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V-day Fuchsia/Purple

February 8, 2010 by Jilly

So, after soo many days of thinking what tutorial should I do for another v-day look, I decided to use parfait armour and stars ‘n rockets from MAC. There’s a lot of pink/purple look by other makeup gurus, but because I’m asian, pink isn’t all that flattering to my skin tone.

Please, my oriental friends, try to stay away from pink as much as possible. It’s not a great colour for our skin tone. Rather than using pink, I used MAC Stars ‘n Rockets because it has a hint of purple in it. If you don’t know yet, this eyeshadow is a duochrome, meaning that it has 2 colours to it. Depending on what base colour you used, the colour will shows up differently. For example, if you use a black base and then apply stars ‘n rockets, you’ll get a purple colour, but if you apply a neutral base/no base, you’ll get a fuchsia colour with a hint of purple to it.

Anyways! Long story short, let’s get the tutorial started!

I did my eyes first, then my face just because I feel like doing it. lol..I prefer to do my face first then my eyes though.

Products used:

Face – MUFE HD Foundation

Concealer – Lise Watier concealer wheel

Eyes – MAC Stars ‘n Rockets, MAC Parfait Armour

Highlight – MAC Ricepaper

Brows – Anastasia Brow Wiz

Eyeliner – Kat Von D liquid liner in Trooper

Mascara – Dior Iconic

Eyeliner – Stila in Onyx

Blush – MAC Dainty

Bronzer – Benefit Hoola

Lipstick – CG Peach Shine

Posted in makeup tutorials | Tagged duochrome, fuchsia, mac duochrome, pink, purple, valentine's day makeup, winged liner | Leave a Comment »

Michael Kors Inspired Look – Spring RTW 2010

February 7, 2010 by Jilly

Ok, so, I’ve to apologize because I actually didn’t quite finish the tutorial. I was doing my makeup and then I had to remove it and leave. But, I didn’t want to keep not doing my posts, so I decided to just post the 1/2 way done tutorial..lol..If I have more time next time, probably I’ll re-do it

Anyhow, the look is inspired from Michael Kors spring rtw 2010 runway show. I think the eyes look uber pretty. The colours used in the runway reminds me of spring flowers. For the face, if I were to finish the look, I’d just use blush to contour my cheeks and leave the lips pretty nude since there’s a lot going on in the face.

Products used:

eyeshadows: MAC Goldenron, MAC Vibrant Grape and MAC Aquavert

Posted in Makeup Trends, Runway inspired Look, Spring, makeup tutorials | Tagged michael kors makeup, michael kors makeup spring 2010, runway makeup, spring makeup | 2 Comments »

Neutrals – Brown

January 31, 2010 by Jilly

Today’s look is a request from a friend who took my makeup class. She rarely wears makeup and wanted a day look with shimmer and neutrals. Then, another friend of mine asked for a day to night look. So this tutorial covers both topic. Please read the full description by clicking each pictures.

For a winged eyeliner tutorial pls click here: http://kireimakeup.com/2009/11/06/how-to-winged-eyeliner-part-2/

I’ve prep my face with foundation and set it with powder

Bare Study all over eyes, Patina on eyelid, Mulch on outer V, winged liner, blush and lipstick

Products used:

Foundation – CoverFX liquid foundation in M50

Powder – MAC Blot Powder in medium dark

Eyeshadow – MAC Bare Study paint pot (primer), MAC Patina, MAC Mulch

Eyebrows – aloette brow trio

Eyeliner – MAC Chromaline in black black, annabelle black pencil liner

Mascara – Dior Iconic and Dior Extase

Blush – MAC Dainty

Lipgloss – MAC Partial to Pink

Posted in makeup tutorials | Tagged brown, brown smoky eyes, day look, day makeup with brown, day makeup with neutrals, glam eyes, neutrals | Leave a Comment »

Spring 2010 – RTW Makeup Trend

January 28, 2010 by Jilly

I’m going to summarize a little bit of the Spring 2010 runway RTW of a few designers that I love. I’ll try to do a look based on some of the designer’s looks.

Ready-To-Wear collection:

1) Versace – purple smoky for the eyes and pale lips

2) Chloe – no makeup makeup with nude lips

3) Carolina Herrera – light eyes with champagne and brown, rosy cheeks and lips. It has a feeling of freshness and light and happy to it

4) Dior – makeup is inspired by Lauren Bacall, so it’s very 1950s but modernized. It has that sleepy eye effect with the lashes, I think they used individuals on the outer corner. Eye colours are lavender or bright orange with frosty white, the lips are red (with orange undertone)

5) Jean Paul Gaultier – smoky brown/bronze, very earthy, no blush, contoured cheeks and pale lips

6) Karl Lagerfeld – off white eyeshadow, red lips, bleached brows and black liner on lower lashline. The look is very clean, crisp and precise

7) Marc by Marc Jacobs – very natural, no-makeup makeup with pink/fuschia lips, skin is sheen.

8 ) Max Azria – no makeup makeup, very clean, fresh natural looking..skin is sheen and see through

9) Michael Kors – yellow gold with purple, thin crisp black liner on the top lid and waterline. Pale, matte skin, frosty light pink/purplish lips, purple/plum on outer v, and light blue in the middle eyelid, no blush, orangy contour

10) Prada – bleached brows, orangy red lips, no makeup makeup elsewhere, skin is sheen, probably highlight the inner corner

11) Nina Ricci – bleached brow, sheen, luminous skin, pale beigy lips, dark brown on the inner up to the brow and gradually goes into light beige shimmer

12) Roberto Cavalli – extreme winged liner, pale nude lip, skin is sheen, contoured cheekbones, brown/bronze eyeshadow up to brow

13) Ralph Lauren – no-makeup makeup

14) Vera Wang – no-makeup makeup with but strong brows

15) Zac Posen – eyelids are very light, brown on the crease, no liner, just mascara, rosy blush cheeks to temples, rosy lips

So these are the 15 designers that I love. I probably will do 2-4 makeup inspired by their runway shows. I’ll do the haute couture tomorrow..=)

Overall I think there’s a lot of no-makeup makeup look – very natural and fresh. Colour choices seem to lean towards the purple family – to the cooler side for the eyes, for the lips: pale nude lips seem to stay, red lips are coming back, but in the warmer orange tone. For neutrals there’s a lot of bronze, browns and beige. I have to say I quite like this year spring runway RTW makeup. It’s very fresh, very youthful but not too bright. I think the choice of the cooler purple is pretty nice (lavender, lilac, royal purple).

Posted in Makeup Trends, Spring | Tagged carolina herrera, chloe, dior makeup, jean paul gaultier makeup, karl lagerfeld, marc jacobs makeup, max azria makeup, michael kors, nina ricci, prada makeup, ralph lauren, roberto cavalli, spring 2010 makeup, spring 2010 ready to wear collection makeup, vera wang, versace, zac posen | Leave a Comment »

Foundation – tools and products

January 25, 2010 by Jilly

So, foundation..To get a good foundation, obviously you’ll have to find 1 that match your skin tone. How do you match your foundation? Go to this tutorial that I did (my first ever post..lol) http://kireimakeup.com/2008/09/23/foundation-and-concealer-basic/

So, different types of foundation:

1) Sheer coverage – tinted moisturizer, loose powder foundation, mineral foundation

2) Medium coverage – liquid foundation

3) Heavy coverage – cream foundation

My fav. will be either liquid or cream. For myself, I like using liquid cause I can bring it with me without having to bring any tool if I need to apply it (esp. if I’m travelling). I do like cream foundation too if I’m going out for party etc. I like something with medium to heavy coverage because I can always sheer it down. Not a fan of sheer coverage foundations cause my skin isn’t flawless

Tools:

1) Sponges – wedge sponge (latex and non-latex base), sea sponge (the yellow ones)

2) Fingertips and palm

3) Foundation brush – MAC 190, 191

4) Stippling brush – MAC 187

5) Tapered face brush – 138

My favs:

- To sheer down my foundations I used a damp (let me say that again DAMP) wedge sponge. Wet that sponge and squeeze the water out and let it be DAMPED people! lol..You can either apply foundation 1st then sheer it down with the sponge, or I like to damp the sponge then apply the foundation with it. It gives a nice natural look

- My I’m-going-to-be-late or 5-min face method : warm the foundation on my palm or fingertips then apply it all over my face. Foundation is warmed up and goes on smoothly on my face, no product is wasted. Only worked with liquid foundation.

- For cream/liquid foundation (heavy coverage) I like using

foundation brush – apply foundation from center of the face outwards in a criss-cross motion

tapered face brush – buff itttt..very interesting finish

What’s your fav. way of applying foundation? =D

Posted in Makeup Tips | Tagged foundation, foundation brushes, how to apply base, how to apply foundation, mac 138, mac 187, mac 190, MAC brushes | Leave a Comment »

Kitty Cat

January 22, 2010 by Jilly

Okaay! Today’s tutorial – very simple clean eyes with cat liner. Emphasize on the eyes. Very sultry look. Perfect for a night out or even Valentine’s dinner.

For tips and tricks on how to get the winged liner, go here: http://kireimakeup.com/2009/11/06/how-to-winged-eyeliner-part-2/

Products used:

Foundation – Laura Mercier Silk foundation

Eyeshadows – Lorac Pewter, Annabelle black eyeshadow

Highlighter – MAC RicePaper

Brows – anastasia brow pencil

Mascara – Dior Iconic

Blush – NARS Orgasm

Posted in makeup tutorials | Tagged cat eyeliner, cat liner, cat-eye makeup, devil's horn eyeliner, kim kardashian makeup, megan fox makeup, pewter, valentine's day makeup, winged eyeliner, winged liner | Leave a Comment »

Removing makeup

January 22, 2010 by Jilly

This is a post regarding what I use to remove my makeup since I get ask quite a lot.

I’m using Shu Uemura’s cleansing oil to take off my makeup. It’s quite pricy ($60 I think), but it’s a huge bottle. Other than that, I used baby oil to remove my eye makeup. It might sound weird, but oil helps to remove makeup and cleanse your skin without striping the natural oil of the face. I heard some people even use olive oil to remove makeup. I’m just using baby oil for my eyes because our eyes are one of the most sensitive part of the face. I always say to my friends “whatever is good for the baby, it’s good for you” =D

At school, especially in theatre class, I used those makeup wipes from Shoppers and wet it a little bit with Kryola Hydro Oil. Hydro oil takes off EVERYTHING easily (even without the wet wipes).

But, yea, so my fav. is still Shu Uemura cleansing oil and baby oil! =D

Posted in Makeup Tips | Tagged cleaning makeup off face, cleansing makeup, removing makeup, washing makeup | Leave a Comment »

Na’vi (Avatar) Inspired Look

January 13, 2010 by Jilly

So! The whole Avatar hype and while it’s still hot, I decided to do some face paint on tiff during lunch break today. I used different shades of blues, you can use any kind of blues really. Mine is probably not that close to the colours that they used in the movie, but well, you got to use what you have..=D

Anyway, I won’t be posting the products that I used just because I left them at school and I don’t remember what they’re called (I remember some, so read the description for each photo). But, if you intend to do this look, just use different shades of blues – light blue, dark blue, navy, cornflower blue etc

Pls read the description for each photos if you’re planning to do this for halloween or just for fun! =)..

Posted in makeup tutorials | Tagged avatar, avatar makeup, blue, face paint, halloween makeup, na'vi | 2 Comments »

Cranberry with Tiffany

January 12, 2010 by Jilly

My second take using MAC Cranberry. This time I’m using Tiffany as my model (as always! =D)..Tiffany has a great skin, and so I didn’t need to put foundation on her. Instead, I covered some redness around the nose, tip of the nose and cheek areas with a concealer.

Again, because I was in prosthetic class, I didn’t have all my brushes with me, so the result might have ended up a little bit messy. And the lights in the class are really bright, so shadows might fall here and there resulting in an unflatterng pics..lol..but anyhow, enjoy the tutorial

Cranberry all over the lid, Swiss Chocolate on the outer V, black liner, mascara and blush (and a touch of bronzer)

Products used:

Concealer: BOOING from Benefit

Eyeshadows: MAC Cranberry and MAC Swiss Chocolate

Eyeliner: Annabelle black eyeliner

Blush: NARS Orgasm

Bronzer: NARS Laguna

Posted in makeup tutorials | Tagged chocolate, cranberry, valetine's day makeup | Leave a Comment »

Icy

January 9, 2010 by Jilly

Happy weekend everyone! This look was made purely out of fun and I was just playing around with some colours – namely Parfait Armour and Deep Truth by MAC. I wanted to do a smoky blue with deep truth, but then I didn’t want to do another smoky look. I decided to play with these 2 colours and make something more wearable, just for fun look. =D