Pink/Grey Eye Makeup

Salam Sisters!

Here is the eye makeup I used for my pashmina hijabs, and my girly lace hijab.
Hope you Enjoy the photos

Please check out my facebook page:
www.facebook.com/hijabapparel.com

EYES
1. Covered lid with NYX jumbo pencil in cottage cheese
2. Layered thick coat of Urban Decay Eyeshadow zephyr
3. Put UD eyeshadow gunmetal on outer v. Blended this color towards the center using UD eyeshadow crystal.
5. Put UD eyeshadow midnight rodeo on the outer edge and inner edge of the lid. Also blended some lightly to the outer crease.
6. Highlighted with zephyr
7. Lined bottom lash line with white pencil
8. Applied thick coat of gel liner above top lashes, and a thin coat below bottom lashes.
9. Took a hot pink eyeshadow and lined underneath the lower lashline.
10. Took same pink eyeshadow and added to the outer and inner part of the lid, leaving the center untouched. Also added same pink eyeshadow to outer V.
11. Apply a generous coat of mascara and VOILA!

REST OF FACE:
lol...that's up to you. I got lazy.

Red Floral Hijab Makeup

Hola Amigos!

So I've been busy setting up a small business selling general muslim apparel (such as hijabs, dresses, abayas etc).

I've recently created a facebook page for it, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
I would love for anyone to support me and like my page (even though it's new and has basically nothing on it right now :P).

https://www.facebook.com/HijabApparel

I decided it would be fun to incorporate hijab patterns and my love for makeup.

Hope you guys enjoy these photos.

love, Maria

Red Floral Hijab 

EYES

1. Applied Mac Paint Pot in Painterly all over the lids

2. Generously patted on Mac eye shadow Vanilla all over lid 

3. Applied Dark Gold Color to the outer v (from metallic palette)

4. Applied Rusty Red Color to the crease, blending color upwards.(from metallic palette)

5. Blended red color with dark gold to tone the red down. 

6. Used Vanilla eye shadow as highlight 

7. Applied thick coat of Mac Blacktrack and winged it out. 

8. Applied Kajal to top and bottom lash lines

9. I skipped the mascara, but you could add it on if you wish. 

Face

1. Mac Face/ Body Moisturizer

2. Mary Kay Luminous Foundation in Beige 6 

3. Mac Studio Fix Powder C4

4. Mary Kay cinnamon stick blush

LIPS

1. Mac Ruby Woo if your daring enough! or you can wear Mac Kinda Sexy or Revlon Mauve it over for something more subtle. 

YVES ROCHER- A Halal Brand

Yves Rocher is a French makeup brand that focuses on botanical beauty. This brand is great for Muslim consumers as all their products are plant based and thus Halal.

I think the greatest aspect of shopping from this brand is the lack of stress you'll experience. You don't have to stress about all the various scientific ingredient names, and whether they are animal or plant based. If any of you have seen PETA list of animal ingredients, you may agree that keeping all these ingredients to memory is never going to happen and the easiest, most stress free and doubt-free way to buy halal makeup is to buy it from a plant based company. The only ingredient you may have to be concerned about is alcohol; other than that your shopping will be a very easy and fun experience.

The other positive aspect of this company is that they have testers in the store. Not only that, but they

allow you to take their products home, try them on, and if you're still not truly satisfied you can always return the used product! In addition to the moderate price range, you have an assurance that if you're not satisfied with your product, that you can always return it. That is a definite advantage that drugstore makeup (which has a cheap to moderate price range) does not have!

On the other hand, I feel their products are either hit or miss. I love their lip pencils and long wear lipstick range. However, when I tried their eyeliner it smudged off even after it dried.
Another disadvantage to this company is that their stores are not widely accessible to everyone, and thus many have to resort to online shopping and miss out on the convenience of testing out a product in-store.

I think that when it comes to skin-care products and lip products this company is awesome because those are the hardest products to find that are Halal. Often times a lipstick color that you've fallen in love with will have carmine, and a skin care product you love will definitely have glycerin. But as for other products such as eyeliners, and eye shadows. I think you're better off finding halal options from more familiar brands like MAC that are of higher quality.

Silver Dust Eye Look

So lately there has been little to no motivation in doing

extravagant makeup since I'm now nearing 8 months and this baby just loves to kick at my bladder.

I swear I go to the washroom at least five times in a single hour! So obviously, no ability to keep my wudu till the next prayer. But Alas!... makeup is my love (even if it means washing it off after a short while) and today I got inspired by a beautiful abaya and lots of free time :P

I bought a grey abaya that I will be selling soon. The abaya has beautiful grey embroidery up the sleeves and down the sides. There are also small black stones on the abaya that glitter under light. The abaya itself is an umbrella/princess cut which allows gives it a very graceful fall. All of this info combined made me want to create the following eye look....

Here are pictures of the work on the abaya. (I'll have more pictures of the abaya on my next post as I am intending to sell it In shaa Allah).

EYES:
1. Apply a white eye shadow base on the brow bone and all over the lid. I used NYX pencil in milk.
2. Apply a light gold eye shadow all over the lid. I used Midnight Cowgirl from Urban Decay (UD) palette
3. I then added the color Crystal from the UD palette in my crease and blended upwards.
4. To add further depth I went in with the color Hijack from the same palette. I used a pencil brush to keep the color concentrated, but blended afterwards to keep the edges soft.
5. I took a matte brown eye shadow from the Coastal Scents palette and used an angled brush to carefully place the brown shadow on my outer v and outer crease.
6. I kept blending and adding the brown shadow until I was happy with it's intensity.
7. I applied Midnight cowgirl on my brow bone, and also reapplied it to the center of my lid.
8. I also applied the brown shadow and the color hijack on my lower, outer lash line. I lined Midnight cowgirl on the inner lower lash line.
9. I then finished off with Mary Kay Ultimate mascara in black and Mac black track liner.




CHEEKS
1. I used a peachy/coral toned blush for my cheeks. (I have a pic of the blush here)
2. I also used a white highlight color on my cheeks. The highlighter I used specifically is NARS albatross.

FACE
1. Mac face/body moisturizer
2. Mary Kay luminous wear foundation in Beige 6
3. Mac Studio Fix powder in C4
4. NARS concealor in ginger.

LIPS
1. Yves Rocher Lip Liner in Nude Beige
2. Mac Sweet Ever After Prolongwear lipcreme
3. Clear gloss with gold flecks (optional)

White silver and purple

Here is a makeup look I did a couple months back but just didn't have the time to post it. 

It's a good look for those who would like some noticeable eye makeup without looking too dramatic or old. You can pair this eye-look with a light pink gloss to make it look even more youthful.  

EYE:

EYES
1. Prime lids.
2. Apply nyx jumbo pencil in milk all over the lid.
3. Generously apply Mary Kay Eye Shadow in Crystalline all over the lids and on the brow bone as a highlight
4. Apply a light pink to the outer crease and blend up.
5. Apply a dark purple color to the inner crease with a pencil brush, and then blend up.
6. Go back and apply Crystalline Eye Shadow on the inner and middle lid, and softly blend it towards the outer lid and crease too soften the color.
7. Apply a think coat of liquid liner in black.
8. Add black liner to the upper and lower waterline.
9. Curl lashes and add mascara

CHEEKS
1. Use any berry-pink toned blush. Blend from the apple of the cheeks and out.
2. Add a cream colored, shimmery highlight to your cheeks. (You could use the Mary Kay Crystalline eye shadow as a highlight  as well)

LIPS
1. For dramatic look go for a deep berry color, such as romance from LA GIRL
2. For a light youthful look go for a sheer berry pink lip gloss. I used Gosh lip pencil in Wild Cherry, accompanied with Revlon Pink Pout lipstick to lighten the shade, and a gloss over top.

(*** OLD Formula of Revlon Matte Lipsticks do NOT have Carmine, but New formula has carmine listed as a "maybe" ingredient***)

Does Makeup Invalidate Wudu?

Does makeup break invalidate your Wudu?

It Depends.

We have discussed previously that makeup with Haram ingredients will invalidate your wudu. But apart from this, even makeup that is halal can get in the way of a proper wudu.

Wudu, or ablution, is the act of washing oneself according to Islamic procedure and is often completed prior to performing prayers, or touching the Qur'an.

In order for your wudu to be valid the water you use must reach your skin. If the makeup you are wearing is causing a barrier then your wudu is not complete.

Nail Polish is a well-known cosmetic product that invalidates the wudu, but there are many other types of cosmetics that may or may not be affecting the validity of your wudu.

It is always beneficial to educate yourself in this because generally there are three types of women you will meet. One who is completely oblivious to the fact that her makeup may be invalidating her wudu, the second who knows but doesn't care, and the third who blatantly tells any women that her prayer is not accepted because of her makeup.You don't want to be any of these women. You want to be the educated woman, who is completely comfortable in her makeup and knows very well if her makeup is halal or haram.

MASCARA
-whether waterproof or not you need to properly get rid of your mascara in order for your wudu to be valid.
-your eye lashes are part of the face, and thus each lash must be touched with water. Mascara generally forms a barrier.
-Advice: Wear mascara after Magrib prayer, and do Isha once you come home (if you can't hold your wudu). Or only wear mascara during your special time of the month.

LIPSTICK/LIPGLOSS
-If you can see your lipstick is creating a barrier between the skin and the water then  it's invalidating your wudu. How do you know if it's creating a barrier? If water forms little circular balls all over your lips, it means that the water can't get past the lip-product to your lips.
-Advice: wear a lipstain instead

FOUNDATION/CONCEALER
-Once again, you have to make the decision here. If you can tell the foundation is too heavy and is creating a barrier, it has to come off.

EYELINER
-Touch your eyeliner. Do you feel a heavy coat of eyeliner. Generally the long-lasting eyeliner, or the gel-liners appear to cause a barrier. The cheap eyeliners, or the one that easily smudge tend not to be a problem
-Advice: You can always put eyeliner on your top and bottom waterline. This won't invalidate your wudu.

EYESHADOW
-This is a personal decision. Some sisters feel the need to remove their eyeshadow, I personally don't.
I think any sort of powder product does not invalidate the wudu . The only "if" factor here is whether the primer causes a barrier.

The information above gives you a basic outline of what is going to invalidate your wudu and what is not. However, the general rule for any makeup product is your personal investigation of it. Everyone is using a different product on their face, so it's not fair to state that someones makeup is invalidating their wudu if you have no idea what that specific product is like.

If you're a makeup lover this may bum you out. How do you wear makeup then if you have to take it off?
1. Most parties are in the evening. Do your wudu right before you put on your makeup. Most of the time you'll get Asar and Zhur at home, and it's only Magrib you have to worry about.
2. Carry makeup removing wipes, and extra makeup so you can re-do your makeup after wudu.
3. Skip the mascara, and wear eyeliner on your water line.
4. Carry your lipstick shade with you
5. Go all-out when it's your time-of-the-month
6. Remember your wudu is only benefiting you, and that you should be honest with yourself.


MOST IMPORTANT!
Don't judge each other. If you see a woman who doesn't want to take off her makeup, then leave her alone.After you've said your part, your job is finish. Remember that these rules are not easy for everyone, and some sisters need more time to take the rule to heart. Your job is just to inform them, what they choose to do with that information is up to them.

Pink/Purple with shimmer liner

Sometimes I go through days when I just like to put on makeup simply because I love makeup. On these days I'll have heavy makeup on random hours in the night, and odd hours in the day. This makeup look was done on one of these days.

It's incorporate lots of pretty pink and purple tones, and also shows you how to make use of your loose glitter as a liner.

EYES
1. Place primer all over the eye lids and brow bone.
2. Place shimmery cream color all over lids, and on brow bone. I used Mary Kay Crystalline
3. Take a dark pink color and place on outer crease and blend from the outer part of the eye to the inner.
4. Add a dark purple color to the inner crease and blend in.
5. Use a small amount of dark black shadow on outer v. Concentrate on this area only.
6. Go in with a lighter pink to blend any harsh lines caused by the dark colors.
7. Take a light blue eyeshadow or liner and line your lower lash line from the outer lash line to the center. 
8. Take some loose silver glitter and mix it with Pari Transforming Eye Gel. This gel can turn any loose shadow or glitter into a liner. Now take a liner brush and line the glitter on the top lash line.
9. Line with a black liquid liner. I used Urban Decay 24/7 liquid liner.
10. Use Mascara if needed.

CHEEKS
1. Use a light berry color on the cheeks. I used Revlon Blushing Berry.
2. Highlight cheeks. I used Nars Albatross

LIPS
1. Gosh lip liner in Wild Cherry all over the lips. (lightly)
2. Clear lip gloss (optional)