3.22.2013

Big Bold Brows and Beautiful

Hello readers,

I am loving every makeup trend that Spring 2013 has brought with it, mainly bold lips, bold lashes, bold black liners and bold eyebrows. This blogpost will be dedicated to the massive eyebrow trend that I am currently obsessed with. 

As a 90's kid, I remember seeing women with thin eyebrows, which was kind of cool that time, and please don't ask me why. I'm the least person who can make fun of thin eyebrows though. A year ago wasn't the 90's for sure, yet my eyebrows were crazy thin. I think I was trying to keep my brows thin so that my eyes look bigger, to maybe keep them in proportion, however, that was a big fail on my regards. I'm still not sure what I was trying to achieve. 

Drew Barrymore in the 90's ... because having eyebrows was too mainstream
As you can see, auto criticism and not taking yourselves too serious makes you good, and I decided I wanted to make them thicker. The process took quite a long time and some different shapes through the making. I'm still not happy with the current situation of my brows, but I think it's the best they have been so far. 

Eyebrow Situation Last Year
Current Eyebrow Situation
Every face is going to have a different eyebrow shape which goes with it depending on the bone structure and size of eyes. The best way in shaping your eyebrows is imagining the three lines you see in the photo. These lines guide you on where your brows must end, and where the arch must be. I would like my eyebrows to be slightly longer at the edges and heavier in volume. Filling with an eyebrow pencil and styling with an eyebrow gel helps you modify your eyebrows to a certain extent. 

To make it clear what difference eyebrow shape makes, Demi Lovato is a much better example than myself.
Eyebrows are like an accessory to the face, a bold statement which makes your eyes look more expressive.

 Here are some beautiful woman with big bold brows, notice how the three invisible line techniques applies to all of them even though the size of their brows: 

Ali Michael

Audrey Hepburn
Keira Knightley
Cara Delevinge
Lilly Collins
I will be showing you other makeup trends of this season in other blog posts in the following weeks, so if you have found this blog post useful or at least interesting, keep following. 

Choose to shine! 

Ruth x x 

3.17.2013

Monday Morning Makeup

Hello readers,

People are starting to get angry at me because I haven't blogged for long, and I won't justify my reasons for doing so, the important thing is that I'm back, I hope you'll welcome me back. You know with a new beginning in government, and  pope, I figured out it was time for me to start again as well.

So it's Monday morning, and you have to wake up early, gear up for a busy week at work or school after a weekend out, and maybe a little hungover after Saint Patrick's Day. You need to look awake, yet you have a few time to get ready, you know it's Monday morning, and an extra 15 minutes sleep is never turned down.

5 minute makeup look
All you need to look flawless is 5 minutes, and few simple steps that anyone can do.

Products Used : Tinted Moisturiser, Lip Balm, Concealer, Blusher, Mascara , White Eye Liner
  • You have to first cleanse your face, and put on a tinted moisturiser with your favourite foundation brush or fingers. This product will moisturise your face and even out your skin tone, hiding some redness or minor imperfections. It is perfect for when you're running late as you are using one product which has the function of two products, so you're saving time. Make sure that you blend well, and avoid any border lines on your chin. Your makeup must look fresh, clean and neat.
Face:
Step 1: Cleanser (good morning sunshine!)
Step 2: Tinted moisturiser
Step 3: Powder (optional) and blusher
  • Apply your favourite lip balm to moisturise and give a glow to your lips.
  • If you have any breakouts which the tinted moisturiser didn't manage to hide, put some concealer on your ring finger, and with dabbing motions apply on the areas. The ring finger is the weakest finger, and helps the concealer stay in place and hide imperfections for a whole day without smudging. This also does a great job on the bags underneath the eye, and makes the face look more awake.
  • To make your eyes look bigger and more open, white eye liner is a great option. 
  • To enhance the look even more, apply mascara on both top and bottom lashes. This simple step will make the eyes look bolder, and hence more beautiful.
  • To avoid looking pale, add some blusher to your cheeks to shape your face, and look healthy.
Eyes :
Step 1: White Eyeliner on water line
Step 2: Mascara on both top and bottom lashes
Step 3: Liquid eyeliner
End result: Eyes and Cheeks 
Those are the simple steps I suggest to do, however if you are willing to, you can touch up a little bit more:

  • For those whose skin is oily like mine, I suggest to set the tinted cream with a face powder before you do the blush. This is to avoid ending up with a greasy face after a few hours, or minutes. 
  • I also like to put my eyebrows in shape with an eyebrow gel. If your eyebrows tend to go all over the place like mine do, this will make a huge difference to both eyes and face final shape and look.
  • Ever since I discovered eye primer, I couldn't live without it. I know I have told you countless times how oily my skin is, given that, my eyelids are twice as oily as my whole face. This product keeps my eyelids presentable all day, and keeps any eye shadow or eye liner stay in place as well. 
  • I use this option only if I have enough time, because I never get my eye liner neat when I'm in a rush. Eye liner can be varied, thin, thick, liquid, gel, pencil... Chose your favourite, it's a matter of style and taste. 
  • Finally, I always like to give some extra colour to my lips with some lip stick, or if you prefer lip gloss. Chose your colour according to your mood, and never be afraid of bold colours on your lips. It's a fun and easy way to spice up your look and stand out, you never know who'll notice ;) 
Other Products (Optional) : Eyebrow Gel, Eyeshadow Primer, Eye Liner, Powder, Lip Stick

Brushes used for: blusher, foundation, lip balm & lip stick and powder
The Final Look
I hope you have enjoyed this post and that you'll try this easy tutorial. If you're a beginner in makeup and have some further questions about this look, do not hesitate to ask in the comments below or on my facebook page. I'll be happy to help.

Choose to shine! 

Ruth x x 
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