Video Quick Tip – Red Glitter Lips

I did a quick video just to show a technique to do red glitter lips. This would be great if you are doing a Hedwig look for Halloween, or a devil, or any other character that you would want glittery lips for. Wouldn't this look awesome in green for a glam witch costume? Yeah…I think it would ;)

Products Used Jordana Cranberry Cocktail Liner LA Colors Clear Lip-gloss. Red Glitter.

How to do Drag Makeup on the Cheap.

I posted the following video to YouTube today to show what you can to with really inexpensive makeup products.

Here is a list of the products I used in this video.

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk LA Colors Wildflowers Palette LA Colors Darling Palette LA Colors Traditional Palette Nika K Black Eye shadow Black Eyeliner (Use whatever brand you like) LA Colors Iced Coral Lip Liner LA Colors Plum Lip Liner

So you want to do drag for Halloween?

A lot of people ask me, “Blanche, I am going to do drag for Halloween. How do I even begin?” So I wrote this up as a basic “ingredient list” of what you will need to pull off even the most basic of drag looks.

Foundation. I use Max Factor Panstick for now. But they are not selling those in the US anymore, and are getting harder to get a hold of. I recommend something like a full coverage foundation.     Setting Powder for the foundation. I use Ben Nye Setting Powder.     Contour color - I use a matte Ben Nye eye shadow in Burgundy.     Highlight color. I use Coty Powder in Naturelle. I have to get it on EBay because I don't think they make it anymore. In a pink you can use a white eye shadow.     3-4 eye shadows. I recommend a matte black one, a matte white one, and then 2 other colors. You can get 2 shades of one color, or 2 colors that go together.     Black Eyeliner. Either gel, pencil, or liquid.     Eyelashes and glue. I use number 199s from the local beauty supply store. They are usually $1.00-$1.99 depending on where I find them. Look for a store that sells wigs. Not Sally's Beauty Supply.     2 lip liners. A dark red one, and a true red one. I get the Jordana ones at Walgreen's.     Pink lip-gloss. You can get a light pink one, or a dark pink. It depends on what look you want.     Various brushes.

Here are some things that are nice to have, but not necessary depending on your look.

Elmer's Washable Glue Stick (for eyebrow covering)     NYX Jumbo Pencil (for an eye shadow base)     Medium pink blush. (I don't wear a blush with every look)     Lipstick. I don't normally wear a lot of lipstick. A lip liner filling in your lips, with a gloss over it lasts longer than a lipstick alone.

So that is basically it. I hope this helped you at least get a shopping list together. Over the next few days I will be breaking the face down and writing basic instructions for the face, eyes, and lips. Enjoy! :D

Style Black Face Chart

I have been sitting here thinking about what kind of makeup look I am going to do with my Style Black products. so I thought I would make a face chart to see how it would look. This is what I came up with.

Here is how I would do this look.

Base out the eyelid with Blacktrack Fluidline (Or any black base)     Apply Cinderfella over the eyelids.     For the crease, apply Romping, and then Carbon to deepen.     Use Milk Pencil to make a white brow hilight, and then apply Yoghurt.     On the lips apply the Midnight Media, with the Blackfire over it.

So that is pretty much it. I will be making a video either later today, or tomorrow using these products. Stay tuned to my YouTube channel to see if this is the look I end up doing! ;)

MAC Style Black Collection Haul

So last Thursday the MAC Style Black collection came out, and you know I had to be there as soon as I could to get some! In my last post I showed what I was most looking forward to.  I ended up only getting 3 of the products. I got the Cinderfella eye shadow, the Midnight Media Mattene, and the Blackfire Glimmerglass. I am sure I will be going back for the Young Punk eye shadow. Here are some swatch pictures.

In the first picture I am showing the Cinderfella eye shadow. Going from left to right it was swatched dry, foiled with Fix Plus on the brush, and over a black base.	And in the second picture this is the Midnight Media on the left, and the Blackfire Glimmerglass on the right. In the middle its the Mattene with the Glimmer Glass over it. Very pretty!

Below are some pictured of the products themselves. These are just quick snaps, nothing really fabulous. ;)

Cinderfella	Midnight Media	Blackfire

As usual, more info on all MAC Products can be found at http://www.maccosmetics.com

Makeup Look Evolution

I thought I would write a little about makeup look evolution. What I mean by this is how a makeup look can evolve from one time its done to another. Or how it can evolve as your makeup skills improve. Let’s take for example the black, white and pink look I showed off in the last posting. I am going to compare it to a look I did almost a year ago.

We won’t even mention the terrible afro wig I was wearing in the first picture. Both looks have a lot of similarities. In both I am using white and black for the main colors and my love of pink is clearly evident. The differences are the products used, and the skill of application. In the original look I used a white Ben Nye cream color over the entire eye area. I then used L'Oreal H.I.P. Black cream liner for the crease area. Both of these were set with Ben Nye matte black and white eye shadow. For the newer look I used the same Ben Nye matte white eye shadow for the main color, and MAC Blacktrack Fluidline and MAC Carbon for the crease. Note how I used a similar product, just in a different way. I suppose the whole point of doing this comparison was to point out to anyone just starting to learn makeup that you can do your face a certain way, and even if you don't like it, or you don't think its as good as what other people are doing, its still a learning process. And even bad makeup teaches us a lot in the long run. So, stay beautiful everyone and lets keep learning together! :D

MAC Style Black Collection – Initial Reaction

Jay and I went to the MAC counter to Back 2 Mac a lipstick today. I was the only customer there, and mentioned to the MUA that I was looking forward to the Style Black collection. She dug out a bag and told me she wasn't supposed to be showing them, but they had gotten them in to try. I was SO happy to be seeing them!!!!

Here is my initial reaction. I was SO thrilled! Usually when a new collection comes out, there is at most, one to two items I NEED. In this collection I saw at least four to six. The Black Lipstick (Black Knight) is a must have for me. I have been eyeing the Urban Decay black lipstick for a while, and have been telling myself I need to hold off and wait for this collection to come out. The UD one costs $22, and the MAC one $14. So I knew I could wait. lol. I think I will die if I don't get the Glimmerglass, Blackfire. its a beautiful dark purple sparkle gloss. It is going to look amazing over Black Knight. Yes it is! :D The Intense Black Grease Paintstick looks like its going to be wonderful for doing dark smokey looks. To my knowledge its the first true black “shadestick” type product. When swatched, it was dark, and as the name implies, intense. ;) I am really not one for the Mineralize Eye Shadows, but the ones in this collection are beautiful! I at least need Cinderfella (the Black with silver pearl) and Young Punk (Black with pink purple pearl). These looked amazing over the Grease Paintstick. I also saw the 2 Cream Colour Bases. While nice, I don't think either of these will work very well for me. They seemed a bit sheer. I also plan on avoiding the Penultimate Liner like the plague. I bought one a while back and Do.Not.Like.It. Its BAD. I have heard other people complain about it as well.

So those are my thoughts. The Style Black Collection comes out this Thursday. September 24th. Happy Shopping!!! ;)

Black, White and Pink Look

So last night Jay and I were going to go out to pick up some new wigs. I wanted to get into face before going so that when I tried on the wigs I would know what it would look like. I did a black and white look because I was going to wear a black and white dress. And since I was going to wear a pink necklace I decided to put just a little pink on it. Take a look at some of the pictures below. I will go through what I used just a bit. Its a REALLY simple look.

This picture was taken before I did my lips. For the eyes I started with a white base on my eyelid. Of course I used Milk NYX Jumbo Pencil.	Over the Jumbo Pencil I applied Ben Nye matte white eye shadow. I also used this same white as my brow highlight.
On the outer 1/3 of the eyelid I applied MAC Pink Venus eye shadow. Then on the very outside edge of the lid, I blended MAC Passionate eye shadow.	For the crease, I applied MAC Blacktrack Fluidline, and then blended MAC Carbon into it so that it faded into the white.

That's pretty much it. The only other thing is I used a black liner on the waterline. Take a look at some of the other pictures below. :)

1920s Silent Film Tutorial.

I just posted my 1920s Silent Film look tutorial tonight. Have a look! :D

Photo of 1920s look from tutorial.

I have a tutorial coming VERY soon for this look. Its a 1920s silent film look. Enjoy! :D

I wore it in this video. I hope to have the tutorial up un the next couple of days.

Preview of my next tutorial – Neon Pink and Blue.

So here is my next tutorial look. I hope you like it! I will be posting it in the next couple of days. (If Windows Movie Maker decides to work for me!)

I used Revlon Matte Venetian Blue for the upper eyelid and crease.	And Makeup Forever Neon Pink eye shadow for the lid.

This look was worn in my Contest update Video seen here.

When I'm sixty-four…

This week our Queen A Day Challenge was to do an old age look. It wasn't specified whether we should do a photoshopped image of ourselves, or old age makeup. I actually tried to Photoshop a picture, but it didn't look good. So I found it easier to actually do makeup. I am actually not wearing very much makeup at all. I used the 2 Ben Nye foundations shown in one of the last Blog posts, a brown eyeliner, and my LA Colors brown eye shadow palette. Here is a picture.

And this is my Queen A Day Video.