Makeup Lessons

Wide/Average/Close

In my new video I show how to create a round appearance to your eyes, If you have wide set eye - which means your eyes are spaced wider apart, more than the distance of one eye between them - this will will bring your eyes closer together. 

It's also a great way to round your eye shape. 

If you follow my blog then you hopefully saw my video/blog post on how to elongate your eyes. If you have close set eye - which means your eyes are spaced close together, less than the distance of one eye between them - This will lengthen your eyes and push them further apart and for those will balance space you'll get a sexy feline look to your eyes.

It's amazing how you can change your eye shape and overall look with just light and dark eyeshadows. 

I hope you try these looks out. 

You can also try these looks out - 

EOTD: Hot Tanzanite (DGC and BFTE)

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Tanzanite gel eyeliner which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.

This is another look I did while on vacation; simple and neutral with a twist :) I used Tanzanite gel eyeliner from BFTE Cosmetics and Hot Rocks, one of my all-time favorite eyeshadows from Darling Girl Cosmetics.

Keep reading for more pics and full product list!

Taken outdoors with flash.

Taken indoors with flash; mainly I included this shot so you can see the shimmery-ness of Hot Rocks on my lid, lower lashline, and over the eyeliner :)

Taken outdoors with no flash.

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-BFTE Cosmetics blush in Love Child

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream (all over lid as base)
-BFTE Cosmetics Indellible Gel Eyeliner in Tanzanite (metallic plum)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration on inner lid and browbone highlight (nude pearl)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Hot Rocks on middle lid, lower lashline, and patted over eyeliner (dusty grey with fiery red to gold shift)

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner of lid (deep matte eggplant), Allegro in crease (medium golden brown matte), and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

 -MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick in Lust For Blush

I love Hot Rocks so much... and it goes amazingly with this gel liner too. Major love!♥

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Tanzanite gel eyeliner which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Happy Birthday Brother!

Happy Birthday Brother!

I'm close to all my family but me & my brother Michael have a special bond, always have. I think because he is the oldest boy and I'm the oldest girl. He's always been very protective of me and my younger sister. My mother once told me a story about my brother which just proves how smart and caring he has always been. I was just a toddler and I was really sick I wouldn't eat anything, so my brother, who was only 7, headed to the shop and came back with Jelly pots for me which I actually ate! 

I'm so lucky to have such an amazing brother,

Thank you Michael for all you do and who you are!

Stolen videos, stolen memories.

Sorry for my lack of posting today, I had planned to do a haul post but instead this is what I have be doing - 

In the space of a week three channels have uploaded my videos and monetize them (which is placing ads on them to make money) Mostly it's a minor annoyance. Sure it's not nice when someone takes credit for your work and makes money from it but the worse part was when they steal personal videos.

                                                                                                                                           I was on youtube a few days ago and saw my dog's face on someone elses channel. I felt sick. The video they stole and uploaded was this one - 

This was the hardest video to edit and when it was done I wanted to share it with my family and friends who loved sandy and the easiest way to do that is to upload on youtube. 

To have something so special to me stolen and uploaded for money by a stranger who never met sandy, who never knew her expressions, who didn't hold her while she was ill make me sick! I donated to my local animal shelter after Sandy passed in memory of her and I plan to use the money I make from the video to donate regularly to them. 

Sure, with a few clicks of a few buttons the videos are removed but I spend most of the day removing them. The form on youtube isn't the easiest to use and its time consuming. 

EOTD: Buried Treasure

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.

Hey y'all! I'm back from vacation and had a great time; we had amazing weather and I even got a little tan, which NEVER happens lol.

Here's another look I did while there, a gold and brown neutral eye using BFTE Cosmetics and a few other things. Keep reading to see all the details :)

Click me!

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-BFTE Indelible Gel Eyeliner in Penny as base on lids

-Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze as base on outer corner of lids

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Iron Maid-In on inner half of lids (light gold) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

BFTE eyeshadow in Chocolate on outer corners and blended into crease (chocolate brown shimmer)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration from crease to browbone and tearduct/inner corner (nude pearl)

-BFTE eyeshadow in Ornamental on inner corner/tearduct and on very center of lid and lower lashline (pale gold)

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner (deep matte eggplant) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

 -MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade 

Since this was several days ago I'm not 100% positive whatall products I used, but the list is accurate to the best of my recollection. 

Nothing on my lips once again, though after I took these I think I used a Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick; not sure if it was Pin Up Peach or Lust For Blush. 

This look reminds me a bit of my old look using some of these colors and a few others, but I think this one is much nicer since I made sure to blend it a lot for a soft effect. :)

On this day we took a ferry to an island that day and I ended up swimming in the ocean which I wasn't really prepared for, but hey, gotta be spontaneous sometimes right? I got washed over my head by waves about 3 times but my eye makeup didn't look too bad, I just had a little mascara or something smeared under my eyes lol. I wore sunglasses all day anyway so no one even noticed. :P

Thanks for reading♥

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Make Up Wars

Sunday October 20th 2013

I know so many of you are makeup artist and I wanted to let you know about a makeup artist contest being held in Dublin. 

There are 6 categories; Catwalk, Body art, Bridal, Drag Queen, Glamour, A&E

Judges:

Elaine Butler-Doolin - From Celebrity Salon ( TV3) & Bespoke Beauty

Portobello Institute Creative Courses Head Tutor

The International Make-Up Academy, Founder & Director Anne Morrissey

I would enter the Bridal category if I wasn't so busy that month but I thought I would let you know about it because so many of you are makeup artist too.

Here is where you can enter: http://www.artisticevents.ie/

If you enter I wish the best of luck!

Makeup lessons

How to Elongate Your Eyes

Highlighter - http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-shimma-shimma.html

Midtone -  http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-latte.html

Contour - http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-mocha.html

Black - http://www.makeupgeek.com/store/eye-products/eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadows/makeup-geek-eyeshadow-pan-corrupt.html

Eye Lash Curler Japonesque Professional Eyelash Curler http://www.lecosmetique.com/Japonesque_Professional_Eyelash_Curler_p/mt040.htm

Mascara 

They're Real by Benefit

Lashes Ardell Lash Accents #301

http://www.eyelashesunlimited.com/collections/ardell-accent-lashes/products/ardell-lash-accents-301

Primer The Balm "put a lid on it" http://www.thebalm.com/put-a-lid-on-it.html

More:

Eye Makeup For Beginners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqySxcuSbo

Smokey Eye Makeup For Beginners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpNq8HiPFFE

Brushes - 

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/

E32/33 Double Ended Tapered Crease Blender/Smudger

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e32-33-double-ended-tapered-crease-blender-smudger.html

E28 Ultra Fine Liner

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e28-ultra-fine-liner.html

Blending Duo (E25/26) 

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e25-26-blending-duo.html

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Happy Birthday Treena

Today is my sister's Birthday!

I'm so lucky to have a sister, I thank my lucky stars I was given a sister to grow up with. When she was born she was so ill and could have died and I couldn't imagine what my life would have been without my little sister, She always been the cool smart one and even though I am older I do sometimes look up to her for support like I'm the little one 

(technically I am the little one as I'm shorter than her ha)

She's one of the coolest people I know with awesome taste in music and fashion.

(Here she is singing Black Horse and a Cherry Tree)

Not only can she sing modern music but she can sing opera, we force her to sing high long notes because its just so so funny how she can do it!

 

She also writes her own music even from the age of 9 she was writing and recording music, Mostly about how annoying her sister was! "She's my sister" written about me was a famous song in our house the chorus was - 

She's my sister and sometimes I hate her

and sometime is right now

but sometimes she's okay 

but that doesn't mean I like her anyway

Oh oh my sister!

It's actually extremely catchy when you hear it and we still sing it sometimes! 

Here is an original by her, it's actually the first video 

I ever edited way before youtube even existed. 

She has also been in a few of my video too, I love working on her because it's always really funny she's never stop talking and knows so much about fashion and makeup - 

Here is one of my favourite looks I did on her!

Here's to you sister sue! I love you!!

Babe, what's up with your face?

Babe, what's up with your face??

Last week I broke out in a few blemishes on my cheek and laugh lines. It's pretty typical of me to break out here specially when I don't stick to my skincare routine (More on that tomorrow) but this break out took so long to heal and I was getting a little tired of it so I used my extra strong spot cream - Avene TriAcneal cream. 

This stuff is serious, it does one of two things - 

Brings the spot the surface to you can remove it carefully or reducing the size and allows it to fade over time with a peeling effect which removes the old layer of the skin to reduce scarring. 

But there is a problem - 

I AM THE MOST IMPATIENT PERSON EVER! 

I use it at night only and it usually works but me being impatient decided to use it morning and night and any time I felt like it really...

To quote my favourite movie - Big mistake, huge! 

Woke up with this orange, peeling, red mess to which my bf says - 

Babe, what's up with your face?

My skin looks greasy in the picture due the cream I was wearing but you can see the orange staining, The cream turns orange on contact and the redness is a dry rash, the skin is so tight and on my chin you can just about see the flakey skin - Horrible!

I stopped using the spot treatment (obviously) and I keep the skin clean and to deal with the flakiness and dryness I am using Elizabeth Arden 8 hour Cream. Works a treat! 

Best advice I can give anyone is be patient!

Hope that explains why you can only see half my face in my new video:

I didn't want to miss an upload but I couldn't wear makeup on the other side. Oh well! :/

Yippee Skippee!!!!!

So you know when you see something and you just MUST have it because of the prettiness of it? The sheer perfection? I love bows, this you all know, and I found the most beautiful pearl and rhinestone ring at Forever 21 years back. Well, my good friend Summer happens to be a fashionista and a HALF sharing her love of all things beauty through TV appearances, blogs and is the owner of the online boutique A Tres Chic. She happened to post on InstaGram the MOST perfect bow bracelet and I about FELL outta my chair (true story, it almost happened!). I had to share it with ya'll since you might want to nab one before they are all gone! Behold it's perfection:

It yearns to be on my wrist this SECOND! It calls to me...."Jen, Jen, I am a bow. You are not complete without me.....Jeeeeeeeeeen.....". Almost haunting right??? Well me and the fam are all geared up to visit the ole stompin grounds of Cali next week and I am SO happy to be adding this little accessory to my packing list. Disneyland won't KNOW what hit em!!! BTW Summer's button is just on the side there so feel free to click and get yourself one so we can be twinsies ; D.

Makeup Lesson

5 Easy Ways to Add Colour to Your Makeup

1: Blush
For some of us blush is the only colour we use on our faces and I got asked easier this week - 
"What is the point of blush"
Well as the name suggests blush is there to mimic blushing which gives us a healthy glowing look for those of us (Like me) who can look very pale and tired without adding it.

(Not always a bad thing - I used to get sent home from school a lot because I looked "Terrible pale")

2: Blush as Eyeshadow

When I trained with a runway model makeup artist years ago, she told me how she would always brush a little blush or lipstick into the crease of the eyes to match the cheeks and or lips, its a brilliant way to bring a look together and at the moment I LOVE it! 

3: Lipstick

Lipstick is an easy way to add colour, and can make anyone look extra special! I love my reds or berry tones, they make me feel fancy but lipstick can also bring out your eye colour 

Check out my video here if you don't know what I mean:

4: Smudged Eyeshadow

Take your favourite colour of eyeshadow something you never have the confidence to wear on your lid and smudge it under your eyes instead, its fun, easy and a great way to go from the office to a night out in seconds! 

5: Subtle Eyeshadow

If you find colourful eye makeup all too much but you are tired of your basic brown eye makeup just add a touch of colour on the center of your basic eye makeup and blend outwards. Great way to match your dress or accessories! 

Haul

Carly Cold Shoulder T-Shirt

http://www.boohoo.com/restofworld/clothing/icat/clothing/day-tops/carly-cold-shoulder-t-shirt/invt/azz46263

Pleated Skater Coral Skirt

http://www.boohoo.com/restofworld/clothing/skirts/icat/skirts/#esp_cf=pdxtstyletax&esp_filter_pdxtstyletax=Skater%20Skirts

 Lace 3/4 Sleeve Sleeve Lace Bodycon Dress

Let's Glow

I'm loving HIGHLIGHTER at the moment, I think no matter how bad you look or feel a little glow can make it all better (Silly I know!)

The Balm MARY Lou Manizer 

I saw this online in a few makeup tutorials and I loved it! I put it on my "to get" list right away! I actually thought it was a creme highlighter (Which by the way would be awesome) But I later found out it's a powder and a pretty (Very Pretty) awesome one! 

http://www.thebalm.com/mary-lou-manizer.html

Sleek Contour Kit

The Sleek Contour Kit, I dunno how many times I have used this in videos! It's one of the best products I have ever owned. It has a matte bronzer, which is brilliant for contour the face and it's slightly larger than the highlighter which makes sense seeing as you apply bronzer on more of the face and use a large brush (Thank you Sleek for thinking of that) 

It also comes in three different shade - Light, medium, dark. Perfect! 

http://www.sleekmakeup.com/face/contouring/face-contour-kit

Check out my full tutorial here:

Makeup lesson

A Beginner's Guide to Eye Makeup

From using primer, picking brushes, choosing eye shadows

Let’s start with primer

Primers help your eyeshadow last longer and prevent oils from crease the shadows

Or could use your concealer or foundation as a base and set it with powder to help your

eyeshadow last longer, it’s the old fashion way!

Brushes

(The only one you need)

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e26-flat-shader-lay-down-brush.html

Flat brush, great for apply eyeshadows to the lid and lining the lash line with the flat tip.

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e23-short-pencil.html

A small smudger/pencil brush for detailed work 

(You can use this to smudge your eyeliner)

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e24-blending-brush.html

My FAVOURITE!! This applies and blends! I LOVE this! Get it, Try it, I know you will love it as much as I do! 

http://www.blankcanvascosmetics.com/products/e25-26-blending-duo.html

The duo blender! Use one side for blending dark shades and one to blending light shades!

Eyeshadows come is a different textures, tone and shades it can be kind of confusing

But you really only need 3-4 shades to create a basic eye makeup look

One highlighter, which should be at least one shade lighter than your skin

You can also use your facial highlighter which is a great way to bring your look together.

(It can also be matte)

One MATTE mid tone, this will help to blend your eye makeup softly Try using your matte bronzer if you can't find one.  

Dark Contour, this should be at least two shades darker than your skin this adds shapes and shadows.

(This can be matte or shimmer)

Watch my full tutorial here:

EOTD: Poolside Storm (DGC and BFTE)

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

 I'm on vacation again, woo! This one was rather spur-of-the-moment beach getaway with my whole family so I'm really enjoying having us all together. :)

Today I did a makeup look using Darling Girl and BFTE Cosmetics; it's another neutral-with-a pop-of-color kind of look because I was seriously lacking inspiration for what to do, lol. I like how it turned out though. Keep reading for the details...

Click for full-sized view:

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-DGC eyeshadow in Copper Storm (GWP) on lid

-DGC eyeshadow in Poolside Party on lower lashline

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration from crease to browbone and tearduct/inner corner (nude pearl)

-BFTE eyeshadow in Ornamental on inner corner/tearduct, on lid over Copper Storm, and on lower lashline over Poolside Party

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner (deep matte eggplant) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade 

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette on brows (Naked2 and Crave)

I'm not wearing anything on my lips, just a little lip balm. The look was a bit darker and smokier in person so I didn't want to overwhelm my face with lipcolor. 

After I finished the look, I used some of BFTE's Ornamental eyeshadow, a pale gold, and patted it on the middle of my lids and lower lashline just to add a little dimension. 

Poolside Party is a blue/turquoise shade but due to the gold/green sheen and also the extra gold I used over it in this look, it turned out looking quite greenish on my skin. The color does shift though; if you look at the full face shots, you can see on the nearest eye it looks green, but on the far eye it looks more blue. I love it and recommend checking it out if you haven't yet!

Thanks for reading!♥

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Eye Shapes

Finding Your Eye Shape

Spacing:

The average distance between a pair of eyes is the length of one eye.

Some times that distance is shorter – meaning the eyes are spaced closer together.

And other times that distance is wider – meaning the eyes are spaced further apart.

Average Eye Spacing – 

 The eyes are spaces one eye length apart.

Close Set Eyes –

The eyes are spaced closer than one eye length apart.  

Wide Set Eyes –

The eyes are spaced further than one eye length apart.

Shape:

Average – The eye lid is visual from the inner corner to the outer edge in a smooth curved shape.

Celebrity – Kim Kardashian & Cheryl Cole

Prominent – The eyes can protrude or extend from the face and may cause a crease underneath.

Celebrity – Katy Perry & Mila Kunis

Deep Set – The eyes are set deep in the head the opposite of a prominent shape.

Celebrity – Selena Gomez & Taylor Swift (Taylor’s eyes are also close set) 

Hooded – The eyes are almost hidden by a heavy crease with creates a hood over the lid.

Celebrity – Miley Cyrus & Jessica Sanchez

Droopy – The eyes drop or droop slightly on the outer edge.

Celebrity – Ann Hathaway