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When a girl turns into a woman…

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It is an exciting day when you get to be made up for the first time. It’s something that for a girl you never forget and it’s also an important step in a females life in the symbol of turning from a girl into a young woman.

I feel privileged to be a part of this experience in a lot of people’s lives and especially when it’s someone I have known since they were a baby so I am going to share the pic’s from Holly’s first time being made up and ready for her graduation from primary school.

Before

After

All grown up

Proud mum :)

It was an absolute pleasure to be a part of this day.

Good luck with your next exciting stage of life miss Holly xx

How to guide: Cat Woman Makeup

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Step 1: Start with your base first and cover your face with desired level of foundation. Then with a loose translucent face powder apply under the eyes with a blending brush so as to create an easy removal of any mess. Use the diagram above to show you the area in which to place the powder.

Step 2: Using a grey eyeshadow to give a soft smokey effect to the eye over the whole lid and out at the edge to give you a cat like effect. The lighter grey above is representing a silver glitter to add some sparkle to the look. Finish off the eye design with a thick liquid black line to enhace the cat effect to your eyes. This look doesnt need much blending as its supposed to be a dramatic look.

Step 3: Now you can remove away the translucent powder under the eye and clean up any mess before you go on. I reccomend a powder brush to remove the powder in a quick sweeping motion from the inner eye to outer. To remove the excess residue of powder clean up with a few cotton buds then use your concealor brush to freshen with the left over concealor in the brush. Add your desired blush to the apples of your cheeks.

Step 4: Now that there is no more powder products being used you can apply your mascara and for added effect a full set of lashes. Finish off your makeup with desired lipstick or gloss, I used red because I wanted a sexy Cat Woman. Normally a smokey eye with a strong lip can look too much but when its a special event all rules go out the window and you can really have fun!

Step 5: Now you wouldn't be Cat Woman without a face mask so there are a few ways to do this. I have used body paint because that was what I did this look for so if you have a steady hand and want to give this a try then start with an outline using a light lip liner to get the shape right and then fill it in. Alternatively you can buy a pre made mask from a store.

Well I hope you enjoyed my post on how to achieve this look. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions if you are having trouble.  Practice makes perfect so keep at it cause it gets really easy really quickly…..

Enjoy xx

Leopard Body Paint shoot

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Had sooo much fun with this, hope you all enjoy

We did a plain blue background for the purpose of cutting her out of it and super imposing her into a jungle background. Shots will be up when this side project has been completed, should look amazing!

All images are raw, no retouching as yet.

When post production is finished I will add them up here.

Photography by Travis Smith

Concept, Body Art, Hair & Makeup by Nicole Smith

Jungle Makeup: How to Guide

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I have posted this step by step guide for my jungle makeup pics as they have been extremely popular.  I hope this is made easy for everyone to re create or as a base to help you create your own version.  Have fun playing….

Step 1

Step 1: Start with your makeup, from foundation to eyeliner and add some false lashes too if you want the total WOW factor. I used individual lashes layered on each other for the natural lash look but a full set would look almost the same and less time consuming. With the individual lashes you have more control with the direction they go and you can add them under the eye like i did for this look.

Step 2: Add some shading and highlighting now. I used the blush for the shading look because of the peach/orange tone but you could use bronzer instead, it just depends what colour sceme your going for. For the highlight i used a golden eyeshadow (the same one i used for under the eyebrows) because i wanted the shine. The highlighter is placed down the nose, on top of the cheek bones and above the eyebrows if you cant tell from the pic.

Step 3: Now the spots! This is the fun part. Do NOT be afraid, it doesn't matter if you stuff up a line or dot, different sizes and shapes look more natural anyway. If worse comes to worse its only makeup and it comes off! So i recommend using a brown eyeliner to create the spots, one with a soft touch rather than hard. My tip for this to get right is to practice first on your hand, you want some dots and some circles and even small lines. If you need further help copy some leopard print material for the design.

Step 4: Now this is the last step your almost ready. I coloured in the dots with green shimmer mixed with water to make a paste, doing this to your loose shimmers makes them a stronger colour. I also used a yellow shimmer in the same manor. Again just scatter them randomly in the circles of brown and also in between the brown. You will need smaller eyeshadow brushes or even craft brushes for this effect. I chose shimmer eyeshadows because of the shine to them but you could use face/body paints or coloured eyeliners to create the same effect.

So i hope this helps and don’t forget to have to cotton buds ready for mistakes and also practice on your hand or arm first.

Good luck and enjoy ;)

How-to guide: Colour smokey eye

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This is a new addition to my blog, keep a look out for more looks for any occasion, hope everyone finds this helpful and thanks for checking it out.

Smokey blue/purple eye desingn open & closed

Step 1: start with a highlight colour under eyebrow eg: white or pale pink shimmer. Then cover the lid up to the natural rim all over with black eyeshadow.

Step 2: Cover the black eyelid with the blue/purple eyeshadow (or whatever colour you like). I carried the colour under the eye for this design.

Step 3: Add some more black eyeshadow to enhance your natural crease and finish off by blending all the colours together a little to soften. All you need now is some eyeliner and mascara

Always clean up any droplets of eyeshadow from under your eyes with a quick stroke of your powder brush.  Then your next best friend is a cotton tip, these little babies will clean up all the mess and clean the edges, you can always add a little more concealer when your eye makeup is complete and cleaned.

Please feel free to ask any questions about this makeup design or any other makeup related questions.

Good luck and enjoy

Natural Makeup

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Mineral makeup is all the rage these days, there are so many companies that are doing it so how do we know what’s good and what is jumping on the bandwagon.

Well it’s as simple as all the ingredients should be natural, so many are not 100% natural, another clue is it should not be pressed, the pressing process is not natural, all loose is the best.  It is also hard to find good quality pigment, as a makeup artist that is very important.

So give natural makeup a go especially if you get aggravated skin to the traditional forms :)