Queen of hearts

Good morning all!

Remember back in high school when we had to write a creative story for English? Well, this time it is with a creative look! During week 1, we were asked to think about what we wanted to do for our creative which would be done in week 3 (last Saturday). After countless searches, I finally decided to look through pinterest- which was where I found this look.

I was really excited when I found something that would suit my model Judy, especially with her fair skin. I texted her with the image and she responded excitedly towards the look. But because our kit did not came with everything we need, we both decided to head out to buy some missing items. As we head over to the Mac counter, we found two eyeshadows that were similar to the red used in the image and they were: Embrace Me and pigment in Rose. Rose was the exact colour we were hoping to find, unfortunately it was sold out which lead us into purchasing Embrace Me instead. At the end of the day, we ended up purchasing:

• Ardell false lashes in 120 Demi Black
• Mac eyeshadow in Embrace Me 
• Mac paint pot in Painterly 
• Heart shape 'Glitter' at Lincraft

Luckily enough, we were able to get everything we needed just in time before the stores started to close. Especially how class started at 9am the following day and there was no way we were able to shop again before class started!! Anyways, here is the finished look. Sorry Judy for making you wear it after class was over, especially how we were planning go eat afterwards!

So, where do you get your inspirations from? Is it through books? Music? Artworks? Leave a comment below, I would love to know where you get your ideas from.

Rules? What rules!

Good morning peeps! 

Had you ever woke up one morning and think to yourself "hmm.. what makeup would I like to do today..?" Whether it is rocking the smokey eye, adding a pop of colour or just a natural everyday look, everyone has their own unique style. There is no right or wrong when it comes to applying makeup because rules are meant to be broken! 

Talking about rules, in my previous post I had mentioned how eye shape effects how you apply eye makeup. According to the handout, eye makeup should be applied to recreate the almond eye shape. Sure, it is best to apply according to your eye shape as some applications looks better than others but for this instance- look at the picture below. 

This is my beautiful friend Van Anh who was kind enough to be my model for my week 2 class. As you can see, she has pretty big eyes and currently has the 1950s look on her. In the handout it mentioned how an extended eyeliner is a way to create an illusion of having bigger eyes. Obviously, she does not need that but because the 1950s look consists of a winged eye and the bold red lips, there is no way I can take those features out! So in this case, there is nothing wrong with breaking the rules of extending the eyeliner on Van Anh eyes, because look how gorgeous she looks!! 

How many rules had you broken when it comes to applying makeup? Think hard, because you might do it everyday without even realizing it! Oh and also don't forgot to check out her blog!

First practical class!

Good morning all!

Last week (6th of July, 2013) we had our first makeup session. The first thing that we saw once we entered the room was our makeup bag, sitting there on the table waiting for us to rip it apart. It felt like Christmas had came extra early this year! This kit contains a wide variety of LimeLily Cosmetics products and include the following:

(Clear Makeup bag, brush roll, foundations, eyeshadows, blushes, lipsticks, concealers, translucent powder, contour kit, 12 empty pan palette, 6 empty pan palette x2, lipgloss, lip liners, eye liners, mascara, eyelash, pencil sharpener, disposable mascara wands, tweezers and sponges. Our instructor also included her favourite bronzer by Rimmel into our kit!) The kit is missing a purple eyeshadow and an eyebrow pencil. 

As you can see, I had already placed my pans into the magnetic palette according to their uses. The main eye shadows are placed in the 12 pan palette, powders and concealers in the 6 pan palette and all the cream blushes and lipsticks are in another.  Of course, the way you arrange your palette is entirely up to you!

Unfortunately, we did not get to dig through out makeup bag until after our lunch break. The session started off with the basics; Skin type, face shapes, eye shapes and how each of them affects how we apply makeup. Using the activities and diagrams in our handout, we were asked to create a natural everyday makeup look. Excited as I was, I forgot to take a photo of my makeup but I did recreate it a few days after. Here is a picture (Not the best quality though..)

Pretty stoked on how it turned out, as I had always told myself my eye shape was the worse shape to apply eye makeup on. (Referring to not finding any youtubers with the exact same eye shape) Had you ever searched up on how to apply eye makeup but noticed you can't find any beauty gurus that has the exact same eye shape as you? Come on.. I can't be the only one!