Finally... a new look! :)

Hello everybody!

Well, I was going to be more active here but then, all of a sudden, I got the next advancement in my career and with the new responsibility comes a lot of extra hours at work. Not that I'm complaining, I love my job and I am so grateful I've come this far. :)

Anyway, I'm trying to get the time to take photos of the looks I wear for work and today this is the look I wore.

I didn't manage to take a full face shot before I had to rush to the tram, though.

Face

*Mineralize moisture foundation NW13 (MAC)

*Studio finish concealer NC15 (MAC)
*Mineralize Skin Finish Light (MAC)

*Blushbaby (MAC)

Eyebrows

*Deep dark brunette fluidline for brows (MAC)

Eyes

*Teddy eye kohl (MAC)
*Mulch, Blanc type, Texture, Nylon (MAC)

*Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara (MAC)

*False eyelashes #7 (MAC)

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End Of An Era

First of all I want to thank you for your suggestions on how to improve my blog! :) Your comments have really given me loads of inspiration! :D

I got a request to do a look inspired by the one that Tarja Turunen wore at her last concert, "End of an era", as the lead vocalist for Nightwish in Hartwall Arena, 2005. Nightwish was for many years my favorite band and the band that lead me into the realm of alternative music (which is strange since I can barely stand metal music today ;D).

Source

Tarja is a beautiful woman with a great taste both when it comes to makeup and clothes. And above this she is an extremely talented singer! :)

This is the result of my efforts to recreate her look:

Want to know how to do this look? :) Keep on reading sweetie!

Step 1. After having primed my lid with Too Faced Shadow Insurance I mapped out the cut crease with black eyeshadow and softly feathered it out upwards. We are going to define the crease further later on.

Step 2. Using a mixture of Makeup Geek Cupcake and Unexpected I made a transition color from the crease and upwards, that will help the black blend better into the skin. Remember to keep the overall shape of your eyeshadow rounded!

Step 3. Now it's time for definition! Apply more black along the creaseline and in the outer corner. Blend. Apply black underneath the eye and feather out softly.

Step 4. With a wet brush apply Goldilux by Sugarpill over your lid and blend it into the black in the outer corner.

Step 5. Apply your base (foundation, concealer, powder) and then fill in your brows. Tarja has fair brows so I used the light taupe Velvet revolver by Too Faced as a brow color. (The brow color barely shows up because of the flash...) Also, "close" the crease by very, very softly extending the creaseline towards the inner corner and marry it with the black eyeshadow underneath the eye. Very Tarja Turunen but very unflattering for those of us with rather narrow set eyes...

Step 6. To finish off the look we need to apply the blackest eyeliner known to man (and woman). I started by lining the upper lash line with black gel liner and smudged it out softly. Then, with a black kohl pencil dipped into the gel liner I filled in my waterline. Tarja doesn't seem to be to big on false lashes so I just applied Lumene True Natural Mascara to my top and bottom lashes.

Step 7. On my lips I used the Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector (the pink one...) by Clarins and on my cheeks a teeny tiny bit of the blush Coy by e.l.f.


Hope you liked this tutorial and if you have any questions on it, just ask! :)

Thanks for reading!

Birthstones: Aquamarine

Sorry for the lack of posts here this past week. It was supposed to be my last job at my trainee job and I was kind of depressed because I really enjoy working there and I didn't want to quit. Then, the last day, I managed to convince the employment agency to let me work for another month. :)

As you will also see I have begun to grow my eyebrows back, but there will be a separate post on this subject soon.

Well, anyway, here is a look that breathes of spring, inspired by March's own birthstone; the aquamarine.

Intending to create something aquatic I played around a bit with Lumi by Sugarpill, and this was the result. I really like how colors like these bring out a teal color in my eyes.

It is very hard to capture the sheer and delicate Lumi in a way that will do it justice. Over NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk it will take the form of a light turquoise and over Black bean as a deeper teal shimmer. I tried to experiment with blur in my pics to get the shimmer to show up but it didn't want to.

For both blush and lips I decided to use cool toned colors. I also painted on a beauty mark and dabbed some Lumi over it to give the look kind of a vintage mermaid feel to it. :) What do you think?

Face

*Matte foundation Fair (Bare minerals)

*Blush Flushed (e.l.f.)

Eyebrows

*Velvet revolver (Too Faced)

*Sexpresso (Too Faced)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)

*Jumbo pencil Black bean (NYX)

*Jumbo pencil Milk (NYX)

*Lumi (Sugarpill)

*Mochi (Sugarpill)

*Tako (Sugarpill)

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

*Heaven (Too Faced)

*Medium Pencil S.O.P.H.I.E. (Illamasqua)

*True natural Mascara (Lumene)

*False lashes #43 (Red Cherry)

Lips

*Lipstick Kontrol (Illamasqua)

*Lumi (Sugarpill)

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Furthermore, I have been "upgraded" at work. It has been discovered that I have somewhat of a talent for selling stuff (read: makeup) so I got to sell one of the more exclusive brands, which is great. :) It's really fun to sell luxury makeup and skin care!

Anyways, I have some posts planned for this week so I hope I will be able to keep you entertained! I am also planning to do a requested look (Tarja Turunen at Hartwall arena) that will probably be posted next weekend. 

Thank you so much for reading and hope to see you soon!

Merry Christmas!

Here in Sweden we celebrate Christmas the 24th and not the 25th as I know many of you do. So today I am celebrating Christmas with Mr. Noire and Ester and I am very eager to give Mr. Noire his presents and see his reaction. :) Anyways, here's the look I'm wearing for Christmas!

I didn't feel like spending an eternity doing my makeup today so I went for something classic and elegant. A grey smokey eye, red lips and classic red nails.

Smokey smoke... And instead of a regular beauty mark I used a rhinestone. :)

Red lips and experimental pin up-ish hair. ;)

Blood red nails. :)

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Studio finish concealer (M.A.C.)

*Loose powder (Isadora)

Eyebrows

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Galaxy (Makeup Geek)

*Prom night (Makeup Geek)

*White lies (Makeup Geek)

*Medium Pencil S.O.P.H.I.E. (Illamasqua)
*Waterproof Glossy Eyeliner (Isadora)

*False lashes #111 (Ardell)

Lips

*Elegant (Makeup Geek)

Nails
*Femme fatal (Isadora)

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Have a very merry Christmas everyone! And thank you for reading. :)

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Bat brushes come from: http://liquid-venom.deviantart.com/art/Tim-Burton-Style-Bats-26197759

Star brushes come from: http://falln-brushes.deviantart.com/art/Shooting-Stars-Brushes-26096232