Koukla in Face Escentials — July 28th, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
This has got to be the weirdest-looking mascara wand I have ever seen! I initially wanted to write it off as just another gimmicky product but after reading this review, I am now very curious to try it!
How about you? Do you dare try this funny-looking mascara? Would you spend $27 for this?
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Hanzky in Inside Her Bag — July 26th, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
The Bag : Samantha Thavasa with ST logo charm
The Content :
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Koukla in Face Escentials, Trends — July 25th, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
DYS in Accessories — July 25th, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
YAY or NAY ?
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Koukla in Bath & Body, Budget Friendly — July 24th, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
Bath and body products are my mini indulgence. Using great-smelling, luxurious bath creams or body lotions is a quick way to feel pampered and relaxed and this is especially effective when you don’t always have time to go to a spa or salon. Now admittedly, I sometimes spend more than I should on these goodies. They’re worth it of course, but I realized that when I want to economize, these are one of the very first things that I should cut back on *sniff* Thus my hunt for great and affordable bath and body products began.
Modsquad in Beauty School, Books & Magazine — July 23rd, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
by tinkerbell
For those who like to read/collect makeup books, here’s another good one by Andy Lee (a Singapore based makeup artist) titled “Starlicious”. This book is destined for us Asian women, complete with clear illustrations on how to achieve the looks pictured in this book. It has been talked about several times at the FD forum, so here’s a quick review for all of you to enjoy.
The book begins by talking about priming your skin before makeup application, followed by describing the tools used to apply makeup, like which brush is for what and so on. For those who have read a few makeup books before, this section might be a bit boring, coz you do find it in almost every book. But for a novice reader, this section is, indeed, very useful. I know by experience how makeup brushes can be so confusing at first.
The next section then talks about makeup base, which also covers a section about foundation and concealing. According to Andy, this section is very important, as it prepares your skin for makeup application. Sort of ensuring a good canvas before painting. There is an interesting discovery I made here: Andy uses MAC prep-prime eye as a concealer for eye areas, including covering dark circles under the eyes. I thought MAC prep-prime eye is just an eye primer. Well, guess not. You might want to try it too, people.
Asian women are often associated with small monolid eyes, especially those with Chinese heritage (although not exclusively). In this book, Andy includes a section about how to make and apply scotch tape (with clear step by step illustrations), and how to make monolid eyes appealing with the correct eye makeup. A very, very good section, as I have teeny weeny eyes myself.
A total of 12 looks, ranging from daytime to night time looks, are provided in this book, with difficulty level ranging from intermediate to advanced. A clear, step-by-step illustrations, using real model were provided to guide each of you to copy each look, very useful in my opinion.
Sadly, this book is not available in Indonesia. It is only available in selected bookstores in Singapore. Might as well beg FDers in Singapore to do a custom purchase for you if you want one.
Note: this book has a DVD bonus picturing Andy doing the looks contained in the book. A great bonus!
Images courtesy of: http://andyleemakeup.blogspot.com/
Modsquad in Beauty School — July 22nd, 2008 (0 views / Print this article )
by Amalia H.
Nicola B, MAC make up artist from Australia said that as Asian we should be grateful to our very unique feature. One question that she gets a lot from her Asian customer would be on how to do contouring, nose shading in particular – do we need to remind you of the famous number 11 on the nose? She suggests starting with highlighting rather than contouring, because with highlighting you can bring out the best feature on your face. Nicola said on her profile “Highlighting all the high planes of the face with a paler shade of foundation or concealer (the cheekbones, center of the nose, brow bone, top of the lip line and center of the chin) - simple but extremely effective”. So ladies next time when you’re thinking about correcting features on your face, think again! You might want to start with highlighting so that you can do minimal correcting on your face. Because you’ve got nothing to hide, you’re already naturally beautiful.
Nicola picks MAC Studio Touch Up Stick in NC/NW 15 for highlighting (depending on whichever shade fits you the best). This stick is perfect because it’s very handy and easy to use. Use the stick to draw on the area marked pink on the picture below and don’t forget to blend. Whereas for contouring she recommends Studio Stick SPF 15 foundation, the creamy smooth texture will replicate your skin texture allowing for flawless finish. Apply only where you think is necessary because less is more for contouring.
image credit goes to MAC Technique material
