Youtube#11 Bronzing Tutorial

Hey there!

I hope you've all had a great weekend? 
I've just filmed this quick little bronzing tutorial for you, I hope it helps you out, I know I certainly didn't do my bronzer this way before I became a make-up artist! Shameful. 
Anyway it's one of my favourite, quick tricks (and one of the easiest) to achieve a nice natural sun-kissed look. 
Let me know if you like it :) 

Youtube#10 Natural foundation tutorial

Hey there guys, hope you've all had great weekends? 
I can eat properly again now, so I'm very happy about that, I actually have a couple of restaurant reviews prepared for this week, so look out for those :)
I just thought I'd post up my latest video in case you miss it over on my Youtube channel, I hope you like it. I must admit, I did feel like a bit of an idiot filming myself in the mirror! Let me know if it helps any of you.

Youtube#9 A Weekend in Bath

So, this video's a little different from anything I've done before, we had such a gorgeous weekend in Bath, I thought I'd share a little montage of it with you. It was so stunning, timeless and romantic, I'll always love Bath beyond belief.
Have you ever been to Bath?

Youtube#8 What's in my make-up artist kit so far?

Hey guys, 
after a few of you have asked if I'd film a video showing you what's in my make-up artist kit so far. So here we are! I hope you enjoy it :) I'm off to a cartoon museum now, what are you all up to today? 

Youtube#7 Vlog catch up, Louise Constad make-up artist course

Morning everyone, Mondays' are tough huh?

We walked into work this morning. I love seeing London in the Autumn mornings, walking all along embankment, past Parliament and Big Ben, it's a pretty good way to wake yourself up in the morning.

I'm back in the office today, and it does feel a little strange not applying make-up to models hehe.

Anyway, if you missed my vlog last night over on my Youtube channel, here it is. I'm just blabbing on about my make-up artist course, I hope you enjoy it :)

Youtube#6 Vlog Louise Constad make-up artist training, day 1

 

Hey lovely readers, just a quick one because I am zonked, and I need to do my Vogue homework (geek). 
I look so exhausted in this video, so sorry about that. I literally just got home and started filming, I haven't touched up my own make-up all day! Too busy practising on the models to even look in the mirror at myself.

I thought I'd do a little vlog each night of my Louise Constad make-up artist course to let you all know how it's all going. 
The first day has been incredible, I feel like I've soaked up so much information my brain is fried. Early night for me I think! I literally can't wait to go back in tomorrow and learn more. 
I'm planning on doing some tutorials for you guys, once I've got a bit more practising done and I feel like I'm actually good!

Have you ever done a make up course before?

Youtube#5 What's in my handbag?

 

I finally got around to making another video for you guys, sorry it's been so long! Yes, it's the ever famous 'What's in my handbag' tag. I am always so late to jump on the bandwagon aren't I?! I did rant on for a while, sorry folks. Also, sorry about the hangover face and 3 day old hair. Yes, I am a skank. It's been one of those days wear the PJs haven't come off yet. Hence the last shot in my video, spotty PJ alert! Don't judge me.

What have you beautiful people been up to this weekend? 
On Saturday Stef and I had a private tennis coach for an hour. I felt kind of sorry for him because my  skills are laughable, so he had his hands full, but that means I can only get better, right? After tennis I had a lovely catch up with a few of my uni buddies, we went to Gordans' Wine Bar (the oldest wine bar in London) on the Embankment. It's like a little underground cave, definitely recommend it if you like that kind of thing.
On Saturday night, Stef and I went to our favourite local pub in Clapham, where we gorged on hotdogs, pizza and red wine. We stayed up until 2am geeking out over this snowboarding movie. It's pretty crazy stuff, most of the shots don't even look real to me. It's absolutely stunning though, and makes me so excited go go snowboarding in the new year. Do any of you snowboard or ski? 

Today all I've done is organise my wardrobe (yes, I like it to be in order) and film this video. I'm pretty nervous about my make-up artist course tomorrow, I'm just going to try and soak up as much as possible, wish me luck! 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video. Have you done this tag? Leave your links below if you have :)

L'Oreal Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Gel

I know in my last YouTube video about how I self tan, I said that I didn’t really see the point in face tan products. I've always just used my regular St Tropez Mousse. That was before I discovered this little beaut, completely by accident.

My boyfriend came to bed with this on his face one night, and I was all like 'ooooh your faaaace smells nice'. Turns out, it was Sublime Bronze. (Check him out, sneakily tanning before bed!)
Crazy because as we all know, normally tans don’t smell great. I'm so funny about the scents of things too, I hate using products that smell too strong and perfumed, particularly on my face.
So, believe it or not, I actually pinched this one night from my boyfriends’ side of the bathroom sink, and kinda fell for it!

I really like the colour this developes into, it's so natural and not orange in the slightest. It's a gorgeous, gorgeous constitancy, a gel formula so feels really cool and refreshing to apply. It's really moisturizing too, if you wanted to use it before you apply your make-up in the morning it would totally work. I've been applying it before bed, and I have to say, it's impossible to get streaks or look patchy. Fool-proof.
This would be perfect to try if you are quite pale, or scared about trying out fake tan for the first time, because it's not too dramatic, but still noticable. I think it's definitely worth checking out.

It's really good if you can’t be bothered to tan your whole body and just want a bit of colour of your face, and it really perked me up. It's so strange, it's such a small change, but a couple of the girls I work with noticed the difference it made to how my skin looked. One thing I really liked about this tan, was the fact that you can apply it with your hands. The gel washes straight off, so no need to use a mitt, and nor orange hands, wooo! I also really like the fact that it's in a squeezy tube, and you can see exactly how much tan you have left, which most of the time, is not the case with pump bottles.

I'm not sure how many 'body' applications you would get out of this, as I have just started using it on my face, but I will say, a little goes a long way on my face, so if I just used it for my face, it would last a long time. It's pretty purse friendly too, at about £13 a bottle.I would reccomend applying once every 4(ish) days, I did apply for a couple of days running, but I turned out to be a little darker than I wanted.

Have you ever tried L'Oreal Sublime Bronze face and body? What fake tan would you reccomend to use on your face?

Youtube#4 How to Apply Fake Tan Tutorial | St Tropez

Hey guys,

just thought I'd post up my next video for you incase you miss it on Youtube.

I know it's coming up for Winter now, but personally I still like to be bronzed. I know hardly anyone will notice in the Autumn and Winter, but I just feel better with a bit of tan on. Is it just me or do any of you do that too?!

A few beauty bloggers have recommended Xen Tan, I've actually never tried it, and my St Tropez is about to run out, so I think I'll go for that next. Have you ever used St Tropez Products? What kind of fake tan would you recommend to me?

I'm meeting and filming with the gorgeous Milly Mackintosh tomorrow night, one of my girl crushes, woo! So let me know if there's anything you'd like me to ask her in my video.

Youtube#3 How I do My Daily Make-up

Hello darlings. So far my day in the office has consisted of nail painting, sweet chilli sauce (I'm obsessed with it, I even had it with my egg sandwich) and reading a new book called The White Tiger. I have major, major pmt today. Don't you just hate being a girl sometimes? I literally feel so down that I could cry for no reason, which is absolute madness because logically, I know that I'm so happy with my life at the moment. Happier than I've been in a really, really long time. Eugh, I can't wait for the hormonal mood to sod off!

Anyway enough of me blabbing on, today I thought I'd share with you my latest youtube video. It's pretty long 'cos I'm showing you how I do my daily make-up routine every morning, but I hope you'll stick around and watch it anyway :)

YouTube#2 Doughnut Messy Bun Tutorial

Hello lovers, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend in the sunshine? I'll update my photo diary asap so you can see what I've been up to.
So, as you may well know if you follow me on twitter, im slightly *cough*MASSIVLEY*cough* obsessed with my new hair doughnut. I've done this little hair tutorial on my youtube channel for lovely lot, let me know if you find it helpful. Nothing better than a messy bun huh?
I'm thinking of going dirty blonde on payday... yay or nay?

Photo Diary#1 and if you fall in love, you're the lucky ones...

Pretty cheeeeesey post title I know, but it feels last weekend was literally straight out of a movie scene, it's was that perfect. 
On Friday night, my lovely mister took me for an evening called "Pizza and Paddle". This involves canoeing down the Thames, stopping off for a pizza and beer picnic in the park, and then canoeing back again. It was totally stunning, we saw the sun set over the bridge, watched a helicopter take off , and by the time we were heading back it was dark, so we saw London Thames all lit up and pretty. It was such a great alternative way to spend Friday night in London!
Saturday was kick-started with my favourite hearty breakfast of eggs, bacon, bagels and maple syrup. Yum! We jumped on the Vespa, put on a soundtrack and scooted in the dappled sunshine to Hyde park. We rented a couple of Boris bikes and had a couple of hours cycling around, (stumbling across a super-cute stable), before heading to Chelsea for Pimms and Burgers. 
Sunday involved a big spring clean of the wardrobe, and I made my fist ever YouTube vlog. Fewf!
I don't know about you but I love seeing peoples' photo diaries, I love behaving a nosey into other bloggers' lives! Would you like to see more photo diaries on my blog?
I hope you all had smashing weekends too?

My first You Tube video - A little beauty vlog

Hey everyone, so I filmed my first ever beauty vlog on Sunday, here it is!

I was super super nervous, which I know is ridiculous because there was no one even in the room with me, just me and the camera.

I find it so cringey to watch myself back too, do any of you vloggers ever feel that way?

Anyway, I would love to know what you think (please be nice!). If you have any tips for overcoming camera shy-ness, preferably not involving alcohol, please do let me know!