colour story: coral

colour story: coral

today's listening 15th may; charlie xcx, stay away (true romance)

My love affair with coral and orange tones sees no boundaries at the moment. While i'm loving it personally, I think it's definitely a great colour to channel for Summer. When we start to see it, anyway. Team coral with coral. Scary thought? Well, it need not be. Look at coral as being your new cheat sheet to a soft Summer glow and you're setting yourself up for a win in easy makeup looks.

Some of my favourite ways to wear corals are on my cheeks, nails and lips. In order to wear it on all three of those without looking too overdone, keep your eyes super simple. All I did with mine was swipe some really soft brown in the crease and slick on a little mascara. That's it. This look is all about young, fresh, skin and coral glow rather than the dramatic eye look. For me, it's my ideal daytime look. It's also so quick and easy to do! Apply your foundation as usual and then define your cheeks softly. My two favourites are this limited edition MAC Blush called Ripe Peach (they'll bring it back round!) or it's very similar counterpart which is what i'm wearing in the pictures, and that's Benefit Coralista. Apply this - and you can use the brush in the pot - on the temples of your cheeks up the cheekbones up to your brow bone for the best defined look.

Then slick on some of your favourite coral lipstick. Okay, mines quite orange, but at the moment it's Juicy Clementine by Clarins and it can be built right up to make a full intense orange lip or dabbed on to make a softer peachy coral tone.

Finish with your coral nail varnish, mine is Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly in Papaya (I seriously love this on my toes too!) and pow, your coral look is done.

This overall look is so good for makeup on the go. If you'll keep it a secret, this is what I usually do when i'm running about like a mad woman and need to do my makeup on the train. Why? Cos it's foolproof, and it's done in about 3 minutes flat. Easy. It also gives that illusion of a "done" face when reality is it's all in great skincare (look after your skin!) and a bright pop of colour on the nails and lips. Sometimes I like to keep it super simple, and let my lips do the talking. Will you be rocking coral?

Love, Zozo
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Disclaimer: Benefit Coralista, Barry M Nail Varnish and Clarins Lipstick all provided free as PR samples.  

snuggly *monday* catchup - birthday & alunageorge in paris

| rich made me a stir fry | always half full | a big bloggy mess | i'm well into baku magazine from azerbaijan |

| eurostar essentials | my hotel in paris | my (sleepy) paris face with smashbox lipstick | janine bird from smashbox doing aluna francis from alunageorge makeup |

| louboutins in paris | smashbox products for alunas look | trying the stylists orange ray bans on | burger and chips for tea |

| aluna and i chatting beauty before her show | the alunageorge gig | parisian metro | louvre |

| french pharmacy ting | arc de triomphe | rockin' my boohoo shades | eiffel tower |

| wine on the eurostar | my hotel in birmingham | djing in selfridges birmingham | my outfit |

| bodega | hangs with kerrang radio babe matt stocks | birmingham | lucky charms |

| birthday babes | birthday bacon | birthday bath | birthday burger

Last week was one of those weeks that I kinda wished every single week in my life was like. With the Monday being a bank holiday I spent it chilling at home with Rich and catching up on some blog posts hence making a big bloggy mess all over my floor as well as him cooking me a boss stirfry. I got up bright and early for my Eurostar to Paris the next day to meet up with Janine and Sally from Smashbox (makeup and PR respectively) to join them for the first date of the sold out AlunaGeorge European tour.

The day in Paris began with (after a spot of brunch) a dash to a studio of a French fashion magazine to watch Janine do Aluna's makeup ready for the shoot. She did a soft lined eye with a bold red lip, and it complimented Aluna's choice of clothing perfectly. She wore a lot of Saint Laurent, as well as some amazing Parisian clothing - I spent most of the afternoon raiding the stylists wardrobe, who was absolutely incredible and she didn't mind me coo-ing and putting on all her beautiful clothes and shoes (Louboutin alert!) before gently sobbing that none of it belonged to me.

I then had a little catchup with Aluna personally in her hotel room to talk all things beauty so watch out for that feature coming this week, and then trotted off to the very cool Nouveau Casino in the Bastille district of Paris - pretty much the Shoreditch of Paris. It was awesome and AlunaGeorge put on a very good show. My old friend Trood plays drums for them so it was amazing seeing him in the band and having a little catch up after a few years!

The next day I went to hang out in Paris alone and I had a fantastic explore of the city. I didn't really plan much other than wanting to see the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadero view point, so I just bought a metro ticket and got off at some stops that I liked the names of (!) i'm somewhat of a Dora the Explorer so getting lost in Paris was perfect by me. Gosh, did I meet some amazing people. I had a little natter with two very cool boys in the street who stopped me to compliment me on my style, and when I told them I was from London we had a little chat about fashion! I then had the surprise of one of my lovely readers coming to find me in Sephora after I sent a little tweet out that I was inside - so that totally made my day! I then went on a 3 mile walk across the city to look at the Eiffel Tower (I had a spot of lunch too, Croque Monseur anyone?) and while I was there ended up meeting two more lovely readers from South America who were travelling!

After getting the Eurostar home and not getting in until about 11pm I went straight to bed and got up to head straight to Birmingham the next day to do the first of four DJ gigs inside all the Selfridges stores in England - they're hosting beauty events and you're all invited, read more here - and it was great fun! I had my makeup done by Suqqu and she made me look dewy and fresh. I then djed for 3 hours and met some lovely bloggers in the process as well as a really young reader who had a blog - please comment if you're reading this so I can check your blog! - so that was lovely. I then met up with my friend Matt who is one of the main presenters at Kerrang Radio and he took me out for a Mexican and what started as a chilled out catchup turned into a lock in at a pub, some alleged Jenga cheating, a whole bunch of Thai whiskey and basically a lot of rock and roll debauchery. That boy knows how to party...

After some hangouts with Matt the next day I whizzed back to London to prep for my DJ set at Barfly on Saturday night which took us through to the morning of my birthday on Sunday. My babes Lina and Katie came and I got them both very drunk before partying til the early hours to celebrate my turning of 24. My sister came down later in the day and I took her to Meat Liquor to round off my birthday weekend.

Phew! It's been a busy week, and i'm sorry for lack of blogging - this week will be better. I'm the worst blogger ever, sometimes I wish I had a twin! Lots of fun planned this week including a little trip to Manchester as well as a whole bunch of other bits and bobs.. don't forget to follow me on Instagram by clicking here to keep up with my life!

See you next weeeeeek (hopefully on Sunday this time!)

Love, Zozo
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