New Job! - Chanel Consultant.

After my endless search of looking for a summer job I'm more than excited to have a new job as a Chanel beauty consultant! I joined the Elite Agency which supplies jobs in the luxury beauty and fashion industry, I'm really loving being a Chanel consultant so far and have had the opportunity to work in Lakeside, Bluewater and Selfridges too. My role as beauty consultant consists of advising customers about the beauty, skincare and fragrances and also providing skincare and cosmetic consultations. Working and adapting to the Chanel look in regards of the make-up looks they promote, I have started to like wearing make-up looks, where wearing less is more and emphasising only certain parts of the face the most, etc eyes. 

Gruesome Fonts

This creepy make-up style is my most favourite and successful make-up experiment I've created recently, Inspired by 'Raniratt' who is an incredible 16 year old girl on Instagram who experiments with anything and everything special effects. She's incredibly talented and inspired me to create this gruesome font effect on the skin, I like the result and think it looks pretty realistic apart from the slight texture and colour difference compared to my skin tone which is less noticeable in the images without flash. 

Products Used

Nose and Scar Wax

Loreal true match foundation

Kryolan supracolour palette

Ben Nye Bruise wheel

Liquid stage blood

Spatula 

When bored become a... GALATIC WEIRDO

I recently created this colourful and sparkly Avant Garde inspired make-up look, this make-up look was really spontaneous and gave me a excuse to play with colours  textures and glitter. I wanted the focus to be on the colours used on my skin so I only applied a small coat of mascara on my lashes to define my eyes, I also kept my eyebrows natural without product and just clear brow gel. Although the look was inspired by Avant Garde I feel the result of the look makes my face looks like a disco galaxy ball!

Products Used

MUA Colour shadow Palette 

Maybelline Black khol liner 

Supracolour palette 

Illamasqua white pigment 

MAC 3D Reflective Glitter 

Chanel Volume Noir mascara 

Mexican Sugar Skull!

After reflecting on my first year I wanted to re-create a sugar skull look originated from Mexico where they celebrate the Day of the Dead. In my first semester Kat Vogart educated us about the Day of the Dead and how popular Sugar skulls are and also demonstrated how to create our own with some really helpful techniques. Because I really loved this studio session I wanted to recreate a sugar skull again on myself incorporated with lots of pink and sparkles, why? Because I'll use any excuse to play with pink and sparkles. The next time I create a sugar skull look I'm going to extend in down my neck area also to play with the look a little more. A sugar skull is quite simple to create as your face is a perfect template, there are lots of different Youtube videos that teach and show others unique designs! A favourite and inspiring sugar skull tutorial of mine is by EllieMacs. Ellie Macs is an incredible youtuber and make-up artist and I really love her originality and take on special effects make-up.

EllieMacsSfx;Sugar Skull - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJVNVjM1Vic
Here it is!

Products Used
Loreal true match foundation 
Illamasqua translucent powder
Ben Nye blush palette - Peach and Pink 
Kryolan supracolour palette - Pink, Black, Turquoise,white
MAC 3D Reflective glitter 
MAC Mix medium 
Faux jewel hearts 
Collection 2000 colour lash- electric blue

Burnt Exploded Lips!...Fail

After having a binge day of watching horror films and eating 10,000 calories I was spontaneously inspired to create a special effects look. I wanted to create a look that involved lips and making them appear dramatically blown up and covered in texture/destroyed flesh as recently on social medias such as Instagram and Youtube, nearly every new and popular beauty blogger has tried or uses lip fillers. I'm not too sure if I'm a fan of lip fillers yet, I used to feel very self conscious about the size of my lips and wished they were bigger and more plump, but ever since seeing more bloggers wear fillers and seeing the result I'm slightly out off as not everyone's looks natural, plump and pretty.
Nevertheless I wanted to create a horrific burnt, blown up lip look and here it is.
The result of this look was okay, I wasn't that impressed with what I had created but thought it was a good first attempt, I'm definitely going to try this look again and make the lips look a little more plastic.

Products Used
Ben Nye Nose and Scar wax 
Ben Nye Foundation Palette
Kryolan Supracolour palette
Liquid Stage Blood 
Ben Nye Bruise wheel

Quick step by Step
1.Cleanse lips, remove any oils/products
2.Using a spatula collect small amount of nose and scar wax and then combine with foundation shade similar to skin/lips
3.Begin to spread and mould lip shape out of scar wax on natural lips and stiple product to create flesh/blown up textures
4.Shade in with black, pink and red from supracolour palette and also yellow and black from bruise wheel, finish with some liquid blood for effect

DIY Tattoo sleeve practice!

I recently created this tattoo sleeve inspired design, its influenced by pop art, bright colours, illusion and of course tattoos. I really enjoyed creating this make-up look and got so lost into creating different designs and effects, I plan to recreate a similar 'sleeve' soon and completely cover my forearm to create a half sleeve look. 

Products Used
Kryolan Supracolour palette
Maybelline khol liner
Vivo transluscent powder
MAC 3D reflective glitter 
Kryolan Vbrights palette 

Glitz and Glam!

 Recently I created this really fun and sparkly eye-look, I wanted to experiment with bright bold colours and lots of sparkles and this was the result! Whenever I see woman wearing bright colours on their eyes I envy their confidence and daring attitude towards make-up, I think wearing bold colours on the eyes creates drama and uniqueness. Inspired by these daring women and also Illamasqua who embrace similar eye looks, I thought I would experiment with something really sparkly and dramatic. I really love the outcome of this look and now feel even more inspired to recreate the look with bright contrasting colours again.

Products used;

Rimmel Wake me up concealer 

Vivo translucent powder

Kryolan Supra colour palette

Kryolan VBrights eyeshadow palette 

Illamasqua white pigment 

MAC 3D Reflective Glitter 

Eyelure Strip Eyelashes 

No7 Black Mascara 

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette 

I applied extra translucent powder underneath the eyes to catch fall out from the eyeshadows and glitter I used.

To tie the look together I applied pink and black to my eyebrows in an ombre effect also and over drawing them slightly to make them appear thicker and more dramatic.

Wearing double stacked eyelure lashes to add more drama to the eye look and applied normal black mascara to top and bottom lashes.

Added silver pigment and highlighter to the brow bone and inner corner of eye to compliment glitter on the eye.

Hand Make-up; Cut crease Green Smokey Eye.

I recently created my own 'Hand Make-up' design. For a few months now its been really popular on social media and recreated by lots of well known you tubers and MUA's, so I decided to create my own version of a cut crease green smokey eye, I really admire and love the creativity and skill involved in creating these designs and after designing my own I now understand how much patience and a steady hand helps. 

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Products Used 

Kryolan Eyeshadow palette
Sleek I-Divine Eyeshadow palette 
No7 Liquid eyeliner 
Illamasqua Satin Primer
Ben Nye pressed powder eyeshadow palette
MAC Liquid Eyeliner 
No7 Black khol eyeliner 
MAC Warm neutrals palette
Illamasqua powder pigment 

Bajan Beauties and Crop Over Festival 2016

"To travel is to live."

Since finishing my first crazy and fun filled year of Hair and Make-up Design at Southampton Solent, I can't wait to relax and experience more exciting things during the summer. Thanks to my incredibly generous and amazing parents, I'm going to Barbados in July for a short vacation away which I'm more than ready for. Although I plan on tanning on blissful beaches and practicing the art of relaxation I want to also shoot a short and sweet photoshoot with my two cousins who are also coming, as a way for me to practice my make-up artistry skills and be more pro active and creative. I plan to travel around the small beautiful island and capture the culture and also my cousins, I feel my cousins are ideal models as they are mixed Bajan and Indian beauties and I'm obsessed with the idea of enhancing their rich dark chocolate skin with pops of gold, oranges and purples. 

I'm also going to be part of the Crop Over Festival, which is a yearly festival/carnival in Barbados where everyone dances, dresses up and lives life! I'm so so excited to be part of the Carnival and cannot wait to take pictures and capture the whole once in a lifetime experience.