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Archive for January, 2010

Neutrals – Brown

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , , , on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Spring 2010 – RTW Makeup Trend

Posted in Makeup Trends, Spring, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Foundation – tools and products

Posted in Makeup Tips, tagged , , , , , , , on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 – [...]

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Kitty Cat

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Removing makeup

Posted in Makeup Tips, tagged , , , on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Na’vi (Avatar) Inspired Look

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , , on January 13, 2010 | 11 Comments »

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 [...]

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Cranberry with Tiffany

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Icy

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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Pewter for Ana

Posted in Product Reviews, makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Hello! Finally, after a few days of busy back to sch life, I’m able to post a tutorial. I used my classmate, Ana as a model because I’m too lazy to do my own makeup. I actually bought a new eyeshadow from Lorac called Pewter and I wanted to give organic makeup a try to [...]

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Warm and smoky

Posted in makeup tutorials, tagged , , , , , on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I ended the year with a silver (cool) smoky look and I decided to open the year with a warm brown/bronze smoky look. Very easy, very simple look. The key to the look is blending. =) Soft ochre all over the eyelid and up to the brow bone, honey lust on the eyelid, mekong on [...]

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