Tag: winged eyeliner

Ciaté London x Courtney Act Stamp & Drag Liner Duo.

As someone who loves Makeup Brand, Ciaté London and Drag Queen Superstar, Courtney Act, the announcement of their Stamp & Drag Liner Duo was for me and so many others, simply a dream product come true.

Being a Vintage Girl at heart, winged eyeliner is an everyday makeup must for me and no matter how many flicks I may draw, you simply never know how a wing will look – eyeliner truly has a mind of its own. Therefore, when one, if not the most beautiful Drag Queen puts her heart and soul into a product she believes in and with an amazing Brand, I most definitely had my hopes high.

The eyeliner works as follows; one side is a wing shaped stamp which you place on the outer corner of your eyelid and literally do as is instructed – stamp it on. Whereas the other side is a thin pen-like tip which you use to drag the liner to complete the look. The instructions make it sound simple and after using it multiple times I can confirm, it really is as easy as it sounds! Also, Ciaté London are cruelty free and this product is also suitable for vegans and paraben/gluten free.

Personally, I can often end up spending fifteen minutes or maybe more perfecting my wings, often one will be fairly good but the other will be below average – you just never know what’s going to happen. I even end up using a felt tip liner and a liquid liner, trying to tweak as best as possible, it can be a big production! Therefore, to be able to just literally stamp the wing on it has saved me so much time and definitely speeds up my everyday makeup.

Now, onto the packaging, it is absolutely stunning and honestly, I expected nothing less! Ciaté and Courtney have truly outdone themselves with this product, even the box is a work of art. The front features Courtney’s bewitching eyes and signature with a rainbow holographic font and a portrait on the back with instructions.

If you thought the outer product was beautiful, the insider will simply blow you away! The beautiful liner features Ciaté and Courtney’s signature on a metallic silver duo pen, which is placed inside a set of angel wings! Not only is this referencing the obvious angel eyes but anyone who loves Courtney will never forget her iconic angel look on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6!

I’m so thankful to Courtney and Ciaté for creating such a pivotal product for all winged liner lovers, so much time and effort will now be saved and who doesn’t want to feel like a beautiful Drag Queen whilst creating their go to look!? At £15 I think this is beyond worth the money, it’s high quality, long lasting and basically does most of the work for you, what more can you possibly want?!

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Look Of The Day.

Hi lovely people!

Now that my face is finally  back to normal I can start wearing make up again, so I thought I’d write my second beauty post! Yesterday, I went to town and bought a new eyeliner and a new lipstick, so they will be the focal points of this.

After my moisturizer disaster, I went back to using my Simple Clear Skin Oil Balancing Moisturizer, one I’ve used before. It’s really natural and drys pretty fast, which is good if you’re like myself and can’t stand the feel of it on your face for too long! As my skins been so dry since my allergic reaction, I’ve been using it twice a day – in the morning before I put my make up on and at night, after I’ve taken it off. I’d definitely recommend it if you have sensitive skin like me, plus it smells nice so that’s always a bonus.


After applying all of my face make up, it was time to start on my eyebrows. Now, I’m one of the few people who doesn’t like to do anything with them. I’ve been pretty lucky with the shape, but I have had a few comments about them being too light. I personally don’t mind that, there’s nothing worse when you see severely tattooed eyebrows and I definitely wouldn’t do that. Therefore, after watching the lovely Rose and Rosie’s Eyebrow Video, I was inspired to try something similar! I used my Rimmel London Eyebrow Compact and went for the second lightest colour on the left.

I used the bottom brush and slowly brushed the eye shadow into my eyebrow, following the natural line. It literally took a few minutes if that and is a nice subtle difference, if you don’t like to much change.

Here's my natural eyebrows.
Here’s my natural eyebrows.
The left one is natural, the right one has the eyeshadow on.
The left one is natural, the right one has the eye shadow brushed in.
Here's both of them with eyeshadow.
Here’s both of my eyebrows with eye shadow.

So here’s the final results, I personally like it and although I probably won’t do it all of the time, I think it’s a nice easy way to make a subtle change. After all, less is more!

Next, I used my new Rimmel Scandal Eyes Thick & Thin Eyeliner, there were three different ones available. The first was a really thick felt pen, which I didn’t want as I like to be able to build it up. The second was similar to one I’ve had before, it was a thin felt tip, I was tempted to go for that but I decided to try a new one. The third was my choice, the tip is defined to shape the winged eyeliner. At first I found it pretty hard to use, anyone who wears winged eyeliner will know that it’s not an easy task, but I had to be even more careful because of the shape of the eyeliner.

The 3D precision slanted tip, which enables you to draw a thick or thin line.


Sometimes, I find it hard to fill the tip of the lid by my eyelashes, without messing up the rest of my winged eyeliner. To do this I use Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Liner, the brush is so thin and perfect to fill in the hard to reach places.

Another tip, when your felt eyeliner is running out, dip it in to the liquid one!
Another tip, when your felt eyeliner is running out, dip it in to the liquid one!

Here’s the finished result, first without mascara and then with.

Up close detail of the flick.
Up close detail of the flick.
With mascara and highlighter.

I used my Maybelline Mascara Mega Plush Very Black for volume and Maybelline Mascara Rocket Waterproof Very Black for separation. Lastly, I put Benefit  Eye Bright inside my inner eyelid, it gets rid of any access eyeliner and brightens up the eyes by contrasting the dark winged liner.
Lastly, I used my Bourjois Rouge Edition Aqua Laque Liquid Lipstick in 07. I saw it advertised in a magazine and decided to give it a try. I think Bourjois is a beautiful brand, but I haven’t really used it much for some reason. I’ve always been wary about buying one of the liquid lipsticks as I wasn’t sure how well they would last. Therefore, I used my MAC Pro Longwear  Lip Pencil in Dynamo first, to make it last better and to define my lips.

The brush is a  nice change from using lipstick, but it was quite messy to put on and I needed to use quite a few q-tips. Obviously, blotting lipstick is a must, but with this you absolutely can’t forget to as otherwise it gets on your teeth, which is not a good look. However, it can be frustrating as it removes the colour because it’s in liquid form. I do really like it and would probably get another colour, but overall I definitely prefer lipsticks.



The lipstick is a beautiful colour, I love pink and red tones, they remind me of the 1950s Vintage Stars and the liquid form does give it a nice 3D look.

Full make up look.
Full make up look.

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