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Green Smokey Eye Look ft Mac Plumage

This look is my Green Smokey Eye look ft Mac Plumage e/s. Love this e/s as a crease colour its a deep blue green matte colour by Mac. I love using it in the crease as it gives depth but not so much that it makes like you got a black eye lol:)
Heres pictures,product pictures as well as the tutorial. Im new to the whole makeup videos & editing but my passion for the art of makeup will better my skills. Thanks for dropping by:)

Green Smokey eye with Mac Plumage. I have hooded/droopy eyes so colour placement for me is a challenge!

Green Smokey Eye ft Mac Plumage! I SO LOVE GREEN!!!

NYX e/s base in SKINTONE

(left) Mac Swimming all over lid colour (right) Mac Plumage for darkest crease colour

Beautiful 'Forest green' e/s colour from 88 Palette unbranded. This is the first crease colour. SORRY FOR BLURRINESS

Off-white e/s colour from 88 Palette unbranded. Used for highlight

Coastal Scents Gel liner in BLACK and Avon glimmerstick eyeliner in Blackest Black. I used my eyeliner as a brush to dip into black gel liner. An awesome tip from Marlena AKA MakeupGeek (one of my fav YT makeup gurus) I used this for the waterline only:)

Loreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in CARBON BLACK. I used this for my upper lash line:)

Rimmel London Sexy Curves Mascara in Black

(from left) Imei Eyeshadow brush, Imei Small blending brush, Ecotools concealer brush for highlight & Sigma E25 Blending Brush

My foundation: Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Hydrating Makeup in 030 Medium Beige. I just took photo of my sample and swatched a bit on my skin. This foundation is bliss i tell you:) I also used as a base before my foundation, Clarins Instant Light Complexion Perfector in 02. I didnt take photo but will post photos & foundation tutorial at later stage. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christian Dior & Clarins products yummy lol:D

Lips: Avon Lipstick in Personified Plum

Nails: BYS Neon Pink

NOW HERES THE TUTORIAL:

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial, only my 3rd makeup video. See you all soon. Memory:)

HOT PINK AND PURPLE SMOKEY EYES LOOK - FOR HOODED,DROOPY,SMALL EYES!

Here's  the products,brushes & pictures for the video i just uploaded called Hot Pink & purple smokey eye look. I was nervous in my video since ive only been doing this for few weeks and its my second video but more practice i should be sweet. Heres the look again:

Hot Pink & Purple Smokey eyes

Nyx eyeshadow base in Skintone & Coastal Scents gel liner in Hot Pink

Coastal Scents 78eyeshadow and Blush palette, Loreal Wear Infinite Quad in Petals of Promise, Mac Beauty marked

Coastal Scents gel liner in Black, any black eyeliner pencil (to use for applying black gel liner with) Rimmel London Sexy Curves mascara in black

Brushes used: Artiste manicure double ended brush ( i used the small eyeshadow end for all over lid to crease e/s colour. Imei blending brush for blending colours together. Imei small blending brush for my crease work. Ecotools concealer brush for brow highlight. Imei angled eyeliner brush for waterline.

Here's the final look again!!

 

Hot pink & purple eye look

here is the new video from my collection for pink & purple eye look http://www.vimeo.com/21003968. I'm using VIMEO at the moment because youtube is taking just tooo loong.

BE STILL MY HEART...EL DEBARGE IS BACK WOOP WOOP!!!

Yay finally ol skool muso is back and omg sounding real good. This is my favourite video of the week, was released 2010 from his album 'Second Chance' which has a meaning and a story behind the name of the album. Seriously who cares, what he's done, everyone makes mistakes, all i know is this fella can sing one of the best falsetto singers from the 80s and not to mention the DeBarge family being a Motown family signed by Berry gordy himself.
This video clip ft Faith Evans is my new vid i thrash this everyday, love his voice in this song paired up with Faith Evans cant go wrong with that duo. The dancers at th back are awesome just having fun and best part this clip dont have girls with shorts up their you-know-what, no swear words, an actual cool,chill-back song what a nice change. Welcome back El baby!!!

Can't forget this all time favourite 80s song of El DeBarge, Rhythmn of the Night, this brother can sing LOVE IT MUCH!!!

HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE D-TUBZ SHOWS Y'ALL HOW HE DO IT!

Dallas 'D-Tubz' Halbert, one of our local brothers, a graffiti artist,DJ,Youth worker plus many more talents hidden under his 'spray can' worked his grafitti art magic on my sons' bedroom wall in the weekend with the assistance of one of his youth Satriani.
His artwork spreads across building walls and not too mention the community Te Ora Hou van. He's inspired youths to take up the art of graffiti and show them the true side of that style of art. Graffiti art is NOT tagging, as we unfortunately see sprayed across every concrete building or corrugated fence.
Nevertheless Dallas has worked extremely hard to change the way things are in our community, here in Camberley Hastings. Every little bit helps, help to inspire our young ones, helping families as a whole. This young brother is doing his part and definitely needs to be recognised.
I've posted a few pics of his work that he kindly gave up his weekend time to do and the final product is 'OFF THE WALL' excusing the pun lol.
Much thanks to you bro.

Dallas sketching & sussing out colour placement every good artist always has a sketch

 Dallas moving along at a steady pace skater pic coming along nicely brother

 Those colours look awesome especially with the black bold outline around lettering LOVE IT

Final product it looks mean, a digital photo doesnt do it justice have to be here to appreciate the details and colour scheme

The pic of the skater is partially cut off due to a close up shot of the wall but will post pic of skater in full

AWESOME AYE!

The man responsible for this awesome-as piece

(left) Dallas 'D-Tubz' Halbert (right) apprentice Satriani (with a serious look lol)

 Dallas & Satriani posing MAORI style lol

THANKU BRO

Memory says:: CLARINS SAMPLES

Memory says:: CLARINS SAMPLES

Memory says:: CLARINS: My latest skincare craze

Memory says:: CLARINS: My latest skincare craze

Memory says:: Turn my brown eyes blue - quick eye look using MAC blues!!!

Memory says:: Turn my brown eyes blue - quick eye look using MAC blues!!!

Memory says:: Sugarpill and Mac Samples - HYSTERIC,MAGPIE AND MELON!

Memory says:: Sugarpill and Mac Samples - HYSTERIC,MAGPIE AND MELON!

Sugarpill and Mac Samples - HYSTERIC,MAGPIE AND MELON!

A great way to try a colour out is by purchasing samples then you know what you're getting and obviously what you're paying for. I purchased a couple of Sugarpill samples and Mac samples months back and decided to do a quick swatch of colours and show pics of them as well.
I thing i like about these pigments is that they have a high-colour intensity and you only need a little bit. Best to apply a little bit because then you can build up the colour. Less is more right? I really love these samples the colours are rich and can do so many looks with them. My digital cameras' temperamental at the moment so haven't been able to chuck a look together to feature these pigments but here are the sampled pigments and swatches.

MAC MELON PIGMENT (sample baggie)

peachy-pink colour

MAC MELON swatch (sorry looks a bit fuzzy)

MAC MELON pigment can be used as a highlight under browbone or highlight on top of cheeks

SUGARPILL HYSTERIC CHROMALUST LOOSESHADOW PIGMENT (sample baggie)

Bright metallic purple with flecks of green and turquoise sparkles

IM A LOVER OF THE COLOUR PURPLE

SUGARPILL HYSTERIC SWATCH

Perfect colour for all over lid,crease & bottom lash line

 SUGARPILL MAGPIE CHROMALUST LOOSESHADOW  PIGMENT (sample baggie)

Silky black pigment with metallic blue sheen and beautiful turquoise sparkles

SUGARPILL MAGPIE

beautiful colour for all overlid,crease & lower lashline

colour reminds me of Mac pearlglide eyeliner Fly-by-Blu

Turn my brown eyes blue - quick eye look using MAC blues!!!

I purchased 2 Mac eyeshadows months ago and decided i better use them and see how they look on a medium skin-toned,brown eyed girl. Personally, i don't suit blue eyeshadows it reminds me of that lady from the Drew Carey Show the one that looks like she got crayola banged, no offence to her she was actually one of my fav characters but anyways blues aint my colour.

On the other hand, I didn't want that image to put me off trying my colours out on me so i put together a really quick look and i mean really quick. With 3 special needs boys 5 mins is 5 mins so time is of the essence. I used only 2 Mac e/s in this look and will include everything else i used i mainly have e/s palettes as opposed to single e/s pots. I'll show pics of the products,brushes i used and the after pics when done. Keep in mind, when viewing the photos i didnt apply undereye concealer,foundation, or fill in my brows, its purely just showing you the blue e/s colours on my eyes with a touch of eyeliner and mascara.

By the way my eye shape is: Hooded eyes/droopy eyelid and double crease. Sounds complicated, yep it is unfortunately i wasnt blessed with the perfect eyebrows or eyelids but gotta make the most with what you have. Its actually quite hard for me to pull eyeshadow looks off with my eye shape you gotta get the colour placement right or else it'll look silly as. Practice makes perfect i guess. Here we go!

This is the finished look using Mac blue eyeshadows
NB: My eye doesnt look like this normally when opened(you'll see a pic at end of post of my actual eye open)
I decided to pull my eyelid up so that you can see the colour blended out toward brow bone for all those ladies with hooded/droopy eyes

Brushed i used for this look

 (from left)

Ecotools medium sized blending brush - used to blending crease colours together

Imei Large Eyeshading brush (dense with rounded top) - used for highlight

Imei Blending brush ( similar tip to Mac 217 but flat) - used to apply upper crease colour

Artiste Manicure Small Shadow brush - all over lid colour

Artiste Manicure Rounded Smudge brush - crease colour

Imei Angled eyeliner/brow brush  - line upper lashline and waterline

NYX Eyeshadow base in Skin Tone

NYX Eyeshadow Base in Skin Tone (this primer is perfect shade for my eyes)
Apply this all over lid right up to your brow bone and along bottom lashline

MAC Eyeshadows

(left) DEEP TRUTH (Frost) (right) Freshwater ( Veluxe Pearl)
1. Apply Freshwater all over lid and up to your crease, pack the colour on if you want a more intense lid.
NB: Everyones crease on their eyes will differ due to different eyeshapes adjust to your own. I have no visible crease so to see the colour i have to bring the colour up a little past where my crease should be.
2. Using blending brush, apply Deep truth to your crease and blend properly and little bit toward your brow.
NB: for hooded eyes/small eyes(eyes which have little eyelid space) blend colour out towards corner of eyebrow so eyes don't appear more hooded than they already are.
3. Using Imei mini blending brush (black domed tip), apply Deep truth along lower lashline starting from corner of eye and coming about 3/4 way in. If you want, use matte black e/s and repeat same process over where you applied Deep truth to really darken the lower lashline, blend it out subtly.

Coastal Scents 78 e/s & blush combo palette
1. Blending colour - medium beige colour with slight shimmer (middle column, 2nd down & in)
NB: blending colour was used to blend freshwater and deep truth together in between eyelid & crease. This helps blend out harsh lines
2. Highlight colour - light beige colour with slight shimmer ( middle column, top right)

(left)  Coastal Scents Gel liner in black 
1. Line your upper lash line/waterline with gel liner 

 Rimmel London Sexy Curves Mascara in black
1. Apply couple of coats of mascara( as many as you want) and curl lashes. If you want go ahead and apply couple of coats to lower lashes too

 Final pic of all products i used for this look

 My hooded/droopy eyelid
As you can see, my eyelid droops over my lid just leaving a bit in the corner by bridge of my nose and my crease seems to be neither here or there lol. For me, colour placement is crucial i'm still trying to find a good technique that'll work, i'll get there

 Mac 'turn my brown eyes blue' look

Mac Deep Truth (upper crease & blended slightly down towards outer V)
Mac Freshwater all over lid
NB: notice the double crease

Thanks for stopping by!!

     

CLARINS SAMPLES

(from left) Cleansing Milk with Alpine Herbs (middle) Toning Lotion with Camomile (right) Gentle Refiner

(left) Multi-Active Day Early Wrinkle Correction cream (right) Multi-Active Skin Renewal Serum

HYDRAQUENCH RANGE (left) Hydraquench Lotion (middle) Hydraquench cooling cream-gel (right) Hydraquench Intensive Serum Bi-phase (for dehydrated skin)

As stated in my previous post, im trialing these clarins products out but so far i've felt a slight difference in my lines softening, my skin looks less 'red & irritated' and has a more calmer look to it.NB: i haven't been using these products long enough to show you before and after pics(maybe when i've given it a few weeks i'll be able to do a more in-depth review). On the other hand, just feeling my skin 'breathe' was really refreshing.
The Hydraquench range i used because its summer and its quite hot out so the lotion was able to give me hydration but not too much during a hot day that i end up with an oil slick face lol. The cooling cream-gel suits all skin types but i prefer the lotion as my skin is more dry. The intensive serum is a treatment if you want that
extra hydration in the meantime revitalising your skin. Its beautiful to use but only need a little bit.
Again, i absolutely love, love clarins products at the moment and will stick with this(fingers crossed) for a while yet. In a few weeks will post in-depth reviews and also my skincare routine for morning, night and when i do my extra treatments for my face. Thanks for reading.
Peacexs

CLARINS: My latest skincare craze

I've been watching alot of reviews over past few weeks about Clarins products. From their skincare range to their makeup and i thought well, lets give it a go.My clarins consultant kindly gave me samples to use suited for my skin type which is Dry/combination leaning mainly towards dry.
The products recommended for my skin type and best suited for my needs were spot on. I got given a few samples of the following:

Cleansing Milk with Alpine herbs (Normal to dry skin)

Toning Lotion with Camomile (Normal to dry skin)

Gentle Refiner (creamy exfoliator)

Multi-Active Day - Early Wrinkle correction cream ( Dry skin)

Multi-Active Night Youth Recovery comfort cream ( Normal to Dry skin)

Clarins Eye Contour Balm (All skin types) Softens fine lines

 

 

 

Defining Eye Lift - reduces puffiness

Multi-Active Skin Renewal Serum (All skin types)

Truly Matte Pore Minimising Serum (for those nasty pores)

I absolutely love these Clarins products so far. The smell is amazing like flowers you just wanna eat it lol.
Im definitely going to be sticking with this range for some time( i know i've said that every other time) but i
love the products. The Gentle Refiner is gorgeous. A creamy exfoliator in my opinion, it has 2 types of microbeads one to exfoliate but the other to purify your skin. Indeed it does, i couldnt really feel the beads it didnt feel grainy like other exfoliators i've tried. Im in love with this exfoliator at the moment.LOVE IT!!! Im yet to still try my pore minimising serum but i know it will work wonder for those nasty critters that just won't go away lol. The eye contour balm and defining lift feels great when applied and you can immediately feel the product working i love it for my dark circles and it truly does softens those lines, they don't look so harsh.LOVE IT!!!
Note, the pictures of the clarins products arent of my own products as my digital decided not to be nice to me but will post my own photos of my entire Clarins range.
Peace xs