Showing posts with label make up artist croydon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label make up artist croydon. Show all posts

Friday, 26 April 2013

Make up tips for glasses wearers

When I started wearing glasses a few years ago (over 10 actually, yikes) I was wasn't really sure what make up to wear with them. I was still getting used to wearing glasses and never seemed to get it quite right.

A decade of playing around and I've worked out that, during the day I just like to enhance my eyes to help them stand out but not look too 'done'.  


Glasses can sometimes magnify the eye area so I feel it's particularly important to get my under eye concealer right so that my dark circles are well camouflaged.
I apply pencil eyeliner above the top lashes (here I've used a dark plum) and smudge it a little with a similar coloured eye shadow. This softens the look and sets the pencil. I run the same brush I used to smudge the pencil liner just below my bottom lashes too.
I like to curl my lashes, apply mascara and then comb through the lashes to avoid any clumps.
A bit of blush, lip balm/ gloss and I'm good to go about my business!

From there, if I'm at work or out and about, I can either build up the eye make up to make a more smokey look or add a bright lippy. I find that it's one or the other for me.

Below you can see I've spent more time building up the eye make up, making the eyeliner thicker and winging it out very slightly. I've also built up the colour so that it's heavier and more of a smokey look.
I added more blush then tried a couple of lip options, the first image below is a purple lipgloss with a nude shimmery gloss patted on top. The second image is the same eye make up with a pink gloss.

Which of the three looks you prefer?




Friday, 5 April 2013

Blue eyeliner fun!

I brought a gorgeous, deep blue, loose Satin Powder shadow by Kryolan a few weeks ago and have been dying to try it out ever since. It's a slightly pearlescent, highly pigmented fine powder in a very pretty blue colour that I just knew would look amazing with brown eyes and it didn't disappoint.

As Molly, my daughter, was sleeping I decided to have a play and create a colourful look with orange blush and orangey/ red lips but when we decided to head out to the shops I thought I'd better tone it down so I removed the white under-eye liner and my little tear drop!

'Scuse the bad hair - I'm growing out my crop (I think, I can't decide) and I'm that horrible in-between any kind of hairstyle stage.  Got a few months before I'm even close to a bob. Oiy! x






Other products used, in addition to Kryolan's blue Satin Powder - 
Laura Mercier foundation primer
Illamasqua Skin Base and Rich Liquid Foundations mixed
Illamasqua Sealing gel
Make Up Forever Orange corrector
Clinique All About Eyes concealer

Bobbi Brown 'Bone' eyeshador
MAC 'Soba' eyeshadow
Kryolan Brow palette
Illamasqua 'Intrigue' blusher
Barry M 'Matte Turquoise' eye pencil
Max Factor 'False Lash effect' Mascara
Sleek blush palette
Benefit 'Hula' bronzer
Illamasqua 'Heroin' eyeshadow
Illamasqua 'Gleam. highlighter
Lord and Berry 'Mandarin' lip pencil
Illamasqua 'Absorb' lipgloss