Berry Champagne Inspired Makeup Tutorial

I'm back!! Been a little slow in filming over the last few weeks, but I'm back with 2 new videos! (the other will be up shortly)

 

I don't have a whole lot to say about this tutorial. I was just experimenting with looks and really liked this one. It's a great shimmery/deep holiday look and I think would go great dressed up or down.

 

 

Like the crazy hairpiece? ;)

XOXOXO

 

Zombie Pub Crawl 2012 Makeup

ZOMBIES!!!!

I did my boyfriend's sister Amy and her boyfriend Aaron's makeup for the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis.

 

Amy wanted to be a glamorous zombie and I got the go-ahead to go all out on Aaron. It's my first time doing legit gore makeup and I loved it!!! I thought they both turned out awesome :)

 

For the wounds, I just used tissue and liquid latex.

 

Happy Zombie Pub Crawl everyone!

 

Joan Mad Men Season 5 Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Woah! Sorry for the long hiatus! I've been a super slacker with updates, so I'll catch up with 2 tonight!

I decided to do a revamp of my Mad Men Joan makeup tutorial. I did one last year when I was first getting in to doing makeup tutorials. I really thought I could do one with a lot better quality now than I had then, AND with season 5 in full swing, I wanted to give my take on how Joan's makeup has evolved since my last video.

Enjoy!

Effie Trinket Hunger Games Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Here's my Hunger Games Effie Trinket inspired makeup tutorial! I bought this crazy dress the other day and once I put it on, I knew I had to do a Hunger Games look with it. It was waaaay too gaudy to do nothing with ;)

Enjoy!

Kimbra Inspired Makeup Tutorial

So I'm a new fan to Kimbra, and after watching the music video for Settle Down, I fell in looove with the makeup! It's simple, subtle, but really pretty. I loved the gold/peach tones to the eyes, and it was a perfect excuse to break out 2 of my favorite Urban Decay shadows, X and Lounge.

Enjoy!!

1920's Inspired Glamour Look + NYX Cosmetics FACE Awards!!! Please vote!!!

I'm making a late submission to the NYX Cosmetics FACE Awards Contest! I love NYX products already, and I think this contest is an amazing opportunity for any aspiring makeup artist!

For my entry, I decided to go with what I love and went with a vintage inspired modernized 1920's look glamour look. I really love the over the top makeup women wore during the 20's and 30's and thought I could channel that for a glamorous, perfect for a party look that would work for women today. Please check out my video and don't forget to "like" it! Likes go towards my chances of moving to the next round!!!

And below is how I actually wore the look later that day.

Until next time! xoxo

Florence + The Machine - Music Video/Style Inspiration

So I haven't had a ton of time to update/shoot videos this month or last month with my move, but I wanted to do a quick post to celebrate the new music video for Florence + The Machine that was released this week, "Never Let Me Go".

I'm a huuuuge Florence Welch fan!! I love her music, her videos are a huge inspiration and I LOVE her style! I think she's gorgeous and I'm shamelessly trying to steal her hair style. (Sticking with red and trying my best not to cut it!!!)

I saw that the video was uploaded on Youtube last night and I was super bummed because it wasn't available for US viewings, so this morning I hunted it down and found it here: http://youtu.be/6us4sYsR34M

Her videos are all a tad bizarre, and half the time I don't know what the hell is going on, but they're all beautifully done and I get a lot of my inspiration for makeup and style from them. Can't wait to see more from her!

My favorite video below <3

Adele Makeup Tutorial

I had quite a bit of feedback on my Joan Mad Men tutorial saying it looked a lot like Adele. I finally decided I'm going to re-do my Joan tutorial to make sure it looks like JOAN and made a separate Adele video. I'm thankful for all the feedback and definitely know I can improve when I put more time in my videos.

What I Used:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion - Sin
Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV - Zypher, Skimp, Missionary, Bust, Lost
BH Costmetics Eyeshadow - Black
Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner - Carbon Black
Ardell False Lashes
L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara - Black
Rimmel Bronzer - Sundance
BH Cosmetics blush/bronzer
NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream - Tokyo
NYX Lipliner Pencil - Nude Pink
Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss - Illume
Revlon Colorstay Brow Enhancer - Light Brown

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!!!!!!!!!!!

So its my best friend Marie's birthday today, and she  let me do her hair and makeup for her big bash!

She wanted a fun, retro but not too crazy look, so I went with red shadow to match her dress over the black, winged liner.

AND! I had some lovely bejeweled fake lashes for her to wear : )

Her hair is always an adventure.  Its LONG and super super thick, so I had to divide it all in a few pony's then curled and wrapped them around to create a lot of messy curls.

And I had to give her a little curl in the bangs!

Sort of a barbarella-esque look, and she rocked it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOME SLICE!!!!!!!!!!

Been busy busy busy!

I've been super busy with training at work and school, so I haven't had a lot of time to post new pics/styles.  BUT! I do have a few to post....

Of my sister taking pics of us being silly while I highlighted her hair in school :)

AND!!! I went shopping at a vintage sale last saturday and bought 2 dresses! I love them!

A Few Styles

My friends are going to get sick of me in class! I hound them every Saturday to let me do their hair!

The lovely Kelsey....

Success!

A few weeks ago in class, a friend of mine let me try out some finger waves in her hair.  It was pretty exciting because I'd only ever done them on mannequines and never on a live person.  I was extremely pleased with how they turned out!  Her hair was the perfect texture; the only problem was finding a product that would hold the wave.  I ended up using Hardwear by Redken and for the most part it worked really well.  It held great and her hair dried very fast under the hooded dryer.  The only downside was how flaky it got after combing the waves out, so I finished off the style with some oil spray from Design Essentials.  I pincurled the hair that was left past the waves and I love the stacked look it gave due to how her hair was cut.  All in all I think it was a success! 

 She also let me do her makeup which was an ordeal in itself.  She wanted the classic cat eye look to go with her hair and it ended up taking me about 3 tries for her left eye and probably 4 or 5 for her right.  I have the worst time matching the lines on both eyes.  I used a pen tip liquid eyeliner and I just couldn't get the wings to match or the thickness of the line on her eyelids to look right.  I finally got it though and finished her off with some shimmery white eyeshadow, some cheek color and my favorite cherry red lip gloss!

Thank you Gina for being a trooper!