Friday, 21 May 2010

I'm Back, wanna see what I have been up to??

Yay last hand in was yesterday
so I now have time to blog!
I tell you what I have really missed it!

So if you have been wondering what i have been up to

Firstly here is one of my projects,
we had to photograph 2 of the 7 deadly sins


Vanity


Gluttony

So yeah i really liked how they came out,
the first one i bought the wedding dress from a charity shop, bloody £30 quid!

The second one is just all my stuff, in my garden!
supposed to be about excess in general,
like drugs, shopping , food etc!

those images are heavily edited,
as that's what the module required

Next I had to take a professional looking portrait


And this is my image
My GBF Lewis!

I totally love this image,
I kinda surprised myself!
It is COMPLETELY unedited, nothing done to it at all!

and for textiles we could do what we liked
and i went off on a mirror theme
for interior design
This is the chair I transformed

From this



To this




I printed and embellished the fabric for the seat,
and the back of the chair!
(click any pics to make them bigger)

So that's everything,
except a whole bunch of essays!


What do you think of my work?
Have you guys had any hand ins / exams!
Good Luck to everyone that's still working hard!


Look forward to blogging tonnes over the summer!

xXx

Friday, 14 May 2010

Visual Sweets: Fantasy Friday

Oh, How I wish I was all these smushed together!



















xXx

Saturday, 8 May 2010

New Arrival: Topshop Make-up, Swatches & First Impressions

Hi lovely readers
as you may or may not know I was super excited about Topshops new make-up range
So i placed my order on launch day and today it arrived!

*WARNING PIC HEAVY!*



Left To Right:
Lip Polish - Coral
Amazon Nails - Cloud
Amazon Lip & Cheek Tint - Bitten Berry
Eye Crayon - Midnight
Amazon Metallic Kohl Liner - First Light
Lipstick Crayon - Vintage
Amazon Crayon - Sun Shower
Skin Tint - Fair



Lip Polish - Coral




Amazon Nails - Cloud


Amazon Lip & Cheek Tint - Bitten Berry


 
Eye Crayon - Midnight



Amazon Metallic Kohl Liner - First Light



 Lipstick Crayon - Vintage



 Amazon Crayon - Sun Shower



Skin Tint - Fair

Swatches:




Skin Tint - Fair


Amazon Nails - Cloud


 
Eye Crayon - Midnight

  
Eye Crayon - Midnight
Amazon Metallic Kohl Liner - First Light
Lipstick Crayon - Vintage
Amazon Crayon - Sun Shower




Amazon Lip & Cheek Tint - Bitten Berry
Eye Crayon - Midnight
Amazon Metallic Kohl Liner - First Light
Lipstick Crayon - Vintage
Amazon Crayon - Sun Shower
Lip Polish - Coral (top right)

That's Everything!

Recommended: Amazon Lip & Cheek Tint - very good colour, more of a purple based red compared to benetint etc, really lovely feel and consistency, plus staying power!

A Bit of a Let Down: Skin Tint- Fair. Totally different to the swatch on the website
Comes out pretty orange, once blended not too bad but the most expensive thing in the range at £10
Smells very floral too

Absolute Bargain:Amazon Nails - Cloud! I'm not sure if its the same for each colour but great formula opaque in one coat! easy to apply and only £5
Biggest Surprise: Both the Amazon Crayon and the Amazon Kohl, are really good, super smooth, great colour. Very like the urban decay liners or MAC pearl gliders.
Not sure it was worth it: Eye Crayon - Midnight. Its not terrible but after swatching both the amazon liners as well its just not anywhere near as good as them

It seems I liked everything from the trend range a lot better than their basics
the Amazon line is a little more, so maybe that's where they put all the little gems?

Any thoughts?

xXx


Friday, 7 May 2010

New Arrival: too many nail varnishes!

Hi guys,
just taking a break from essay writing to do a quick post for you!
I have bought a lot of nail varnishes recently!
Here are 10 I've bought within the last 2 weeks!


Left Hand Clockwise from thumb:
Revlon 028 Minted
O.P.I Lucky Lucky Lavender
Nails Inc (Diet Coke) Paris
Chanel Nouvelle Vague
Revlon Lilac Pastille

 
R to L (oops!)  :
Revlon 028 Minted
O.P.I Lucky Lucky Lavender
Nails Inc (Diet Coke) Paris
Chanel Nouvelle Vague
Revlon Lilac Pastille



Right Hand Clockwise from pinkie:
O.P.I Mod About You
O.P.I Coney Island Cotton Candy
O.P.I Dating A Royal
O.P.I Done out in Deco
Nails inc (Diet Coke) London

R to L (oops!):
O.P.I Mod About You
O.P.I Coney Island Cotton Candy
O.P.I Dating A Royal
O.P.I Done out in Deco
Nails inc (Diet Coke) London

Recommended: Chanel Nouvelle Vague (I know there's loads of hype, but it really is lovely on!)

A Bit of a Let Down: O.P.I Coney Island Cotton Candy ( such a nice colour but took literally 6 coats to make opaque!)

Absolute Bargain: Nails Inc Paris & London (great colours, and fab application, free with two bottles of diet coke at boots! deffo worth it, will be going back for the other two!)

Biggest Surprise: O.P.I Mod About You ( opaque in one coat! very chuffed with that!)

Not sure they were worth it: Revlon Minted & Lilac Pastille ( not very opaque at all, and the lilac is more of a pale pink to me, and I have better mint greens, like Barry m)
Phew that's it,
I've also got quite a few china glaze on the way which I'm excited about!

Hope you like this post,
I would love to hear what you guys think!

xXx