US & Canada One Direction Makeup Giveaway

A new cosmetics range has recently been released in the USA (in association with Markwins Beauty), Makeup by One Direction. It first made its way to Macy's earlier this August and has since been released at Stage Store, Dillards, Beauty Brands, and Lord & Taylor. International release dates are yet to be announced. The collection includes three different travel-ready makeup kits, named after One Direction's hits: Midnight Memories, Take Me Home and Up All Night. All of the kits include a lip gloss, an eyeshadow palette, a lipstick, mascara, nail varnish and eye crayon. It strikes me as a perfect gift for the teenage One Direction fan, and the three different kits include different colour schemes, described by the brand as one for the 'rock n roll girl', one for the 'fun party girl' and one for the 'girl next door'.

For our US and Canada readers, Markwins Beauty is hosting a giveaway! You can find the details of how to enter below - good luck!!

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Combatting Tired Eyes

The worst thing is to wake up with dark, puffy eyes (like I often do!) from lack of sleep or from dehydration.

Due to my unlucky facial feature, I have figured out some ways to reduce the appearance of this problem.

1. Drink water when you first wake up, and throughout the day
2. Place something slightly cool on your eyes or splash cold water on your face
3. Tie hair up for the day to keep shadows off your face and let light hit your face to make you appear more awake - I usually go for the ponytail - or bun if I have more time
4. Use a hydrating eye cream and good concealer to hide dark circles - I use Soap & Glory Puffy Eye Attack and Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer in ‘Ivory’, with Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in ‘Fair’ too, for those really rough days
5. Tightline your upper lashline with a black kohl pencil, and use a nude kohl pencil on your waterline to make your eyes appear bigger - I use Soap & Glory Smoulder Kohl in ‘Superblack’ with Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl in ‘Nude’
6. Add a little white eyeliner to the corner of your eyes to brighten - I use Barry M Kohl Pencil in ‘White’
7. Curl eyelashes to open up your eyes
8. SMILE!!

- Sophie x

Cosmetc's Top 5 Handbag Essentials

1. Blotting paper - once your face gets oily in the day, blotting paper removes the oil and adds a transparent 

powder to the skin to make it matte again without adding more makeup and making it look cakey. These little 

sheets easily fit into your handbag.

2. A nail file - you never know when the pesky chipped nail will strike! If you happen to forget a nail file, rubbing 

the jagged edge against denim jeans also works. (Click here to see our previous post on Paris’ favourite 

nail file)

3. Tissues - your one-step to avoiding all runny noses, food-around-mouth and many more potential mishaps!

4. Hand cream - our hands go through a lot throughout the day, so it’s important to pamper them when you get a 

moment. We would recommend Soap & Glory’s Hand Food, as it does its job of hydrating and softening 

hands very well indeed!

5. Lip balm - our lips also go through quite a lot throughout the day, particularly when there are cold winds 

around, so it’s important to keep lips hydrated to avoid cracking or dryness. We would recommend Sophie’s 

favourite, Cocoa Butter Vaseline Lip Therapy

- Paris & Sophie x