Posts Tagged ‘makeover’

09
Jan
2014

Love at First Kiss Lipstick

categories: Blog

This is a collection from Laura Geller that I bought at the tail end of last year. Why? Because they are beautiful coral based lipsticks that will suit anyone. They range from pinky toffee based tones too bright orange tones.

Six piece lipstick collection

Love at First Kiss

I have only managed to swatch five on my arm, but as you can see they are very forgiving lipsticks. They work out at around the £6 when I include postage and packaging, for a quality products that is more than reasonable. Also it takes the guess work out of choosing lipsticks for my kit.

colour swatch corals

Swatched lippy

Laura Geller, make some great lipsticks and I was very lucky to have snapped these up. The only problem I do have with some of these collections, is that it is often hard, if not impossible, to find the individual colours on sale on their own. But that is often the case with makeup collections.

I have also managed to get a set in vibrant red tones for a Hollywood look, I will feature those at another time.

Have fun playing with makeup, and if you fancy a makeover, just call or email me.

Allison xxx

12
Dec
2013

A quick makeover challenge

categories: Blog, Uncategorized

If there was ever a difficult client, then it would be myself. I like to think of myself as a time served Make-up Artist, but I have been ill for sometime, a disc herniation at the L5 S1 area, means that I have been living on pain meds for months, and that takes its toll. The last thing I want to do is to put on makeup, but today I gave myself a challenge.  How quickly could I get ready to go out?

Allison bare faced                  makeover

 

It was 3.12pm when I started and 3.39pm when finished.

I started with Liz Earle Superskin Moisturizer and added a touch of a Gatineau anti-wrinkle formula. I then used Garnier roll on to lighten under the eye and on the eyelids. For foundation I used Lancome Tient Idole Ultra 24hr, but underneath I used a No 7 concealer crayon where needed..

Moving onto the eyes, I used the lightest shade I could get from my Laura Geller Balance and Brighten Foundation compact all over the eyelid. I then used Revlon matte eyeshadow in rich sable. I placed some on my outer eyelids and blended the colour over the crease stopping short of under the brow. I used some of the mid tone colours in my Balance and Brighten foundation in the inner corner of the eye crease and blended a little with the rich sable eyeshadow. To highlight just under the brow, I used some of my No 7 concealer crayon. To darken the eyebrow I used YBF brow liner and also filled in using the Laura Geller babycakes brown.

Under the eye I used the Babycakes eyeliner palette to line my eye in a rich chocolate colour. I then grabbed my trusted Boots eyelash curlers and gave my lashes a good curl. I then used my Estee Lauder lash primer and finished with one coat of Collection 2000 Lash Multiplier mascara.

I then took my Balance and Brighten and did some very quick contouring of the face..

Reaching for the first lip pencil that I could find, I took Foxglove from Liz Earle and filled in my lip area. This is the first time I have used this particular pencil in this way and I won’t be doing so again as it is very drying. I had also used some Gayle Hayman lip lift on my lips, so they were far from dry to begin with. I finished off with Liz Earle lipstick in Rosewood.

For blush I used the Collection 2000 Shimmer Shades, using a sweep of all four shades. As I had only just reviewed them, I thought it would work with the lip tone.

Some of the mess I left behind

makeup collection

After the makeover

My maths is not that good, but 33 minutes is a reasonable about of time for a quick makeover. And I would like to point out that the photos were taken on an iphone by myself and there is no Photoshop involved. But I do like to remain a safe distance from the camera, and that applies at all times. ,