Spice Lip Liner Mac Vs Rimmel

The other day i lost my Mac spice lip liner so i ran to my local drug-store to find a similar colour to hold me over till i had time to get to a mac store. After Mac my next go to drug-store brand is Rimmel for a lip liners, to my surprise they also do the shade spice, don't know how i hadn't come across this sooner, i've been using it for a few weeks and i love it. The two differ in colour but are both superb shades, here is my pros and cons.

Spice By Mac

Pros	Cons
Long lasting throughout the day  Great pigment, smooth finish   Strong brown nude tones	Price £12.50 on the expensive side If dropped can break the pencil shaft inside Use more product to fill lips out

Spice By Rimmel

Pros	Cons
Price £2.99 very affordable  Rich/bold colour,  immediately stands out Pink nude tones come through	Claims lasting finish but comes off quite quick Pencil sometimes crumbles when applying Smaller in length

DIY Poison Ivy Fancy Dress Costume

My friend celebrated her 25th birthday this weekend and she decided on a fancy dress theme (not one of my favs), but i decided to go as poison ivy i looked everywhere for a costume and couldn't find anything that i liked.  Fancy dress costumes can be rather pricey or poor quality so decided to make it myself. My inspiration came from Poison Ivy- Uma Thurman costume.

For the look i used:

• Glue gun
• Corset 
• Vine Leaves
• Scissors 
• High wasted brief
• Gloves 
• Green tights
• Black boots 
• Red wig
• Leaf mask
• Spirit Gum (Face Glue)

Once i began applying the leaves to the corset i underestimated how long this would take as all leaves needed to be facing the same direction, with the smaller leaves on the outside. With time and patience the costume turned out amazing, adding the finishing touches big eyelashes, red outline lips and a touch of highlighter i was ready to go. Towards the end of making this costume i found a tutorial on YouTube which helped with the finishing touches. Making the costume was much more cost effective as i had most of these items in and round my house plus it turned out amazing.