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Thursday, 24 May 2012

Here's a Way to Make Your Smoky Eyes Look More Summery!

Smoky eyes are an all year round thing, but there is a little way to update them for the season you can see here...

Surround them in bronze eye shadow. Why does this work? Bronze is just a summery colour, it reminds me of tans and boho jewellery and other fun warm weather things. So adding it to your favourite grey or black eye makeup look is a quick way to give your makeup a little seasonal update.
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Will give this a go this summer? If so, here are some bronze MUA shadows you can play around with!

Chocolate Box Trio Eyeshadow set-£2.50

Heaven & Earth Eye Shadow Palette- £4

Get summer smoky eyes with MUA Cosmetics by visiting selected Superdrug stores or why not purchase online? www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

5 MUA Nail Polish Colours You’ll Love All Through Summer (And Fall Too!)

Need a break from your go to MUA nail varnish colours? Here are 5 new ideas for what to wear on your nails this summer, straight from Pantone's fall 2012 colour report (My your pocket guide to fashion's about nail varnish shades).

They give you the official palette of the season based on runway trends so you know you'll see these shades on shelves in some way, shape, or form come fall. I've got my eye on Bright colours of course.

Here is my favourite summer nail looks with MUA nail varnishes I have been playing with for this summer…

Shades 5(mint green), 16(Pink), U & I(Yellow),

LOVE U 24/7(Purple) and Shade 2(Black)

Shades 5(mint green), 16(Pink), U & I(Yellow),

LOVE U 24/7(Purple) and Shade 2(Black), I WANT U (Orange)

Shades 16(Pink), U & I(Yellow) and Shade 2(Black)

Shades 5(mint green),U & I(Yellow),

LOVE U 24/7(Purple) and I WANT U(Orange)

Shade 4- £1

Get your MUA nail varnishes from selected Superdrug stores or online www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

Monday, 21 May 2012

Get Katy Perry Inspired Eyes From the Billboard Music Awards 2012

As Katy Perry announced her official #KP3D movie poster on Twitter today ...from a hairbrush to a headliner...which sets to be her new film out on JULY 5^TH, which here at MUA Towers we are very excited about. Also Katy looked amazing at the Billboard music awards I thought it would be rude not to do a make-up look dedicated to her this week using MUA Cosmetics!

To go with her lavender Blumarine dress, Misaki silver bangles and purple hair, Katy Perry took a break from her usual bright colours and winged eyeliner and looks glamorous, it kind of reminded me of a 90′s Goth with the defined eyes, groomed brows and bold, wine-coloured lips.

Get the Katy Perry Look!

Step 1:

Apply Intense Coloured Eyeliner in 'Snow White'-£1 to your eyelids

Step 2:

Now blend with your finger to soften and even out. This acts as a great sticky base!

Step 3:

Load an oval eyeshadow brush with the lightest shade from 'Innocence' trio eyeshadow set-£2.50 and set Snow White eyeliner.

Step 4:

Apply Snow White eyeliner to the bottom water line. Set this with Innocence Trio eyeshadow set in the lightest shade

Step 5:

Load an angled blending brush with the darkest brown shade from Innocence Trio eyeshadow set and place this into the crease of they eye

Step 6:

Now- Blend, Blend!

Step 7:

To open the eyes up apply Shade 5- black eyeliner-£1 to the top lash line and to give it more a subtle and smoky look take Matte Single Eyeshadow in Shade 20-£1 and place this on top of the liquid eyeliner

Step 8:

Load an oval brush with the lightest shade from Innocence trio eyeshadow set and apply this to the brow bone to make the eyes pop!

Step 9:

MUA's false eyelashes in style- 'Vixen'-£2 will finish your Katy Perry look! Apply two coats of your favourite MUA mascara in order to blend your natural lashes with the false lashes and there you have Katy Perry eyes!

The Finished Look:

Get Katy's dark vampy lips using Lip Boom in Shade LMK- £3.

For those Katy Perry fans out there I hope that helped!

All MUA Cosmetcis can be purchased from selected Superdrug stores or online www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

Friday, 18 May 2012

How To Create Strawberries & Cream Eyes!

It's girly, It's fun, It's my style and all done with MUA Cosmetics!

I love creating anything bright and fun, and after showing you MUA fans this look on MUA's Facebook & Twitter page recently we had a great response- especially with alot of you MUA fans requesting an How To Guide! So here it is, create your own 'Strawberries & Creams' eye look with my step-by-step guide:

Step 1:

Take a Intense coloured eyeliner in 'Snow White' -£1 which is a creamy white eyeliner & apply to the whole eyelid then smudge and blend with your finger. This acts as a great sticky base where your eyeshadow will stick well.

Step 2:

Now take a peachy pink shade from 'Pretty Pastels' eyeshadow palette- £4 and apply this shade to the inner corner of the eye

Step 3:

Using the brightest pink shade MUA have got from the Poptastic eyeshadow palette-£4 , Load a pencil brush with the bright pink eye shadow and apply this to the outer corner of the eyelid

Step 4:

Now soften and blend all shades with a clean brush- Take a matte white/cream eyeshadow from the 'Pretty Pastels' eye shadow palette-£4 and apply this to the centre of the eyelid to blend all the colours together.

Step 5:

Using your Intense coloured eyeliner in 'Snow White' apply this to your water line and set with a white powder eyeshadow.

Step 6:

Take 3 in 1 extreme eyeliner pen- £1.50 in 'brown' and create a strong crease line.Smudge and soften this outwards with your fingers...

Step 7:

Take a thin art brush and dip into water and then into a MUA black eyeshadow this will act as a softer eyeliner then apply this to the crease to create a strong harsh crease line, keep this really neat! And extend right to the inner corner of the eye!

Step 8:

Now load an angled brush with 'Chocolate Box' Trio eyeshadow set- £2.50 (I have used the darkest brown) and set the crease line and then slightly bring the shadow outwards from the crease line. Also sweep the same eyeshadow under the lower lash line and stop at the pupil.

Step 9:

Now take a fluffy blending brush loaded with the same Chocolate Box eye shadow shade and sweep and soften this crease line... It's all about the blending!

Step 10:

Take Shade 5 black liquid eyeliner-£1 to create a harsh eyeliner flick! Then take a small amount of the black eyeliner and apply to the inner corner of the water line.

Step 11:

Apply the Poptastic eyeshadow pallette pink eyeshadow shade to the inner corner of the eye lid to make the eyes pop!

Step 12:

Finally Cut,flex and let the glue get tacky before apply your 'Sassy' MUA false lashes. Be patient when applying big false lashes! Now apply two coats of your favourite MUA mascara to bring the look together.

The Finished Look:

I would love to see you all re-create your own Strawberries and Cream eyes! Get tweeting your pictures - @MUA_karla or post on my Facebook page! Who knows you could be in my next MUA Wall of Fave!

All MUA Cosmetics used in this tutorial can be purchased from selected Superdrug stores or online www.muastore.co.uk

Karla

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Make-up & Nail Wall of Fave!

Working at MUA Towers we get so many beautiful nail and make-up looks sent to our Facebook and Twitter pages of MUA fans creating looks with MUA Cosmetics so I have decided to pick some of my fave looks you MUA fans have created! Maybe you can be featured in my next ‘Wall of Fave’? Simply upload any of your looks on our Twitter or Facebook Page and you might just be featured in my next blog post as this is becoming a regular blog post I want to run in the future, so keep them coming!

Here is my Wall of Fave for this week…

Make-up Artist Joy Adenuga