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I've been getting questions on how you can transition your makeup from summer trends into fall looks, so I thought I'd do a video for you!<br /><br />
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Today, while surfing the interwebs, I came across <a href="http://www.espressogossip.com/articles/view/115/page:10" target="_blank">this article</a>.</div>
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And it enraged me.</div>
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I have a very real problem with this whole "women wear too much makeup" thing that people throw around, egged on by magazines.Why does it make me so angry? Because if you go out in public without any makeup on, people say you look tired, or sick. Because the argument to "go natural" is a particularly nasty form of reverse psychology. </div>
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The overwhelming insinuation in all forms of media is that women are "ugly" without makeup. But then those women are accused of essentially "lying" about their looks by wearing makeup. The women who do wear makeup, especially those that tend to favour dramatic makeup, are shamed for it and told they are wearing a mask. We are encouraged to take no-makeup selfies (complete with sexy filters) to show our "true beauty", but unless you see someone in life, standing in front of you, you'll never see all his/her imperfections. I saw some horrific, hateful ccomments on so many of those no makeup shots, saying how ugly those bare-faced women were. The same bare-face haters would then spew vitriol on photos (very often re-touched and/or filtered) of women with lots of makeup on </div>
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It's so sad to me that going without makeup has come to be considered "brave", and that makeup is villified, when the messages we receive are contradictory and highly manipulative.</div>
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What ends up happening is that no matter how much or how little makeup you wear, it's never enough.</div>
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WHAT IS GOING ON????</div>
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1) The Beauty Propaganda Machine has totally warped what we believe women look like.</div>
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2) Women struggle with self-love because they will NEVER good enough.</div>
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And then this happens: The perpetrators of the media pressures (magazines, beauty/fashion "Experts", and those people who drink that special brand of koolaid) - who tell us we should do this or wear that, or try this look, or follow these Do's & Don'ts - then use photos of made-up celebrities that are usualy VERY heavily re-touched and enhanced (yes, even the "candid" red carpet shots) and they say "SEE??? MAKEUP! LET'S BLAME IT ON MAKEUP!!!!"</div>
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Makeup is the fall-guy, and is somehow to blame for our warped ideas of what women should or do look like. I'm speaking as a professional with more than ten years in the beauty industry. The "makeup" in MOST of those shots, illustrating how "terrible" these supposedly beautiful women look without it, is NOT Maybelline or Hourglass or MAC. It's Adobe Photoshop. </div>
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The problem is that it's not always on purpose. We have ALL been drinking the koolaid for so long that many of these writers don't even realize they are a vital part of the Propaganda Machine. All of these articles are pretending to say "beware, these women are covering up their real selves with makeup", or "look how vain these makeup wearers are" or "go ahead, ditch the makup, you look great", when in fact the message is loud and clear: "You're hideous. Wear makeup."</div>
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The media essentially shames you into believing that everything you are is wrong and ugly, and you should strive to reach their impossible beauty standards, the only illustrations of which should actually be classified as computer generated images, not photographs. </div>
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And because the standard iswholly unattainable, we constantly fall short and become more and more discouraged, more and more self-loathing, more and more convinced that "beauty" is something we can never have or be. </div>
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But we will never look like the women in magazines. The women in those magazines don't look like that in real life.</div>
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Makeup is not a magic wand. It's not the stamp or burn or blur tool. At best, it's a nice Instagram filter.</div>
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I truly, HONESTLY, don't think anyone is ugly. I have never looked at someone and thought that they were ugly. That's such a strong, nasty word that I would like to have banned from use in reference to someone's looks. Save it for truly disgusting personalities. I have definitely seen beautiful people with ugly attitudes. Save that word for instances of cruelty, violence and horror and the roots of such instances, where it belongs. "Ugly" has no place in the vernacular we use to describe facial or body features.</div>
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I happen to think makeup is great fun, like an awesome pair of jeans or heels that make you feel sexy or a great pair of earrings that make your eyes pop. I am sick and tired of hearing people blame makeup for our insecurities. It's the media that is responsible, not makeup itself.</div>
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Yes, I know that people use makeup to cover up insecurities. But where do you think those insecurities come from? We are CONSTANTLY being told we should have flawless skin, no under eye circles, no pimples, long eye lashes, full lips, straight noses, sharp cheekbones. BUT we must do it so that it looks TOTALLY natural.</div>
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Guess what? Blemishes are natural. So are under eye circles and uneven skin tone, wrinkles, short/wide/flat/big/long noses, round/long/square/heart-shaped/diamond-shaped faces, almond/round/hooded/deep-set/sloping/monolid eyes.</div>
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There is nothing wrong with covering up your dark circles, because they can make you look tired even if you don't feel tired. </div>
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There is nothing wrong with evening out your skin tone. </div>
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There is nothing wrong with playing up what you feel are your best features. </div>
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I do believe we should all dilligently work to a place where we love ourselves and each other as much as we can, without the limitations of impossible beauty standards, even when we're not wearing the miracle-butt jeans or heels or the awesome earrings or the sexy smoky eye. Makeup is an accessory, and we have the right to play with it or not as we choose to. </div>
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Enough already.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-61942768544809955332014-06-29T15:17:00.001-04:002014-06-29T15:17:41.995-04:00Charicature FilesHi lovelies!!<br />
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Doing my best to keep up with my blog, and kinda failing because I'm getting into the swing of filming and editing videos on a regular basis, plus I have a bunch of different projects I'm working on.<br />
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Over the last month I've been working on one of the most fun projects I've done in a WHILE.<br />
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The team of <a href="http://www.animekonexpo.com/" target="_blank">AnimeKon</a> approached me and asked if I'd be willing to help them put out a series of videos of character transformations.<br />
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In a nuthsell, AnimeKon, for those of you who don't know, is our local Pop Culture Convention. This year is AnimeKon's fifth year, and they have enjoyed great success because for long time we have wanted soemthing like this. It's really not feasible for us to fly out to Cons in the US becuse airfares from BArabdos are horribly expensive. As the Kon has grown, we've had international guests like author <a href="http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/" target="_blank">Tobias Buckell</a> come (he's a repeat guest, such a lovely man!) and Cosplay Maven <a href="http://www.yayahan.com/" target="_blank">Yaya Han</a> (also an absolute sweetheart and so supportive and inspiring to our cosplayers!), among others. This year we have the lovely <a href="http://www.meagan-marie.com/" target="_blank">Meagan Marie</a> and the awesome Johnny Zabate of <a href="http://animekonexpo.com/guests/junkers-cosplay/" target="_blank">Junkers Cosplay</a> coming in!<br />
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There is an AnimeKon Cosplay Competition, but because it is really one of the only chances we have during the year to cosplay, most people come to AnimeKon in costume (as you would expect at a Con). They work very hard to create costumes with very limited access to scultping/painting materials, because if they miss out on cosplaying at an AK, they have to wait a whole year for the chance to come around again. It's very inspiring to be a part of this community!<br />
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And so we had the idea of doing some Cosplay tutorials. We chose a theme eah week and had people enter for a chance to be made up on camera. Thank you to everyone who entered!<br />
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Week 1: Star Wars - Queen Amidala<br />
Week 2: Bleach - Half-Hollow Ichigo<br />
Week 3: Game of Thrones (in honour of the EPIC just-finished fourth season) - Melisandre<br />
Week 4: Marvel - Electro<br />
I also threw in a surpirse video because I had to get in on the transformation action. I made myself up as Morticia Addams.<br />
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They weren't advanced cosplays int erms of the costumes, rather we wanted to show people how they could create characters with makeup (which I find to be one thing people seem to have a general hard time with), and approximate costumes at home with what's readily available in the island. Everything I used was purchased here in stores, not online or overseas, or were taken from each person's own closet. We decided to do it in June rather than July (AnimeKon is in August) to give people time to practice the techniques and get the materials.<br />
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Though we of course couldn't do a whole lot of characters (we scheduled four videos, one per week for the month of June), I tried to choose characters that would help me teach a wide array of techniques: from facepainting clean, crisp lines (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXutBzAtc5s&index=3&list=PLWVZdSHv8kQe-_zcqOaUCERfxZpC92Jpp" target="_blank">Ichigo</a>) to more controlled chaotic patterns (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhlsmeTTaS0&index=5&list=PLWVZdSHv8kQe-_zcqOaUCERfxZpC92Jpp" target="_blank">Electro</a>) to using shading and contouring to alter a face shape (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOuOe0Zz3XI&index=3&list=PLWVZdSHv8kQe-_zcqOaUCERfxZpC92Jpp" target="_blank">Melisandre</a>). The techniques can be adapted and used for a wide range of characters.<br />
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We had such wonderful responce to the series and had so much fun creating the characters that we've added the Charicature (a play on the words 'character' and 'cariacature') Files to the callendar for next year.<br />
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I have a whole <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWVZdSHv8kQe-_zcqOaUCERfxZpC92Jpp" target="_blank">Cosplay Playlist</a> on my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mandyaboutface" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>. Please do check it out!<br />
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I'll be at AnimeKon this year of course, and this is the second year I'll be having a booth!!<br />
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Check out the transformation photos below, and please do check out the playlist!<br />
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See you at AnimeKon!<br />
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Patrick as Half-Hollow Ichigo</div>
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I woke up this morning to find that the lovely <a href="https://twitter.com/Interlacebb" target="_blank">Lucinda</a> of <a href="http://modenmakeupbyheidi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Moden Makeup</a> had nominated me for a Leibster Blogger award. Thanks girl!! </div>
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I confess I didn't even know what this was. (Shame) It's an award for little-known but promising bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers, to help promote them. It's such a great thing for those of us that are really just trying to do share our love of all thing beauty-related.</div>
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1. Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you and display the award.<br />
2. Answer eleven questions the blogger gives you.<br />
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4. Nominate eleven blogs you think are worthy of the award (but they must have less than 200 followers).<br />
5. Let the bloggers know you nominated them.<br />
6. Give them eleven questions to answer.<br />
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1. Where is your favourite place in Barbados to shop for shoes?<br />
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Payless. Only place I can find cute shoes in my (gigantic) size that don't murder my feet.<br />
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2. What message do you hope to convey most via your blog?</div>
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That we are all beautiful, and that makeup really is a fun accessory with limitless possibilities that we have access to.</div>
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Chocolate. #thatisall</div>
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4. What are you currently using now as a facial cleanser?</div>
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I use my Noxema Original Cream Cleanser and the Noxema Triple Clean Anti-Bacterial Face Wash. (See my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5gKJdqJK0A" target="_blank">Skin Care Heart to Heart</a> video)</div>
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5. What character would you love to play in Game of Thrones?</div>
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YIKES! I'm such a huge GoT fan that this is a really hard question...I would honestly gender-bend and play Tyrion if I could. or Varys. Both fascinating characters. </div>
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6. Does your house have ac? If, yes; what are the directions? Cause the way this heat set up...</div>
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I WISH. What I would give to have AC in my house...</div>
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7. In what circumstances is the use of slang acceptable while blogging?</div>
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I think it's important to put yourself in your video/blogs. So using some slang, if that's how you normally speak,is perfectly fine, as long as you keep your audience in mind and make sure that for the most part, most if not allyour viewers/readers can understand you.</div>
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8. #TeamJoe or #TeamRyan?</div>
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I have no idea which Joe and Ryan we're talking about. Manganiello and Gosling? In that case, Joe, all the way. He's yummy.</div>
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9. In what year do you think Barbadian companies will take bloggers serious?</div>
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Last year I might have said never. But as Social Media becomes more and more vital to our way of life, I think Bim will eventually come around. as to a specific year? Beats me. I'd sy within the next 10, though (conservative guesstimate).</div>
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10. Who will win Road March this year?</div>
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I'm not a Soca fan. I support Chrytal Cummins-Beckles because she's family and I know enough about Soca to know that she's very good (but gets the short end of the stick because she's a woman), and Gabby I adore as a folk artist, but I honestly don't really care otherwise. Sue me.</div>
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11. What topic would you like to see more Barbadian bloggers focused on?</div>
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This is a tough one. I'd just like to see more Bajan Bloggers, to be honest. I want people to realize that blogging has endless possibilities for sharing passion and information.</div>
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1) I love otters.</div>
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2) I'm addicted to <a href="http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones#/" target="_blank">Game of Thrones</a> (duh) and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws" target="_blank">Sherlock</a>.</div>
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4) I very much support Equality. Equal Rights for all Human Beings. I do believe it is possible and will one day be a worldwide reality.</div>
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5) I used to teach Salsa. I'm one of the original founding members of the <a href="http://www.salsacraze.org/um/Site/Content/" target="_blank">SalsaCraze</a> Club at the University of Miami. (I was the first Treasurer and an Assistant Instructor for one semester, and then Secretary and Instructor.)</div>
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6) I love Nature, especially at night.</div>
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7) I love body modification. I'm currently stretching my ears and I just pierced my lip. I have a whole <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWVZdSHv8kQcgsQKzq9jeqTpoev9P3wds" target="_blank">playlist</a> of my body mod vlogs.</div>
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8) I have dabbled in acting. I'm fascinated by the process that actors go through to create characters and bring them to life.</div>
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9) One of my dreams is to do makeup for Film and TV. I'm saving to do the Film & TV course at <a href="http://www.cinemamakeup.com/" target="_blank">Cinema Makeup School</a> but it's going to take a while... :'(</div>
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10) I have never broken a bone. (That I know of. I did injure a toe really badly once but never got it X-Rayed.)</div>
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11) I'm addicted to <a href="http://www.tytnetwork.com/" target="_blank">TYT Network</a> and I support <a href="http://www.wolf-pac.com/" target="_blank">Wolf PAC</a>.</div>
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(I realize some of these have been nominated already, most by Lucinda. But these are honestly blogs that I follow and love, so I'm nominating them too)</div>
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<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3010273979&group=0&frame_type=b&blog=11529441&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">Rikki Poynter</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/2462665" target="_blank">Fashion Nostalgia</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.fitnessbylesliemaria.com/" target="_blank">Fitness by Leslie</a></div>
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<a href="http://modenmakeupbyheidi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ModenMakeup</a></div>
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<a href="http://deeblackett.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Inspirations of Dee</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/537131069650250/" target="_blank">Lick de Pot</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/132612803516509/" target="_blank">The Broadway Project Barabdos</a></div>
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<a href="http://fashionfindz.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Fashion Findz</a></div>
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<a href="http://pillowtalkcaribbean.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Pillow Talk Caribben</a></div>
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<a href="http://sooofabulous.com/" target="_blank">Sooo Fabulous!</a></div>
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My Questions for my Nominees (if you've already answered Lucinda's questions then don't worry!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-67478556934786476122014-03-10T22:52:00.001-04:002014-07-20T00:59:31.598-04:00GRWM: Blue-Brown Smoky eyes & Matte Nude Lips (+playlist)Hey beauties!! I've been doing Get Ready With Me videos recently! Have you seen ny of them? Check this one out:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spring makeup should be dewy, with soft edges and gentle highlight. The muted light makes pastels really pop, because they aren't competeing with harsh light for attention. Harsher, more neon colours will just make you look like you put your entire makeup collection on your face at once with a paint brush.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-18194665814573333572013-11-10T21:52:00.001-05:002014-07-20T01:03:49.575-04:00Real Techniques Brushes - In-Depth Review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got my first Real Techniques brushes about a year ago. The first ones I got were the Core Collection and the Starter Set, so I'll talk about them first. But I'll start by saying that Samantha Chapman has absolutely hit the nail on the head with these brushes. I would really just like to thank her personally for designing these the way she has.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think one of the things I love most about all these brushes is that they are so versatile and can be used in such a variety of ways and with all kinds of products. They're durable too. These first two sets were almost literally the only ones I used for about six months straight and they're still in near perfect condition. The brushes are colour coded: gold for base and powder brushes, pink for face and setting brushes, and purple for eye and detail brushes. But honestly, any brush can be used on any part of the face with either liquid, cream or powder products. I use these brushes both on myself as well as clients. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Core Collection (above) comes with four brushes: (from left to right) Contour Brush, Pointed Foundation Brush, Detailer Brush, and Buffing Brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Contour Brush is an excellent brush for contouring, of course, but I also use it sometimes for setting the under eye area and also for precisely applying blush and highlight. Because these brushes are all synthetic they work great with either powder or cream/liquid products, as I've said, and this brush applies cream bronzers and blushes beautifully. It's very dense but the tip is soft and tapered a bit so it blends out edges really nicely when you use light pressure and circular motions. It's also great for quickly sweeping a neutral shadow across the whole eyelid up to the brow if you're doing a simple, natural look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pointed Foundation brush I find a bit small for applying foundation all over the face, but it's great for concealer, especially if you use a lighter concealer for highlighting across the cheeks and forehead. Because it's pointed it can get right into tight spaces like the inner corner of the eye and around the nose, and it just makes concealer application quite fast. I also use it for placing cream contour. I don't blend with this brush though, because it's too flat for blending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Detailer Brush is shaped like a regular lip brush, and can of course be used for lipstick. It's nicely tapered to a point, so it's also great for cleaning up the outer lip line (after applying liner) with concealer, for concealing small areas and also for applying cream shadow to the mobile lid or inner corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Buffing Brush, in my opinion, is the shining star of this set. Use it for moisturizer, primer, liquid or cream or powder foundation, liquid or cream or powder highlight and contour, and even for buffing in setting powder after it's been applied with a puff or a fluffier brush. I also use it in pressing motions to really sink the product into the skin. It can also be used with a stippling motion. It's an excellent brush that I cannot imagine not having in my kit or personal collection. It's soft but still firm, applies pretty much everything evenly and blends the edges beautifully. It can be a bit difficult to clean, because it's so dense that if you're using a shampoo or other liquid soap the foam can go up into the brush and then you're washing out bubbles forever. I combat this by applying the soap to the ends and working it while the brush is still dry to minimize foam, and then when it hits water cease working the soap altogether and just rinse well. The slight inconvenience of getting it rinsed well is so worth it for me because this brush is one of my favourites both of the Real Techniques line and in general. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Starter Set has five brushes in it: Deluxe Crease Brush, Base Shadow Brush, Accent Brush, Pixel Point Eyeliner Brush, and Brow Brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Deluxe Crease Brush is another favourite of mine. It's basically a mini round kabuki brush, dense yet soft, about the size of the tip of an average ring finger. Use it for blending concealer or cream base over the eyelids, or for packing eyeshadow on the lid or in the crease. I have used it for blending powder shadow in the crease but it works best for me with cream products. Same note applies for cleaning this brush as for the Buffing brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Base Shadow brush is a fluffier brush, but it's tapered and set in a flattened ferrule so it can also be used for placing colour. It's a little less dense than the others, so it's perfect for blending shadows on the lid or in the crease, and also for a softer application on the lower lid with the pointed tip. It can also be used for blending or smoothing very creamy bases on the lid, but not really for buffing them in. I just reach for this brush all the time because it's also very easy to spot clean and dries quite quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Accent brush is a great, fairly stiff, tiny, flattened brush with a rounded edge. I've used it to apply a thick liner, again either cream or powder, and then buff it out for a smoky line on both the upper and lower lids. It's also great for placing shadow in the outer 'V', as well as highlight in the inner corner, pretty much any precise work. I've also used it for softly filling in brows for that devil-may-care thick brow look that's very popular these days, and I use it to apply gel liner to both my waterline and tight line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pixel point liner brush isn't good for uber thin eye liner but it does apply a beautifully clean, thick line without too much need for filling in. It's also great for pin point concealing, lining the lower lashline, and for smoothing out lip liner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The brow brush is a bit big for fine brow work, but if you have or want thicker brows it's great, especially when used to set any pencil or gel/wax brow product with powder. I also use it if I want a precise nose contour or to help me define the crease for cut crease looks, and for applying shadow to the lower lash line. It can also be used to clean up the lip line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After having these brushes for about six months I got another of each set. And then recently I bought yet another of each and also some other single brushes: a Powder Brush, a Setting Brush, a Blush Brush, an Expert Face Brush and a Fine Liner Brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture of the Powder brush is deceptive. This brush is HUGE and a bit more flared out than it looks. It is dense and thick but so very soft. It's an amazing powder brush, and because it's dense it stands up to pressing powder into the face so as not to disturb any cream products in the face, as well as to buffing the powder in. It's so big and soft that it can also be used for just smoothing everything together and blending everything in at the very end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Setting Brush is a larger version of the Base Shadow Brush, also tapered a bit, but a rounder. It's more loosely packed than the Contour and Powder brush, and is perfect for setting the under eye and t-zone area with a fine layer of powder. It can be used for all the applications as the Contour brush, but because it's looser it applies product much more lightly which is great if you have a tendency to overdo it or if you want to build up product in light layers. This is another brush that I must always have on hand. After getting one and using it just once I immediately bought another one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blush brush is also a bit bigger than you'd expect from the photo. It's tapered and again, a bit more loose than the Contour or Powder brushes. But when I say they're loose, I don't mean that they're flimsy at all. All the Real Techniques brushes stand up to what I call the "press-test", where you put them on their heads against your finger or the palm of your hand and try to press the bristles down toward the ferrule. They don't collapse even when you apply a fair amount of pressure. The blush brush is great for applying blush and achieving that diffused glow to the cheek. If you use the tip to place the blush gently and then press to splat the brush out more and work the product, it helps blend flawlessly. It can also be used for setting powder, powder contour and highlight. The only thing I'll say about this brush, and the Setting brush, is that I wouldn't use them with cream products just because they are more loosely packed so they don't stand up really well to creams. That, however is a personal thing because of course, once again, they're synthetic, so by all means it you want to use them for creams you absolutely can</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Expert Face Brush is a rounded buffing brush with short, tightly packed bristles. It's probably the most tightly packed of all the ones I have. It's smaller than the Buffing brush, and it has an oval shaped ferrule. Like the Buffing brush, it's excellent for applying cream and liquid moisturizers, primers, bronzers, contour and foundations. It works the product into the skin beautifully. I wouldn't, however, use it for powders because of its shape, but once again that's a personal preference. But it's definitely a great base brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, the Fine Liner brush is a must have simply because it is so fine and yet dense. It keeps its shape really well and allows you to apply the most crisp fine or thick line, and can also make the perfect winged liner. It also allows you to get right into your corners to elongate the eyes or point the inner corners of the eye. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've read this far thank you for enduring my exhaustive rave about the Real Techniques Brushes that I've used and have in my collection! These brushes would be worth every penny if they were expensive, but the beautiful thing is that they are super affordable. Having bought so many brushes from different places at different times I can honestly say that the quality is great and very consistent. I recommend these brushes for anyone, whether you're just starting out or you're a pro. If you are a pro you'll still need all your other brushes, but these are a fantastic addition to your collection, and for those non-pros these brushes just might be all you need! The fact that there isn't a huge selection of different shapes put me off at first, but each brush is such a brilliant multitasker that there really isn't much need for that many more shapes. I would like to see a brush loosely packed like the Setting and Blush brushes but halfway between their sizes. I'd also like a fluffy blending brush. I know there's one in the duo-fibre collection but those are the only brushes I request for the original permanent line! </span></div>
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I'm working on a new blog post for you guys on makeup and humidity (an evil, evil combination!) and tips for handling it. I'm also working on a post about my recent hair colouring adventures, but for now here are a few shots of some makeup I've done recently. <div><br></div><div>If you subscribe to me on YouTube, you might remember that I said I was going to be the model for a photoshoot. The photographer was Andre Williams. He was great fun to work with. I met him while working on another photoshoot with the gorgeous sixteen year old up and coming singer Neira. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhu-RUqUDiQbZN7wQQKoAFvULgJoGuU8hTHf8DyBgqdP_SVqQY5fVV2XKT5I49ctgNoLGdzd-4EUSnN7aV5ttBWhJ_YsKYR0tahONfLM9z4KulzCxnMEtp-2l53V6z05ZPadPyspU1IN4/s640/blogger-image--1109134550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhu-RUqUDiQbZN7wQQKoAFvULgJoGuU8hTHf8DyBgqdP_SVqQY5fVV2XKT5I49ctgNoLGdzd-4EUSnN7aV5ttBWhJ_YsKYR0tahONfLM9z4KulzCxnMEtp-2l53V6z05ZPadPyspU1IN4/s640/blogger-image--1109134550.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5arreBec5nFSN7li2Zol6PZp8SCJH0Km5l1RYyz2ALkOwCeVlS9g7Rhs6M5_C5StVYP2DoNenjcIybPr1Vrc4S_NltwmoCSI60ww-ce8z0TQQ3xHp5VPwADf-Q1Bqe4bGIxJDhU-cDpm/s640/blogger-image-1747988969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We drove all over the island to various spots. And yes, that snake and the iguana are absolutely real! They were both great, very lively and fun to pose with. I think some of my favourites are the ones with the dog. She is a two year old English mastiff and was just the coolest dog over. They just look so badass! The cameo I'm wearing in most of the shots was made by Avi. Her brand is The Cemetery Party, and she hand-makes all of her pieces. I absolutely love it and literally wear it almost every day. Find her on Instagram @TheCemeteryGirl so you can see her incredible pieces. She takes international orders too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also worked with Andre on one other photo shoot. This time our subject was the lovely Jenny Wilkie. I was excited to so this because I don't often get the chance to do makeup on women over 40. And Jenny is beautiful to begin with, and an absolute sweetheart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpktCaHXNxcpC9bm6cP50vhaf4Nwa0K-EHExahtZs_Vo2LVPLi8EmMHmURyqBVY168IxCdtYE_KdQ4NkWGb7gVg4ecXApBuBqshsqggp6TqYNCK5MyJVgC8ZTTVmCTOy_gP43sH5gGifh1/s640/blogger-image--1869833564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpktCaHXNxcpC9bm6cP50vhaf4Nwa0K-EHExahtZs_Vo2LVPLi8EmMHmURyqBVY168IxCdtYE_KdQ4NkWGb7gVg4ecXApBuBqshsqggp6TqYNCK5MyJVgC8ZTTVmCTOy_gP43sH5gGifh1/s640/blogger-image--1869833564.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6gnIplFSbkeo5vwWHuG4Nev4jFmhD4PRw7mdF1NReTNckPkT0fyWV8lxRYUuKwfHIjKDYEK21D-LVKbgu90BO6nKduUtRZEZ73LEpPEIuvfrF7zDAl0N0glWLSnHIEnfk8Uc6OOxQRd9/s640/blogger-image-1345985076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6gnIplFSbkeo5vwWHuG4Nev4jFmhD4PRw7mdF1NReTNckPkT0fyWV8lxRYUuKwfHIjKDYEK21D-LVKbgu90BO6nKduUtRZEZ73LEpPEIuvfrF7zDAl0N0glWLSnHIEnfk8Uc6OOxQRd9/s640/blogger-image-1345985076.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Other than that I've added a new tab to this blog called <i>Tearsheets</i>, where you can go to see images of the work I've had printed in M People magazine. Remember you can also visit the <i>Portfolio</i> tab to see high res images of my work if you want to. I've also done the makeup for the cover of M People for their December issue so I'll share that when it's released!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I also did this for Halloween. Ben asked me if I could transform him into cancer suffering Walter White from the kickass show Breaking Bad. Seriously, if you haven't watched it, you must. This was a great challenge because again, I don't get to do stuff like this very often in Barbados. I built up the cheeks for the deep smile-lines/wrinkles with Ben Nye Nose and Scar Wax. All the other wrinkles I created with makeup. I had to create the goatee from a crappy old Amish-style elasticized beard he had from another year because we couldn't get a proper facial hairpiece here. I had to cut it and stick it on with spirit gum. We also had some bald cap issues because Ben has a pretty large head (love you, Ben! LOL) and so the cap was a bit small and didn't come down over the ears properly. But with the costume, glasses and fake gas mask the bits that wouldn't stick down were hardly visible. This makeup would never have stood up to close up photography or film but at the party it was awesome, and he reported that he was the talk of the night!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3pDjXeO1fRsUOeIFMLvnLbYhkUhHwPRLOPL0k7uzy4D8hjMmqcpfHJljHVWR5BMFUzUKPkbs8NDuG8XTnE-60PdCLzq0V6mD8z7ylTRUbIjHwhFXM6N-8FCgNCCaKRJrAsEU_kgS_jC2/s640/blogger-image-1635944938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3pDjXeO1fRsUOeIFMLvnLbYhkUhHwPRLOPL0k7uzy4D8hjMmqcpfHJljHVWR5BMFUzUKPkbs8NDuG8XTnE-60PdCLzq0V6mD8z7ylTRUbIjHwhFXM6N-8FCgNCCaKRJrAsEU_kgS_jC2/s640/blogger-image-1635944938.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92A7ijkfkL7xAZstiyxvs3VVftu0TIyhYNWzmNALg9FiiXHXA6rHkwmQL_8-vSqsm4I8t326iGBRhSRv9xKsfiSBdTGKIp0t6gB_zjczafARaQjihKDVdA7ARu2zJhdLJLvA34HCMnvkI/s640/blogger-image-1481168695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92A7ijkfkL7xAZstiyxvs3VVftu0TIyhYNWzmNALg9FiiXHXA6rHkwmQL_8-vSqsm4I8t326iGBRhSRv9xKsfiSBdTGKIp0t6gB_zjczafARaQjihKDVdA7ARu2zJhdLJLvA34HCMnvkI/s640/blogger-image-1481168695.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>I'll leave it at that for now. I've been a busy monkey! I'm so grateful every day to be able to do this for a living! Thank you guys so much for following my blog. Join me on twitter and Instagram @LadyMandyisms, Facebook at www.facebook.com/aboutfacebygossamertouch and YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/mandyaboutface </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Till next time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mandy <3 </div></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-24139980136260259962013-10-04T22:46:00.000-04:002014-02-20T22:44:49.196-05:00QueensHallo Beauties!!<br />
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I have been absolutely DYING to share these photos with you, and now that the September issue of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-People-Barbados/143978905667731" target="_blank">M People</a> is out, I finally can!!<br />
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I've had the pleasure of working with Bajan singer Malissa Alanna for a while as her makeup artist. Earlier this year, we started talking about doing a beauty photo shoot for fun. I got <a href="http://www.alysonholder.com/" target="_blank">Alyson</a> on board as the photographer, and then I set to work with the concept.<br />
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Malissa has a wonderful face for makeup, and can look completely different depending on the colour palette and style of makeup, and I wanted to make the most of that. I've always wanted to interpret the Elements artistically with makeup, and while toying with that idea I decided to transform Missy into five different Queens: Air, Fire, Water, Earth and the Void.<br />
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Drawing on esoteric concepts (since I'm quite airy-fairy), I used the seasons (which, in Neo-Paganism, correspond to the four elements) as the inspiration for the colour palette, style of makeup and the crowns.<br />
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I also gave each Queen a name, in order for us to be able to connect to each one and get to know her. In directing the shoot, I gave Malissa a mood-word for each Queen to help her get into character, and to help Alyson know how to light and shoot each look. I also loved the idea of doing this with one model because each aspect portrayed by the Queens is found in every woman.<br />
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And here are the final shots!<br />
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Nieve - Air Queen of Spring. Her mood-word was Rebirth. I mainly used my Coastal Scents 88 Color Palette over NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. I also gave her a purple wash over the cheekbones instead of a highlight, to give the impression of newness and the flush of blood through the face, and for the same reason on the lips I used a pink lipstick as a stain just at the centre of her mouth for a fresh flush. Lashes are from Ardell. I made the crown from craft store Raffia, butterflies and feathers. The colour palette was the fresh, soft yellows, greens, blues and pinks of Spring.<br />
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Aine - Fire Queen of Summer. Her mood-word was Passion. I used Flamepoint, Love+ and Buttercupcke from my Sugarpill Burning Hearts Palette to create the sunbursts. Did you notice that the starburst on one eye is the negative/positive opposite of the other? Fun! I used a much darker foundation on the face, neck and chest to tan Malissa up, leaving her natural skin tone only in the centre of the sunbursts. For lips I mixed Sugarpill Goldilux with a little clear gloss, took Goldilux through the brows a well, and sprinkled rhinestones over her shoulder. I placed each rhinestone by hand...it was painstaking! Lashes are from Ardell. Her crown was made by wrapping the stems of spiky fake flowers in a cluster on an orange bandeau. The colour palette encompassed all the warm, passionate gold, red, bronze, brass and copper of Summer.<br />
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Maeve - Water Queen of Autumn. Her mood-word was Dream. I used Sugarpill Poison Plum, MAC Carbon and soft matte browns from the CS 88 Palette for the eyes. I wanted to create a look that was inspired by a skull, since Autumn is the time when death creeps over the land, and so I kept the eye shape dep and round. I used Goldilux on the lashes, around the perimeter of the face and down the neck to give her an otherworldy look. The lipstick was a deep wine colour from Avon called Cherry Jubilee. Her crown was made by braiding very long synthetic hair with copper and gold ribbons and little copper twigs from a plastic wreath.<br />
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Elysia - Earth Queen of Winter. Her mood-word was Silence. I gave Malissa's naturally Bisque skin a pinker tone by applying a cool toned highlight all over the face, neck, shoulders and chest. I covered her eyebrows using glue, and used MAC Carbon and Sugarpill Lumi on the eye and to create the new brows. MAC fluidline in Blacktrack was used for her dramatic, graphic winged liner. I used a bright pink blush very sheerly on her cheek and Lumi as an all over highlight. the black lips were a mix of black pencil liner and clear gloss. The crown was made by dyeing and heavily starching black a piece of very old white crocheted lace which I then attached to a plain black bandeau using wire to support it.<br />
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Alma - Queen of the Void, represents everything and nothing. Her mood-word was Spirit. She is difficult to interpret: how do you protray literal nothingness? I went for pure white everything to challenge myself to be able to make depth in a monochromatic setting. I covered up the eyebrows, and used Mehron white face paint mixed with a hint of Missy's own porcelain-toned foundation (so she wouldn't look like a sheet of paper) all over her face, ncek and shoulders. I dusted Poison Plum very lightly in the outer corner and along the lower lashline to define the eyes. I kept her contours slightly lavender-tinted instead of flat grey to boost all the white without cooling it down or warming it up too much. The lips were filled in with the foundation mixture, a nd lined with pale purple only on the outer lipline which I then blended inward for a very subtle ombre effect. Crown is actually just a string of crystals pinned into the hair.<br />
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I decided to stick to close-up Beauty shots because we financed this ourselves and couldn't afford to make costumes, and so instead I hand-made special crowns for each Queen. Nieve wore butterflies, grass, and flowers, Aine wore spiky orange flowers, Maeve wore a golden braid with copper ribbons, Elysia wore black lace, and Alma wore a circlet of crystals.<br />
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We shot all five looks on the same day, and everything that could go wrong, did! We were without electricity for over 4 hours, and had to re-work our entire shooting schedule. We ended up shooting until well after midnight, because some each look, especially Elysia and Aine, took nearly two hours to create and then almost an hour to set up and shoot. But we all got along so well that we turned it into a girls' day, and we had a lot of fun working together. Malissa and Aly were such awesome sports and did such an incredible job of bringing my vision for this to life. We are all thrilled with the results, and I'm super excited that M People has decided to run the finished shots!<br />
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More exciting stuff to come so stay tuned!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-57860033490798972282013-09-18T17:25:00.001-04:002013-09-18T17:25:24.970-04:00SecretsHi lovelies!!<br />
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Jenn and her family are personal friends. I refer to her mum, Sandra, and her dad, Ian, as my adopted parents, and Jenn and her older sister Paige as my little sisters. When Jenn asked me to do her makeup for her music video, I didn't hesitate.</div>
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The song is called "Secrets", and the story of the video is that of Jenn being forced to work with a boy that no one likes at school, and finding that she actually hits it off with him because all he really needed was for someone to encourage him and talk to him.</div>
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My challenge was to make Jenn up in her punky style but still let her youth shine through since she was only 17! I also helped her style her wardrobe for the video. The young man that played the Boy in the video is the son of a friend of mine, and he also did a fantastic job. He had never done anything like it before, and he impressed everyone on set with his professionalism and willingness to do whatever we wanted. I styled his wardrobe and helped even out his 17-year-old-acne-prone skin for filming. FYI: Ian (who is also Jenn's Manager) plays the school teacher, and Paige is also in the video as one of the students. See if you can spot her! Sandra refused to be in the video, but she played her usual mother hen self in the background, taking care of everyone.</div>
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Most of the lighting was natural except for the 'concert' type shots.</div>
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To preserve Jenn's youth for the video, I made sure her skin was healthy and glowing for pretty much every shot, regardless of how much foundation or concealer I had to use. She has pretty good skin, so there wasn't a whole lot of cover-up necessary, and any foundation I used I kept quite sheer and dewy, which meant lots of touch ups because it was SO HOT while we were filming and poor Jenn was just sweating like a pot cover at some points! I didn't mind though, that's all part of the job.<br />
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In the first scene (the school scene) I left Jenn's skin almost bare, highlighted her and gave her a gentle rosy flush on the cheeks and lips, and placed a pop of teal and purple liner on her eyes. For the Beach scene we did something similar, except that the pop of colour was a salmon shadow in the outer crease, which I then amped up a bit by added purple shadows and black liner for her solo beach shots and the main performance shots (the one where she's wearing jeans). We also added some rhinestones because Jenn loves them. I only had about 10 minutes to dial the beach look up because the most incredible sunset was just starting, and we knew it would only last about 15 minutes. That was nerve-wracking!</div>
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The most involved look is the night-time club performance. Jenn wanted something more dramatic, and my challenge was to make it dramatic but fun. I was adamant that I wanted to make sure she still looked like a teenager! I went with extreme black glitter winged liner and I added some MAC 3D Silver to brighten it, and I stuck to bright pink lips. I added a few black stars for their funky youthfulness. </div>
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And while touching her up between shots the director was struck with inspiration for a piece of storyline, and pulled me into the video. You'll see it! I had taken the time, though I was exhausted after a long day of filming, to do my own face, and I'm eternally grateful I did!!!</div>
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Click <a href="http://youtu.be/x2VEJTM3MGs" target="_blank">this link</a> to watch the video (My iPad won't let me embed the video *booo*). Please share it and support Jenn & 166!</div>
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I want to add that it's really beautiful to see how Jenn's family came together to help her make this dream of being a professional singer start to come true. Their unconditional love for one another and the way they support and look out for each other is truly inspiring! The Music Video was produced by Cherokee Black Records.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-18832545524750051912013-06-27T10:51:00.001-04:002013-06-27T10:51:48.131-04:00My Life with KeratoconusI was diagnosed with this disease three years ago, even though my symptoms began when I was 17. I had a "ghosting" effect in my right eye, which my Optician told me was due to my astigmatism.<div><br></div><div>I thought nothing of it, got used to it to the point that I would only really notice the ghosting if I was looking for it, and carried on with my life. Fast forward to the age of around 24, when I began to have difficulties getting my soft contacts to correct my vision. I had always had near-perfect vision with my contacts. My Optician tried to help, changing my prescription almost every month, and trying different brands and different types of soft lenses, including torric lenses (which are soft, but a little larger than regular soft lenses).</div><div><br></div><div>Once more, I got used to just not being able to see perfectly, and it wasn't too bad. I carried on with my life.</div><div><br></div><div>When I was 27, I went for an eye appointment and my regular Optician, Mr Melville, who I had been seeing since I was 7 and first got glasses and was old even back then, was out sick. Mr Edward Haslett was filling-in. He was very nice, gentle, and attentive. </div><div><br></div><div>I told Edward all about my vision woes. I was in that day because I couldn't even see to watch TV with my current lenses. suddenly My eyes were so sensitive to light that I couldn't step outside without wearing my sunglasses. I was having trouble seeing at night because for some reason headlights were streaking so badly and if I was tired, every light had a huge halo around it.</div><div><br></div><div>Edward sat with me for nearly two hours trying to get an Rx that would work. And then he said to me: "I don't want to worry you, but I think it's possible that you may have Keratoconus."</div><div><br></div><div>Kerra-ta-wha?? He gave me a pamphlet and told me to look it up, and to come see him in 6 months when he would check my lenses again. He told me that he could not definitively diagnose me until we went through a few months of trying certain lenses out and running some diagnostic tests.</div><div><br></div><div>Being the research maniac that I am, I found out that Keratoconus is a disorder of the eye in which the cornea become unstable, thinning-out in the center, and losing its shape. The cornea becomes cone-shaped (Kerato (greek) - horn or cornea, and konos - cone). It can happen in one eye alone but is much more commonly found in both of a patient's eyes. It causes a deterioration in vision, light-sensitivity, streaking, multiple vision and ghosting, halos...all the symptoms I had. I learned that regular soft contacts and glasses could not correct vision in Keratoconic eyes. I also learned that Keratoconus is compounded by my other vision issues: regular astigmatism and myopia (short-sightedness), because in addition to correcting the way light is coming into the eyes through the cone-shaped cornea, we would also have to correct my myopia.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I got pregnant, and financial constraints wouldn't allow me to get the test that Edward recommended: a Corneal Topography, which is a 3D image taken of the cornea to determine its shape. We just stuck with a type of Torric lens that helped more than all the others had for the time being. </div><div><br></div><div>After my daughter was born, I finally had the Topography done, after a bunch of tests with different lights and dyes. Edward took one look at the Topography images and said "exactly as I suspected, you have Keratoconus in both eyes." I was 28. </div><div><br></div><div>Even though I had figured that I must have it, after reading the literature and doing the symptoms checklist, hearing the words still made my heart fall through my stomach, because I knew the end point of Keratoconus can be very severe, leading in some cases to corneal transplants, cornea rupturing, and, in rare cases, blindness. It's degenerative, and there is no cure. </div><div><br></div><div>But Edward was so nice to me, so patient, he calmed me down and said "let's deal with this. It's manageable. Your case isn't too severe." That's not to say that it might not progress rapidly, but for now, we manage it.</div><div><br></div><div>We started a few months later with fitting me for Rigid Gas Permeable lenses. We went through a few different types until we settled on one that had a slightly large diameter than normal, since I could always see the rim of the smaller ones in my field of vision. For a year I battled with my RGPS. They corrected my sight, but they collected lots of dust and corneal and skin cels, which irritated my eyes and made the contacts blurry. </div><div><br></div><div>I live in Barbados, where corrective options are very limited, and treatments like surgeries are non-existent. Edward wanted me to try hybrid lenses, but to do that I'd have to travel to Miami, be re-daignosed, and then fitted. The lenses themselves are quite expensive, and I simply could not afford the trip and the cost. As it was, the RGPS I was using I had already paid $900 for, in addition to all the tests and appointments. </div><div><br></div><div>And so Edward suggested "piggy-backing", where I would wear a soft "bandage lens" underneath the RGPs. It's not permanent solution, but it would help for now. I have such bad ghosting (my worse symptom) that glasses are a waste of time other than getting me around my house. I don't wear them for any other reason than to give my eyes a break from my lenses.</div><div><br></div><div>That was 2 years ago. So far I've managed pretty well. But now I've got another curve-ball to face.</div><div><br></div><div>I just had a check-up, and while the correction of my lenses is still almost perfect 20/20 vision, the fit of the lenses isn't great. They are pressing slightly on the high point of each cornea, which is why I sometimes get eye pain if I'm really tired or my eyes are dry, or if I have to wear my lenses for prolonged periods several days in a row.</div><div><br></div><div>Edward wants me to go overseas to be fitted for hybrids as soon as possible. The current economic times just won't allow it. I do have to get another Topography done, which we can do here, to determine if there's progression in my Keratoconus, and if there is, how much. For now I'll probably have to get re-fitted for a new set of RGPs that have a deeper well so that they're not touching my corneas and putting pressure on them. Pressure on the cornea is one of the biggest no-no's with KC. No rubbing of the eyes at all (which is a huge Catch-22 because you eyes are more sensitive to light and dust etc, which makes them itchy). </div><div><br></div><div>My case isn't that bad yet. I pray it won't get too much worse. In Barbados there are no options other than RGPs. we don't do cornea transplants for KC here, hybrid and scleral lenses aren't available here, and we certainly don't have cross-linking or Intacs done here.</div><div><br></div><div>There are amazing support groups online on all the social media sites. It is very scary. I felt like my eyes were these huge ticking time bombs that were going to explode suddenly in me head and leave me blind. I still feel that way sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>But I didn't let it stop me. I figure if the worst case scenario is going blind, then I should enjoy my sight while I have it. My case is moderate at the moment, but I can't rely on that because there's no way to predict how it will progress. </div><div><br></div><div>I've done lots of experimenting to find ways to wear makeup and still care for my eyes. I've figured out how to remove my makeup without disturbing my corneas. I made a video on KC and also on applying makeup with KC. I'm going to film how I insert my contacts and how I remove them, and also how I clean my makeup off.</div><div><br></div><div>We keep going. Carry on with life. It's a serious problem, but it doesn't define you. Those of us who are managing our KC can be a beacon of support for those who have just been diagnosed and those with bad cases. And we can raise awareness about KC to have more research done and more and more treatment options available. </div><div><br></div><div>If anyone reading this has KC or knows someone who has it, please share your stories with me! Check out my videos on KC on my youtube channel and share them with your friends and family: www.youtube.com/user/mandyaboutface</div><div><br></div><div>For more information visit:</div><div>www.nkcf.org</div><div>www.keratoconus.com</div><div><br></div><div>Search hashtag #kcfamily and #keratoconus on Twitter and Instagram.</div><div>Search for Keratoconus on Facebook - there are tons of groups and support systems.</div><div><br></div><div>Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @LadyMandyisms</div><div>Like my Facebook Page www.facebook.com/aboutfacebygossamertouch</div><div><br></div><div>Let's support each other on this journey!</div><div>Bless,</div><div>Mandy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-40875380359867624172013-05-24T19:20:00.001-04:002013-05-24T19:20:24.099-04:00REVIEW!!! Maybelline MascarasI recently got all three of these mascaras. Check out my previous post on my haul!<div><br></div><div>Yes, I know, I'm late to the party, but I could never find these in Barbados.</div><div>But here's my review on these three bases on my experience with them over the last few weeks.</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jnjvOHEROsldpEwXNQCXDOGpTtwQTJAMbE1iJlmb_ARjIk2fwsM6yvzXipPSSt1JtrudjeaQspj2NlbGtG-Wkg-IGDVHevl-tjLwMzo0Vncu4QHrT-b3VUkxIGJ9uME_4kEEtKDX_pR-/s640/blogger-image-1028553208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jnjvOHEROsldpEwXNQCXDOGpTtwQTJAMbE1iJlmb_ARjIk2fwsM6yvzXipPSSt1JtrudjeaQspj2NlbGtG-Wkg-IGDVHevl-tjLwMzo0Vncu4QHrT-b3VUkxIGJ9uME_4kEEtKDX_pR-/s640/blogger-image-1028553208.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mayebelline The Falsies Volume Express Waterproof </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTuXsfXdbjTE6m2AcERzVu_P0lpd1Eg8L7F7vxlruhvNrJxTNrnHs-22rYyApbx4gVRl4-7F6Xr3gk4BPC00DcZkTPousRbbcJQ7dkaLx5swyllms63xyYGlfU6mgIuDUdrVBpPudICzQ/s640/blogger-image--676174641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTuXsfXdbjTE6m2AcERzVu_P0lpd1Eg8L7F7vxlruhvNrJxTNrnHs-22rYyApbx4gVRl4-7F6Xr3gk4BPC00DcZkTPousRbbcJQ7dkaLx5swyllms63xyYGlfU6mgIuDUdrVBpPudICzQ/s640/blogger-image--676174641.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Maybelline The Mega-Plush Volume Express</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS23NXXXv9nGvmZxj1xu9NSciMyYw2GeMm6NJ9TTpu4XqGGjWCqpp0TZ5u8dGHKPuIEK21y0pvrvIBX9IpLUQPOd-8R8oBxXcBzHwkc_DyPeuhyphenhyphenwyQxCPcqBIdR1Ji7kFk3T5wuhLB2BIv/s640/blogger-image-1678853534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS23NXXXv9nGvmZxj1xu9NSciMyYw2GeMm6NJ9TTpu4XqGGjWCqpp0TZ5u8dGHKPuIEK21y0pvrvIBX9IpLUQPOd-8R8oBxXcBzHwkc_DyPeuhyphenhyphenwyQxCPcqBIdR1Ji7kFk3T5wuhLB2BIv/s640/blogger-image-1678853534.jpg"></a></div>Maybelline The Falsies Volume Express Black Drama Waterproof<br><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Needless to say, since I am a mascara lover (because I have wimpy, pathetic little eyelashes), these were the first things I busted open to try.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The photos above (borrowed from the internet - thanks google!) are actually in order from my favourite to my least favourite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Of course every company makes ridiculous claims about their products. Maybelline claims that with these mascaras you'll get lashes that look like Christy Turlington's in the photo. Bear in mind she's wearing several layers of actual false eyelashes. It's a mascara ad!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I'll break each one down by what they claim, what I found in my experience using them, and what I love or don't love about them. For the product claims I'm going from the Maybelline website because since these were brought in for me by friends, the packaging was removed to avoid customs charges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Falsies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Claim: 300% more visible lashes, corner to corner. Special 'spoon' brush (read: a curved brush which has been 'flattened' so the bristles are shorter in the belly and underside of the curve and longer on the sides) and flexible wand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By "visible lashes" I assume they mean both longer and thicker, and therefore easier to see?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I prefer waterproof mascaras because they hold the curl better in my lashes because they dry quickly. I don't know what the washable version of this mascara is like, but this one is the absolute BOMB.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first time I tried it was on uncurled lashes, and I was astonished by how suddenly my lashes were curling upwards! At first, I applied this mascara kind of the way that you're supposed to apply the lash stiletto, constantly pushing the wand through , turning it to get more product as opposed to putting on several coats. I've also used it in coats, though, and I still don't get any clumping problems. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I like the curve of the brush and though I was skeptical about the longer-shorter-bristle thing, it seems to be a good call because it is easier to get into the corners and on the lower lash line with the shorter bristles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's the formula of this mascara that I love. It's on the thinner side, which means it doesn't really clump, but it dries quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wearing The Falsies (One coat!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lkDxeVEtaKSOXmMr-w_sc2xOpiQTrqocFtnR3c6QanIWsD_QZsgY9WXiTkbzHNP6Xgn9gO0u30Tn9RqQ11H2rqMCJhWCGB9r9dVdnG7YqCPxYV44S87Z0JovhJdr1K2AUYhmYnvimUuT/s640/blogger-image--455456026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lkDxeVEtaKSOXmMr-w_sc2xOpiQTrqocFtnR3c6QanIWsD_QZsgY9WXiTkbzHNP6Xgn9gO0u30Tn9RqQ11H2rqMCJhWCGB9r9dVdnG7YqCPxYV44S87Z0JovhJdr1K2AUYhmYnvimUuT/s640/blogger-image--455456026.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm also a fan of lots of lower lashes, and this mascara gives me lower lashes á la Kim K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The lashes don't feel too hard or too thick, but they do look thick. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My only cons with this one is that I don't know if I like the flexible wand, it just doesn't feel stable to me, and also The Falsies is honestly is a bitch to remove. But with everything else it has going for it, this is my new favourite mascara.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Falsies Black Drama</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Claim: Extreme matte black. 3<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">00% more visible lashes, corner to corner, no gaps. Spoon brush, flexible wand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This one is my least favorite in the bunch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is very black, and very matte. It does make my lashes look much thicker along the base of the lashes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don't know what the matte finish has done to the formula, but this mascara seems very dry and powdery to me. I know quick-dry mascara is supposed to be a good thing, but this dries TOO fast. It almost comes out of the tube half-dry. As a result, I find that it gets clumpy on me before it does any lengthening at all. The "no gaps" thing is crap. Your lashes will ALWAYS have gaps. That's why they're called lashes, not 'fur'.</span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wearing Black Drama (two coats)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfn4EMoeKfrGOMM62HVdOt86apgsGW4LtR0wexqzxxOMdHbUXgx2Ocd4H-9ixEKxCTALMPGtx3i0SNDHPrALLkmljEaG4Qdr5f-2VIzS23YWRDpm8k2nTAWLnsSPGoQkCTW1omFnnoTOE/s640/blogger-image-273197168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfn4EMoeKfrGOMM62HVdOt86apgsGW4LtR0wexqzxxOMdHbUXgx2Ocd4H-9ixEKxCTALMPGtx3i0SNDHPrALLkmljEaG4Qdr5f-2VIzS23YWRDpm8k2nTAWLnsSPGoQkCTW1omFnnoTOE/s640/blogger-image-273197168.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This mascara doesn't hold the curl as well as The Falsies, maybe because the dryness makes it a little heavier. Again, it thickens at the base but it's very hard to get it moved through the lashes properly, and I really don't feel like I get the length.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This doesn't give me the lower lashes that I'm after either, again because of the dryness of the formula. Same peeve with the flexible neck and the difficulty to remove. Perhaps the brush should be different? It's the same spoon brush but maybe the combination of the dry formula and the spoon brush just don't really work together and well as the brush works with the original Falsies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I know I sound critical, but this is a good mascara, great for thickening, and it really is a lovely inky black. So perhaps if you already have long lashes, or if you're using it to marry your own lashes to a strip of real falsies, this might work beautifully</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Mega-Plush</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Claim: Mega volume, gel-mousse formula, never brittle or flaky.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I like this mascara. the gel-mousse formula is thin, and I find that it dries quickly, and hold a curl nicely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don't find that it gives mega-volume though. I found the volume and lengthings to be a little less than The Falsies, to be honest! But Mega-Plush does lengthen and thicken. It doesn't clump too much either. It's decent on the lower lashes, but I've been spoiled by the Falsies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wearing The Mega-Plush (two coats)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO81z-rKAgxD6Wwd8V67AaqZHIb5y-rRsg1HGIYMFlfW8LxbdcXLoKvZri5HaF-gDLVEJgGLGpcxX0dPGcpcujcE9_NN3J75cL5oXzv6LhlhRdj7zKs-6aPf8uepmgtR6eKn9y6V9C8hno/s640/blogger-image-2100237911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO81z-rKAgxD6Wwd8V67AaqZHIb5y-rRsg1HGIYMFlfW8LxbdcXLoKvZri5HaF-gDLVEJgGLGpcxX0dPGcpcujcE9_NN3J75cL5oXzv6LhlhRdj7zKs-6aPf8uepmgtR6eKn9y6V9C8hno/s640/blogger-image-2100237911.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think the brush doesn't need to be quite so fat, and this one has the most flexible neck of all. It makes me feel like the brush is going "doiiinnnggggggg" every time I pull it through my lashes. LOL!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But I do very much love the gel-mouse formula. I wear this mascara during the day or for more natural looks like in the pic (I wasn't wearing foundation or eyeshadow!). It is quite clean, and I love that it doesn't really clump, even after a few coats. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also, somehow, this mascara is also hard to remove. It's not just water-washable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All in all I do like these mascaras, I think they're awesome drugstore buys, and I would buy them all again. they have their pros and cons, but I think The Falsies (the original) is the best mascara I've tried recently.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hope that was helpful!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do you like my reviews? Should I do more?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blessings and lots of lashes!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mandy</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-65671455110152265032013-05-22T16:28:00.001-04:002013-05-24T11:54:39.140-04:00GIFTS & HAUL!!I have been posting about the INSANE makeup prices in Barbados for a while now, especially on Twitter (follow me @LadyMandyisms!). One day in March as I was posting, Kristi Escobedo (@TheKristiWithAK) shocked me by kindly offering to get me "a few things" (her words). I was expecting a few lip glosses and perhaps a mascara. But this is what I received from her.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi8Q4pn7peux4MTieZ2Pl6R5WO5t360dUVKs4t5E6TpUG1flWHi3Fx-hYysVuDYUaMVOmKkWoC3v2NyLbT11DwvmNj0Ti1fbX9szzyH5fvmsBva_1ifGSvp6Onofh-cWLpbkQ9fCPxxjE/s640/blogger-image-532010507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi8Q4pn7peux4MTieZ2Pl6R5WO5t360dUVKs4t5E6TpUG1flWHi3Fx-hYysVuDYUaMVOmKkWoC3v2NyLbT11DwvmNj0Ti1fbX9szzyH5fvmsBva_1ifGSvp6Onofh-cWLpbkQ9fCPxxjE/s640/blogger-image-532010507.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From Left, top row: Wet 'n' Wild eyeshadow trio in Knock On Wood, Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids Lipsticks in Vibrant Mandarin and Shocking Coral, Wet 'n' Wild Blush in Mellow Wine. 2nd Row: A TON of samples from Mary Kay, Dead Sea Premier, Guerlian, and a fragrance by Philosophy called Love Sweet Love, Wet 'n' Wild Megalast lipstick in Bare It All and Don't Blink Pink, Maybelline Volume Express The Falsies and The Falsies Black Drama, NYX Smokey Eye Shadow Palette TSS01, Maybelline COlor Tattoo in Bold Gold and Audacious Asphalt, and Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner in Blackest Black that comes with its own little rounded stiff brush. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5C8VQlWG2c0Kzf8tOwvoZO4dtdzguppMPRTLjhxQuikoKEfrhPJ9uX1fUjt92tNMI1vHEDNsqbLo9lhsam1P7UFPy5zI9ZptmUBv50Cw70YpVm07nQMKZ-5t4cjeBGtjNYDW9lV3Mshi/s640/blogger-image--337996651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5C8VQlWG2c0Kzf8tOwvoZO4dtdzguppMPRTLjhxQuikoKEfrhPJ9uX1fUjt92tNMI1vHEDNsqbLo9lhsam1P7UFPy5zI9ZptmUBv50Cw70YpVm07nQMKZ-5t4cjeBGtjNYDW9lV3Mshi/s640/blogger-image--337996651.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This shot doesn't do the Color Sensational Lipsticks justice, because they are stunning. They are silky smooth and really well-pigmented, and I love the the Coral one most, which is not a colour I normally like to wear, But I can't get enough of this one. And they smell uh-may-zing!! The Megalast ones I've used before and they are beautifully pigmented, but can tend to be difficult to apply because they're a little dry, so they go one kind of patchy. but a little balm left to soak onto the lip and then patted off works wonders. I also apply it in thin layers with a lip brush instead of straight from the bullet and it works really well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dLEc_VQcm62HPt9zHQ25WUzowaAfJcas6Afm1E1yo76kNEPEP5weMj4wpagg_ceIaWEtne-Pr5-okgmQmcIut6U47tOCmlqVSYejKODEY7qlHj7TfiVEXls-hqZW8wQ-lwbSWUxx1C59/s640/blogger-image--1088785769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dLEc_VQcm62HPt9zHQ25WUzowaAfJcas6Afm1E1yo76kNEPEP5weMj4wpagg_ceIaWEtne-Pr5-okgmQmcIut6U47tOCmlqVSYejKODEY7qlHj7TfiVEXls-hqZW8wQ-lwbSWUxx1C59/s640/blogger-image--1088785769.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A close-up of the eyeshadows: Again, the photo is a little over-blown, because in that NYX palette the colours from left to right are a dark sparkly grey, black, taupe-y plum, navy, taupe-y brown, and white. WIth the exception of the sparkly grey, the shadows are a satin finish. </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thank you so much Kristi! I'm absolutely flabbergasted that you were so generous and sent me so much stuff! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Check Kristi out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">@TheKristiwithaK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">www.facebook.com/thekristiwithak</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thekristiwithak.blogspot.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Soon after Kristi sent me that lovely package, my cousin Kathleen came for a visit. I had sent her some money a few weeks earlier to buy some things for me, and she also went crazy and bought me a bunch of stuff as gifts! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNe4f2QsS4w51VsSLuXsIz4q7C-l4DZ8u2lUsCcEWwQtYKmrAW5mtQItDR_cfHKw1CDvmQJ6uU_gfWU7HRkk0xS6Yv3pKBQbzTYOJN-pQYkquws_3NePZjFv-fDUZfmJjElqytBMH56QP3/s640/blogger-image--1235119781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNe4f2QsS4w51VsSLuXsIz4q7C-l4DZ8u2lUsCcEWwQtYKmrAW5mtQItDR_cfHKw1CDvmQJ6uU_gfWU7HRkk0xS6Yv3pKBQbzTYOJN-pQYkquws_3NePZjFv-fDUZfmJjElqytBMH56QP3/s640/blogger-image--1235119781.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All these nail polishes were gifts. The Nail Art ones don't have individual names but there is a hot pink, another bright pink, a neon green, a dark yellow and a neon yellow. The darker purple is a satin formula and also doesn't have names that I can see on the package, the lighter one has silver shimmer through it and is called Passion Pirouette by Barielle Shades. The tangarine color is also Barielle Shades, called Gotta Have Fate, and the peach one is by Color Club, called In Theory. They are both cremes. The cobalt blue is a Color Club creme called Bright Night, the pale blue is also a creme by Color Club called Evolution. The small one at the bottom is actually a dark green creme by Color Club called WIld Cactus, the dark turquoise creme is COlor Club Abyss, and the mint creme is by Rue Beauté, no name but the number is 041. The baby pink creme is Color Club Endless, the red creme mini is Color Club Mamba, the bright pink mini is Color Club Flamingo, and the metallic silver mini is Colour Club On The Rocks. Last but not least is the quick dry top coat that my daughter got hold of and left open and it dried out :( But I did use it a few times and it was lovely, I think it was called 0-80.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL48MDn5m21_yp8eiljGYQzcScxcz1zBVpSOtNDjg_qxBfO8YuA6Q8YWYvtWZScWD8xrvNL6n4B6fhYpB2hLDdBnSESsxN0TiW1qmyxUDsOK3w_EMmg5FHgj5pM0ftM3gi6QdyZTMNRzcO/s640/blogger-image--1696629263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL48MDn5m21_yp8eiljGYQzcScxcz1zBVpSOtNDjg_qxBfO8YuA6Q8YWYvtWZScWD8xrvNL6n4B6fhYpB2hLDdBnSESsxN0TiW1qmyxUDsOK3w_EMmg5FHgj5pM0ftM3gi6QdyZTMNRzcO/s640/blogger-image--1696629263.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This one was on my list for Kath to buy for me, it's Hard Candy Fox in a Box Blush in Hot Flash. The colours are all matte/satin finishes and they're gorgeous alone or swirled together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RhOOUJPhQT84FSlJrY3J0nQfvvLpPQAX772OelUlBd_yPcp8u6MLNHJsd-cgg-X780i_Cm-0LbFkMeZjcyZibN6QGk_MZwRRO4Zws1Lv2Q68_ApasP4VylSZZ6WnA-pDXfCBMP_kmQzY/s640/blogger-image-566296166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RhOOUJPhQT84FSlJrY3J0nQfvvLpPQAX772OelUlBd_yPcp8u6MLNHJsd-cgg-X780i_Cm-0LbFkMeZjcyZibN6QGk_MZwRRO4Zws1Lv2Q68_ApasP4VylSZZ6WnA-pDXfCBMP_kmQzY/s640/blogger-image-566296166.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The large palette was a gift. It's L.A. Colors Private Eye. The colours are beautiful high-shimmer colours, just short of looking like foils, They're quite well pigmented for a "cheap" brand. The huge Bronzer is by Quo, and it's a shimmer but not too glittery. It's quite lovely both as a cheek and a brow highlight. the five pencils are also from Quo, they're called the BFF Super Shaper Eye Wand. They are double ended - one end is a chiseled liner pencil and the other is a smudger that sits in a little pot of eye shadow, The open one is Amethyst/Opal, and then front left to right Twilight/Chiffon, Bewitching/Mythical, Destiny/Majestic, and (my favourite!) ying/yang. The packaging on those pencils are beautiful; they are quite possible my favourites of the group! The two colour tattoo eyeshadows were on my shopping list, and they are in the colours Fierce & Tangy and Painted Purple. She also got me an Audacious Asphalt because it was on my shopping list, which I had made before Kristi sent me that package, as well as some more of the Maybelline Volume Express mascaras (I have 5 tubes now!). Below the palette is a cream eyeshadow, don't know the brand but the colour is Tidal Wave. It's cracked, but it's not dry. It's a lovely turquoise with a gold duo0chrome type of effect. Also pictured is another no-name brand of cream shadow in a taupe colour, and a stay-all-day cream shadow by Essence called Glammy Goes To. the little blue tube that's kind of out of frame (sorry!) is NYC Sparkle Dust eyeshadow in Brilliant Sapphire, and the two lip glosses are Lise Watier plumping minis in the colours Nude and Bronze. That brings me to the last four products (the tube of lipgloss, the baked bronzer at the top and the two tubes) which were on my Shopping list. They're from Hard Candy and they made up the Glamazon Bronzing kit. The white tube is the Hard Candy face primer and the gold one is a cream bronzer called Glow All The Way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HaS7FH1KINR85tdNY9hBXMZZ05nGrJ3x0b-TcJx2JO7Eh0kkrMSHdYjtJzNCVUz5rLPUJqSWGeBeFsdlrZYUSSobf1C9yPjlpUoEnZZl1o60VQa1UvnafHJHJkS9BGphoJFkN4RgKKXt/s640/blogger-image--64178129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HaS7FH1KINR85tdNY9hBXMZZ05nGrJ3x0b-TcJx2JO7Eh0kkrMSHdYjtJzNCVUz5rLPUJqSWGeBeFsdlrZYUSSobf1C9yPjlpUoEnZZl1o60VQa1UvnafHJHJkS9BGphoJFkN4RgKKXt/s640/blogger-image--64178129.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The L'Oreal Infallible Shadows were on my list, in the colours Golden Sage and Bronzed Taupe. The two Glitter palettes are from NYX. These glitters are not for the eye! THe blue palette is called Ocean Breeze and the purple is Royal Violets. On top is a Revlon Balm stain in the colour Romantic (I LOVE this product!!!) The little Bijin Palette deserves its own picture!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxDeucVv9OACmjWKInr59KSgT1xBDjLjg_jLDKAhFMZ0eWaFBECqm9fC_K4YM6QgLNp7MgeGtlNMM-PeleuWPQVIWQG8FzDDZymDSm8WY_BZWKJ4OvMWKE0GGaJkrJyMg5HKkQQxcU7SE/s640/blogger-image-1206388983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxDeucVv9OACmjWKInr59KSgT1xBDjLjg_jLDKAhFMZ0eWaFBECqm9fC_K4YM6QgLNp7MgeGtlNMM-PeleuWPQVIWQG8FzDDZymDSm8WY_BZWKJ4OvMWKE0GGaJkrJyMg5HKkQQxcU7SE/s640/blogger-image-1206388983.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's called the Bento Beauty Box. It's a face and eye palette. The colours aren't named, but the blush is a lovely soft peachy-tan colour, and the eyeshadow quad has a plum, a pale pinky taupe, a rosy pink, and a dark grey. They're ll satin finish. I can't say enough about this packaging, it's just beautiful. "Bijin" is a Japanese term for "Beautiful Woman". SO nice! I don't know that I'll use these colours on myself, but they're lovely for a bridal kit, so that's exactly where I'm putting this one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've bought a few more things for myself over the past few months, but I'll save those for another post. Thanks to Kathleen and Kristi I now have a HUGE set of new makeup to play with! SO far I've tried all the lipsticks, and the colour tattoo and Infallible shadows. The Infallible in Bronzed Taupe is just stunning, and Audacious Asphalt is a new favourite for a quick fun eye. Also, the Falsies mascara, which I haven't seen down here yet, is just fan-freaking-tastic. I can't put it any better way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you managed to get through all of that, thank you SO much for reading! I'm getting back to doing videos soon, I'm really looking forward to that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lots of makeup dreams,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mandy</div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-61467175887953305242013-05-22T11:30:00.001-04:002013-05-22T13:05:44.945-04:00Random Makeup picsHey Beautiful People!<br>
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Haven't done a blog in a while, I know. I won't belabour my computer woes any more. But I'm getting a new laptop soon! YAY!<br>
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So I thought for now I'd share a few manicures I'e worn over the past few weeks. Ive been experimenting with rhinestones and my husband loves them and requests manis with them, so I just keep doing rhinestones manis!<br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVbcMOoteKsY9gg5089o7zRUoBSg-UHTB56eS5OX9k6qHYvLpc6HuQHYPydTHQPFtSBhSOOsHPccOrMPFylzui4oDsZrn6xOpAP8mfqrQL7RXCvr5mQwpZNIfra4eah9W0QX9BgGBdx4v/s640/blogger-image--2114421910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVbcMOoteKsY9gg5089o7zRUoBSg-UHTB56eS5OX9k6qHYvLpc6HuQHYPydTHQPFtSBhSOOsHPccOrMPFylzui4oDsZrn6xOpAP8mfqrQL7RXCvr5mQwpZNIfra4eah9W0QX9BgGBdx4v/s640/blogger-image--2114421910.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">OPI "Yoga-ta Get This Blue", NYX Glitter in a black base (fine and hexagonal glitter), and rhinestones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9obTDB922o7pex6UxJqqpPis671P9VI-596m-RXLywc6A24hj6HPpSYu3gSrbqDNfGayhHSsqLRYjLXq6aGbn4fQWcYKOQKFy_T-pQyfIL5RCP2SKZOIxNdWt9R1R1UB4Q_L-miYQ-Qdo/s640/blogger-image-550924587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9obTDB922o7pex6UxJqqpPis671P9VI-596m-RXLywc6A24hj6HPpSYu3gSrbqDNfGayhHSsqLRYjLXq6aGbn4fQWcYKOQKFy_T-pQyfIL5RCP2SKZOIxNdWt9R1R1UB4Q_L-miYQ-Qdo/s640/blogger-image-550924587.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Colour Club polishes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">ALso I have a few #FOTDs for you guys:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEnsqCHosUQYVTniR43cTT9xQolgwFhkgBJxp3QZElUXsPwP-L4KL5W9WsD5a9pwurfEb8VNTd_RdYlt-BHV_VLrQtLuD7nSQy5yWcZAZT-cORR9FxC5oc1S8d1YR1WreBgM-Jw_ntAtS/s640/blogger-image-708199169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEnsqCHosUQYVTniR43cTT9xQolgwFhkgBJxp3QZElUXsPwP-L4KL5W9WsD5a9pwurfEb8VNTd_RdYlt-BHV_VLrQtLuD7nSQy5yWcZAZT-cORR9FxC5oc1S8d1YR1WreBgM-Jw_ntAtS/s640/blogger-image-708199169.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Glowing skin achieved with MAC Studio Fix Foundation in NC 42, Studio Fix Concealer in NW35 (because the warmer tone brihgtens under my eyes since I have a sallow skin tone), MAC MSF in Medium Dark, Wet 'n' Wild Blush in Mellow Wine, GOld Highlight (the name on the compact rubbed off...), NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in Dark Brown/Brown, Revlon Blam Stain in Romantic, and Maybellline Falsies Volume Express. No eyeshadow, Baby! (I was in a hurry!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIYYyklrDAmyVkk-P0EqJ7sUktLm-M8kH_z6KwVPBbfN9F526hUvPYLQWVy15kDCPr0tMNsQbqAyWl3xDR5MGImmJVNQp8wGMsr6Zhtf5B9VDzFq21dTQ-fVElKIyr60b1yNURBFTu3zD/s640/blogger-image-433856425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIYYyklrDAmyVkk-P0EqJ7sUktLm-M8kH_z6KwVPBbfN9F526hUvPYLQWVy15kDCPr0tMNsQbqAyWl3xDR5MGImmJVNQp8wGMsr6Zhtf5B9VDzFq21dTQ-fVElKIyr60b1yNURBFTu3zD/s640/blogger-image-433856425.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Same foundation/Concealer/powder combo, La Femme Bright pink blush, same highlight, mascara and eyebrow powder, Wet n Wild eyeshadow trio in Knock On Wood, NYX Beige Lipgloss. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mhMretqVPog46gam8R88qPhg1uMef-vq8-rl_ju7ffX3wtdeN5d0v1T7pXqD3h3bKohmQ2b6N6hWznrnzwPAbY-YkmaaZYtoSL1bLe2YX48SGoHrDu4YWz9l4zURaj7OdCxT4UKVzEqA/s640/blogger-image-2138568078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mhMretqVPog46gam8R88qPhg1uMef-vq8-rl_ju7ffX3wtdeN5d0v1T7pXqD3h3bKohmQ2b6N6hWznrnzwPAbY-YkmaaZYtoSL1bLe2YX48SGoHrDu4YWz9l4zURaj7OdCxT4UKVzEqA/s640/blogger-image-2138568078.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nude lips are actually quite difficult for me to get because the natural colour of my lips is a very dusky purple, and when I put concealer over that it looks very ashy and sickly. So I'm going to do a more in depth post (maybe even a video!) on how I blank my lips out for a nude lip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJKVfn5DvgrcquMAeRy9J1biGBlTD3QkuYMPPHETYwEdZwn-DOUg19OYxGLxfTiK0TAk2Y1BTXprtfR_ftOzPlwVfeSN-AHB-2WqwRxN2MAEHyKjk3r2jk0uQicS-3S3VE2rcg2fRvzg5/s640/blogger-image--438359938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJKVfn5DvgrcquMAeRy9J1biGBlTD3QkuYMPPHETYwEdZwn-DOUg19OYxGLxfTiK0TAk2Y1BTXprtfR_ftOzPlwVfeSN-AHB-2WqwRxN2MAEHyKjk3r2jk0uQicS-3S3VE2rcg2fRvzg5/s640/blogger-image--438359938.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mascara, eyebrows, balm stain and blush. That's it folks! (terrible photo makes it look like I didn't blend my blush...I promise that's not how it looked!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdEtIYm2lPd9dv_wR1ztwBSDTr81KZRsJVvn3JnQ1Glbe3Z6gTigzIF5gUFYzS1gnFQj5bmlbrMH2ZnLVl-mPDMs4xeM5AKKKIlnShySPyFGL7L9pomAXIVVUbPNPN7haO0aCHjOUdtos/s640/blogger-image-1875608413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdEtIYm2lPd9dv_wR1ztwBSDTr81KZRsJVvn3JnQ1Glbe3Z6gTigzIF5gUFYzS1gnFQj5bmlbrMH2ZnLVl-mPDMs4xeM5AKKKIlnShySPyFGL7L9pomAXIVVUbPNPN7haO0aCHjOUdtos/s640/blogger-image-1875608413.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And finally a simple look: Same foundation/powder/concealer, eyebrow powder and mascara. On my eyes: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack and a random brown eyeshadow I had lying around...I difues the liner and used it through the crease. La Femme bright pink blush, and NYX Lipstick in Chaos (LP511). I didn't wear highlighter this day cause I forgot. *facepalm*</div><br></div><br></div></div>Hope you lovelies are having a great day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have a HAUL to post next!!!</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><br>
<br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-49248479990557841392013-03-22T12:00:00.003-04:002013-03-22T12:00:53.975-04:00Wow...It's been a long time!<br />
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I've been battling with having no internet or computer at home. Long story.<br />
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Anyway, I upload when I can. Today's post is about a fabulous photoshoot that I did makeup and hair for, featuring the bowties of Bajan designer Orlando Williams. THe photography was by ALyson Holder of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/3rd-EyE-Photography/101605666562553?fref=ts" target="_blank">3rd EyE Photography</a>.<br />
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The face was to be a somewhat updated rockabilly-type look, and the hair was meant to be modern, but inspired by the rockabilly look. Instead of a victory roll, which would have been expected, I went with the height that victory rolls added, but added to that the bee-hive look of the 60s, and made my own little modern, slightly messy love-child updo.<br />
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The makeup photographed differently in different light, but it was a gently contoured cat eye with winged liner. in the crease and outer 1/3 of the lower lashline I used hint of purple instead of just a neutral brown. I kept Shannon's beautiful natural thick brows. The skin was kept dewy, which is more modern than the flawless matte skin of the 50s rockabilly aesthetic. And we changed the lips to create different looks. Shannon is such a chameleon that the change of lip changed her whole look. TO finish her off, I painted her nails a chic, timeless white, and we kept the bowties as the only accessory, which keeps the lines modern and clean and makes for no competition for the lovely bowties.</div>
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Nude lips and lightly dewy skin worked with the crisp white tuxedo shirt and allowed the silver sequined bowtie to stand out.</div>
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For the black and white lace bowtie, we chose a sexy black blazer with satin lapels and a plunging neckline, and went for a seductive pink stained lip and very dewy skin.</div>
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The flirty aubergine and black net bowtie needed to stand on its own so we went for bare shoulders, and for Shannon's lips I used black lipstick and purple eyeshadows to create a vampy look. This was the last look we did, and so I boosted the purples in the eye makeup as well. This is my favourite photo, because you get the full effect of Alyson's incredibly creative backdrop of black balloons.<br />
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This ultra-modern white lip I did on a whim, and everyone loved it. I actually used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk for the lips!. The skin was again kept extra dewy to play off the white lips. We paired it with an elegant white satin, black net and jewel-accented bowtie with the tuxedo shirt and the black blazer. This look ended up being my favourite of all.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-69842691964686949952012-10-27T13:15:00.002-04:002012-10-27T13:15:50.944-04:00The Price of MakeupIf you follow me on twitter (@LadyMandyisms), you'll know that from time to time I'll complain about the prices of makeup here in Barbados.<br />
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I understand that because we are importing everything, the price will be higher. But companies here tend to all be guilty of "price gouging", that is, adding a ridiculous mark-up to their merchadise to try to make profits, and it works, because most of us will simply buy what's available. Many people don't have the option to order online, and even when we do, the duties charged once the item gets here, in addition to high shipping costs for individual packages, as opposed to the shipping costs and duties on bulk shipments, makes for just as high a price. Generally buying in bulk not only reduces the cost of the items, but the shipping is of course lower per item.<br />
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People will say that the exchange rate must be taken into consideration. I say that's true, it's roughly $2 bds to $1 US. However, my argument is this: If I walk into a drugstore here with $50, I could buy 2 Wet 'n' Wild palettes and have barely enough left for one nailpolish. Someone in the States walks into a drugstore with $25 and can buy roughly 5 of the same Wet 'n' Wild Palettes.<br />
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I took some photos today in a drugstore called iMart so that you guys can see I'm not exaggerating. These are all Drugstore brands (Wet 'n' Wild, Milani, Covergirl, L'Oreal). I apologize for the crappy photos, I took them with my crappy phone! I've noted the price when the photos are a little fuzzy.<br />
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And of course, these extreme prices extend to higher end makeup. Brands like Makeup Forever, Inglot Illamasqua etc, are not available here at all. very limited options from brands like Chanel, Clinique and Estee Lauder are available here. We do have a MAC store, where Studio Fix Foundation is upwards of $90BDS.<br />
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My dream is to open a makeup store that sells these products much closer to their original price, but for that I need to jump through a ton of legal loopholes. I'm still investigating all my options.<br />
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Something needs to change!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-75490331995936230542012-10-01T23:58:00.000-04:002012-10-27T13:25:41.374-04:00Changing Face<br />
Alyson challenged me to change the ethnicity of these two beautiful girls, which is something I've always been fascinated by. Shannon and Adri were fantastic, they were such good sports about it because this took a long time (about an hour and a half each). You'll recognize both Adri and Shannon from other shots in my Portfolio. They are two of my favourite models to work with, and you'll be seeing them in future videos, too!<br />
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Alyson's idea was to create these beautiful dark women and then show them wiping away their makeup. It was meant to be a commentary on how we perceive beauty and the strain on women to be <i>other</i> than they are in order to be beautiful.<br />
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We started with Adri. She has bright blue-green eyes naturally, and we decided to make her look East Indian. Because I don't own an airbrush, I used liquid foundation and built up layer after layer to create the right depth of tone for the skin. I tried to keep it "artistic" looking, and Aly took photos of the process as a part of the project.<br />
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The second photo is about three layers of foundation. Once her foundation was complete, I could go ahead and contour her face. Below is the finished product.<br />
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We purposely left areas undone, like Adri's chest and shoulders, and made the edges messy. That's what Aly was going for.<br />
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Then it was Shannon's turn. Where Adri's natural skin tone is milky and rosy (I am absolutely in LOVE with Adri's skin and rarely cover it up with foundation when I do her makeup), Shannon is more of a pale Olive tone with brown eyes, and she has stronger facial architecture, and so we decided to take her much darker than Adri. Below is a shot of her with just one layer of foundation.<br />
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And Shannon's finished face.<br />
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Below is a group shot of the two girls. Adri' eyes are done, but her skin was two layers of foundation away from being finished, and Shannon still only had one layer of foundation on.<br />
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And here they are, both finished (below). Note Adri's finished tone is more of a golden-toned brown, where Shannon's is much more dusky, with an almost blue undertone.<br />
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This final shot was Aly's original idea: to portray the anguish we can feel when we are trying to fit ourselves into some ideal of beauty and fail.<br />
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For the darkening of the skin on both girls I used various dark tones of Black Opal Liquid Foundation and Loose Powder. I stippled the foundation on with torn wedge sponges and buffed the powder in gradually with a small brush every few layers (it was a lot of liquid to set!). For the eyes and eyebrows I used my Coastal Scents 88 Colour Palette.<br />
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We did repeat this concept with two Black girls, and I'll post the results of that one shortly. I must confess, making Black girls white was infinitely more difficult that making White girls black, and the latter was no easy feat!<br />
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It's important also to say that Aly and I were commenting on the racial struggles we have, as well as the beauty struggles. We were in no way, however, saying that one race is "better" or "worse" than the other. But skin colour is one of the most immediate ways to show the contrast and conflict. White girl's tan themselves into an early grave and Black girls bleach themselves grey every day. It is something Aly and I are very passionate about. We want to raise awareness and make people pay attention in our own small way. Art is meant to hold a mirror up to society. These photos were exhibited in Aly's most recent show, and they did create quite a bit of buzz. They made people very uncomfortable, which we are extremely happy about. When people are uncomfortable they tend to sit up and pay attention, and are much more likely to act!<br />
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Stay tuned for more very soon!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-83521337112598001192012-08-27T19:40:00.000-04:002012-08-27T19:41:37.455-04:00Couture Hats/Beauty ShootFINALLY!!! I have been waiting for nearly two months to be able to share these photos with you!<br />
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These shots are for a couture hat designer named Denise Dennis. She makes these beautiful hats by hand! If you want her info just leave me a comment on this post. Likewise if you want the info of any of the models.<br />
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My best friend and photographer extraordinaire <a href="https://twitter.com/MsAlysonH" target="_blank">Alyson Holder</a> of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/3rd-EyE-Photography/101605666562553" target="_blank">3rd Eye Photography</a> took the photos. She and I worked on the concept. We wanted the makeup to be sultry and chic without being over-the-top, so as not to distract from the hats themselves. We knew the shots were going to be tight-frame beauty shots, and so the skin would have to be perfect and the makeup precise and clean, with good contour because the background would be white. We tried black backgrounds but the glow and the subtle colours were lost.<br />
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The first model up is Jade West. She's a gorgeous girl of mixed ethnicity. I love that she experiments with her hair...for this shoot she all but shaved it off and bleached it almost white. I used a thin layer of a creamy beige foundation all over her face because although the quality of her skin is lovely, she was a little hormonally blotchy that day.<br />
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Jade is well named, because she has beautiful jade-green eyes, and I wanted to make them stand out, but subtly, if that makes any sense. I used a medium purplish-taupe colour on her lid, a deep plum eyeliner on her upper lashline (actually it was a lip liner - LOL!) and a deep royal blue liner on her lower lashline. I kept her brows soft and warm, since her skin is quite pale with a slight olive undertone. She has beautiful bone structure but because the backdrop was white, I defined her cheekbones, jaw and collar bones a little more strongly with a tawny matte bronzer than I would have normally, since a white background can wash out pale skin.</div>
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Jade has a very full, pouty, sexy mouth, and so I used a pale, plumy-pink lipstick and a little gloss to keep it sexy without it becoming the focal point of her face.</div>
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We shot her wearing two different hats. Denise designed the hats so that their placement on the head can be changed for a different effect, as shown in the picture below. It's the same hat as the first photo of Jade. Which is your favourite?
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Funny enough, Jade wears colour so beautifully, but never uses colour on herself! She generally sticks to neutral colours or black. The most she'll do is wear red lipstick. Keep an eye out for Jade in future videos. She just may be a new muse for me, because I think she's just stunning. She's super sweet, too.<br />
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The next Model up is Lara Rogers. Another stunning young woman, Lara has flawless skin, a lovely heart-shaped face, and wide-set doe eyes. The look done on her was originally planned for Shannon, but once I saw Lara in person I changed my mind. She had the perfect face for this look.<br />
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I love this hat. It's almost bridal, but still so couture. Lara wore this makeup beautifully. She has amazing porcelain skin, and I just used a bisque foundation in certain areas. She needed very little foundation, and she only needed concealer under her eyes. I didn't powder her skin because I wanted to preserve her natural glow. I used medium and dark taupe colours all along the lid and into the brow bone, a lighter lavender-taupe as a brow highlight, and dark browns and black along the lid and lash lines. It was quite heavy, but the white background, again, muted the colours somewhat. For a little bit of an edgy an romantic twist I swept the medium taupe and brown out from her lid onto her temple, which you can see in the above photo. Lara wears Novalash Eyelash extensions, and so didn't need any false lashes for this although I had originally planned the look with falsies. I lined her upper and lower waterlines with black gel liner.<br />
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This hat is a different one, but along the same lines as the first. I kept Lara's cheeks soft, and very lightly defined her cheekbones with a light matte bronzer and pale pink blush, and used a very mildly shimmery white highlight along the top of her cheekbones, the center or her forehead, down her nose and on her cupid's bow. I really wanted her to glow naturally. This makeup would be lovely on a bride, and can be softened or toned down as needed. It would be beautiful with a nude lip, as well. In fact, my makeup for my own wedding was very similar to this, with a nude lip.<br />
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As you can see, the darkness around the lash lines and the purple undertones in the taupe eyeshadow made the green in Lara's eyes stand out beautifully. (They're actually blue with a green center.) For her lips, which are naturally a gorgeous, perfectly symmetrical shape, I defined and filled them in completely with a dark red liner, then redefined them again and filled the corners with a dark purple liner. Over that I used a true red lipstick, applying it with a brush, had her blot, and reapplied it again. The result was this dense, rich lip that played off her pale skin beautifully.<br />
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Every makeup artist has those few looks that she is supremely proud of, and though this is relatively simple, it's one of mine. The finished product just took my breath away.<br />
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Last, but not least, we have Shannon Harris. As I said before, I had originally planned Lara's look for Shannon but changed my mind (although it would have been amazing on her), and so on the day, I decided to have fun with Shannon's amazing bone structure.<br />
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I've done Shannon's makeup several times, and many different ways, and she is truly a chameleon. She looks incredible in every look I have tried on her, from natural, to 80s supermodel, to ethereal fairy. There are a few shots of her on my portfolio tab if you want to go see. I absolutely LOVE making her up. She's one of those models that get Makeup Artists excited!<br />
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So for this I decided to go a little more French-Vogue-esque. I toned down her dark eyebrows, used purple contours, pale, shimmery taupe and lavender highlights through the whole center of her face, eyelids and collar bones, and no mascara. I also highlighted her cupid's bow, and ran a little beige powder through her eyelashes to further make them "disappear". Then we played around with the lips.<br />
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The first lip was nude, achieved by dabbing a satin-finish beige lipstick on with my fingers to stain the lip, rather than slicking it on.<br />
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I love this shot because you can see how Shannon's skin is glowing. Again, like Lara, she had on very little foundation only on the areas of her cheeks that were flushed because of the heat (it's extremely hot and humid in Barbados during summer). For this lip I just added a coral lipgloss on top of the beige lip stain.<br />
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This lip is my favourite. I used a healthy coat of chapstick and pressed a blue/purple (blurple!) duo chrome eyeshadow into it.<br />
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For this last lip, I lined Shannon's lips with a berry red liner and filled them in with a bright red lipstick. In this shot you can see the toned down eyebrows and lashes. Her eye makeup never changed throughout all her lip transformations.<br />
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There you have it! This was a very fun shoot, and these girls are awesome.<br />
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More is coming, so stay tuned!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-41499293210371660272012-08-23T16:17:00.002-04:002012-08-23T16:17:51.482-04:00It's been so long!I've missed blogging! My laptop gave up the ghost and I really can't afford a new one at the moment. I've borrowed one for this post, because I really wanted to post something.<br />
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I've been up to a LOT. Had a few awesome photoshoots, and I've been doing a lot of Weddings. While I wait for the photos from the weddings I thought I'd post some shots of two different photoshoots I did and just say a little about them.<br />
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The first set of photos are of the beautiful Brittany Tuleja. She's a fellow makeup artist and I just love her face. She has a magnificent wide jaw and startling blue eyes with yellow sunbursts around her pupils. They're not just sunbursts, the yellow actually webs its way throughout her entire iris. It truly breathtaking.<br />
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I had wanted to do a pretty Amazon Queen type look for a while, and when my friend <a href="http://alysonh.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Alyson Holder</a> suggest Brittany for a shoot, I jumped at the chance to do this.<br />
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I swear to you, her eyes haven't been photoshopped.<br />
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On the same day, we shot another lovely friend of mine, Jamie. She was to be a fiary, or something like that. I would have like to go wild with her makeup, but the photographer didn't want it overly dramatic. I'd love to revisit this concept and make her look completely other-worldly.<br />
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And finally, here are two shots of my good friend and wonderful singer Sarah Lloyd. She had asked us to do some shots of her for her press packets. I convinced her that she could carry a very heavy eye-makeup, and thought she didn't believe me at first, she was thrilled with these.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-86805972407724949042012-05-10T10:41:00.002-04:002012-05-12T17:20:15.414-04:00New Hair!!! (Part 1)Hey Beauties!!<br />
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I finally got my hair cut. I was soooo ready for a change.<br />
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I'm going to do a blog post on my hair journey over the last 2 years, which is the period of time that I have done the most experimenting with looks that I have ever done in my life. Stay tuned for that!<br />
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Here's my new haircut!<br />
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It's short all the way around, shortest at the very back, and then the top is longer, cut to fall naturally to the right (which is how my hair fall naturally anyway). The top is very layered to add texture. I am super happy with the cut, especially since I couldn't find ANY photos to illustrate what I wanted. I just described it as best I could to Maria, my hairdresser, and she asked for guidance as she went along. Within 10 minutes, she had nailed it!<br />
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Maria did this cut completely with scissors, only using the buzzer to clean up the hairline along my neck. This is my hair freshly cut, air-dried and just a tiny dollop of Bed Head Manipulator fingered through it whe it was almost totally dry.<br />
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Once again, Maria did the entire cut with scissors, only using the buzzer to clean up the edges. Mom also has Bed Head Manipulator fingered through her hair, but it her case it was done while it was still wet.<br />
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Just thought I'd add a few shots of my hair cut from the sides and back since some of you guys have been asking!! These were all taken just after I washed my hair, it's toweled and fingered through.<br />
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I'm looking forward to doing a semi faux-hawk and playing with my new hair!! Part two happens next week...I'm getting a hot pink (maybe with some purple) chunk in the longer part of my hair!! Wheeeeeeeeee!<br />
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Stay tuned for the video of both parts. And stay tuned for my Hair Journey!<br />
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Don't be afraid to experiment with your hair. It will grow back, and it's the most versatile accessory we own. just be sure to keep it healthy, and have fun!<br />
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Love, scissors and wax,<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-75500652005699680332012-04-19T12:57:00.002-04:002012-04-19T19:37:32.091-04:00Playing Catch-Up: FOTDs 11 and 13Hey guys!! So I got these two FOTDs to share with you guys!!<br />
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These are Days 11 and 13 on the FOTD Challenge Calendar.<br />
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Day 11: All about liner. I kept this wearable because I was going to visit a bridal client and I didn't want to scare her away with crazy makeup!! LOL This look is actually deceptively simple, and not product-heavy at all.<br />
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MAC Pro Longwear Foundation - NC40 mixed with MAC Select Cover Up - NW45 (I've got quite a tan and the NC40 is just far too light for me now)<br />
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Avon Glazewear Intense Shine Lip Gloss - Maple Sugar<br />
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Now I'm fairly sure that <a href="http://iamnymphette.com/" target="_blank">Nymphette</a> didn't mean it literally, but that's how I decided to do today's face. Nude. Bare. Naked.<br />
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Here I am, naked-faced, freshly scrubbed and clean from the shower. I swear to you that all these pictures are completely unretouched. I took all of these with my Nikon Coolpix digital camera, under a 100-Watt Daylight bulb, and with flash.</div>
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I'm in the process of learning to love my bare face. I think it's a struggle that all women (and men, of course) face at some point in their lives because from the time we're 12 we see these perfect faces in magazines. We know intellectually that those faces are airbrushed up the wazoo, but it doesn't change the fact that these are the images we're being presented with that are deemed "beautiful" in society. It's as if magazines, the heralds of the fashion industry, are telling us that "in order to be beautiful you must have flawless skin, no red in your eyes, not a hint of crack in your lips. And you better believe that if anyone is going be put on our magazine covers she will be altered digitally within an inch of her life so that she fits this criteria." </div>
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Perfect skin, perfect teeth, perfect nose, perfect makeup, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect. And girls grow up with this impossible ideal as the measuring stick they hold their own image up to.</div>
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I've never had what I thought to be "good skin". My skin breaks out easily with those large, painful pimples that leave horrible scars. I've finally found a way to calm them down and the scars have begun to fade but my skin is still far from perfect. My eyebrows are sparse, my eyelashes thin and wimpy. I have a crazy massive forehead, weird broken capillaries around my nose, an uneven complexion, open pores on my cheeks, small eyes, wrinkly lips....I could go on and on and on about my imperfections. For a long time, I did.</div>
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People would tell me I was beautiful, but I never believed them because They were seeing the made-up me. The me that never left home without mascara, eyeliner and lip gloss at the very least. There came a point in my early 20s when my skin was so bad I would never even come out of my room without foundation on. I was convinced I looked like a monster. And no matter what your face looks like, if you feel horrible, you're going to project that into the world and that's what people will see. And that's how I felt.</div>
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Before you scoff, it's important to understand that this is not about vanity. The face is the first thing people see. It's how you read people, it's how you remember them. And it's easy for us to get to a point where we feel that our faces are our only real advertisement, since people make immediate snap judgements about us depending on what we look like, whether or not we're wearing makeup, etc. We tend to judge others very harshly, we all do it or have done it in the past. And the sooner we all admit that to ourselves, admit that we can be an extremely, painfully superficial lot, understanding that this is how we have been taught to be for generations, and it doesn't make us bad or good, it's just the plain truth, the sooner we can begin to get past it.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I'm not sure when the transformation of how I feel about my face began. But at some point, recently enough that I'm still aware that my thought process is different than it used to be (in other words it hasn't quite become completely effortless yet), I began to realize that my face is just my face. The good and the perceived "bad". I also began to fine tune the way that I feel about the concept of "beauty" in general, and I began to be much more comfortable in my skin. I stopped giving away my power by taking oh so seriously what the image industry said I should look like or what mean, horrible people said about me and my skin, my looks, my weight, my hair, whatever. By letting all those outside of me dictate to me how I should be feeling about the face and body I was born with, I was giving away all of my power. So I took responsibility for giving away my power, and then I took my power back.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">One day I took a photograph of my bare face and studied it. And I realized that I really do like my face. I think I'm beautiful in my own unique way, as everyone is. I have always steered very clear of the word "ugly" because beauty in of itself is so subjective and I hate to put that on anyone. And I truly have yet to come upon a face that is really what I would call "ugly", </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">but I was subconsciously calling myself ugly</span><span style="text-align: left;">. And so I cut myself some slack and now, at 30, I can proudly say that, all in all, I really do </span><i style="text-align: left;">like</i><span style="text-align: left;"> my face. I'm ok with my "flaws". I've even learned to love the widow's peak that I absolutely loathed all the way through my teens and 20s. After the birth of my daughter I cut my hair, which was a 20-inch security blanket that hadn't been cut, only ever trimmed, since I was 8 years old. With much less hair, I had no choice but show off my face. I even began to leave the house without makeup, long before my skin began to clear up. Much of it was conscious decision-making, like not wearing makeup, and the rest was just my mind following my actions.</span><br />
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Here's what I do like about my face: I love the colour of my skin, the shape and colour of my eyes, my strong, high cheekbones, the shape of my nose, the firmness of my skin, my few freckles, my unique moles, my smile, and the fact that my eyebrows are naturally nicely shaped.<br />
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In a nutshell, here's how I think about Beauty and Image:<br />
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<li>I believe that we are all beautiful. In a world where everything is so different, how can we hold up one standard, impossible or not, and expect everyone to conform?</li>
<li>I believe that you should take care of your skin and your body and your face not because you need to do so in order to make yourself into someone else's idea of beautiful, but because they are the only skin, body and face you have, and I believe they should be treasured.</li>
<li>If we spent half as much time appreciating our faces as we do looking at magazines that give us false images as our ideals, we would be so much happier. </li>
<li>Makeup should never be used as a mask to hide your real face because you think there's something wrong with it. Makeup is fun, it's a way to be creative and to enhance the parts of your face that are your favourite. Makeup is an art, a tool, a toy; not a remedy, a cover-up or a miracle fix-all.</li>
<li>When you are confident, you immediately appear more beautiful. The mind is an amazing, powerful thing.</li>
<li>You can create any image you want. Define your own image completely separate from what magazines and the unforgiving "Beauty Industry" tell you that you should want to look like. Decide what is beautiful to you and pursue it.</li>
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Dare to go bare! You are perfect in your imperfections, for we are all imperfect, and that is what makes us wonderfully unique.</div>
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Mandy<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243670554202518823.post-69319540586137557202012-04-18T20:04:00.006-04:002012-04-18T20:04:53.516-04:00Playing Catch-Up - Milky Way NailsI'm so very behind...I've got two FOTDs and one NOTD for you guys!! I'll start with the NOTD since they're the most recent - I just finished this mani today and I love it!!<br />
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I just spent a few nights at a beach house with some friends on the East Coast of BArbados. It's gorgeous out there, and at night, because there aren't as many lights, the night sky is absolutely breathtaking. You can see all the stars that you normally can't see, and you can actually see the wave of the Milky Way. So I drew my inspiration from that and came up with this mani. It's taking the Ombre technique to the next level. There's definitely a gradient of colour, as you can see, but I've got a ton of texture in there with three different types of glitter polish in layers!<br />
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These are the polishes I used (along with Orly Bonder as a basecoat and Seche Vite Top Coat) From left to Right (which is the order in which I applied them): Milani - Black Magic, Slick Holographic Glitter polish - No Name, Milani 3D Holographic - HD 509, and NYX Nail Polish - 162 Fizzy Spots.<br />
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I applied one thick coat of Black Magic and let it get almost dry. Then I used a makeup sponge to apply a thin layer of the Slick polish, which is a mix of small and medium holographioc glitters in a clear base, not terribly dense, on the top two thirds of the nail, let it dry, and repeated that on the top half of the nail. Then I used the Milani 3D, a very dense, fine holo glitter polish, on the sponge along the top third of the nail, let it dry, and repeated just along the free edge of my nail. When that was completely dry, I gave the entire nail one thick coat of the Fizzy Spots. It's large hexagonal holo glitter and a small holo glitter mixed in a black jelly base. I wanted to tone down all the other silver a bit, and also if you apply the Fizzy Spots too thin the large hexagonal glitters won't transfer to the nail.<br />
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Try it out! This would look awesome on a dark blue or purple base as well. Have fun!<br />
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Happy Milky way nails,<br />
MandyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616028248898716814noreply@blogger.com0