Category Archives: Makeup tips

Wedding Makeup Trial Tips

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With wedding season around the corner there are a lot of people trying to fit in makeup trials so here are a few things that will help you when your planning your wedding makeup.

  • Try and book your trial on a day that you plan to do something so you can make the most of being done up and this also is a great way to test the staying power of your makeup.
  • After your trial it helps to catch up with people that you trust to give you some feedback.
  • Make sure your makeup artist has filled out a bridal registry that covers the times, location and bridesmaids so you both know what time to start.
  • Be aware of anything that may cause a problem for your skin as no one wants aggravation on their wedding day. This can be caused from waxing, facials, laser treatment and tanning.
  • Research what sorts of looks you might be after so that you have an idea of what to ask for. If you want to try two different eye looks or colours ask for each eye to be different so you can decide easier.
  • Make sure your makeup artist writes down all the products they have used on a face map to make sure it matches the trial to your wedding day.
  • Take a photo without a flash in some natural light to see how you like the look on camera as you may like to try it a little heavier, it’s a trial for a reason so go ahead and push it further so you know how far to go as I have found that people like it much better a little heavier.
  • Most importantly when you have gone home and had another look and you would like to change some things then don’t hesitate to let your makeup artist know, they should be more than willing to adjust the look to your requirements.

If your in Adelaide and in need of a trial please check out my services page and contact me to book in a time

My daily essentials

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I have been thinking about my daily essentials when it comes to cosmetics.  Having just had my first baby my daily beauty routine is somewhat minimized :)

Here are my 7 daily items that I can’t live without!

  • I start my skin prep with some Palmers cocoa butter daily lotion spf 15
  • Then I follow with my mineral powder foundation
  • Next up some collosal lashes courtesy of Maybeline
  • I cant go without a touch of colour so on goes my favourite blush which this month is Peach
  • Final touch ready for the day is some glossy lips, 100% natural so my lips don’t tear. 3 fav shades to choose from to change it up

Then to clean my face at the end of the day in my gloriously hot hot shower….

  • Some Palmers daily foaming cleanser to scrub my face clean from the day
  • Finally some delicious cream for my skin to end the day my favourite Burts Bee’s product – Radiance Night cream.

So with the help of my daily essentials my skin glows with the love of some spoiling little treasures and it makes me feel pretty special.  Its the little things that make you feel special when your life has been changed completely to washing, feeding and sleeping ;)

How to achieve this Emma Watson look…

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If your anything like me you just love how Emma Watson has achieved a certain elegance and charm.  I find myself happy to see her grow up into this amazing person who is an important role model for young women.  She is definitely and interesting woman to keep track of and I cant wait to see what she does next……

Here is a guide to achieve her look for this picture. I just love that this makeup enhances her eyes while keeping a natural element, all part of the simple charm that is Emma Watson and to top it off she has a fantastic hair style!

 This makeup look is all about the eyes so you just need a light foundation coverage keeping any freckles and moles for a natural look. Then once you have powdered add some light bronzer around the hairline as i have demonstrated in brown and then add a pale peach/pink blush. All the makeup used for this look is in matt form so no shimmer in any way will work best for this makeup.

Next up add your lips, again they have gone for a matt look so a pale pinkish skin colour is what I recommend. When using matt lippy be sure to use a lip balm underneath so it doesnt crack through dry lips, just make sure the balm you choose isn’t too shiny or heavily applied

Now for the eyes. To start use the simple method of tint, tone and shade. What this means is’ tint ‘ under the eyebrow with a pale almond skinlike colour, then follow with a ‘tone’ over the eyelid in a pale peach colour. Complete with your ‘shade’ in the crease of the eye with a light to medium brown. Blend all the levels so that they are subtle but still visible, remember you can always add more but its much harder to take off.

To add more depth to the eyes I recommend using a dark chocolate brown with a fine angled brush around the outside of the lashes both above and below.

Now to make the dark brown really effective you want to blend it into the existing brown ‘shade’, so slowly add more of the dark brown with a small eyeshadow brush into the crease and a little over the lid concentrating on the outside edge. Softly blend away any harsh lines so its not obvious but you should notice the extra ‘wow’ factor this added to your eyes. Sometimes it helps to stand back from your reflection when doing your eyes so you get a better sense of how its coming together.

Finally you finish off your look with a thin line of black eyeliner concentrating on the lash line. Take the outside edge out to a little flick and take the line about half way under the eye giving you that ‘almond eye’ look. Then apply some white eyeliner to the inside of the eye to really open your eyes up. Finish with a few coats of mascara. Remember if you don’t want to have clumpy dry lashes you need to regularly change your mascara, they really dont stay fresh past 3 months.

Thanks for reading and have fun playing with this fabulous look.

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

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: silver party look

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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 silver eyeshadow.

Step 2: Use a medium to dark brown matte eyeshadow in the crease, make sure you blend it to soften the line.

Step 3: Finish off with a green eyeshadow (or a colour of your choice) under the eye and some black liner on top and the inner rim to enhance the green. Complete with mascara and of course the cotton bud clean up.

This eye design will go well with either pink or peach cheeks & lips.

Have fun with it, good luck and enjoy

How-to guide: Natural earthy tones

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Step 1: start off with your base colours. Skin colour shimmer on the lid and a lighter shimmer on the brow bone. You can use a matte version of eyeshadow if you prefer.

Step 2: Follow with a medium brown shade in the crease of your eye and be sure to blend this softly. The idea of this step is to create the natural shade your eyes have when they have no foundation on them so only a light amount of product is required.

Step 3: Finish off with a liquid liner. I have chosen the 50's flick because it is a personal fav but any eyeliner will finish off the look. If you are scared of using liquid please dont be, have a go, keep practicing at home until you feel you have it mastered.

These colours go well with close to every lippy so be sure to experiment and try a colour you have always wanted to.

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

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 :)

 

 

Makeup Tips: Brushes

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The most important trick to a perfect and flawless makeup is the tools!

More and more it is becoming known to the general public that brushes make a difference  but which are the ones you need?

I have taken some shots of my essential brushes to help you out with your choice.

In the order of use :

Foundation Brush

Concealer Brush

Kabuki Powder Brush

Eyeshadow Brush: for the eyelid

Bullet Eyeshadow Brush: perfect for darker colours in the socket

Blending Brush: for light colour eyeshadow on brow bone and blending

Angled Brush: for eyebrows and delicate eyeshadow

Eyeliner Brush: for liquid liner

Blush Brush: for blush, highlighting and shading

There are a lot more brushes available of course but this selection will be a great start and all you really need.

I got this set from a favourite shop of mine called showface. They are easily bought online as they don’t have too many stores so just go to

www.showface.com.au and have a look at the best set for you.

Please ask any questions hat you like

Good luck and enjoy xx