Ever since I saw the promo images for Illamasqua’s ‘Theatre of the Nameless’ makeup collection last year, I was enthralled! The makeup was so theatrical, avant garde and nothing I’ve ever seen before – I knew I just had to recreate it.
But I knew this look was going to be a challenge, as the lines are just so precise and perfect (steady hands are a must!) Indeed it did turn out to be the most difficult makeup look I’ve ever done!
After applying a very pale foundation, I concealed my eyebrows using the gluestick method I learned from petrilude (I’ve yet to perfect this!) After that, grab your black liquid liner pen and start drawing on your face!
I roughly marked out the lines using a white eyeliner first and then tracing over it with the black. As my lines weren’t perfectly even, I always cleaned up around the lines using concealer and a concealer brush.
The rest of the eye makeup was quite simple – a shimmery white eyeshadow on the lids, black liner on the top and white liner on the lower waterline, and a pair of dramatic false eyelashes.
I finished off with a bright pink blush and fuchsia lips (lined with black liner of course!)
Although it’s in no way a wearable look, it’s alot of fun to do and can be a unique look to wear to a fancy dress party. I’d love to do more tutorials like this in the future!
What do you think of this look? Would you try it out?
My last K-pop makeup tutorial was all the way back in August last year (wow that long ago?!?), so of course it’s time for new one!
I asked on my Facebook page about what K-pop looks you guys would like me to do and a few of you suggested SNSD (aka Girls Generation). SNSD is not doubt one of the most popular Korean girl bands and I am a fan of their catchy tunes (love ‘The Boys’, ‘Hoot’, ‘Oh!’, ‘Genie’ and good old ‘Gee’ – ok pretty much all their singles!).
I loved SNSD’s stylish MV for ‘The Boys’ and Tiffany’s sparkly makeup really caught my attention. Even though this look has already been done quite a few times on Youtube, it didn’t stop me from giving it a go and (hopefully) making it my own.
This look is all about glitter and lashes. Shades of brown eyeshadow were used to give the eyes definition and the lower waterline was lined with gold eyeshadow to highlight the area. To add the sparkle, a silver glitter was applied over the brown eyeshadow and a champagne glitter was applied over the gold eyeshadow.
After lining the eyes (remembering to add the ‘double wing’), I used a pair of somewhat ‘natural’ false eyelashes for the top lashes and added clumps of individual eyelashes to the lower waterline. Although the individual lashes were the shortest I could find at the Hairhouse Warehouse, they still looked a bit too long so I gave them a trim with a pair of small scissors.
The look is finished off with a natural pinky beige blush on the cheeks, illuminiser to highlight and a light pink lipstick and clear gloss for extra shine.
Tiffany wears a green and black sequin dress in the MV and the closest dress I have to that is a silver sequin boob-tube dress from Supre. I bought it at the Supre Warehouse and I believe it was under $10 (I also bought the same dress in black). I kept the shoes simple with a pair of patent black peeptoe pumps from Tony Bianco.
I stuck with silver for the jewellery with a pair of silver jewelled chandelier earrings, a silver ‘collar’ necklace (great statement piece!) and a big bejewelled ring – all purchased from Diva.
In the MV, Tiffany has big loose waves which can be achieved by using a large barrel curling iron. As I don’t own one, I curled my hair using my hair straightener. It didn’t come out perfectly as I am not the best at using my hair straightener as a curling tool, but it was not too bad!
This outfit and makeup is perfect for clubbing events! The makeup alone is a great choice for the prom as it can pretty much match any colour dress.
Lastly, if you are a big fan of K-pop and live in Melbourne – don’t forget to check out the autumn HACHIsounds! It takes place at 6pm this Saturday (14/04) and is a K-pop/J-pop concert performed by local Aussie talents. It is a night for everyone to embrace Korean and Japanese music and well as their unique pop culture. Tickets can be purchased at the door – make sure you check out their Facebook events page for more details! One of my friends and fellow blogger Khatsii is an organiser for the event, she has worked very hard so please help spread the word!
Are you a big K-pop fan? Who are your favourite singers/groups? What other K-Pop looks would you like me to do? Let me know below!
Here (finally!) is my blog post on my ‘beautifully bohemian’ makeup look! I blame full-time work for the constant neglect of my blog. As enjoyable as work is – I just feel so drained when I get home everyday that all I wanna do is crawl into bed (which is what I end up doing most nights)!
But I promise to be more motivated from now on! In fact, I am planning to film 2 makeup tutorials over the long Easter weekend and pump out a few more blog posts along the way (wish me luck!).
This makeup look is inspired by a mixture of boho and hippie styles, as well as the gorgeous shades of greens and browns found in nature. I wanted the overall look to feel ‘free-spirited’ but also glam and luxe.
I mainly used brown and green eyeshadow and added a hint of gold in the corners of the eyes. The green eyeshadow on the lower waterline completes the eye makeup beautifully.
To keep the focus on the eyes, I kept the rest of the face simple with some bronzer, highlight and soft nude lipstick.
Being the lazy person that I am, I decided to leave my hair straight for this look but I think it would look better with big loose waves (but hey I don’t have a large barrel curler so there’s my excuse!).
When I think of boho style, I think of headbands across the forehead. I used a thin brown plait headband from Diva and I clipped 3 flowers on one side (flowers are also from Diva). The ginormous brown feather earrings are from Equip – in hindsight I probably should have chosen a different shade for the earrings as these almost blended into my hair!
I painted my nails green with O.P.I’s ‘Green-Wich Village’ and worn two large rings to amp up the glam factor. Both rings are a crazy $4 from Diva when they were having a massive sale (click here to read the full Diva jewellery haul!).
For the boho outfit, I wore a flowy, floral maxi dress I bought from a local clothing store a few summers ago (the tag says ‘Maxim’). It’s one of those dresses you just wanna spin around in. I emphasised the waist with a brown plait belt from Supre (one of my favourite belts that can be worn with all sorts of outfits) and slipped on a pair of brown flower sandals from Valleygirl.
Vests fit the boho style very well and since I couldn’t chose between these two vests - I wore them both in the video!
Both vests are from Valleygirl (they often have cute vests!) – the denim vest is more stylish whereas the knitted vest is more typically hippie and boho.
And here’s what the outfit looks like with both vests. I think I am leaning towards the denim jacket – which look do you prefer?
Now, time for some gratuitous shots of me looking (or attempting to look) the part of a free-spirited, nature lovin’ bohemian girl.
Here I am with my boho (or is it more ‘hobo’?) doggies – Ebbie and Annie! I love both of their expressions here – eyes closed and taking in the sounds and smells of nature. Nawww…
To finish off, I just wanted to show you guys this photo of me from 2 years ago at my 22nd birthday (please excuse the ‘deer in headlights’ look and the bad quality of my old camera!). I had a bohemian-themed birthday party and this was the look I wore. The ‘beautifully bohemian’ look is just a new and improved version of this
After a hectic (in a good way) start to the year with my new job at bellabox, I found it very difficult to find time to film videos. Weekends fly by and before I know it, the entire month of January went by without any tutorials (bad Lulu!)!
Luckily after reading so many warm and encouraging messages on my announcement video, I had faith that my wonderful subbies would understand my lack of video uploads and still support me. I am also hoping to manage my time better and try and film one video a week. *FIGHTING*!
I know I had been talking about doing this Twiggy makeup look for ages and I finally got around to filming it!
Before I get into the makeup look, I just wanted to briefly talk about who Twiggy is, for those who are not familiar with her and her look (very silly of me not to explain in the actual video!).
Twiggy (Lesley Lawson) was a famous model in the 60′s. She was know for her short hair, big eyes, long eyelashes and thin build, hence the nickname ‘Twiggy’. But in today’s day and age, you might know her as one of the judges on Cycles 5-9 of America’s Next Top Model (one of my guilty pleasures).
Twiggy’s iconic MOD makeup look has always fascinated me, I mean, she totally invented the drawn-on lower lashes! Not too mention her look has inspired many of today’s makeup looks, such as BoA’s makeup in her ‘Game’ MV (you can watch my tutorial of it here).
The highlight of this makeup look is of course the eyes, with the two key elements being the dramatic crease and the drawn-on lower lashes.
I only blended the black crease out slightly because it is meant to look strong. Please note that I obviously have a very different facial structure to Twiggy and my crease is not very deep, that’s why the drawn crease is not clearly seen when I open my eyes.
The most fun but also the most difficult part of this look is drawing on the lower eyelashes. I used a very fine liquid liner but you can also use gel liner with a very thin brush if you prefer. You would need to have steady hands and lots of patience because mistakes will happen! If you mess up, simply dip a cotton bud in some eye makeup remover and wipe away any mistakes. After drawing the long lashes, I added in some shorter lashes in between to make it look a little more natural.
I finished off the look with some blush to contour, illuminator and a peach lipstick (dabbed with fingertips for a more subtle colour).
Twiggy’s short hair was as iconic to her overall look as her makeup and her physical build. She mostly wore her hair short in a smooth, simple side-part, tucked behind her years.
As I have long hair (and a blonde bob wig looked ridiculous on me – trust me, I tried!), I decided to fake it by simply side-parting it and tied it in a low ponytail (smoothing it with lots and LOTS of hairspray). From from on, I looked like I had a short bob! If you really wanted to go all the way, you can even tuck and pin your pony tail into your own hair!
Being famous in the 60′s, Twiggy naturally modeled many 60′s style outfits, such as velvet mini dresses with lace-collars and matching cuffs, wide tent dresses and culottes.
I guess the dress I wore for this look can be called a tent dress, as it is quite shapeless. It also had a 60′s inspired collar which was very suitable. I actually bought this on sale at a local clothing store, not only was it perfect for this video, but it’s also just a very cute dress to wear in Summer!
During my recent shopping trips, I’ve noticed alot of 60′s inspired clothes popping up in clothing shops such as Valleygirl, TEMT and Forever New. 60′s fashion must be making a come-back (a very much welcomed one in my opinion, as I think 60′s fashion is very simple and chic)!
I paired this dress with some retro silver lace-up shoes I bought at Novo for only $25! I often see Twiggy wear silver shoes in her modeling photos so I knew these would be perfect!
Twiggy also never over accessories, so all I wore for jewellery was a pair of big silver button earrings from Diva.
Overall, I think this is a really fun look to wear, although it is admittedly not very wearable. It would be a great idea to wear this to a 60′s themed party, you can even add on some subtle drawn-on lower lashes on days when you want big dolly eyes.
This is my last makeup tutorial for the year, featuring a glitzy smokey gold makeup look that is perfect to wear on New Years Eve!
You would expect to be taking lots of photos on New Years Eve, so it is important to wear a foundation which will look good with flash photography. That’s why I used my Revlon PhotoReady foundation paired with the translucent finisher.
This look is all about the eyes, with drama from the smokey eyeshadow and sparkle from the gold glitter. I used shimmery gold and metallic grey shades from my Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette and Metal Mania Palette to create the smokey eyes, and then layered some gold cosmetic glitter on top. It is always important to make sure that the glitter is cosmetic grade and safe to use around the eyes.
Because we are currently in Summer in Australia, I wanted to give my face a sun-kissed look, so I contoured my cheeks with bronzer. But feel free to use blush instead if you are in Winter. And because we want all the attention to be on the glamourous eyes, I kept my lips understated with a nude lipstick and lipgloss.
I didn’t do much with my hair for this look; I simply sectioned off the middle, twisted it and pinned it at the back with bobby pins.
I paired this makeup look with a kimono-style, gold sequin dress from Bardot. I also wanted to compliment the smokiness of the makeup, so I wore a blue, grey and black jeweled bangle and a pair of clear drop earrings from Diva, and an over-sized jeweled ring. I finished off the look with a pair of patent black peep-toe heels from Tony Bianco.
Just finishing off this post with two close-up photos of the makeup look. I love how the makeup can look smokey at first, but it reveals the glitzy gold underneath when you blink
And finally, a HUGE thank you to each and every one of my amazing subscribers who has given me invaluable support over the past year – it really means the world to me!
I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year, may 2012 bring you much happiness, luck, prosperity and good health!
Stay tuned for many exciting videos coming up in the new year!
Earlier in December, I held a giveaway of 1 pair of Velour Lashes in the style of ‘You Complete Me’ and I’m here to announce the lucky winner!
The method I used this time to pick the winner is slightly different to my other giveaways, where I physcially counted the number of eligible entries and then entered the number in random.org to draw the winner. I found this method to be too time-consuming and inefficent.
So this new method involves me scrolling through the total number of pages of comments on the video, which as you can see by the screenshot is 41.
Then I went onto random.org and inputted 1 to 41 and generated the random result of 16.
And because every page contains 10 comments, I inputted 1 to 10 and generated the random result of 8.
Therefore, the winner is the 8th comment counted upwards from page 16 of the comments.
Which makes the winner…z0mbi3nonii!!!
YAY!!! Congratulations! And I find it so sweet that she says she wants to wear the lashes to her wedding next year, I’m sure she’ll look stunning with them!
And thanks so much to everyone who took the time to enter – I received almost 400 entries which is amazing!
Thanks once again to the lovely Mabel and Angela for kindly sponsoring this giveaway!
Stay tuned for more exciting contests and giveaways next year ^___^
For my last official Halloween tutorial for the year, I decided to transform myself into The Little Mermaid!
I’m disappointed that I didn’t manage to film more Halloween looks, because I had SO many ideas up my sleeve! But I did promise one of my subbies that I will do a Little Mermaid look so I felt compelled to go through with it
But never fear, you guys know that I will still be filming costume makeup looks here and there, even when it’s not Halloween lol!
For the makeup, I came up with my own interpretation of how The Little Mermaid would look. It is very theatrical and glamourous – almost like a pin-up mermaid!
This is not a tutorial for Ariel from the Disney movie, as she didn’t have green skin or scales on her face. But it is inspired by elements of Ariel’s character, such as the flaming red hair and the overall green and purple colour theme.
When I posted a sneak peek photo on my Facebook page, someone commented that it looked like a Poison Ivy makeup look and I totally know where she’s coming from! This makeup look would definitely be great for Poison Ivy if you used less of the gold eyeshadow and switched the fuchsia lipcolour to a dark green.
I somehow always imagined The Little Mermaid to have scales not only on her tail, but also on her face and body (I didn’t add scales to my body, but you can!), and that they disappear after she transforms into a human.
When I was first trialing the look, I drew the scales using eyeshadow. But I was not happy with the result as the scales were too faint and it looked a bit messy.
In the end, I decided to create scales by sticking gold and green sequins to the sides of my face using eyelash glue. They stayed on really well but was the biggest pain to remove as the glue was just so sticky! I advise you to place a warm towel on the face to soften the glue and wipe gently to remove the sequins.
I just created random irregular shapes, you can come up with your own and make them as big or as small as you like!
Initially I was going to film the video as just a makeup tutorial, as I didn’t really have a mermaid outfit. But since I decided to use sequins to imitate fish scales on my face, I realised that I have several sequin boob-tube dresses in my closet which I can turn into a ‘mermaid tail’. I decided to use my gold sequin dress from Bardot which I’ve had for years but somehow never found the right occasion to wear. The boob-tube style of the dress was perfect for the costume, as it hugged my hips and flared out at the bottom. For my top, I wore a SUPER tight purple boob-tube top from Supre, which is rather reminiscent of Ariel’s purple shell bra
For the accessories, I wore a beautiful pair of dangly gold sea-shell earrings and a matching bracelet (except I wore it on my ankle). I also wore a green jeweled bracelet and ring, all of which are from Diva.
Oh and I got my curly red wig from eBay – it’s absolutely GORGEOUS and makes me want to impulsively dye my hair the same shade haha!
Here are some in-character photos of me. I could not resist re-enacting Ariel using a fork as a comb – too cute!
And just ending this post with a comparison photo of the makeup look with the red wig and my natural black hair (looking so flat cos I took the photo after wearing the wig for over an hour – wig hair!).
I definitely think that the curly red hair really completes this look, as it is so iconic because of the loveable Ariel, but it also looks gorgeous with natural hair. If you do decided to wear this look with your natural hair, make sure that you use a matching brow liner!
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Halloween! Have fun! ^____^
