Pink Glitter Half Cut Crease

                                                                             

Eyeshadow - Inglot '311,296,297,303' and 63 Blush

Lashes - SOSU 'Belle'

Brows - Cailyn Gelux Brow Gel 'Cocoa'

Liner - Inglot 77 Gel Liner

Glitter - Glitter Express 'Pink Hologram' mixed with Lasplash Fuzzy Flamingo.

Sarah XOXO

                                                   

Halloween 2016 🎃

I've wanted to be a Mermaid in General since as long as I can remember, so I thought I would live out my fantasy for Halloween.

This has to be my favourite look I've done to date, both Makeup and Costume. Halloween is my favourite time of year, so I was super excited about this. I've never worked with special effects makeup, so I actually really proud that this worked out so well. Also didn't have anytime before Halloween to practice as I'd been working straight to Saturday and I was in Lanzarote the week before.

For the look of scales I used a pair of fishnets over my head and filled in the colours using Eye shadows, I went for ones with a really good pigment and colour outcome cause I didn't want to be building the colour up for hours so I used mostly Inglot eye shadows. Make sure once you place the Fishnets you don't move them cause then the colours just look like mush. 

Product List 

✖️Purple Eye shadow - Paese Cosmetics in 650 Neo 

✖️Turquoise Eye shadow - Inglot 473

✖️Green Eye shadow - 'Hatter' Through the Looking Glass Palette  

✖️'Highlighter' and Middle of Eye - Inglot 116

✖️Eyebrows - Anastasia Beverly Hills in Chocolate 

✖️Tear duct - Inglot 66

✖️Lashes -SoSu in Sara 

✖️Lipstick - Makeup Revolution in Velvet Depravity and Keep Lying for you, also put some Inglot in the center. 

✖️For extra effect for scales I added some Inglot Body Spangles in 28.

✖️Pearls - Craft shop

✖️Liquid Latex - Sculpt Beauty

✖️I made to hook of the top of a metal hanger 

✖️For the blood I used a mixture of Fake Blood from Euro Giant and Ben Nye Scab Blood.  

I found This Green Mermaid skirt on eBay for like £7 and I had the Red Corset Top that I got from Topshop earlier in the summer.

Hope Everyone had a great Halloween. 

XOXO

Sarah.

Purple Royale

Hello everyone, I have a product list for you today for this look I did around two weeks ago. 

Foundation - Inglot AMC Cream Foundation in LW200

Powder - Rimmel Loose Powder in Translucent.

Concealer - Inglot Under Eye Concealer in 91

Bronzer - Blank Canvas ' Pippa Palette' in Amour

Eye-shadow - Paese in Neo 650

Pigment - Inglot Body Sparkles in 66

Eyebrow Gel - Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate

Highlight - Catrice Light Infusion 

Liner - Inglot Gel Liner in 77

Lips - Wet n Wild Lip Stain in Lady and the Vamp

Hope you like it, and stay tuned for more.

Sarah 

XOXO

People You Should Follow on Snapchat!

This is a list I've compiled of IRISH absolute Girl bosses and People I really enjoy watching and think you should know about. I'm just going in order of what I have in my phone this is not in preference at all.

I really enjoy these kind of posts because I love finding new people so I hope there's someone here you've never heard of.

*1 Anna Saccone Joly

Anna and her husband Jonathon and 2 kids, Emilia and Eduardo, have a Youtube Channel called the SacconeJolys, utterly hilarious and just the perfect family, Check them out if you don't know them. Anna has a separate Channel called the Style Diet and has her own blog. Her Snapchat is like a behind the scenes of the Daily Vlogs. 

*2 Nicola Costigan

Owner and Creator of Buff and Blend, an Irish Company who sell Makeup Brushes and Lashes. I came across Nicola from Laura Dempsey I think. Nicola is very funny and I LOVE her Dog. She does Makeup tutorials and gives helpful Tips and Advice.

*3 Charlene Flanagan

Shes a Makeup Artist From Sligo,  Also Love her Dog. (Do you see a theme)

She so beautiful, She does Makeup Tutorials and gives really good Advice as well. She has the most amazing wardrobe. 

*4 Erika Fox

I don't know where to start here, I've followed her for nearly 2 years now, Shes an Irish Girl living in New York, Her snaps are amazing, I feel like I live in New York through her , Amazing Style, Love her hair. 

*5 Emma Murray

Shes a fellow Donegal Girl, which makes me a bit biased, She has unreal Style and a really good eye for things. I really like her blog and she was an Intern for some designers at London Fashion Week there recently which she documented in her snaps, defiantly one to watch.

*6 Jane Swarbrigg

Brand Manager for Inglot from Mullingar. Her snaps are a behind the scenes of Inglot's Stores and the girls there and just everything that she does daily. I'm fairly new to following her but I like her. If you love all things Makeup , shes a definite follow.

*7  Katrina Kelly

Katrina is Owner of K2 Hair and Push Makeup. She does great tutorials and also is a great way of finding out when things will be back in stock. Shes very funny, her kids are adorable and shes getting Married soon so that's exciting.

*8 Laura Dempsey

Laura is a Makeup Artist From Waterford, She does Amazing Tutorials, shes really funny and really down to earth but her tutorials you need to them check out!!!

 Seriously Fab. 

*9 Marissa Carter 

The Girlboss of all Girlbosses, Probably my favourite person to watch on Snapchat, Makeup Tutorials and Behind the Scenes of Cocoa Brown. 

Especially Amazing when they go to events like the Oscars.

*10 Rosie Connolly

How is it possible for some to be so beautiful all the time !!!!!

Shes Fab, really good for Product Reviews and Shes always at Makeup Events. She has the most adorable Little Boy.

 Amazing Style and has a good mixed of Designer and High Street Clothes.

Is there anyone you think I should be following on Snapchat? Let me know!

Feel free to follow me on Snapchat!

(Sazzieloukane)

Sarah XOXO

Pippa Palette | Review

I've been using my Pippa Palette pretty much everyday, since I got it. It is literately the ULTIMATE Palette in my opinion, The kinda ones that you bring with you travelling or throw in your bag for on the go. It has everything you would possibly need for Day/Night.

The eye-shadows are so pigmented especially the darker shades and the highlighter is like OH MY GOD, you almost want to write a personal thank you letter to Pippa O Connor for even creating something so beautiful . Its my favourite thing about this palette and as you can see , and honest to god I actually use this everyday since around about October , It is far from running out. Nowhere near pan. 

 Here are swatches of  Amour (Bronzer) , Pipsy (Blush) and Lulu (Highlighter) , in that order, With flash in the first photo and without in the second photo.

Here are the eye-shadow swatches as you can see they're lovely neutral shades, the last two ( Dodo and K.D) are more for a nighttime look. My advice would be to be super light handed when using these two, especially K.D.

I love this palette and It would make a great present for any girl especially for Valentines Day ( Start hinting ladies).

You can buy the Pippa Palette from most Pharmacy's across Ireland and Online from Here.

 At €34.99 it is super affordable, so no excuses!!!!

Sarah XOXO

My Hair Update

Hi Guys, bit of a life update here. I've changed my hair again, but this time its gonna be for a long time.

This is as close to my natural colour as I've been in a long long time.

I've had ombre hair for the past 5 years on and off and in between that I was completely blonde, ( Worse Idea Ever), but that didn't suit me so I went back to ombre. I got really sick of the sight of blonde in my hair.

Now Im completely Brunette , and it is Brunette I know it looks Black in photo's. I really like it so lets hope I stay with this for a while. ( Fingers Crossed)

The main reason I dyed it dark other than I think it suits me better is I really want to get extensions, so I think its easier to have one whole colour just to get matched up, does that even make sense?  I think so, It makes sense to me anyway.

Anyways that's all I wanted to say, thats my babbling over.Thanks for reading.

XOXO Sarah.

My Tanning Routine | Cocoa Brown

The only tan I have ever used and actually liked is Cocoa Brown. With having really sensitive skin Im really careful with what I use, especially regarding skincare.

Ever girl no matter who you are or where your from, you feel fab after you've tanned, Don't try to deny it. You know its true. So when ever I get tan as a present or buy it myself, its like a streamer goes of inside me and Im like yay!!

Cocoa Brown is not only a brilliant tan that lasts and lasts but it smells A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!

It smells like a sandy beach and it makes me so happy. Then with the added of bonus of looking great from being tanned.

I usually tan every second week if not every week with 1hr Tan and then every time I feel Im getting a bit pale, I'll lash on a bit of Gentle Bronze just to let my skin breath a bit from the Tan. I also Tantour once a week, but I'll do a separate blog post on that.

The tan and the gradual tanner both fade out flawlessly on me, the only problem area's I have are my neck and the insides of my elbows as they get dry, but that's just me.

 The tan will stay on for a full week with one application so its good for a Pre- holiday glow.

Its also very Inexpensive at on €7.99 in most Pharmacy's and It is available in nearly every Pharmacy that you go into.

Do you have a preferred tan? Tell me about it below.

XOXO Sarah. 

Nivea Cleansing Lotion

I used this at a friend Jean's house and went straight to the pharmacy the next day to get it.

The one I have is Normal/Combination skin, it promises to cleanse and hydrate but also removes your makeup and makes your skin feel amazing. My favourite part of the day is now taking off my make up. My skin is so  clear now and so soft.

It contains Vitamin E, which is an antioxidant which protects & repairs your skin, and Hydra IQ, which hydrates your skin for up to 24hrs.

I have very sensitive skin and was a bit worried about using a new product but I've been using this for about two months and the results has been good.

I've even had a few people comment on how much better my skin looks at the minute, so yay for more Make up free days.

I would 100% recommend that you need to buy this, it will change your skin for the better, its also very in-expensive so that's always a plus.




                                                                            XOXO Sarah

OOTD | Noir

Jacket : Quiz

Shoes : Penneys

Jeans : Topshop

Top  : H&M

Belt : Aliexpress

If there was anything you ever need to know about me it would be that my wardrobe is literally all black. An outfit is always so chic when its all black.

 Im obsessed with these t-bar shoes from Primark, anything with a pointy toe is automatically mine. 

I got the Belt from Aliexpress, its a dupe of a Hermes belt, you really wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

My Jacket is from Quiz, its a waterfall coat with lace sleeves, and my top is just a long sleeve black top with a v neck. 

Sarah XOXO

Ysl Mascara | False Lash Effect

At Christmas, Cara Pharmacy in town stocked some high end products, and I had intended on getting this for my mum. ( Sorry Mum! )

I'm so glad I kept it for myself and I've been wanting to write a post on this for so long and can't actually believe its taking me this long.

This and one other Mascara I'm currently obsessed with, (The other I will write a post on soon). I can't actually remember how much this was, as it came in a set with an eye makeup remover as well, I think it was €26ish for some reason.

This is my go-to Night Time Mascara, (The other one that I love is my Daytime Mascara ), So many people have actually thought I was wearing fake lashes at work, Its great if you haven't the time or the energy or just couldn't be bothered to put on fake lashes.

My lashes are quite short so it really does make a noticeable difference and isn't clumpy.

I'm obsessed with the brush, It makes for great application and the mascara is infused with oils.

It did take me a while to get on board with this though,( not gonna lie ), but once I got used to it I couldn't stop using it, Its available to buy on Boots, YSL and Debenhams. It comes in 6 different colours but I used High Density Black.

If you've used this Mascara let me know what you thought about it, Also let me know about some other good High End Mascara/ Makeup Products, I think this is the first High End Mascara I've used .

XOXO Sarah.

OOTD | Off Duty

Shoes: Primark

Jeans: Quiz

Jacket: Savida at Dunnes Stores

Shirt: Primark

I was feeling my outfit today so Im gonna share it with you, my go to monochrome everything.

I got these shoes and shirt in Primark quite a awhile ago, My jeans are from Quiz quite recently and the jacket is from the AW14 collection.

A very simple, just grab out of your wardrobe in a rush kinda outfit but it really worked out.

Well at least I think it did.

XOXO Sarah

OOTD | Monochrome Madness

Hello everyone, Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while I've been crazy busy, but I'm getting back to it now, I have an OOTD for you today, some light Sunday reading for you ,Hope you enjoy it.

 Gilet: Thrift Shop

Shirt: Primark

Jeans: Quiz

Shoes: New Look

Bag: Primark

Lipstick; Rita Ora for Rimmel in Rumour has it

Foundation: W7 Captain Matte in Rich Tan

Eyebrows: Benefit Gimme Brow in Medium

Mascara: YSL False Lash Effect

I've also recently Baleaged/Ombred my hair, so its a bit lighter for summer. I get bored of my hair very easily and being honest i miss the blonde so much, I would dye it back but its just the maintenance of keeping it.

I will be doing separate posts on my Mascara and Foundation from the photo above, which will be coming very soon. 

Talk to you soon :)

XOXO Sarah

Sleek Face Form Contouring Kit

 Eske Pharmacy in town have recently stocked the entire Sleek range,and I was beyond excited, I bought quite a few items but this particular product I really loved an thought I'd review it.

I had heard a lot about this product from other beauty bloggers but every time I went in it was sold out, I realise why now.

The Contour is very subtle, its almost just a light glow which is beautiful on. Its also very pigmented.

 I use mine on a daily basis, for around a month and I haven't hit anywhere near pan yet. For a night out I use another bronzer along with it,

The highlighter is so pretty its like an iridescent sparkly off white ( obsessed with highlighters btw ), this is also very pigmented and leaves your cheekbones with a beautiful matte sheen to them.

The Blush is pretty on Irish skin or anyone with pale skin as its quite a pinky coral colour. It again is very pigmented and as you can see from the picture above it has a shimmer to it also.

One thing I love in a palette like this is a mirror, and I love the mirror on this palette. Its great for travelling and on the move to do the rest of your make up with. The palette is also lightweight and sleek. (Ignore the Pun). Perfect for Summer.

This will definitely be a palette I will be repurchasing again and again for the foreseeable future, I honestly can't fault it, and its only €12.99, such a good price for what you get.You essential have 3 products in 1, I hope you go out and purchase it and you love it as much as I do. :)

If you don't have access to it in a Pharmacy, Sleek have a website that you can buy from here.

Let me know some other Sleek Products you love and think I should try.

XOXO Sarah

Style Crush Sunday | Danielle Bernstein

If you want to learn anything about me, know that Danielle Bernstein is my Spirit Animal, I go by a daily motto 'WWDD?' -What Would Danielle Do?

I especially use this while shopping and try to buy stuff that she would wear or close to what she has worn in her blog posts.
Before I started blogging she was the first blogger I looked up to and thought that would be so much fun to do.

Her style is something I try to adapt to my personal style although I don't have the weather here in Ireland.

If you don't know who Danielle is, She is the Founder and Blogger behind WeWoreWhat and a student of F.I.T. She has also appeared on Project Runway - All Stars as a guest judge and just announced a Collab with Topshop that I'm super excited about.

I don't think she has ever worn an outfit that I haven't liked, her style is amazingly simple but like she just stepped off a runway at the same time. She takes pieces of clothing that are hard to wear and makes them look effortless.

 She has defiantly given me confidence to wear the clothes that I want to wear when I want to wear them, and that you certainly don't need an event to express yourself -  Style Wise anyway.

I use her (among others) as a daily inspiration and where she is in life is something I want to achieve, and the fact that shes friends with Eleanor Calder makes her Perfect in my eyes, as they have very similar styles.

What are your Thoughts of Ms. Bernstein ? Who are your favourite Fashion Bloggers?

XOXO Sarah

OOTD | Blanc & Noir

Coat : Savida

Shirt : Penny's

Shoes : Penny's

Jeans : Quiz 

Yay for more Ootd's this year!!

 I am a major lover of Monochrome. My whole wardrobe is basically black and white,(well mostly black) its just so pretty and works with everything.

 I think this is one of my favourite outfits. 

I am in love with this shirt its one piece that looks like two (isn't that amazing) so you basically look like you put a lot of effort in and you really haven't. (lol)

Also these shoes are so comfy, I brought them on Holidays and wore them nearly everyday. Obsessed with pointed toe shoes.

Be sure to follow me on Instagram :Sarahloukane for daily updates of Ootd's and other things :)

XOXO Sarah

Bog Standard

I was at a fashion show last year in which they gave away gift bags to everyone that attended, in the gift bags was a sample of some Bog Standard Products, at the time I had never heard of the company.

After trying the samples for a while and I fell in love, the sample I got was 'Irish Field' as it was called at the time, its now called 'Field', it smells like a field after its rained and I love everything about it.

I have since repurchased the candle maybe 3-4 times, while buying the candle again I came across Soap and an Air Freshener, which I put in my wardrobe to make my clothes smell nice.

Isn't the new packaging just beautiful I almost didn't want to open it.

 Im all for supporting Irish businesses as well so this is perfect, its also a really cost effective brand and honestly I don't know what I did before I found it.

I'd recommend this scent for spring.

Have you ever heard of or tried this brand before? Let me know what your favourite is.

Visit their online store : www.bogstandard.ie/ and do tell me what you buy!

XOXO Sarah