Disaster Davis

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be Back to School! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past themes.








I do hope that this will prove to be in some way useful for you, don’t stress it too much and simply be yourself, show the best side of you! Have you had a best and worst interview? I’d love to hear all about your experiences, leave me a comment below! Of course don’t forget to check out the other ladies posts from the link up over at everythingandnothin’.

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be Superheroes/Villains! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.
When I discovered what this week’s theme would be, I have to admit, that I were utterly clueless as to what I were going to do. I’m almost completely void of all knowledge when it comes to superheroes and villains. Sure I’ve heard of plenty but I’ve literally only watched Iron Man 2, not 1 just 2, yes I’m a little (okay maybe a lot) backwards, oh and throw in the piecing together of YouTube clips showing Heath Ledger as the Joker. I were destined to struggle with any ‘added extras’ for this post however decided to put together an outfit and make-up look inspired by my chosen example regardless, despite not having seen the film in it’s full glory, I simply had to choose the Joker. Why you ask, when Iron Man would have seemed like the obvious choice? Well I just adore Heath Ledger, therefore it’s an honour to respect his memory in this way. Of course, I evidently lack green hair so used green to add colour to my dark eye-make up, saving me from the punched in the eye look I’d have certainly achieved with the abundance of only black. At the end of my look, alongside where my outfit is from and details of which cosmetics I’ve used, I will be sharing some information about the legend himself, of which you may find interesting.




I’m aware this has been a rather brief post but do hope that you’ve found enjoyment from it regardless. Who has been your favourite Joker of all time? Which is your favourite Heath Ledger film? Let me know in the comments below and of course, head on over to Beth’s post to discover everyone else’s insane talents!

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

I’ve been eager to write today’s post for quite some time now, so long that it’s become rather ridiculous. As we all know there can often be hidden gems tucked away in the drugstore realm, with some occasionally proving to be a strong rival against expensive high end brands, how else would dupes be in occurrence? Feeling frugal, whilst also underwhelmed with my foundation of choice at that particular time, it made the perfect sense to venture into the heart of our beloved dupe homes in order to partake in some serious shelf searching, seeking to filter out the fabulous from the fails and to discover my ultimate love within the affordable cosmetics world - there’s of course only one central destination in question, to the drugstores! Keeping my options open I also had a peek in a few other budget stores. In order to benefit in some way from my findings, please do continue to read on!





Have you tried any of the above products for yourself, what were your opinions? If there’s anything you think I’d like of which you wish to recommend then please don’t hesitate to do so, I love hearing from you!

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be the 7 deadly sins, perfect for our 7th week wouldn’t you say?! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.



This weeks theme offered a multitude of options, so many that I found I simply couldn’t choose one above another therefore resulting in my choice to create make-up looks for all seven! I wanted them all to be wearable looks, with some being perfect for the daytime whilst other’s would certainly not be out of place in a clubbing atmosphere. I actually used one of the following whilst going on a night out at the start of this week. I’d like to keep this post short but sinful sweet, if you’re following me on social media you’ll be aware that I’ve been on an utter roller-coaster, so without further ado, lets get straight onto my latest creations!


“Sloth:
1. Reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.”

With laziness and lethargy in mind I wanted to keep this look very basic and to use minimal products - I of course opted for a no make-up style look. With only a simple base, natural barely there eye shadow, very little blush, lip balm and one coat of mascara I feel I definitely achieved this. To myself, I look as though I have nothing on, which is very peculiar to witness.



“Envy:
1. A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.”

Next I created envy and I wanted this to remain quite minimal also, with the focus being on the eyes. When I think of envy and make-up together I ponder people’s differing skill levels and think of people being ‘green with envy’ of those of which they view as higher in skill, talent or creativity. This would of course result in the envious person feeling in some way lacking themselves, hence my wish to keep the rest of this look somewhat basic, opting to use ‘sloth’ as my base with a few slight changes and switching my lip balm for a gloss, whilst of course continuing with natural brows!


“Lust: 
1. Strong sexual desire.”

My third and final look for Tuesday, also the one of which I used for my night out, is of course lust. Many of us endeavour to achieve a sexy look for the night time hours making this the perfect go to look, and to me, a lustful night time look simply has to incorporate an iconic red lip and smoky eye shadow.


“Wrath: 
Extreme anger.”

I’m rather certain that red is universally accepted as the colour portraying wrath, due to such an intense state of feeling, black, of course goes hand in hand with this, signifying the depth of fury. Unfortunately I’m lacking in red eye shadows, which did come as a shock to me considering my vast amount of palettes. I would have liked to have used a mixture of vibrant reds alongside darker crimson hues to transition into a smoked out black in the outer v, I’ve made the best that I could from such a disappointing revelation however.




“Gluttony:
Habitual greed or excess in eating.”

For many years I have been guilty of partaking in some serious comfort eating. Is it really a sin if you enjoy it so much? In my opinion, this look were definitely the least wearable of this collection as I went a little too crazy on the highlighting and the finished look reminds me of a unicorn. I were using cupcakes and sprinkles as my colour inspiration for this.


“Pride:
1. A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of one's close associates, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.”

When feeling pride from achievements it feels, to myself, like a glowy feeling. Therefore gold, a lack of contour, highlight and a light blush, put together tastefully, is the look I were going for here. I didn’t want this look to be over done and so chose a nude lip.


“Greed:
Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.”

I think of greed as excessive therefore using pride for the base of this look I piled on more eye shadow and added contour. With power in mind I chose to mix together two strong coloured lipsticks and in true materialistic mode I of course had to bring back the false lashes for the fourth and final look of yesterday (Thursday). I feel like greedy, spoilt people think of themselves as some form of royalty hence my decision to continue with the golden colours, although adding more shimmer in the process.



I adored creating the above looks and my personal favourite overall were probably lust, whilst my preferred eye look would have to be envy! Which look did you like the best? Which sin are you? Why not check out this fun Buzzfeed quiz to find out, then post your result in the comments below. I got wrath! Please don’t forget to head over to Beth’s main post including the link up. There’s so much talent in the #BeautiesOnFire bunch it’s unreal!

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be Pokemon! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.


I can’t speak for the other ladies in this collaboration but when I found out Pokemon won the vote for this weeks theme I were bouncing from the walls with intense excitement, I were elated beyond words! Pokemon is something of which were around when I were a child therefore the nostalgia it triggers is incredible. I were never a die hard fan but I did love them, I remember having some little figurines of the different Pokemon at one point and I adored those, especially my favourite of all - Vulpix. Of course there’s a current hype surrounding Pokemon, with the recently launched Pokemon Go game for IOS and Android phones, I’m guilty of having this particular app, I also have some serious Poke-rage when losing the last of my balls on a Pokemon of which I find myself unable to catch, despite using everything I have on it! I do hope that even the Pokemon cynics will enjoy today’s post, I decided to create two very different looks, one of which involving doing something completely new to me for the first time, scary prospect there! Being Team Valor myself, I of course wanted to create a wearable everyday make-up look using the team as my inspiration, my second look were definitely more challenging, as I decided to go a little wild with liquid latex, clay and paints to become none other than my favourite, Vulpix.



Once the hair and ears were done, it were then time to attach them to my face, for this I used some liquid latex. I feel this step could have gone SO much better, as the pieces weren’t attached as securely as I’d have liked and I found it really hard to be able to work on the rest of my face or to take the pictures for this blog post. With more liquid latex I’m sure it would work a lot better, as well as working with a larger surface on the clay, since the ears were so close to my hair I’d only been able to put liquid latex on the edges therefore resulting in poorer grip. After attaching and topping up my latex every few minutes, it were then time to get to work on the face. I could have used make-up had I really wanted to.. But I’d already accepted that for a first time, this weren’t going to be a flawless recreation, so I decided instead to opt for using paints for my entire face. I mixed together the same colours I’d used for the ears and popped this all over my face and brought it down onto my neck. I then used a darker green for the eyes, popping a little white in there, of course using my Pokemon Go app as the reference picture, I then finished this off with a little black to line the eyes and for the nose. I did my nose a little more heart shaped and I definitely had a thicker black outline than Vulpix has. My finished look is definitely far from perfect although for a first attempt I’m rather pleased with the outcome and it were definitely one of my most fun looks to create yet, purely because it’s something I’ve never done before! Everything I used for this look can be found in my recent haul post, “Stimulating shopping, spontaneity and perfect piercings”.



Now for the second look, because I did something so different for the first look, I decided that I wanted my second one to simply be a make-up look, a wearable one at that! I were accompanying my friend at our local pub for a few delicious beverages, a bite to eat and the pub quiz, bingo style, so I kept it simple with a red toned eye look and of course, a red lip.




What’s your favourite Pokemon? If you’re a fellow Pokemon Go player I’d love to know more about you findings, evolution's and which team you chose, too. Lets just have one huge Pokemon chat in the comments below and if you’ve ever transformed yourself into a Pokemon then I’d love it if you left me a link so I can have a peek at yours! Of course, head over to Beth's blog for the rest of the #BeautiesOnFire Pokemon creations!

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be bold! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.


I feel the best way to correctly and concisely sum up the word bold, is exactly as Google has described it:

Bold.
1. (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.
2. (of a colour, design, or shape) having a strong, vivid, or clear appearance.


There’s such a huge range of possibilities when it comes to creating a bold make-up look, for me, the perfect idea of bold make-up is to go a little wild with colour on the eyes and to use a darker yet complimentary shade of colour on the lips and that’s exactly what I decided to do today. At first I used a bright green in my outer V of the eyelid, which I blended lightly inward to meet an intense orange, finished off with a bright yellow just in the very inner corner of the eye in order to brighten and enhance. The orange ‘Afterglow’ and yellow ‘Sunrise’ were from the Sleek i-Divine Sunset 568 Palette and the green ‘Green Envy’ were from the Make-Up Revolution London Eyes Like Angels Palette. From the same palette I also used a darker green ‘Emerald Night’ very lightly in the outer V. I simply placed this in a blunt line for added definition, although I blended this well with the ‘Green Envy’ shade. I used 'Afterglow' and 'Green Envy' underneath my bottom lash line however after arriving at this stage in my look I decided that I really weren’t a fan at all, therefore decided to change my eye make-up entirely, though without taking off the original product beforehand. Yes, this means that my original look were then mixed in with the shades I chose afterwards, of which became my second and final look. Where my greens were I decided to use ‘Skyline’ from the Sleek palette, I then covered over the orange shade with ‘Pink!’ from the Eyes Like Angels palette and used ‘Peacock Dream’ from the same palette in the middle of both colours. I finished this look off with ‘Pink!’ and ‘Skyline’ underneath my lash line and of course my many eyeliners and mascaras!

Usually when applying my lipstick I will use a white kohl liner in order to achieve a lighter coloured gradient in the middle of my lips, today however I decided to use two different lipsticks. I firstly used ‘Mulberry’ in the corners and ‘Smother’ in the middle, of which I then blended appropriately. I much preferred my second look, what do you think to it? For a list of all products used simply keep on scrollin’ baby! (Yes, I did have Limp Bizkit in my mind as I typed that out!)



That’s all from me for today, I hope you enjoyed my ‘bold’ look, please don’t forget to hop on over to Twitter and help us decide our next theme! Of course, check out all of the delightful #BeautiesOnFire ladies in the link up located at the bottom of Beth’s post! They’re seriously the best bunch of ladies possible and I aren’t saying that simply because I’m biased! What’s your perfect bold look?

With Love,
Disaster Davis x

It’s time again for another #BeautiesOnFire post, you voted on Twitter and decided that our theme for this week would be book/film! Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.

As I said, this week is book/film and I were influenced by something of which is both... None other than the legend Harry Potter! Due to visiting my Nanna today and going for a meal afterwards I wanted to create a wearable everyday look, and so found inspiration from Gryffindor, of course. I did have some creative ideas tucked away for something much bolder and magical though, maybe next time aye?



Of course if you’re a regular reader then you’ll be aware of my passionate obsession with reading. I fail to have any Harry Potter reviews on here as of yet - but all of this could be changed with the flick of a wand! Have you read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child yet? Would you like me to review it before you do? That can easily be arranged, simply let me know in the comments. In the meantime please do feel free to visit my other book reviews listed below!


The magic of Harry Potter is certainly not lost on me, it’s one of those truly enchanting realms of which stay with you for aeons. Below are some of my favourite lessons of which can be learned from the wonderful wizarding world!




I hope you enjoyed today’s post, don’t forget to head over to Beth’s blog and check out the other amazing ladies involved. Would you like a review of the Cursed Child, or another Harry Potter inspired look in the future? Which house would you most wish to be sorted into?

With Love and Magic,
Disaster Davis x

I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date! Once again I’m posting a day late, yesterday were such a crazily busy day and well, I am Disaster Davis, after all. I’m overly enthusiastic about today’s post and I hope you’ll feel that the one day delay has been worth the wait!

Firstly, if you’re unsure as to what this whole #BeautiesOnFire thing is (where have you been hiding?) then please feel free to check out my introduction post below, additionally you may peruse the past few weeks themes.



This weeks theme were ‘Disney Princesses’ although this is inclusive of non-princesses such as Ariel, Mulan etc. Let me tell you this weeks theme had me excited beyond words, every little girl loves to play dress ups and this has certainly never changed for me! So a huge thank you to everyone who got involved by voting on the Twitter poll and a larger thanks to those seeking the enchantment that only Disney can bring. There is of course some controversy around Disney and it’s influence on children, yadda yadda. Regardless of this it can’t be disputed that there are valuable lessons hidden away in the many captivating stories and I’d like to start this post by sharing with you some of my favourite quotes from the Alice in Wonderland book, written by Lewis Carroll.


So now it’s time to get to the fashion and beauty side of things! I were so enraptured by the whole notion of the Disney theme and eager to get to work on it that of course I simply had to create both fashion and beauty looks once more. I hope you will feel that I’ve done this some justice, I never used to really take risks with my make-up or try new things, though since having my blog I’ve already noticed in under a year that I’ve improved so much and feel much more confident about playing with different styles and products, which pleases me beyond measure. I think it’s a little obvious already who I decided to transform myself into, so with nothing else to say on the matter, I shall quickly drink my little potion, eat my cookie and take a little trip to Wonderland!




Who’s your favourite Disney character? Do you have any favourite quotes? I’d love to chat so why not leave a comment below? All Mad Hatters and White Rabbits welcome! Don’t forget to check out everyone else’s posts by clicking the #BeautiesOnFire logo above!

With Love,
Disaster Davis x