Back with makeup :)

Hello dear readers!

Sorry for not blogging during the Christmas holidays... I attempted to film a December favourites video... but the mission failed.. (long story ! ) Maybe I’ll start doing monthly favourites from 2011 ... I’ll put that in my resolution list! I have been really busy during the Christmas recess. I spent a lot of time out celebrating and meeting friends I haven’t seen for long. I really had a great time and I thank god for having such great friends to celebrate my favourite time of year with. Sooo during the few time I had home, I had to SLEEP and do those never-ending assignments, thus few time for blogging...

Now I’m back with my first Makeup Blog J Today I went with a friend to Inglot for a makeup session for free. The makeup was quite natural. The makeup artist did all the steps I usually do when I do my makeup .. so it was like a confirmation that I usually do it well. 

My Naked Face 

The Process

My opinion on the final look is this : 

The makeup base/primer that was made before the foundation did really work as my makeup is still on and well. The foundation, concealer and powder were quite good as well.. they gave a really natural look and hid my flaws and imperfections. The blush look did shape and contour my face better. My face is really round, and contouring is really important to me. Then, the eye look was natural, golden and brown, with black liquid eyeliner, with a winged effect. The most thing which impressed me was the eyebrows. You can see in my naked face, I keep my eyebrows thin, to look more awake and have room to play with eyeshadow (suppost), but I love the look she gave my eyebrows with eyebrow pencil ... They gave more texture to the face, and still looked natural .. The lipstick was good, you can't see the colour in the picture, as it was soo not long lasting!! 

Final look :)

Personal tips for applying makeup :

Please guys note this, to avoid having a cakey face, seriously ... do not put more and more foundation to hide your pimples... Foundation is there to give an even tone to the face, to hide pigmentation , and give the face only one natural colour. Then, if you have pimples like I do, to hide them use concealer... don't put on more than one coat of foundation to hide spots as this will just give you a cakey face... ''kilo makeup'' - trust me, not popular with boys.. the only way to hide them is concealer ... Thus , concealer ALWAYS must be put after the foundation (when using cream foundation ) This is because, foundation is applied in  a way to be transfered along your face, and concealer only has to stay on the dark circles or on pimples. We must apply concealer by patting the product with the ring finger (as it is the finger with the softest touch), or a soft brush, on the area needed ONLY, and the foundation by blending it along our hairline, so , if you put concealer before foundation, you will end up by blending the concealer together with the foundation! Concealer won't be doing its job well and blemishes will show up again. I hope this was clear enough :p

After all this, of course put powder to set up the makeup so it stays for long and avoid a greasy look. Then bronzer, powder, and a highlighter... now, bronzer is applied below the cheek bone, blusher on the cheek bone, and highlighter above the blusher and up to your hairline, and make sure to blend these three well so no harsh lines will appear. 

The makeup artist gave this to me, showing the products she used.  On the picture , there is the exact places where one must apply bronzer (7), blusher(6) and highlighter (8) along the line.

Finally I want to talk about mascara and eyeliner... With eyeliner, apply it in small strokes, as it easier not to make mistakes, but the only trick is ... practice makes perfect ... practice when you're alone and have some free time, especially with liquid eyeliner... you'll finally get used to do it perfect don't worry ;) And with mascara ... how many of you do not put mascara on their lower lashes because they're afraid to ruin the look ? (iccallas kollox bil malti :p) Listen up, to have a perfect eyelash look , first of all, use an eyelash curler BEFORE putting on mascara, as this will clump everything if you use it after, and then , start from the bottom lashes , because if you put mascara on your top lashes, you will then probably end up transferring this still wet mascara on your eyelids while putting it on your bottom lashes! That's why it's better to start with the bottom lashes !

Watch makeup gurus on youtube and get ideas for different looks, but never try to be like anybody else, your face is beautiful because it's unique, use makeup to highlight your natural beauty and not to look like a completely different person !! 

I hope you enjoyed this blog :) 

Much love 

Ruth x x