Kim Kardashian makeup guide

Get Kim's flawless and pretty look

Kim Kardashian is always looking fresh and well put together, and although it's not obvious, I think credit is partly due to her makeup. I know a lot of people are interested in the products she uses and how she creates her look, so here is a mini-guide for those interested. Kim uses mainly MAC, one of the cheaper higher-end brands, but if that's too expensive, there are dupes for pretty much every MAC product, so just use what you have and what you like!

Face
Kim uses the Intuit Photo Shoot face primer after having moisturized her face and then uses the Cle De Peau concealer stick in the colour Ocher. Alternatively she uses MAC's Studio Sculpt concealer in NW25. For foundation, she uses the Make Up Forever liquid foundation, mixing colours No. 5 and No. 4 with the MAC 180 buffer brush. In the winter, she uses colour No. 3. She uses MAC's Select Moisturecover in shade NW30. To set the foundation, she uses a powder brush to lightly brush on MAC's Select Sheer Pressed Powder in NC30 and then uses NW45 for a more tanned look.

Cheeks
Kim uses MAC's Sheertone blush in Gingerly and then MAC's Cheek blush. She also likes using cream blushes.

Eyes
First she primes her eye using the MAC Paint Pot in Painterly and her choice of eyeshadow depends on the look she's going for. For black smoky, Carbon, for grey smoky, Knight Divine, for brown smoky, Embark and for a fresh shimmery look, Tan pigment (all by MAC). She also enjoys playing with colour, using her Make Up Forever pigments. For eyeliner she uses the Stila black pencil. For mascara, she coats on the MAC Zoom mascara and then uses Lancome Hypnose on top, using a separator brush to separate her lashes.

Lips
She normally uses MAC Lipliner in Stripdown and then a MAC lipstick in Angel and NARS Turkish Delight lipgloss on top. For a nude look, she uses MAC Subculture lipliner first, and then wears NARS Belle De Jour lipstick.

Visit these stores to buy the products and shop the collections:

Bestlash.com
Cle De Peau Beaute
MAC Cosmetics
Make Up Forever
NARS Cosmetics
Stila Cosmetics
Lancome

Hanna Marin's homecoming look

Queen Bee glamour on Pretty Little Liars

Ever since I saw promo pictures before it aired, I've been in love with Hanna Marin's look from the Homecoming episode of Pretty Little Liars (1.6 There's No Place Like Homecoming).

Hanna (played by Ashley Benson)'s outfit was by far my favourite of the four girls. She looked fabulous from head to toe, matching a stunning one-of-a-kind dress with the perfect accessories. The dress, which is by Sue Wong, consisted of "a ruched, daring V-neckline. Tonal beads and sequins sparkle at the shoulders and contoured Empire waist" with "wispy ostrich feathers [gracing] the tiered skirt". Have you ever seen anything like it?

The look was made even more glamourous with Hanna's choice of bold statement accessories. Such a loud, extravagant dress would usually call for a subtler choice, but Hanna rejected that idea completely, opting for a look more worthy of a Homecoming queen.

The layered necklace is eye-catching and adds more style to the outfit, matching perfectly with the colour of her dress. I especially love the earrings, a diamond-shaped dropping pair, which finish of the look perfectly. Here are some high street alternatives I found (which match the purple version of the dress, the only one available):

For the dress, click here. For the accessories, visit Topshop for the earrings and for the necklace.

Hanna Marin (Pretty Little Liars) makeup tutorial

Makeup of a Queen Bee

I was watching Pretty Little Liars this morning and found myself really liking Hanna's makeup. So I played around with some of my own to try and recreate the look and here is a tutorial on how to do it!

1. First prepare your face using your own personal facial routine. That can be using moisturiser, primer, foundation etc - whatever you usually wear.

2. For the eyes, take any light brown/nude eyeshadow (preferably a cream eyeshadow or one with a matte finish) and apply/blend it just on the lid.

3. Then take a black eyeliner (I used No7 Amazing Eyes Pencil in colour 05 Black) and apply a thick layer on the upper lash line. For the lower lash line, apply a thin but intense line. For mascara, I used Covergirl's Lashblast in Very Black.

4. For the face, apply an orange-brown blush or bronzer all the way across the cheeks. I used the Delice de Poudre Bronzing Powder by Bourjois in the colour 52. Make sure to pack on the bronzer, and then buff it in afterwards.

5. For the lips take any bright pink lipgloss and for this I used the No7 Liplicious in the colour Cherry Kiss.

There you have it! I'd say this look is more for special occasions or events, but makeup is a question of preference, so use it as you like. I hope it helped, and thanks for reading.

Leighton Meester's classic crimson lips

Belle of the Ball

How stunning did Leighton Meester look at the Emmys last year? Her dress was absolutely gorgeous not to mention her makeup was flawless. How did Leighton Meester get those perfect classic red lips?:

"L'Oreal Infallible Plumping Lipgloss in Plumped Red gives me that extra little color and boost when I really want my lips to pop," Leighton Meester told Usmagazine.com.

So there you have it! You don't have to be as minted as Blair to look red carpet worthy - just pop by your nearest drugstore and pick one up at only around $10! Click here to order online.