Every Bride is beautiful, just like a newborn Baby..

It's been a while...but HEY I am back and intend on staying. I missed blogging so much but there was so much going on that I had to take a break from writing. My sincere apologies for my absence. I haven't been so busy in my life like the past few months! I started the year with a trip to Asia, had the pleasure of doing the make-up of a very lovely Bride back in March and well the biggest story of all, my little sister got married at the very beginning of this 

month.

''Great team, Great results ''

So much more stories coming your way after this one! But first I wanted to share my experience and work on this very sweet bride 'Pushpa' I worked for in March. I had the honor to do her make-up which was followed by a grand reception. She had 2 such cute bridesmaids. 1 of them was dolled up by me as well.

Well let me say one thing, doing make-up for the white dress is one of my favorite things. As in my opinion bridal make-up especially for the white dress, should bring out the bride's best features and make them look the most beautiful version of themselves.

What was so special about this make-up assignment? The bride herself, she has such a beautiful and honest soul, which makes the working environment so much more fun and easier. Another thing that was fun about this assignment, I got to do make-up which was photographed by my sister from another mister, my cousin Shaanthi of Shaanthi Photography! Well this assignment felt like a 'Family' assignment. Great team, great results right?

''the most beautiful version of themselves''

Stunning shot by Shaanthi Photography, visit her facebook or website ( hyperlinked) to see her beautiful work

This bride was and of course is a very simple and beautiful young lady, she has a very clear skin with nice facial features. I got to know her better during our make-up trial day, which is so important to have with a bride to be, not only you discuss the look, but on a certain level you create a bond with the Bride. 

Work in progress, shot by Shaanthi Photography,

What I really liked about her was that she was very clear in what she wanted, but my opinion as a make-up artist was very important to her. For me during a party or a bridal assignment the wish of the client comes first. But during this trial the comfort zone was very high, which resulted in a beautiful outcome created by us both. She opted for pink tones in matter of the overall look of the color. Which was a huge success as it suited the end result.

Before and after of the beautiful bride  ( Not much luck with the light) Photo by me

The bridesmaid was also very clear in what she wanted, this very young girl wanted a natural look, without fake lashes, a simple liner and very light skin toned colors, well we created a quick but mind blowing result.

Before and After for the Stunning Bridesmaid Shivani - Photo by me

After seeing the pictures and the outcome of her overall look I realized that I was so blessed that I can contribute ( even if it's with the make-up) to such a special day in some one's life. 

My next Bridal assignment for now would be in July and I hope to create the same magical outcome for the bride as I did during this bridal look.

Hope you liked my bridal make-up journey, and I promise to share much more exciting journeys soon!

Till next time beauties!

Xoxo 

2015 a Smokey Electric Start..

A Happy New Year to all your beautiful souls...May 2015 be filled with lots of glitter, glamor and of course most important 'Love'.

My new year resolution? Well creating new and unforgettable memories!

So I love to doll up for New Years Eve. Just the feeling to start the year with a perfect outfit and a sparkling make-up makes me happy.

  "I danced the night away into the New Year"

So this year at new years eve I was totally clueless what I wanted to wear. So I dragged my cousin to some shops for some dress hunting and after a few shops we finally found the perfect black cocktail dress at the Tally Weijl shop.

Now for the make-up I already had some sort of vision ( just not sure what color as I hadn't found my dress yet). I wanted to have GLITTER.

We went for a city trip to Paris the day after Christmas and I was thrilled to find a 'Sephora' shop there ( can't explain the happiness.. Make-up lovers will understand RIGHT?!). So I ended up buying the Urban Decay Electric Palette. This palette is everything! I love the 10 super bright colors, which are so pigmented that you don't even have to use a base. And I am totally fond of  the strong package and the very suitable mirror in it! Just OMG LOVE!!

So I decided to use silver shade 'Revolt' in the electric palette and some loose glitter on the silver part of the smokey eye look that I created.

The lip shade I opted for was NYX Cosmetics 's Matte Lipstick in the shade ' Bloody Mary'. This shade is a cross between a deep pink and a red color! And to finish the look I used HudaBeauty Lashes in the type 'Samantha' ( most beautiful lashes ever!!!).

So I had the dress and the make-up done ( even the OPI nails in between LOL!) but something was missing but WHAT?! After a weird close moment in the mirror with myself (discussions and all that, you know the me against myself type of discussion haha) I decided to change my hair style and add some curls. I am not very handy with hair, I just don't have the patience for it BLEEHH. I used my curling iron, and as I am a huge fan of Mimi of Luxy Hair, I got inspired and created a curly look in 10 minutes ( which is pretty fast with the amount of hair on my head).

So I danced the night away into the New Year with the heels I bought a few years back in Dubai ( not sure what shop, I'm so sorry) , and I am proud to share the first look of 2015 that I styled all together by myself. From head to toe!

Hope you liked the whole look and please don't hesitate to share what you wore on new year's eve and what your new year resolution is!! 

I would love to read all about it!

Till next time beauties!

Xoxo 

My First Dress of 2015!

Glittery Smokey Eye look!

                                       

The Ring and the earrings are from Primark

OPI Liquid Sand in the shade: 'Alcatraz Rocks'

Urban Decay Electric Palette

The Babyliss Titanium Ceramic Curling Iron I use

Beauty Preps for the Holidays...

It's all getting windy outside and since the past weekend the winter season officially started!

We have to take good care of our skin especially when the season changes, as it can effect our skin. Sadly I had a little bit of a break out on the skin under my eyes,  it lasted for over a week but than I used a DIY- turmeric mask and it magically disappeared ( Thank god hehe).

So yesterday I started some beauty preparations for the holidays. I put some nice nail polish and applied the magical mask.

"prepare your skin for that sparkling glow on the holidays"

Not only is this mask good for skin break outs, but it has a positive effect on normal skin as well. It feeds the skin the important vitamins, heals and even leaves the skin with a healthy glow.

As Christmas and new years are around the corner now, this would be a perfect time to share this incredible home made or DIY mask. Start as soon as possible to prepare your skin for that sparkling glow on the holidays.

I call this particular mask the Magical Yellow Mask.

The ingredients ( the the benefits of the products) for this mask are:

- Turmeric:  Famous for it's healing for lots of things, it's not only used on the skin but also within the body it has it's magical healing effect. For on the skin it has a anti bacterial working, it helps relieve swelling, prevent wrinkles,  it's anti-inflammatory, and it gives the skin a healthy glow.

- Milk: One of the best ways to hydrate the skin as it is used in lots of creams and ext 

- Gram flour: Reduces the oiliness of the skin and very good to get rid of pimples

- Almond oil: Great for hydration, skin healing, good for dry skin and makes the skin very soft

I have been using this turmeric mask for a long time now and this actually works very well. It also keeps the pimples, acne and dark circles away. And the greatest thing about it is that it's all natural as it's home made!

All you need is the following: 1 little bowl, 1tsp, 2tsp Gram Flour, 1tsp Turmeric, 1.5 tsp Almond Oil, a little milk. Mix this all together till you get the paste like on picture no.7. 

Add this on the face, and be aware it doesn't come in your eyes as its a spice. Leave this on your face for 20 minutes. Afterwards remove it with your fingers making circled movements as you are massaging your face, and wash it off. Your skin will feel healthier and softer.

The other cool thing is that you can put the leftovers in the refrigerator and you can use it again. I personally use the mask once a week. But sometimes you don't get the time in this hectic period so I make sure to use it at least 2 times a month to see the effect of the mask at it's best. The other thing is your make-up looks so flawless when you apply this mask in prior, you will look at yourself in the mirror and start singing FLAWLESS by Beyonce!! Yeah that good!!! ( Yes of course I need to talk about make-up and Beyonce duuuh haha).

Below you can find the nail polish creation I did as part of the preparations as well. I love to mix up nail polish once in a while, by just painting one or two of the nails in another color.

Be sure to try this magical mask and tell me what your beauty preparations for the holidays are? 

Hope you ladies have a sparkling Christmas and a Happy new Year!

xoxo

I love to mix up 2 nail polishes and these colors were perfect for the holidays!

The left nail polish by OPI has a number 018 and the right one is called 'Golden Waves'

All I want for X-mas.. are colors!

Well well it is already December right? The year almost flew by! Is it me or 'the older you get, the faster the time goes'. I remember when I was young I would wait for my birthday and beside that I would wait for the Christmas time to come around but back than it took so long!

' I still wait for Christmas'

So what didn't change in this lady in the present time is...uuhm I still wait for Christmas, I love the decorations, the lights that are so beautiful when it gets dark so fast, and of course I like the colors that we can use in our make-up to create that perfect look for this festive season.

So I decided to take 4 different palettes and create 4 different looks for you. So the basic things I use before applying any eyeshadow is a eyeshadow base. 

You might have bought a nice eyeshadow palette or just a single eyeshadow once ( or many more times in your life hihi) that you loved right? And when you got home you happily tried it on your eyelid, looked in the mirror and than got the shock of your life... 'Why isn't the color so bright as it appears in the packaging? Did I get conned? Is it my skin color? Why does this always happen to me?' 

WELL WELL stop being dramatic lovely's I have the solution for you. You are missing out on the eyeshadow base. It's so important to first apply some eyeshadow base and than go ahead and create your eye looks. Other things that are just as good as a eyeshadow base are colored  Jumbo sticks. For instance if you have blue eyeshadow, a blue jumbo stick will do the extra magic as it will intensify the color of your eyeshadow. So for the below looks I used either a NYX Jumbo stick or the High Definition Eyeshadow base also by NYX ( of course you can use any brand you want by the way, I am just obsessed with this brand as you might have noticed).

So for the below looks I used 4 different eyeshadow palettes and the same NYC eyeliner . For each look I sticked by 1 palette.

Look 1: NYX Soho Glam Collection Palette I have had this for years. I bought it on one of my trips to Dubai as they didn't sell the brand in the Netherlands back than. If you search the Internet you might find one. Affordable, long lasting and amazing texture.

Look 2: Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy Palette ( this one is out of stock but you might find some on Amazon, it's worth the try as it belongs to my daily make-up essentials )

Look 3: W7 In the Night Palette This actually is a very affordable and highly pigmented palette. Most of the time they make a excellent dupe for the Urban Decay Naked palettes but it seems like they launched the dupe before the original even came out LOL! A 'Must have' and 'A must gift' for Christmas for the ladies.

Look 4: E.L.F. 144 eyeshadow Palette It seems that this one is also out of stock but if you click on the link you will find a similar palette only with 100 colors instead of 144, with pretty much the same shades!

So I hope you liked the looks and try to re-create them for the Christmas and New Years Eve or even for a daily look without going all glittery. 

If you have any questions or suggestions don't hesitate to comment below, I will gladly answer all your questions. 

Hope you have a beautiful day my lovely's!

Till next time.

xoxo

Beauty of Autumn got me inspired...

Oh hi there! I am so sorry for not writing for the past few weeks, it's been so hectic and busy for the past few weeks, but I never forgot that I had to write! Better late than never right!

 ''It never stops to amaze me to see the major change in color and atmosphere!''

It's still autumn and the leaves are changing their color, and it gets dark very early in the day. I totally love the change that mother nature shows! It never stops to amaze me to see the major change in color and atmosphere! Not forgetting we can use the beautiful candles that give that tiny amount of romantic touch in light and warmth. 

So I got inspired by the colors of this season and wanted to share a simple yet elegant look that I created after buying some new shadows and a new lipstick at a budget store. I did go soft on the eyes and a bit dark on the lips.

For me this is a look I can daily do, but I can imagine that it might be a bit to much especially the lip color. So as the festive season is coming this look is also great for a party look with that fierce lippy.

I will put some pictures below the make-up look with some of the products that I used. This look can easily be done with all budget make-up.

Hope you girlies like this look, I hope to do more looks especially during Christmas and new years eve.

Enjoy and have a nice day lovelies!

xoxo

Open Eyed look using the below products

Closed Eyes look using below products

All the products I used to achieve the above look

Stepping out of my comfort zone and used this new foundation by NYX 07 instead of the MAC Studio Sculpt and I like it!

Bronzy Highlighter by Catrice, this belongs to my daily essentials

For the waterline I always use gel liner, you can actually use any brand you want with any black pencil

Baked eyeshadow by Catrice on the tear ducts

Essence 3D shadow from the limited collection, on the lid and crease

I always start with a light shade in the crease so that the transition in color is smooth, this one is by Kiko but you can use any shade you want

My Favo GOSH concealer in the perfect shade ( must have for people with dark circles)

Super light color to highlight by Catrice ( Unfortunately they don't sell it anymore)

Rimmel London 128 StarryEyed Lipstick

Catrice Yellow touch to mix with the above lipstick

Eyeliner by NYC.. I swear this is the blackest black ever!

Nutmeg foundation by Sleek Make-up for Contour

Endless coats of this super Manga Mascara by L'oreal

Maybelline Fit Me Pressed Powder to Contour

Kiko Brown Sparkle eyeshadow for the crease

WaterEyeshadow in Gold by Kiko to Highlight the Face

10 Beauty Guru's on Instagram that must be followed...

So the make-up world and the vision on it changed when instagram came into the cyber world! A simple social media app where you share your photos with a small text on it.

I created one a long time ago and what I love the most about it? Well the make-up community of course! 

There are so much talented and creative souls on Instagram..and great thing about them is they share their products and the way they do their beauty steps. So, not only you can just stare at the great make-up creations but you can also re-create some of the looks if you want!

''not only you can just stare at the great make-up creations but you can also re-create''

I actually wanted to share 10 of my most favorite beauty guru 's on Instagram which I think every make-up geek must follow :

Amrezy:

What to say about Amra...Well in my opinion she is the best make-up artist on Instagram there is not a single look she creates that isn't breathtakingly beautiful. Unique thing about her is she creates all the looks on her own pretty face,  I hardly seen her doing make-up or looks on someone else. So being successful with make-up only on your self seems to be possible!  In the Summer of 2014 Amra even collaborated with Anastasia Soare and her Daughter Claudia and presented the Amrezy Palette which belongs to my daily essentials for a while now. Beside make-up looks she also gives you a sneak peak at her closet sometimes.

DressYourFace:

Tamanna Roashan also known as DressYourFace is ( as I like to call her) the Queen of Contouring and well, her hair and make-up creations are just fabulous. What I like about her the most is the fairytail looks she creates on the bride's. Being a Indian myself I love to stare at the photo's she shares of the pretty clients whom she magically turns in to beautiful princesses. Even Tamanna collaborated with Anastasia twice. Once as face of the contour palette and recently she launched the Tamanna Palette which I still am dying to get hold of.

MayaMia

This pretty eyed Beauty called Maya lives in Tanzania which is in Africa. She is a self taught make-up artist in a part of the world where make-up is not very well known and the availability of it is very little. Despite these facts she managed to made a name for her self. As the above mentioned artist even Maya has collaborated with Anastasia and has a palette named 'Maya Mia Palette'. So if you want to re-create her looks not only she has a instagram account but you can follow her on Youtube as well!

HudaBeauty

Huda Kattan is a successful beautyblogger/vlogger she was born and raised in the United States but later on moved to the UAE - Dubai. She has a blog of her own http://hudabeauty.com/ and has a successful youtube channel as well where she gives several beauty tips, reviews and very use full DIY's! Great thing about her instagram account is, that despite the huge amount of followers she daily shares a bunch of her favorite beauty creations by other make-up artist.

Vegas Nay

With over 3 million followers this Vegas based Latina called Naomi must be the most succesfull beauty guru on Instagram. Beside her classic Hollywood face and such a sweet voice she tops in what she does as she is a permanent blogger for Cosmo for Latina's. She not only tops the make-up looks, but also isn't afraid to complete her whole look with always a pretty hair style to go with it. Like Huda, despite her huge amount of followers she maintains to share her favorite picks on a daily basis and share them on her page!

Chrisspy 

This beauty creates incredibly beautiful looks from smokey, holiday, Halloween, celebrity to a full on neutral look.I love the the wigs she tries on in diffrent colours and the Henna showcases are just incredible. I haven't seen a non-asian / middle east person having so much love for henna, and even being a talented henna applier! Stop by her Instagram to experience her talent and for more detailed creations visit her youtube channel.

Desi Make-up

So in my opinion when I landed on Desi Perkins page I thought for a minute I found Jennifer Lopez. I haven't seen anyone else that resembles JLo so much. Desi is a gorgeous beautiful make-up artist with classic looks which you can recreate in details by visiting her youtube channel. She is fun, sweet, beautiful and so helpfull in all her videos. 

Samantha Ravndahl

This blue eyed beauty is just hilarious. I have no other words for her. Her make-up looks are so pretty and if you don't like it ( not been there yet LOL), well she doesn't care. This beauty creates several looks, from party looks to ( I have no clue how to explain it but there I go..) ARTist make-up, in which you can indicate the amount of talent she has. Head over to her youtube channel and you will come to know how funny she actually is. The fact that she sometimes starts a make-up look without thinking by forehand what she will create is one of the things I adore and love about her.

Celine Bernaerts 

I am so proud to say that this talented woman is from the Netherlands. I just love her work, what she does is litterly using make-up and do magic as her work in my opinion is ART. Lately she is trying to enter #BackstagewithPatMcGrath contest for which she is creating looks that are breathless! This girl's work is to admire! 

Samer Khouzami

I think there is not much more I can tell you about Samer Khouzami as I created a separate blog about him and his masterclass. As I named Tamanna the queen I name Samer the king of contouring. Best in beauty transformations in the whole wide world. Want to get to know more about him and his way of working click here to be re-directed to my blog about him!

So these are my favorite follows on instagram and my secret inspirations. By clicking on the names you will be redirected to the instagram accounts of these Make-Up artists.

Who are your favorite beautyguru's on social media, let me know by commenting below.

I hope you beauties have a nice day.. till next time!

xoxo!