Vintage Style Red Lips and Black Liner – Morning Make Up

A new segment I’m trying out where in I show my morning make up routine for various days and chat about what I’m doing that day. Not really a tutorial, more of a random girly chat while we get ready together in the bathroom 😉

Today’s style features classic red lips with nice dark winged eyeliner. I used to wear this style a lot when we went to Rockabilly gigs, it was a really fun time. I love classic red lips and I’d like to start wearing them more! .
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A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!

Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.

She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.

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Vintage Style Red Lips and Black Liner – Morning Make Up Instructions
Good morning!
And welcome to another edition of Morning Make Up where I do my make up and we chat.
Today’s look is a little bit vintage.
Starting with foundation first as usual.
Next a generous coating of mascara.
When James and I used to go to a lot of Rockabilly gigs I did my make up like this a lot.
It was pretty much my go to look.
Coat the whole lid all the way up to the brow with white shimmer shadow.
It’s quite simple to do as long as you have the hang of liquid liner and lip liner.
A lot of people are scared of red lipstick but once you know how to handle it, it’s not that scary.
Take a shimmery dark brown shadow and draw on a wing. Continue the line around the eye so it forms a pointed “C” shape over the top of the eye.
Just draw the line, don’t fill it in.
This line creates depth and the higher you put it, the deeper your eyes will look.
Just make sure both sides match.
Take a fluffing brush and lightly blend it all.
Don’t blend too much because you don’t want to completely blur the line.
I miss going to see Rockabilly bands, we used to dance all the time!
Draw a thick line of liquid liner and wing it out.
I find liquid liner easiest to use when it’s got a felt tip.
Rather than drawing it on you can just dot it in place until it forms a line.
The line should start thin in the inner corner and get thicker at the outside.
The felt tip is useful for making a perfect wing too because you can just press it in place to make the flick.
Then just fill in any gaps.
Easy done and much easier than trying to control a proper brush.
Make sure to lean on something solid like a table so your hand isn’t wobbly!
If you need to, you can also pull the eyelid skin tight while you do this to keep it steady.
Taadaa, easy!
Add some feathery false lashes.
My favorite part of going to rockabilly gigs was watching the older couples dance, so cute!
Line your lips with a bright red lip liner.
I always start in the middle top and bottom and work my way out to the edge.
Rather than big lines, use small feathery strokes and go slowly.
We used to go dancing almost every weekend. Rockabilly gigs are great for dancing because everyone is so friendly!
A lot of the people who attended in our area had been listening to the music since they were kids too.
Fill in the lips with liner.
This is much easier than doing the edges.
I think most of the bands we used to see are broken up now, so sad.
The best top I have for lips is to smile while you apply liner.
You can see the finished shape as you go and it’s easier to draw with the lips pulled tight like this.
Apply a thin coat of red lipstick.
The lip liner base will make the lipstick last much longer.
Add a tiny bit of blush.
This is definitely a look you need to wear out dancing!

I love shiny lips so I added a little lip gloss too.
Matte red lips are very beautiful with this style though.
All done.
A look like this isn’t completely without the matching hair.
Link to the hair tutorial in the description!
Definitely goes with it a little better than my bathrobe does.
I hope this was a useful video. Please check out the blog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching!
Bye!

Glitter Bling Keys – Home Sweet Home

I’ve been focusing more on little details recently for Home Sweet Home projects.

Today I did the smallest one so far: glitter dipped keys.

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I wasn’t sure how well the PVA glue would stay on the metal so I did this old useless key first before I tried it on any of my actual ones. Turns out it stays really well!Cute-Glitter-Keys-0241

It couldn’t be simpler to do either, just coat the end of the key in the PVA glue.

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Drop it in glitter.

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Wait for it to dry and either recoat with more glue to seal it in or give it a very solid brush to get rid of any loose pieces. Washable fabric glue is another great alternative which doesn’t require a top coat.

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These kinds of projects have been around for ages and I’ve seen different versions ranging from painting the ends of the keys with nail polish to baking sculpey covers on the ends. No matter which method you choose it really brightens up your handbag!

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I found it made the keys easier to differentiate by feeling the texture so I didn’t have to dig around my bag to find the right one either!

Melbourne Snapshots – Playing Pool

Let’s kick off today with some flowers 😀

When I have real window boxes not fake ones I’d love to fill them with these in lots of different colours. That would be so pretty!

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I recieved this awesome care package from Glow! I looove it, especially the face masks, I’ve been using them like crazy to try and get my skin under control!

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James’ family and my Dad came down to visit a while ago and I finally edited the photos from then.  I asked James’ aunt to take a photo for me but I forgot to turn on the stabilisation XD very pretty!

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Inside had much better light!

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We went to a bar for some snacks while the boys watched a football game. The place had the most beautiful stained glass windows!

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The inside was so pretty! I think it might have also been a hotel.

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We did some online window shopping while we were waiting XD This is James’ aunt Mary.

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The snacks were really yummy!

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The bar tended made me a mocktail, he was so sweet. When we told him how yummy they were he was all “That’s what I do!” XD

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Very fancy 3 layer hot chocolates too!

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The next day I spotted this old car, this photo would have been so much cooler if it didn’t have the pole in the way >_<

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I had a massive macaron, it was covered in edible gold glitter!

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I gave my Dad some presents for his next door neighbour, one of my youngest fans back in Brisbane 😀

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We were book shopping and this was pretty funny, I think maybe someone misplaced the psychology books XD

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Late one night we went and played some pool with James’ brother.

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Well they played pool and I cheered.

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Well I played one game but I cheated so badly won by such a large margin that I decided to let them play.

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It really wasn’t the most serious game ever XD

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We had dinner at an Italian restaurant out in Carlton and they had this really cool tree lamp installation thing! I’m sure I could do that in my living room XD

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Delicious haloumi cheese, ah so good. I have a serious love for cheese.

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I tried gnocci for the first time but it wasn’t very good. Not sure if I just didn’t like the texture or because it wasn’t that great or if I actually don’t like gnocci so I’ll have to try it somewhere else and see!

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What did you guys get up to this week?

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