YSL Contouring

Hey there, 

For special occasions I go that extra mile and go for a bit of contouring!! It does add another couple of steps to your makeup routine, so its not for every day.....unless your Kim Kardashian and contouring comes as naturally as eating breakfast.

I use YSL products when achieving contouring as I believe they have the best quality products for blending and setting on the skin as well as an amazing range of colours.

See my tutorial below for contouring:  

Contouring with YSL

1.) Prime your face with a mattifying primer
2.)  Apply YSL touche eclat (link) in a shade two shades lighter to your upper cheek bone and a shade 2 shades darker than your natural skin tone just below.  It will look a bit like war paint.  (if you have any spots or uneven skin tone, apply a touche eclat in the same shade as your skin.)
3.) Gently blend them in a little, not completely.
4.) Smooth over your foundation.  This will cover the stripes but it will still shine though giving the impression of razor sharp cheek bones.  I use YSL Le Teint Touche Eclait in B50 (link).
5) I then soften and set the look with some YSL Powder compact radiance (link)

That's how I achieve the look!!

Hope you like my contouring tips with YSL!

Lots of love,

Fiocco Bianco xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

YSL Makeup of the Day

Merry Christmas my Beauties!

Here is my makeup of the day!  They're a mix of my favorite items all from YSL and all would make great stocking fillers this Christmas for the girls.  I like to keep to a theme and these all look beautiful with their golden packaging to make for great presents.

Lips - YSL Golden Gloss 15 (link) which contains real pieces of gold and I've chosen a deep raspberry shade (can there be anything more festive!?)

Base - YSL Youth Liberator Serum (link) just a drop of this lets your foundation sit perfectly whilst providing great anit ageing effects

Highlighter YSL touche eclat 2.5 (link) under the eyes and on the arch of the eyebrows and a touch on the top of the cheeks to highlight

Foundation YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat Foundation B50 (link) a light foundation that provides great coverage without being greasy.  A definite must for every single girl ever.  Comes in a tonne of shades.

Mascara YSL Baby Doll (link) a deep black mascara that creates long elegant lashes.

Eyebrow pencil YSL glazed brown eyebrow pencil (link).  Defines the eyebrows to frame the face.  Creates beautifully defined brows.

Makeup of the Day by YSL - featuring golden gloss 15 (link)

And there we have it - the YSL makeup look of the day featuring Golden Gloss 15.  Be sure to treat a lucky lady in your life to one of these....even if it is yourself!!

Lots of Love

Fiocco Bianco xxxxxxx

One of the problems of being a makeup junkie

Hello my Lovlies!

I have a small confession - I am a huge makeup junkie - and theres nothing that makes me as mad as expensive makeup that has nasty packaging. The number of times I've bought products or brands purely because of their products.  Chanel is my personal favorite as it looks just as sleek and new after 6 months just by giving the packaging a once over with a makeup wipe.  On the other hand, you have NARS - I love their products, but man I can't stand the rubber packaging which gets so dirty.

So here's where the extent of my snobbery can be seen - with YSL. I love their sleek look perspex plastic and gold lids with their trademark label.  Unfortunately though, after a few months of rough and tumble in my makeup bag they can end up looking like the one on the right!  And I can't bare it.  It's kills my soul.  And it means I purchase new ones!

The nasty chipped gold lid looks so cheap even though it was 75% full! I felt like I was forced to buy a new one just so it had that beautiful new feel again.  There's no point having a beautiful YSL lipgloss if it ends up looking like like the one one on the right... I mean come on!

Are you girls with me on this one, or am I completely unreasonable!?!?!  I mean it's still 3/4 full but I can't stand its nasty appearance!  

Oh dear - I need a life. But hopefully you makeup junkies understand!

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xx fiocco bianco
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Street Style Fashion

Hey there, 

Todays post is a post on street style fashion.  Those of you who follow me know that most of my outfits are all about casual fashion because, well, street style is much more comfortable than OTT.  This street style look goes with most situations throughout the day, from shopping to lounging at home to out with friends! (Which is exactly how most my Saturdays end up!)

What I'm Wearing

I'm wearing that white silk blouse I showed you in another post but this time as a whole outfit:

Zara white silk blouse SS13 - available here

Jeans from Italian boutique - similar here from topshop

Topshop suede ankle boots - similar here

Moschino SS13 leather bag - available here

Makeup

Benefit POREfessional, YSL la teint touche eclat, MAC prep + prime transparent loose powder , MAC Truth + Light magically cool loose powder , Benefit sugarbomb gloss, Benefit They're Real mascara Benefit Badgal Waterproof eyeliner

Street Style fashion

What do you think? Would you wear something like this?

Kisses xxx

BEAUTY HAUL - ysl city drive, chanel creme blush, hotel chocolat....

Hi Ladies,

Yesterday evening was spent doing a spot of shopping with my friend JoJo and eating a fabulous Mexican buritto on South Bank at a restaurant called Wahacas, do you know it??

I also had a bit of a beauty haul, so here's a few snaps from my phone of what I got! (excuse the bad quality and the fact I can't rotate them!)

First up: YSL City drive Arty Palette AW13 (link here)

This is my pride and joy of the beauty buys - I'm super excited to show you Autumn's YSL palette called City Drive.  Stunning gold and fuchsia packaging and  comes with 4 amazing colours- neon green, electric blue, chrome plated steel and asphalt black.  Can't wait to try these shades which are all just perfect for creating a street look for here in London!

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Next up Le Blush Creme de Chanel - 61 Destiny (link here)

Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the open packet, but this is a really unusual blush shade in what I'm tempted to call tan/beige. Great for creating that perfect bronzed cheek bone and creating a great shape and adding colour without any rosey hues.

Revive - Cocoa Juvenate Hand cream by Hotel Choclat (link)

This is a bit of a novelty item as I didn't know that Hotel Chocolat (my FAVORITE chocolate company) made beauty products, so I couldn't resist this hand cream.  

I was a bit dissappointed it didn't smell at all of chocolate (though maybe that would have been gross anyway) but it does feel very luxurious and is made of cocoa butter, shea butter and mango seed oil.  It really does leave your hands feeling super nourished without any sticky residue.

On the whole a beautiful product, but a little too large to keep in your hand bag but PERFECT for on your desk at work.

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A trio of nail varnishes - I'll do a much more detailed set of Mani blogs on these but couldn't resist the following by Illasmasqua, Essie and Rimmel as they were all the exact shades that I've been searching for for a while for entering into this Autumn.

The view of sunset from where I spent my evening on South Bank!  It was such a beautiful beautiful evening, I'm so going to miss these when we're back in Winter :(

I hope you like my haul, even though I'm feeling a bit guilty about it! xxxxxx

Get the wow factor with YSL Golden Fuscia Lipgloss

Hello my beauties, 

Ever wanted to have that WOW factor with your makeup???

There's no better way to perk up your makeup than with a completely over the top coloured lipgloss.  And what better than a lipgloss with REAL gold in it my friends!

My all time favorite, and probably the only lipgloss I repurchase, is YSL's Golden Fuscia lipgloss 04.  It's a florescent pink and is bound to get you noticed.  And as I mentioned before, this range of lipglosses all contain 0.2% of 24 carat gold.  Only gold could give your lips such an unbeatable wow factor!

Yeah, I know, mine looks battered and bruised, but that's because its always loose in my handbag, ready for any occasion when I want to go for that golden wow factor.

When it's brand new, the YSL packaging on their shimmering gloss is to die for. Sleek perspex rectangular bottle with a gold lid.  I love the brush applicator form this YSL range - beating all the other brands out there. It glides onto your lips with precision, which I feel you can't get with those squeezy plastic tube glosses out there....Lancome juicy tubes spring to mind.

So, to summarize, if you want a stunning gloss, you can't go wrong with YSLs golden shimmer lipgloss, complete with real gold. Their selection of colours is to die for, so go and have a look (see here) and find one that will make you feel completely gorgeous!

Zara SALE - white silk blouse

Hey,

I really hope its not just me whose been indulging in the ZARA sale!!!  Working in central London its really hard sometimes to try and resist all the shops, especially when they're in the sale!

I found this gem - a white silk blouse for just £17.99 - see here on the zara site.  Its a long sleeve number made of silk with a low narrow V neck with black detailing on the neck and cuffs.  I love its elegant style and is great for a night out with some black shorts or some jeans.  But I'm even thinking about wearing it to work with a pencil skirt.

Zara silk blouse with combination lapel £17.99 available here on in stores

Makeup: Number 17 primer, YSL la teint touche foundation B50, mac prep + prime transparent finishing powder, Benefit sun beam illuminator,  clarins splendors colour quartet eyeshadow , Dior Show mascara in waterproof

  What have you guys got in the Summer Sales? Let me know!

Kisses!