Mother of the Groom makeup

I had the privilege of doing my mother's make up as a trial for my brother's upcoming

wedding this summer. I can't believe how amazing she looks! She looks like she looked when we were kids! 

I kept everything extremely soft, here is what I used:

Eyes:

Too faced "romantic eye pallet", just the "Soulmates" color (light shimmer all over the eyes)

- crease: Nars desire blush (perfect bright pink blush, matte

Liner: Kat Von D tattoo liner in trooper 

Foundation: Becca radiant skin satin finish in "noisette"

Blush: too faced sweet heart blush in  perfect flush blush

Bronzer: Lise watier in Havana 

Lips: Mac soar, maybelline nude lust in 920, Mary kay lip gloss in pink luster 

Lashes: Katy perry eyelure "punk princess" with duo dark adhesive 

When doing makeup for the mother of the bride or mother of the groom, you want to keep your lines very fluid and straight. Always best to use natural light if you can! Blend! Blend! Blend! The last thing you want is for makeup to settle where it should not. Thanks for reading today's blog, hope you all get to work with a face as exquisite as my mother's face!

Gorgeous Jessica!

For my client Jessica, I wanted to do something a little extra special because she is a natural beauty. She works extremely hard and has just become a registered nurse. So excited for her and all her endeavors! For this look, she wanted a subtle smokey eye that would last her through the day.
The look:
Start with smokey eyes: Mary kay eye shadows : spun silk, crystalline, copper, truffle and precious pink.
Other shadow colors used: L'Oreal emerald infallible eyeshadow and Lise Watier Havanna bronzer for the crease.

I prepped the eyelids prior to this with Mary Kay's eye primer and Makeup forever HD foundation to maintain a water based lid, making it Much easier to blend my mineral based eyeshadows well and even.
Eye liner cateye look: nyx liner (smudge proof!)
Purple 24/7 urban decay liner in the inner lower lid
Skin: prepped with Dermalogica moisturizer (as per request of the client, it's what she used that morning)
Mary kay foundation primer

Used MK concealer in beige 1 and yellow. Blended it in and applied Ben nye banana powder visage under her eyes to set the concealer and highlight

Base: dinair air brush golden beige mixed with their bronzer (she wanted a more sun kissed look b/c she wore white), the peach dinair blush and the Lise Watier Havanna bronzer to contour

Set the skin: Clinique translucent powder using a puff
Used MK dark cherry blush to add to her glow

Lips: MK neutral liner with pink n' plaid by MAC and just a you h of nymphette gloss by Mac

Brows: Anastasia brow wiz combo with makeup forever "aqua brow"

Such an awesome gal! So blessed to work on such a gorgeous face


Eye lashes: duo glue with Katy perry eyelure lashes "oh honey"

Cream foundation sticks, a little goes a long way :-)

For today's look, I started with the eyes! It's always great to start with the eyes so not to mess up your foundation with eye shadow pieces. Prep the eye lids with foundation or eye primer to keep the eyeshadow in place, then apply your colors :-)

The base in my opinion is the most important part of your makeup. It's basically the foundation of the house that you are essentially building, brick by brick. For today's look, I used naimies brand foundation cream stick with SPF 35. I started with priming my face with primer then, using a wet "beauty blender",, take your cream foundation and apply your foundation in rows, like you are laying bricks to your house. If you apply the foundation in rows with a wet sponge, you will spread the product more evenly, give you fuller coverage and you will use less product. After applying your foundation set your foundation with a loose powder and a powder puff using a rolling pin effect, you will cover up any scars or enlarged pores this way. After you have applied your powder, use a large powder brush and sweep off excess powder to not look cakey!

Then apply your contour and highlighting as well as your blush! Feel free to ask me any questions about this look! Have a great day.

Ps- brows are etched out using Makeup forever aqua brow number 15 for dark blonde to light brown :-) remember not to go too dark

Watch out! Lime Crime China doll time!

Hey everyone!!

Today I decided to use my "Lime crime" china doll pallet. I love the vibrant colors so much! I decided to use all five colors. In addition, to the pallet, I used aqua brow to fill in and shape my brows, nyx liquid liner, urban decay pencil liner 24/7"desire" blush from Nars, Naimies brand cream foundation stick in "tender beige", and Lise Watier "Havana" bronzer for the contour. Mary kay highlighter stick to highlight the brow! For Mascara I used voluminous in black! Let me know if you have questions!