Now I don't know about you, but Priyanka Chopra absolutely won the wedding guest award for best make up at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding last month. As soon as I saw the pictures of her on Pati Dubroff's Instagram I knew I HAD to recreate it! Patti has been super helpful by even uploading a picture of the Chanel products she used, making it so much easier to recreate this for you with what I had to hand (see below).

💜Purple Reign💜 #priyankachopra @welovecoco #Workingwithchanel #WeLoveCoco #makeupbypati

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💜💜💜 spring fresh #priyankachopra @welovecoco #Workingwithchanel #WeLoveCoco #makeupbypati 💜💜💜

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I mean just ugh, how stunning. I must admit I'm now very much obsessed with Priyanka and am planning on also doing her evening makeup as well (watch this space).

But anyways, here is how I created this simple yet stunning makeup look:





To begin, I applied an eye primer over the entire lid, before placing a white pencil eyeliner over the top (a white base increases the intensity of the colours you apply on top). In a couple of the pictures, her lower waterline looks quite light, so I added a sheer amount of the eyeliner in the outerhalf of my water line to brighten my eyes.




Then I applied a pink shade over the entire lid with a fluffy blending brush.




Next, I applied a dark purple into the outer v of the eye (literally drawing a '<' shape along the outer part of the lashes and up into the outer part of the crease). I then applied more product in the outer corner to build up intensity, making sure to blend out into the pink shade.


To finish, I added a shimmery white eyeshadow onto the inner colour of the eye, bringing it in along the lash line to the centre (which gives a beautiful effect I will use again in the future!). I then applied a little mascara (my eye lash curlers needed cleaning...). Priyanka's lashes were very natural - no volumising effects or lashes in sight. All the pictures have her eyes looking down so I can't tell if anything was applied to the bottom lash line, but it looks nice and fresh without.

A couple of notes about the rest of the look-

Her face was quite matte, so stay away from the highlighters (I know, that's a terrible thing to say!), and Pati went quite heavy on the blush to really make a statement with the look (with no bronzer in sight either).

For the lips, I had to mix all the shades to get the best match as my hot pink was not a good look on it's own - from the pictures, I would say aim for a dusty, almost lilacy bright pink colour (Paty in fact used two shades, with the brighter one on the centre by the looks of it).

Keep scrolling for the products I used...

For my fellow glasses wearers 😊

Products Used:

If you recreate this look at any summer events you have planned, be sure to tag me @rougebyjunekonrad on Instagram!

June xx

And just like that I'm ⅔ of my way through my university degree. They're right you know, when they say that the step up between first and second year is HUGE! The essays are longer, the required reading is bigger, marking harsher, and to top it all off, you're time is now split between not only your work but your well established extra-curriculum stuff too (well in my case anyway). The lesson of this year, as you will see, is to take every opportunity you can!

A little bit of background information before we get started: I am a second year ancient history and history student at a UK university (if you know where I go, please don't share it as I'm keeping it private).

But enough of me and my random filler intro's, here's a reflection on some of the key themes of the year...

Societies

I really threw myself into society life this year. From being secretary of Ballroom and teaching ballet for a year, I have had some amazing experiences. I mean I competed in a ballroom competition at Blackpool for goodness sake! And on top of that, I choreographed my first ever dance piece for a show in March which, although still needed some polishing off (I mean trying to teach a 3 minute dance piece in 10 weeks to 19 people is no mean feat), I am immensely proud of.

Off to recruit people at Fresher's Fayre

Blackpool Winter Gardens 😍

Living my choreographer dreams and wishing I could be Matthew Bourne!

But to top it all off, I have made some amazing friends this year. One friend at dance in particular started off as a mere acquaintance I taught ballet with in my autumn term, and is now one of my closest friends (and my go to ballet-bud for all the Royal Ballet live screenings, even seeing Giselle at the Royal Opera House with her!).





Dance in my first year was ok, but pretty friendless, but today I am off to a dinner party with a whole group of dance friends I have gained purely from putting myself out there and getting involved! Indeed, I will always say that if you are struggling to make friends at uni, put yourself on the committee of a society. I gained so many friends in ballroom purely because I was someone new people knew and a go-to-for-help in the club- indeed my housemate and I held a party recently, inviting nearly all of the ballroom society because we (both being on committee) have become friends with so many of them - I mean I had two good friends in ballroom last year, and now have 10 at least. If that doesn't encourage you to get involved in university life, I don't know what will!

(But I mean, if that doesn't convince you, at my uni we have a scheme where you get points for getting involved in things and then get rewarded with internships - so basically me getting out of my comfort zone and getting involved got me a job this summer and made my CV look amazing 💁!)

Alcohol

Aha. So if you read last year's university reflection post, then you would know that I am a tee-total student. Well this year I slipped a bit. I didn't want to be bound to this label, and explored alcohol ever so slightly - mainly sharing bottles of Prosecco with my friend at the occasional house party I attended this year (June from 2 years ago would not believe the wild things I've got up to this year 😂). I also tried a Mojito which was wonderful. I mean, I say I went wild, I didn't get drunk and fled at the first feeling of getting tipsy, downing all the water I could- I went wild for me!

Mojito or Lime & Lemonade? There's only one way to find out... Fiiiight!

Look at me clubbing sober

Therapy

The only accessory I wore everyday - red 'gloves'...