Let Them Eat Cake...

So as you may have gathered from my previous posts my second passion from Make Up is baking!  I am baking mad! I love decorating cakes too, its like make up for cakes! True story. So this blog is my favourite where I am combining cake and nails to show you how to make your nails look tasty!

This weekend was the first London cake show: The Cake Decorating and Baking Show at ExCel by from ICHF Events. It is now over in London but it is going up north to Birmingham this November so start booking your tickets! First I want to give a couple of shout outs to some really amazing people that I met at the show and at the end I will post some amazing pictures of cakes from the show.

Hello and a massive THANK YOU to Susan from Cake Craft & Decoration Magazine who helped me and my Mum look for my Mum's purse when she lost it. Thank you so much for all your help and giving my mum extra hugs when she was worried, you were amazing.

Also to the mystery person who handed in my Mum's purse and didn't steal a penny THANK YOU xxx

Another HELLO to the amazing girls at  Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes, Valeri & Christina . These two girls are seriously talented check out their cakes below! All hand made with butter cream (I think its called butter frosting in the USA). Both are nurses with talent for cake decorating they do cakes to order and they run classes throughout the year check out their designs and classes HERE. This is one class I would love to take, maybe they can teach me how to do a make up inspired cake. Here are some of their creations that were on display:

So on to the nail art inspired by all the cakes I saw (and ate). You will need the following:

Natural/Neutral nail polish

Tan or Brown nail polish

A darker tan/brown polish or Black nail polish

Bright colour nail polish

A darker similar shade to your bright colour nail polish

Either a Nail Art Brush or unloved make up brush

A smooth piece of paper (usually  junk mail work best)

Here are my chosen colours, I am using an eyeliner brush that came in a set that I didn't like. The brush was not that great for eye lining but is perfect for nail art.

BLURRY Photo sorry. From Left to right: BarryM- top and base coat,Nails Inc -Jermayne Street, 17 -Grapefruit, Sinful- Stiletto

And The Phone Ran Away With The Blog...

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So this week my phone has gone bye bye so posting pics is taking a while. However it gives me a chance to blog about something that matters to me and should concern most cosmetic users: Animal Testing. This has been a hot topic recently, and animals are treated horrifically just for a lipstick or tube of mascara. Is the suffering of animal really worth the price of your blusher? In my opinion NO! There is legislation that is meant to ban animal testing but due to loop holes companies still do test on animals both ingredients and/or finished products. If you want to see an end to animal testing then sign the petition and read the information HERE . Also if you are 16 or over and have a strong stomach Lush had a performance artist act out the horror of animal testing in their Regent Street store, I won't post a link but you can search online for news articles about the performance. 

Also today me and a friend went to  Metal Morphosis in Hackney to get our ears pierced! Check out their Studio they have a stand in Birmingham , Hackney and Selfridges London.They have featured in several magazines and TV shows about piercing, they are the best piercing studio I have found in a long time. So to add to my collection of metal in my ear I got some random ones a pinna on my left ear (the bit at the top of the ear)  and a Auricle piercing on my right ear (kind of random half way bit of your ear). I like to have the same number of piercings in each ear (I like to feel balanced) so I chickened out of conch piercing (the middle bit of your ear on the inside).

 If you are interested in knowing about my piercings or piercings in general let me know. Also if you have any requests for make up, hair or nails tutorials or reviews let me know by posting in the comment section below or via facebook or twitter.

Stay tuned for a tasty post...

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I'M FADING AWAY....

No not really but my nails are:

So this post is a nail art tutorial for super trendy nails for the weekend.

BeautyLLB Dares...

So Spring is in the air, well when its not raining. But the spring clean fever is upon me and while its a chance to clear and clean up my make up draws its also a chance to try out something new. It all started with new glasses (yay for the huge glasses! I can actually see so much more!) and I felt this was a time to make some changes:

YAY New Glasses, New Lipstick and New Hair Style! (this was taken at work, I was couldn't wait to go home to take a picture)

Pressing Concern...

So I am sure many of you have been in this situation where you have a pressed powder product that has been smashed and makes a mess when opened.

 

Now I loved this blusher it was a really lovely peach colour but I accidentally dropped it and it smashed the powder but the case didn't break but is really messy to use:

If anyone has had this happen to them its pretty annoying but I am here to save the day. This trick also works with loose eye shadows.

So there are somethings you are going to need:

Surgical Spirit

Bowl

Spatula (or those stirring sticks from coffee places)

Piece of material

Something to press the reformed powder (most eye shadows a 10p coin is the right size/ USA I think its a quarter)

Pucker Up And Give Us A SMOOCH...

Its the end of the Easter weekend which means the diet starts again and its back to work. In the UK at the moment the weather turned from glorious sunshine (actually sun bathing weather!) to grey and rainy. Typical as soon as I have a day off the sunshine also takes the day off. 

No matter if the sun isn't shining we can still have gorgeous glowing skin thanks to the amazing new UK make up company Smooch.

Smooch is a relatively new company that is gaining a great name for themselves especially in the professional beauty world having recently featured in Scratch (professional nail magazine) in its section for what a professional make up artist needs in their make up kit.

This month's Scratch

Must have lipstick

Must have bronzer

So having read such a great press I really wanted to try out some of their products. I bought a bronzer, blusher, lipstick and lip gloss.

Brush Your Troubles Away

Hello!

So it has been a crazy few weeks but YAY for a new post!

I have needed a new brush for ages as mine is pretty much destroyed having lost several bristles and the little ends of the bristles that stops it scratching your head have fallen off. So while I was looking for a brush I remembered the Tangle Teezer having been on an episode of Dragon's Den and shouting at the TV as none of the Dragon's invested. However Shaun P launched his product and it is now a must have for salons and anyone wanting to look after their hair.