Category: Eye Makeup
Eye shadow to match your eye colour?
Matching your eye makeup to your eye (iris) colour, like wearing green eye shadow if you have green eyes, is not the best technique for enhancing your eye colour. It’s the contrasting shades (like purple for green eyes) that really make the natural colour pop. But this doesn’t mean that you need to avoid wearing [...]
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Colour conscious
Earlier this year, at the NYC Autumn/Winter ’11 runway shows we saw a culmination of several years of makeup trends. It was a visual feast featuring a kaleidoscope of colour: lips in berry red and fuchsia tones, eyes washed with intensely pigmented shadows ranging from bronzes to blues and purples, eyebrows darkened and defined and [...]
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… I’m currently enjoying Benefit’s Bad Gal Plum Mascara. It first wandered into my makeup kit as a sample, after one of my mega shopping trips to Sephora. Judging from the colour on the wand, I assumed it would be a bold and bright plum – perfect for a fashion shoot. But when I tried [...]
Bolded brows for fashion shoot
This fashion shoot collaboration with Ikwa Zhao (photographer) and Mitch Steed (stylist) was very different to our last one and equally exciting. With an androgynous feel to the styling, we agreed on a strong brow focus to carry the whole makeup look. To achieve the accentuated brows I used MAC Fluidline – a gel eyeliner. This [...]
E-Salon Shoot
There are some shoots that have a timeless appeal. For me, this is one of them. The vision and concept was created by Emiliano Vitale (of e-Salon) for his 2008 Hair Expo submission and shot by Peter Tabor. Emiliano’s aim was “to emphasise the strength of lines in each haircut while embracing each model’s individuality”. [...]
Eyeliner on your lower lashes
Applying eyeliner to your lower lash line is one of the easiest ways to add definition to your eyes. But if it’s applied poorly, it’s also one of the quickest ways to accentuate under eye bags, make eyes appear smaller than they actually are and overpower your entire makeup look. The above image is from [...]
Vindictive
The team: Photographer: Ikwa Zhao Fashion Editor: Mitch Steed Fashion Assistants: Aimee-Marie Satumba & Jessica Wilcocks Female Model: Leiden @ EMG Models Male Model: Keiran Deane @ EMG Models I love the intensity and edgy feel of this shoot. When I came on board, Mitch and Ikwa had already spent a lot of time in [...]
I see purple
This image is from Gucci’s Spring/Summer 09 campaign. It’s actually advertising the sunglasses but I’m more interested in the eye makeup! It’s a dramatic and stunning look that works well in high fashion and under perfect lighting conditions. But if you’re new to using purple or bright eye makeup colours this look can be daunting [...]
It’s in the action
How do you load your mascara brush: by pumping or twisting? For many of us, mascara pumping is habit. It’s one way to get mascara onto the brush. But this doesn’t mean it’s the only way or that it’s right. In fact, the pumping action alone can dry your mascara out prematurely as it [...]
Eyes open
Lining the inner rims of your eyes with white eyeliner is a common makeup trick to open up your eye area and make your eyes look bigger. But white eyeliner doesn’t suit everyone. On some people (including me) it’s too harsh and can make the whites of your eyes appear discoloured, even yellow! So [...]
