Smokey Gold Make-Up & Breakdown

Recently I had the pleasure of "making up" and photographing my gorgeous friend Anneke, using some flawless base products from Luscious Cosmetics that were sent to me to try. Breakdown of everything I used is below.....  

On the face
Luscious Cosmetics Liquid Foundation
  Luscious Cosmetics Illuminator in Movie Star



  On the lips Rimmel lip pencil in Tiramisu

  Make-Up & Glow Lip Pan in Bride to Be (I used this on the cheeks as well, instead of a creme blush)


  On the Eyes

Maybelline NY EyeStudio Colour Tattoo Eye Shadow in Bold Gold Maybelline Colour Tattoo in #45 Bold Gold


 Face of Australia Budge Proof Gel Liner in Blackest Black


  Make-Up & Glow Eyeshadow Pan in Midnight

I also used MAC eyeshadows in Saddle & Woodwinked but I forgot to take the photos!!

"Beautiful" lashes from the Helen Dowsley Lashes Range

Face of Australia Impact Curl Mascara

Have a great week.

x Marnie

December Beauty Favourites & NEW YouTube Channel

Well, I finally started a new channel, dedicated to all things "beauty".

For years I have worked on many faces from family & friends to bridal clients, models and even the odd celebrity or two. 

You know the one thing most of these women had in common?

They wanted to be able to create beautiful make-overs for themselves, at home, just like a make-up artist would. Not much different from wanting to get that "just out of the hairdressers" look that is so lusted after.

Many times, I've been creating a look on someone, while their friends/family (or mine) look on, ask questions and take notes. I've even had people call me while they were out shopping to double check on a particular product name or shade.....lol, I've joked that I should start a make-up counselling hotline number.

So, instead, I've started the YouTube Channel...especially for those people...and anyone else who loves make-up, nails, hair & beauty, just like I do!!

A lot of the make-overs will be done on myself, family & friends (mainly Mums, just like me) so if you're in the 35+ group, you may find the little tid bits and tutorials useful, or at the very least a bit entertaining (even if it's just to have a chuckle at me...just be nice OK...I don't put up with trolls here or anywhere).

So here's my first video and post, which I hope will be a regular monthly thing. "Favourites". The swatches, details and any relevant links will be here on the blog.

So, please subscribe and give my video a thumbs up if you like it.

I'd love to hear any requests for tutorials....let me know OK?

(the video is at the very end of this post)

DECEMBER FAVOURITES

Jurlique Rose Body Oil

Jurlique replenishing Foaming Cleanser

Clairol Nice'n Easy, home hair colour.
My colour is 101 Natural Baby Blonde
The conditioning gloss is amazzzzing!!
The pictures below were taken on my phone just after I did the colour (I need a trim...badly), the second pic was taken near a window and the sun was setting, so it does look a little golder.
Soooo happy with this colour AND I did it myself!!

John Frieda Sheer Blonde shampoo

Coles Zinc stick

La Mav Bio-A7 Firming Eye Lotion
from The Mineral Miracle online store

Face of Australia blush in Outback Primrose

Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation

Australis lip pencil in Tickled Pink (I just checked and it's NOT discontinued...yeah!!!)

Blush, Eyeliner, Lipliner
and my hands are extremely dry...eeew)

NYX Nude on Nude Palette (link for US)

Link to Crush Cosmetics (Australia)

Miss Dior Cherie

Please leave a comment and tell me what you think...I'd appreciate your feedback.

Make-Up & Feathers

I wanted to share some photos and show you the make-up I used from this recent shoot. 

All of the make-up was from one of my favourite Aussie brands Face of Australia Cosmetics. I've talked about them many times before and I use them in my kit and on myself a lot.

Besides the quality of these products (cos I won't use crap either in my kit or on myself) I LOVE the price. It just goes to show that make-up doesn't have to cost the earth to be good. Don't quote me on this but I think there is nothing in the range over $15....or near enough. You have to love that AND you can pick them up from Priceline, Kmart, Big W etc. Oh and BTW, I didn't get paid a skerrick for this post. I just wan't to share the love....isn't that what blogging is about?

Thank you to my beautiful model Chelsea.

I'm thinking of getting a Youtube channel happening for beauty & make-up posts to embed here on the blog. I'd really like to do some makeup tutorials on myself suitable for ladies closer to my age group. If that would be something of interest to you, please let me know and I'll give it a go. I've been getting a lot of emails about the smokey eye and I have a simple how-to for this...using drug store makeup. Simple & easy....just like me....lol

kidding......

I have edited this picture to give a reddish overlay, so the colours don't look as accurate as in the other pics.

In all of the photos of Chelsea I used :

• Face Base Primer
• Anti Ageing Stick Foundation in Tan (not that Chelsea needs an anti aging product, but because it gives a great coverage and doubles as a concealer)
• Translucent Loose Powder
• Eye primer shimmer
• Illuminating Pearls on the tops of the cheekbones
• Impact Curl Mascara
• Mechanical liner in brown (on the brows)

For this first look I also used:

• Mineral Therapy Blush in Berry Pink
• Colour Max Eyeshadow Palette in Northern Lights
• Lip Quench Lipstick in Malibu Barbie
• Liquid eyeliner in black

In this second look I also used:

• Blusher in Outback Terra
• Colour Max Eyeshadow Palette in Gold Mine (which I have now misplaced, that's why I didn't take a photo)
• Massage Therapy Lipshine in Noosa

These gorgeous feather earrings and the purple feather clip in hair extension at the top are from Feather Girlz, you can get them online (here) They hand make beautiful accessories that would make great gifts and they'll ship to Australia from their base in Canada. Check em out.

Dolly Roadshow & Face of Australia

Recently, I had the pleasure of being Melbourne's Make-Up Artist for Face of Australia Cosmetics at the Dolly Magazine Model Search 2012. I got very sick shortly after and totally forgot to post the pics I took...doh! So here they are......

If you haven't yet tried Face of Australia cosmetics, may I suggest you get on it asap!! I've been using this brand for many years and still find them amazing value for money and are comparable to a lot of "pro" products on the market (at a fraction of the price...ahem). I have talked about them before here here and here...so check that out if you like.

The line up for model entrants was HUGE...it started about 9am and did not die down till 2pm. Crazy stuff...oh and I now know all the lyrics to One Direction songs...every time they were played, the girls were screaming...I felt quite old......lol

The parent were very patient...and I'm sure they know all the lyrics to One Direction songs too. :)

The girls were all so sweet and excited...below are some pics of a couple of the girls who's make-up I got to do. (I did more than 2 make-ups, but it was so busy that I didn't get time to get more pics than these)

All make-up by face of Australia cosmetics.

Photos above:

Lips

• Mechanical Lip Pencil - pink
• Lip Quench Lipstick Malibu Barbie

Eyes

• Eye Primer shimmer
• Colour max Eyeshadow Palette - Mercury Rising
• Liquid eyeliner - black
• Impact curl mascara

Face

• Face Base Primer
• Mineral Therapy Liquid Foundation
• Translucent powder (lightly to set)
• Mineral Therapy blush - Berry Pink

Photo Below:

Lips

• Mineral Lipshine - starlight
• Massage Therapy Lip Gloss - Noosa

Eyes

• Eye Primer shimmer
• Colour max Eyeshadow Palette - Gold Mine - colours A & C
• Mechanical Eye pencil - brown
• Impact curl mascara

Face

• Face Base Primer
• Mineral Therapy Liquid Foundation
• Translucent powder (lightly to set)
• Mineral Therapy blush - Sheer mauve
• Mineral Therapy Illuminating Pearls to highlight the cheekbones and browbone

I love this soft, sheer, polished look.

If you want to see the 6 finalists, then you can go here and vote.