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Stylpro makeup brush cleaner Pros and Cons

A few months ago, the StylPro brush cleaner hit the beauty world and caused an absolutely massive amount of interest and a rush from beauty lovers to buy the latest gadget. The StylPro was hailed as a game changer for makeup lovers, as it was going to take the hassle out of cleaning your makeup brushes. Not only would it clean them in seconds, but it promised to dry them too. It sounded too good to be true and with all the positive reviews surrounding it, I was more than a little sceptical. When my very own Style Pro landed in my post box from Meaghers pharmacy, I was more than ready…

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How to get big, bouncy, curly hair

If there is one thing I love, it is big massive bouncy and curly hair. My hair is my absolute pride and joy. I really am like some sort of modern day Samson, as a lot of my confidence lies in how my hair looks. When my hair is on point, my confidence soars. Most of you will already know that I have worn hair extensions for a long time now. For the past 5 and a half months I have been wearing Gold Fever Hair extensions and my god I love them. While I have worn other extensions before, the real difference with Gold Fever is in the quality of…

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Day to Night with Urban Decay Naked Smoky tutorial

Let me introduce me to you my very good friend and award winning blogger Kat. Kat is like an encyclopaedia of makeup knowledge! Seriously what this woman doesn’t know! In particular when it comes to skin care, every Irish blogger knows that Kat is the woman in the know!! I would like to say she is the Caroline Hirons of Ireland, but I actually think she is far better! If you’re not already following her you really need to get on it. You can find her blog Sophistikat.ie is here, Facebook here, Instagram here and Twitter here. I would honestly love if you could follow Kat, as she really is an unbelievably fabulous lady. There’s…

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Quick and easy everyday hair and makeup to get an extra 10 minutes in bed!

There is one thing I am most certainly not and that is a morning person. I must hit the snooze button at least 5 times every single morning. Even when it comes to the last alarm and i know I have no choice but to get out of the bed, I moan and groan about how I am not cut out of this life! I hate getting up in the mornings, so if I can claw back and extra 10 minutes in bed I am all for that. Over the past few months, I have perfected getting reading in the morning down to a fine art. I have now trained…

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Kylie Jenner Inspired tutorial

Ok so take the name of this tutorial with a pinch of salt. I was stuck for a name! It’s really only the lips that look anyway Kylie Jenner inspired!! A few weeks ago, when heading off to Galway for the ITWBN event, I posted a picture of the makeup above. So many of you emailed me, or posted on the picture itself, that you would love to see a tutorial. As it is such an easy look to do, I decided to recreate this look in a video, which I have linked down below. I am not trained in makeup, so if I can do a look like this,…

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The NYX smokey eye look palettes review and tutorial

Who doesn’t love rocking a smokey eye on a night out, or even a bit of neutral smokiness during the day? Well NYX have got you covered with this little palettes of smoky goodness. NYX have released 3 palettes to help you reproduce the perfect smokey eye no matter what colours you are into. The first palette, The smokey look kit, is a cool toned silver , grey and black palette to help you perfect the ideal Kim Kardashian smoky eye. This palette contains 9 shimmery colours, to help you smoke out your eyes. Of all three palettes, this is the one I reached for the least, not because of the…

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Vintage Vamp Tutorial

I love a full on vampy look when heading out at night. If you can’t go full on with your makeup when heading out at night, then when can you? I recently reviewed the Charlotte Tilbury Vintage Vamp palette and when getting ready last week, I decided to pull the camera out and record to show you just how beautiful this palette is. You can read a full review of the palette here. So without anymore waffling, enjoy the video and don’t forget to subscribe to The Beautiful Truth YouTube channel Products used Eyes: Charlotte Tilbury Vintage vamp palette Makeup Geek Peach smoothie Blank canvas borderline liner Lorac Cobra mascara Mac…

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Glam Party Makeup Tutorial

I don’t know about you guys, but when it comes to party season, I like to up my makeup game big time. I trawl through youtube looking for tutorials on the best party to have me looking like a hot rod heading out to all my different parties. When it comes to night time makeup, I really need something that is going to last. The last thing I want to do is cart around half my makeup bag for top ups throughout the night. For today’s tutorial I have put together a look that is perfect for a night out. It can be worn as I have worn it, or vamped…

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Easy night-time makeup Tutorial

A few weeks ago, I uploaded a picture of some makeup I wore to a wedding and so many of you asked me to do a tutorial. So last weekend I decided to sit down and play with some makeup and my camera and the results are below. I have used a lot of Makeup Geek shadows in this tutorial, but I honestly can’t say enough good things about this shadows. I know they are hard to get, but if you have a bit of spare cash, I highly recommend investing in a few. At less than a fiver each, they are a real bargain. You can read all about…

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No Fuss work makeup tutorial

I don’t know about you lot, but in the morning I much prefer an extra 5 minutes in bed, than spending the time creating some amazing looking makeup. For me my makeup must be quick, and easy, because I am just not a morning person. Recently a number of you requested that I film a quick makeup look, so while getting ready last weekend, I set the camera up and and just let it roll. I know this video is very far from perfect and I did contemplate not putting it up, because the makeup isn’t as perfect as I would like it to be, but I suppose it is…

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Get ready with me video

A few weeks ago, I gave a shout out on Facebook to see what you guys would like to see featured on The Beautiful Truth. There was so many brilliant suggestions, but one comment that caught my attention was to post about how I get ready for a night out. I love finding out how people prepare themselves for a night on the tiles and how they do their hair and makeup.I have picked up so many ideas from posts like this and it got me thinking and I decided to try something new. While getting ready for the Blog Awards a few weeks ago, I decided to film myself…

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Bridal Makeup series : The Makeup Mentor

Once a bride has her dress, the next thing to focus on is hair and makeup. With so many makeup artists out there it is hard to know which one will work best for you and make you look like the beautiful bride you always thought you would be on your wedding day. Even though I am writing about beauty everyday, I have found the task of picking a makeup artist extremely difficult. At least with the dress, I know more or less how I will look in it on the day and there is no chance of anything looking dramatically different. However, when it comes to makeup, you may…

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Kohl Cosmetics series: How to achieve flawless skin, contour and highlight

I used to think that once I had some sort of foundation on my face, that was it I was done. There was nothing to it, but lashing on a bit of foundation with your fingers!!! My god, there is just so much more to it. Recently during my Kohl Cosmetics makeup course in Brown Sugar, I picked up a number of tips and tricks for perfecting a flawless base and giving your face life. Foundation First up, foundation. For me this is the most important part to having perfect looking makeup. Once you have picked out your perfect foundation, it is all about application. When applying foundation avoid dotting…

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Powder Face – When makeup goes wrong

A little while ago, pictures were published of Angelina Jolie sporting some very funky looking makeup. While Angelina still looked stunning, it was very hard to look past the powder around her eyes, forehead, cheeks and chest.Angelina is the closest thing to perfect any human being can come, so to see her fall victim to this powder misshape, made her a little bit more normal in my eyes. Ange had fallen foul to the dreaded ‘ Powder Face’. This isn’t the first time “powder face” has made an appearance. Many celebrities, including, Miley Cyrus, Eva Longoria, Nicole Kidman and even the gorgeous Jon Hamm have found themselves splashed across newspapers…

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Summer Makeup Tutorial

A number of weeks ago, I posted a picture tutorial on a copper smoky eye. A number of you have contacted me since, asking me to do another post like this, so finally here it is. All of you know already, that I have no formal training in makeup, so there may be some technical things that aren’t right, but to be honest, I like it and I have gotten many compliments on this particular look. The look I chose, was the one I wore in my Glossybox Youtube Video. This is a 2 colour look, that will suit all eye colours, but seriously makes blue eyes pop. It is the perfect…

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Copper Smoky eye step by step tutorial

Today I decided to try something new for the blog. I am very nervous about putting this up, but at the end of the day, what have I got to lose? A few weeks ago, I stuck a picture up of a copper smoky eye. This is my go to night time look for the Spring/summer. A number of you emailed me and asked if I would do a tutorial on this look. I am nowhere near ready to do anything on YouTube yet, so I decided to try a step by step picture tutorial. Please note, I am not a makeup artist by any means of the imagination. I…