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Asian Bridal Makeup

Last Saturday I had the chance to do a makeup job for a wedding party. I’ve decided to share this Asian bridal makeup look, similar to what I’ve done last Saturday on today’s post. The bride was looking absolutely gorgeous, and I’ve shared a picture of her before and after on my Instagram. Today’s tutorial is not exactly the same as what I’ve done on my client, but it still uses similar shades. On my bride, I used a lot more warmer brown and darker outer V.

The focus is on the skin, where I want my skin to still look like skin but a better version of it. I really like the look of a dewy skin without making it look like I have a ton of makeup products on. This is very important to me because I really want my skin looks natural, and not cakey.

Also featured on this post are my Tweezerman brushes and eyelash curler sent to me by Preen.me as part of their PreenMeVIP program. The brushes and tools used are the blender brush, shader brush, line glider brush, and ProMaster eyelash curler. Not in picture, Tweezerman brow brush used to fill in my brows.

bridal makeup

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “original”
  • Base – MAC “Brule”
  • Crease – MAC “Cork”
  • Inner corner – MAC “Naked Lunch”
  • Center of lid/lower lid – MAC “Amber Lights”
  • Outer V/lower lid – MAC “Sketch” mixed with “Brun”
  • Lower lash line – MAC “Carbon”
  • Winged liner – Maybelline gel liner “Black”
  • Waterline – MAC “Smolder” kohl pencil
  • Brows – ABH Brow Pomade “Taupe” + “Medium Brown”
  • Falsies – Ardell “Demi Wispies”

 

bridal makeup

Face

  • Foundation – CoverFX Cream foundation “G40” (applied using a damped sponge)
  • Concealer – MAC “studio fix concealer NC30”
  • Setting Powder – Cover FX translucent powder

Cheeks

  • Contour – Becca “Lowlight Sculpting Perfector”
  • Blush – Smashbox Halo Blush powder “In Passion”
  • Highlighter – The Balm “Mary-Lou Manizer”

Lips

  • Lip pencil – MUFE Aqua Lip pencil “Vibrant Pink (15c)”
  • Lip color – Sephora Oil Infusion Color & Care “Pink Granita”

asian bridal makeup

Summer Wedding Guest Makeup

Summer is the season for Wedding, and this Summer Wedding Guest Makeup look would be perfect for those beautiful outdoor wedding parties! It’s flirty and summery! I love coral lips for summer, it’s very youthful and less intimidating than red or orange lips. A fun look to wear! If you want to wear this as a daily makeup, just skip the falsies. This makeup is wearable and will look great on everyone.

The lip color for this look is the YSL Rouge Pur Couture 52, also known as Rosy Coral. This lipstick is popular in Asia, it was sold out everywhere in Indonesia! Apparently it was made popular by a Korean actress. Anyways, I can see why Asian women are obsessing over this lip color. You can wear it as a stain, or full on like me. The one thing with this lipstick I disliked is the fact that it’s quite drying on the lips. I have very dry lips, so I have to apply lip balm before and after I apply the lipstick.

Dior Eye Reviver palette

Also, I just grabbed the Dior Eye Reviver palette, and this is the first time I’m using it. I really like this palette, it has soft wearable shades. It’s so easy to blend and buttery. Not as heavily pigmented as some other brands, but gorgeous shades. It is too pretty to be passed on.

Dior Eye Reviver palette

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”.
  • Base – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “1”.
  • Crease/Lower lid – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “4”.
  • Eyelid – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “3”.
  • Tear Duct – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “2”.
  • Outer V – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “5”.
  • Waterline – MAC Chromagraphic pencil liner “NC15/NW20”.
  • Winged liner/lower lash line – Dior Eye Reviver Palette “6”.
  • Brows – Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz “Taupe” + “Medium Brown”.
  • Mascara – Cover Girl “Lash Blast” mascara.
  • Falsies – Gwiyomi Boutique “no. 3” falsies

Dior Eye Reviver palette

Face

  • Primer – Kat Von D “Lock-it Featherweight Primer”.
  • Foundation – Bare Minerals “bareSkin Pure Brightening Serum”. (PS: don’t expect me to do a review on this foundation because I’ve returned it)
  • Under Eye Concealer – NARS Radiant Creamy concealer “Custard”.
  • Blemish Concealer – MAC Studio Finish concealer “NC30”.
  • Setting Powder – CoverFX translucent setting powder “Light”.

Cheeks

Lips

  • Lipstick – YSL Rouge Pur Couture “52 (Rosy Coral)”.

Summer wedding guest makeup

L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 Tutorial #1

I was thrilled to see L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 in Wal-Mart near my home. I had known L’oreal released this palette from their Instagram account, but didn’t have the chance to get one earlier since I was busy. Last week, I was just browsing through the makeup department in Wal-Mart while I was running errand, and I was excited to see it on the shelf. There were only 3 palettes left, so I had to grab it before it was gone.

If you have followed me on Instagram, you’d have seen half of my nude palette collection I posted last week. My obsession with nude palettes begun when I was in makeup school, where I realized on almost every single makeup jobs I had to do or assist for, most clients asked for a neutral-based makeup look whether it’s simple clean makeup or smoky eyes.

The L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 is a pretty good palette, if you’re looking for an affordable nude palette. It has a great range of shades from your highlight, medium to contour shade. The only 1 thing that’s missing from this palette is a black eyeshadow. This palette reminds me a lot of the Urban Decay Naked 1 palette.

L'oreal La Palette Nude 1
L’oreal La Palette Nude 1

Since there’s no name of each individual shade, I’ve numbered them according to the way L’oreal numbered them. Please refer to the picture above as reference for the shades used in my pictorial below.

loreal la palette nude 1 look
L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 pictorial

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Base – L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 “#1”
  • Transition – L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 “#3”
  • Eyelid – L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 “#4”
  • Crease/lower lid – L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 “#6”
  • Inner corner – L’oreal La Palette Nude 1 “#10”
  • Winged liner – Kat Von D Tattoo Ink Liner “Trooper”
  • Lower lash line – Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye Contour Palette “Shax”
  • Waterline – Annabelle Kohl Pencil liner “White”
  • Brows – Stila All Day Waterproof Brow “Medium”; Anastasia Brow Wiz “Medium Brown”; L’oreal Brow Stylist Plumper “Light to Medium”
  • Falsies – Gwiyomi Boutique no. 3 falsies
loreal nude palette 1
L’oreal La Palette Nude 1

Face

  • Primer – Body Shop Drops of Youth “Wonderblur” Face Primer
  • Foundation – L’oreal Infallible Pro Matte Foundation “#104”
  • Concealer – NARS Radiant Creamy concealer “Custard”
  • Setting Powder – Coverfx setting powder “Light”

Cheeks

  • Bronzer – MAC Mineralized Skinfinish “Medium Deep”
  • Blush – Smashbox Halo Powder Blush “In Bloom”

Lips

  • Lips – L’oreal Color Riche Extraordinaire “Blushing Harmony”
loreal la palette nude 1 tutorial
L’oreal La Palette Nude 1

Mint Summer Makeup

What is summer without a bit of mint, eh? Today’s Mint Summer Makeup look is easy, wearable, and a lot of fun! I think I could have done it without the yellow on my waterline. You could replace the yellow with beige or white if you prefer.

I decided to use coral on the lips, just to tie the whole look together since I’ve very warm brown on the eyes. However, the coral lipstick looks very orange in my picture. It doesn’t look that orange in real life, it is slightly more peach. This coral lipstick I wore for this look is exactly the same one as the one Emma Stone wore for the 2015 Oscar Award.

Summer Makeup

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Transition – Makeup Geek Cosmetics “Peach Smoothie”
  • Crease/lower lashline – Makeup Geek Cosmetics “Cocoa Bear”
  • Outer half (upper lid) – Makeup Geek foiled eyeshadow “Grandstand”
  • Mint base – Stila Cosmetics Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner “Mint Julep”
  • Eyelid – Make Up For Ever Diamond e/s “D316 Crystalline Pinky Green”
  • Waterline – MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner NC15; MUFE no. 71
  • Winged liner – Shu Uemura Calligraphy Ink eyeliner
  • Mascara – Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara “Very Black”
  • Brows – Stila All Day Waterproof brow color in Medium; Anastasia Brow Wiz in Taupe
  • Lashes – Gwiyomi Boutique no. 3 falsies

 

Mint Summer Makeup

Face

  • Primer – Kat Von D Featherweight primer
  • Foundation – CoverFX cream foundation G40
  • Concealer – NARS Radiant creamy concealer “Custard”
  • Setting powder – CoverFX setting powder “Light”

Cheeks

  • Bronzer – MAC Mineralized Skin Finish “Medium Deep”
  • Blush – MAC blush powder “Apricot”

Lips

  • Lipstick – Revlon HD lipstick “Tulip”

Summer Makeup

Neutral Eye with Pop of Color

One of my favorite way to change my makeup wardrobe is to create a neutral eye with pop of color. This is the easiest way to add colorful eyeshadow, if you are not comfortable wearing lots of colors on your eyes. There are several ways to add this pop of color – on the waterline, along the lower lash line, or as winged liner. This time, I decided to add a pop just on the inner corner of my eyes. It’s very subtle, and has a brightening effect. This is a great way for those with monolids or hooded eyes to add color to their eyes.

The eyeshadows that I used for this tutorial is from the MAC Amber times 9 palette (except for the purple). You can purchased the eyeshadow individually if you prefer. The eyeshadows on this palette is smaller than the individual ones, but I think it’s not that bad especially if you’re a beginner makeup artist who is trying to build their kit, or if you are someone who don’t wear much makeup daily but would like a versatile palette. I like this palette, it might be my go-to bridal palette, such pretty earthy tones with a good mix of matte, shimmer, frost, satin, velvet and lustre

spring makeup tutorial

Products list

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion original
  • Base – MAC eyeshadow “Georgia Peach”
  • Transition – MAC eyeshadow “Cork”
  • Outer V/lower lash line – MAC eyeshadow “Aromatic”
  • Eyelid – MAC eyeshadow “Don’t Tell”
  • Inner corner – MAC eyeshadow “Beautiful Iris”
  • Winged liner – Kanebo Kate Super Sharp eyeliner
  • Waterline – MAC Chromagraphic eyeliner “NC15”
  • Eyebrows – Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz “Taupe”
  • Eyebrow gel – L’oreal Brow Stylist
  • Mascara – L’oreal Manga Rock mascara
  • Falsies – Gwiyomi lashes no. 3 + Gillian

 

mac amber times 9 makeup look

Face/Cheeks

  • Primer – La Roche Posay “Cicaplast Baume B5”
  • Foundation – Mac Pro Longwear foundation “NC25”
  • Concealer – MAC Pro Longwear concealer “NC25”
  • Setting Powder – CoverFX translucent powder
  • Contour – MAC contour powder “Sculpt”
  • Blush – MAC blush powder “Fleur Power”

Lips

  • Lipstain – Shu Uemura Lip Tint Gelatin “CR1”
  • Lip gloss – Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss “202 (sweet pink)”

summer bronze smoky eyes

 

Colorful Summer Makeup

I love bright colorful makeup for summer, but I also love soft colorful shadows. I think this colorful summer makeup tutorial is not too bright, it almost has a watercolor feeling to it, don’t you think? It’s soft, but at the same time it’s colorful. Just a wash of green, orange and purple. Nothing bright, nothing out there, a soft colorful wash just the way I like it! Very wearable, but not outrageous.

Anyways, for the step-by-step tutorial I think I stood too far away from my ring light, and the purple on my lower lash line didn’t show up much. However, on the full face portrait, I stood closer to the light, so the color showed up better.

soft colorful summer makeup

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Inner half (upper lid) – Sisley Phyto-Ombre eyeshadow “Anis 5”
  • Outer half (upper lid) – Sisley Phyto-Ombre eyeshadow “Mango 20”
  • Lower lash line – purple shade from NARS duo eyeshadow “Charade”
  • Waterline – Urban Decay Vice 3 “Bobby Dazzle”
  • Mascara – Cover Girl Lash Blast “very black”
  • Brows – Anastasia Brow Wiz “Taupe” and “Brunette”

Face/Cheeks

*How to Highlight/Contour using Powder*

Lips

  • Lipstick – YSL Rouge Pur Couture “52”
  • Lipgloss – YSL Glossy Stain “27”

 

colorful summer makeup look

Summer Makeup – Mint Eyeliner

As the weather is getting warmer, I wanted a lighter, and more colorful Summer makeup. I think I still haven’t had enough of mint makeup. I know the reign of mint color is over, but I couldn’t stay away from it! There’s just something about this color that’s so refreshing. So I decided to create a mint eyeliner look.

You can change the mint liner to any color you want, I think turquoise and yellow would be a great alternative for something bright. I chose to use Stila Smudge stick liner since it gives me the color pay-off I was looking for. I did tried their mint liquid liner, but it wasn’t good at all. I also set the eyeliner using a light green eyeshadow to prevent smudging – this is not necessary unless you have oily lids, just to be safe. Setting the eyeliner with powder will make it smudge-proof especially in warmer weather.

I paired this mint eyeliner with a pink lips, but you don’t have to pair it with this lips. I would pair this with a peachy lips for an alternative. I just paired it with pink lips just because I wanted to use my new lipstick. I kept everything else very simple. No falsies with this look since I don’t want it to look too glam.

mint eyeliner

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “original”
  • Base – Makeup Geek Cosmetics “Shimma Shimma”
  • Eyeliner – Stila Cosmetics Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner “Mint Julep”
  • Eyeshadow – Make Up For Ever Diamond e/s “D316 Crystalline Pinky Green”
  • Mascara – Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara “Very Black”
  • Brows – Anastasia Brow Wiz in “Taupe” and “Brunette”

Face/Cheeks

  • Foundation – Chanel CC Cream “32”
  • Under Eye – Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener “Light to Medium Peach”
  • Highlight – The Balm “Mary-Lou Manizer”
  • Blush – MAC powder blush “Cubic”

Lips

  • Lipstick – Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited  My Dear Matte “Allure Fuchsia”

mint liner

Yellow Eye Makeup Tutorial

Spring is almost here, may be? I was expecting a bright sunny week, but it’s Canada! What did I see outside couple days a go? SNOW! It was snowing, and cloudy. To cheer myself up, I decided to create this yellow eye makeup tutorial. I wanted something bright, but wearable at the same time. I also wanted to try a few new products and technique, so today’s tutorial is a bit more full on – cream + powder contour: checked, shimmer highlight: checked!

If you guys want to know more about this new technique I learnt, go over to youtube and look for Gossmakeupartist’s Buffing Technique video (if Wayne is looking at this HIIIIII!!!). Anyways, he had a video prior talking how he came about this technique, and since I’m curious, I decided to give it a try. What do you guys think? I think my skin looks pretty amazing, despite the fact that I put on quite a bit of contour and highlight products. I like how it still looks like my skin is showing through underneath, doesn’t look heavy and cakey at all.

Anyways, all products used listed below! Absolutely love how this tutorial turned out. Super simple, easy and very wearable.

1note: On my waterline, I used Matt Maloy eyeshadow because I left my white pencil liner in Jakarta. Anyways, since it’s a pressed eyeshadow, all I did was pressing it on my waterline with a small angled eyeliner brush. You can apply white eyeliner instead, if you’re not used to applying powder eyeshadow on the waterline.

Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion (original).
  • Transition – The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude in “Matt Rosen”.
  • Crease – The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude in “Matt Wood”.
  • Lid – MUFE eyeshadow #71.
  • Lower lash line – The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude in “Matt Wood”.
  • Waterline – The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude in “Matt Maloy”.
  • Eyeliner – Shu Uemura Calligraphy Ink eyeliner.
  • Mascara – Clinique High Impact mascara.
  • Falsies – Gwiyomi #3.
  • Eyebrows – Anastasia Brow Wiz in “Taupe” and “Brunette”.

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Face/Cheeks

  • Foundation – Kat Von D Lock-it Tattoo foundation.
  • Concealer – MAC Pro Longwear concealer NC25.
  • Cream Contour – CoverFX cream foundation N110.
  • Loose powder – Shiseido Translucent Loose Powder.
  • Powder Contour – Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Palette in “Shadowplay”.
  • Powder Highlight – Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Palette in “Lyric”.
  • Shimmer Highlight – The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer.
  • Powder Blush – Smashbox “In Passion” Halo Blush.
  • Setting powder (to buff) – MUFE Pro Finish #118.

*Cream Contour and Highlight tutorial; Powder Contour and Highlight tutorial*

Lips

  • Lipstick – Sonia Kashuk Velvety Matte Crayon in “Pink Nude”.
  • Lipgloss – L’oreal Colour Riche Extraordinaire in “Dancing Rose” (just a dab in the center of the lips).

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Holiday Party Makeup #4 – Glitter Liner Tutorial

Almost NEW YEAR! I wish everyone a great year ahead! 2014 was fun, it was a bit rocky for me, but nevertheless a good year. 2014 has passed, and here to a great 2015! Hopefully in 2015 everything will go even better! I cannot wait to start 2015, and I have a feeling it’ll be an awesome year! Anyways, since the New Year is almost here, this is my last post of 2014 – a glitter liner tutorial. Last year, for NYE, I did a silver smoky makeup, this time I opted for more glitter!

I wanted to do a slightly more silver glitter, but couldn’t find any, so I decided to do this neon green glitter. Keep in mind that some glitters are not meant for the eye area! The one that I used for this tutorial actually is NOT for the eye area. I decided to use it because I know it won’t irritate my eyes. If you are not sure whether to use glitter or not, please consult the makeup artist/sales person who’s selling you the glitter. Also please be careful if you’re wearing contacts and using glitter on your eyes!

As I said in my previous post, I will not be posting the step-by-step instruction, instead you’ll get the usual photos and product list only. This is a scheduled post, so for any questions, go to my Instagram if you need a quick response.

For the glitter, I applied it onto my eyes using a wet angled eyeliner brush. However, if you can find a mixing medium (e.g. MAC), that’d probably be better since I found that when the water evaporated from the glitter, it became apparent that the glitter started to fall all over my lashes and then to my face.

Another tip when using glitter and it falls on your face, use a tape to pick it up – just press it lightly to your face and it’ll pick up all the fallen glitters. If you have no tape around, use a CLEAN SPOOLY (aka mascara wand) to get rid of the glitter – just brush it in places where the glitter has fallen, use the tip of the wand if it is a stubborn one.

glitter new year makeup tutorialPlease check out my how-to winged eyeliner tutorial if you need help. I also have another glitter eyeliner tutorial that’s slightly easier and simpler.

If you prefer a full on glitter makeup, please check out my Christmas inspired makeup, and last year’s gold glitter makeup tutorial.

Products used

Eyes – Urban Decay Primer Potion; Make-Up Store Smog eyeshadow (crease), Make-Up Store Desert eyeshadow (transition color); Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette (outer v – Triple Fudge); MUFE Aqua Black; L’oreal Voluminous Smoldering eyeliner; Make-Up Store Northern Lights glitter; Gwiyomi False Eyelashes; Chanel brow pencil

Face – MAC Pro Long-Wear foundation and concealer; MUFE Pro Finish powder.

Cheeks – Chanel Universal Bronzer; Smashbox Halo Blush in In Bloom.

Lips – MUFE Aqua lip pencil #18C

glitter eyeliner makeup tutorial

 

Summer Lips with NARS Schiap

I posted a picture of this look on Instagram, and asked if anyone would like to see it since I don’t actually love how it turned out. However, lots of my followers on Instagram commented to post this tutorial, to my surprise. I think my mistake with this look is with the eyes. May be for future look using NARS Schiap lipstick, I wouldn’t be using the NAKED 3 on my eyes.

Since my Instagram followers love the result, I want to post this up for them! I’d suggest skipping the eyeshadow entirely and just use the winged liner on the eyes to complement the lips. If you want to figure out how to apply winged eyeliner, please check my how-to winged liner post!

I’m just going to skip the step-by-step on the eyes, and instead will list all the products used below.

urban decay naked 3 tutorial

Products used

Eyes – Urban Decay Naked 3 palette (Lid: Buzz, Above crease: Factory, Crease/lower lid: Nooner); L’oreal Super Liner Ultra Sharp Tip; Anastasia Brow Wiz in Medium Ash; Ardell false eyelashes in 110.

Face – Cover FX cream foundation in G40 as base; Cover FX N110 as contour.

Blush – NARS Matahari.

Lips – NARS Schiap.nars schiap