Lady In Red

I just wanted to wish you all a happy new year and I hope that you're all having fun wherever you are. I had the most low-key Christmas ever and I basically spent the entire day enjoying my 'Alias' marathon on Netflix. I also went to see 'Les Miserables' in the evening and I thought it was fantastic. It was unashamedly sentimental but it had some great performances and I'll definitely be seeing it again soon (after 'Django Unchained').

I'll leave you with an OOTD and FOTD from this past Sunday when I was actually in the Christmas spirit. I wore this great cropped jacket from Forever21 (!) and I loved it so much that I wore it again on new year's eve with my Christie Brown necklace.

Wearing my beloved NARS "Dragon Girl" lip crayon with MAC's "Ruby Woo" on top
Sleek's "Coral" blush on my cheeks
Urban Decay's "Sin" and "Zero" eyeshadows on my lids

Ha! Please excuse my ghetto pose in the following pic but at least you can see my shoes....

Jacket: Forever 21
Top: Forever 21
Jeans: Burlington Coat Factory
Shoes: JustFab.com
Bag: vintage Stuart Weitzman

Here's another one with new hair and a different look exactly a week later for new year's eve:

Face
Mat Velvet+ matifying foundation in #75 Coffee (Make Up For Ever)
LA Girl HD concealer in "Fawn"
Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Powder in "Dark" (under eyes) and "Dark Deep" (whole face) (MAC)
"Taos" blush (NARS)Lips
"Bare it all" lipstick (Wet 'n' Wild)
"Doug" lipgloss (Urban Decay)
Eyes
Loose pigment in "silver pearl" (NYX
Eye crayon in "black bean" (NYX)
"Zephyr", "Crystal" and "Skimp" eyeshadows (Urban Decay)
"Vanity Palette" (Wet 'n' Wild)
False lashes (Miss Adoro)

Jacket: Forever21
Top: Talbots
Necklace: Christie Brown

Hope you all had a wonderful festive period and here's to great things in 2013!

Love and life,

Nana Adomah

xx

Wraps 'R' Us

This is just a quick face of the day (FOTD) I put together sometime earlier in the week and I just thought I'd share. I've wanted a turban for ages but I wasn't prepared to pay the silly prices some places were asking for them so I decided to have a go at making one myself and it didn't turn out too badly if I may say so myself! I used a scarf from Primark I got not too long ago and I absolutely love it. It was only £3.00 but it's really good quality and it has a great classic, vintage look. I didn't want to go overboard on my makeup since I wanted to keep the attention on my turban so I stuck with simple eyes and a strong, red lip. Excuse the crappy iPod touch quality but it's handy for snapping quick pics on the go.

Eyes

Eyeliner: Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink (Bobbi Brown)

Mascara: Studio Lash Instant Volume (Miss Sporty)

Highlighter: "Shag" eyeshadow (Urban Decay)

Lips

Base: Smith's Rosebud Salve

Lipliner: "Chestnut" (MAC)

Lipstick: "Ruby Woo" (MAC)

Lipgloss: Sheer gloss in "Cherry" (NYX)

Face

Foundation: Studio Fix Fluid in NW45 (MAC)

Concealer: Studio Finish concealer in NW45 (MAC)

Blusher: "Exhibit A" (NARS)

Powder: Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in "Deep Dark" (MAC)

Headscarf: Primark

Scarf: Dorothy Perkins

Love, life and lipstick,
Domzy x