Alexandra Russell

I have gone off track of what I originally set this blog up for, makeup! So I want to give you guys a full makeup look. This is my day to day makeup looks. It is super easy and simple. I mainly love bold brows and full lips. They are my main features as I feel they are the most important. Brows frame the face and let me tell you. There is nothing more satisfying then someone complimenting your brows. LET THEM SLAY!
Technical difficulty...
I filmed a full tutorial for you guys HOWEVER it stopped filming halfway through! So I am going to talk you through what I did and used and give you a view of the final look.

I always start with moisturising and priming my face. You want your primer to feel tacky and sticky, this makes the foundation go on so nicely.
I switch up what order I do my makeup all the time. Sometimes I do my brows and eye makeup first. Sometimes I do my foundation first, it really depends on how I feel and how much eye makeup I am going to wear. If I wear a lot of eye makeup I complete the eye shadow, eye liner and brows first, go to my full face of makeup and then my mascara afterwards. No particular reason, just that's how I like to do it!
As brows are important to me i love to make sure they are the best they can be! I change the thickness of my brows on a day to day bases. If I feel like I want the Cara Delevigne look I FILL them brows in! I always like to conceal round my brows and highlight my brow bone. Also, I like to brush my hair upwards for a fuller look.
HIGHLIGHTING FOR DAYS! I don't wear highlighter every day but when I do I want to be looking like a disco ball! I think highlighter is so beautiful when done correctly and can make your skin look dewy and healthy. My ultimate go to highlighter is Mac 'Soft and Gentle'.
Finally my fave feature. Lips. Since Kylie Jenner's craze lips are such a huge aspect of makeup. Everyone loves a bold lip however I feel to wear different shades you have to have confidence. A dark colour lip can be hard to pull off, but if applied correctly and worn with attitude it can truly slay. I always line my lips before using lipstick to fill in. I also always mix different shades together to get new colour instead of buying loads of new ones! (I am a true cheap skate)

Hello! I am trying a 'new me' where I am more positive and most importantly, ORGANISED. I am probably the most un-organised and messy person ever, so I am trying to work on that. I've started by most importantly tidying and sorting my room out! This is really important for a clear mind as your room is the first thing you wake up in and the last thing you see at night, if this is tidy you are more than likely going to wake up in a better mood. The next step was to try and wake up earlier and try and have a routine. I never have breakfast and I know how bad this is for you but I am trying to change! Another tip that is helping me is having a planner and writing a 'To Do List'. This is so helpful as you feel a sense of achievement when you tick off something you wanted to do. The planner is to help me remember what I am doing and when I am doing it (I am useless at remembering things!) I also write blog ideas in the planner as well as clients and general appointments. I am thinking of designing the inside prettier as I love to decorate objects. I will do a blog post on this if I decide to do so. If anyone has any tips on how to be organised and generally more positive please let me know!

I'm sure I am far from the only one who wants to rave about LUSH products. I love them! I like the fact that they are 100% natural, from the packaging they are in to the product itself and they are completely against animal testing which i think is such an achievement that they are so successful doing all the right things for the environment. So let me talk about one particular product I am loving at the moment. It's the 'Mask Of Magnanimity'. This is an exfoliating face and body scrub/mask and works wonders. The ingredients include honey, African Marigold Oil, Peppermint Oil, etc. and i am going to talk about a few and the benefit on your skin.

Honey, honey how you thrill me! This is a WONDER product for your skin especially is you are acne prone, it works as a 'shelter' for your spots as it is anti-bacterial so will stop any bacteria getting into the spots. Also its great to help lighten acne scars you may have. It also acts as a moisturiser as the honey locks most moisture into the skin leaving smooth skin. Honey acts as an anti-aging product, which is a bonus for everyone!

Peppermint, not only is peppermint a life saver when you need gum it is also a major savior when it comes to naturally improving your skin! It works as an anti-flammatory which is so important when  you have a breakout and the spot is risen, painful and is embarrassing! Another feature of peppermint is it helps fade redness. We all have those days when we want a makeup free day, but there's nothing worse then your skin looking red without any foundation so this will help towards a more neutral skin tone.

Hair Disaster! As I have said before my hair has not been in the best condition as previously I have always dyed it and bleached as generally neglected it! It was in better condition as I have a 'protopak' treatment by Matrix. It is a Reconstruction treatment adding protein back into your hair and let me say it worked wonders! It improved my hair for a good 2 months however I borrowed my friends straighteners to curl my hair before a night out and they had a scratched plate (I didn't know till after). The  result was my hair getting burnt and fried together; literally felt like barbie hair! I knew I had to get EVEN more chopped off so that's what I did. I LOVE IT! So much healthier and much more sophisticated.                                                                  

 This is my hair when wet, I    did an elasticity test on it and it stretched and broke off, that is a sign of unhealthy hair!  (On the right)




My healthy hair now!