Dressing the right way for your body is something that can take years to learn and even longer to perfect. The first step is to actually decide what is your body shape, and while the fashion world tends to categorize our bodies in to the 4 main shapes (Apple, pear, hourglass and boyish in case you were wondering) I personally think there is a little more to it than that, and that's the reason women find it so hard to figure out what figure they actually have.
I believe that each main body shape has a few different "grey areas" within it, which can complicate things. These things are generally your height, frame and proportions, but can also be down to things like your posture! (that's right ladies, stand up straight!) over the next few weeks i'm going to be doing s few videos and posts all about body shapes, and how to dress my body shape which is petite (5ft 1), curvy and pear-shaped. The reason I will be mainly talking about these types of body shapes is not due to my imaginary "dislike" of skinny women as some people like to believe, and more to do with the fact that I can't really talk about how to dress an apple shape because that's not what I have got, and I always like to come from a place of personal experience.
My natural body shape is pear shaped, meaning I carry most of my weight in my lower half, ie my hips, thighs and bum area. My tummy is reasonably flat (not as flat as I would like it to be, but hey ho) and my shoulders are pretty narrow (although not totally out of proportion to my hips) and my bust is not large. I also think that my height actually makes me seem smaller than I am if that makes sense, because i'm on the smaller side of curvy. My personal top style tip is to try and make my body seem more hourglass shaped rather than pear by attempting to balance out my top and bottom half, and hide the parts of my body that i'm not too keen on (yes arms, i'm talking to you!)
So what body shape are you? do you think it's not as easy to just decide what shape you are because of other factors? Do share!
-Thesparkleicious-
To create this look you will need:
MURAD skin perfecting primer
BOURJOIS healthy mix foundation
*VICHY dermablend concealer in shade 15
Laura Mercier secret concealer in shade 3
RIMMEL Silky loose powder
BENEFIT high beam
Essence eyebrow stylist set
URBAN DECAY e/s in foxy, tease and blackout
Fashionista blush in cinnamon
BOURJOIS blush in 34 rose tentation
Essence lip liner in 11 in the nude
Loreal lipstick in 257 sunset blush
MAC viva glam Cyndi
Brushes used:
*Sigma f80 brush
Blush professional brushes
Urban decay naked 2 e/s brush
Maybelline eyeliner brush
-Thesparkleicious-
Products mentioned:
Foundations- REVLON Colorstay, No7 beautifully matte foundation, BOURJOIS healthy mix foundation (read my review here http://thesparkleicious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/bourjois-healthy-mix-foundation-review.html)
Drugstore foundation video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_CDIwQwXu0
My top drugstore blushes video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLyMvde2p8
Collection lasting perfection concealer
BOURJOIS healthy mix concealer
RIMMER silky loose powder and stay matte powder
MUA bronzer in shade 3
Loreal glam bronze bronzer in universal sun
SLEEK face contour kit (Want to see how to contour? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oi7zM6t6P0)
No7 soothing eye base
Maybelline color 24hr tattoo in on and on bronze
Natural collection e/s in milk chocolate and crushed walnut.
MUA clear mascara
Loreal volume million lashes
Maybelline illegal length
Collection cream puff
No 17 mirror shine lipsticks
Rimmel lipsticks
REVLON lipgloss
REVLON just bitten kissable balm stain (review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IjHQt5EVuI)
-Thesparkleicious-
Products mentioned:
NUXE lip balm
MAC miss marble lipglass
Topshop lip stick in coy
FACEOFAUSTRALIA sheer gloss lip crayon in shades cupcake,sundae and macaron.
*Accessotize love sick
Loreal sunset blush
NYX tea rose
YSL ROUGE PUR in 67
MAC viva glam Cyndi
-Thesparkleicious-
Products mentioned:
MAC sable e/s
CLINIQUE e/s cobo in almost peach and bewitched
Urban decay e/s in blackout
MAC eyeliner in I get no kicks
Loreal volume million lashes
MAC bare study paintpot
Mac lipsticks in angel and way to love
YSL rouge volupte no 13
MAC lipgloss in miss marble
Loreal lipstick in sunset blush
MUF matt velvet plus foundation
No7 beautifuly matt foundation
Loreal glam bronze bronzer in univrsal sun
-Thesparkleicious-
Products mentioned:
MAC sable e/s
CLINIQUE e/s cobo in almost peach and bewitched
Urban decay e/s in blackout
MAC eyeliner in I get no kicks
Loreal volume million lashes
MAC bare study paintpot
Mac lipsticks in angel and way to love
YSL rouge volupte no 13
MAC lipgloss in miss marble
Loreal lipstick in sunset blush
MUF matt velvet plus foundation
No7 beautifuly matt foundation
Loreal glam bronze bronzer in univrsal sun
-Thesparkleicious-
When one thinks of Clearasil one tends to think "spotty teen" don't they? that was at least my initial thought. My skin isn't super sensitive but I've always felt that products such as this were not really targeted at my skin type, and the only reason I picked this up was it because I saw it in my local pound shop (now now ladies, no snobbery here!) and liked the concept of a spot fighting serum.
I didn't really have very high expectations for this product to be honest, but boy was I wrong. It claims to help clear up acne over night, visibly reduce redness and the size of the spot over night which i'm not the best example for as I don't tend to get acne, but what this does do is really help to refine your skin.
After the first application, my skin looked clearer and my pores looked smoothed out, if not smaller. It's not your typical serum consistency, it's more of a runny liquid that blends in to the skin beautifully, leaving a grate base for makeup. But the true test of how much I like this product shows in the fact that I have re-purchased it over 3 times. That may not seen like a big deal, but your talking to someone who's house is full of cosmetics and who never really buys anything more than once, so it does mean it really works for me.
It's not the most amazing packaging and I do feel that the pump action stops me for getting the last bits of product put, but for £1 per 15ml what more can you ask? it's the true meaning of a bargain gem!
-Thesparkleicious-
So i'm back to tell you about another fab romwe giveway! For a chance to win a schoolbag and over $200 dollars worth of secret romwe stuff (one winner per day) all you need to do is click here to read the contest rules and join http://www.facebook.com/Romwe.Fashion/app_200328890006489
This giveway end on the 18th of September, so hurry up!
So i'm sure you all know by now that I adore ROMWE clothing, and I have got something fab to share with you today about their super funky leggings collection. These are so fun and a grate transition piece from summer to Autumn as the are not too warm but still have fun print, so take a look here;
http://www.romwe.com/ROMWE-LEGGING-COLLECTION-c-161.html
My personal favorites are the feather print leggings, they are so pretty! Also, I have got a grate discount for you if you want 5% off orders over $60, just put the coupon leggin5 in the checkout box before the 20th of September and enjoy!
I would love to know what your top picks are for these leggings, are you a fun color lover or a more modest black and white lover? Do share!
-Thesparkleicious-
Blushers mentioned:
Bourjois blush in 16 rose
MUA blushe in no 4
Famous by sue moxley bronze pot in shade 4 bail
Natural collection bluh in pink cloud
Sleek blush in flamingo
Hard candy blushes in smooth talker and skinny dipping
Topshop blush in pop
Me me me blush in coral
On my lips I’m wearing Accessorize lipstick in shade 2, love sick with urban decay lip junkie in naked.
-Thesparkleicious-
Products mentioned:
John Frieda luxurious volume blow dry lotion
GHD thermal protector and shining serum
*Fro her aloe and honey haze hair mist
GHD wide irons
Cloud nine wide iron (review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO6StdSXp6w)
The big round brush was from Vidal Sassoon.
-Thesparkleicious-
