Shoot with Paul Stevens, John lomas and Amy Roche

Hey everyone, thought it was about time for blog No.2. This is just a blog about one of my photoshoots, not a tutorial but i will explain a little about the make up techniques used.

So the day started off well, as usual i was totally bored so i attacked my face with make up and glitter :p This was the result a glitter spider web look.



So this look consisted of a basic black smokey eye. I kept it fairly light in the inner corner of the eye and extended the eyeliner to a point past the natural waterline finish to give the look a sharp almost vampire finish. As you can see i totally love my glitter and i was in a bit of a mood this day. So i went with a spider web pattern . i used a glitter liquid eyeliner to achieve this and added little pearls that i got from the scrap booking section of spotlight(seriously obsessed with these things) no glue needed as they have a self adhesive. And i finished the look with a red lippy from my lipstick pallet (i'll up load pics of my pallets and products soon)



So after doing this i started getting ready for my shoot in the afternoon. Which just involved cleaning my brushes, packing up my kit and doing a quick dash into the chemist warehouse for some lashes. And then Daddy and me left for the studio in Brisbane.

We arrived at the studio early :p which wasn't a problem as John was happy to show us his new work while we chatted about the concept for the night and nibbled on chocies. We were going with a glamor pin up look as the model Amy has tattoos.

Soon after Amy and Paul arrived and we got costumes sorted and make up started. The first look was a smokey gold cat eyed style. Amy has awesome lips so it was easy to make them look full and beautiful. Bellow is a pic of the first of three looks for the night.



So here's a quick explanation of the make up process. As usual i started with the eyes to avoid ruining any foundation work. The eyes are a basic smokey eye that's drawn out and smudged up slightly. Blending is key for this look and only certain eye types can pull it off. Amy has very large eye which are perfect for this look. Then i applied the lashes, drew in and shaped her eyebrows and finished the foundation. Lastly i bronzed and toned and applied the red lippy.

We had a lot of fun with different props and accessories with this look, unfortunately i don't have pics of them all yet. The next look is almost the same with a change of lips. Amy and I found an epic corset in the props room and thought we'd make the most of it. So i did lips to match. After putting the corset on upside down :p lol and having to right our mistake i did a quick touch up of foundation and eyeliner we were ready to shoot look no.2





Sorry i don't have a close up. but it was basically a nice metallic gold to match the corset with pink geometric lines. Lots of fun. i hardly ever get to play around on models with random lips, so i was very happy when the guys gave me permission. Here's a another pics for you that shows the epic corset.


The final look was again the same eyes with a change of lips back to red. I also added some of my famous ;p pearls. again i touched up the foundation and eyeliner to make sure the look stayed clean. here some pics of the final look on Amy











So after finishing shooting we packed up and said our goodbyes. I was very please with the results of this shoot. Paul and john are always a pleasure to with with and Amy was a great and beautiful model. You can view Paul's work here http://www.modelmayhem.com/809675

If you have any questions about this make up look feel free to email me at kymarie@hotmail.co.uk

xoKymarie

My first Blog

Hey everyone, so this is my first blog and I thought I might start off with one of my newest make up looks and then start back dating.

This look came from my wonderful boyfriend. I couldn't decide on a make up look for work that night (I’m a waitress at a fine dining restaurant) and so I asked him to choose a colour for my eye shadow. And the rest is history.

With most of my one tone make up looks the shadow consists of 4 colours. White, the base colour, a darker shade of the base colour and black.

The process that i follow for all of my make up looks is as follows.
1- Make up primer; this will help your make up last longer. i use a primer from gorgeous cosmetics.

2- Start foundation, Now here is one of my secrets for keeping your look clean. Only do foundation starting from the top, down to just cover your eyelids. This will make cleaning up fall out a breeze and you won’t have to touch up your foundation. I use MAC NW20 and a translucent powder. The best way I find to apply foundation is with a foundation brush, then press and blend with a sponge and finish with a powder for a shine free coverage.

3- The eyes, Now depending on what type of look you're doing this stage will change. I'll take you through what I did for the above look. After applying foundation and powder, apply a white to the inner corner and blend up and out.

Then take your base colour and apply to the whole lid. Next go in with your darker base colour and apply this to the outer corner and blend into the crease of the eye. Finally take a little bit of black and apply this to the outer corner and slightly blend into the crease. This will give a more dramatic effect, however you can leave it out if you wish.

Now the difference between a good make up look and a GREAT make up look is blending so make sure you can’t see any lines between the different colours. Everything should be blended and smooth. Once you've finished that go in with a black liner (I use a wet liner brush with black shadow) start with a thin line and gradually get thicker as you move out.

Now you don't have to do the next step, it’s entirely up to you but I think it completes the look, using a black eye pencil draw a line on your water line ( the line between you bottom lashes and eye)

Finally apply mascara. I like to apply mascara and then go back in with a disposable mascara wand to separate the lashes and prevent clumps. I use MAC black mascara.

And to finish off remove all fall out with a makeup wipe.

4- Now you can finish off your foundation. Remember to powder well.

5- Apply Blush, every person has a different skin tone, therefore you will all need a different blush colour. What I did with the above look was to apply a bronzer just under my cheekbone then i went back in with a light blush colours on my cheekbone and blended them together. I also applied a highlighter just above the blush on the top outer corner of my cheekbones.

6-The LIPS, in this look i went a little wild with the lips. Being a MUA you don't get the play around with lips much because everyone usually wants something natural. Soooo for this look i went in with a silver metallic lip colour and then finished it off with a metallic blue stripe.

7-The final touches, To finish off my look I used a glitter eye liner to apply a crosshatch to the outer corner of my eye. This is something new I'm experimenting with so you will probably see it in a lot of my looks.

So that's how I achieved the look. Hope you enjoyed my first of many blogs. I will do some blogs on different make up techniques and what products I prefer. Also if you have any ideas for blogs our any questions about make up. Send me an email and I’ll write a blog response.

Xo
Kymarie

p.s My dad is a photographer and he did all the photos for me :D Thanks daddy http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=307528&id=556271139#!/profile.php?id=1296105292