The 2 Types of Makeup Brushes

In the last 2 blog posts, I have discussed about the different makeup brushes and it's uses.
In connection to my previews topic, I'd like to share about the 2 types of makeup brushes and how it can be effectively used. Makeup beginners may sometimes wonder why, there are 2 types of makeup brushes. No need to get confused anymore because I am going to provide the details here.

The 2 Types of Makeup Brushes:

1. The animal haired makeup brushes: These type of makeup brushes are best used for cake and powder,and mineral based makeup. 

2. The synthetic makeup brushes: These type of makeup brushes are best used for liquid,cream, mousse and gel based makeup.

The 2 types of makeup brushes are not hard to find. It can be purchased in all leading makeup stores and local beauty stores. There are array of brands to choose, from high end, high street and affordable brands.

Makeup Brushes The Tools of the Trade part 2

Whether you are a makeup enthusiast, a novice makeup artist or an experienced makeup artist, having the proper tools in creating a fantastic makeup look is the most important.
This is my second installment on my Makeup Brushes The Tools of the Trade blog post. 
I am certain that  the information you're gonna get from here is going to be helpful to you.

This time I am going to discuss about the 7 piece brush set:

1. The eye shader and blending brush - This brush is used to apply eyeshadow color and for blending each color to make it look natural and beautiful on your eye.
2. The pointed tip brush. This brush is very practical because it can be used both as an eyeliner and lip brush. ( Please do clean the brush with a wet wipe when you're going to use it both ways.)
3. The eyebrow brush with comb - The name itself explains it all. It is used to tame the brows and keep it's shape.
4. The sponge applicator - This is an eyeshadow applicator which is angled on both sides and it has a pointed tip. The sponge applicator is very versatile because it can be used on both powder,cream and mousse eye shadows. It can be used as an eyeliner applicator as well due to it's pointed tip.
5. The Blush and Powder Brush - This brush can be used on both cake blush and loose powder blush, face powder and loose powder.
6. The eyeshadow contour brush - This is used to apply the darkest E/S color on the eyes to create depth and make the eyes look more expressive.
7. The Angled Brush - This is used to apply eye liner or eyebrow cake powder.

When you have these makeup brushes, learning makeup application would be fun and easy. You can experiment on different makeup styles.
Makeup Brushes are the Tools of the Trade in creating fantastic makeup looks, are available in local stores and in all beauty stores. It is sold individually and in sets. Anybody can find an array of makeup brushes even online.

The 7 piece brush set is available in all leading cosmetic stores and online....

Makeup Brushes the tools of the trade are a pretty good investment for every woman who has the desire to learn and grow their skill in makeup application...

J.Lo American Idol Season 13 Inspired Makeup Style

J.Lo's back in American Idol season 13!! the number 1 attention getter in that talent search show is the gorgeous Jennifer Lopez. She always reinvents herself since the day she started, as one of the judges in AI. I think all the viewers of American Idol are glued to their television screen just to gaze and admire her beauty.

J.Lo at 44 hasn't showed any evidence that she has aged! indeed this woman is very beautiful.

I'm very certain that you love to get her makeup look in American Idol Season 13. Therefore I've done an easy to follow steps on how you can recreate J.Lo's look in AI season 13. However this is my personal interpretation of Jennifer Lopez's look in AI season 13. We  don't look exactly alike, I didn't try hard to look like her. The purpose of this tutorial, is to achieve a comparative look of J.Lo in American Idol Season 13.

We all now J.Lo's makeup is always flawless and it has a healthy glow. Here are the steps to achieve that:

1. Conceal under eye circles and other facial unwanted spots with a cream concealer then blend well.

2. Apply liquid foundation with a shade that is almost like your natural skin tone.

3. With a use of a powder brush apply an orange toned powder on your face to create a tannish skin finish but not too much.

To achieve J.Lo's expressive eyes:

1. Apply a silver gray E/S on the lash line up to the crease.

2. With a swiping motion, apply a charcoal gray E/S on the crease starting from the outer corner to the inner corner .

3.Highlight the brow bone with platinum white E/S.

4. With an angled brush or pointed tip brush, slightly dampen your brush with water and dip it in jet black powder E/S or cake eyeliner. line your upper and lower lash line near the lashes.

5.Groom your eyebrows then apply a natural brown shade of brow powder or brow pencil.

6.Curl your lashes then apply a volumizing and lengthening mascara in any color you prefer. If you wish to add false eyelashes, do so.

To have a natural sun kissed glow like J.Lo

Apply a rosy pink on to the apples of your cheeks then follow it up with a glitter powder on your cheek bones.

To finish the look: Apply a natural pink lipstick. You can try this technique as well. Apply concealer on your lips and then apply a bright red shade of lipstick then top it with a clear gloss.

My personal take on J.Lo's American Idol Season 13 inspired Makeup Style:

 The image below are the tools I used to recreate the gorgeous Jennifer Lopez's look:

 Jennifer Lopez's different makeup  looks gives American Idol viewers to get more excited in watching the show. I hope those who gets to read this post will enjoy it too and learn from this tutorial.

Makeup Brushes the Tools of the Trade

Makeup artistry is a pretty interesting craft to learn. Bringing out the God given beauty of a woman, to make her feel special is quite an achievement. Getting paid for doing makeup is a huge bonus to me. Makeup is a tool to boost one's confidence and it is a way of helping a woman learn to appreciate herself. 

The question is how can we effectively apply makeup on our faces? That is a very valid question: 
Therefore what you're going to read on this post is about Makeup brushes the tools of the trade in
achieving a fantabulous makeup look.

There are 5 Basic makeup brushes which you can begin with until you achieved the excellence in your craft. Do take note that even though you have grown your skill in makeup artistry, it is still important to go back to the basics.

1. The eye shader and blending brush - This brush is used to apply eyeshadow color and for blending each color to make it look natural and beautiful on your eye.
2. The pointed tip brush. This brush is very practical because it can be used both as an eyeliner and lip brush. ( Please do clean the brush with a wet wipe when you're going to use it both ways.)
3. The eyebrow brush with comb - This name itself explains it all. It is used to tame the brows and keep it's shape.
4. The sponge applicator - This is an eyeshadow applicator which is angled on both sides and it has a pointed tip. The sponge applicator is very versatile because it can be use on both powder,cream and mousse eye shadows. It can be used as an eyeliner applicator as well due to it's pointed tip.
5. The Blush and Powder Brush - This brush can be used on both cake blush and loose powder blush, face powder and loose powder.

Makeup Brushes the Tools of the Trade in creating  a fantabulous makeup look are available in local stores and in all beauty stores. It is sold individually and in sets. Anybody can find an array of makeup brushes.  

The image below is a sample of a 5 piece set brush:

Makeup Brushes The Tools of the Trade part 2 is about the 7 piece brush set and the 2 types of makeup brushes. Watch out for it....

Purple in Wild Orchid Makeup Tutorial

Wild Orchid is this year's color. For purple color lovers just like me, I'd like to say, this is my year!!

Let me share the Purple in Wild Orchid makeup I've done yesterday, when I was in church. Yes you read it right, I wore it in church yesterday. Going to church can be fun too you know?

Alright I won't keep you waiting here are the steps in doing  makeup with a purple wild orchid style.First here are my recommended shades for this look:

For the makeup base just gently swipe your face with a creamy face powder with a very good coverage and then follow it up with a concealer underneath the eyes to cover dark circles. Take note: Use concealer to cover unwanted facial spots as well to create a flawless finish.

Next thing to do is when you have a bushy eye brows have it groomed or you can groom it yourself with a tweezers. 

let's go to the most exciting part the eye makeup. Apply a matte medium toned purple e/s from the lash line up to the eye crease. To create depth apply acai or a deep dark purple on to the outer corner of the eye forming a slanted  v shape on both eyes. 

It suppose to look like these on each eyes < > .

Using a pencil brush from the outer corner swipe the e/s upwardly into the inner 3/4 of your eyes, and then do likewise near the lash line to create the < > shape.

Line the lower lids with the Acai shade e/s.

Curl lashes and apply brown mascara. Black can also be used.

Wear a wine toned blush color applying it onto the apples of your cheeks.

Lastly swipe a bright purple on your pucker.

Wild Orchid is a beautiful makeup style to do. It's fabulous for evenings....

Wild Orchid Makeup

Day to Night makeup in golden brown eyeshadow and orange brown lipstick

Creating a day to night makeup look, can be quite difficult especially for those, who are just beginning to learn the basics of makeup application. Most often, a beginner only does a daytime makeup and then when she has an evening event, what she does is redo her makeup. We all know that takes too much valuable time.

Now there is no need to get stressed out  in creating a day to night  makeup look.

Just follow the simple steps I'm going to show you and your good to go.

Do take note that whenever you put on makeup, always do the CTM. The CTM means: Cleansing,Toning and Moisturizing. However, if your skin type is oily, you may skip the last part which is moisturizing....

Day to Night  makeup steps to follow:

1. For the eyes, the most versatile color aside from black is brown. To create a day to night time makeup look, consider the color shades, you are going to use.  For this look, I recommend a natural golden brown E/S applied from the lash roots up to slightly beyond the crease. Then apply a wheat ( a gold vanilla shade) E/S underneath the brow for high light. For the final touches, thinly line your upper and lower lids with either of these 3: a black powder shadow, gel liner or liquid liner, using an eye liner brush to make it more precise. Follow it up by curling your lashes and applying neither a lengthening or volumizing mascara.

IF you have bushy eyebrows, groom it with a tweezers or with an eyebrow shaver.

2. Enhance your cheekbones by swiping an apricot shade blush on to your cheekbones blending it towards your hairline.

3.  The lip color you  put on, must be carefully chosen due to the lip color you wear on the day to night time look, can neither make or break the appeal of your makeup look. 

That's why,  ought to choose an orange brown or if you like to go more natural, put on a nude peach lip color instead.

Coming up with a day to night time makeup look, shouldn't be stressful  but  joyful....

The products I've worn for the day to night time makeup look are as follows:

1. A&W two way powder

2. Qianyu  12 prismatic eyeshadow palette.( I added the word prismatic due to the texture of the e/s.)

3. Monaliza mono blush color

4. Aily eyeshadow and blush palette

5. Aido mini lipstick in number 12

 6. Meis 10 color eyeshadow palette

 7. Fashion 21 Mascara ( Not included in the photos)

Cat's eye makeup in Purple, Gold and Pearly White

The Cat's eye makeup style, is one of the most favorited among the fashionistas due to the fact, that it makes the eyes look more dramatic and expressive. 
I am very certain that every  woman who are into makeup, would love to learn how to do The Cat's eye makeup style. The steps I am going to share here are easy to follow. 
Perhaps even a novice in makeup can do it too.

Here are the simple steps to follow in recreating the Cat's eye makeup style:

1. After prepping the eyes with makeup base. Apply an orange gold e/s from the upper eyelid blending it upward till slightly beyond the eye fold/eye crease.

2. Apply and blend a deep purple eyeshadow on the outer corner of your eyes, starting from the inner corner to the outer corner upwardly.

3.To add glow, highlight the eyes applying a pearlized white e/s right underneath your brow bone.

4. To add drama, line your upper and lower lashes with a creamy black powder e/s. 
You can also wear liquid liner or Gel eyeliner.

5. Curl lashes and swipe 2 coats of black mascara.

These are the easy steps how I came up with the Cat's eye makeup style in Purple,Gold and Pearly White.

Here are the products I used when I made The Cat's eye makeup style: The lip color you see on this photo is included as a suggestion to what lip color you can wear to match the eye makeup.

1. Qianyu 5 eyeshadow palette Orange Gold E/S
2. Cameleon makeup collection Deep Purple E/S
3. Miss Beauty Crystal Brightening Kohl Pearly White E/S
4. Maybelline Superlash Mascara
5. Black E/S for eyeliner not included in the photo

Makeup Issues(Makeup Brand Snobs)

The typical mindset of a makeup snob consumer is,

when the brand is expensive, the quality is good. When the makeup brand is inexpensive, it is scary to purchase it, because it might cause skin breakouts, allergic reaction on your skin etcetera etcetera... Let me tell you, the quality of the makeup is not only found in it's brand name. Because even though you bought a high end brand it cannot be concluded that it's good, until you've tried it on your face. According to the Icon in the beauty industry, Mr.Fanny Serrano, there are many unrecognized cosmetic brands that are very good, when applied on the facial skin. I agree with Mr.Fanny Serrano, because as a makeup aficionado, I have tried and tested a variety of makeup brands. From High End brands, High Street Brand and even unrecognized brands which can only be purchased from a local specialty store and beauty supply shop. Surprisingly the quality of the unrecognized brands are equally satisfying for me. Here are the 2 factors that you ought to consider before labeling the quality of the makeup: 1.Do you wear makeup regularly? There are women, who seldom wear makeup,that causes initial skin irritation when makeup is applied on their face. 2.Is your skin highly sensitive? There are women who's skin are highly sensitive, therefore they cannot wear makeup constantly and they have to choose what type of makeup products to purchase. Here are the basic makeup issues to deal with. But it doesn't have to be a reason to stop enjoying the variety makeup brings.

Parabens in Makeup Products

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There is a controversy about a particular makeup ingredient, called Parabens.
As a makeup artist, I punched into my computer keyboard, to perform a search about Parabens. I was able to read about it in Wikipedia.

To simply define parabens, It is a class of chemicals widely used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. It is an ingredient found in makeup products. The Benefit of Parabens in cosmetics is that it prolongs the shelf life of the product and it preserves it from contamination. There were news circulating that parabens is harmful due to the alleged findings, that it mimics female estrogen and it causes cancer. But then another news circulated, refuting the said findings. My conclusion to this issue is that before we believe anything, let's dig in further and as a consumer, we have to be wise in buying our makeup, so that we will get our money's worth and we will avoid endangering our health...