Mastering Your Makeup: January 2014

Inglot Blanchardstown (Back-dated Post)

Last night there was such a buzz about Blanchardstown shopping centre you can really tell Christmas is on the way. I had booked myself in for the masterclass in Inglot and was very excited to see manager Laura recreate a beautiful smokey eye on her stunning model Chloe.

You'll have to forgive my note taking, it was manic in the shop last night... it was the first night of the Christmas event in Blanchardstown so there was people everywhere!!

Laura began by showing us the finished look on half of Chloe's face and then she was to recreate it on the other side. Chloe already had her foundation on so the focus was on the eye make up.

Cheeky little shot before we started :)

Laura began with applying;

A medium brown matte colour (395) all over lid with 6SS blending brush all over the lid and crease almost brining the colour to the brow bone.

Next she applied a warmer brown(391) (darker) all over lid. You can use the same 6SS brush for this and always use circular motions as this helps with blending the colour. You can bring this colour up to the crease but lightly.

Next you take a 19P brush which is a small blending brush and apply black eye shadow all over lid. This can create a small amount of loose product but don't worry about this you can sweep off any excess when you are finished the complete eye make up. Blend together with blending brush 6SS you used before. The most important element of creating a smokey eye is blending. using circular motions is best, there should be no harsh lines between the colours but you should still see the difference between them as you progress up you crease and close to your brow bone.

The real smokey element to this look is created using no.87 pigment and pat this onto lid using the 19P brush and blend very well. Pigments almost always guarantee fall off but this can be taken care of easily.

Black gel liner was then applied to the bottom lash line using the 23T brush. Laura gave us the tip to get your client to look the opposite way of brush to help keep them relaxed. Half way through, ask them to look the other way when lining the bottom lash line.

Don't worry about being messy with the liner here as you'll smudge it out with a 22T brush. This is a concealer brush but is great for blending out the liner into under eye blending liner downwards.

You can then go back in with pigment (used on the lid) under the eye to smudge the look even more.

*Another great tip from Laura was night was you can use a cotton bud to blend away any excess you may have created.

To warm up the under eye you can very lightly go back in with the 6SS brush using the 609 warmer brown colour under eye.

Back to the top of the eye then; Taking the 23T line top of eye. As your client to look straight ahead and flick the liner out and towards the brow bone. Starting at the end of the flick, fill the line back in (working from the outside in)

When applying liner to another person, they can sometimes get very nervous if they see the liner brush coming for them so a tip to avoid this is ask your client to look down and to the outside of their body to get the inner corner of eye and then change as you move across the eye.

After you have applied your liner it is now time to add your lashes. For this look Laura chose lashes 76S for a bigger fuller eye. Chloe had beautiful big eyes and quite full lashes herself. A trick is to measure the shape of the eye when choosing lashes, always start in the middle n cut from there.

For dramatic looks use duo glue in black so you don't have to worry about white marks from the glue on the black liner.

*Another tip: Ask your client to look down at their knees when applying lashes so they are distracted but you can make sure they are applied right. Remember to press the false lashes down to sit on the natural lashes.

You can then go back in with the 6SS brush and blend colours on crease almost to brow bone.

Taking a clean fluffy brush, you can now clean off excess pigment/shadow which may have fallen onto your cheeks.

Onto the face:

Use a lighter concealer to highlight the look. This can lighten the eye area after you have applied such dark colours on the eye. Pat on concealer no.95 with your finger.

Pressed powder in 42 was used to create a small glow, this powder was slightly lighter than foundation and patted onto the face lightly.

Next Laura took their new Hd illuminating powder no.45 was patted all over face. This created a beautiful glow all over Chloe's face and really set off the festive party look.

Next a contour powder in 45 was used to contour the hollow of the cheek. This runs from the top of ear to outer corner of eye. You only need to lightly brush in straight line and be sure to blend out. We all know how much I love to contour but I just struggle to get the balance right to look like I have anything on to looks like there's way too much on. Once the hollow of the cheek is done you can then work the powder up into temple.

Blush for this look is quite subtle and for this look, no.32 blush was applied using circle motions on the Apple of the cheeks. You need to have the cheesy smile on your face to be sure you are applying your blush in the right place.

Now as we all know Christmas is the one time of year when glitter is completely acceptable and this highlighting sparkle dust no.2 is perfect. This is a must on my Christmas list now. You need only a tiny bit of this on your brush. Be sure to tap off the brush on the back of your hand and then very gently, pat onto cheek bone n temple. You will be a sparkly goddess now.

The lipstick used was slim gel 62. This is not a conventional red colour but very festive and really set off the smokey look on Chloe. You can apply this with small lip brush.

Finally to complete your look, Highlight in brown bone using 395, pat in with finger but not into dark section.

Chloe was a beautiful model and Laura was a fantastic teacher. She always made sure that we could see and could follow her instruction easily. She was kind enough to even take a call from me this morning just to run over some of the brushes to make sure I have the right details. Below now is the product list used for this look. You can call in to Inglot Blanchardstown and ask any questions you have about this look. The girls who work there are so helpful and I am a big lover of the brand. Much easier to purchase now that I made the move to Dublin :) I am attending Liffey Valley Inglot next week so will bring you a full post on that look after it. Thanks again to Laura and Chloe for a great masterclass.

Stay beautiful,

Emma x

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12:26:00
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Carbon Beauty Waterford... My Perfect Facial

Hi Ladies,

Apologies for the little delay in my blogs, last week was a bit mental turning the big 27 but it was an amazing week full of chocolate cake, surprise presents and loads of posing!!

Saturday morning I was back in Waterford and visited the beautiful Davina Bishop in Carbon Beauty. Davina has a brilliant menu of treatments and always has offers on her Facebook page so be sure to give her a ‘like’ when you finish reading this post.

Apologies my flash completely got in the way.

Davina is also the first stockists of my go to product the Cleanse Off Mitt. They are flying off the shelves at €5 each and every woman young and old needs to get their hands on them so be sure to pop into her on Mayors Walk as soon as to get yours.

We had been planning a piece on the salon and what better product to showcase her talent that a beautiful facial including the new fave the Cleanse Off Mitt.

I am also in the know that Davina is going to run a competition on Facebook to win a facial and a mitt real soon so trust me you want to win this… It was amazing!!!

The weather on Saturday morning was horrific but when I arrived into the treatment room it felt glorious, it was so cosy, a really lovely scent and soft lighting. Pure bliss! So I got myself sorted and onto the treatment bed and then Davina worked her magic.

The treatment lasted an hour and I was so relaxed there was no way I would remember the steps so thankfully Davina took some snaps and also sent me this brilliant description.

The facial included:

A pre-cleanse with the cleanse off mitt and then applied cleanser to the face and removed it with the cleanse off mitt
Exfoliated the face then cleansed the face again.
After the second cleanse, a mask was applied to the face and left it on for 15 minutes, before removing the mask, a 5 minute scalp massage was given.
Removal of the mask with the hot mitts again and massaged the face for a further 15minutes.
Applied the moisturiser and eye gel to the face.
The facial I was given was a rebalancing deep cleansing facial. The cleanser, toner and moisturiser was Cucumber moisturisation, energising, detoxification and softening properties. Willow Bark natural astringent with anti-bacterial properties, can be used to fight skin impurities. Mallow ultra moisturising properties. Helps to lock in moisture especially around the sensitive eye area. Deep Cleansing Mask rejuvenating deep cleansing mud mask specially formulated to remove impurities and reduce excess oil. With its deep cleansing action it detoxifies clogged pores. You will get more info on the products from http://www.kaeso.co.uk/

It was one of the best hours I have spent in my life lately and I think for my skin a facial every 6-8 weeks will be a blessing. I am currently using my mitt and my Kiehls cleansing range each day and night so I am really hoping my skin is going to clear right up.

I have been slightly ill lately, heading to the doctor tomorrow as it seems my tummy is quite unwell over the last week. My forehead has erupted with spots and this is so awful but from researching face mapping, this is a sign of digestive problems. You should all have a look at face mapping if you suffer from spots and try get some tips on how to reduce these. For me, I am on a detox diet plan and trying to drink loads and loads of water.

The salon is beautiful and it creates such a pleasant atmosphere. I have been to Davina for a facial, massage, spray tan and brows before and she is wonderful. It’s so important to have a good relationship with your beautician and Davina is so lovely.

I would highly recommend you all to get a facial every now and then to really take care of your skin. It is such a lovely experience, you are so relaxed and you know that you are taking real care of your skin. Make up will always cover up any imperfections you may have but it’s great to treat yourself and chose the right skincare for your own face.

Have a wonderful week ladies and be sure to check out Carbon Beauty on;

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Twitter: @CarbonbeautyT

Emma x

10:40:00
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Masterclass in Inglot Liffey Valley with MUA Avril and Enisa

Hey Hey

If you ever sit in the office on your lunch break and scan through Facebook and see an Inglot masterclass coming up close to you... Listen to that inner voice and get there, they are without a doubt, one of the best ways to learn to create flawless look and it’s FREE!!!

This was my second time meeting Avril in Liffey Valley but I have been linking in with her a little through Facebook planning my shopping list in Inglot (which we’ll discuss more later) I really like Avril, her laid back relaxed personality makes it very easy to listen to her and watch her create an amazing look. She is very friendly and so welcoming, remembering people (like me) who have been at her classes before, interacting with them and checking out the hints and tips she gave to them last time offering more help after the class if they need it.

The classes are open to everyone and as I said before FREE so really you have no excuse! If you don’t live in Dublin or Limerick and don’t have access to an Inglot store be sure to like them on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inglot-Make-Up-Ireland/153416228012372?fref=ts

Tonight’s look in Inglot was a sort of Egyptian look on Enisa, a stunning MUA who also works in the Liffey Valley store. Both Avril and Enisa have their own Facebook pages and you can see the amazing work they create here;

Avril: https://www.facebook.com/makeupbyavril?fref=ts

Enisa: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Makeup-by-Enisa/285051264873386?fref=ts

So as always when working with loose shadows, it’s best to start with your eyes first...

Apply an eye shadow base (Inglot no.1) onto the eye using a concealer brush. This costs €10. This does not need to be perfect, blend out the primer using the 6SS brush. This brush costs €20. A primer like this will neutralise the eye lid and will hold your shadow to the lid also intensifies colour.

Avril then applied Gel Liner no.95 fron the Nobel collection onto the inner half of the eye ysing a 28PO flat brush. You only need to use a tiny amount of this product. Yes I know what you’re thinking, gel liner as an eye shadow but it is amazing!

On top of this, Avril applied no.43 Bronze Gold shadow pressed on top of the gel liner. This alters the colour and makes it stand out.

Taking again the 6SS brush with no.337 Soft Brown Eye shadow, apply to the crease and brow bone. This soft brown is your transition colour. A swift light over and back circular movement is best for blending. Start at the outer corner, leaving most of the product there and sweep in towards the inner eye. Depending on the size of your own eye, your client’s eye will determine how high you take your transition colour. Enisa has beautiful big eyes so Avril was able to take it quite high.

The next step in this beautiful look was to apply your gel black liner to then see how much of a darker brown colour you need to apply on the outer corner of the eye. Funnily enough, some people can be quite anxious when it comes to applying liner so take your time and a good tip Avril says, is to get your client to look in the opposite direction of where you were applying the liner. Avril applied the black liner with the 17TL brush. This is actually a brow brush, but it creates a beautiful line for liner. Using black gel liner can be difficult for people, so take your time at it. You can take it in stages and when creating your flick, mark out where you want the flick to be by placing the brush onto your eye and then fill it back in. You can clean up the flick line with concealer and a small brush. Squeeze the concealer brush to make it flat and fanned out and tidy the line. A note on liner for this look, the top lash line is lined all the way into to the inner corner of the eye.

Next Avril took gel liner no87 Teal onto the waterline using a 31T brush. All gel liners are fully waterproof and retail at €15. After this, clean your 31T brush of all the gel and then apply no504 Purple shadow as close to the lash line as possible. This teal shadow is a double sparkle shadow and is truly beautiful. Again with the waterline and the lash line, ask your client which way to look to ensure you can apply the colours properly.

Back to the top of the eye... Apply no.239 Dark Brown onto the outer corner using a 10S small shadow brush and then blend it out using the 6SS brush. Next taking no.63 Black, apply just where the eyeliner is on the outer eye and with another 6SS brush blend both the dark brown and the black together.

Go back in with your gold on the lid again if needed.

Clean up the under eye area with a cotton bud. Remember, you still haven’t applied any foundation so don’t worry too much about the fall off.

Wipe off your teal gel/shadow from the 31T brush and now apply no.325 matte pruple right under the wing and onto the lash line.

Taking the pencil brush 8THP, blend the purple into the lash line more to intensify.

Now that all your shadows are applied, you may want to go back in with your black gel liner and tidy up your flick.

*Ladies, makeup applications take some serious time, so don’t worry if you feel you are taking ages, I am only now getting used to my blending and this can still take up to an hour or over to get a full face done. You’re eyes should look similar but they do not need to look the exact same. So don’t panic!*

Mascara: This was very interesting, for this look, Avril applied Colour play green mascara €10 to the bottom lash line only.

Lashes: 14N lashes were applied to Enisa and these were fantastic! They really set off the look, they have a thin band which make it easier to apply directly to the lashes and yet look extremely full. These lashes are €12 and will be on my shopping list for sure. You should get 5-6 wears out of a set of lashes with good care so they are a great investment. When removing lashes from their packaging, with your thumb, push the lashes down off the mould, do not peel them as this can damage them and they can lose their shape. Use Duo Glue when it comes to lashes, you know my thoughts on this stuff, it’s really the only thing good enough to put on your eyes.

Face: Avril applied YSM 49 to Enisa. The YSM foundation is for people with more normal to oily skin and on a recent match without tan I would be a 41 (again on the shopping list, it’s getting big now) This foundation is good for coverage, it’s a demi-matte foundation and won’t flash off cameras. Avril applied this with a flat foundation brush 21T and then taking a 4SS brush, buffed it out. This 4SS brush is actually an eye brush but works perfectly for creating a flawless finish to the face. If you do have oily skin be sure to use a primer before. Leave your foundation to settle onto your skin first before your apply powder and this can make the powder very cakey.

Avril moved onto Enisa’s brows while the foundation set. Enisa has amazing brows, really beautiful. Using the no.329 brown eye shadow and the 17TL brow brush, start with under the brow, drawing the line very straight and then flick the shadow up through the brow to fill them in.

To highlight the brow bone, Avril mixed shadows 395 and 330.

Concealing under the eyes can brighten a look if the client has dark circles, for this look as your eyes are aleady done, you can match your concealer to your foundation to be sure you get right up to the eye shadow in coverage. Avril used no96 under eye concealer which retails at €15. Buff the concealer under the eye with the same 4SS brush you used with the foundation. Use a peach toned concealer if you have dark circles as it will neutralise the blue/dark skin tones.

Once your foundation has now set you can see where you might need setting powder. Avril used setting powder no.15 on Enisa using a 1SS brush and placing it on the ‘magic triangle’. This area starts between the eyes, down onto the apply of the cheeks, the nose and down to the chin.

No.79 Rainbow Bronzer was used to contour the hollow of the cheeks and forehead using the 15BJF brush. To find the hollow of your cheek you can either pull a ‘fish face’ or roll your brush down your cheek and into the hollow, the hollow is where you contour.

The blush used for this look was no.32 which is €9 as a single. Apply this to just the apple of the cheek lightly.

The highlighter was the fantastic Sparkle dust no.2 which you only ever need a tiny amount of, the shimmer is beautiful. This is €18 and I will own it soon! The brush used for this was the 15BJF.

The lip was applied using the lip duo no.30. The duo consists of a stain and a gloss. It is a beautiful product and set off the look perfectly.

This look appears to be so difficult and when I first saw the add about the masterclass I didn’t know if I would go as I thought ‘way too advanced’ for me but Avril and Enisa explained it so easily that I think now with these instructions, it’s something I could try take on myself.

As I said at the start of the post, my shopping list will be completed over the next 3 weeks as I start my beginners makeup course in Inglot Blanchardstown tomorrow night. I am so excited for this and will have fully detailed blog posts on all I learn, new products and hopefully creating a fab look on a model, the last night.

If you have any questions on today’s post please contact me on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/emmajcsheehanblog or emmajosephinesheehan@gmail.com

Emma x

14:50:00
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My Recent Make Up Lesson with Kandigloss

Happy Friday everyone!!

This was quite a hectic week for me both in work and for the blog. What better way to start your working week back then a make up lesson on Day one :)

After work on Monday, I headed from Naas to Citywest to meet the beautiful Michelle. As with my previous lesson, Michelle from Kandigloss http://kandigloss.wordpress.com/ is another beauty blogger and MUA. We got in touch through twitter and Michelle very kindly offered me a full lesson for half the price so just €35 and let me tell you, it was money well spent.

In preparation for the lesson, we had discussed what I'd like to do, so I had suggested we create a dark smokey look, using my own products including my new Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. Another aspect to this lesson which I felt would help me loads is to do a half and half lesson. Basically ladies, if you are going for a lesson and really want to learn.... Ask your MUA to create the look on half your face and then you have to recreate it on the other half. This is a great learning technique as your MUA can point you in the right direction but also it becomes more clear in your memory when you have actually created the look yourself. It can take more time but if you have a great MUA like Michelle, they will be very patient and give you load of help and encouragement

Although I could buy make up all day and night... January is not the best month to be investing in loads of new make up so using what I have was a great plan. This will also make it an awful lot easier for me to recreate the look, but it is important for me to say, you don't have to own these exact products to achieve this look, similar colours with the same technique will work perfectly.

As I had sent out the question of budget beauty products, I will be creating a beautiful look using more main stream products soon so keep an eye out.

Michelle, very kindly, as part of our lesson offered to type out all our makeup details so credit to Michelle for this, makes blogging the lesson so much easier for me. As I said ladies, money well spent, Michelle does this as part of all her lessons so you never have to worry about remembering it all.

We began with my eyes, again girls this is a great idea if you are worried about fall off from products, or in general it's much easier to only fix your eyes as opposed to your whole face.

Smoky eyes using the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette (Michelle's notes)

Eyeshadow:

· From the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette I took “Trick” and applied it all over the first 2/3^rd‘s of the lid with a flat shader brush (MAC 239 works good for this)

· Using the same brush I added “Factory” to the outer third of the lid and blended with a fluffy blending brush.

· I then took the colour “Limit” and using a fluffy blending brush I applied it lightly in the crease using windscreen wiper motions back and forth in the crease to blend.

· I also took the darker colour “Darkside” and using a stiffer domed brush from Nima (a 239 would also work though if you just “place” the colour in the V) and worked it into the outer V of the eye blending into the crease with the fluffy brush and building a couple of times with the colour.

· I also used a touch of “Blackheart” though the outer V to darken slightly.

· I blended the edges as much as possible and softened it with some more “Limit” on a fluffy brush over the edges. Softening edges with my fingers also if necessary

· I highlighted the browbone with “Strange”

· I then added a little more of “Trick” to the inner lid and went over the centre lid with a dab of “Dust” on a MAC 239.

· Moving onto the under eye area, I used a MAC 219 pencil brush & ran “Trick” on the under part of the eye 1/3^rd in and used “Darkside” on the outer 2/3^rd’s smudging well.

Liner & Mascara:

· Using an Inglot synthetic angled liner brush, I applied Maybelline Black Gel Liner to the upper lashline in a thick-ish line, winging slightly on the edge by just pressing the angle brush into the outer corner.

· I lined the lower rim of the eye with UD 24/7 black pencil and smudged it slightly into the lashline also with a pencil brush (this is optional, depending on how dark you want it to look on the bottom.

· I then applied mascara and moved onto the face.

Face:

· I applied Emma’s own foundation which was YSL Touché Éclat using a Bland Canvas F20 stippling brush.

· Using MAC Select Cover Up concealer which is a creamy consistency an perfect for undereyes, I applied this under the eye area using a Real Techniques domed crease brush and I blended down in a V to the cheeks and up onto the cheekbone as well as near the inner part of the bridge of the nose.

· I also used it to conceal any blemishes using the same concealer.

· In order to set the undereye area and ensure there was no creasing or settling in lines, I patted over the under eye area with fingers evening out the product and quickly took an Inglot 4SS blending Brush and using a Catrice face mattifying powder, I swept it over the undereye area to set the concealer and ensure it didn’t crease or budge.

· I also swept it lightly all over the face to set the foundation.

Contour, Blush & Highlighting:

· Using Emma’s Contour palette and a small blush/contour brush from Crownbrush, I highlighted under her cheekbones & on the temples as well as along the Jawline and along both sides of the nose (using a smaller fluffy blending brush)

· I then blended any harsh lines with soft fluffy Inglot powder brush.

· Taking my small blush brush I applied NARS “Orgasm” blush to the apples of Emma’s cheeks and blended back to the temples with the Inglot powder brush.

· Using the same small blush brush I took some MAC Mineralize powder in “Lightscape” as a highlighter along the top of the cheekbones, down the centre of the nose and on the cupids bow.

Brows:

· Using Emma’s HD Brow Palette, I applied the dark brown shade to her brows with an angle brush.

Lips:

· I lined Emma’s lips with Rimmel’s East-end Snob and applied her pink MAC Lipstick (forget the name sorry!) I then went over with MAC Nymphette lipgloss

· Finally, I applied glamourous false lashes and Emma was good to go!

As you can see I looked amazing so thank you so much to Michelle for her patience and hard work. Also on the night, Michelle used her fab camera to capture the look, I then went home and went pose mad as Michelle also showed me the 'beauty shot' mode on my Samsung S4, I nearly choked that I had not seen this before, I looked like a doll so be aware all my pics will now be in beauty shot mode haha!!

I have to say as a lesson, it was one of the best half and half's I have done. We took our time, we chatted loads, I was very relaxed and comfortable and I do feel it's possible for me to recreate this look using the notes Michelle has provided.

Thanks so much to Michelle from Kandigloss it was brilliant be sure to check her out on:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kandiglossMU

Twitter: @kandigloss

Instagram: @kandigloss

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