Dark Lip Haul & Tutorial

I do love a dark lip at this time of year, I just feel so festive with berry shades on my lips. However, this year I realised that all of my festive lipsticks were exactly that – berry shades with red undertones. I’ve been feeling a more plum vibe recently and none of my lipsticks were the correct shade for that sort of malarkey, so naturally an online shopping spree was in order.

I ordered Charlotte Tilbury’s Glaston-Berry which is a gorgeous deep plum shade, still with hints of red though; so I wasn’t straying too far from my comfort zone with this one. It’s very moisturising which is great as sometimes I find that dark lipsticks can be drying which can lead to unflattering chapped lips, which we all know is a lipstick’s worst enemy! I also like the fact that this can be either patted on with a light hand for a hint of colour, or layered up for an all out glamorous look. I find that this is a wearable colour for both daytime as well as nighttime occasions.

The other lipstick that I chose was MAC’s Cyber, this one is an extremely daring blackened plum shade. I can’t quite express how much I love it, I think I’ll wear this more so on an evening than during the day as it is such a bold colour. It’s a satin finish, so while the colour payoff is top notch, it’s not quite matte so is still moisturising on the lips.

I chose MAC’s Nightmoth lip liner to wear underneath both of these shades, it is a deep aubergine  colour which matches Cyber perfectly. I also like to wear it underneath Glaston-Berry, however it does make this shade appear slightly more purple; so I also like to wear Glaston-Berry by itself to enjoy the best of both worlds.

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Styling: The Oversized T-Shirt

Anybody who knows me is aware of the fact that I’m a huge lover of the baggy tee. It can either be dressed up with a pair of heels for a relaxed night time look or worn with pretty much any type of flat shoe during the day.

This is the Fall 14’ Black/White Tron T-Shirt from ByWekafore and I absolutely adore it. As you can see, I’ve styled it with a chunky jeweled necklace which I bought from East a while ago and pair of Nike low denim Air Force 1’s for a relaxed yet edgy daytime look. I’m also wearing a black body con skirt underneath the shirt to avoid any Marilyn Monroe moments from occurring if a gust of wind happens to blow my way.  This is a perfect day to night transitional outfit, all I need to do is throw on a pair of heels and a lipstick top up and I’m all set for a night out – perfect!

I love this brand as the clothes are unisex and edgy yet wearable, plus they can be styled in an array of different ways.

You can view the whole collection on the ByWekafore website and take a look at their Instagram page @ByWekaforeDubai for some cool outfit ideas.

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My Week In Pictures #10

The past week has seen the official beginning of summer and fortunately the weather has been just lovely! I’ve been pottering around, enjoying being home and going for lots of nice long walks to enjoy the sunshine, as you can probably gather from my running outdoorsy theme in these snaps!

To see more of what I’ve been up to, you can take a look at my profile here!

 I love Peonies  //  Today’s face  //  Is it weird that I love going for walks in this old cemetery? I find it so peaceful

 I found a secret doorway!  //  The first official day of summer always warrents a 99! All that’s needed now is a glass of Pimms!  //  Bloggy photo



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Guess Who's Back!

Hi Everybody!

So you may or may not have noticed my absence from the world of blogging recently. It’s been a little over a month since my last post and I must say I have missed my little space on the internet. The reason I’ve not had a lot of time to share my thoughts lately is because I’ve made an exiting trip to a different country – the U.A.E to be exact. I’m currently in Dubai working for a little while and I’ve been a busy bee since arriving three weeks ago. My time here so far has consisted mainly of settling in and going to work, with a few nice meals and days out thrown in there for good measure!

A spot of breakfast at the Madinat Jumeirah with a lovely view of the Burj Al Arab

 

So now I’m all unpacked and settled in I have more time to dedicate to my beloved blog, which I’m very happy about as I have lots to share with you - new products that I’ve been loving, days out and another exiting project that I have in the pipeline which I can’t wait to tell you all about so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for that one! My lovely boyfriend also got me the best present ever in the form of a DSLR camera, what do you think of my snaps? Im so exited to use it for my blog and youtube videos, makeup tutorials here I come!

Hope you enjoyed this brief update, as you can tell there is a lot more to look forward to on my beauty station before the year is out, watch this space...

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My New Obsession!

I love looking at pictures and quotes on tumblr in my spare time, so yesterday I decided to start a  tumblr blog of my own to share the things that inspire me and well - I’m now addicted!

You can have a look at my page at katesbeautystation.tumblr.com and if you happen to like it, feel free to follow me! Also if you have your own tumblr page do let me know about it as I love looking at new blogs.

Loves <3

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