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All Time Beauty Favourites- Best Foundation For Pale or Fair Skin

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 19, 2014 | Beauty, Review

I get asked a lot which make up I’m wearing and honestly most of the time it’s pretty much the same thing. I don’t change stuff up very often once I find something that really works for me. So I’ve decided to do an “All Time Beauty Favourites” series and today we’re going with foundations and bb creams for pale or fair.

I’m very pale. Like disturbingly pale. And I have pink undertones which makes me look terrible in anything close to orange toned. It makes it so hard to find a decent foundation but onwards I go anyway!

From left to right:

I Love BB Light, Maybelline Pure Dream BB for oily skin, Maybelline Dream Fresh BB, Illamasqua Rich Liquid 115, Bourjois Healthy Mix 51

All of these I’ve either tried at home or in store and thought “Yep that looks like a good match” but after wearing them consistently for a decent amount of time I fall out of love ;_;

The order is the same as above.

The one that lasted the longest on me was I Love BB Light and that’s because on my face it had a much greyer tone which worked decently when it was thinned out or mixed with the Illamasqua.

So I Love BB was good and the consistency was good and it lasted all day.

I don’t have oily skin but the Maybelline BB for oily skin was the lightest for some reason and the consistency was thin but ok. I don’t know why the non-oily version was so dark considering it was the same shade.

I wanted to love the Illamasqua so hard and it was definitely the closest to my skin tone. But it was really drying so without a heavy duty moisturiser it ended up a bit cake face-y.

The Bourjois looked awesome in store and then so orange at home 🙁

It got to a point where I was frustrated and out of everything and I went through EVERY foundation in Priceline until I found Models Prefer in their lightest shade.

It is crazy light and a neutral tone so it works with my skin well.

The colour is pretty much perfect and it lasts reasonably well through the day with good coverage. The problem is that it has a tendency to rub off on things :/ It ends up on my clothes a lot which is annoying. But it’s still #1 (even though it’s number 6 in the test).

Rubbed in:

Honourable mention is this Innoxa concealer stick which covers blue eye circles extremely well.

It looks crazy orange on my regular skin but over the top of dark circles it rocks.

It also stays on all day and doesn’t crease during the day. This I love.

So the search continues for the holy grail of foundation for pale skin but the Models Prefer foundation is a decent start! What do you other pale girls like? Have you found something which is the ultimate yet?

Hope you found that helpful and see you next time I do an All Time Favourite post!

How To Sew Lolita Style Wrist Cuffs – Sew Fun

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 17, 2014 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

Today’s tutorial is a reader request: how to make your own Lolita style wrist cuffs.

I really haven’t followed Lolita fashion in years but a lot of the things I post here could cross over easily so many of the reader requests I get are about how to diy Lolita items. I usually steer fairly clear of that because it doesn’t match with my style anymore (and I have no idea what’s even fashionable in those circles now) but this request was interesting to me because I made a lot of these when I wore the fashion!

For this tutorial you will need:

Thick lace
Thin eyelet lace and ribbon to go in it
Needle and thread

This is the most basic of these style of cuffs and it is going to be hand stitched. You could easily machine stitch them, use elastic or any other kind of embellishments you want.

Begin by cutting a piece of the large lace which is at least 3 times the length around your wrist. Ideally you would like it to be even longer than that because more ruffles = cuter.

Cut a piece of the eyelet lace which is around twice the length of your wrist. My pieces below are a bit shorter than I would usually use because I didn’t have much of either of these left. I would also suggest using a longer piece of ribbon so it’s easier to put into a big bow.

Fold the edges of the thick lace over twice and the running stitch up it to seal in the edge.

Now loosely running stitch down the long side so it gathers into a ruffle.

Pull it tightly so the thick piece is the same length as the eyelet lace.

Fold and stitch the edges of the eyelet lace over.

Place the eyelet lace over the gather in the thick lace. I like to leave it a little lower so the top of the thick lace ruffle can be seen on the other side. Stitch it in place all of the way across and then stitch another row under the ribbon so it’s very secure and even.

You should have something along these lines…

You can just put them on like this but I prefer to move the ribbon through the eyelets so it sits on top with the split in the lace at the bottom.

Like this:

Tie the ribbon into a cute bow and you’re done!

Wearing my old clothes makes me wish it was 2007 and I was in Japan again!

You can vary these easily by adding another layer of the thick lace.

Hope that answers the request and make sure you let me know if you have any others!

DIY Tea Cup Candle Tutorial

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 15, 2014 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial

I’ve seen so many of these tea cup candles in fancy shops but the prices are just exorbitant. You can buy tea cups in thrift shops for like $1 and candle making supplies are quite cheap too. Even cheaper? Recycling old tea light candles. Cute result!

So for this tutorial you will need:

Old candles or candle making supplies to melt down
Something to melt them in (I’m using a fondue set)
Chopstick
Twine
Tea cup

To begin, pull the tea light out of the metal casing and remove the wick and the metal part at the bottom.

Once you have enough of them, put them into a melting pot. I’m using a mini fondue set but you can also do the on the stove top which is a lot quicker.

Melt all of the wax.

Measure a piece of twine which is long enough to reach the bottom of your tea cup and tie it to the chopstick.

Once all of your wax is melted it should look similar to this. You can see that all of the crappy burnt parts and dirt sink to the bottom and you can easily pour the wax while leaving them behind.

Pour the wax carefully into the tea cup. Be careful, it’s very hot! Try not to get too many bubbles in there too.

Now dip the twine into the wax and position it so it hangs all the way down into the middle. It can be easier to use a toothpick to poke it in there so it’s straight. Ideally you want to dip it a bit further than you need to so the top part of the wick is covered with a little wax too.