Ideas Galore!

It's been so long since I've made a new blog post! Things have been uber busy lately, I'm sure a lot of you can relate...

So I have so many ideas for tutorials, I'm just having trouble finding the time to do them...here are some that I have planned:

• A yellow smokey eye look
• Barbie Doll
• Red Rose
• Avant Garde Wedding: Snow White
• Purple & Yellow F.U.N.

That's just a handful.

I find myself getting inspiration from colors. Mostly from things you can find in nature that have cool color combos-and I also get some inspiration from my husband, with him being a tattoo artist, he gives me great ideas for colors.
For those of you who are creative artistic individuals, where do you get your inspiration?

I'm going to add a few videos that I've done recently, some of you may not follow my youtube channel, so you can see it here, too :) (Check back this evening, I'm typing this from a different computer, so I don't have the videos saved to this one!)


Beauty Bomb of the Day: Eyebrows!

I also wanted to touch on eyebrows today. This seems to be a source of much frustration for many people. It's way too easy to over pluck, under pluck, and lose those suckers all together.

I'm going to give you some tips so you can get an idea of how to get the basic shape you should have. (I have to add, though, going to a professional always helps!)

You will need: One long long eyebrow comb/brush, tweezers, small eyebrow scissors (I use cuticle scissors), and any color eyeliner/brow liner
To get started, take the brush (you can also any long handled brush or a pen/pencil)

• Hold the brush vertically to the side of your nose, where it meets the eyebrow. This is where your brow should begin-Make a mark so you can remember the spot
• Now keeping the brush at the base of your nose, angle until it is in line with your pupil; this is where your arch should be. Again, make a dot or a line.
• Finally, keeping the brush against your nose, angle it until it is in line with the outside of your eye; this is where the brow should end. Now mark your spot
  

Now wasn't that easy??

See your dots you've made? Pluck any stray hairs that come past those marks. For the dot on your arch, pluck underneath, following the natural arch of your brow-be careful, it's better to underpluck than overpluck.

If I were you, I would stay away from plucking above your brow, unless your very confident. It's way too easy to over pluck above your brow and completely lose the shape!

Now take your brow brush/comb thingy and comb your brows downward. Trim any long hairs. Now comb them upwards and do the same!
You can now take a brow shadow or pencil and lightly fill in your brows!!





I hope everyone has had an awesome Easter weekend

Let me know if you have any requests!!!

Lots of Love and Oodles of Kisses,
Sarah

Back to Basics: Blending

Blending can be one of the most difficult aspects of applying makeup. Blending depends on the brushes you use, the makeup (quality) that you use, technique, & practice.

Let's start with makeup, shall we?

I'm not going to go through all the different brands of makeup and all that, but a lot of times, you pay for what you get. Higher quality (and often higher priced) eyeshadow have a lot better blendability (um, is that a word? It is now). This is something you'll just have to play around with.

Second: Brushes.

This is a biggie. There are a million different types of brushes and a million more places to purchase them. Obviously MAC brushes are going to be top notch, but there are a lot of lower cost options out there (without sacrificing quality).

In my opinion, the two most important types of brushes you should have for shading your eyeshadow are these: Flat Brushes and Rounded Brushes (And you'll find that brushes all have a ton of different names, just notice the shapes :))

FLAT BRUSHES

Flat brushes are used basically one way: a side to side windshield wiper motion. The shorter and stiffer the bristles, the more you're going to be able to blend out. You can also do side to side and up and down, but don't use circles with these flat brushes or you'll tear up your eyelids! Ouch! If you have a harsh line you really need to tone down, these will probably do the best.

ROUNDED BRUSHES

My favorite brush is that white one in the middle. It's just a Sonia Kashuk round crease brush. This is wonderful for blending in the crease. The bristles are really soft and therefore blends color out beautifully. Another way to use a rounded brush: Dip your brush in a darker color, then on the outer corner of your eye, draw a 'C' from the outer edge of the crease, down to the corner of your eye.

After that, you can either use a windshield wiper motion, a side to side motion, or my favorite, little circles. When you use this brush to blend with circles, it really softens your look and blends the color out.


These are some of the basics you need to know for blending. But I think what it really comes down to is practice.

I know it's probably difficult to picture what I'm saying, I'm terrible about explaining things, I will make another blending tutorial this weekend for you!

Love,
Sarah