I am so excited! As an animal lover and fancy dress fiend, the thought of having a safari themed evening next Wednesday is almost as good as Christmas!

After a lot of deliberation I opted to go as a zebra. I've been a leopard a couple of times before and though I briefly considered being a gazelle (I kid you not) I decided that a zebra was a little bit easier to do. Or so I thought.. how do you dress up as a Zebra whilst trying to still look a little bit cool..? Animal print was a massive part of A/W last year so I thought I'd try my luck on my fave fashion sites to see what was on offer. Being a typical student however, I of course plumped straight for eBay and got myself a cheap pair of zebra print leggings. I'm planning to wear them with a plain black strappy vest top and adorn my self with zebra print material in my hair and on my arms.



What I'm looking forward to more than anything however is trying to create some form of zebra style make up for my face. As I tend to sometimes have adverse reactions to face paint, I'm trying to make do with different types of make up I already own. Cheap and much less likely to bring me out in a rash! My plan is to use a mixture of my No. 7 Sheer Shine Eye Crème and my white ColorTrend eye pencil as the base.


 I'll then use a mixture of different kohl and liquid black eyeliners to create the stripe effect. Simple to do on my hand...


.. but I have yet to try my face! Attempt number 1 used black eye shadow whilst attempt number 2 used liquid eyeliner. I think for my face I'm definitely going to use the liquid eyeliner more and if I have the time (and the patience!) to add some make up to my arms or shoulders, I'll probably use the black eye shadow more as that doesn't need to stand out as much.

I now have a week to practice and perfect it - wish me luck!

Jade :)