Playing With Purple!

Hey there my fellow make up junkies!, so I know I do a lot of looks with purple (I mean come on purple is pretty awesome) but the reason I lean more towards that color when I'm going for something bright and not so neutral, is it looks good on EVERY single eye color. Purple will make any eye color pop! So here's a little run down of how I got this look! =)

To begin, you'll want to start with a white, matte base like the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in "Milk". These are super inexpensive.

Place this all over your entire lid, but keep it out of the crease! you just want this color on the lid. Blend it out a bit with either your finger or a flat brush.

Take a shimmery, silver color and tap it on the lid;

Take a matte cream color and also apply it to the lid. You want to keep your lid as light as possible to really make the white stand out!

Next, take a medium shade of purple and blend it all into the crease. You can be as simple or dramatic as you choose!

blend, blend, blendddd.

Take a BRIGHT purple and you also want to blend this into the crease, just not as high as the previous purple.

Take a dark purple and place it into your outer corner to darken it up just a bit. The more dimension the better!

Use a light brown matte shade to blend above everything just to soften any harsh lines you might have and of course, to make the look more gradient.

With the same bright purple from before, your going to run this along the lower lash line like eyeliner. Don't place it along the entire lash line, only go about half way.l

Use this dark purple on the lower lash line as well.

Take a black eyeliner of your choice, I'm using MAC's Fluid line in "BlackTrack"

I have to use a spatula to get the product out to avoid contamination so I can use this on clients =) Line your top lash line as you wish, with this look I wanted to do a winged eyeliner.

I wanted the lower lash line just a bit more purple, so I lined it with a purple eyeliner. This step is completely optional.

After this, just curl your lashes, apply your favorite mascara and you're done!

 

 

 

Super easy to do! I really love how this turned out. Lots of compliments today! =) I hope you guys enjoyed! Until next time, Stay Pretty Make Up Junkies! 



Very Simple, Natural Brown Eye.

I get a lot of questions about how to do a simple eye without it looking boring. I know a lot of ladies stick with brown shadows, so I wanted to take brown but make it look like it was more complex. This look is so easy & can be created with any browns you would like. So let's get started! :)

First, take a rosy brown color like this one from the UD Naked Palette and apply it all over the lid and slightly into your crease. You don't want to apply the color too dark, just press it onto your lid.

After that, take a medium matte brown shade like 'Buck" from the Naked Palette and blend into your crease, and slightly above your crease.

Take the darkest brown you can find and  your going to place this into your crease lightly, then blend. Don't go right into blending, you want to get the color on there then blend it.

Take a pencil brush like this...

Pick up a black shadow and slightly blend it into your outer "V"/corner which ever you call it, to darken the look just a bit without being too harsh. This step is optional!

Take a light brown, matte color and blend it above all the colors near the brow bone to give the look a more gradient effect.

Then, take a light, shimmery shade and apply it to your brown bone to highlight.

Instead of using a dark liner, I'm taking this brown, Espresso by MAC, and lining my upper & lower lash lines. It gives a very soft effect.

This is optional as well, but I'm going to take a black pencil liner and "tight line" my upper water line. Which basically pushes the color into the base of my lashes and darkens it up just a little.

And this is the finished look! Super simple and put together with just a little drama ;)  I love to wear this when I'm going for a natural look but still want to use darker shadows :)

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed! As always, if you have any questions or request please don't hesitate to ask. Until next time! Stay Pretty Makeup Junkies! :)



Washing Your Make Up Brushes!

Hey there my beautiful makeup junkies!  Long time no talk! So sorry I've been MIA for the last few days, I have been so busy painting beautiful faces for my portfolio! So with that being said, lets get into today's post! Washing those make up brushes!


Washing make up brushes is probably my least favorite chore that comes with being a make up artist. Mainly because when using brushes on other peoples faces they have to be deep cleaned every day (which is what I am about to show you). For those who only use their brushes on their own faces, you do not have to do this everyday. You can buy an inexpensive brush cleaner and "spot clean" your brushes(lucky you!). So lets get into the tutorial!

First, start with any antibacterial soap of your choosing, and any extra virgin olive oil. Brands do not matter here. Choose what you like! :)

Next, mix 3 parts soap to 1 part olive oil. I usually just eyeball it, but whatever you do make sure you don't use too much olive oil or you'll never get it washed out of your brush.

Swirl your brush in the mixture. Just enough to get it on the end of the brush. You don't need to coat the entire brush.

Get your hand wet and start rubbing the brush into the palm of your hand. Start in circular motions and also do back & forth. You can add a bit of water to suds it up a bit better. You'll see all the built up product appear on your hand like above! Keep rubbing and cleaning until the soap has no color. As your rinse, hold your brush downwards and squeeze the bristles from the base of the brush to the end to make sure you squeeze out all the soap & as much water as possible.  Lay flat on a dry surface, such as a paper towel, and allow to dry over night then you're done!

 

 

 

 

 

And there you have it! Super easy and your brushes are bacteria free and super soft. I hope you all enjoyed! If you would like to see any more tips and tricks or have any questions, feel free to let me know! Stay pretty, make up junkies! :)



Sock Bun Remix

I have a lot of people ask me how I do my "sock bun" that I wear pretty often. It's just pretty simple when your having a bad hair day or just feeling lazy. I'm sure people have seen the initial sock bun tutorial, but with all my layers and the length of my hair I can't "roll" the sock down to make a bun. It just doesn't work out too well, so if you have medium length hair with layers like me or if you just wanna give this a try then here's a tutorial :)

First start with 2nd day hair, you can do it with freshly washed hair but it doesn't hold up as well in my opinion. I used "Dove" dry shampoo to get rid of any oil in my hair. Brush it out and make sure it's tangle free.

Pin your bangs out of the way. Only do this step if you plan on doing a "poof" in the front or just leaving your side bangs down. You can always slick all your hair back as well. Whatever your preference!

Get your hair into a high pony tail. It can be as high or low as you like. It just seems to look better if its just a little bit high on your head.

Take just a regular sock that you've cut the tip off  and roll into a bun. This is just one of my old black socks that didn't have a match anymore.

Pull your pony through the sock and place the sock around the elastic you tied your hair with.

Get some hairspray and a teasing brush.

Spread your hair from the pony around the the sock and tease to make your hair thicker and have more volume.

It should look like this. Take your hairspray and spray this to give it more volume.

Now, here's the tricky part since we're not "rolling" the bun your going to take a section from the from and pull it to the side, while pushing it up just a bit to give it more volume, then pin with a bobbi pin.

Keep grabbing sections and pulling around the bun while pushing up to give volume,then pinning with a bobbi pin don't pull it tight around the sock.

Keeeeep pulling pieces around and pinning with bobbi pins.

And there ya have a sock bun remix!

I did a "poof" in the front with my bags since I don't like my hair flat to my head. I also will just leave my bangs down and swooped to the size. It's all about preference.

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