Challenge 19 – Rachel McAdams at the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala 2009

Posted on 1 november 2009 by CCee

Hi everyone,

I was Challenged to do this look (Rachel McAdams at the Hollywood Film Festival Gala in 2009). The challenge was by PeachyKeen19.

I wanted to do this Challenge on a blonde, so I asked Nic to be my model.

Nic is wearing Smashbox, Photo Finish Foundation Primer Light followed by a mixture of Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in L3 and I used the Make Up For Ever, HD Foundation in 155 Medium Beige to create a perfect foundation colour for Nicole. I applied this with the Make Up For Ever Finishing Brush 20N. With the same brush I tapped some Smashbox, Photo Op Under Eye Brightener under her eyes and on the top of her nose. Nic doesn’t need more concealer so the lucky girl’s almost done. I just added some Make Up For Ever, Super Matte Loose Powder in 012 Translucent Neutral on her face but not under her eyes. I added some bright pink blush on the apples of her cheeks for an innocent flush.

I mixed the White, the Red and the Blue from the Make Up For Ever, Flash Colour Case to create a light purple colour base that I applied on her eyelids with a Sephora – Professionnel All Over Shadow Brush – Small #22. Remember when using cream colour bases that a thin layer works as a base and a thick layer creases like mad. Over this I used GOSH, Effect Powder in Butterfly on her lid and to add a warm crease I blended GOSH, Effect Powder in Rose Gold in the crease blending it up. Under her eyebrows I used some Sephora – Colorful Mat Mono Eyeshadow – Mat No. 06 (matte white) Item # 936310 with my “new” Illamasqua – Blending Brush 1 adding a slight highlight here. Even though Rachel isn’t wearing any eyeliner, on Nic’s eyes I felt like adding this and I also felt like adding some lashes. I got the gold H&M lashes to place on the eyeline I drew ( Stila – Smudge Pot in Jet Black and my Smashbox – Arced Liner Brush no. 21 I drew the line on the inside of her eyes a little thicker, to make her eyes look closer together). The lashglue that comes with the lashes is HORRIBLE! The lashes came off in 5 minutes . Nic is wearing Rimmel Sexy Curves in Intense Black 003 again.

Challenge 17 – Christina Aguilera Hurt

Posted on 7 april 2009 by CCee

Hi ladies,

Here is the Christina Aguilera Hurt challenge. I had the choice of three sets of false lashes I had bought earlier, I went with the Essence Lash Mania set in “01 Hi there, Gorgeous!”.

Skincare
I took off my previous makeup using the Dior Duo Magique Duo-Phase Eye Makeup Remover, to remove the oily leftover I used Sephora Face Soothing Toner (Dry Skin). To help my skin transfer to the spring I used Dior, Capture R60/80 Serum followed by Dior, Restore Wrinkle Creme Rich Texture and as an eyecreme I took up Dior First Wrinkles Smoothing Eye Creme.

Because the sun is out again, extra suncare is in order. I use a product I’ve been using Clinique for years called City Block Sheer Oil-Free Daily Face Protector SPF 25. Many women forget that their lips need SPF too, for this I use Sephora, Face Very Sexy Nourishing Lip Balm SPF 15.

Face
I love using Smashbox, Under Eye Brightener to brighten my eyes and I love the feel of it. I still sometimes use Talika’s Eyelash Conditioning Gel. I’ve had this Smashbox, Photo Finish Light Foundation Primer tester for a while, but I’ve never used it because I’ve been sooo in love with their normal Photo Finish Primer but now I might have to switch to their light version when I’ve emptied it. This feels sooo light, I don’t get the super soft feeling the normal Primer gives, but it feels soooo fresh and light.

Canvas
To start my flawless canvas I mixed Yves Saint Laurent, Teint Parfait (Complexion Enhancer – Oil Free) in no. 3 Champagne with Too Faced, Magic Wand Illuminating foundation in no. 2 New York Light , for placement of the mixture I used my “new” Dior Backstage, Foundation brush. I used Smashbox, Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer to conceal a little redness around my nose and a few blemishes. I used Make Up For Ever – HD Powder with my “new” Dior, Backstage Makeup Powder Brush to set everything.

Eye base
To create a flawless eye I used Smashbox, Lip & Lid Primer on my lid only. On my browbone I used Benefit, High Brow and as an extra bit of light under my eyes I used Yves Saint Laurent, Touche Eclat in no. 2. I wanted to use some Cream Liner, there are two greys in the Cream Liner and Loose Shimmer pot I used the lighter grey on my eyelid and the darker grey on my lower lashline, because I want the colours smudged, I use my Smashbox, no. 15 Definer Brush for application.

Eye
Over this I use the grey colour from the Smashbox, Panorama Trio on my eyelid and the grey from the Shutterspeed Trio on my lower lashline. Because Christina has the colour very smudged and very low, I use the same no. 15 Definer brush for everything. I wanted a subtle shimmer so I took up my old trusty Diorissime, Make up Palette for Eyes and Lips in 002 Seduction Drama. This was a limited edition so it’s no longer available. To build up a great grey colour, you have to build several greys on top of one another. The next layer of greys are the two greys from the Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow Palette 140 Twilight. If you get this palette, try using the lighter blue over the dark blue and you’ll get a great vibrant shimmering electric blue. But for this look I used the lighter grey on my eyelid and the darker on the lower lashline (still using the no. 15 Definer Brush). On the centre of the eyelid I used the Loose Shimmer from the Smashbox pot. Because Christina is not using any extra colour in her crease to create depth, I use the loose shimmer powder to give the eye a little depth.

Christina has a darker waterline, I used a small gift I’ve been given at my local cosmetics counter, it’s a Dior, Crayon Eyeliner Pencil in 090 Noir. This is a great Pencil for the eyeline because even though it’s not waterproof, it doesn’t disappear quickly. There is a waterproof version of this pencil that you can buy, but I’ve been given this and I wanted to try it. I wanted to use another liner on my lashlines because even though I want to smudge this, I want the smudging to be my smudging and not some smudging I don’t want. For this I used something I’ve been hearing a lot about, namely the L’Oreal Contour Resist in 201 Black. This is a retractable waterproof longwear liner, which is very creamy and easy to place in the lashline. Also because it’s retractable, you never have to sharpen it. I used a Smudger brush to kill any hard lines but still keep the depth of colour in my lashline.

Lashes
To give my lashes the same look as Christina’s I used the Essence lashes I thought looked most like the ones she’s wearing. I didn’t cut them to my eyelash length, but I kept them long. I used Duo Lashglue and I placed the lashes starting on the inner corner and placing them a little upward on my outer lashline. This makes my eyes look a little sadder and larger. If you want to make the lashes look better, add some mascara to merge your own and the false lashes together. I wanted to show you a more natural look though, so I only used a little Clinique Brush-on Cream liner in 02 true black on the lashband (to hide the colour of it).

After I took the pictures, I removed the lashes and the glue, redid a little of the black L’Oreal liner and curled my lashes using the award winning Shu Uemura, Lash curler. I used a trusting mascara, the Dior, Iconic Mascara in 090 Noir to give my lashes this more real look.

Lips
I blotted my lips and lined them with a 17 Perfect Pout Lipliner in Morticia, which is a colour that isn’t sold anymore. To give a little more lasting colour to my lips I used a colour that is more berry then dark brown, I personally like this colour better. The colour I used as a base is Urban Decay, Lip Envy in Greedy and over this I used Urban Decay, Lipstick in Gash.

Nails
On Christina’s nails she’s either wearing a dark dark Red or a dark brown. The colours I own that I’d use are OPI, Lincoln Park After Dark, Bourjois So Laque in 16 Dangereusement Rouge.Other colours I’ve found online that should be pretty awesom are OPI Bastille My Heart, OPI A Ruby for Rudolph, OPI Midnight in Moscow, China Glaze Branding Iron, China Glaze Heart Of Africa.

Challenge 18 – Kate Beckinsale 2009 Oscar Look

Posted on 25 maart 2009 by CCee

Hi ladies (and gents ),

Here is Challenge 18, it’s going to be a very short post because I’m sort of in a hurry all of a sudden, so I hope you don’t mind.

Kate’s eyes looked like this:

I did the look over the makeup I had on today (which was only perfecting the skin, my eyes were actually nude except for Smashbox – Photo Op and Urban Decay Primer Potion).

As a colourbase I used Bourjois – Liquid Eyeshadow Shimmering Shine in the colour 37 blanc chrome, I used a little extra on my browbone and I placed this with the applicator in the shadow and blended with my finger. Kate doesn’t have extra highlighter on her inner eyecorners, so I didn’t do that on mine either.
On my waterline I used Smashbox – Jetset in Midnight Black, placing this with the Smashbox Arched Liner brush no. 21. Go into the inner corner with this!! I use JetSet because this won’t run or budge after it’s dried.
The shimmery grey on Kate’s eyes is right to the crease but not over it, she does have a little wing at the ends though. I did this with the shimmery grey from the Smashbox trio – Pretty Eyes and I used their no. 15 Definer brush. I also placed a little grey under the eyes (with the same brush).
I lined my eyes (top and bottom lashlines) with a Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in Zero, creating a soft flick at the outer corners and making the line thin at the inner corners.
I curled my lashes (with the Shu Uemura lashcurler) and I have my lashes 2 coats of Diorshow Iconic in black.

This look took me about 7 minutes and this is the final eye:

Thank you for reading! Bye everyone!

Challenge 16 – Cover model New York Magazine Spring 2009

Posted on 25 februari 2009 by CCee

Hi ladies,

This is a look I was challenged to do my Eu a long time ago, I did it in January only I wasn’t able to upload any pictures for a while and then forgot all about it, so now I don’t remember exactly what I did. I do have a great solution for this though, I found a video on YouTube by Sam Chapman who did this look using almost exactly the same products I did. I did use a golden colour under my brows and in the original example there is a green just above the blue. I chose not to do that because that made it look very odd on my eye (I did one and then deceided not to do it on the other).

I’d been doing some research on the picture Eu challenged me with. I found out that the model is Anna Selezneva. The picture was taken backstage at the Gucci fashionshow.

The magazine is New York Look bi-annual Magazine! The Spring 2009 Fashion issue came out in November 2008. This magazine really goes in-depth into the fashion and beauty in this issue bringing pages filled with back stage info and pictures, fresh faces, trends, what editors said, wore and how they behavied.

I’m sad to say I haven’t been able to get my hands on the magazine or flip though it. No scans online either, butttt I did find these backstage pictures of Anna at the Gucci Fashion Show:

And a runway picture:

If you compare these pictures to the cover:

you see that there’s been some manipulation in the intensity of the colours. The blues are darker and more intense and the highlight colour under the brow seems different too.

That’s the research part of the look
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So here is the final eye, I don’t have time right now to tell you what I used and how I achieved it, but I did want to show you as soon as I could what I did.

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I’ll be back to posting and blogging new looks very soon, after the whole unable to upload pictures thing, some family stuff happened that’s very sad and that’s been taking up most of my time. I won’t go into it any more, I think you guys know me well enough by now to know that family always comes first to me.

I do really miss you though!!

Big :hug:

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A great matching nailpolish to go with this look is Curacoa by Sephora.

Challenge 15 Victoria Beckham – Cover Elle US January 2008 Tutorial

Posted on 11 januari 2009 by CCee

Hey guys,

Maybe you like to see how I actually take on these Challenges… I don’t know, but here is the entire process for the Victoria Beckham Challenge, if you like it like this, tell me in the comments

Research part of the look:

Did you know that Victoria has (had) a makeup line? Their own site dVb style is currently being updated so I’m not sure if they still have the line or if it tanked. I do have to admit that the line looks quite amazing and I’d never heard of it before. BellaSugar had blogged in 2007 but I wasn’t here then so I didn’t read it. You can find more information on V-sculpt here, here and , but the V-sculpt homepage is no longer online so I think it’s no longer sold/made.

I’ve been searching for some great HQ pictures of her eyes and I was pleasantly suprised about how much she’s with her kids, I never realised. I’ve been very much aware of Victoria’s looks and everything because she’s someone I find very beautiful and if I ever get the dream chance to do her makeup, I’ll probably have trembling hands and be very very nervous.
She seems to me such a sweet, nice and gentle person with a great sence of humour, style and trends. I’ve gotten lots of inspiration through her book “That extra half an inch” (first cover) and now studying her makeup.

I found many many great looks, but for today I made a small collage of the eyes that pulled me in most. The Challenge eyes are in there as well so I’ll go in search for the best makeup colours from here. I’ll get some black waterproof eyeliner, black cream eyeliner, dark matte brown, a light brown and a matte highlighter from my makeup stash.

This great picture though, this is from a long time ago (around the time of her wedding). She’s not as serious as people perceive her to be.

I did notice one think when looking at her makeup, that there’s one thing I’d change about her makeup. I’d bring her eyebrows closer together. Her eyebrows are very far apart, maybe that’s how they grow, I don’t know. But compare the eyes from the collage to this set I made just now to give you an idea.

Makeup part of the look:

Skin
I started with my skincare today using MDSkincare – Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel this really is amazing stuff, pricey, but very great. As a moisturizer I used MDSkincare – Auto-balancing Moisture SPF 10 because after a peel you need a great SPF moisturizer. On my eyes I used Sleeping Peel Age Minimizing Eye Gel.

Face
I started my makeup with my favourite Smashbox Primer Hybrid 2 in 1 which is available again with the Muse collection. People have complained about the 2 openings in the tube (one for the primer and one for the luminizer). You have to hold your finger in front of one of the openings to get the mix you want. It isn’t perfect, but I don’t mind it that much, I love the product so I forgive the packaging Eye-wink .

As a foundation I used Clinique Superfit Makeup tester in 05 neutral (MF-N) (dry combination to oily skin (skin types 2,3,4) which I was really pleasantly surprised about. I used it on my sister as well, and I really loved how it blended into both our skins. Also it hid a lot of sins.
Because Victoria is pretty tan in the pictures, I used 2 drops of Lancaster – Infinite Bronze Face Bronzer (15 SPF) (no longer sold I think) to make the foundation a little darker. I’m never going to reach her level of bronzeness, but a little darker is achieved.

As a concealer I used my trusting Smashbox – Camera Ready Concealer in 3.0 with the no. 4 Concealer brush.

To set all my base I used Make Up For Ever, HD powder with the Sephora, no 45 Mineral Powder Brush (no longer available on the website, it is still sold here in the shops though).

I used an extra bronzer to add a little extra sunny glow to my face. I used Givenchy – Prismissime Mat & Glow Limited Edition in 72 Sunny, because that’s a limited edition it’s not available anymore either (sorry guys, I do have to use the makeup I’ve got once in a while). But there is a good alternative, also a Givenchy Prismissime only this one is called 34 Sunset. Even though both the Givenchys come with a brush I use my Fan Brush no. 22, by Smashbox because this creates a softer more natural glow and you have more control over the colour density.

To contour my cheekbones I used 2 contouring products both by Smashbox, I used the Pressed powder / Bronze Lights Duo in Fair/Light (no longer available on the Smashbox website, but it came from the Smashbox Master’s Class Vol. 3 Complexion Perfection – Light still available at Sephora in several colours). I used this colour to contour under my jawline and cheekbones. Then I used the
Smashbox, Blush / Bronzer Duo in Cosmopolitan from the Smashbox ‘Socialite’ Beauty Collection (also no longer available on the Smashbox website, but if you google it, you can probably still get your hands on it) also under my cheekbones, but I used it further towards my ear to make it look darker there and blend better with my normal skin colour thanks to the other contour colour. I placed both the contour colours with the Smashbox, Angled Blush Brush (only available in kits).

Eyes
As a primer I used my favourite ever!! the Urban Decay, Eyeshadow Primer Potion. There are many many primers out there, and the Urban Decay one is knows to work best on oily eyelids, but the packaging again isn’t perfect.

My eyeshadow base is Smashbox Eyeshadow in Vanilla (it’s a matte eyeshadow). I applied it with the Smashbox, no. 26 Shadow brush (only available in certain kits).

I looked at a lot of the pictures and she doesn’t use a highlighter under her brows much so I didn’t do that here either, if you want to, go right ahead! I did however use a highlighter on the inner corner of my eye, I used the lightest colour from the Smashbox Eye Shadow Quad also from the Socialite Beauty Collection. I blended it inward a bit with my finger.

Next I used the Smashbox, Cream eyeliner in Midnight Brown on the outer half of my eyelid (blending into and a teeny bit over the crease). I also used this on the lower lash line, blending the colour out as I was going inward

On the outer quarter of my eyelid I blended Smashbox, Cream eyeliner in Caviar into the brown, making sure not to blend further then 1/3 inwards. I also used this colour on my lower lash line again.
For both the cream eyeliners I used the Smashbox, no. 15 definer brush, which I love for blending cream eyeliners, cream eyeshadows and normal eyeshadows.

To darken my waterline I chose a product I know won’t budge after application. It’s especially made for the waterline and unlike waterproof eyeliner pencils (like Make Up For Ever, Aqua Eyes and the Urban Decay, 24/7 Glide on Eyeliner pencil this actually doesn’t run on me. The waterproof pencils stay on my waterline for maybe an hour before fading, on my eyes they stay very long and amazingly well, but for my waterline, I only go to JetSet liners by Smashbox, I used Midnight Black here. There are only 4 colours available, which I think is a very mean thing of them to do to me, but usually I use the black one anyway. If I want an actual colour on my waterline I would go to the Urban Decay liners before the Make Up For Ever lines because of colour pay-off. I used to apply the liner to my waterline with the no. 21 arched liner brush but ever since I saw a video where a Smashbox makeup artist used the no. 20 double ended smudger brush I use that too (I use the brush side for quicker application), the no. 21 is still a great choice for your top waterline if you’re new at this.

I thought my inner corner needed a little more of a kick so I used Bourjois, Shimmering Shine Liquid Eyeshadow in 37 Blanc Chrome as an extra highlight only on the inner 3 mm or something.

I went over the cream eyeliners with the no. 15 Definer brush and the dark brown from the Eye Shadow Quad Socialite (Smashbox), and blended the colour up a little more. This also blends the colours on the eyes even more.
I used as a matte black an amazing colour named Perversion from the Urban Decay, Book Of Shadows Palette, this palette is no longer available through the Urban Decay website, but if you google it, many companies still have it. The perversion colour is still available as a colour though from their website. As a brush I used the brush that came in the palette, I think it’s now sold as their Wonder brush.
I placed the colour at the out most corner and blended it inward on both top and bottom.

As a mascara I thought I’d use the Givenchy, Phenomen’ Eyes Mascara in 1 Phenomen’Black, I didn’t curl my lashes do if you compare the first (without makeup) picture and this one, you see quite a difference after only one coat of mascara.

The example eyes were:

Which mean a lighter colour on the inner corner as you can see in my finished eye with full frontal natural light.

But it’s also a little dark like the other example picture I was provided with. This is the same eye, I didn’t change anything, I only turned my face a little to provide with side lighting (also natural light).

Lips
For the lips I used SWF Lipgunk by Urban Decay, I chose not to show you a picture because you’ll fall in love with it and then I have to tell you they don’t make it anymore. This hasn’t been part of their collection in so long, that if you do find it, it’s over 4 years old I think.

Reflection part of the look:

Sooo, I think it went pretty well, I’m very happy with the eyes and I loved every minute of it.
I do wonder how you think the tutorial is with me blabbering more about the products and not giving you the pictures of my products at the start of the topic (eyes, lips, face), but the link to the official website. I chose to do this because you can find more information about the product there (like ingredients or other colours).
Sooo tell me, do you like this or last year’s way better?
What do you miss in the tutorials?

Challenge 14 Gwen Stefani – Video look "Hollaback Girl" Tutorial

Posted on 8 januari 2009 by CCee

A long, long time ago…
I can still remember, how that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance and, maybe, they’d be happy for a while…………..

(I know it’s not a Gwen song, but I thought about it when I saw how long this Challenge has been unanswered.)
I’m sooo sorry,
I’ve posted about why it’s been so long, and I’ll stop talking about it from now on and tell you all about this very easy look.

The example pictures are a bit blurry so I found another picture to show me how Gwen had her makeup during those times and found that it’s basically the same. The Hollaback Girl eyes are very simple eyes with eyeliner and mascara and RED lips. I’m actually thinking of buying some new lipsticks soon and I’ll talk about that when I do buy them (which I probably will ) but again back to this look. The pictures I mixed together are and .

As you can see in the video she has no defined crease or eye shape. I did do a little of this because I didn’t want the eye to look flat. Also she has more almond shaped eyes then me, so don’t hold that against me.

Here is my final eye:

You can see I’m still trying to grow my eyebrows a little thicker, and there’s a little patch where there are baby-hairs already and the rest just needs to grow in (sooo hard not to pluck!!).

Face

I didn’t take pictures of the foundation etc. because you guys have seen me do this sooo often, by now I think you know how it looks.

I started with a clean and moisturised face before placing my foundation base (Smashbox Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing Primer, the softest thing EVER, and something I cannot live without) and eyeshadow base (Smashbox Lip & Lid Primer Natural, honestly the Urban Decay Primer Potion is better but with no vibrant colours this was the choice for today).

It’s been winter for a while so I’m getting an even lighter skin tone then in the summer, and the foundation I use that matches the colour most at this time is Too Faced Magic Wand Illuminating Foundation in New York Light 2. This is such an amazing packaging, honestly the packaging is the reason I bought it, it’s soo easy to bring with you for touch ups and when you don’t sleep at home and you do need a foundation that you can sneak with. The foundation comes from the brush and I use two pumps for a whole face. The thing I was very happy with was the fact that the foundation is actually great, it’s very light and blends well. I sometimes use it in the summer as well simply because it’s such a great formula, only then I have to darken it with some bronzer to not make me look pale.

I used concealer (Smashbox, Camera Ready Concealer in 3.0) under my eyes placing it with my fingers because my brush had just been cleaned and was still wet. For this kind of placement I usually use a brush because it makes it look more polishes because the placement is more precise, but this works too, so a concealer brush is a luxury brush unless you’re a professional or a perfectionist like me.

The next step is some extra under eye brightening with Smashbox Photo Op. This is one of those things I use on days when I don’t wear any makeup and still want to have that “I’ve had a GREAT night’s sleep” look.

All of these steps were set with Make Up For Ever High Definition Powder and a Baby Buki Brush (Smashbox), I usually do this with the Sephora 45 Mineral Powder brush because it’s softer but this was also a brush I cleaned (I did some heavy contouring yesterday and it was sooo dark that I wanted it clean before using it for the HD powder again). The powder is a miracle if you ask me, I LOVE this stuff, it seriously kills all shine and pores.

This is my eye at this point:

On the picture of Gwen (not the screenshot) she’s wearing a little contouring under her cheekbone (high up on the cheek) but kept the colour very much on “the back” of her face.

Eyes

As the eye colour I chose a colour that’s amazing on my skin tone, if you’re pale like me and you need a skin toned matte eyeshadow try and get your hands on this:

This is a Smashbox Eyeshadow called Vanilla and it blends great and looks amazing! I placed it with the Sephora All Over Shadow brush (no. 21) on my eyes and I even put a little under my eyes to make the skin look more one colour.

The Holiday Season 2008 brought the Rapture Collection to Smashbox. In this collection was a get-gorgeous set of 8 luminous shadow duos and two brushes which I got. In this set are some ah-may-zingggg colours and the brushes are the two I go to most. In this picture you see the Eye Shadow Duo called Twilight (talking of Twilight, anyone seen the movie yet? Is it any good??): As you can see this duo has a blue and a white-ish colour. The blue I’ve used on the eyes in the Bedroom Eyes Tutorial and the white is the colour I’m using today as a very subtle highlight to add a little depth to an otherwise flat eye. I would grab one of my 2 no. 15 definer brushes for this, if I didn’t just (you’ve guessed it) cleaned it. I use the normal red handled one for cream eyeliners and the pink one (that came with the Rapture set) for eye shadows. But today I grabbed my old favourite (it’s still one I LOVE, it’s a bit softer so the colour placement is different, also the hairs are a little shorter which makes it a real dome brush) the Sephora Professionnel Platinum dome shadow brush no. 13). I placed some of the colour (blending very well) under the arch of my eyebrows, on the inner corners of my eyes and in the middle of my eyelid. All the places you place a highlight will seem to be sticking out more, to if you have more round eyes then me, skip the last step, if you have very high eyebrows, skip the brow highlight. The white on the inner corners makes you look more awake and fresh. At this point my eye looks like this:

Okay, here comes the part that’s the hardest, getting both eye lines to look the same. I usually draw the start of the eye line as usual and then do the other eye. Then I take a step back and look in the mirror from a little distance and put an inimini dot at the end points (now this point is easier to take off and re-place then a complete line). When I’m happy with that I draw the outline very thinly on both eyes and check again if they’re equal. Here’s how that looks: If I’m happy I fill it up, remember to not use a just
dipped in liner for the point because then you’ll kill the point. The eyeliner I used here was Liner Clubbing by Bourjois in 81 Absolute Black. This liner has a very very thin brush, which makes for a very very thin line (as you can see at the not filled line picture) which I tend to build up slowly into a line the thickness I want.

Four more steps to go now. I whitened my waterlines with Bourjois Noir & Blanc Eyeliner using the Blanc (Eyeliner for inside rim), I also used a little little bit of the black on the inner corners. I didn’t want it to be black, but just to define it a little, so I didn’t move the pencil on my skin, I pressed it like a stamp and then took it off my skin and now it’s slightly darker.

I have darker hair then Gwen so I don’t need a little black eyeliner under my eyes to define them, but if you are blond this might be required, make it a VERY thin line only in the lash line, the best way is to use the press method I used for the inner corner.

I curled my lashes a little using the Shu Uemura curler that’s every-one’s favourite and I have to agree. I had many many curlers in my day, I’ve tried every one I could get my hands on, warming curlers etc. non did the job the way the Shu Uemura one does. Seriously! I took the Cargo TexasLash mascara from the mascara stash I have and gave my lashes two coats of this mascara. The brush is not my favourite but no clumping occurred, so that was good. The thing I didn’t like were that I needed two coats for a decent coating and it didn’t lengthen at all. Usually the mascaras I use still coat lashes when I don’t even see any more lash but this made my lashes look shorter. Also it was very dry and if I now feel my lashes they feel hard. I have no idea how easy this can be removed, but I don’t think I’ll use it again. It wasn’t meant for my lashes, if anyone wants me to send it over for them to try, Holla hahaha.

Final eye again:

Okay, the mascara, I have no idea how to sanitize this thing, it’s only been used today so if there are people who want it, send me a picture of your lashes and I’ll choose the one who’s lashes I think could use this type of mascara most. If no one wants it, then into the trash it goes.

I hope you enjoyed my rambling, I talked more then I’ve done in my look-posts in a while. If you like the additional blabbering, tell me in the comments, if you want me to shut up and show you the eye look and only put down numbered steps, that’s fine too but let me know, okay?

Have a great night everybody!

Challenge 13 – JLo Look Tutorial

Posted on 15 december 2008 by CCee

Here is the semi complete tutorial of the JLo Challenge. It’s been so long since I did it that I can’t really remember what I did. But I’ll do my best to recall as much as possible.

Face

Products in this picture:
- Sephora, “Tricks of the Trade” Immediate Wrinkle Filler
- Smashbox, Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing Primer
- Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in Light L3
- Smashbox, Travel Foundation Brush
- Lancaster, Infinite Bronze
- Smashbox, Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 2.0
- Make Up For Ever, HD Powder
- Sephora, Mineral Powder Brush, no. 45
- Smashbox, Baked Cheek Duo in On the Town from the Glambox Volume 3
- Smashbox, Fan Brush no. 22
- YSL, Touche Eclat in no. 2
- Smashbox, Lip & Lid Primer
- Benefit, Valley of the Stars using a combination of High Beam and Moon Beam

I started with a clean face and put some Immediate Wrinkle filler under my eyes (over my eyecream) to minimize the wrinkles. As a face primer I took a dollop of Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing Primer which isn’t sold anymore. You can get the same effect by adding some Artificial Light Luminizing Lotion to your normal primer. My favourite primer is also by Smashbox and is the Photo Finish Foundation Primer. I place the products using my fingers because the warmth of your fingers makes it a thinner layer and you can really work it into your skin which means that it really minimizes pores when you use a foundation over it. As the foundation I took up my trusting High Definition Healthy FX Foundation which is actually a little too dark for me right now since it’s winter time, but I’m so pale anyway I want to hide this by adding even more colour to the foundation with a drop of Infinite Bronze. I work this into my skin using a foundation brush.
Because I really have dark circles I used the no. 2 Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer which has a little more pink in it then the 3.0 concealer and that hides the blue tones better.
I set all the makeup with HD Powder and a mineral powder brush, I skip this on the apples of my cheeks because I’m using something else to make me look less worn down.
I took the Baked Cheek Duo in On the Town and used the Bronze side to contour my cheekbones a little. Not too much because when you’re putting on too much it really looks like your hiding something and I want to look naturally healthy. I placed the contouring with a fan brush to ensure not using too much. This is a great brush for people who tend to overuse blush or contouring because it actually only picks up a little product at a time.
I used a little highlight Touche Eclat under my eyes on top of the HD powder because now you see it better. I primed my lids and lips at this point to give it time to settle before adding makeup on top of that.
On the mouse of my hand I mixed a little highbeam and moonbeam together to create a great colour that I then patted into the apples of my cheeks, making them more radiant and glowing.

Eyes

Products in this picture:
- Smashbox, Eye Shadow Trio in Panorama
- Smashbox, no. 26 Shadow Brush
- Guerlain, Guerlain, Ombre Eclat 4 Couleurs – 401 Jeu de Nuit
- Smashbox, No. 15 Definer Brush
- Smashbox, Eye Lights highlighting pencil
- Benefit, Valley of the Stars using the white eyeshadow
- Stila, Smudge pots in Jet Black
- Sephora, Professionnel Pointed Liner/Eyeliner Brush #17
- Sephora, Professional Glitter in an oister glowing colour, no longer sold online. But online they do have these at the moment
- Smashbox, Jet Set eyeliner in Midnight black
- Smashbox, Double Ended Smudger brush
- Sephora, Eyelash curler – Smashbox, Bionic Mascara Black
- Dior, Backstage Makeup Waterproof Mascara in 090 Black

As you probably can see I’m trying to grow my eyebrows a little thicker here so excuse the ingrowing hairs in the arch.
I started by using the white from the Smashbox Trio under my brows using the no. 26 shadow brush. This highlights the brows and makes them stick out more.

Using the dark grey from the Guerlain palette I smoked up my eyes, for placement I took up the no. 15 definer brush because this brush gives me lots of control on the density of the colour. On the outer edges I used less pressure to help with the blending and I didn’t use a blender brush afterwards, if you do feel like you need to blend more, go ahead. I used the Eye Lights highlighting pencil as an extra highlight over the white to add some shine to the arch. Because this shines it also takes colour very well and I went over this with another eyeshadow, the white from the Valley of the Starts palette. I had it in my mind that this was an oister glowing eyeshadow but found out it wasn’t at this point. So if you want your eyes more like Jennifer’s, search for a great oister glow white eyeshadow to use as a highlight. I used some of the lighter grey from the Guerlain palette on the inner corner of my eye as a semi-highlight.

I used a Stila Smudge pot in Jet Black to line my eyes with the Sephora liner brush. I didn’t use a flick at the end and only used it to darken the base of the lashes.

I then darkened my waterline using the JetSet because this is waterproof. I used the brush side from the double ended smudger brush to do this.

I curled my lashes at this point and added first a layer of Bionic mascara and then a layer of Dior Backstage Makeup Mascara because if you do this before the glitter you have less chance of glitter ending up in your eyes and also when curling the lashes you won’t move the glitters.
I used some oister glowing glitter on my eyes to add a little sparkle and some of the glow Jennifer has.

Lips

Products in this picture
- Smashbox, Totally Fab Lip Gloss Collection

On my lips I used the golden tinted lipgloss.

So here is everything I was supposed to post a long while ago. More coming soon!

Challenge 12 – Jewelry eyes

Posted on 25 oktober 2008 by CCee

Hey ladies, here is the complete post on how to recreate this great idea Iveenia came up with. Now I have to say the first couple of pictures are bad quality, I took them in natural light like usually but it was storming all day yesterday and halfway I found out that there wasn’t enough light to create a nun-blurry picture. So at that point I started working with a flash. It can be that now, with winter coming, there will be more false light pictures because I do need enough light for a proper picture.

Iveenia Challenge picture:

My version:

Face
I started with a halfway prepped face because I’d already had makeup on during the morning appointments I had, but I couldn’t walk around with an eye like this could I.
My eyecream and moisturizer are still the StriVectin-SD eyecream and Intensive Concentrate for Existing Stretch Marks that’s sold as a moisturizer but still has the original name. It’s also really good for if you have new damaged skin or scars, it helps with making them heal better.
On my lashes I still use the Talika Lipocils to hopefully create longer and fuller lashes.
This morning I used Hybrid as a base and mixed some Teint Parfait with the High Def. Healthy FX foundation to have a slightly more transparent foundation. I used a Travel Foundation Brush for Placement and used some Photo Up on my eyes before the Primer Potion. With the no. 4 concealer brush I brushed some Camera Ready concealer under my eyes and also on some spots (grrr I hate winter). With the 45 Mineral Brush I set the makeup with my new HD Powder (which I love sooo much because it doesn’t creep into small lines and thereby makes me look younger Laughing out loud ). During the day I had only primer potion on my eyes and curled lashes with one coat of Diorshow. This was the starting point for the makeup tutorial:

Products in this picture:

StriVectin-SD eyecream

StriVectin-SD Intensive Concentrate For Existing Stretch Marks
Talika, Lipocils
Smashbox, Hybrid 2-in-1 – Luminizing Primer
YSL, Teint Parfait Complexion Enhancer Oil Free – No. 7 Golden Sand
Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation – Light L3
Smashbox, Travel Foundation Brush
Smashbox, Photo Op – Under Eye Brightener
Smashbox, Camera Ready Concealer – 3.0
Smashbox, Concealer brush – no. 4
Urban Decay, Eye Shadow Primer Potion
Make Up For Ever, High Definition Powder
Sephora Brand Professionell, Mineral Powder Brush – no. 45
Sephora Eyelashcurler
Dior, Diorshow – 090 black
Miss Helen, Loose Powder – 02
Smashbox, JetSet – Midnight Black
Smashbox, JetSet – Lust
Bourjois, Eyeliner Pencil – Noir & Blanc
Smashbox, Eye Shadow Trio mini – Headshot (Thanks to MartiniLush)
Smashbox, Eye Shadow Trio – Pretty Eyes
Smashbox, Smudge Brush – no. 20
Sephora Brand Professionell, All Over Shadow Brush – no. 21
Sephora Brand Professionell, Eyeliner Brush, no 12
YSL, Touche Eclat – no. 2
Smashbox, Arced Liner Brush – no. 21
Smashbox, Definer Brush – no. 15
Sephora Brand, Golden Glitter – for eyes
Emporio Armani, lei/elle/she/ella – scent

Eyes
I didn’t take of any makeup before adding makeup to it, it had stayed so perfectly put that I didn’t even have to clean up. I just roughly took off the black liner I had on my waterline but didn’t clean it up perfectly because there would be more liner coming under my eye later on. I placed some of the white Bourjois pencil on my inner eye corner and under my eyebrow. Here is it unblended:

I blended the white and added some Touche Eclat under my eyes to highlight the area even more.

I used the golden yellow colour from the Mini Trio Headshot all over my eyes with the no. 21 All Over Shadow Brush. This creates a golden glow that is very subtle. I also added some loose glimmer powder under my eyes (stay above any bags under your eye).

I took the grey from the Pretty Eyes Trio and placed it with the no. 15 definer brush just above my crease. Usually you blend downwards a little too, but for this look blend only upward and make sure to stay above your eye and not blend out at your outer corner, the eye should not attract any attention there. The best way to place the crease colour is by raising your brows and looking down a little into a mirror. Like this:

To make the lowest part even more dark and deep, I used a smudge brush (no. 20) to have more control over the placement. In this picture you can also see where my natural crease would be and how much above I placed the line.

At this point I added some Midnight Black JetSet to my upper waterline and also on the inner corner on the bottom waterline, but I didn’t place it on my entire lower waterline. For precise placement I used the no. 21 Arced Liner Brush. I didn’t want the lines under my eye to be black, that would be very harsh. I used Lust for this, this is a Grey with mini silver dust in it, making the lines look a little softer. The downside I found was that by using a JetSet liner I had to rush, because it dries very quickly. I did use it because it’s waterproof and that means no running of the liner later in the night. I used the no. 21 arced liner brush for the thicker parts of the line and I took up the Sephora no. 12 eyeliner brush for the swirls and the inner corner point because this is a very fine tipped brush.

I curled my lashes again because I didn’t want to use falsies. I reapplied DiorShow and while that was still wet I pressed some Gold Glitter against my lashes with the no. 21 All Over Shadow Brush. I held a bit of tissue under my eye to prevent fallout from falling on my cheeks (but not on the picture because I needed my second hand to actually take the picture ).

At the end I cleaned up the line a little with a Qtip and a little eye makeup remover to get the line cleaner. (Remember to check if you need to reapply some foundation and powder after cleaning up the line).

Challenge for YOU!

Posted on 22 oktober 2008 by CCee

Hiya everyone,

If you’ve been following me on OnSugar and TeamSugar, you know I get Challenges every once in a while to do a certain look. Now to celebrate you I wanted to Challenge you! I’m giving away 100 TeamSugar points and for the complete competition, to see how you can winn, click here to go to the blogpost on TeamSugar to see how you can enter in the competition.

I hope lots of you will join!!
Good luck!

Challenge 11 – Bollywood

Posted on 19 oktober 2008 by CCee

MartiniLush and saynogirl Challenged me with this Bollywood look from the film Love Story 2050 (actress: Priyanka Chopra).

Original:

Online I found these two eyes in better quality (both from the film).

I merged the looks together to create my Bollywood eye.