Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Makeup Look Compilation

So this is just a compilation of random makeup looks that I have done from a year ago. I can't remember what I used exactly, but I can give you a rough idea of what was done. Hope you enjoy this fun post!:)

POISON IVY EYE MAKEUP
I don't celebrate Halloween, but I always find it extremely tempting to dress up in those costumes. I'm definitely too cheap to buy a Halloween Costume for one-time-use, but I decided I could at least do a makeup look for my "would-be" costume if I could dress up. I believe it was that year I had seen a photo of Kim Kardashian in a Poison Ivy costume, and immediately I thought of the eye look I would do on myself if I dressed up as Poison Ivy.


  


ELECTRIC EYE MAKEUP
I have no clue why I want to call this eye look electric. But for some reason the glitter just strikes me with the word 'electric'. So I guess this will be called the electric eye look until my brain comes up with something better. Here I added a red eye shadow to my outer crease, blue all over the lid, and blended the two colors together by adding a dark purple in the inner crease. I finished with lining my lash-line with silver glitter and black liner. 



PRETTY IN PINK
Here is very wearable look for those that don't like eye makeup that is too "loud". It's a very pretty pink look and can be worn by anyone! The method used here is to blend the pink eye shadows only on you outer and inner crease, adding darker pinks/purples to your inner crease for added depth. Keep the base of you eyelid simple with a light pastel pink color.

EDGEY IN COPPER 
Here I incorporated a copper-toned and metallic orange eye shadow in the outer crease. I also added definition with a dark coffee brown in the crease. The look is edgy, but versatile because you can go from a nude lip, to something more dark and vibrant without looking too over-the-top. 


PROFILE PHOTO
This is the same look that is on my profile photo. It's just a very light blue-grey, with a darker grey in the crease. I also added a beige eye shadow to the entire lid prior to adding the blue-grey eyes shadow. 



RANDOM COLOR, RANDOM DESIGN
Just a random design I decided to do for fun. I think the image shows exactly what colors were used, and the layout of them pretty well so I don't think I'll explain any details :). 




SILVER AND BLACK WITH A TIST
This is just a common eye color combination of silver on the entire lid, and black on the outer V. However I added some copper and gold to the upper crease to make the look more unique. 



SIMPLICITY IN GOLD 
South Asian clothing is usually accompanied with a bold, bright basic color, and some heavy gold or silver embroidery on top. This look is great for those who have a bright suit with gold embroidery, they can play up the lip with a loud color, and still get away with adding this eye color because of it's simplicity.


SILVER SMOKEY EYE
This is the incredibly common color combination of silver and black, joined together with the same shade, or varying brightness, and blended to avoid any harsh lines.


CUT-CREASE With Gold
This is a cut-crease look where instead of using a matte skin-toned eye shadow all over the lid. I chose to use gold all over the lid. I then added black to my crease, and blended the edges up with a soft rust color. 





 That's it for now!
Hope you enjoyed it :)

Monday, 5 November 2012

Ocean Eyes


FYI, I post pictures of the eye shadows used in my tutorials, not to tempt you to buy them, but to make it easier for you to find eye shadow duplicates that you may already have, or are easily available where you live. Please don't feel like you have to have all the same products to get the look. You can definitely buy these same colors elsewhere, maybe even for a better price :).


COASTAL SCENTS PALETTE- MATTE
EYES:
PARI BEAUTY COLOR CUBE- HAWAII
1) Prime lids with Mac Paint Pot in Painterly
2) Apply shade #3 all over lid
3) Apply shade #2 in outer and inner. Blending inwards
4) Apply shade #1 to outer lid, outer v and lightly to the inner lid.
5) Blend eye shadows to avoid harsh lines.
6) Reapply Shade #3 to keep center of lid lighter than the rest of the eye.
7) I used a silver-plum shimmery pigment on the outer crease, blending up to the brow bone. (This eyeshadow comes in a stack from Pari Beauty, the stack is called Hawaii, I don't know the name of the specific shadow used though)
8)Mac Black Track Fluidline
9)Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara 

FACE
1)Moisturized and primed face
2)Revlon Photo-ready Foundation in Medium
3)Contour with Hoola Bronzer
4)Add a light amount of peachy-pink toned blush

LIPS
1) L.A girl lip pencil in Mauve





Thursday, 1 November 2012

WORLDWIDE SHIPPING FOR U.S COMPANIES THAT DON’T SHOP WORLDWIDE


 Have you ever watched a video on Youtube, a post on a blog, or a review from a makeup artist/”guru” about a product, only to be disappointed by the fact that those companies don’t ship products to your country?

Tons of popular cosmetic companies (and non-cosmetic companies) only ship around the United States. Some of these companies have amazing shipping deals for U.S. shipping addresses only, and some of them don’t ship to your country at all.
Take for example Inglot Cosmetics**. Inglot is a cosmetic brand that has recently been gaining popularity for their eye shadows. Now Inglot is not easily available for every individual. And for those that would really like to buy their products but can’t due to accessibility issues, may have to resort to sources such as ebay.

There is another option however. You can choose to sign up for programs such as MyUS.com or USA2Me.com. These are companies who will give you a U.S. shipping address to use during your purchase. Your purchase then gets sent to MyUS or USA2Me, who then send the product directly to you.
Both these companies ship worldwide and have various delivery options from standard to immediate delivery.

This is a great option for consumers who have trouble finding vegan/halal products that are shipped worldwide. For example, if you are looking for a moisturizer from ORIGINS, and you know ORIGINS doesn’t ship to your country, you can always use this service to get these otherwise inaccessible products to you.

This is a great option for Vegan or Muslim makeup artists who want to stay true to their belief, and would like to use vegetable-based creams and cosmetics on their clients. These products are sometimes hard for everyone to get, but if you stick true to your belief, you’d be surprised as to how many people will respect and trust to do business with you.

**I have used Inglot Cosmetics as an example, but Inglot has yet to get back to me about the ingredients they use in their products**