The Magic Contouring ,Conceals,Correcting Palette

I have Team up with  Beauty /Make-up Experts Vanessa Blake Bespoke Cosmetic to create and develope a small signature make-up line of my very own , so yes I was over the moon and quickly wasted no time got work on a few idea , I had the idea of designing a product that was useful  can be of multiple use and can work on many skintone from the very lightest to the very darkest , and look very natural on all tones , ..

Here she is The Magic  contouring ,Conceal ,Correcting Palette .

The Palette consist of 6 Amazeing  pigment that works  on all  skintones together or on it's own . 

The facechart . 

The Magic Contouring , Conceals,Correcting Palette , 

In the beauty world the most prefect  face is an oval face , my Magic kit will help you to achieve just that by following a few simple steps. . 

Darkest tone : Mocha Whip = your  contouring  tool  To be used to defined your cheekbone, you will place it just under the the bone that start near your ear , use your fingers to locate it ,it is also use at sides of temples and along  both sides of  the nose and jewbone to define .this techique with create more sculptured and depth to your face . So you most apply your contouring to the parameters of the face .  (That will be  number 1 on the face chart )

Med/Dark to light Tone : Coffee Creme , Toffee chip  and Pecan Pie = can be use for concealing  and evening out your skin Tone . ( number 3,4and 5 on the facechart)

Banofee pie = this is the odd looking  mustard  colour   Shade but please don't be put off by it . It is the most essential  and very useful part of this kit . will be your  neutralizer and works like a toner can be use with anyone of the shade to even out 

your skintone , can also be use as a concealer  to correct discoloratesion in cases of hyperpigmentation ( number 2 on the facechart ) 

Lemon sorbet = will be your highlighting Colour will add light to your skin to be use under and around eyes  , also on eyelids and down the Center of nose  and work well as an eyeshadow primer ,on your T-zone also great for useing under brows to clean up brows .  (Number 6 on the facechart)

The magic contouring is free of all hash chemicals

It has a powder to cream finish which make it easy to apply  and blend in to the skin  on a comb/ oily skin you set  it with a light vail of our customblended powder on a dry skin it leave skin looking soft with a glow .  It can also used as a skin Bronzer enchaner  and is all you need In your make-up to take on Holliday  it's also Pareben free and content no talc it's non -comedogenic  so there is no blocking of pore's  which causes blackheads made with the best 100 % organic natural minerals  or  refine rock crystals not harmful to the skin top grade pure natural ingredients Souce from the earth , your skin will be always in good hands . 

Your can use this palette with or without foundation , BBcreams or tinted moisturizer . 

Think of your face like it is  Canvas ,and you are gonna enchance your face like an artist using just one palette 

All colours in the palette are design to be mix and blended together to achive the prefect Optimum flewless finish . 

If you can remember these few simple rules ....All the Parts of the face you wish to highlight bring to the light  you will use any of the lighter shades in the pallets and all the parts of the face you wish to define and reshape you use the darker shade and slowly build the look up , because with the darker shade it best to start off by layering  as to not make any mistakes . Make friends with the word Blend ! You must Blend Blend blend , you can use your fingers which give you a more natural look just put it on . , or a small  blending brush  or beauty blender of your choice .  Also each one of colour pigment in the kit ,come's individual single  package call the Magic Bullet 

The magic is very highly pigmented and a little sure go's a long way . 

I also recommend that you should prim  the skin well  before applying any  make-up to achieve that professional finish and long lasting ... The Vanessa Blake  Pore Perfect Rejuvenating Primer is ideal . And set your make-up with Vanessa Blake  Bespoke Mineral powders . 

The Magic Contouring,Conceal,Correcting Palette

Available @ 

Perimeter Centre W

4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road

Atlanta,GA 30346

http://Bespokebyvb .com

+18885390002. ext 6  

Always keep your make - up brushes Clean .

I can't stress enough to you about why you need to keep your make-up brushes clean , dirty brushes is a breathing ground for gems , 

if your are a make-up users and you wear make-up every day wash your brushes at least once a week , if you are a make-up artist pro it's got to be every time you use them brushes for in some cases twice a day ..

depending on my work load   , I will carry with me  in my kit my fav mac brush cleaner to clean brushes  inbetween take  a multiple use of my brushes drueing a shoot and when I get in I will do a Good old thuro  deep clean  which I love doing by the way useing baby shampoo or fairy liquid or my fav coconut shampoo I sometime pick at TkMac add a little olive oil and wash all my beloved make-up brushes  ,spraying them with  70-100% alcohol (Rubbing alcohol) or a great quilty brush spray to assure they are  santizer . 

         

... But  getting my Beloved make-up

brushes dried safely  was very  challageing , other make-up artist has express to mee how frustrating  it is to find your brushes damage because you did now lay them down  to dry right ..

  Good Brushes is not cheap takeing care of them is a must , The idea is to wash and dry them upside down ..get a good soapy lather up going  this will help break down any excess oils cause by overload of product on brushes which create unwanted bacteria . 

 .. Just think about it .... getting water into the barrell will surely damage brushes  and cause shedding , many of times , I sit there with a hair blow dryer and dry my brushes by hand , other time I lay than down in a stright line flat on a towel or pop them into an airing cupboard after squeezing  most of the water out ( time consumeing )

That was then ! 

 untill I came across the fabulous Benjabelle a wonderful make-up  bushes drying stand  , 

there is a god this help mee keep my beloved valuable brushes for longer saveing me drying  time by half and quickly and safely . 

It quit a simple idea really design by the Fabulous husband and wife team Ben and Jan it's Cruelty free product ... 100 % Authentic guaranteed ..100 % Australian , and with martial called Flexable Sicollo  design together by Ben and Jan and each brush tree is handmade and assembled by Ben and Jan in their workshop.. I have been looking at this product for a while , so when a Bussness associate brought if for mee as an early birthday present I was over the moon .. 

You got to love it ..it works ... 

FOR THE BEST RESULTS 

Insert Brushes from below and pull brushes thought to the top 

Brushes are cryed in a Ventilated Area  , the Brushes tree is collapsible 

 for easy pack away . 

Other fabulous products for cleaning your make-up brushes by Benjabelle 

Where you can get this : 

Tilt

Professional Makeup

Cinema .Television.Theatre 

96 Upper Walkway

West Yard

Camden Lock

London

NW1 8AF

England

+44(0)207485 0500 

info@tiltmake-up.com

www.tiltmakeup.com

Removeing your make up at night .

Removeing your make-up  at night can  be a daunting  factor more  and more ladies  I speak to don't remove their make-up at night .  Shock and horror  ..  Some tell me  they are too tried after a night out , some say they forgot they are wearing make-up ..and other tell  me  and this is the best one .. ' oh I only use mascara and and lipstick so what is the point " ! Well you can't get away with that behavior for too  long . I look at these young lady with their young skin and I am thinking , " miss thing you are so lucky  right now with your twenty something  year old skin , just you wait till you reach my age you will have wish you toke notice . "

Your Beauiful skin is being killed  off by you ,  "why ? Because yuh too lazy to clean your face before you go th bed , "How can  you " , Is it so important? Yes it is ! If you don't remove your make-up at night then with all the dirt and grime will irritate your skin . Bacteria can be form in the eye make-up very quickly ,keeping make-up on for 24 hours will surely clog your pores and cause pimples breakouts ,and in many cases  acne and it will without a doubt age your skin ,most makeup is comedogenic meaning it will clog your skin  there is some harmless  make-up like mineral base make-up  ..but it must be 100% organic  check back of packageing look for prove ,but cleansing your face everyday is benefitcal because it remove dead skin cells and impurities for a long term healthy skin ..it's a number one rule  , all the women in my family has wonderful skin because we eat good and cleanse our skin at night.  

So I have been wondering how do I help my friends  , what can I advice ..so on my many cosmics  shoping  spee , I came across this little number .. Photo.. 

It's Call  the  Make-up  Eraser  . It Claim's it will remove 100% Makeup with  just water ! 

Saveing you £1000s of pounds no more buying cotton pads and oily eye make-up removers ..."I hear what you are thinking"...... Really  ?  Ok read on I am getting to it ! 

It's a shocking pink super  soft and fluffy cloth  it's not a microfiber so it do not dry out your skin . Do not contain any hash chemicals , It's not a magic fabrics .  And it is Totally machine washable  no stains remain  , very soft and promotes healthy skin . 

Don't ask mee how it works ....

It just Works being a Make-up Artist for over 25 yrs I am stock in my ways  there is  no way this is going to work  I am just as  skeptically as the next old school MUA  out there , The beautifully made up shop owner with the great eyebrows told me to try it , he said if I did not like it I can bring it  back  .. So ok then I will ..not  like it and  I will be bringing  it back!  ... I stand corrected .. It toke off all my make-up and my waterproof mascara in seconds.  I hate to say it ..I love it .... 

It was £14:95 again well spent 

Sold at 

www.tiltmake-up.com

Tilt  ..

Professional makeup 

www.makeuperaser.com 

Colour switch duo ...Karen's must have product.

For years now I been trying to find a quick , easy and convenient way to clean my brushes in between the application of different eye shadow colour  ...well I come across a neat product that does just that ..it called Colour Switch Duo  this product is so stylist ,

come in a tin easy to pack away in my kit and it save mee a lots of time cleaning eyeshadow when I am shooting ,  and I don't have an assistant for the day . 

This product to mee is just wonderful 

How to use it ...? 

It 's a black sponge in a tin  and simply glide the eye shadow brush against it to remove the powder products  note powder products only ... And then there a fab mini sponge .photo below ..

This mini sponge you soak with water and press your eyeshow brush against it for wet make -up application ... 

This product is brought to us by Vera Mona  and was spurred by Letty Calvo's like the rest of us wanted something to address this common problem shared by many make-up artist world wide ..The idea started life as a prototype to tryed and tested by professional industry die hards and that prototype has now burst into the scence is a star in it own right . 

Replace sponges when needed with an official refill pack at 

www.veramona.com 

Brows you like !

Well over the years I have  seen brows and I ha've seen brows , I have seen some I like , some I hate and some I just don't want to get close too ... Now what is  it will these over the top 3D brow , sorry but on some girls it looks Mad ... Eyebrow is suppose to be left alone and brush up or well defined and groom  but lately I have been seeing some eyebrows that just wrong , not worth my time of day ,eyebrows frame the face a great pair of brow can be all the make-up you need , it amazeing how fresh and beautiful your face can look after having your brows groom , you  can wax it , tweeze it, thread  it there really is no excuse . For badly unkept brows  come on sister's  do it for yourself .. get them eyebrow done all ready . I mean just have a look . 

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I mean REALLY . 

What is the meaning of all this ..I mean come on  , can somebody something .... 

Well honey this is not the way to do it! 

It need to look something like this ... 

I did this for a shoot ..and I am more that happy to tell you how  i did it ,it got to look natural , got to be well blended and the eyebrows need to be well define. 

But first you need all the right product with you first ..now to start with you need ... 

1,Highlighting powder : try Karen Salandy by VB .New Highlighting mineral finishing powder, in Canary I , 2 or 3 depending on your skin  colour tone .  Dust over face . 

2, A Brow kit , there are many out there high end and low end .. This one is from Fashionista at Superdrugs . 

3 , or if not Brown or  Drk Brown Eyeshadow with no shimmer  best if its completely Matt ..can find them most places I got 1 from MUA  No 19  just £1 at super drug . 

4,concealer , a shade lighter is good , cream or liq which ever work use -up all your old concealer you only need a tiny bit to clean up brows , I use Mac studio finish , NYx , or Ben Nye , because they never get greasy and the stay put . 

5, Eyebrow pencil ..to match your brow shade .

And tools 

Eyebrow Angle brush 

Concealer Brush

My fave is from Real Technique at Superdrugs ...but any small and flat  concealer brush will do . 

Spoolie

Small scissors

Tweezers  

Now follow these simple steps 

First useing your spoolie or brow groomer brush your brows up ,  some brow pencils come with a groomer or spoole on the end , or used and old clean mascara brush , or an old tooth brush , trim if need be  long hairs from brows and tweeze out any stray hairs .. 

I all apply primer or eyeshadow base to brows , when help my brows to set and last longer ...but it will be your choice . 

So in  the images above . 

1 and 2  draw your natural brows  in top and bottom using your eyebrow pencil 

3, brush out hash lines useing your eyebrow groomer or spoolie .And fill in brow with the eyeshadows to match your brows with your angle brow brush  , weather it's from a eyebrow kit  or you useing an eyeshadow its best to use a matt finish. 

4, clean off top and bottom of brows useing your concealer  and your concealer brush work very carefully around your brows . 

5 , Bend and build up your brows useing soft stroke and define your brows . 

6, brush brows again with spoolie and at this point you can fix brow using a clear mascara , ok some brow kit  come with a fixing wax , this will hold it in place . 

7 , clean up brows with the concealer once again both top and bottom useing the concealer brush  go up into the arch of your brows and gently clean up the area around blending out the concealer into your skin with just a hit of highlight . 

Fix brow with a fix it spray or Hairspray works just fine remember to close your eye when applying hairspray to your make-up . . 

Do,s n Don't ..... 'A smokey eye story !

Don'ts 

Smokey  eyes .

I can go on for ever about what you do and don't  do when comeing to applying make-up ... But it will only fall on deaf ear , but I have to stand my corner about don't and does when comeing to applying  smokey eyes , first of all it's the most taught after style of make-up  , everybody and their Aunty wants smokey eyes ,  but it not a look that suites  evey eye shape , if you hava small and tiny  eyes, smokey will make them look smaller more like piss holes in the snow.

It also has to be done right or you can look like you have been punch in the eyes  a few times , take your time and do it right , start off soft and build up the look take time and look in the mirror , make small changes its like painting a picture ....keyword ......blend,blend,blend,and more blend , but my pet hate has got to be and  is the  point i am trying to make  is teaming smokey eyes with dark lips .

That  only work at Holloween Night ...   Fashion shows  , Rocky Horror show or editoral shoots ........

The look is smokey eyes and nude lips .... Oh yes .. Now that look stunning   ... Do you know you can use other than black for smokey eyes ? You can my chicks , try navy blues,darkest green , dark plums and very dark chocolate browns .

. And"" metal  greys are very hot and sexy at the Xmas office party seasons  how about add some glitter siliver glitter on black eyeshadow look devine its quick  , it's Stylelish and it effortless   .... Well  if you  been doing it a few times ....

So get into the party mood  , be different be creative ,  be innovation, be fabulous  remember you can go as smokey as you like  on eyes and keep  it  natural nude on lips or even lip gloss with a hit of pearl 

, golds or shimmering pink to highlight center of the lip  Yes go ahead dub some of the silver or gold  glitter you brought right in the middle of those fabulous lips of yours , just set off the Look ... Karen's Rules . 

make sure have all you tool in front of you . 

You will need 

For eyes

For beginner stick to just two colours . One a light colour shimmer and on a very drk matt . 

Any colour of your choice 

Black , brown ,drk green , or dark plum eyeshadow 

Black,brown,drk green,or drk plum eye pencil 

Gold,Silver,shimmering rose pinks , shimmering beige , metallic greys , plums,greens , white .

Gel eyeliners

Mascara

False eyelashes

 

 

Take your time to build the look . 

Prime eyelid  first  

look from The BeautyBox1211 

Don't apply concealer and  foundation under the eye till after you have finish with your smokey eye ... You get achived a better clean finish to your make-up . 

 Finish look should look close to this  

wonderful look by ThebeautyBox1211. 

or more shimmer  Xmas party , New Year ....  should look like this  ... Go get them . Do you see what I ment by teaming lips with nude finish. 

Getting the look for Miror wedding Mag

After I prep the skin with a primer ,I then prep the eyes with Mac eyeshadow base , this help the eyeshadow to stay on all day with no lines or creases in the sockets of the eyes . 

The  sleek " oh So Special eyeshadow , has a wonderful blend of pinks that warm the skin tone up . 

My model is looking fab ... She's now looking like a beautiful bride .. 

The blusher is Sleek  and part of the nude collection ...eyebrows I just brush a little of the chocolate brown eye shade in the Au Natural palette ... Lip I  had created from  bespoke customblend  for mee by Vanessa Blake cosmetics and last I used my Highlight finishing powder on face , forehead and undereyes to Achive that flewless finish to the skin in shade Canary 2 and Canary gold . 

 I added some eyelashes alone side the black gel eyeliner I framed her eyes with  to give my bride    a mix between a wedding and red carpet look .... I love  how natural she looks yet very glam. 

 

And wow she on the Cover , and I am like a proud mother  ... Check out this Mag still on sale just £1:50  pack with great idea and wedding planning .  And a fabulous interview with our Cover girl 

Top model Lisette Mibo 

Miror  Magazine 

Photograper: Pitsh  Ndolela 

super Multi award winning model and Bussness women  my cover girl

 : Lisette Mibo

Hair stylist : Guidile Mambote 

Make- up : Karen Salandy