Done using Makeup Revolutions polish in You Need Love and Maybelline’s Color show in Electric Yellow. Tools used were Ring Reinforcers and a dotting tool.
Manicure Monday – Summer Sun
Month: September 2014
MakeUp Revolution Salvation Lip Lacquers Collection Review & Swatches
Meet my new favourite matte lipsticks. They’re the Salvation Velvet Lip Lacquers from Makeup Revolution. They cost just £3 from the Makeup Revolution website or instore at your local Superdrug.
Here we have the seven original colours in this collection
- Keep Lying For You – Twilight Lavender colour
- I Fall In Love – Bright Rose Pink
- Keep Trying For You – Classic Blue based Red
- You Took My Love – Magenta Pink
- Keep Crying For You – Carmine Pink
- What I Believe – Neutral Baby Pink
- Keep Flying For You – Soft Orange
I adore these. They’re cream based, which is slightly more forgiving than some liquid formulations. They’re all intensely pigmented and opaque. Of course, given that they are long stay and matte, they are a little drying on the lips.
For maximum wear, they do need to be applied on dry, oil and liner free lips. Doing this they have lasted upwards of 8 hours on my lips. However, if you’re going to eat anything oily you might need to reapply them. These don’t tend to come off on glasses or cups and unlike others, they don’t bleed.
If you’re unsure about being able to get a straight edge with the doe foot applicator you can use a lip brush for a perfect shape.
I’ve said above that I adore these, so it’s no surprise I’m going to give them five out of five. They’re cheap, they excellent quality and they work! How could I not!
Manicure Monday – Cross my Heart
I used Makeup Academy’s Mystical glitter nails in Jellyfish for the base. Then I layers a couple of strips of nail tape before applying Pitch Black from MUA. I then removed the tape and applied some stones.
To shave or not to shave. That is the question.
We’re talking about eyebrows here before you get excited/disappointed. There are many things I could say about eyebrows, so here’s some of it.
They’re one of those insidious beauty ideals. They have to be perfectly shaped with no hair out of place. It doesn’t matter how alternative the model is, if there is a hair out of place the torrent of abuse directed at the artist and model is vile. It’s incredibly disturbing how ingrained it is in the beauty culture that female models must have this thin strip of hair that’s perfectly arched and how nasty people get when not presented with it.
So bearing this in mind there are two choices if you feel like shoving it in the face of society. Let them grow or shave them off.
Now letting them grow is no longer an option for me. I had electrolysis done and even before that they were never really big and busy. So while they grow, they never really grow out of shape.
So that’s the second option. Lose them all together. It’s something I’ve done a couple of time now and it’s always fun to see the glances. So here’s the pros and cons of each method of removal.
Plucking and Waxing
Simply put don’t. Plucking and waxing pull the hair out at the root and will eventually cause the hair to stop growing. When I am really old (not just old like now), it’s be nice to still have my eye brows even if they’re really grey. I’m sure you might feel the same the older you get.
Bleaching
Good for the person that’s most scared of losing them. The hairs are slightly more hardy and will stand up to repeated bleachings. However it does mean using peroxide near your eyes. Using the right kind of bleach will help as it’s designed not to drip. It has an advantage though, it leaves you with a guide if you want to fill them in with interesting colours.
Hair Removal Cream
Again this means using a product near your eyes that’s not really meant to be near them. This could be a nice alternative if you’re not a fan of shaving them.
Shaving
The best method for total and temporary removal. Of course the face is not a smooth surface. When you’re not used to doing it care must be taken. A new sharp blade, a good shaving foam are a must. If you’re finding it really awkward, I’d advise shaving first with the hairs to remove most of the length and then go against them to get rid of the stubble.
Once you’ve removed them what to do next?
Well, you can leave them off. Some people look really good without them, Shrinkle for example. It’s really up to you if you think you can pull off this look or not.
You can freehand them back on. This can take a little practice but it does give you a huge amount of freedom over the shape, size and colour. Anything can be created from Gothic arches, Vulcan short style to your normal brows.
You can use a stencil. Elf and many other companies provide stencils that can be used over your natural brows as well. The advantage of these is that they will always be even. Even if you don’t have a steady hand or are just too tired in the morning you’ll end up with perfect brows.
It’s really up to you if you want to take them off or not. I know I like them when they’re not there most of the time. I like the freedom it gives me to chose the shape. How about you?
Opinion Piece – Who’s a MakeUp Artist?
Recently one of the well known, incredibly talented women I follow on instagram posted a meme of sarcastic Willy Wonka.
As you can expect it created a shit storm. I’m not going to dive into the dogpile that was the comments, I am going to say why I disagree with her.
For starters MUA stands for Make Up Artist. Anyone who considers what they do art can call themselves this. Art is a subjective matter and therefore it doesn’t matter if the only face you do is your own. If you’re doing art using make up, you’re a MUA. You don’t need a professional to call yourself an artist. You can spend all day working in a shop or being a stay at home mum, if you then create art on your face, you’re a MUA. These are the people the meme targets. It’s wrong.
Now she freely admitted afterwards that this was a dig at, and I quote ‘instafamous people who think 384573828 followers, overly edited selfies and endorsements from big companies who only care about the follower count make them a pro.’ Okay so not the people above. The problem here is some of them she’s aiming at are professional. A professional is someone who makes a living doing what she states above. There are people that manage to do this. They can make a living off only doing their own face and posting it to the internet. Some of them have even managed to create their own make up line. So she’s wrong. They are pros. It might annoy her intensely but that doesn’t make them not pros.
So do you agree with me? Or her?