By Hannah Powling The second makeup creation at the Beauty and the Dirt headquarters for our Halloween theme is...The Lion. Okay, it's not particularly scary, we have gone for a bit more of a flirty look with this one. Why not embrace a bronzed … [Read more...]
HOW TO: Zombie/Vampire Halloween Eye Look
By Hannah Powling The Beauty and the Dirt headquarters have well and truly been getting into the Halloween spirit. As well as planning outfits and our antics for the evening of the 31st; the makeup is the most important part right? Here I … [Read more...]
HOW TO: EASY SUGAR SKULL HALLOWEEN LOOK
By Hannah Powling So we've covered the Bloody Zombie, the Feline Lioness, so I thought it was time for a Sugar Skull look - and using an easy technique so anyone could recreate this. In all honesty - I was on a huge time restraint … [Read more...]
SPOTLIGHT: MARC JACOBS BEAUTY
By Hannah Powling Eyeing up the pretty Marc Jacobs Beauty products from across the pond, scrolling through the tempting-as-hell US Sephora website, seeing pretty Instagram swatches, considering flying to America just to buy makeup - that time has … [Read more...]
RIO CARNIVAL INSPIRED MAKEUP LOOK
By Rosie Bettis & Hannah Powling With the Rio Olympics just around the corner, we've been feeling super inspired by all things colourful and carnival. So on a typical rainy day in London at the BATD HQ we decided to add a dazzling pop of … [Read more...]
FESTIVAL INSPIRED LIPSTICKS
By Hannah Powling Have you meticulously planned out which festivals you'll be going to this summer yet? Seeing all the Coachella action flooding our social media from last weekend gave us major sun and style envy while we sat here under cloudy … [Read more...]
SPOTLIGHT: Live Love London
By Hannah Powling BHS have a new addition to their in-store makeup range; Live Love London and we got to sample a little try (and play with) their shadow palettes. Ranging from blush to bronzer & highlight to a whopping 18-shade eyeshadow … [Read more...]
HOW TO: Smokey Eye Pictorial
By Hannah Powling Pictorials are fun. It's a good, quick way of seeing a step by step method of eye makeup. I like them, I think I'd rather see those than watch video tutorials sometimes - the pausing, playing, listening, rewinding - ugh! This is … [Read more...]
SPOTLIGHT: URBAN DECAY x GWEN STEFANI
By Hannah Powling A while back we expressed our excitement at the prospect of Gwen Stefani collaborating with Urban Decay to create her very own eyeshadow palette. It was very clear that the singer was going to have as much input into the … [Read more...]
D&G The Essence of Holiday Collection
By Hannah Powling When we heard about the D&G Essence of Holiday Collection; we couldn't resist the glistening gold, contrasted against the intense black and the pops of rouge. Very Christmassy. Yesterday I got my hands on this wonderful … [Read more...]