FOTD – Have-It-All Evening Glamour

Posted on May 11, 2012 by tinnipoo

Getting the right balance between eyes, cheeks and lips is tricky. The old rule of thumb in makeup, is that where you focus on one, you play down the others.

But greedy me want it all! I love having smokey eyes, flushed cheeks AND vibrant lips. So what to do? Luckily, the BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette I purchased in Taiwan showed me the way.

I’ve worn this look to a wedding reception, and a night out on the town with the girls, and really like it! It’s not too OTT, as the full-on smokey eyes and beige lips can be too harsh for evening events, and bright lips and nude eyes are a bit, too understated for my liking

Face:

Of course, luminous skin is a must, and also needs to be budge-proof to withstand the hours of party time . For blush, I’ve really been loving BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette’s tip, in that you use a peach shimmer blush all over the cheek area, and a girlie pink on the apples.

Za BB Cream
Face of Australia Stick Foundation Ivory
YSL Touche Éclat Radiant Touch
Face of Australia Translucent Loose Powder
BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette – colours A, B and highlighting stick (see details here)

Eyes:

Again I rely on the BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette for the just right smokey eyes. I find the key to smokey eyes that don’t look intimidating, is to use pink on the inner corners, and terracotta along the socket line (I blend a bit of colour A of BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette into it).

Leave the brows until after the eyes are done, and go slowly when building up the colours on the eyes – put a bit on, look at your eyes in the mirror, then put more on as required.

I also use 2 pairs of eyelashes, as I find that to give the most natural yet dramatic look.

GEO Circle Lenses Magic Black
Urban Decay Primer Potion
BÉBÉ POSHÉ Sweet Doll Super Palette
Solone Waterproof Gel Eyeliner Pencil Black
Benefit Brow-a-go-go
Face of Australia Imoact Curl Mascara Black
Fake Lashes Princess Lee No. 7 and Chanti No. 135

Lips:

I applied a bright lip colour, but with a lip brush so that it looks sheer.

Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Forbidden Fruit

The best thing I like about this look, is that it goes well from evening to night. It doesn’t look too heavy in the early hours of the evening, but then the eyes take on a more smouldering effect into the night. The result is sexy, yet elegant.

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FOTD – Brown Smokey Eyes

Posted on December 18, 2011 by tinnipoo

The smokey eyes look is a classic party look, and is quite easy to do. I like brown smokey eyes as it’s universally flattering, and more subtle so can take you from dinner to nightclub.

Key Products:

Clockwise from top left: 88-palette, Laura Mercier custom palette, Face of Australia Lip Quench SPF30+ Lipstick Iced Almond, Face of Australia Lasting Looks Foundation, Solone Magic Waterproof eye pencil black, Face of Australia Translucent Powder, Face of Australia Opulent Eyes

Face:

Full, natural coverage with the slightest peach blush – coral blush would work quite nicely too.

Face of Australia Lasting Looks Foundation Ivory
Face of Australia Translucent Loose Powder
Laura Mercier Second Skin Cheek Colour Rose Petal (the bottom right hand colour in the custom palette in above pic)
Laura Mercier Matte Eye Colour Fresco (top right hand colour in the custom palette) – contour sides of nose

Eyes:

The key here is to layer the colours from the lashline up to the socket line, using good quality eyeshadow brushes so they blend into each other. Keep the brows a little lighter than usual, and fake lashes are a must!

Face of Australia Eye Primer Matte
Solone Waterproof Gel Eyeliner Pencil Black - draw a thick wing along the top lashline, extending into the inner and outer corners. Fill in the inner top lashline as that adds to the intensity and make the lashes look thicker. Also line the bottom lashline but leave the waterline bare
Colour A (matte black) – with a small round eyeshadow brush layer this colour over the black eyeliner and blend 3mm outward
Colour B (matte dark brown) – with a medium eyeshadow brush layer this colour over the black eyeshadow and blend outward and fill the entire socket
Colour C (shimmer terracotta) – with a blending brush layer this colour over Colour B and extend just over the socket line. Then use a small eyeliner brush to soften the lower eyeline with this colour
Colour D (shimmer brown) – with a medium eyeshadow brush layer this colour onto the inner 1/3 of upper lid
Colour E (satin white) – use an angled eyeline brush and fill in the waterline with this colour

Kiss Me Heroin Make Long & Curl Mascara – for top and bottom lashes
Face of Australia Eye Definer Brown - to fill in the brows
Fake Lashes Princess Lee No. 7 and Chanti No. 135 – layering a cris-cross lashes over a natural fluttering one creates multi-layered lashes that still look natural

Lips:

Lips are kept nude to contrast against the bold eyes.

Face of Australia Mechanical Lip Pencil Nude
Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Iced Almond

Sultry and sophisticated – the smokey eye nude lips look will never go out of style.

Happy holidays

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FOTD – Sparkling Smokey Eyes

Posted on November 7, 2011 by tinnipoo

This was the makeup look I wore to my friend’s engagement BBQ yesterday. It was a pretty casual event, just friends and family from both sides at the future groom’s back yard.

Seeing I’ll be one of the bridesmaids, I forewent my usual weekend daggy getup (T-shirt & jeans, no makeup), and glammed up a bit. Hey, I don’t want to be faced with shocked looks of “geez she looks DIFFERENT with makeup on” at the wedding OK?

Key products:

Clockwise from top left: Face of Australia Mineral Therapy Illuminator Angel Flame, Lunasol Cream Cheeks EX03 Light Coral, Face of Australia Mineral Therapy Illuminator Angel Mist, 1028 Visual Therapy Naturally Fair Foundation, Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Lychee Crush, Face of Australia Divine Shine Lip Lacquer Morning Mist

Face:

Being a casual day event and that it was such a glorious, sunny day yesterday, I wanted a luminous base that is still sweat and oil proof. Don’t forget the sunscreen!

Nutox Oxyfusion Advanced Serum Concentrate
Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Mousse Water Base SPF 50+
Face of Australia Mineral Therapy Illuminator Angel Mist
1028 Visual Therapy Naturally Fair Foundation
Lunasol Limited Edition Cream Cheeks EX03 Light Coral
Face of Australia Translucent Loose Powder
Face of Australia Blush Nutmeg - used as contours

Brows:

Face of Australia Eye Definer Brown
Laura Mercier eyeshadows – Coffee Ground, Cafe Au Lait, and Fresco

Eyes:

Keeping with the luminous base but glamming up as part of my bridesmaid duty, I wanted to create toned down a smokey eyes look that is sparkling. In addition, as an engagement is about LOVE (awww), I used a peachy shade instead of the corporate-y browns/greys.

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Face of Australia Mineral Therapy Illuminator Angel Flame
88 palette – a shimmery bronze on the outer half of my lids, a shimmery gold on the inner corners and bottom lashlines, and a dark brown on the outer bottom lashline (there was a bit of dark blue on the makeup brush left from previous use, but I kept it there cos I liked the extra bit of colour)
Solone Waterproof Gel Eyeliner Pencil Black - to line the upper inner rims. This gives definition to the eyes but no obvious lines when my eyes are closed.
Face of Australia Impact-Full Mascara Black – new formula to be launched 2012
Chanti Eyelashes No. 135 - 1 full pair cut into half for just the outer 1/2 of my eyes. Daytime BBQ does not require full-on Barbie lashes!

Lips:

I would have liked a bit more colour and shine on my lips, say like a strawberry gloss. But as I usually put my lipcolour on at work, I am very limited to supplies at home. Plus I was already running late by this stage so just grabbed the first things I saw.

Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Lychee Crush
Face of Australia Divine Shine Lip Lacquer Morning Mist

This look would suit any daytime event, or a casual evening one.

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FOTD – Gothic Ingenue

Posted on October 30, 2011 by tinnipoo

Today’s FOTD was based on the ingenue. The ingenue is a character type that is a naive and wholesome young woman, with endearingly innocent eyes waiting to be rescued from the danger she often faces.

But a Google image search on ingenue was rather uninspiring; most images are of golden haired, green eyed girls with peaches and cream complexion. Nothing wrong with that of course, but I was looking for something a bit darker.

That is until I came across 2 images: one of actress Mary Pickford who played a number of ingenue roles, and a doll created by twingling painted by Jme called Ingenue. I liked the picture of Mary as she had a real harrowing look in her eyes, and the doll for its drama and colours.

Being Halloween, and the fact that I am darked hair with a warm complexion, I’ve changed the colours to red/orange/golds, and amped up the quirkiness.

The end result was a mix bag of ingenue, Lady Gaga, Gothic Lolita and Geisha. Oh well, I hope you enjoy it anyway as I had fun doing this regardless

Face

The face needs to be pale, flawless with a slight sheen so it looks porcelain like.

Hada Labo Arbutin Whitening Lotion
Cyber Colours Zero Pore Primer
Face of Australia Mineral Therapy Illuminator Angel Mist
1028 Visual Therapy Naturally Fair Foundation
Face of Australia Stick Foundation Ivory
Face of Australia Translucent Loose Powder
Catwalk Blusher Gossip (pale candy pink)

Eyes

GEO Bambi Chocolate circle lenses
Face of Australia Eye Primer Matte
88 Palette Eyeshadows

This type of FOTD is more suited to video format to clearly show the steps and techniques. Seeing I’m nowhere near the stage of doing video tutorials, I’d keep the directions brief and show you the colours I used:

Regardless of the colour combinations you use, the key is to create an exaggerated doe eye look, so leave a bit of the lower outer rim eye makeup free (ie. as if the whites of the eyes extend further down).

Colour A (satin fuchsia) all over the lid extending over the natural brows and outer 1/3 of lower rim.
Colour B (shimmer terracotta) in the middle of lids and middle of lower rims.
Colour C (shimmer yellow gold) in the corners of upper and lower rims.
Colour D (shimmer plum brown) to contour the edge of lids and nose.
Colour E (matte red) for the outer edges of the lids and lower rims.
Colours F (matte black), G (matte dark brown) blended together to further contoured the outer V of the eyes.
Colour H (glitter antique gold) under the brows to give a distressed look

Face of Australia Liquid Eyeliner Black
Chanti Eyelashes No. 135 - I used 1 full pair, then cut another one in half and put the half one on the outer corners.
Ardell lashes 112 – for the lower lashes

Brows

Brows are thin, dark with a downward curve.

Solone Waterproof Gel Eyeliner Pencil Black
88 Palette Eyeshadow Black

Lips

To exaggerate the pout of the lips, only the middle is stained with a red that is the darkest on the very centre of lips. This is then blended with a nude gloss to create gradient lips.

Alas as this is the very first time I’ve tried to do gradient lips, I failed rather miserably. Please refer to the picture of the Ingenue doll to see what it’s suppose to look like

Face of Australia Stick Foundation Ivory - all over the lip
Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Forbidden Fruit
Face of Australia Massage Therapy Lip Shine Daylesford

Think my mistake here was using the dark red before the nude gloss – I realised that as soon as I’d put the first smudge of red in the centre of the lips, but it was too late to go back…

I still have a lot to learn in the art of blending, but am still kinda happy with what I’ve produced! If the opportunity and time permits, I’ll be sure to try my hand at it again.

Happy Halloween!

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FOTD – Springtime lunch with the girls

Posted on October 16, 2011 by tinnipoo

Spring is finally here! Ok, I know we’re half way into Spring already, but finally we have a weekend that is actually not gloomy. So I’m off to lunch with 4 of my high school gal pals and our partners today

I always like to go a little OTT with my makeup when I lunch with the girls, since they appreciate makeup and don’t say things like “hmmm…. crazy eyes” (which happened when I wore rainbow colour eye makeup to work once, in my defence I did so on casual Friday).

This weekend’s weather conjured up yummy, citrus-y colours. Being a casual Sunday lunch this look is soft, and really quick to do.

Key products:

Clockwise from top left: Lunasol Vacation Ocean Eyeshadow Palette, Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Malibu Barbie, Face of Australia Lasting Looks Foundation Ivory, Missha Eyeshadow OR204, Lunasol Cream Cheeks EX03 Light Coral, Face of Australia Opulent Eyes Sapphire Desire. Middle: Chanti Eyelashes No. 135

Face

Hada Labo Arbutin Whitening Lotion
Face of Australia Lasting Looks Foundation Ivory
Face of Australia Stick Foundation Ivory & Beige – used as concealer under my eyes and to cover old pimple mark on chin
Face of Australia Translucent Loose Powder
Lunasol Limited Edition Cream Cheeks EX03 Light Coral

Eyes

GEO Bambi Chocolate circle lenses
Face of Australia Eye Primer Matte
Face of Australia Opulent Eyes Sapphire Desire – colour A in products picture all over the inner 1/2 of eyelids.
Missha Eyeshadow OR204 (colour B) - applied to outer 1/2 of eyelids, blending inwards.
Lunasol Vacation Ocean Eyeshadows Palette – colour C applied along lower lashline
Face of Australia Impact-Full Mascara (new formula)
Chanti Eyelashes No. 135

Lips & Nails

Face of Australia Lip Quench Lipstick Malibu Barbie
Face of Australia Colour Pro Nail Enamel Cool Cotton

And I’m off to lunch! Have a great Sunday y’all!

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