A Closer Look: The SOSU Complete Contour Palette & How To Use It.

Hey Everybody, Welcome back!

Today I am back with a post on one of the most sought after items in the beauty community in Ireland at the moment, obviously referring to the amazing SOSU Complete Contour Palette by the Beautiful Suzanne Jackson.

As a lot of you might know it is nearly completely sold out at the moment and wont be back in stores until May, but she is putting some on pre-sale tonight on her website to be delivered by March so keep an eye out for that!

Suzanne is really such a huge inspiration and has made such a successful self made career for herself, the second I heard she was releasing her third SOSU product, being the contour palette I just knew It was going to be amazing and high quality, but it's actually more than I expected!

Here is a closer look at the palette and how I use it!

The Packaging is classy, simple and chic! I love it!

The Contents of the palette are 6 shades. 4 creams and 2 powders. It also comes with a step by step guide on the inside which is such a great idea! Inside the palette You get:

- 2 Highlight Creams (Shade 1) (Shade 4 can be used as either a highlight, foundation or Contour colour depending on your skin tone) I adore Shade 1 for carving out my eyebrows!

- 1 Contour Cream (Shade 2)

- 1 Highlight Powder (Shade 3)-To set highlight cream and/or Concealer)

-1 Highlight Cream (Shade 5)-This is intended for the tops of your cheekbones, bridge of the nose, cupids bow etc.)

-1 Contour Powder (Shade 6)-This is to set the areas you contoured with shade 2. This can also be used alone for a softer day time look)

Below is an example of where is best and where I like to apply my contour and highlight creams using the SOSU Complete Contour Palette:

The Broken Dotted lines stand for the cream highlight (Shade 1) You want to focus this colour on the inside of your face to make these features stand out:

-Under Eyes

-Bridge of Nose

Cupids Bow

-Forehead

The Bold Black Lines Stand for the Cream Contour (Shade 2) You want to use this shade to make features recede. If you want to contour your nose you would use this shade to make it appear slimmer and more aligned. I broke my nose when I was 3 and it never set right so I like to contour my nose to give the impression that it's structured. You also want to apply this shade to:

-Underneath Cheekbones

-Temples of Forehead & Hairline

-Sides of Nose, Underneath Jawline (optional)

 Applying a darker shade around the perimeter of the face is going to give the illusion of an Oval face shape, which is what we want!

After applying your creams you then want to blend them all together. I would suggest starting with the dark cream first, that way if you feel its too dark you can lighten it up a bit when blending your highlight cream. 

When finished blending I like to powder my face lightly and then Bake underneath my cheekbones  with a translucent powder and leave it sit there for 5-10 minutes, this cleans up your contour lines a lot and makes them look a lot more precise. I also set underneath my eyes using (Shade 3) to prevent any creasing-which it does an amazing job at! and lighten up the area a bit more. After that I wipe away the translucent powder that was baking and apply the powder contour (Shade 6) to the areas I cream contoured earlier.

I then finished up my makeup as usual and this is how it turned out!

I have to say I am blown away by the quality of this palette! These photos were taken on my Snapchat and have no filters what so ever applied to them, it really just makes your skin look flawless! It is so user friendly and has everything you could need! I never cream contoured before using this palette and it was really so simple! The guide on the inside of the palette will really help if you're not too familiar with contouring.

It caters for day time and night time looks which is fantastic as It cuts down the amount of product's you have to use. I noticed my skin looked flawless after applying this and not one bit cakey which is a bonus!

I believe the palette will be back in stock online and in stores in May. But SOSU.ie will be doing a pre-sale tonight at around 8 P.M. on the palettes and they will be delivered in March!

So I hope this blog post inspires you to give contouring a whack! And I would suggest using this palette 110%. It's caters from beginners to make-up junkies!

 Best of luck to anyone hoping to get their hands on a palette tonight!

Have a great week everyone & Thank you for reading

My Tips To Achieving The Perfect Brows

Hey Everybody!

Welcome to my first blog post of February!

For this post I've decided to share a few of my little tips to achieving the perfect brows!

I've only recently mastered the sculpting technique myself and I've seen it make a major difference in Giving my eyebrows a cleaner, crisp shape!

So here's my steps that I use to achieve it!

1. Picking the right pencil

I have tried nearly every pencil on the market it seems and I've tried every price point. I've realised that wax based pencils are not for me. I have thinner brows and wax pencils didn't make them appear very natural. So I took the plunge and tried the infamous Anastasia Brow Wiz which is a dryer formula and I absolutely loved it! Though when I ran out of it I needed something else to keep me going until I could re-order one. So I tried the NYX eyebrow pencil and was blown away to find it's practically a dupe for the brow wiz! Same type of formula and pencil shape. I've been using It for nearly a year now and I don't see myself ever changing it up! I would highly recommend to anyone, from people starting out to regular makeup gurus! I know it's available in Sam McCauley's Midleton currently. I use the shade Light Brown.

Nyx Eyebrow Pencil. (Light Brown)

2. Sculpting 

I have only recently started doing this technique and it honestly makes such a difference to my eyebrows! After you have filled in and shaped your brows, take a little bit of concealer and an angled brush, very carefully run the concealer just underneath your eyebrow, then carefully blend out with your finger. It leaves your eyebrow super sharp and clean. It also erases any wobbly lines that may have occurred! There are countless YouTube Tutorials on this technique and it's actually very easy to

master. Here are the two products I love to use!

Real Techniques Eyebrow Brush.

Maybelline Superstay Better Skin Concealer. (02 Light-Clair)

    

3. Setting Your Brows

Finally you want to make sure those fleeky brows stay put all day long! Setting them with an eyebrow gel (Clear or tinted-personal preference!) will ensure just that. I personally really like the Rimmel Brow This Way. It keeps my eyebrows in place and in shape all day, and if I go a bit heavy on the pencil, the light tones in the gel lighten them up a bit! It also has a precise little brush so it wont get onto your surrounding skin and it sweeps nicely through every brow.

Rimmel Brow This Way-Brow Styling Gel. (001 Blonde)

Here is the finished look!

It took me a loooong time to get a hold on my eyebrows trust me! If your 13 or 14 and reading this DO NOT PLUCK YOUR EYEBROWS haha!

It really is worth it to leave them grow out and get them shaped professionally. Once you over-pluck the odds of the hair re-growing is very slim.

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Have a great weekend everyone!

XO