Real Life Weddings - Brett & Laura

Brett and Laura wed on November 1st and I was lucky enough to be chosen to do the makeup. Laura is one of those effortlessly beautiful women so we kept the makeup natural and bronzed. Laura and her Sister Sophie both have ridiculously long, thick eyelashes that we mere mortals can only dream of. Because of this I didn’t need to apply false lashes to them, just lashings of mascara! I did use strip lashes on the other two bridesmaids, however apart from this most of the makeup on all the girls was the same.

As mentioned before the makeup was bronze. Very bronze actually. The girls had all had spray tans so it was easy for me to get carried away with bronzer and sparkles. For the eyes I used Woodwinked, my favourite eye shaddow ever. Which makes me think I should write a post about it. I could write a book on how much I love this colour but I am getting carried away. Ok so I used Woodwinked, Bronze, Handwritten, Embark and Carbon (all Mac colours) and finished the look off with black liquid liner.

Shameless Self Promotion- Christine Hallauer

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One of my good friends is an absolutely stunning eurasian who is a ring girl for ONE FC (Asia’s version of UFC). Her dad is Swiss and her mum Filipino. I mean, are there even any unattractive Swiss or Filipino girls? Imagine mixing the two!

I have long been doing Christine’s makeup however last weekend she had an event in Manilla and asked me to do her tan. The result is pure sex! I used Techno Tan Flash Tan Blue in dark and she looked out of this world amazing in it. She has kindly let me use some photos to share with the world what a knock out she is and how natural the tan is! She looked after it by moisturising heaps (which you should always do!) and it lasted way over a week. [side note- the Flash Tan line from Techno Tan actually has a special dermal barrier that locks colour into the epidermis of the skin]

I’m a self confessed spraytanaholic. I get one every week without fail and this colour is my new favourite! It looks so fricken natural I can’t even deal.

I’ll shut up about it now and let you look at what a stunning specimen Christine is

Fashion Fridays with Ruth Tarvydas

In November of last year I was accepted to help out with the makeup for Fashion Fridays featuring Tarvydas’ new Sea Mermaid SS14 collection. The collection is based on an under water theme and included a lot of lace, beading and West Australian pearls. The event is held monthly at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth and for many years Ruth has showcased at the events November luncheon.

It was such an honour to be working alongside such beautiful dresses and models. I even met Ruth!

The makeup was to be simple with a bold red lip. We included a thin black winged liner and lots of bronzer. Initially I thought we were going to be running on a strict deadline so kept things simple however looking back I would have had time to add a little more creativity into the makeup. They all looked stunning so it’s just me being a little OCD!

I used different products on each of the models depending on their skin tone / type however the main ones used were:

Chanel Perfection Luminere 30 and 40
Mac Mineralize skin finish natural- Medium
Mac face and body (you cant go past this foundation for models with perfect skin!)
Mac lipstick- Lady Danger and Red lip liner
Mac prep and prime high lighter
Calvin Kline brow pencils in blonde and dark blonde
Ardell brow gel
Nars bronzing powder in Laguna
Mac Mineralize skin finish in Soft and Gentle
Mac Fix +
Mac Black track gel liner
An assortment of bronze and golden eye shadows

My beautiful friends wedding day (Makeup by me)

At the risk of sounding corny and cliche, one of the things I love about being a makeup artist is being a part of someone’s special day. (Vomit right?) But seriously it’s such an honour to be able to share in a virtual strangers big day. The thing I love most about being a makeup artist is when friends ask me to do their makeup for their big day. That’s what this post will be about.
In October two of my best friends got married and I did her makeup. (Dan wishes I did his). Sometimes I get weird about working with other makeup artists that I don’t know but because Desiree had 5 bridesmaids including myself I decided against doing all the makeup and initially was just going to do Des and have my makeup done. Being the control freak I am I decided to do my own at the last minute. I was uncomfortable with the other artists, their set up and kits. One even had fake Mac brushes! I also ended up having to completely re-do Jane’s makeup. Her face was about 3 shades too light and it would have ruined the photos. Ok enough about this!

Desiree doesn’t usually wear liquid foundation because she has flawless skin so we went shopping together to get one. We ended up getting Chanel Perfection Lumiere. It has an SPF 10 in it so generally I would shy away from using anything with SPF in it if there will be photos. I used Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation to set the liquid. This powder is medium to high coverage and prevented the foundation from flashing white. Her face looked completely flawless!

Complete products listing:
Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation – C4.5
Chanel Perfection Lumiere- 40 Beige
Mac Bronzing Powder- Refined Golden
Mac Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle
Mac Woodwinked and Handwritten eyeshadow
Mac Black Track gel liner and Sephora liquid liner
Ardell individual lashes both medium and long lengths
(Can you tell I love mac?)

So I thought I would see what all this Blogging was about....

Hello interwebs, Belle here! So lately I have become even more obsessed with makeup (if that was even possible). My boyfriend is currently overseas so I have filled the void that his absense has left with things. Lots and lots of new things. (Things meaning makeup). My kit has literally doubled in size in about 4 weeks and I am now on first name basis with the mail room dudes. So I thought I would share with the big bad web all the new things I have purchased and what I think about them. On top of that I will post photos and info about events that I do the makeup for and if I get super confident maybe even a tutorial or two! So here it goes…

Lime Crime – Centrifuchsia lip stick

This is my first Lime Crime purchase and I am totally stoked. It’s vegan and animal friendly and reminds me a lot of the Mac Amplify lipsticks. Smells the same too. The colour pay off is excellent. I put some on, had a shower and still had pink left on my lips! That’s the test of a good lipstick for me, whether it is still on the morning after a big night Centrifuchsia is a matte, opaque, deep pink. Again it reminds me of Mac’s Girl About Town which is one of my personal favourites. It cost me $22 with free postage over the net which I thought was really good. My favourite thing about this though is the packaging! Unicorns are my absolute favourite. I will definitely be buying more of these :)
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