Red Velvet Lips..... Party/Christmas Makeup Tutorial.

Howdy Guys:)

Another video tutorial to add to my series of Christmas worthy makeup looks on the run up to Christmas this year!!

Product Focus; Clinique 'Clarifying Lotion' #2

Love, love, love this stinky little lotion ^_^ !!

So I'll begin with the most noticeable con; The smell, peee-euuuu! It's definitely on the strong side and quite alcohol-y. Now this isn't actually a massive deal with me personally but I know many a gal that gets her knickers in a twist at the mere mention of alcohol in facial products. The alcohol content in Clinique isn't really that high, but Clinique being a brand that believes in 'pure' ingredients, doesn't mask their ingredients with unnecessary smell-heavy fragrances and thus you smell what you get!

November Favourites 2011.

Products Mentioned;

'Festive Feline' Arabic/ 'Cat Eye' Party Makeup tutorial.

Gosh but I do love me a good sexy cat-eye makeup!! Similar to most Arabic styles and very flattering it's one that takes a bit of practice to perfect the blending of, without compromising the fine eyeshadow wing that needs to be both soft & defined at the same time! In this tutorial I try to break it down to be as simple as possible to follow & re-create!! Hope ye enjoy it.
xx

Eden Aromatics..... Bath & Body Products.

Hey Everyone:)

http://www.edenaromatics.co.uk/

The lovely Faye Hurley of Eden Aromatics recently contacted me about trying out some of her natural skincare products and after checking out her gorgeously kitch website, I was sold! And the products didn't disappoint.

.....how cute are the website graphics.....

Neutral & Nutmeg..... Occasional Makeup Tutorial.

Howdy Guys:)

So continuing on with my party/occasion makeup tutorials for this years festive season, I took heed of a few requests I got for a more 'wearable' or neutral party makeup!

I went relatively neutral on the eyes but mixed textures and went full on with lashes and liner, of course!!!

Bourjois EyeShadow Pots.

Bourjois EyeShadow Pots ^_^

Hey Guys!!

So while in boots the last day, I decided to pick up a few 'drug store', or as we call it here 'pharmacy', brand eyeshadows for an inexpensive makeup tutorial I plan on filming a little later on this month. 

These Bourjois eyeshadows caught my eye while roaming about the place as they sparkled under the unnatural lights of the store. That, and they are on a '3 for 2' offer in Boots at the moment so I just couldn't resist!!

The lighter 'highlight' colour I already had but I picked up the 3 dark 'smokey' colours, and purposely chose colours I don't normally reach for ie. forrest green & dark navy. The black seemed very black and as I don't actually own any stand alone, single black matte eyeshdow (not in palettes), I picked that up along with the dark jewel tone shadows which I think will work nicely in a dark smokey eye look.

 Bourjois EyeShadows from L-R; 

EyeShadow 'Ombre a Paupiere' #08, Intense Shadows #05, #06 & #10.

Lipcote.... Sealin' Smackers for over 50 yrs!!

 (Lipcote ad. from the 1950's)

Hey Guys,
Many of ye may know that the Lipstick Sealer 'Lipcote' which is a top-coat for lipstick to seal it in place for hours of wear, and prevents transference, smudging, fading & feathering, has been around for longer than many of us have, 50+ years now!!! Pretty nifty work!

 The package above sports the new logo & design courtesy of a collaboration with illustrator Dora (http://www.okdora.com/dora/) who is largely inspired by 1950's burlesque and femininity, making her the perfect person for the job.

MAC Xmas Brush Sets 2011.

 'Make it Perfect' Mineralize Brush Set

Luminess Air System Pro..... Full Review & Demo.

Watch video to see full review & demonstration!!


http://www.luminessair.co.uk/ (U.K)
https://www.luminessair.com/ (U.S)

Glitter & Eyes..... Party Makeup Tutorial

Howdy Guys!!

Now that Halloween is well & truly done til next year, it's time to focus on my second favourite holiday of the year! I'll not mention the 'C' word quite yet as it can have such a strange angering effect on people when uttered before December hits, so this tutorial is the first of my Seasonal Party Makeup looks ^_^

Anastasia of Beverly Hills 'Express Beauty'

So according to the website..... http://www.anastasia.net/ ..... Miss Anastasia Soare, originally an esthetician from Romania but now living and working in L.A., is known as the 'Beauty Innovator and The Definitive Brow and Eye Expert' and, it says, for good reason.
She boasts an impressive list of celeb clients from Oprah to Madonna, and has been featured in Vogue, Allure, Elle and a number of other high profile publications.
She ''developed her own specific Golden Ratioª technique behind the science of shaping eyebrows"* based on her background in Art, engineering, architecture & mathematics, as well as her interest in Leonardo DaVinci's 'Golden Ratio'.

All that, along with years of dedication to the balance of beauty,  has led her to where she is now and to her hugely successful 'Anastasia Brow Studios'.

So there you have a small background snippet of woman herself, now onto the product at hand.
The 'Beauty Express' Eye & Brow Kit.

October favourites '11..... MAC, Sleek, Vichy, Pixi & more!

Hey Everyone:)

Can't believe just how quick this past month seemed to fly by. 

Seriously feels like 5 minutes since I filmed & uploaded my Sept' fave's.

Even though I hadn't thought I was wearing much makeup throughout October, turns out I was wrong!

But in my defense, most of my favourites were backlogged products that had been sent to me months ago that I had only recently started trying out. 

Quick 'On-the-go' Makeup Tutorial

Estimated application time..... 5-10 min.

'Soap & Glory' Makeup Range.

Hey Guys:)

I was sniffing around in my local Boots pharmacy (Drug Store) & inevitably made a bee-line for the cosmetics section, and one of the first stands I saw was an unfamiliar one belonging to the new 'Soap & Glory' Makeup Range!
Delighted with myself for stumbling across such a lovely find.
I've been told that these makeup products are new to the rest of the 'Soap & glory' range which is best known for it's plumping lipgloss 'Sexy Mother Pucker'.

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Halloween '11; Pierrot (Sad clown/mime makeup)

My final Halloween makeup tutorial of '11.....

PIERROT.

I love the story behind this unfortunate character.

He was originally a French pantomime character portrayed by 17th Centuary Italian group called 'Comédie Italienne' who performed in Paris. 

'Pierrot' is a pet name for 'Pierre' or Peter in English.

In the story he pines for his elusive love, his wife Columbine, who leaves him for Harlequin, a black-faced character who is the Devils right hand man.

Pierrot is a bit of a fool, and always the unlucky loser :(

Towards the 19th C. he became less of a fool & was portrayed more & more as a tragic, eternal sad clown, with the moon & stars as his only constant companions.

Here's my take on the character.....

BraceFace ^_^ & Catch-up Vlog.

Howdy Guys,

I finally got my braces fitted, well the top one's anyhow and am quickly getting used to them with minimal discomfort now after just over a week!

Here's my experience with them so far and also my reason for not making so many videos this month.....

Thanks a mill:)

Chat soon,

Siobhán.

xx

Halloween '11; VooDoo Witch.

Hey Folks!

After an annoying & unfortunate hiatus due to various health ailments I'm finally back to provide ye with my newest scare offering for this years Halloween ..... & may I re-introduce my little sister Eithne who some of you may recognise from about a year or so ago when I used her in my 'Perfect Red Lip'
tutorial.

Anyhu.....
The makeup is supposed to look like it was applied by a Witch-Doctor & not a makeup artist so I tried to make it so as it would be easy to re-create. No need to be precise or neat.

(Watch video to see what products I used)
Accessories;
Wig, Jewelry, fingernails, tooth enamel, contact lenses.
Supplied by;
http://www.fancydress.com

Demon Cyclops!! Halloween '11.

Hey Guys:)
I have a really class look for ye this week for my second Halloween tutorial installment of 2011..... and what's cool is that I had other people doing all the work! Ha ha.
I invited my friend Sharon Farrell of http://www.youtube.com/user/sharonmakeupartist
(Blog; http://www.sharonmakeupartist.com/)  and our friend, colleague and all round amazing makeup artist Audrey Byron https://www.facebook.com/audrey.byron.makeup (Website coming soon!)
.... onto my channel to create a look for Halloween but using prosthetics etc.
Here's what they created!!
(P.S Could ye guess that the model is me??)