FOTW: Faces of the Week

So I had fresh blonde foils put in on Friday, which was a cause of celebration; I celebrated by buying new colourful studs, cute little bow barettes for my hair, and having friends over for pizza!  Naturally, that involved a fantastic, girly face of makeup to match my hair and my clips (the green one even matches my favourite striped socks!) so that's one face.

The second face was for a hairdressing competition.  My friend Jess did my hair, for the pre-apprentice hair up section of this competition, and I did my makeup.  The vintage look doesn't really match the extreme volume, in my opinion, or even look like competition makeup, but that was what she wanted...

Take a look at them both after the jump and let me know what you think!

Silver Wedding Makeup

irst ever makeup for a client was done today; makeup was applied for the bride and two bridesmaids, with a natural face and focused eyes.   Photos after the jump.

Makeup used for the eyes was BYS Creme Eyeshadow 'Animal Instincts' Palette and Blackbox Eyeshadow Palette in Black-brown (bride) and Brown (bridesmaids). All foundation and lipstick belonged to the client. All foundations used were liquid; the Bride used Shiseido, and the bridesmaids used Revlon Colorstay and Nutrimetics.
Foundation was applied using a synthetic foundation brush, and buffed to a smooth, even finish using a wedged sponge. A translucent powder was applied to the cross of the face (lower forehead to top of chin, mid-cheek to mid-cheek) using a natural fibre(unknown origins) kabuki-style brush. Eyeshadow was applied using a synthetic smudging brush and a flat eyeshadow brush.

A Few Spare Looks...

Found these in my gallery on Makeup Alley.  Figured, Hey!  May as well post them.  You'll have to forgive me for not filling in the details; they're from March and June, so I can't remember exactly what I used.  Most of the colours will be from the Blackbox or ChiChi eyeshadow palettes though, my foundation and powder is exactly the same as usual, and yes.  That is definitely a wig.

Take a look at these three faces after the jump!

Too Long!

Boy, has it been way too long since I've posted or WHAT?

I'm doing a wedding tomorrow, and this is the general look for the bridesmaids eyes; the bride will be a little lighter, with a fresher, brighter colour graduation towards the brow.

I will post pictures of the final looks tomorrow.

Take a look at the bridesmaids look after the jump.

Weekend Double Dose!

On Friday, we had Joyce Blok product training instead of class, and it really was interesting.  We learnt all about what the products do, and how some of them contain bovine placenta.  Yeah, that's right.  That vascular lump that attaches to the womb and feeds oxygen and nutrients to a baby through the cord.  Some of those products are having us put baby cow sustenance on our FACE!

We did a product knowledge quiz 'game' in the afternoon and we had to buzz- jumping up from our seats- to be able to answer the JB trainer's questions; if we got one right, we got to choose a product from the Joyce Blok range that she had up the front, and I chose their lip balm.  It's so nourishing, and it instantly leaves my lips feeling hydrated and supple.

Anyway, today I have two makeup looks in the post, both casual and very simple to recreate.  Take a look after the jump!