.YSL Rouge Pur Couture Vernis À Lèvres.

Hello guys and girls,


The other week I saw a blog post from my Make Up Artist idol Lisa Eldridge, about the new YSL lipstick/gloss/stain, Rouge Pur Couture Vernis À Lèvres. I fell in love with the concept of them immediately and knew I had to have at least one in my life as soon as possible. Queue trip to The Bullring with my Mum on Saturday and the deed was done.


I'm not one to review a product so quickly after using it, but this has to be talked about. The product is a hybrid of a lipstick, a lipgloss and a lip stain. You know how it goes - Lipstick sometimes doesn't have that sheen you crave, lipgloss is sometimes not pigmented enough and a little bit gloopy and lip stains can dry your lips out like no-one's business. YSL have very cleverly fused all three products together and in my opinion, have come out on top. 


Here's what they say on their website: 

• GLOSS? STAIN? LIPSTICK? WHY COMPROMISE? HAVE IT ALL
• Live the sophistication of a boundless glossy colour that truly fuses
• your lips in a new shine. A GLOSSY STAIN you barely feel.
• OUR NEW MOVEMENT IN LIPWEAR IS BORN.

They're not lying. I agree with every statement they have put on their site and I believe they've created something that every woman wants, needs and can now have. 

I was on the lookout for a red shade, as I was going out that night and had a lovely leopard print pencil skirt that I wanted to compliment with a red lip. There are 19 shades to choose from, ranging from lovely nude pinks to deep violet shades, so there is something for everyone. There were two reds that caught my eye but I ended up plumping for number 9 Rouge Laque, which is a great classic red shade. 

I like the fact you can see the colour before you open the product, great for professional kits and make up bags alike. The packaging is lovely, really sleek and sophisticated much like all other YSL beauty products. The one thing I really love about the packaging is the applicator. A tear drop shaped wand that fits the curves of your lips amazingly well, so much so that I managed a perfect red lip on the car journey home.

The texture of the product is like nothing i've used before. It's so light and almost feels a bit watery, but not runny in the slightest. Once it's on your lips it feels creamy, nourishing and barely there. The smell is lovely too, a sweetie sort of scent.


Here are some pictures of me wearing it. I did wear MAC Brick lipliner and MAC Russian Red as well on my night out so I have included a picture of me wearing it bare on my lips with nothing else - taken today, so please excuse the fact I'm wearing no other make up, as I am having a chilled day before a busy week of shoots and shows this week.

Without flash.

With flash.

Bare on my lips, applied straight on with the applicator.

So there we have it - massive love for this product, so thank you YSL. I will 100% be investing in some other colours. I say investing thanks to the £22.50 price tag - ouch. Thankfully I got this for £12.50 as I had a tenner on my Debenhams beauty card... A definite sign I spend far too much money on make up!

Love, Kate x

.Recent Make Ups.

Thought I would post a few pictures of recent hair and make ups i've done on people or practiced on my evil doll head - She scares me very much.


Most of my pictures are posted up onto my Instagram account so follow me if you find all this at all interesting - 'katelambie'.

Kate x

.Website & Facebook Page.

Hello lovelies!

Well, it seems like I haven't posted on here for ages, but that will be changing soon as i've got lots to post about.

This is just a quick one, making you all aware of my Facebook page and my new website. It would mean a lot if you could 'like' my FB page for me, as it spreads the word and helps me hopefully grow in the industry!

www.wix.com/katelambie/mua

www.facebook.com/katelambiemua

I've done a couple of really lovely shoots with some photographers in the last couple of weeks and have two coming up next week including a runway show on Wednesday, so i'll be posting pictures of all of them as soon as I can!

Kate x

.Portfolio Shots.

Hello everyone! Hope you are all well and enjoying 2012.

My portfolio shots finally came! I am so thrilled with them and really proud about them being my work and a platform for me to get into the industry.

Enjoy!

Kate x

Candy McCulloch - make up and styling by me.

.Merry Christmas.

Hello everyone!

Merry Christmas for a couple of days ago. I hope you all had a lovely day and that Santa was good to you. I am a diehard Christmas fan, and the countdown to it normally starts in about March, much to the annoyance of friends and family who don't need "It's __ months until Christmas!!!" on every 25th of every month...

As all of our relatives live up in sunny Scotland, it's always just the five of us at home all day on Christmas. I wouldn't have it any other way, as I see Christmas as a holiday to appreciate the people you have around you, and a very family orientated one. I always feel very lucky around this time of the year, as I am more than aware that there are people out there that see Christmas as just another day of the year for one reason or another. My boyfriend Tom normally comes over in the evening and we all sit around eating, drinking, being merry and watching all the soaps and shows that are on the TV - Can I just take this moment to express how AMAZING Downton was?! YAY for Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley - at last!

This post isn't a Christmas haul post, it's more just a 'Christmas themed' post with pictures that scream Christmas to me, pictures of my day and a few gifts I received. I was very lucky on Christmas morning, but don't want to go posting loads of pictures people probably won't be very interested in! If you like these sort of posts, check out the lovely Laura's Christmas blog post here, and if you've done one yourself, please link them in the comments as I adore these sort of posts.

How long have you all got off for the holidays? I'm not back to the School of Make Up until January, so i'm spending my days being lazy and seeing friends and spending time with my loved ones. Today I haven't even got out of my PJs which is incredibly lazy! I'm also super excited as my MUA idol Lisa Eldridge replied to one of my tweets about my shoots from a couple of weeks ago - I had a little fan girl moment. (@katelambie if you would like to follow me.)

Hope you all have a lovely holiday, whatever you are up to...

Kate x

PS. Jemma Kidd Light as Air and Chantecaille Just Skin first thoughts - WOW WEE!!!!



Christmas Starbucks mug.



My darling Chi Pixie in her Santa suit hahaha. So necessary.

Christmas nails - Shellac with red glitter.

Our huge Christmas tree.

The cutest, if not most random decoration we own.



My snowman tree decoration.



White chocolate fingers - WHY don't they have them all year round?!

Christmas eyes - soft smokey with strong brows.

Mum and Dad's amazing Christmas dinner!

My lovely parents and I.

I may be 21, but I still love this!

Mum's Christmas cake.

Merry Christmas!

Mum and Dad's adorable note that came with my Chantecaille Just Skin *dances with delight*

My beautiful Smythson goodies.

Selection of bodycare products - L'Occitane, Shu Uemura and Liz Earle.

.Week Twelve at the School of Make Up.

I cannot believe how fast the make up went. Feels like only a week ago I was on my first train journey up to Stockport, when in fact i've now been there over three months! The last week of make up turned out to be the best! I had an absolutely brilliant time doing the shoots for portfolio week and i'm really happy with how they looked. I'll do a post when I get the retouched images through from the school. Monday was a last minute practice day, so i'll start at Tuesday...

Tuesday.

I had a beautiful black model on Tuesday with amazing skin, so I had to do my beauty look on her, otherwise I knew i'd regret it! Usually you have to pack the make up on for a beauty look, but because her skin was so great I needed to do only half the work. She brought her own foundation with her (Georgio Armani Luminous Silk), which matched her skin perfectly. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of her so you'll have to wait and see how the shoot came out, like I am!

Wednesday.

My model for Wednesday was called Claudia and she had gorgeous full lips, so I decided to do my fashion/creative look on her as the black and red lips would look amazing on someone with plump lips. This was my favourite look of the week and it came out just as I had hoped it would. Claudia was also a fabulous model who really helped make the photos look great. Her hair was all the way down her back so Jon piled it onto her head and it was HUGE.

Thursday.

My model Lia on Thursday also had fabulous plump lips so I went ahead and did my classic liner with bold pink lips on her. I used my Estee Lauder Fuschia Lipliner and Raspberry Lipstick. I love this combination and the liner works in perfect harmony with the lipstick.



Friday.

The only look I had left to do come Friday was smokey eyes. My model Emily had amazing big eyes and looked beautiful with smokey eyes. Her hair was mega curly from a shoot she had in the morning so I decided to leave it as it was and Jon piled it on top of her head.

So there you have it! The end of make up. I hope you enjoyed reading my posts and i'll put up some more in the next couple of days about what we've learnt so far in the hair side of the it!

Kate x



.Week Eleven at the School of Make Up.

Week eleven was theme day week! Scary and exciting at the same time. Normally the week has this run down:

Monday: Shopping day for outfit

Tuesday: Showing outfit to Elaine and making any last minute changes.

Wednesday: Creating a mood board with all the ideas we came up with.

Thursday: Presenting our mood board to the class.

Friday: Theme day.

Due to our location being booked up apart from the Wednesday, we had to move some stuff around. Monday and Tuesday were the same, theme day was actually on the Wednesday and then we did the mood board on Thursday and presented on the Friday.

Our shoot took place at the Stockport Plaza Theatre, which has recently been featured on ITV1's drama 'Just Henry'. It is a fabulous theatre that has been restored, but kept all it's 1930s Art Deco interior. I thought it fitted in perfectly with our Hollywood Glamour brief and was thrilled.

The oufit I decided on was based loosely around the legendary Coco Chanel tweed two piece, with a modern twist. I suppose a lot of people immediately think about long sweeping gowns and plenty of diamonds when they think about Hollywood, but I wanted to do something slightly different. I was leaning more towards old school Hollywood, and when I think of women from forty, fifty, sixty years ago I just think they oozed class. They were very classy and strong and I feel nothing symbolises that kind of woman better than a structured suit. I chose a set from Topshop - Cobalt blue high waisted tweed shorts with velvet lining and a matching peter pan collared cropped blazer and paired it with T-Bar patent black shoes, a silk cream blouse, some lace gloves and my Chanel Classic Flap Bag.

When we showed our outfits to Elaine on Tuesday I was so worried she wouldn't get it, because most of the girls had plumped for gorgeous ball gown style dresses and fur stoles, but thankfully she loved it! She said I should get some gold chain necklaces to pull the look together and because it was quite a quirky look she thought a huge white silk bow around the neck would look amazing - how right she was. So in the afternoon we went and picked up the last bits we needed.

Wednesday came and went incredibly quickly. I had such a fabulous day and my model, actress and model Candy McCulloch was a dream. She pulled my look of amazingly well and we even got her long haired Chihuahua Sissy in on the shoot who behaved perfectly. We shot Candy in the theatre foyer, coming through a door. I will post the pictures as soon as I get them through. I've seen the untouched shots and i'm thrilled with them. All the girls did so well and we all went home on Wednesday on a high, and totally shattered.

Thursday and Friday were nice calm days making and presenting the mood boards. Home time on Friday came around and then it was onto portfolio week - eeeeeek!

Kate x