HOW TO: SKULL PRINCESS MAKEUP TUTORIAL

Since Halloween is approaching, I would like to share with you my skull princess makeup tutorial. Hope you like it!

1. Before applying any makeup, I always prep my skin by cleansing my face with an oil free facial wash or another alternative if you are in a hurry is using baby wipes and do a quick wipe of your face

 2. Apply The Body Shop Primer to create a smooth canvas on your face and it will help your makeup to last longer.

3. To create a full white look, I used Make Up For Ever White Color Cream as base. Instead of using a foundation brush, I use one-time use foundation sponge to apply white colour cream as the colour cream is water-proof. You can also use Halloween cream makeup as alternative. I love this color cream very much as it blends with my skin smoothly and I totally don't feel the extra layer on my skin.

 

 4. With a thin brush, outline the skull head nose with a black cream eyeshadow (Make Up For Ever Flash Palette)

 5. Fill the nose area with black cream colour using an eyeshadow brush

6. With NYX retractable black eyeliner, draw an eyeline from the inner to outer edges of your upper lashline. I then extend my lower lashline as I want to create a more princess look than a scary skull head look. The extended lower lashline will make my eyes look bigger and rounder. Using a white eyeliner, fill in the area right above the fake lower lashline

 7. With an eyeshadow brush, apply Lancôme purple eyeshadow all over your eyelid area and apply a thin outline beneath the fake lower lashline

 8. Then apply Sephora Pantone palette dark purple eyeshadow over your entire eye area using your eyebrow as a guideline for outer edge

9. With a blender, blend the two purple eyeshadow together to soften the edges  

 10. Again with a thin eyeliner brush, draw in the scary brow bone

 11. Apply false upper eye lashes (bought mine from eBay)

 12. Apply false lower eyelashes 

 13. This completes the Skull princess eye makeup

 14. I then use a lipliner brush and apply white lip colour from the Make Up For Ever Flash Palette as the palette is good for eyes, face and lips

 15. Draw in the scary stitch mouth with a thin eyeliner brush. Hang in there, you are almost done!

 16. With a blush brush, apply black eyeshadow lightly right below your cheek bone to emphasize your cheek bone feature

 17. With The Body Shop Cheek Dome, apply a blush by the apples of your cheek

 18. This complete the skull princess look. Have Fun!

Feel free to send me pictures of your skull princess look if you have tried this tutorial, I would love to see them :)

Leave me a comment if you have any questions. I thank you all for leaving all the lovely comments!

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xoxo <3

Ang

HOW TO: WASH OUR PRECIOUS MAKEUP BRUSHES

As I mentioned before, makeup brushes to me are like my babies. Without them, it would feel like as if a photographer without her camera. So today, I would like to share with you how to wash makeup brushes as I think this is the number one most important step in maintaining your brushes. 

To do this, all you need are: a soap and water

1. Before you start, always make sure that your sink is clean. To create soapy water, place a bar of soap in the sink while filling up the sink with half full of warm water.

2. Place all your dirty makeup brushes into the soap water and let it sit for a minute or two.

3. With one hand holding a bar of soap, I would give a couple gentle sweep on top of the soap to ensure all the brushes are rid of makeup residue. Do this to all of your brushes one by one.

4. then with a thumb and index give it a gentle squeeze in the direction of your brush to squeeze out all the makeup residue

5. Drain all the dirty soapy water and give your sink a quick rinse before filling it with half full of clean water. Give all your brushes a nice rinse in the water and you are good to go

6. Lastly, leave it air dry lying flat on a napkin (you can also use a towel or basket, whichever work best for you). NEVER let it dry standing in your brush holder as the water will weight the hair down and this will distort the shape of your brush.

This complete my tutorial! Hope you like it!

xoxo <3

Ang

Makeup Tutorial: Dolly Look

Let's get started with the dolly look tutorial!

1. Before applying any makeup, always prep your skin by cleansing it with oil free face wash. If you have dry skin, apply a thin layer of water base moisturizer

2. After the fierce makeup look, I realize my sister has a relatively dry skin. So instead of MAC Fix+ spray, for this look I decided to stick with Revlon PhotoReady Primer as base. Then, using a foundation brush, apply foundation all over your face. For this look, I used L'oreal True Match LUMI foundation

3. Same as the fierce makeup, using a matte finish scotch tape, cut out a double eyelid tape and tape it right where you want the eyelid to crease

4. Using a brow brush, fill in your brow starting from the middle and work you way to the outside. I used a light brown eyeshadow for the brow as this will create a softer look

5. Using a black NYX retractable eyeliner, outline the inner upper lashline

6. Using a white NYX eyeliner, outline the inner lower lashline as this will make your eyes look bigger

7. Using an eyeshadow brush, apply a baby pink eyeshadow on your eyelid. Then using a crease brush and apply a hot pink along your crease area

sorry this picture look much brighter than the other ones because it's getting dark outside and there's not enough natural light in my room so I am force to use my camera flash for this picture :/ 

8. Most Important Step: this is the most important step if you want to create a dolly look and that is applying false eyelashes. Using Revlon false eyelash adhesive, apply both upper and lower false eyelash. Always try to stick it as close to the lash line as possible to create a natural look. Apply a thin layer of mascara on your false eyelashes

9. Using a The Body Shop Lily Lole Lip & Cheek Dome (20 Pinch me pink), apply blush on the apples your cheek

10.  Apply highlight on the nose bridge, chin and the tip of your upper lips. I used the lightest concealer from Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream Palette as highlight.

11. Finally, throw on a cute hair wig and you have completed this dolly look!

Makeup that I use for this look: 1. Revlon False Eyelash Adhesive 2.L'oreal True Match LUMI Foundation 3. Revlon PhotoReady Primer 4. Rimmel Glam'eyes Day 2 Night Mascara 5. Joe Nude Lipstick 6. NYX eyeliner and lipliner 7. Too Faced Bronzer 8. The Body Shop Lily Lole Cheek Dome (Pinch me pink) 9. Smith's Rosebud Salve lip balm

Hope you like this tutorial and I'll catch up with you all soon :)

xoxo <3

Ang

 

A Big Thank You and A Special Guest!

I would like to say a BIG thank you for those who voted for me on the Love it or Lose It contest! 

A BIG SHOUT OUT especially goes to the following lovely bloggers:

Keit from Beauty in Insanity - thank you for all the lovely comments all along! I really enjoy reading her blog and love her unique style not only in fashion but also in her writing. A super cool fashion blogger indeed!

Lara Takahashi from Rocket Raptor - A dragon lover who always has the cutest accessories. I especially love her fierce and cute style! 

Majka from Rainbow - Thank you so much for voting for me! She is also trying to win a dress at Ricket Rack, do check out her blog and see how you can help her win

Amy from Amy Fashion Blog - Thank you for always leaving me short and sweet comment! Love checking out her everyday work outfits and the little diary behind it. 

Molly from The Geeky Peacock - Thank you so much for voting for me! If you like cool style, she sure has a unique sense of style!

Maja from Overpowered - Thank you so much for voting for me! Love her styling tips!

Chai Chen from Ice GodDhez - Thank you for stopping by my blog as well! One of the sweetest girls I met from lookbook

My Scrambled Style -  Thank you so much for voting for me and the sweet comments. Love her inspirational posts and picture diaries and outfit of the day!

Jeanine from I Heart Interiors - Thank you for always leaving the sweetest comments! I really enjoy checking out every single one of her posts whether it was the pictures or her writings! If you love interior design, you have to check out her blog!

Sonia from Daring Coco - Another blog that I go for fashion inspiration! Love how her blog has anything from fashion to jewellery to food porn!

Nicol from Lavidadenicol - Always love seeing beautiful illustrations done by her. Aside from that, she also has a great fashion style.

ねこちゃん  from Nekoblog - she has the cutest blog and she makes the cutest bento (Japanese lunch box)! A definite MUST check out her blog! She blogs about her life in Japan and seeing her posts make me want to go to Japan so bad!

Natasha from Tasha's Treasure Trove - Thank you for always leaving me very lovely comments. Always love checking out the beautiful photos taken by her!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO ALL!!!! I am very grateful to start my blog and have a chance to meet all you all over the world. You guys are the ones who help me find my passion and give me the strength to chase my dream!

Today I brought a special guest and that is my sister! Instead of doing a makeup tutorial on my own face, I really want to challenge myself and try applying makeup on someone else. So this time, my sister will be my model for the following tutorial. You get to see her from fierce look to dolly look!

 

Fierce Look Tutorial

1. As usual, always prep your skin by cleansing your face with oil free face wash or if you are in a rush, fragrance free baby wipe will do just the magic.

2. Instead of applying primer, this time I used MAC Fix+ spray as base because I find primer to be a little bit oily whereas MAC Fix+ will give basically the same result but more water based. Also, keep in mind that oil is your makeup's main enemy, that's why I always try to keep my skin as oil free as possible before applying any makeup on

3. Apply foundation with a foundation brush, here I used Revlon Photoready foundation

 4. Using an angled brow brush, fill in your brow. Start in the middle of your brow and work your way to the outside. I use a dark brown eyeshadow from Coastal Scent Prism Palette here.

   5. Because my sister has a relatively small double eyelid close to a single one, so using matte finish scotch tape, I have manually cut out a double eyelid tape and place it right on the line where I want her double eyelid to be form. If you find cutting the shape too troublesome, you can actually buy the double eyelid tape where it comes with the cut out shape and all you need to do is stick it on your eyelid. I think you can get them on eBay or if you are in Vancouver, you can buy it at Daiso for $2. This is a very popular trick in Asian countries. One more thing, the reason why one double eyelid sticker bigger than the other is because if you look at the previous picture, my sister's right eyelid has a more obvious double eyelid so I have to cut a small eyelid tape for the right eye so both eyes will look even. 

The result:

 As you can see, her eyes are much more even and bigger now

6. With an eyeshadow brush, apply pantone 13-5313 eyeshadow from the Sephora Pantone palette all over the eyelid, I have also use this colour as an eyeliner to outline her lower lash line

7. With a crease brush, apply pantone 18-5606 eyeshadow from Sephora Pantone Palette along the crease line and give it a dramatic cat eye flick at the end as shown

8. Using L'oreal gel eyeliner, apply an eyeline on the upper lash line. Starting from the inner corner of your eye and work you way to the outer edge of your eyes and don't forget to give it a little flick at the end. 

9. Since my sister has a darker skin tone than I do, I can actually use Makeup For Ever Camouflage Cream Palette as highlight on the forehead, nose bridge, chin and the tip of your upper lips. I am absolutely in love with this cream palette, not only can I use it as concealer, I also use it as highlight as well as contouring my face.

10. Using Too Faced bronzer, apply it on the side of your cheek and your forehead. This will make your face appear to slimmer and more oval if you have a rounder face.

11.  With The Body Shop Lily Lole Lip & Cheek Dome, apply it on the apples of your cheek

12. Because my sister has thin lips, using NYX lip liner, I have outline her lips first before applying Joe nude lipstick. My sister also has a relatively dry lips, so I also apply Smith's Rosebud Salve lip balm to moisturize her lips

And Voila!

Summary of makeup I use for this look: 1. Joe Nude Cream Lipstick 2. L'oreal gel eyeliner 3. Revlon PhotoReady Foundation 4. MAC Fix+ Spray 5. The Body Shop Lily Lole Lip & Cheek Dome 6. Scotch Matte Finish Tape 7. Too Faced Bronzer 8. Smith's Rosebud Salve Lip Balm 9. The brushes I used, now that looking at the picture, I think I missed a few brushes :b 10. NYX lip liner and eye liner 11. Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream Palette

Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments! Have a fabulous evening everyone!

Interested in the dolly look makeup tutorial?

...To be continue tomorrow

xoxo <3

Ang

 

Happy Birthday to My Sister/First makeup tutorial - Rainbow Makeup!

"The best gift I can give you today is to pass on my dreams, good health, luck, fortune and happiness to you. May you have years full of happiness to come. Happy Birthday dear sister!"

An hour ago, it was my little sister's birthday. I have not seen my sister dressing up for a while and today she looks absolutely beautiful. She had on a green dress and I get to help her put on makeup which I was super excited about (she rarely put on any makeup). We had a house party rather than eat out because my sister cannot eat outside food. I don't mind eating homemade food, in fact, it is much healthier but the biggest problem is I am bad at cooking and worst at making cake. For the past two nights, I had been trying to bake a successful cake. I would wait till my sister went to bed before I start my baking process. My first attempt was a disaster, the cake won't even rise but I did find out the reason why is because I was baking it with a small oven (the ones you can toast your bread). So I then placed it in the regular oven and the cake did rise but by the time I took it out, it was burnt. My second attempt was a little better but I would say that is the ugliest cake I've ever seen. Everything worked out fine until when I tried to take the cake out of the pan, it was sticking to the pan so hard that by the time I got it out, there are cracks on the cake. This is why my sister had an ugly cake for her birthday. Nonetheless, we spent a wonderful evening together.

Back to our makeup tutorial, as requested by some of you, I made you guys my rainbow makeup tutorial. Hope you like it!

 - do the regular skin care routine (apply toner, face cream and eye cream)

- apply face primer as this will prepare your skin for makeup and smooth out your skin - I use Revlon Photoready Primer

- apply foundation/bb cream - I use Skin 79 bb cream instead of foundation because I find it looks more natural and adhere better to my skin

- Before applying eyeshadow, always apply eye primer as it will make the colours to stand out more and to last longer (this step is a definite MUST for this makeup) - I use Revlon Photoready eye primer

- use eyebrow pencil/eyeshadow to draw out your brow - I use Coastal Scent prism eyeshadow palette to draw out my brow

 Start by applying hot pink eyeshadow on the corner of your eye

 then orange eyeshadow,

 light blue eyeshadow

and finally purple eyeshadow

- Use a blender to blend the four colours 

- Using a liquid eyeliner, draw the fake eyelashes in - I use NYC liquid eyeliner

- then using a white eyeliner pencil and draw a eyeline above your lower eyelashes as this will make your eyes look bigger - I use Essence Kajal pencil

 Apply upper and lower false eyelashes to make your eyes look even bigger - I got it from eBay

 To create a small lips, use a concealer to cover the two sides of your lips - I use Almay eye concealer

 Apply hot pink lipstick in the middle to create the mini mouth - I use Wet n Wild lipstick

 And this completes the look!

Hope you enjoy this tutorial! My next makeup tutorial will be on the robot makeup, so keep an eye out for it. The Closet 365 is intended to be a fashion/style blog, so I have decided all the makeup tutorials are by request only. Simply leave me a comment for any makeup look on the post and I will prepare for it.

Thank you all for the beautiful comments from last post and I wish you all have a fabulous evening!

xoxo <3

Ang