2 Bright & Bold Indian Wedding Guest Looks

Hey, it’s Aamira and I’m back! 

Parie is letting me write for her blog for a third time now (thank you so much Parie!) 

Recently, my cousin and neighbour have both gotten married in the space of two weeks and I have had the honour of going to both of them! Going to weddings and being part of their happiness is a memory within a memory! Congrats to both of the couples.

Wedding Look #1

So, the first wedding was my neighbours! For this wedding, I decided to wear a long - a really long - bottle green dress. As always, I look for inspiration of makeup looks on Instagram and then create my own look. From all the inspirational pictures, I supported an Arabic-style eye with a green smoky eye.

When creating an Arabic eye, a clean crisp line in a necessity. For this, I places sellotape from the outer corner of my eye to the end of my eyebrow. I then added my ‘Collection 2000’ Concealer in shade 1 over my base to act as a base and then to prevent creasing. 

Using a shading brush, I added the Emerald Green colour from the ‘Victoria Jackson Eye Shadow Palette’. I added this all over my lid and up to my crease. Tip: To intensify the colour, try using a damp brush to apply the colour. 

I then used a mixture of ‘Blackheart’ from the ‘Naked 3 Palette’ and ‘Creep’ from the ‘Naked Palette’ on the outer edge to create that smoky eye. I used these 2 shades of black to get an intense black shade. I added this using a fluffy blending brush making sure I only add it to the outer third of the eye. Tip: For a smoky eye, start with small amounts of product and they layer more product. This leads to less room for mistakes (trust me, too much product=panda eyes). 

To blend the colour, windscreen wiper motions are your best friend! I slightly blended this black into the crease but focused the blending into the green. After I was happy with my blending, I added more of the Emerald Green colour using my finger. 

To line my eyes, I used ‘Collection 2000’s Felt Tip Liner’ and lined my eyes using my tape as a guide. As I have small eyelid space, my eyeliner was pretty thin. 

Now, to remove the tape!

I lined my waterline using ‘Urban Decay’s Perversion Eyeliner’ and lined the entire waterline and creating a little point in the inner corner. I then ran a little but on the Emerald Green colour on my lash line. I then used ‘Maybelline’s Rocket Lashes Mascara’ on my top lashes and ‘Urban Decay’s Perversion Mascara’ on my bottom lashes.

I concealed my dark circles with ‘Collection 2000 Concealer’ and used my ring finger to blend it in. For foundation, I then used a mixture of Body Shop’s Foundation in shade 08 and MAC’s ‘Pro Longwear Foundation’ in shade NC 35. I used a buffing brush to blend this into my skin and obtain that flawless finish. 

To contour, I used the matte brown colour from the ‘MUA Eyeshadow Palette’ and used a contour brush to slightly sculpt out my cheekbones and jawline. I also used this colour to slightly contour my nose. For blush, I used ‘FX’s Mineral Puff Blush’ in ‘Desert Rose’ and applied that to the apples of my cheeks. For highlight, I used the highlighter from the ‘Urban Decay – On The Run Palette’ and applied it on my cheekbones using my fingers. 

For my lips, I lined them and filled them with a Maroon Lip Liner.

Wedding #2

Now for my cousins wedding! For this wedding, I was wearing a really heavy Royal Blue flowy dress with silver and gold embroidery all over the dress. For this part of the post, I shall just be focusing on the eyes as the products that I used on my face the same products as ‘Wedding #1’.

For this look, I stuck sellotape from the outer corner of my eye to the corner of my eyebrow. I used ‘Collection 2000’s Concealer’ as a base. I then applied the gold shade from the ‘No.7 Eyeshadow Palette’ and using the shader brush, applied this all over my lid. Then using the Royal Blue shade from MAC’s Eyeshadow Palette, I applied this to the outer half of my eye using the other side of the shader brush. To blend these two colours together, I used my fingers. For the outer V of my eye, I added ‘Blackheart’ from the ‘Naked 3 Palette’ and then blended it into the Royal Blue colour. To line my eyes, I used ‘Collection 2000’s Felt Tip Liner’ and I used ‘Urban Decay Perversion Mascara’ on both my top and bottom lashes. To highlight the inner corner, I used the highlighter that came in ‘Urban Decay – On The Run Palette’.

For lips, I used a light pink lip gloss which completed my look! Hope you enjoyed reading this and try to recreate this look or maybe add a twist to it.

Thank you,

Aamira x

Stay Beautiful!

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Thank you Aamira for the lovely guest post! If you would like to guest post on classandglitter then please email me at pariejoshi@hotmail.co.uk

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OOTD; Best Friend Edition

Aamira came to mine a few weeks ago and she very nicely allowed me to take photos of her outfit and she did the same for mine, I actually already have this on the blog but I changed up a few things so I thought I can still post it!

Top and Jeans - Primark// Jacket - Local Market// Headband - Forever 21

Dress - FD Avenue// Leggings - Store Twenty One// Watch - Ebay// Nails - Rimmel 'Urban Purple'

Boots - New Look// Socks - Dorothy Perkins// Heels -Next

Necklaces - Gifts //

Both me and Aamira have very similar style and so I thought she is perfect to come on this blog, she is no stranger to you all and I hope you liked what she wore! I love her monochrome outfit and have fallen in love with her ankle boots and think I need a pair myself! 

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GUEST POST| Special Occasion GRWM

Today you are being spoilt! My very very good friend Aamira who I talk about all the time has actually written this post for me! She's going to do a 'get ready with me' style post!This post will also tell you and show you that we are both very similar. Enjoy!

Prom, party or even a festival? Special occasions are personally one of my favourite times; not only do you get to go out with family or friends and have an AMAZING time, but you also get to doll up (which is probably the best part of the day; Shhh…) 

As it was Eid this week, I had the opportunity of dressing up and playing around with makeup.

The Outfit

For my outfit, I supported a sophisticated nude dress with lace embroidery from Monsoon paired with a black lace bolero, black leggings and nude coloured heels from Next. I stayed minimal with my accessories and wore a black and silver bracelet with a black clutch bag. 

PS. Sorry that there is no full photo of my outfit as it was a very busy day and I was unable to get the photo of my full outfit.

The Makeup

For my eye makeup, I thought I’d be a bit daring and have a first attempt at a slight smoky eye which is something that it extremely out of my comfort zone.

To create this eye look, I used colours from the Naked 3 palette which I am COMPLETELY obsessed with.

* Firstly, I used ‘Strange’ all over my eyelid which is a pearly white colour with a pink undertone to it.

* After I was happy with the brightness of ‘Strange’ on my eyelid, I applied ‘Limit’ on the last ¾ of my eye. This is a pinky nude colour which matched the colour of my dress perfectly.

 * Now to create the smoky eye! With the help of trusty old sellotape, I managed to create a crisp line. For this, I applied sellotape to my eye making sure it’s in line with my lower lash line and the corner of my eyebrow. I then lightly loaded my brush with ‘Blackheart’ and ever so gently made a ‘V’ using  the sellotape and my natural crease in my eye as guidelines. I then blended the black eyeshadow using windshield wiper movements. To intensify the black, I kept adding small amounts of black at the edge of my eye and blended more, again using windshield wiper movements. I also blended it into the limit just to the colours blend together perfectly.

                                      

* To add more depth into the crease of my eye, I lightly dusted ‘Trick’ slightly above ‘Blackheart’ on my crease.

* I then went back and touched up ‘Strange’ and ‘Limit’ by patting the products on my eyes using my fingertips. 

* To line my eyes, I used ‘MAC Gel Liner’ which has a really thick consistency but is extremely easy to apply. As I have hooded eyelids, my eyeliner isn’t really dramatic and neither is the wing. 

* To create the illusion of thick lashes, I lined the upper waterline with Rimmel’s ‘Scandal Eyes’. This really made my eyes stand out. 

* For mascara, I used Maybelline’s ‘Rocket Lashes’ which dramatises my eyes and making my lashes look longer and extremely thick.

Eyes completed, now for the rest of the face. 

The Face

For foundation, I used MAC’s Pro Longwear’ in shade NC35. This is normally a shade darker for my normal skin tone, but because I have tanned recently, this colour fit my skin perfectly. It has a really smooth finish and makes your face looking absolutely flawless.

As I had run out of concealer, I was in desperate need to buy a new one. I bought Collection 2000’s ‘Lasting Perfection Ultimate Wear Concealer’ in shade fair. This concealer definitely reaches the hype and completely erased my dark circles.  For application of concealer, I usually dot 3-5 dots under my eye and blend inwards with my ring finger. 

For blush, I use Gosh ‘Multicolour Blush’. This creates a really intense pinky-red shade of blush, making the cheeks stand out.  

A look is not completed without Lipstick! I wore MAC’s ‘Ruby Woo’ Lipstick. Normally, I stay away from bright lips, but as it was Eid and I was supporting a nude eye, I thought, ‘Why not?’ This lipstick was really creamy but was also really drying so wearing lip balm prior to wearing this lipstick is a MUST! 

And that’s it; a simple yet bold look which will definitely have heads turning!

Now time for the close-ups of the makeup! Remember, if you try this out, it won’t look exactly the same as everyone is unique and has different face shapes, eye shapes etc. stick with what you think will suit you from this look, and you will look as beautiful as ever! 

Good luck and stay beautiful girlies! J

Aamira x 

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