Plum Autumn Look

Hola a todos!

Por fin, despues de haber perdido las fotos del primer intento del look, y tener que repetirlo dos veces mas, he consegido terminar el look que os llevo prometiendo por lo que parecen ya siglos!

Es un look con mucha inspiración en el Otoño, que para mi es todo un alivio que haya llegado porque odio el verano demasiado y ya estaba siendo demasiado largo.

He usado un tono marrón y un tono ciruela, y la combinación creo que ha quedado muy bonita.

Hi there!

After loosing the pictures of the first try for this look, and repeat it for two times, finally I got what I really wanted! After what it seems to be centuries now... XD.

It´s a look with a lot of Autumn inspiration, that thankfully is coming to my country and the horrible summer is going away (and I hope it never comes back again).

I just used two colors, a brown and a plum. But I think, the combo looks amazing.

Let´s get into it!



Empecemos!

Como siempre, primero base (a vuestra elección) y corrector, porque mis ojeras están que lo dan todo. Fijé con el polvo All About Matt! de Essence y la Powder Brush de Real Techniques.

As always, first foundation (whatever you want to use) and some concealer, because my undereye circles are masive!. I set everything in place with All about Matt! Powder by Essence using the Powder Brush by Real Techniques.

Esta vez apliqué encima del corrector HD de Nyx un poco de los Banana Powder de Ben Nye, porque se me queda el corrector demasiado rosado y como que no me gusta el efecto. Pero con los Banana se neutraliza el color y queda perfecto, usé la brocha 224 de MAC para aplicarlos.

This time, on top of my concealer I put some Banana powder from Ben Nye to set it and change a little bit the color, because it was looking so pink under my eyes and I didn´t like it.  To apply it I used the 224 brush by MAC.

Después, por manía mía, tengo que hacerme las cejas, me es mucho mas fácil maquillar el ojo si tengo la ceja ya hecha.

This is a pat peeve of mine, but before doing my eyes, I have to do my eyebrows. It helps me to get better references while I do my eyeshadow.

La sombra es la Charcoal Brown, aplicada con la brocha 212 de MAC y fijado con el Brow Set en Red Chesnut.

The eyeshadow is Charcoal Brown, applied with the 212 brush and set in place with the Brow Set in Red Chesnut, all by MAC.

Empezamos el ojo. De base apliqué el Paint Pot de MAC en Bare Study por todo el párpado (en cualquier de los post anteriores podéis verlo, que se me olvido hacerle una foto!) y estas son las sombras.

For the eyes, I started applying Bare Study Paint Pot all over the eye (if you want to see it, on previous posts I have pictures of it, today I forgot to take one of it!) And this are the eyeshadows.

En todo el párpado usé el color Factory de la Naked 3 con la brocha Pro-37 de Burlesque. Después, con la brocha Pro-17 y poco a poco, fui marcando la cuenca con el colorete de Inglot #63 y difuminando a la vez. Despues con la sombra Brulé y la brocha C330 de Crown difuminé los bordes, y con la ultima sombra que veis, Shroom, iluminé el arco de la ceja y el lagrimal. Con el Eye Paint de NARS delineé la línea interior de pestañas y la superior (difuminando después con la brocha 219 de MAC). 

All over the lid I put some Factory (from the Naked 3 Palette) with the Burlesque brush Pro-37. After, using the Pro-17 brush by Burlesque and very slowly I started putting the blush #63 from Inglot all over my crease. With the eyeshadow Brulé and the C330 brush by Crown I blended the blush perfectly with the skin to avoid any harsh lines. to highlight my tear duct and the arch of my brow I used Shroom and again the Pro-37 brush (but clean). With the Eye Paint by NARS I lined my waterline and the upper lashes (and after I blend it with the brown on the lid using the 219 brush by MAC).

Para terminar, como siempre máscara de pestañas (Extended Play Gigablack Lash de MAC), un toque de iluminador en los pómulos con la sombra Shroom y la Setting Brush de Real Techniques y finalizando con el colorete de los Simpsons en el tono Pink Sprinkles aplicado con la Contour Brush de Real Techniques.

To finish the look, add some mascara (Extended Play Gigablack Lash by MAC), as a cheek highlighter againg the eyeshadow Shroom using the Setting Brush by Real Techniques and as a blush, Pink Sprinkles from The Simpsons collection using the Contour Brush by Real Techniques.

Para los labios, primero apliqué un primer (usad el que mas os guste) y después delineé con el lápiz Currant y apliqué el labial Sin, ambos de MAC. Y luego pulí los bordes del labio con la brocha Pro-14 de Burlesque.

For the lips I used a primer, then I lined with Currant Lip Pencil and applied on top Sin lipstick. And to make the edges of my lips perfect, I used the Pro-14 brush by Burlesque.

Y este es el look terminado! Espero que os guste.

This is the finished look, I hope you like it!

Sin flitros para que podais ver bien los colores. Nos leemos pronto!

No filters so you can see the colors as they really look. See you soon!

Lor.

Purple and Brown Look!

Hi everyone!

This weekend I did the makeup of one of my friends, and she let me post a photo here (also in my instagram) for you to see the result.

I´m going to tell you step by step how I did it.

First, I applied a BB Cream from Garnier with a Stippling brush from Real Techniques, instead of foundation, because her skin is amazing, really amazing. And she´s not used to wear foundation, so I thought it would be better to apply something light for her and she would be more comfortable wearing it. I use a tiny bit of concealer (Illamasqua, CC115) with a 286 brush by MAC, but very lightly to cover some dark circles she had.

After that, with a 212 brush and the color Omega (both by MAC) I did her eyebrows. Shaped them a little bit, to give more definition to the face. She has dark hair, but her eyebrows are way more light than the hair, for that I used Omega instead of any other dark color that might be so strong for her.

For finishing the face I just applied some Pressed Podwer from Collection (18 Ivory) to set everything in place and prevent any shine with my 15BJF Inglot brush.

As a base for the eyes I used the Bare Study painpot by MAC with a Deluxe Crease Brush by Real Techniques. Then I applied with a 213 brush by MAC Patina eyeshadow all over the lid. To give some depth to the eye, with a Shading brush by Real Techniques and some Satin Taupe eyeshadow I applied it to the crease. For a pop of color, with a 217 brush by MAC and using the Parfait Amour eyeshadow, I applied that on the outer corner of the eye and blending it very well with some Satin Taupe too, to don´t have any harsh line. For the lower lash line I applied some Parfait Amour and Carbon eyeshadow using the 214 for applying Carbong and then for blending Parfait Amour I used the 219 brush (all this things by MAC). On the waterline and the upper lash line I put some black pencil from Dior and blended it with the 219 brush. For finish the eyes, with a #10 brush by Smashbox I clean above the crease and put some Shroom as a highlighter under the eyebrow.

For her cheeks I used Guerlain Terracota Podwer in #1 with a 109 brush to make a light contour, then I applied some Stunner blush with my Yachiyo brush and with a Setting brush by Real Techniques I applied again Shroom as highlighter.

On the lips, some Pinkarat gloss by MAC.

And this is the finished look, hope you like it!

See you on the next post,
Lor.

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Hola a todos!!

Este fin de semana maquillé a una de mis amigas, y me ha dejado publicar la foto aquí para que pudierais ver el resultado.

Os voy a ir diciendo como lo hice, paso a paso.

Con la Stippling brush de Real Techniques apliqué una BB Cream de Garnier. Tiene una piel perfecta y casi no suele usar base de maquillaje, por eso preferí aplicar algo mas ligero para que fuera mas cómodo para ella. Después, con la brocha 286 de MAC y un poco de corrector de Illamasqua (CC 115) cubrí un poquito de ojera que tenía, pero muy ligeramente.

Para sus cejas usé la brocha 212 y la sombra Omega (ambos de MAC). Aunque su pelo es oscuro, sus cejas son mucho más claras, por eso opté por una ceja muy discreta con Omega y para que ella no se viera muy diferente.

Y para terminar la cara, fijé con el Pressed Podwer de Collection en el color 18 Ivory y la brocha de Inglot 15BJF.

En los ojos apliqué como base Bare Study, un painpot de MAC con la brocha  Deluxe Crease Brush. Después con la brocha 213 de MAC apliqué Patina por todo el párpado. Para darle definición al ojo, en la cuenca apliqué la sombra Satin Taupe con la brocha Shading brush de Real Techniques. No quería que el look fuera monocromático de color, así que añadí un poco de color aplicando Parfait Amour con la brocha 217, justo en la parte externa del ojo. Mezclé este color con Satin Taupe para que no quedase ningún corte. En la línea inferior de pestañas apliqué Carbon con la brocha 214 y encima de este, de nuevo Parfait Amour, usando la brocha 219 para difuminar (ambos colores y brochas de MAC). Tanto en la línea superior de pestañas como en la interior, delineé con un lápiz kohl negro de Dior y difuminé con la brocha 219. Con la brocha #10 de Smashbox limpié cualquier línea o trazo que pudiera haber quedado en el párpado y apliqué Shroom debajo de la ceja como iluminador.

Para las mejillas, hice un contorno muy suave con los polvos Terracota #1 de Guerlain y la brocha 109 de MAC, apliqué el colorete Stunner de MAC con mi brocha Yachiyo y de iluminador, de nuevo Shroom aplicado con la Setting brush de Real Techniques.

En los labios usé un gloss de MAC, Pinkarat.

Arriba tenéis la foto del look terminado, espero que os guste!

Nos vemos en el siguiente post,
Lor.

Back to Basics!

Hi everyone!!

Well, the other day I talk to you about my new foundation of Revlon, and how much I liked it. But lately I´ve been back to one foundation that have been on my makeup set for a long time, that I´ve used for a very long time and now, with this hot days I remember why I loved it so much and I began to use it again.

I know that for a lot (and I includ myself in that lot) this foundation is a Holy Grail. Is the one and only "Face and Body" by MAC.

This foundation comes in almost every single skin color, from the fairest to the darkest ones. And what I like the most of this foundation is that you have the whole range of colors for a pink undertoned skins and for yellow undertoned skins.

I discovered this foundation a long time ago, almost when I started to do makeup, but I never buy it because I wasn´t sure about it. So one day, I was in a serious need of foundation for a catwalk, so I wen to MAC to get something. I am so lucky that I know a lot of the makeup artist that work in there, so when one of them recommend me to get the "Face and Body" I didn´t doubt it for a second. I got the C1 and the C5, because you can play with the colors, mix it and get the perfect tone of foundation for yourt model/client. The MAC girl also told me to try it on myself and tell her how it worked for that long day of work in the catwalk.

It turned out that I covered all the shades of skins that I have to work with that day (I got a lot of different models, from a very fair skin to a very dark tan one) and for the photos that they got it looks perfect. There were another makeup artist that didn´t use this foundation and the majority got flashback on camera. So I got very excited when the photographers told me I did a very good job with the makeup. Also the models were extremely happy about the skin effect.

From me, that day I did what the MAC girl recommend me, I put two layers of the foundation, apply some Mineralize Skinfinish and in the end of the day, the foundation looked very good! (more than 14 hours, for me was a record!) I used a Buffing Brush from Real Techniques to to apply it.

I began to used it almost for my everyday makeup routine, but I wanted to try more foundations, so I left this one on my kit, and get another ones.

After all this hot days, I was thinking on get a new foundation, when I remember I have the "Face and Body". Obviously I didn´t get a new one, and since that day, I´m wearing that one every single day that I do my makeup. The only thing you have to be very careful is to work it very well on the skin and apply podwer on top, because it tend to shine a lot if you don´t podwer it correctly.

So if you´re looking for a foundation that doesn´t have flashback, for any skin color and that is buildable for color and coverage (this foundation has light to medium coverage, so the more you layer, the more coverage you get) this one is a great option! And now you have smaller size, perfect for single use of a person. ( the big size has 120 ml in the bottle and the smaller one has 50 ml) And for those who works with white foundation, they also have a white version on the bigger size.

Hope you like the post, see you on the next one!
Lor.

Revlon Photoready Foundation

Hi there everybody!

Today I´m back with a review of one of the latest foundations I´ve been using during this last month and a half.

The foundation, as you can guess by the title is the Revlon Photoready Foundation. I was really looking forward to try this foundation, because everybody talk great things about it and there are great reviews all over the internet. I didn´t get it before because on Spain we don´t have Revlon. So when I finished my Studio Fix by MAC, I decided to give it a try and see how it was this foundation.

They have like MAC, a few tones with more pink undertone and another few with yellow undertone. I got mine in 002 Vanilla. It really matches my skin color almost totally, which is very surprising for me, I´ve never found before a drugstore foundation that matches my skin color in that way. The foundation is suposed to be medium coverage, and for me, is near to the full coverage if you apply two layers on the skin.

I´ve been applying it with my Real Tecniques Stippling Brush, and the only thing you must be careful when you are applying it is that you have to be fast, because if you let it dry, it would leave a line impossible to blend. Once I have it on, I always apply my Collection Pressed Podwer in 18 Ivory, that matchs very good the shade of the foundation.

The foundation really last longer without any touch up, almost 6 hours looking good! And that for my skin (I have a very sensitive, oily skin and acne... ) is a total challenge, believe me.

I was really happy, but a few weeks ago we have here in the UK a very hot summer days. I apply the foundations and those days it was horrible the result on the skin. The foundation literally melts on my skin, and with the podwer on top looks very caky. And the worst thing was that felt incredibly heavy on my skin.

Out of that, I am very happy with this foundation, and one of the things I like the most of this foundation is that on photo looks amazing! And everybody had a lot of compliments about the shade and how it looks so natural on my skin.

So if you´re looking for a long lasting foundation that have a very high SPF (20!) and that doesn´t flash back in photos I really recommend you this one, I´m sure you will love it =).

Hope you like the post, and see you on the next one!

Lor.