Photo Tutorial: How to Recreate Drew Barrymore's Look

Hi friends :-)

Today i'm doing a tutorial showing you how to recreate drew barrymore's purple smokey eye which she is wearing in this picture:

This is the reference pic my friend Fathima sent me.

So on to the tutorial..

I'm so sorry for the blurry pictures :( It was cloudy and the lighting was bad and dark.Hence the unclear pictures.

Step 1: I first primed my lids with an eyeshadow primer and then i used a concealer as an eyeshadow base to help in intensifying the less pigmented eyeshadows.

Step 2: Take a shimmery medium purple eyeshadow (If you have a bit lighter purple than this then use that one instead) and apply it tot he middle of the lid leaving the outer and inner 1/4ths of the lid.Take this colour slightly above the crease(slightly above than what you are seeing in the pic.I realised later that i should go a little above and i adjusted it afterwards.) 

Step 3: Now take a frosty golden/silvery pink colour (i opted for golden pink) and apply it to the inner corner.I applied a bit of it over the purple colour to make it lighter and more frosty.You may skip that if you have a nice  frosty medium purple colour.

Step 4: Next take a matte mid-dark purple colour  and apply to the outer 1/4th of the lid and blend it inwards with  the lighter purple colour.

Step 5: Take a blending brush and blend the purple in to the crease and all the way inwards (you will be able to see the effect in step 7)

Step 6: Now apply the same matte purple,frosty purple and golden pink to the lower lashline in same order as on the lid.Blend the harsh edges.

Step 7: Now take a matte black eyeshadow and apply it on the outer V of the lid and on outer 1/4th of lower lashline too.blend them with the purple colour.Make sure to blend it a bit inwards in to the crease.

Step 8: Now take a bit more of the purple on a soft pencil brush and dab it on the back of your hand to remove any excess shadow.Then apply it with light short strokes starting halfway above the crease going inwards towards the brow.Blend it.

Step 9: Apply a black kohl on both the waterlines.

Take a matte eyeshadow close to your skintone and use it to add a finished look to the browbone and to blend any harsh eedges (you can use your regular compact powder too) Finally add two coats of any mascara of your choice and our eye makeup is finished! Here is how it looks:

Now on to the face..
Drew has very flawless natural luminous skin in this pic.So to mimic that i applied a natural finish foundation,concealed my blemishes and applied a soft irredicent gold powder to my T-zone.(If you have oily skin like me then you need to set the foundation and concealer with powder prior to applying the highlighter) Do not apply a shimmery or glittery highlighters.Apply something that merges with the skin and makes it look naturally radiant..like lit from within. And then apply a matte/satin bronzer to the hollows of your cheek and blend it upwards and inwards.

In case you are wondering,that huge scar on the left of my face is a birth mark and i kinda love it because it looks like a leopard print tatto :P :D It is a slightly more darker in real life <3

And drew has very pale lips naturally which i don't obviously.So to reduce the pigment and make them look slightly paler i used two lip pencils.

First i applied a light bubblegum pink lip pencil lightly and smudged it with my fingers.You can use a more warmer peachy pink too.

Then i took a peachy nude lip pencil and applied it on top.

Finally to recreate that glowy shiny pout i applied a sheer pale gold lipstick mainly near the cupids bow and center on the lower lip.Then i blended it lightly on to the rest of the lip.

So here is the final look:

Sorry for the bad pose wala pic.It was cloudy and the lighting was low and bad.So this was the only best pic i could find among a ton of  pics i took.

I was feeling a bit adventurous so i went ahead.. intensified the eyes with more black eyeshadow..and painted my pout red! I actually used a deep chocolate brown lipstick allover the lips and used a cherry red lipstick on the cupids bow and center of the lower lip.But i guess my camera was in a bad mood and it picked it up as a single red colour! grrr!! but anywayz.. i quite liked this one more than the nude lip one! <3

I hope i succeeded at recreating drew's look..though not as good as the original one :D

Products used:

(In no particular order)

Face:

1. Ben nye banana visage poudre(To set my foundation and undereye concealer)
2. Eve pearl salmon concealer trio (To correct dark circles)
3. Yaby liquid foundation in "Custard" (to the T-zone and apples of cheeks)
4. Yaby liquid foundation in "Honey" (to the rest of the face)
5. MAC prolongwear concealer in "NC35(to conceal dark circles and blemishes)
6. TKB trading mica powder in "Silken gold" (To thighlight the T-zone,apples on cheeks and slightly to the inner part of the under eye circles to disguise them)

Eyes:

1. Too faced shadow insurance. (to prime my lids)
2. Oriflame dual skin corrector in "medium" (as an eyeshadow base)
3. Golden pink eyeshadow from coastal scent's "88 metal mania palette" (on the inner corners of the eye)
4. Matte mid-dark purple from sleek "Curacao" i-divine palette. (on the outer 1/4th of the lid)
5. Ben nye eyeshadow in "Royal purple" (on the middle of the lid)
6. Ben nye eyeshadow in "Banana" (on the browbone)
7. Oriflame "Lash explosion" mascara.
8. MAC eye kohl in "Smolder"

Cheeks and Lips:

1. Sleek blush in "Sahara" (as bronzer)
2. Sleek sheer cover lipstick in "Silk" (to add sheen and highlight the lips)
3. Bourjois lip pencil in "Rose precieux" (buble gum pink liner)
4. Graftobian eye liner pencil in "Natural" (peachy nude liner)

which one did you all like? Let me know :-)

Love,
Siri.

Pink and Blue-Green Eye Makeup(Requested)

Hello friends :-)

Today i am doing a makeup look which was requested by Akshima misra.She posted this reference photo on facebook:

So here goes the step by step instructions on how to do this..

Step 1: prime you lids using an eyeshadow primer/concealer/cream shadow.I used two of the coloured pencil shadows from avon.Light frosty pink as a base for pink shadow and a light frosty teal as a base for green shadow.I did this because i don't have the same exact colours..so if you have them then you can skip this step.

Step 2: Apply either a shimmery pink or a matte pink eyeshadow on the inner 1/4th of the lid and a shimmery blue based green or a matte blue based green on the rest of the lid.blend well where the two colours meet.

Step 3: apply a little compact/loose powder on your browbone and line you eyes with a black liquid/gel eyeliner.Do not wing the line out.Finish up with just one or two coats of mascara.

Step 4: use a foundation which gives a dewy/natural  finish.Apply just a toucj of subtle rosy pink blush.I changed the lip colour a bit because the warm dark lip was clashing with the cool colours on the lid(you can see that lip colour in first pic below) So i opted for a cool toned pink lip liner topped with a sheer shimmery dark pink gloss.

Here is the finished look:

Products used:

Face:

• Ben nye "Banana" visage poudre. 
• Yaby liquid foundation in "Honey".
• MAC pro longwear  concealer NC35 to cover minor blemishes.

Cheeks: 

• Lafemme blush in "Indian rose"(left) and "pink"(right). I mixed both to get the desired colour.

Eyes:

• Eve pearl salmon concealer to correct under eye circles.
• MAC pro long wear concealer.Applied on top of eve pearl corrector.Finally i set it with ben nye banana powder.
• Shadows from "Smokey palette" by coastal scents. No.1 on inner 1/4th, No.2 slishtly applied on top of No.1, No.3 on rest of the lid.
• Avon simply pretty big eye pencil in "Rose" and "Emerald".
• Ambika pillai liquid liner.
• Avon super shock mascara.

Lips:

• Bourjois lip liner in "Rose precieux".
• Avon simply pretty shiny liquid lipgloss sparkles in "Crimson sparkles".

Hope you liked the look akshima :-))

Love,

Siri.

Photo Tutorial: Bold Winged Eye.

Hi everyone :-)

I know you would've been wondering "where the heck did this girl disappear!!??" hai na? :P :D What to do guys..My system is having a lots of problems lately..i was getting it repaired so wasn't able to post regularly.Now my system is back..i hope it won't cause any other new trouble now and i can post all the pending reviews and looks. :-)

Many days ago i submitted this entry for Makeupgeek's "spring colours" contest.

Some of you requested me to do a tut on how i did that extreme bold winged eyeliner.In the above look i first used an aqua coloured eye pencil and then used a matte black eyeshadow on top of it.So today i'm going to do a photo tutorial on how to do this kind of extreme winged eye with the help of a pencil liner and an eyeshadow.

Products required:

1) A black pencil liner.(or you can use any colour you want as a base liner just like i did in the above look)

2) A matte black eyeshadow.

3) A kohl/kajal.(You can use the same pencil liner if it is water line safe)

4) A jet black mascara.

While doing this kind of liner where a dark powder eyeshadow is used it is best to apply your foundation later.

Step 1: Start with bare/primed eyes (or you can do your desired eye makeup first and do this liner as a final step just like i did in the above contest look).Just place your ring finger on your eyelid and pull it slightly upwards like shown in the pic.This help you to apply the liner closest to your lashes there by avoiding the flesh from peeking through the dark line.

Step 2: Now take the black pencil liner and draw a line all along the upper and lower lashline.

Step 3: Run your ring finger allover the applied liner to smudge it slightly.This helps to correct any uneven lines and provides an even base for our next step.

Step 4: Take the liner pencil and make sure that it's tip is nicely sharpened (Sharp enough to draw a thin line..if it is too sharp then it will hurt a lot if you accidentally poke your eye with it! so be careful.) Now place the tip of the pencil right at the point where your upper lid meets youe lower one near the inner corner.

Step 5: Draw a thin line going towards your nose following the angle of your upper lid at which it is coming down.(did that make any sense? :P )

Step 6: Next make a triangle by drawing another line as shown in the pic and fill it in.

Step 7: Now follow the same method to create the wing at the outer corner.

TIP: Here is the fool proof method to create a perfect outer wing with a pencil/gel liner! Take the nicely sharpened liner pencil or a thin brush(in case of gel liner) and keep it right at the corner/point where your upper lid meets your lower one near the outer corner and shut your eyes once.Now while shutting your eye the skin comes down letting your pencil to glide in an angle going towards your brow.This line serves as a perfect guide to make a winged eye! Just draw another line joining our 'guide' line and the line on the upper lash line.Fill it and adjust it as required and you are ready with your perfectly winged eyes. ;-)

Correct any uneven lines or stray lines or smudges with a pointed Q-tip (dry or dipped in makeup remover).Now the base is ready.

Step 8: Take an angled brush and a matte black eyeshadow.Apply it all along the shape we created by pressing it on to the liner so that the colour is intense and locks down the creamy liner.After then you can swipe the brush at the edges to create a crisp and neat line.Also you can adjust the length and shape of the wings.Then apply kohl/pencil liner/gel liner to both your upper and lower waterline.

Step 9: Apply loads of jet black volunising mascara to your upper lashes.( In the contest entry i applied mascara to the lower lashes too.Here i didn't.You can apply it if you want.) If you have false lashes then pleasse don't forget to put em on! <3

So here's the finished look:

Hope this Tutorial was useful. :-)

Products used: 

1) Avon perfect wear kajal pencil.

2) Inglot eyeshadow no.63.

3) Shahnaz hussain kajal (for waterline).

4) Avon super shock mascara.

Love,

Siri.