Category: Party Makeup

Day to Night Party Makeup Tutorial

We are almost in mid-December, already?! Anyways, most of you must have a lot of parties and events to attend to, so today’s post is a Day to Night Party Makeup Tutorial! This is one way of changing your day makeup to night makeup quickly, and all you need is a lipstick. You can also add a black eyeliner if you prefer, just like what I did for this post, but if you don’t it’s not a big deal.

For this look, I applied falsies just because my real lashes are not that full. You can skip the falsies altogether, I just do it because it looks better in pictures since my real lashes are not full in volume and not curly.

This Day to Night party makeup tutorial is all about creating a strobed-looking skin, nothing too contoured. The eyes are very muted and simple. For the Day look, the eyes are very open and brightened. For the Night look, the focus in on the lips, not too dark but not too bright either.

Tarte Light of the Party tutorial

For the eyes and cheeks, I used my new Tarte Light of the Party palette, and can I just say that I’m loving it?! One of the best neutral palette, in my opinion. The colors are very muted and soft, a lot of matte colors too! Absolutely gorgeous. I’ll do the review for this palette soon!

Also, how you liking my luminous/strobed skin? I just bought Becca Backlight Filter primer, and tested it today. Such a gorgeous primer for strobing. I feel like my skin just glow all over! I applied this primer under my eyes, on top of my cheekbones, on the bridge of my nose, & cupid’s bow. I also applied this primer under my NARS foundation so it doesn’t look too dewy.

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Base – Tarte Light of the Party “Eggnog”
  • Crease – Tarte Light of the Party “Mulled Wine”
  • Eyelid – Tarte Light of the Party “Rum Pum Plum”
  • Center of lid – Tarte Light of the Party “Fizz the Season” (I applied this using my ring finger)
  • Inner lower lash line – Tarte Light of the Party “Ring-a-Ling”
  • Outer lower lash line – Tarte Light of the Party “Cocoa What Fun”
  • Winged liner – Kanebo “Kate Super Sharp eyeliner”
  • Waterline – [Day] MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner “NW25/NC30”; [Night] MAC “Smolder” kohl liner
  • Mascara – Tarte “Light, Camera and Lashes” mascara
  • Brows – Kat Von D Tattoo Brow “Medium Brown”
  • Falsies – Esqido Mink Lashes “Oh So Sweet”

Tarte Light of the Party makeup tutorial

Face

Cheeks – I used Eve Pearl fan brush only for the cheeks, starting with the Bronzer then Blush & lastly the Highlighter.

  • Bronzer – Tarte Light of the Party “Social Butterfly”
  • Blush – Tarte Light of the Party “Amazed”
  • Highlighter – Tarte Light of the Party “Pink Champagne”

Tarte Light of the Party makeup tutorial

Lips

  • Day look
    • Lipstick – Sephora Collection Oil Infusion Color & Care “Pink Granita”
  • Night look
    • Lip pencil – MAC “Nightmoth” lip pencil
    • Lipstick – MAC “Media” lipstick

mac media lipstick

 

Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Tutorial #1

I did promise to post an Urban Decay Gwen Stefani tutorial in my previous post, and here it is! I did this pretty quickly since I was testing several products all at once. It’s very simple and easy to do. I pretty much only used 2 brushes for the eyes – blending and flat eyeshadow brushes, and this is just my regular go-to eye makeup look.

I’ll be posting more Urban Decay Gwen Stefani tutorials, so if you have any requests, feel free to leave a comment below! As you know, Gwen Stefani is no stranger to bold makeup look, so for this tutorial, I’ve decided to pair the eyes with red lips. Gwen Stefani does wear a lot of red lipstick paired with bold winged liner. I did a winged liner, but not as bold as her since I don’t have the “real estate” (aka enough space) on my eyelids to do so.

Check out my VLOG using this palette!

Have you guys check out my UD x Gwen Stefani swatches and first impression yet?! You should!

Urban Decay Gwen Stefani makeup look

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Anti Aging”
  • Base – Urban Decay Gwen Stefani “Skimp”
  • Transition –Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Stefani “Anaheim”
  • Crease – Urban Decay Gwen Stefani “Zone”
  • Outer V/Lower Lash line – Urban Decay Gwen Stefani “Punk”
  • Eyelid – Urban Decay Gwen Stefani “Blonde”
  • Waterline – MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner NC30
  • Winged liner – Kanebo Kate Super Sharp eyeliner
  • Mascara – NARS “Audicious” mascara
  • Falsies – Ardell “Demi Wispies”
  • Brows – Anastasia Brow Pomade “Medium Brown”

Face

  • Base – Bobbi Brown “Vitamin Enriched Face Base”
  • Foundation – Shu Uemura Skin:Fit foundation
  • Concealer – NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer “Custard”
  • Setting powder – Laura Mercier “Invisible Loose Powder”
  • Nose contour – Make Up Store “Smog” Micro Eyeshadow

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lip pencil – MAC “Brick” lip pencil
  • Lipstick – MAC “Russian Red” lipstick


 Urban Decay Gwen Stefani tutorial

 

Lavender Glitter Party Makeup THEFACESHOP Canada

I can’t believe it’s almost December! Are you guys ready for the Holiday season? If you are ready to attend parties and eat great food, then you should be prepared with great makeup looks! For this post, I want to share with this Lavender Glitter party makeup. One tip I want to share is that I applied it dry first as a base, then dipped my brush in water and re-apply the eyeshadow wet to get more shine from the glitters!

Just beginning of this week, I received a PR package from THEFACESHOP Canada. I was thrilled when I saw all the products they sent me, thus why I created this look! AThis year, break out of your earthy tones, and neutrals. Come join me in this world of sparkles and pastels. You have to give this look a try! It’s not too out there, but at the same time it has just enough color to make you stand out from the rest.

What is your favorite Holiday look? Let me know in the comment below!

Lavender Glitter party makeup

This post is very much inspired by the Korean makeup trends (K-Pop makeup) – luminous dewy skin, simple eyes, and gradient lip (or ombre). This look is very simple, and in a lot of way very cute and girly. The Koreans, they don’t really wear much contouring on the face or eyes. They focus mostly on a very youthful-looking skin which looks very dewy, and Popsicle lips. I skipped the falsies because most of the Korean actresses and singers don’t wear them. It’s not a big part of their makeup ritual, unlike the Japanese who are huge fans of falsies.

The reason why I used 2 blushes for this tutorial is because the blush from THEFACESHOP Canada is a bit too light for my skin. Since it does not show up on my skin, I used my Chanel blush, and then used the one from THEFACESHOP Canada on top of the Chanel one to soften the color, and highlight my cheeks.

I’ll be posting a review of THEFACESHOP Canada products I used on this tutorial next week! So, don’t forget to subscribe so you can get my latest post in your inbox (subscribe button is located on the top right side bar).

THEFACESHOP Canada

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Lid/lower lash line – THEFACESHOP Canada “Lavender Glitter”
  • Winged liner – THEFACESHOP Canada Color Proof eyeliner “Purple Violet”
  • Waterline – MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner NC30
  • Eyebrows – Anastasia Brow Pomade “Medium Brown”
  • Mascara – THEFACESHOP Canada “Freshian Big Mascara (01 Curling)”

Face

Cheeks

  • Blush – THEFACESHOP “Candy Violet” single blush; Chanel Blush de Horizon

Lips

  • Lip stain – THEFACESHOP Ink Lipquid “Pink Scarf Rose”

Korean makeup

Shu Uemura x Maison Kitsune Look #3

Another day, another look using Shu Uemura x Maison Kitsune Holiday collection 2015! I’ve done 2 smoky eyes using Shu Uemura x Maison Kitsune Indigo palette (Grey Smoky & Blue Smoky), and this will be my third look. I’ll try to do a review and swatches of the Indigo palette next week.

For this look, I wanted to create a simple soft smoky liner makeup, which is an alternative way to glam up your party makeup. If you are not comfortable doing smoky eyes, give this look a try. For the rest of my face, everything is simple, no contouring. Most of the products used are Shu Uemura products, which I’ve been loving lately. It’s a really great line, especially for Oriental skin. Anyways, please scroll down for more pictures and product details.

*Please check out my other Maison Kitsune for Shu Uemura tutorials*

shu uemura x maison kitsune

Products used

Eyes

  • Base – Shu Uemura cream eyeshadow “Ivory”
  • Eyelid – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Deep Pink”
  • Outer third/crease – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Glow On Blush Pink”
  • Upper lash line – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Black”
  • Lower lash line – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Navy”
  • Waterline – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Play & Remix Drawing pencil “Indigo”
  • Lashes – Ardell falsies “Demi Wispies”
  • Brows – Shu Uemura Brow Sword

 

shu uemura x maison kitsune

Face

  • Base – Shu Uemura Tsuya Bouncy-Fine Cream
  • Foundation – Shu Uemura Lightbulb foundation
  • Concealer – NARS Radiant Creamy Foundation “Custard”
  • Setting Powder – Laura Mercier “Invisible Setting Powder”

Cheeks

  • Blush – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Glow On Blush Pink”

Lips

maison kitsune for shu uemura

Maison Kitsune for Shu Uemura Smoky Eyes

Another look using Maison Kitsune for Shu Uemura Indigo eye/cheek palette! This time, I really wanted to showcase the gorgeous blue eyeshadow fron the palette, so I created this blue smoky eyes look! This look is super easy to recreate, and it’s a really fresh take on a non-black smoky eyes.The only product that is black is my mascara, even my eyeliner is blue (surprise, surprise..lol).

We’ve all seen black smoky eyes, brown smoky eyes, grey smoky eyes, well why not an all blue smoky eyes? This blue smoky eyes will bring out those with brown, or green, or grey eyes! I love how the blue shadow from the palette looks almost jewel like. It’s not too dark, yet still have a rich deep blue hue.

For the lashes, I decided to apply the Maison Kitsune Jewel-Fur-for-a Wink falsies since I thought it was going to add a bit of fun to the whole look. Very extravagant, perfect for Holiday party makeup! Of course, you can skip this special falsies and wear the regular ones, but I think this falsies are amazing! Also, if you want to know what else I’ve bought from this collection, check out my Instagram account!

*Please check out my other Maison Kitsune for Shu Uemura tutorials*

Maison Kitsune Indigo palette

Products used

Eyes

  • Base – Shu Uemura cream eyeshadow “Ivory”
  • Eyeliner – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Play & Remix Drawing pencil “Indigo”
  • All over eyelid – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Navy”
  • Inner corner – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “White”
  • Center of lid – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette “Soft Blue”
  • Brows – Shu Uemura Brow Sword
  • Mascara – NARS Audicious mascara
  • Falsies – Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune “Jewel-Fur-For-A-Wink” false lashes

 

Blue smoky eyes

Face

  • Primer – Bobbi Brown “Vitamin Enriched Face Base”
  • Foundation – Shu Uemura Lightbulb foundation #754
  • Concealer – YSL Touche Eclat
  • Setting powder – Shu Uemura Lightbulb Glowing Face Powder “Colorless”

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lip lacquer – Shu Uemura lip Lacque Supreme “CR1 Chu Chu Coral”

asian smoky eyes

 

UD Vice 4 Tutorial #1

I finally have the chance to play with my UD Vice 4 palette! This UD Vice 4 tutorial is fun, and has a little bit of color. It’s a really fun look to wear especially for a party. Of course you can skip the black winged liner, and go for just a simple line along the upper lash line.

For the rest of the face, keep it simple and light. No over-contouring, no carved brows, and definitely nice soft natural lips. By keeping the rest of the face simple, you can keep the whole look youthful. Take it easy on the contouring and brows if you want to look younger. Thicker brows & rounder cheeks can make you look younger than chiseled cheekbones & overdrawn brows.

Anyways, one thing to note is that I applied “Flame” on my eyelid dry, and then I wet my brush and re-apply the same shade on the center of the lid. As you can see from the picture below, when I applied “Flame” dry it has a shimmer, but when I applied it wet it looks more shiny.

UD Vice 4 tutorial

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – UD Primer Potion “Anti-Aging”
  • Base – UD Vice 4 “Framed”
  • Transition – UD Vice 4 “Bitter”
  • Outer V/crease – UD Vice 4 “Delete”
  • Eyelid – UD Vice 4 “Flame”
  • Lower lash line – UD Vice 4 “Delete” (outer) + “Arctic” (inner)
  • Winged liner – Kanebo “Kate Super Sharp” eyeliner
  • Waterline/tightline – MAC kohl eyeliner “Smolder”
  • Mascara – NARS “Audicious” mascara
  • Lashes – Ardell falsies “Demi Wispies”

UD Vice 4 makeup look

Face

  • Primer – The Body Shop Drops of Youth “Wonderblur”
  • Foundation – CoverFX cream foundation “G40”
  • Concealer – NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer “Custard”
  • Setting powder – CoverFX setting powder

Cheeks

  • Blush – Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush “Vibrant Poppy”
  • Highlighter – Becca x Jaclyn Hill “Champagne Pop” highlighter

Lips

  • Lip pencil – UD lip pencil “Naked2”
  • Lipstick – Sonia Kashuk lipstick “Nude Pink”
  • Lip gloss – L’oreal Color Riche Extraordinaire “Blushing Harmony”

UD Vice 4 tutorial

Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Indigo Palette

Now that Halloween is over, it’s time for the Holiday looks! I recently bought Shu Uemura Maison Kitsue Indigo palette, which is part of Shu Uemura’s 2015 Holiday collection, and this palette shall opens my Holiday looks for 2015! I bought several other products from the collection, but for today I’ll only use the palette. The Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune Holiday 2015 Collection consists of amazing products, and you guys should really check it out! The palettes are limited edition, so grab them before they’re sold out!

For today’s look, I decided to do a cat-eye smoky look. This look is great for monolids or hooded lids. If you have hooded lids, open your eyes when you’re applying the outer V shade (the Indigo). You need to apply this shade just slightly above the hooded part so that when your eyes are open, you can still see the color.

*Please check out my other Maison Kitsune for Shu Uemura tutorials*

Maison Kitsune indigo palette

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Shu Uemura cream eyeshadow “Ivory”
  • Outer V/lower lash line – Maison Kitsune Indigo palette “Navy”
  • Inner lid – Maison Kitsune Indigo palette “Gold”
  • Center lid – Maison Kitsune Indigo palette “Black 985”
  • Waterline/tightline/upper lash line – MAC kohl liner “Smolder” + MAC Carbon (to set)
  • Brows – Shu Uemura Brow Sword
  • Lashes – Esqido falsies “Oh So Sweet”

Face

  • Foundation – Shu Uemura Oleopact foundation
  • Powder – CoverFX setting powder

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lip lacquer – Shu Uemura Laque Supreme “Pink Scandal 01”

Shu Uemura Maison Kitsune

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler Tutorial #2

I hope everyone is having a great week! Today I’m going to do another ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler tutorial! I’ve been doing lots of colorful look, so this time around, I wanted to do a more neutral color with a little bit of purple. I have used this palette to do another look, which you can find in my ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler tutorial #1.

Anyways, I have family members over this whole week till next week, so I do apologize if I’m running low on blog posts since I’ve been busy and running around. I do want to line up several Halloween tutorials, so hopefully I’ll be able to post it next week. I’ll try to do a post at least 1 more before the Thanksgiving (Canada) weekend.

Anyhow, for this look, I wanted to do a little bit of a cut crease and reversed winged liner. I cleaned the line up in between the purple liner and the outer corner of the upper lid using MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner in NC30. You can use any beige eyeliner, or white. I don’t really like using white pencil since I thin it’s too stark, the beige liner looks more natural.

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler tutorial

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Anti-aging”
  • Transition – ABH Shadow Couture “Soft Peach”
  • Crease – ABH Shadow Couture “Fudge”
  • Eyelid – ABH Shadow Couture “Belini”
  • Inner corner – ABH Shadow Couture “Chic”
  • Lower lid – ABH Shadow Couture “Heirloom”
  • Waterline/Tightline – L’oreal Voluminous Smoldering eyeliner
  • Mascara – NARS “Audicious” mascara
  • Falsies – Esqido “BFF”

 

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler tutorial

Face

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lipstick – Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede lipstick “Flashing Light”

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler look

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler Tutorial #1

Today ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler tutorial is a great look for party makeup. It’s very shimmery and warm, perfect for Fall. Anyways, I finally have the chance to get my hands on one of the Anastasia Beverly Hills (ABH) eyeshadow palettes. I wanted to know if it lives up to its hype, and it does! So smooth and pigmented, now I understand why lots of youtube and insta-beauty gurus love ABH shadows.

For this look, the focus is all in the eyes. Even though the eyes aren’t too dark, I still prefer to keep everything else on the down low since the eyelids are very shimmery. Nevertheless, feel free to add a different lip colour if you prefer, a nice classic red (e.g. MAC Russian Red), or a berry-red (e.g. MAC D for Danger), or a deep dark red (e.g. MAC Diva).

For this tutorial, I’m using several brushes and tools from Tweezerman, sent to me by Preen.me as part of their PreenMeVIP program. The brushes and tools featured are – blender brush, shader brush, line glider brush, ProCurl eyelash curler.

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler palette

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Base – ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler “Soft Peach”
  • Transition – ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler “Morocco”
  • Outer V/Crease/lower lid – ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler “Fudge”
  • Eyelid/inner corner of lower lid – ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler “Pink Champagne”
  • Outer half of lower lash line – ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler “Noir”
  • Winged liner – Kanebo “Kate Super Sharp liner”
  • Waterline – MAC “Smolder” kohl pencil
  • Brows – ABH Brow Pomade “Taupe” + “Medium Brown”
  • Falsies – Ardell “Demi Wispies“

 

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler palette

Face

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lip color – Sephora Oil Infusion Color & Care “Pink Granita”

ABH Shadow Couture World Traveler palette

 

MAC D for Danger

I have a new favorite lip color! MAC D for Danger lipstick is a gorgeous berry shade with a matte finish. I love it! I have been looking for a berry lip color for a while now, but usually it’s too purple, so I’m very excited when I found this shade. D for Danger is a permanent lipstick shade at MAC. I recently found it when I was browsing their Retro Matte collection.

Anyways, I paired UD Naked Smoky with this berry lips. I went with a winged liner, and bronze on the lids. Nothing too dark on the crease since I want the focus to be on the winged liner itself. This look is quite heavy on both eyes and lips, but I don’t quite mind it. I think this will look nice for a party. For a day look, I probably will leave the eyes bare, just mascara and groomed brows, leaving the lips to be the focus of the attention.

I have done a smoky eye look using UD Naked Smoky in my previous tutorial, please check it out!

ud naked smoky tutorial

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Transition – UD Naked Smoky “Combust”
  • Crease/outer lid – UD Naked Smoky “Whiskey”
  • Middle lid – UD Naked Smoky “Dirtysweet”
  • Inner corner – UD Naked Smoky “High”
  • Winged liner/outer corner of lower lid – Maybelline “Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Liner in Black”
  • Waterline – L’oreal “Voluminous Smoldering eyeliner”
  • Brows – Anastasia Brow Wiz “Taupe” and “Medium Brown”
  • Falsies – Gwiyomi Boutique false lashes “no. 3”

 

MAC D for Danger

Face

Cheeks

  • Contour – Smashbox contour kit “contour” shade
  • Cheeks – NARS “Mata Hari” blush

Lips

  • Lipstick – MAC “D for Danger”

urban decay naked smoky look