Obsessed with all things beauty
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| Eyes: Kiko E/s in 124(light Brown) and 120 (dark brown) Tigi bed head black smudgy black eyeliner. Mac brushes: 217,266,219,and pencil brush | |||||||||||
| Lips : Pupa True Lips in 02 and Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suade in 020 Front Row and Lipgloss in Bellini 042 | |||||||||||
| Skin : Mac BB cream in Light and Extra Light, Rimmel match perfection concealer in Light, Caudalie bronzer in teint Divin and VS blushes from palette. | |||||||||||
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| This is the famous Ben Nye Banana Luxury Power. I was finally able to get my hands on it As you can see the color is yellow as the name says and it is mostly used to give light under the eye area especially for women of color. In Mac foundations I am an NC15 and as you can tell I am very fair. The question is does this powder work on fair skin as Mario Dedivanovic states? The answer is yes as you can see from the pictures however they key to make this powder work for fair skin is moderation. I apply it with a Mac 224 and lightly apply it under my eyes. it's extremely finely milled and it gives a pretty natural finish. One thing is for sure though, it does not illuminate as on dark skin tomes. |
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| In this picture above(left eye) I applied the Banana powder with a Mac 224 brush as I like it |
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| Applied with damp Beauty Blender<------- I prefer the finish on my left eye ------> light veil with Mac 224 |
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| In this picture above (my right eye) I applied the banana powder with a damp beauty blender as mario likes it. |
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| Here you can see my under eye area as well as my face which was powdered with the banana powder. The end result is pleasant and it does have a little bit of an illuminating effect on my face but not around the eye! The powder is very silky and a dream to work with |
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| Of all these powders my favorite one is Shiseido applied with a dry sponge or a beauty blender. The least favorite is the Mineral Veil by Bare Minerals |
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| I have chosen to no longer powder as I am older now and powder just doesn't look good on me, however sometimes we do need a little bit of powder to set things and that is why the powder of prefrence to me wether it be for my face or for under my eyes is Mac's MSFN. Looooove this powder for foundation, or contour and even under the eyes! |
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| Hi guys! I'm back with some reviews an rants. This is my all time favorite foundation! I got the idea from Enkore Makeup . He is a master at the DIY as far as makeup is concerned. I had some left over Bare Minerals foundation that I was tired of using due to the constant need to buff and buff. I watched some videos on what to do with mineral foundation and found out that it can be mixed in with any mixing medium. All you need is a mixing medium i.e. Mac or Kiko (cheaper) , some left over or new mineral foundation (I used Bare Minerals in Light and Fairly Light) Divide the bottle into 4 equal parts and you are ready to start. 1/4 is mineral foundation and the rest is all mixing medium (3/4) Make sure to shake very well beore you apply it. I use a real techniques buffing brush or the Sephora 55 airbrush foundation brush. This foundation is thin as water and immediately dries. It feels like my second skin. For more details check my video on YT (it's uploading now) |
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| And Voilà ! |
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| Cosmopolita Beauty Blender | ||||||||||
| Armani Master Corrector in 1 | ||||||||||
| Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer | ||||||||||
| Mac Quad: Blank Type,Wedge,Espresso,Naked Lunch | ||||||||||
| Ysl Lip Gloss in 19 and Lip Stian in 7 | ||||||||||
| Pupa Lip Liner True Lips in 2 | ||||||||||
| Mac Lipstick in Patisserie,Hue Lip Gloss In Nymphette | ||||||||||
| Mac Paint Pot Painterly | ||||||||||
| Mac Face and Body in White and C1 | ||||||||||
| Mac Prolongwear in NC15 And Prolongwear Concealer in NW20 | ||||||||||
| Mac MSFN in Medium | ||||||||||
| Real Techniques Brushes(all) | ||||||||||
| Maybeliner Gel Eyeliner in Brown(forgot to put it in the video) | ||||||||||
| Stila Cream Blush in Camilla | ||||||||||
| Bioderma Miscellaire Makeup Remover | ||||||||||
| Shiseido SPF and Sun Makeup collection (powder and liquid foundation) | ||||||||||
| Shueumura Volumizing powder | ||||||||||
| Dr. Hauschka Normalizing day oil and all of his skin range |
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| You have already seen this young lady on my blog before... Once again Grace Kelly has asked me to do another makeover transformation, this time for New Year's. Grace came over with a clear idea of how she wanted to look like ( which makes my job much easier). One of her most inspiring women icons is Audrey Hepburn so she asked me to duplicate her look as her dress for the evening was very 1940's. I quickly went and ckecked out Lisa Eldridge's video on Audrey at Breakfast at Tiffany's. I think Lisa is the only makeup artist on youtube who has really grasped her look. This was my version of her work.The makeup is soft and fresh with accentuated eyebrows. The movie was filmed in the early 60's however for the the hair we decided to go for a more 40's post war style so that it would be more in tune with her peplum knee length dress |
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| FACE :Bioderma Pore refiner,Mac contour CCB in Mid.Tone Sepia,MUFE Matte Velvet Plus, Armani Master corrector in 1 and Mac Prolonwear Concealer in NW20,Sleek blush in Flamingo 937,Mac MSF in soft and gentle. EYES : Mac Paint Pot in Painterly,Mac Print and Espresso (in crease very softly), Dolly Wink pen eyeliner,Benefit Eye Bright (bottom water line),Benefit eyebrow kit for brunettes, Eylure invidual lashes(in outer corner) LIPS : Revlon Mauve it Over and YSL Lip Gloss in 19 |
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| Before applying the eyeshadows I apply Urban Decay Primer potion and then go over with the amazing Shiseido cream e/s |
