Today you get a double post - both outfit and face of the day! I recently rocked a really fun, summery look for a day out for my beastie's birthday. I also got to play a bit more with colored contacts. Check it out!
I'm back with another tutorial. It's a long one but I go through each and every step of this smokey eye red lip tutorial. I wore this to my Lap/Chair Dance class and it reminds me of the classic dancer makeup you see on the Rockettes, Ballet Dancers, etc. I also show you show great new products. Check it out!
Yay another makeup video! In this video I show you a couple of things...new products, how to transition and refresh your makeup from day to night, as well as a great look for work or school. Enjoy!
I was digging through my old makeup stash and I came across an old palette of Ben Nye and Makeup For Ever eyeshadows. Just looking at this palette I saw that this was when I was obsessed with warm neutral eyeshadows especially shimmering rose golds and warm browns. I decided to come up with a look that I always default to because I think it looks great on tan complexions. Check it out!
I'm back with another tutorial! Today I've got another foundation tutorial for you! I did more of a natural Summer routine a few months ago, and today i'm showing you my glam routine featuring full foundation/highlight/contour. I'm also featuring an amazing CoverFX giveaway, check it out!
I'm back with another Face of the Day! I finally pulled out a real Fall Makeup look for my Atlanta Makeup Meetup. When I attend these events, I try to really come up a full out glam look. I typically teach about makeup and I want to make sure I have the face on to prove that I know what I'm doing lol.
A few months ago, I mentioned some items that have been life savers for my kit in this crazy summer weather. I got so many requests to demo the products that today that I have created an entire video and post to a Summerproof/Budgeproof/Waterproof Makeup tutorial for you today. Enjoy!
It's time for my monthly favorites! This time around, I really picked items that I found super useful whether on myself or clients. And this time around, I've got a giveaway. Check it out!
Happy Tuesday. I've got another tutorial for you. This is one of my new favorite go-to looks. This smokey, reddish brown makeup looks great on all skin tones. I love it as an alternative to a dark smokey eye as the reddish, warm tones are super flattering. This is a great going out look. Check it out!
I'm super lucky because here in Atlanta I have this awesome theatrical makeup show called Norcostco - it's also available online to those not in the city. They have a great range of brands from Graftobian to Ben Nye, Mehron and Dermablend. Their busiest time of year is before Halloween and I stopped by to pick up some goodies. Here's my massive haul!
Happy Monday! It's time for another Lip of the Day. This is a great Autumn Deep Red Combo that I wore in a recent video. It's a little easier to wear then a bright red lip because of the darker, more subdued tone. You can wear this during the day or night.
I'm back with another tutorial! Today's look is glam for fall, featuring a dark vampy lips. I wore this to a MAC Pro class so you know I wanted to go all out. Check it out!
It's the week of haul videos :) I wanted to make sure and post this before it got too old, lol. This is a haul from last week. I headed to MAC on Thursday to check out the release of their Holiday lipglass/lustreglass sets. Then I made a trek over to Atlanta Costume - Norcostco on Saturday. They're pretty much the only location here in Atlanta that sells theatrical makeup brands.
Check out my video for the haul!
Here are the lipglass/lustreglass sets from MAC. There is a deep, soft, and bright set. They retail for $30 and you get 5 mini glosses. If you're trying to expand your collection and want to try a bunch of new colors, this is a cheap way to do so. It's great for stocking a makeup artist's kit as well. Personally, I never finish a complete tube of gloss for myself or in my kit, so these cheaper and smaller glosses are great! The packaging is also super cute and they make a great gift. I have a feeling the soft/nude set will sell out since these are popular colors.
Here are some swatches...on top is the soft set, middle is the deep set, and bottom is the bright set.
Next I have my Ben Nye goodies. This is such an amazing and affordable makeup brand. I picked it up at Atlanta Costume...you can also order from them online at http://www.norcostco.com/. If you're in the area and you have a makeup artist business card, make sure to show it to them for a 10% discount.
My favorite items so far are the peachy colored neutralizer cream crayon (works great on dark circles!) and the Ben Nye banana powder (amazing translucent powder which seems to brighten my skin!). The rest are really cool FX stuff...check out my video to hear more.
Here are some swatches of the Ben Nye Cream Colors. In total I have about 8 of these. They're very similar to MUFE flash colors but they're only $4 a pop! I like to use them like how I'd use a MAC cream colour base. They're very pigmented as you can see from the swatches below.
I wanted to show you a haul from about two weekends ago. I didn't have a chance to post it till now but I'm still excited! Unfortunately I haven't been able to try all the products yet but I will soon.
Everything in my haul is from Ben Nye. For those of you who aren't familiar, Ben Nye is a theatrical makeup brand that makeup artists have been using for years! The color pigmentation, foundations, and special products are absolutely amazing for both theatrical and conventional makeup. For those who know about it, Ben Nye is what's up! I've been wanting to get into this brand for a while. So many have done reviews on the Lumiere Eyeshadow Palette. For some reason I actually had self-restraint and convinced myself that I had enough eyeshadows to forego the palette.
But now i've made up for it and purchased a bunch of Ben Nye products from a local theatrical shop here in Atlanta.
Look at all the bright, pretty colors! :)
This is my entire haul...I spent about $100 for twenty items. Not too shabby! Especially compared with brands like MAC.
Here are the Magicolor creme pencils. They were only $3.50 each (very comparable price to drugstore brands) and the colors are super vibrant! I got 8 of them...pretty much all the colors they had, lol. In my head I can picture doing fun face and body drawings using all these colors. From L to R: bright orange, misty violet, lime green, violet, yellow, kelly green, tuquoise, and blue.
Next we have the Creme Colors. The red color is actually a Creme Rouge aka blush, but to me they're all the same. When I saw them I was immediately reminded of MAC's creme colour bases. They go on very pigmented and creamy. The only difference is that these are much cheaper--only $4 each! I'll definitely use these as eyeshadow bases (with UDPP underneath though because they're super creamy). I can also see myself doing some face and body painting with these colors. I'm excited about finally finding a yellow base! L to R: gecko green, bright pink, red, vivid violet, and yellow.
Here we have the Lip Colour pencils and Lip Glosses. I picked out colors which I though were wearable so I could add them to the kit. The lip pencils were $8 each but they're about 2 inches longer than my normal MAC pencils...a lot more product! I got the pencils in Vino (a dark wine color) and Caramel Rose (an awesome nude lip liner...I actually like this color better on me than MAC's stripdown liner that I usually wear). Next I got lip glosses in Nude and Champagne for $6 each. I like how it's a gloss in a pot because I can scoop out the product using a palette knife. Usually I struggle getting the product out of the tube when using them on my clients. This is because I don't use the actual applicator (for sanitation purposes). Instead, I usually transfer the gloss from the wand to the palette and it usually takes a few trys to get enough product. Hence, the reason I like pots, lol. I think the nude color looks very similar to Viva Glam V lipstick-my fav! The champagne color adds a subtle gold glow. The lipgloss reminds me of the consistency of MAC's slimshines. Love them!
Here we have a new mixing palette. I love how this palette is larger than my Graftobian Steel palettes. That means less cleaning and more surface area. The product is plastic with a really smooth surface that wipes clean with a baby wipe. I think it was about $10.
I also picked up the Ben Nye Concealer wheel for about $20. There were two concealer wheels to choose from. One was slightly lighter and the other slighty darker. I asked one of the workers for help in deciding between the two. I told him I was a conventional makeup artist and needed to know which one he suggested for regular concealing. He told me that I should go with the lighter ones if I'm working with models because models are usually lighter. I was like WTF!?! My boyfriend was with me and I looked over to see if he caught that comment and he definitely did, lol. That was definitely ignorance at its best. I mean come on, we're also in Atlanta...lol. Needless to say, I picked up the darker concealer wheel! In terms of the consistency, the cream is very thick...which makes sense since it's a concealer wheel for theatre makeup. I would use this for heavier coverage.
I also picked up two cake eye liners in black and dark brown for $5 each. They are the consistency of a powder eyeshadow. I've never tried a powder liner before. I dampened an angle brush slightly and then tried to apply the black eyeshadow. I was a little disappointed...not sure if i'm doing something wrong but it didn't give me the vibrancy I wanted. I'll try again...any suggestions guys? Maybe try it dry? Use a mixing medium?
Here are the swatches of all the colors. Super colorful right? The little lines on the left are the pencils, on the right are the creme colours, and then underneath you can see the glosses and the lip liners. I'm super excited to try them out! Unfortunately they've sat a bit untouched since I've been testing out a product line for a company that wanted me to review. I'll post some looks using these soon!
