Halloween Makeup Collaboration: Iza Calzado (Celebrity Inspired Theme)

Here's the final installment of my Halloween Makeup Collaboration with Jannie of Jannieology, Misha of The Touch of Yellow and Eyah of Eyahnism. Celebrity-Inspired makeup look is our final theme. Don't forget to check out my previous makeup looks for this makeup collaboration! (Animal theme: Black Bunny, Scary doll theme: Walking Dead)

My makeup is inspiration is the beautiful Iza Calazado. I chose a local female celebrity because I think it's a lot easier to achieve.

I'm loving her bronzed makeup look on the Rouge July 2012 issue. It's so simple yet very stunning!

In order to copy Iza's naturally deep-set eyes, I used a warm brown eye shadow on my crease. I used a white and light yellow eye shadow to highlight my brow bone and lids. I made my brows longer and a bit thicker to resemble Iza's makeup look. I also added a wingtip eyeliner and falsies. Pretty simple, right?

I used NYX SMLC in London and Laura Mercier Lip Gloss to achieve Iza's nude lips.

Echuserang froglet. Konting tangos pa ng ilong at ayos ng buhok hahaha.

For the cheeks, I just contoured and added a bronzer. Done!

More vanity...

Sorry for the messy hair. I am too lazy to recreate Iza's big curls.

Products used:

Fanny Serrano Two Way Cake in Organza
Max Factor Translucent Powder in 02
San-san Liquid Matte Foundation in 03
Ever Bilena Eye Pencil in Brown
James Cooper Eyebrow Gel in Frosted Brown
Dollface 88 Color Eyeshadow Palette
Sleek iDivine Storm Palette
ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder
NYX SMLC in London
Laura Mercier Lipgloss in Sparkle Glaze
Beauty Cosmetics 12 PC Synthetic Brushes
Beauty Cosmetics Face Perfection Brushes

What do you think of this makeup look? I would love to hear your thoughts!

Check out my collaborators posts as well!

Eyah as Lady Gaga

Jannie as Adele 

Mhisha as Nicki Minaj

God bless! 

Love, 

Iya

Halloween Makeup Collaboration: Black Bunny (Animal Theme)

I am very excited to share with you another makeup collaboration with fellow beauty bloggers. Jannie of Jannieology, Eyah of Eyahnism, Mhisha of The Touch of Yellow and yours truly have agreed to do a series of Halloween makeup looks. We came up with four different Halloween makeup looks. Animal is our first theme. Stayed tuned for the other three!

I chose to be a black bunny just because I already have these ears. I DIY-ed the bunny ears a year ago for a hat party. I just played with an old pair of black stockings and bendable wires. DIYs are fun!

I focused on the eyes for my bunny look. I did a black and silver smokey eyes which is so easy to do! Winged my eyeliner and added demi-lashes. I wanted to draw a black circle for my nose but the nose of bunnies are Y-shaped. I used WetnWild Think Pink for my lips to compliment my dramatic eye makeup. I used a hot pink eye shadow from my DollFace palette for my cheeks. Yes, eye shadow for my cheeks! 

Do I look like a bunny or a mouse? Hihihi. You be the judge! This look is very appropriate for night-outs, smokey eyes+pale lips. Would you agree? :)

I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did while creating this look. Can't wait for the next three themes to be unleashed in the following weeks! Collabs are really fun!

Check out my collaborators posts as well!

Jannie as Sexy Cat

Eyah as Funky Fish

Mhisha as Cute Mouse

I would love to hear your thoughts about this look! Drop your comments below! 

God bless!

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Non-Heat Deep Waves

Keyti of Brushes and Pens shared Bubz of Bubzbeauty's video on how to create curls without heat. Check out her post here! The process looked pretty easy so I gave it a try! 

Instead of letting it up for two hours, I had it overnight. Here are the results!

Here is how it looked like upon removing the elastics. As opposed to loose curls produced by Bubz, I had tight curls because I let it on overnight instead of just two hours. I'm quite surprised with the pointed curls. They're in zigzag form! I'm used to the typical round curls produced by curling irons. 

*Pardon the unfilled brows!

The photo on the left is when I just had it down while the photo on the right is how my hair looked like after almost 8 hours. The curls stayed longer than I expected! I didn't apply any hair product (mousse/gel/hairspray) for the curls to stay put. 

I suggest you try this out ladies! If you want fabulous locks without damaging your hair, this is for you!

Have you tried any non-heat curling techniques yet? Share your thoughts below!

Have a good night!

Look: Leopard Print Makeup

Hello guys! I'm happy to be blogging again! School kept me so busy. I couldn't find time to edit pictures and post anything here. Glad to be back! Here is a makeup look inspired by a friend (Hello, Camille Cabrera!). I saw her picture wearing a leopard print eye makeup through Instagram. I thought she used eye shadow stickers at first. I was surprised that she did it manually.

And so I was inspired to recreate her look. If I could draw leopard prints on my nails, maybe I could do it on my lids too! I finally tried my ELF 100-Piece Eye Shadow Palette I won from ELF's giveaway. I used a shimmery gray/silver eye shadow all over my lids up to my brow bone. I'm quite impressed with the color pay-off! I used my HengFang eye liner to draw random circles and dots. HengFang liquid eye liner is  a great product with an incredibly cheap price! Only 30-35php!

I used Nichido Waterproof eyeliner in black as lip color and topped it off with a black eye shadow to give it a matte effect. I patted a silver eye shadow on the center of my lips to give depth and shine to my lips.

I didn't apply any blush so the focus will be on the eyes and lips. I just contoured my cheeks and nose using Ever Bilena's blusher in Earth.

I totally enjoyed doing this makeup look especially using an eye liner to color my lips. I might do another version again! 

Have you tried any animal-print make up looks yet? What do you think about this look? I would love to hear your thoughts! :)

God bless!

September Lovin: Disney Inspired Look *Jasmine*

Hey guys! Makeup challenge #1 for September Lovin Challenge with Michelle of All About Being Glam and Michelle of Micmic's Corner is Disney princess-inspired make up! If you want to know more about this month long challenge, read September Lovin: Intro. My choices were limited to black/brown haired princesses only because I don't own any colorful wigs nor I have Adobe Photoshop installed in my laptop.

The makeup look I created is very, very simple. I used a brown eye shadow over my lids and added a thick winged eye liner to create an illusion of bigger eyes. Princess Jasmine has big, almond-shaped eyes, right? I also added a thick pair of falsies for my eyes to appear even bigger and dramatic!

For the lips, I chose a plum shade that's not too dark. Clinique's A Different Grape is perfect for this look!

Since my makeup is super simple, I decided to dress up! I was able to gather all the things that I needed! I used my oversized green ring as a gem for the headpiece. The hair extension I bought years ago helped too!

More vanity shots..

And for a little surprise for the Michelles of this challenge, this video is for you! Heeeeeeheee. I think I internalized the Jasmine idea too much. *Note: Please tone down your speaker volume first!

Products used:

SanSan Matte Finish Liquid Foundation in 01

Max Factor Translucent Powder in 05

DollFace 88 Color Eye Shadow Palette

Ever Bilena Blusher in Earth

Shawill Blusher in Dreamy Rose

Clinique Lipstick in A Different Grape

Ever Bilena Eye Pencil in Brown

HengFang Eye Liner

Nichido Eye Pencil in Black

 Make sure to check out their versions as well:

Michelle of Micmic's Corner as Pocahontas:

Michelle of All About Being Glam as Ariel

Let me hear your thoughts about this makeup look! I would love to hear from you!

Have a good night!
Love,
Iya

Look: Golden Goddess

I finally tried the palette I bought last July. It's a 15 color shimmer eye shadow palette which I included in my July Haul. I bought it because I just wanted to have something to play with. I love the colors so much. I bought  this palette for only 100 pesos. Super pigmented and blendable!

A total of 15 colors housed in fairly big pans (bigger than a 5-peso coin). I'm happy with this palette! It has a shimmery overspray which goes off after you swipe off the first layer. The true color of the eye shadow is slightly lighter with what you see in the pan.

 More about my look!

Sorry for the uneven lighting, the other half of my face is exposed to natural lighting hence the slight difference in color. Look at my brows!

I used the teal eye shadow (on the topmost, rightmost pan) for the inner corners. Gold eye shadow on the crease area and brow bone and the black eye shadow on the outer v. I didn't use any primer or base on my eyes. That's how pigmented these shadows are. 

I made the eyeliner extra thick because I want my look to be really dramatic. Okay, I know. I'm always a failure in lining eyes. It almost always ruins the whole look. But I ain't giving up! I should practice, practice, practice!

And for something out of the ordinary, I paired it with golden lips! I used the same gold eye shadow I used on my eyes. Cool, huh? It is my first time to use an eye shadow as a lip color. I've seen other beauty bloggers do this and so I tried. Now, I want to try other colors too!

While I was camwhoring and trying out different effects on my phone, I was awed by the HDR effect (i'm using camera360 app) that's why I'm sharing extra pictures with you!

Golden lips intensified!

What do you think of this look? Would you wear an eye shadow as a lipstick too? I would love to hear your comments!

Have a good night!
God bless!

♥
Iya

Recreate: Katy Perry- Wide Awake Makeup by Color is my Weapon

Hey guys! If you are a follower and subscriber of the beautiful Noe Mae, you've probably seen her Katy Perry Wide-Awake Makeup Tutorial. Noe Mae is really good in creating different looks. Very pretty and humble too (she's my girl crush)! She's definitely one of my inspirations in beauty blogging. Now, lets proceed to my own version!

I made it a little more dark and smokey by using a black eye shadow over the crease which added depth to the eye makeup. I used my DollFace palette again! It's really versatile. From brights to darks.

 My falsies are about to fall-off. Boohoo! I'm really bad at putting these.

I used WetnWild Silk Finish Lipstick in Dark Wine (522A) for the lips. It's a nice plum shade!

And since my eye makeup is smokey and dramatic, I figured that it could also go well with nude lips. I used NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in London.

Which looks better? Plum or nude? You decide! I would love to hear from you!

God bless!

♥

Iya

Nicki Minaj Inspired Makeup

Hi guys! I'll be making this post quick and simple! This is the second look I made for my cousin, Chloe. Check out the first one here. I wanted a colorful eye makeup. You know someone famous for bold, colorful, dramatic makeups? Yep, that's Nicki Minaj! And so I googled Nicki Minaj Colorful Makeup. 

From Google images

And ta-dah! Picked this picture as my inspiration. I decided to recreate the look using my DollFace palette of course! it has all the colors!! Check out my DollFace palette here.

 Here is my version.. I completely filled in her entire lids! There isn't much space!

I completed the look by adding a pair of really thick and long falsies!

Now for a full-face picture. Heeee. Don't laugh at me, okay? I'm still new at this. I know I still have A LOT to learn and improve on. I will practice, practice, practice!! I don't know if it's obvious but I did a flimsy job in contouring her nose. I really have a poor eyesight. I did not wear my glasses while doing her makeup. Emsorreh.

That's it! What do you think of my recreation? Is it pop or flop? (I'm watching Poptalk too much. Hehe.)