Halloween Makeup: PART 2

As promised here are our second Halloween Makeup Looks! This time...

A – Zombie (Death by shooting)

L – She-Devil

Products used:

A 

NYX Jumbo milk eye pencil, Makeup Gallery Pro Liquid Eyeliner, NC45 Studio Fix foundation and setting powder, Liquid Latex and Fake Blood both from eBay, tissue paper, eyebrow tweezers, Morphe Palette 35P, LA Girl Pro Conceal - Light Ivory,Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lipliner Red Dynamite 21, Revolution Ultimate Colour Chaos palette – red, Mac Blush shade: Raizin Lashes: Tatti 

L

Red Contact Lenses – £7.99 for one day lenses (www.colouryoureyes.com), NYX Jumbo milk eye pencil, MAC setting powder - (Dark), NC43 Studio Fix foundation and setting powder, Makeup Gallery Pro Liquid Eyeliner, LA Girl Pro Conceal – Creamy Beige, Morphe 25A Copper Spice Palette, fake blood from eBay, Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lipliner Red Dynamite 21, Maybelline Colour Drama – Fab Orange, Revolution Ultimate Colour Chaos palette – red, Mac Blush shade: Raizin, Lashes: Tatti 

Time taken: Took us both about an hour. 

Inspiration: Pinterest and Instagram – #zombiemakeup #devilmakeup #halloweenmakeup #halloweenlooks

How we’d wear it: 

A: Black dress or white dress with blood stains 

L: Red dress or red jumpsuit

There’s less than a week left but we’d really like to try and create one more look each. Again if any of you have any suggestions please let us know!!

xxx

AMP Lost & Found Festival 2018 - Our top tips

UPDATE: we now have a youtube video providing our top tips 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwJHxkr7po4&t=413s

Annie Mac #queen recently announced the line-up for her festival AMP Lost and Found Festival 2018! We’re not gonna lie we are HYPED. Seeing as pre-sale sold out today and general sale tickets are released tomorrow, we thought it was perfect timing to do a blog post on our top tips for those of you considering going. You’re mad if you’re not...

Dress naked 

We weren’t sure how warm it would actually be considering it was April but it was hot even at night – only really wore our jackets when walking back to hotel in the morning. 

This year the festival is being held in May so imagine it’ll be even hotter yaaas

Transfer tokens with your card 

AMP uses tokens as a method of payment instead of cash (euros). We found the exchange rate was better when using our card – first day we exchanged with notes but then later on in holiday used card and got more for our money

Boat Party and Castle Rave

We were g u t t e d to miss out on the castle rave tickets especially, sold-out same day they came out! We recommend buying tickets immediately after release if you do plan on going lovelies

Airport transfers 

https://www.holidaytaxis.com/en/ 
Cannot recommend them enough! For just under £30 we got a private car that picked us up and dropped us off at the festival. The drivers were so lovely too, especially the gent that picked us up – recommended loads of restaurants and beaches to go visit; like a little travel guide. 

We didn’t have the heart to tell him our lives were going to revolve around being drunk shaking our bums in the Maltese sun to sexy DJs for the 4 days. 

Stay in Qawra

The number of hotels will be limited however this is hands down the better location. Our reasoning for this is because it’s close to Café del Mar (CDM). All the pool parties are held here and the shuttle buses to Uno (night location) depart from Café Del Mar. 

Qawra is quite a small area of Malta so no matter where you stay you’ll only be a short walk to CDM. There are a lot of hotels/apartments in Bugibba so if you do decide to stay there instead just be prepared to walk the strip (30mins) or get taxis – can always split it with other festival goers. 

Pre-Party 

Make sure you attend the pre-party night before – we found out the location because it was posted on the AMP Twitter and Instagram – was absolutely heaving! Proper set the tone for the holiday as well as we met so many people that we continued to see during the festival. 

Book your return flight 2 days after festival finishes

We made the error of booking our flight the morning after the final festival date. We forgot to incorporate the fact the festival will actually finish at 5am the following day. 

We were still dancing our hearts out to MK at 4.30am and our taxi was coming to collect us from the hotel at 7am same day – as you can imagine the mad dash (not even close to sober) to get the shuttle, walk to hotel, pack, shower and check-out…was MADNESS. It’s made a hilarious memory but we never plan on doing it again! 

Hangover cure

McDonalds in Bugibba centre is so boujiee and perfect for when hungover lol It’s got an actual café downstairs and upstairs there is a really pretty balcony made of decking with tables to sit on – perfect for people watching as well because it overlooks Buggiba Square

Book Shuttle Bus Pass 

Costs £50 But totally worth it. It comes as a wristband and you get unlimited use throughout the 4 days. There’s always a bus to pick up or drop off – literally no waiting time (unlike Hideout where we waited hours) and if you’re staying close to Café Del Mar even more perfect! 


We didn’t need to use taxis but quite a few people used to get the shuttle at night from Uno to Café del Mar then get a taxi to Bugibba (10 min car ride). We’re not sure if taxis were dear or not but found the shuttle system super easy to use so would 100% do it again. 

If anyone has any questions or wants more tips for the festival please reach out!

xxx

10 Things you probably don’t know about us

We're quite cagey when it comes to people 'knowing' us buuuut this is all part and parcel of having a blog so we're going out of comfort zone and letting you all know a few little facts we're pretty sure you wouldn't otherwise know!

1. Our Race. 

We are proudly mixed race (mama is Kenyan and dad English) We think it’s quite clear to tell - especially when we were little and had cute lil afros but we’ve been mistaken for lots of different nationalities over the years; Polynesian, Ethiopian and Hispanic just to name a few! (Really funny story involving Lorraine being mistaken for Latina - we’ll tell another time)

2. Lived abroad

Ghana and Indonesia plus got to spend summers in Vietnam and St. Lucia – we'd travelled to over 15 countries each before we turned 10. Our dad was a Civil Engineer and we were super blessed to have the opportunity to move as a family or spend summers wherever dad was working. 

3. Both work in Clinical Research 

Yes sometimes we adult

4. Amy is learning Japanese. 

Not just a pretty face folks but don’t get too excited she refuses to let anyone, apart from her class, hear her speak it aloud. 

5. We have 4 dogs

3 of which are puppies! All of our babies are German Shepherd breed so as you can imagine no-one really likes to venture past the gate, @@ delivery boys  

6. Combined we’ve been to 10 festivals 

I mean you can probably guess by all the ‘review/guide’ posts but still we’re not joking when we say we’re addicted! 

7. We have different accents. 

Amy’s accent is majority Southern with a few Northern words whilst Lorraine has a lot stronger Northern accent (we moved down when she was 18 so it’s to be expected lol) Having said this, when we’re drunk or experiencing extreme emotions eg. Anger or excitement we revert back to Northern

8. Our dream cars

Amy cream Bentley, Lorraine matte black Audi R8 

GO BIG OR GO HOME 

9. We’ve eaten Alligator, Zebra and Ostrich. 

In the capital of Kenya; Nairobi there is an amazing open air restaurant called Carnivore which basically follows it’s namesake and caters for all the meat eaters. Carnivore have various kinds of meat ranging from the norm like steak all the way to Alligator and they’ll come over to your table and serve whatever takes your fancy! Cocktails are lush here and it also turns into a club on certain nights.

10. Favourite cocktails

Amy - Strawberry Daiquiri, Lorraine - Bramble
This is subject to change...

xxx

Halloween Makeup: PART 1

To say that we love Halloween would be an understatement. We normally do about two looks each year but this year we’re aiming for 3! 

L – Hunted deer. Lorraine’s always getting told how big her eyes are so thought we’d put them to good use 

A – Skull. Amy went for a different take on the classic skull makeup look. 

We were both reluctant to use too much white powder/paint because it doesn’t suit our skin tones and decided to use brown/black products to contour and blend. We’ve listed the products used below:

L

NYX Jumbo milk eye pencil, Sleek contour kit (Dark), NC43 Studio Fix foundation and setting powder, Makeup Gallery Pro Liquid Eyeliner, Morphe 25A Copper Spice Palette - black shade is super pigmented, Liquid Latex and Fake Blood both from eBay, tissue paper, eyebrow tweezers, Rimmel 1000 Kisses Lipliner Red Dynamite 21

Lashes: Eyelure No. 141

A 

NYX Jumbo milk eye pencil, Collection gold glitter liner, Makeup Gallery Pro Liquid Eyeliner, NYX white eyeshadow (shade: whipped creme), NC45 Studio Fix foundation and setting powder, Morphe Palette 35P, LA Girl Pro Conceal - Light Ivory

Lashes: Tatti

Achieved shading with contour brushes (Topshop) and eyeshadow brush (No.217 from MAC), beauty blender

Time taken: Took us both about 40 minutes.

Inspiration: Pinterest - #halloweenmakeup #halloweenlooks

We’ll be posting another look later this week but if any of you have any suggestions please let us know!!

xxx

Festivals on our list for summer 18

As you all know we're in our absolute element in the Summer months and at the moment we're 'trying' to be a little less last minute (as much fun as spontaneity is) and  organise our shenanigans beforehand. Autumn and Winter are now our seasons for planning!!

 We're still adding to the list but for now this is a list of festivals we plan on hitting up in 2018

WEAREFSTVL

Upminster, Essex 

http://www.wearefstvl.com/

We've been super eager and already got our tickets lol L went a couple of years ago and rated it, line-up keeps getting better and better so it’d be rude not to take a little drive down to Essex 

Event is taking place on the second bank holiday in May; 26^th/27^th/28^th 

Price: 1 day £49.50.Whole weekend: £97.50 - these prices are 2nd release, there's normally about 4 with WEARE

Mint 

Leeds

http://www.mintfestival.co.uk 

I mean who doesn’t love a September festival to prolong summer with, Leeds knows how to get wavy pluuus if the line-up this year was anything to go by 2018 is going to be amazing. 

Date:  22^nd September 2018

Price: £30

Junction 2 
Boston Manor Park, London

www.junction2.london/

We LOVE it when events pick really random locations eg. Forest rave at Social, car park for WHP in Manchester. Junction 2 is the opportunity to rave under a motorway. Sign us up. 

 Date: 9^th June 2018
Price: £30-£50


Cocoon in the Park (10th anniversary)
Leeds

https://cocooninthepark.seetickets.com/event/cocoon-in-the-park-2018.../1129628/

Yes another Leeds one! L absolutely loves Sven Vath and has done ever since she saw him perform at WEARE couple of years ago. Papa Sven runs a label; Cocoon which has so many sick DJs who perform under it - Ricardo  Villalobos we're calling you out huns. They did a residency in Ibiza this summer so check them out on insta or youtube if you need a  bit more persuading

Date: 14th July 2018
Price: £30 earlybird 


Sonar 
Barcelona, Spain

https://sonar.es/en/2018

We love Barca and have been longing to go back so the opportunity to attend a festival whilst in the area seems like the perfect combo.

Date: 14^th/15^th/16^th June 2018 
Price: 165,00€ and VIP 250€ 

xxx

What’s In My Airport Bag?

We haven’t done a travel related post in a while and seeing as we’re still debating the next trip, thought for the meantime we’d do a little ol post on ‘whats in our airport bag?’

Perfume 

Absolute must (we often buy miniature versions of our faves and keep this in our bag – as long as the glass holds 100ml or less it can be carried on in hand luggage. Having said this we are guilty of buying a bottle when in Duty Free! 

Music/Spotify - via phone or ipod

We cannot survive (may seem extreme but its true!) without music. Literally if we’ve not got it on blast in the car or our rooms we’re listening to random playlists on Youtube or Spotify.

Vaseline/eyelash glue/eyeliner

Absolute necessities – considering Lorraine hasn’t been without lashes since 2012 we never ever leave the house without this. We also cannot stand dry lips which you tend to get when travelling. We think this is possibly fddue to dehydration as we never drink water at the airport... who wants to keep weeing whilst on the move?

Snacks 

Calories don’t count when hungover, birthdays and travelling. We go INNNNN

Magazines

We’d like to sound intelligent and say books are a must but let’s be honest that’s quite a commitment and with our short attention spans, magazines are perfect for a break aka when we get sick of talking to each other and staring out the window.

Make  Up

We do not trust the hold baggage concept with our most treasure items (long story: basically our dad arrived in Indonesia once with only shaving cream left and airline gave absolutely no assistance) yes makeup is one our most valuable items (our bank balances will verify this) so we always have it in our cabin baggage. Bit of a ball ache because of the liquids limit but we manage.

Sunglasses

I mean they’re perfect for masking the bed hair look once you get off the plane, if you don’t wear makeup when travelling sunglasses are perf for hiding this.. PLUS their actual purpose of shielding your eyes will come in super useful once you get to paradise duh

Power charger 

Self-explanatory especially if you feel the need to document the whole travelling experience on snapchat like we do

Socks 

We can’t wear shoes when on planes, they’re off before the plane even is lol and socks are bae when the cabin temp drops

xxx

3 Budget Beauty Buys

A little post reviewing 3 products we are loving at the moment, all of which happen to be super cheap!

I Heart Bronzer range in shades ‘Summer of Love’ and ‘Blushing Hearts’

First of all, before we review the bronzer itself can we just address the packaging?! Sooo sweet! 

Each Heart contains a triple baked bronzer and as you can see the products vary from cool tones to warm tones. 

Although the bronzers appear quite glittery, when applied to the face it creates a subtle luminous highlight. The aspect we love most is that it the product is light and buildable; preventing a cakey look! 

If you have medium/dark skin tone we recommend the darker shade (Summer of Love) but for our paler complexion girls Blushing Hearts will be perfect. 

Price: £4.99 each - Superdrug

L'Oreal Paris Infallible Fixing Mist Setting Spray 100ml 

This is such a cheap bottle in comparison to competing brands. We’ve used a few different types over the years but at the moment we can’t recommend this particular spray enough. 

What we like the most is how the spray falls on the face; it is super light but covers your face without making it too wet. We HATE when a setting spray is too heavy as it feels like our powder will have little marks or worse yet eyelashes will be messed up – this is luckily avoided with revolution. 

Most importantly our make-up actually lasts! We’d say roughly 10hrs. 

Price: £8.99 - Boots, Superdrug

Primark False Nails

 We’ve always been nails gals and slaves to the acrylic extension life but recently A tried the false nails from Primark and we adore them. Yes Primark! Not only are each packet dirt cheap; £1 ladies, but they also offer a wide range of colours and shapes *heart eyes* 

We use them all the time now especially for meals out or night outs. They’re not as practical for everyday use like professional false nails BUT for a pound, who cares if it requires a little effort to glue a fake nail back on? 

Price: £1 - Primark

3 days in Milan

It's just over a year since our holiday in Italy, where we spent a few wonderful days across two locations: Genoa and Milan. We have already done a post on Genoa (last year!) and thought this was the perfect time to reminisce and advise you all the spots you must visit in Milan!

Duomo di Milano (Cathedral of Milan) 

This is one of the largest cathedrals in not just Italy but the world. A great example of stunning Italian architecture you MUST see when in Milan. 

The building is made of white marble and you cannot miss it once you come out of the Metro Duomo. There are so so many pigeons which is probably the only downfall but none more so than any open space in London.

before amy beat him up

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 

This is the world's oldest shopping malls and is absolutely breath-taking. The architecture in Milan is stunning but the finite details in this building are just *sighs*

In the centre there is a mosaic image of a bull and it’s considered good luck to spin backwards on the bull’s balls. Don’t be alarmed if you see tourists randomly spinning whilst being videoed like we were haha 

Situated directly across from the Duomo so both can be visited on the same day which is perfect for a short break in Milan. Not only is the Galleria home to the topmost designers it also has outdoor cafes inside – absolutely perfect for people watching.

Naviglio Grande

The Naviglio Grande is a canal lined with authentic Italian restaurants offering SUCH good food and more importantly beaut wine and aperitvo. We’d recommend heading down afternoon/early evening and grab an outdoor seat facing the water so that you can watch the sunset. 

We had an early dinner about 6pm, then had cocktails at nearby bars; nothing new there! If you prefer a more chilled evening, drinking wine sitting outside a restaurant is bliss but if you fancy a bit more fun there are a few promoters around offering discounts on cocktails. They  of course love an English tourist but the deals were actually decent.

Temakinho (Milan Brera restaurant)

This is a Japanese and Brazilian restaurant in the heart of Milan which we could not recommend more if we tried. Menu consists of Japanese temakies & rolls using unique Brazilian flavours whereas the drinks menu is fully of lush South American cocktails. 

The restaurant is down a beautiful little street about a 10 minute walk from Metro Moscova. Décor is primarily focused on the Brazilian side of the business so think vibrant yellows and greens but presented in a super chic way. 

We went on a whim because we had a sushi craving but luckily (because we’re extra) we dressed up. 

We were quite shocked by how prestige entry seemed, there were hostess at the front to make sure you’d booked and lots of posers outside who were either waiting for tables or just sipping on cocktails – just a heads up, if you are considering going whilst in Milan!

5 Destinations We're Desperate To Visit Over The Next Year

1. Santorini 

Views look breathtaking no matter what time of day but especially sunset ma gawd – type it in on Google/Pinterest if you haven’t already. We’d love the chance to sit on a balcony, soak in the sunset, drink some wine and graze on some feta and olives nomm we are obsessed with mezze at the moment and it doesn’t really get much better than having a delicacy in the country of origin! 

2. Ibiza 

If you know either of us you will know that we are dyyying to go to this heaven of an island. There is nothing surer than the fact we will be attending in 2018. The only thing we can’t ensure is that we’ll be booking a return.

3. Dubai

I mean c’mon who hasn’t seen photos of Dubai and not been tempted to just book a flight? We’ve legit done it about 4 times this year often after a few cocktails but then we chicken out. Reasoning: Heat (yes we can handle it.. just about), name a more luxurious destination we dare you, quad bikes on sand dunes – Lorraine loves quads and has been dying to give this ago, never been UAE closest we’ve got is Qatar and that was a stopover

4. Copenhagen

Lorraine has been but only for a day and we really want to go together and explore it properly. Another reason for going is to experience a winter break for a change, as we normally only go warm destinations. Not only are the locals lovely but L still got some left over Danish Krona that needs spending...

5. Southeast Asia

For the past few years or so we’ve only been travelling to European destinations and we’ve decided it’s about time we packed up our big ass suitcases and jump on a long haul flight to Asia! Right now it’s a coin toss between Indonesia (we lived there as babies and want to go see our old house and the places we’ve heard stories about) and Japan. Japan more so because sushi will be consumed ALL DAY EVERYDAY whilst we’re out there.

Festival Guide: Social Festival 2017

Social Festival is located in The Kent County Showground, Maidstone, Kent. 
The festival took place on Friday 29th September - Saturday 30th September.

This was our first time at this festival but the music genre is House/Techno so even though we only knew a few names on the line-up we knew the sets would be right up our street. 

Travel

Lorraine drove and it took 1hr 30min from Basingstoke and it's roughly the same from Central London.

 Other modes of transport include: 

Green Coach – transport from various cities in the UK

Train: there are three train stations in Maidstone which can provide access; Maidstone East, Maidstone West, Maidstone Barracks.

Lil selfie before we set off (3 hours late lol)

Accommodation 

Oakwood House Hotel – very easy to find, literally 10 minute drive once you exit the M20. 

To get to the festival via an Uber – ranges between £15-£35. Really pretty hotel with a vintage English manor aesthetic. For this reason it is used for wedding quite a bit, which was probably why we got a lot of strange looks by other guests when we rolled in, in the early hours of the morning… 

Staff were lovely and room was perfect for a two night stay. We didn’t make it for breakfast so can’t review it but it will be included in the price when booking. 

Cost: £180 for 2 night stay. Only downfall is the walls are paper thin – we know this due to the fact the man in the room adjacent screamed at us to quieten down on Sunday morning because we were a little too loud for his liking *rolls eyes*