Saturday, February 19, 2011

Era Makeup

My friend Anna & I had to do an era inspired look for one of our makeup classes.

 80's Inspired by Victoria                                  60's Inspired by Anna



xoxo Victoria.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Springtime Colours


Hey everyone, this look was inspired by "prettylilmizgrace" on youtube. She did a look very similar to this & i just wanted to recreate it :) enjoy!

eyes:
  1. prime your lids with MAC "painterly" paint pot
  2. using a 239 brush, pat MAC "gesso" all over the lid & up to the brows, focusing on the inner corner
  3. next take MAC "going bananas" (limited edition) on an ELF "contour brush" & blend this onto the outer 2/3 of the lid
  4. then take MAC "passionate" on a 217 brush & sweep it into the crease & create a defined outer V shape
  5. with the ELF "contour brush" again, pick up MAC "goldenrod" & just smudge this where MAC "passionate" & MAC "going bananas" meet
  6. blend out any hard edges with a 227 brush & an eyeshadow similar to your skin tone (for me this is MAC "blanc type")
  7. take a 219 brush & smudge MAC "passionate" under the lash line
  8. go right under MAC "passionate" with MAC "goldenrod" with the same 219 brush
  9. with a 275 brush, apply MAC "white frost" to the inner corner of your eyes & along your brow bone as a hilight
  10. fill in your brows (i used Annabelle "fuschia" lip liner & went over it with MAC "mystery" eyeshadow)
  11. using a black eyeliner pencil, line your tightline and waterline, i used Urban Decay "24/7 eyeliner pencil" in zero
  12. using any black eyeliner (gel, cream, liquid, pencil) line your upper lash line, i used ELF "studio cream liner" in black
  13. apply your favourite mascara, i used Benefit "bad gal"
face:
  1. first prime your skin using clean fingers with either a moisturizer or foundation primer, i used Clinique "dramaticlly different moisturizing lotion"
  2. next conceal under your eyes, i used the salmon colour in the Coastal Scents "camo quad" in light
  3. next conceal any other imperfections on your skin, i used MAC "pro longwear concealer" in NW15
  4. apply your foundation, i used MAC "mineralized skin finish natural" in light
  5. if using non powder foundation, set with powder.
  6. next take your contour colour with a 168 brush and contour the hollows of your cheekbones and anywhere else you'd like, i used Coastal Scents "dark camo quad" in the darkest shade
  7. apply with a fluffy dome brush (i used the "blush" brush from Visage), MAC "bite of an apple" blush (limited edition) to the apples of your cheeks & blend up along your cheekbone
  8. finally dust a little of Too Faced "snow bunny bronzer" onto the top of your cheekbones up to your temple as a highlight with a 188 brush
lips:
  1. prime your lips with a lip primer or lip balm, i used California Mango lip balm
  2. apply any colour lipstick you'd like, i just stuck with my lip balm
xoxo Victoria.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentines Day Look



This was a contest entry for Makeup Geek. Hope you like it :)

xoxo Victoria.