not every day you see a spider cupcake, is it?

2. We've also really enjoyed going on walks with our little doggy, Heidi. Needless to say, she's really enjoyed her Autumn walks too! and your never too old to love stepping on those crunchy red and orange leaves!

3. The fashion in the shops in the best it's been all year. That in itself has made this my favourite month! I love getting new clothes, I have a slight problem! But it's hard to resist getting new cosy jumpers and the latest A/W fashion trends. H&M is currently our favourite shop.

4. Okay, not everyone will get excited about this but Slipknot's new album came out last week and we are MASSIVE fans. Let's not get into that shall we because I'll start fangirling :)

5. We're seeing Slipknot in January! We ordered our tickets two weeks ago and now Christmas has taken a back seat. We're more excited for January now!

6. We've been loving the colder nights too. It makes 'pamper' night even better.

7. This month we both started drawing and getting back into art again. I'm not sure why we stopped but we are both really enjoying it again!

8. I'm really going to miss posting all out lastest Halloween looks on the blog! I've really loved doing them. The nail art is so cute but I also loved experimenting with different Halloween makeup looks.

I hope everyone has a great Halloween!

Leah and Rachel, x x x

Halloween | Pop Art Makeup

 Products I used:

Face: L'Oreal Infaillible foundation | White face paint

Eyes: Bourjois Volume Glamour mascara | Soap & Glory Smoulder Kohl in Superblack | Bourjois

Eyebrows: Soap & Glory Smoulder Kohl in Superblack

Lips: Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet lipstick in Personne ne Rouge | Soap & Glory Smoulder Kohl in Superblack | White face paint

 

I've been a massive fan of Pop Art for years now and I've seen lots of people doing this look for Halloween and I decided to give it a go! Rachel done my makeup and I really didn't think we'd be able to do it but I'm so happy with how it turned out!

My Pop Art look is Roy Lichtenstein inspired. The makeup is all about the dramatic eyebrows with the heavy eyeliner. The eyes are my favourite thing about this look. I just love the cat flicks and how 60s inspired they are! The pop of red lipstick finishes the look off perfectly. I love how this turned out and it's probably my favourite makeup look for Halloween so far. I hope you all enjoyed this post!

Do you think you'd try this look out for Halloween?

Love Rachel and Leah. x

Halloween | Zombie Inspired Nails

I said I was going to do a Halloween series and next up is my Zombie inspired nails! This is the first time I have ever done something different with my nail polish and I never knew it could be so easy. If I knew nail art was this easy, I would've been drawing little pictures on my nails for ages! I think this nail look is so creative and adds a little twist to any Halloween look. They're great if you don't want to dress up but still want to get into the Halloween spirit. If you want to try out the Zombie nails you can paint your nails any colours but I chose these colours as they're so vibrant and not what I'd wear on my nails usually. The essential product you need is a nail pen and I got mine from Barry M. The pens are so easy to use and I can see myself buying more colours from the range so I can go crazy with creating different looks! I'm so excited to try more looks out for Halloween and right now I really want to create little pumpkins for my nails!

Have you tried out nail art yet? What will you be creating on your nails this Halloween?

 Love Rachel. x

P.s: We recently started up a Youtube channel! On our channel we put up guitar covers of our favourite songs. I've been playing guitar for years now and creating a youtube is something we've always wanted to do. We'd be so happy if you check it out! You can see our channel here. Thanks everyone!

Halloween | Kitty Cat Makeup

This post marks the beginning of our Halloween series! Me and Rachel were getting in the early Halloween spirit by playing around with our makeup. Rachel done my makeup as a cat and she done her makeup as a leopard and it just love how it turned out!

I just want to mention that both of these looks are inspired by Abby who runs the blog, Twist Me Pretty. You should check out her blog and youtube channel, it's amazing! Anyway, let's get to it and lets focus on the Kitty Cat makeup look which I was wearing!

I've always dressed up for Halloween and this year will be no different! For me, October has the vibe of Halloween for the whole of the month and I couldn't wait to finally try out a makeup look. This look was quite easy to achive as I found that it was just unusual twist on my normal makeup look. I prepared my skin with my normal foundation and powder. I then contoured my skin which I haven't really done before but now I'm obsessed! I then added a pink blush to my cheeks. The best thing about this look is the eyes! I obviously created a cat eye for this look. I made my flicks extra long and thick. I also added a sparkly eyeliner on top to give the look more glamour.

Products I used:

Face: Maybelline Superstay foundation | Rimmel Clear Complexion powder | Seventeen Highlighter | Dior Skin Healthy Glow blusher | Bourjois Paris Maxi Delight Bronzer

Eyes: Urban Decay in Sin | Bourjois in Upside Brown quad eyeshadows | Seventeen High Drama eyeliner | Too Faced Kohl eyeliner | Collection glitter eyeliner | Bourjois Volume Glamour mascara

Eyebrows: Too Faced brow evny kit

Lips: Barry M black lipstick

It isn't the scariest for Halloween but it's the perfect twist on your makeup look. You simply can't go wrong with a simply kitty cat makeup. As I said, this is only the first post in our Halloween series. Look out for more Halloween themed posts in the next two weeks.  

Have you ever been a kitten for Halloween? Do you think you'll try this look out? 

 Love Leah. x