3 things that changed my photoshop game

3 things that changed my photoshop game

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

1. Learning about the basic adjustment layers (e.g. curves, levels, selective colour) This comes mainly from experimenting with various versions of Photoshop over the years, but I have to give a great deal of credit to A Beautiful Mess' Photoshop for Bloggers course which I picked up on sale a month or two ago. Having someone take you step-by-step through processes (both in video and text...

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#Palegirls: Contouring #2

#Palegirls: Contouring #2

Monday, March 28, 2016

Bienvenida to one of my favourite series on I.R. - #Palegirls - where I recommend some of my favourite products to compliment the fairer-skinned amongst us. Obviously, these posts aren't going to be directly useful for all of you, but do keep in mind that these are gorgeous products regardless of your skin tone, so be sure to check any of them out if they tickle your fancy, as many will come...

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Makeup to make you feel badass.

Makeup to make you feel badass.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Yes, I know, these products seem incredibly cliché and unoriginal, but you simply can't deny that they are the ones that you reach for when you need that extra bit of sass. If I know I've got a big event coming up, I instantly cast my mind to my go-to lip shades: a strong, blue-toned red like the MAC Lipstick in RiRi Woo/Ruby Woo, or a classic matte nude like my Kat Von D Everlasting...

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The Reading List #5

The Reading List #5

Monday, March 21, 2016

Hiroshima by John Hersey (£1.49): As a lover of history and all books that come under the historical (non-)fiction umbrella, this book by John Hersey really caught my eye when I spotted it in the Amazon Kindle Store the other day. Having watched a fair few documentaries that cover the atomic bombs that devastated Japan and its people during WW2, I’m excited to delve deeper and read the reports...

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And... I'm Back!

And... I'm Back!

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Welcome back to the new and very much improved Isobel Rose!  I've been planning a rebrand/redesign for a while now, and it occurred to me that there would be no better time to relaunch than on this blog's fifth birthday. Can you believe it - five whole years? So much has changed since then, and so it only seemed fit to update this space in order to keep up with my growth, as well as that...

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