Long hair bob blues

You've grown out a beautiful full long head of hair but one early Tues morning you feel like its a bob kinda day. Not wanting to commit to a hair cut what can you do?

What you'll need
Comb/brush
Elastic(Sm)
Bobby pins several
Hair clip

Taking your comb create a part from the top of one ear around the back of your head to the other. Clip the top half out of the way for now and twist the remaining hair into a small bun at the base of your hairline at the neck. Flatten out the bun against your head and pin securely. Now if you have layers that are bob length you can call it good if your hair is all one length i got ya covered. Collect remaining hair into a very loose low ponytail(elastic should be bellow the bun). Twist ponytail ends into a bun and pin just above your first bun and pin securely in place. Pin along your hair to create your desired bun shape.

Tricks with makeup

This is just a collections of make-up tips and ideas.

Bigger eyes: Taking a white eye liner pencil trace along the bottom water line and/or the corner of your eyes to create big beautiful eyes.
                         Eye shadows: a light reflecting shadow will help make your eyes pop, also applying darker shadow to the outer half of your eye and lightly shading it into the center creates that pop look.
                         Dark eye liner : Drawing along your your upper lash line about the point where you started the dark eye shadow leaving the inner lash line bright and open.
                       Shadow eye liner: For the bottom lid create a false lower water line with a your eye liner pencil just under the real water line. Take your shadow brush smooth out the line for a smooth less harsh line.
                       Eyebrow arch: brighten your arch for a fuller look with a reflecting shadow, with this look don't go too extreme many people apply a white or too light and bright color shadow at the arch it does not look natural more drag queen at the dollar store. Find a shade just shy of your skin color with a subtle light reflecting shimmer.

Smokey eye shadow: Apply concealer all over your full eye lid to your brow, Fill in your lid with a dark eye shadow if you want a more natural brown smokey look or a smokey black look its up to you for this I am going to go with the more natural brown smokey look. Filling in your lid and up to the crease with a dark brown shadow using a fluffy shadow bush and bellow your lower water line. Apply with a patting motion a darker gray slightly purple shadow over your eye lid and outer lower water line. Take a natural pale or even a slightly silver shadow and apply to the tear duct and blend out softly you don't want this to really make a statement. Taking your fluffy shading brush apply a softer brown color over your crease and blend out to your arch. Taking a soft purple shadow softly go over the outer corner of the upper crease and blend your shadow should look brown with a soft purple highlight. Apply an arch highlight to your arch to make your brows and eyes pop. For a more dramatic look taking a black shadow create a cat eye line and blend in over the outside of your lid and into your crease. Apply a black eye liner to your entire water line all the way around. Apply a thin line of liquid liner over the top of your upper lashes. Apply mascara and your finished. For a more dramatic look apply false lashes.

Fuller lips: Clean your lips with a tooth brush or wash cloth and apply a chap stick to moisturize your lips and let it set in. Cover with concealer and let that set in as well. Taking the same shade lip liner as your lipstick(your natural lip color or one shade darker is better) if you don't have a lip liner you can use lipstick and a liner pencil brush.
                  If your lip liner is darker then your gloss or lipstick/gloss: Trace along your lip line(keeping your lips in a natural position) just a hair outside your natural lip line, this is tricky not to go too extreme out side your lip line to avoid looking like a clown or old lady. Fill in your lips with your liner leaving the center of your lips bare. Going over full lips with your gloss or center with lipstick shade the outer and inner lips for a smooth transition. Apply a full lip gloss and to the center a glittery eye shadow or glow/glittery makeup at the center of your lips to make them pop.
                 If your liner is lighter then your lipstick fill in your lips completely with liner. Fill in the outer corners of your lips with your darker lipstick, shade the lipstick into your center for a more natural look. Go over lips with a clear or slightly tinted gloss and apply the glitter/glow to the center of
your lips and your finished.

Blush application: Depending on face type apply blush and smooth out over cheek bones I find the more subtle and natural the better.....

A tailor maid friendship childrens book inspired look

As a child my favorite book was called a tailor made friendship. It was about a little girl who wakes up in a world of fabric the entire world is like a quilt. All of her new found friends are patched fabric animals. In the end she wakes up and her grandmother has surprised her with all her new friends as stuffed animals on her bed. I loved it.

What you'll need
What ever colors you would like to use face paint.
Makeup and face painting brushes
Eye liner/gel liner
Optional a stencil or decorative stockings
False eye lashes optional
Lash glue optional
Rhinestones optional

To begin depending on the mask you want completely cover your face(optional) and along your jaw line with white face paint. With your liquid eyeliner or black face paint with a edge liner brush create the patch look. It doesn't need to be detailed just a layout of the patch squares. Make it yours draw circles in one, lace around the outside of another, X's throughout or solid colors for another this is also where the stenciling can be fun or pulling your stockings over your head and press the color with a blush brush be very careful in removing the stocking/tights for a more detailed look apply a color first, pull stocking/tights over face and press the second color over the stockings/tights. Next apply the color for each individual patch. At this point apply the false lashes if you want to add some fun to your look. Taking your liquid liner or black paint and edge liner brush draw a like from your hairline along your jaw to the hairline atop your other ear. Draw  large stitch marks along this line and smaller stitch marks around your patches unless you added a lace outline.

 

A keepsake for a memorable evening

You've taken the time to follow my mask tutorial, painted your face with dear elegance and style the evening was magical and you hate to see it end. The makeup will however run and fade and will need to come off how to hold on to that .......

What you'll need
I prefer plaster bandage or gauze                           
Vaseline
All the makeup you used on the look your wish to re-create
I like a large nail file
Head band
Bowl of water
Scissors
Slick hair away from your face and put a head band in to secure hair form getting in your way. Using a healthy dose of Vaseline cover your clean face trust me you will want more then less especially over eye brows, lashes and hair line etc. Cut into small bandage like strips  dipping each individual strip into water and place on your face. Create an even thick layer breathing through your nose. try to insure  an even layer across your face leave it on until it is completely dry. To remove scrunch and wiggle your face to detach it from your face it takes some pulling by hand. Taking more strips fill in nose hole and eye holes if desired. Let the mask sit and dry completely. Trim around your mask for a smooth angelic like appearance trim desired shape If you want just a half mask . Taking your nail file file along the mask to make it smooth without bumps. Cover mask with a few layers of white face paint.for a smooth surface for your decorative paint to be applied. Recreate the enchanting mask to hold for ever. This can also be handy to practice your makeup technique for the big night.

Heals worth kissin

What you'll need
A pair of shoes/heals that need a sexy bite
The strongest super glue you can find
Desired size and color of studs and spikes
A power drill/driver
Screw driver
White out

WARNING  power tools are being used please don't puncture or sever any body parts please be careful ;-)


Taking white out and shoe in hand mark off the points you would like a stud or spike. Taking your drill create small holes(be sure to pull the driver in and out a few time for a smooth hole) where you marked the white out just large enough for the stud to fit through the hole. place the back of the stud in place to secure the hole and give you an idea when drilling other holes how many studs you have. If studs down the heal are desired, place a hefty amount of super glue on the back of your stud and leave unattached to the spike until it is fully dried and secure. Once secure screw on the spike tips to all the backs in need. Taking a manuel screw driver to all the backs excluding the ones on the heals and tighten. Make them your own have fun with them.  Take them out for a night on the town looking truly fierce.

Braided updo

What you'll need
Brush/comb

gel/moose/hairspray
Bobby pins


Brush hair to remove any snarls, Apply texture products. Make two french braids on either side of your head combined at the base of your neck. Roll hair upward into a roll and pin into place. If you have long hair feel free to look through my other tutorials for bun or styling options with your ends.

Elegant Mask

What you'll need
Yellow make up pencil
White face paint
Black eye liner,gel liner, black lipstick
Lash glue
Make up brush, paint brush
Gold dust
Stencil (optional)
Black eye shadow or face paint
Make up brushes( shadow, line)

Taking White face make-up paint along your cheek bones over your nose and up to the hairline. Taking yellow make-up pencil trace desired mask shape and eye holes completely up to eye brows like large sexy cat eyes pulling them into a point  along your nose similar to the black swan make-up. Fill in the sexy cat eye holes to your eye brows with black gel,liner,lipstick. Outline the black eyes and over your eyebrows with lash glue and apply gold dust. Stencil or draw elegant decorations along your white mask makeup with black eye liner. Filling in your outter nostrils with liner/gel/black lipstick. Trace lips with black lipstick as if applying lip liner fill in lips with dark sexy lipstick. At any point you can go back in with your brushes qtips and makeup remover and reapply or erase paint over with white make up and re apply decorations etc. Taking black eye shadow or face makeup with a shadowing brush outline your cheek bones along your mask to create shadow and make the white pop. Go over the out line of your entire mask along the inside of your black shadow cheek bones and along your hairline with lash glue and apply gold dust.