♪ Makeup & hair for hats

I love hats! I have an obsession with accessories such as hats, scarfs, belts etc, I actually took these pics days ago, I was planning to do a video tutorial but since it hasn't been done yet, I thought I would post this on blogger first :)

Makeup for hats should focus on:

• under eye concealer
• bottom eye makeup

Hats tend to cast shadow to darken your black circle so concealer is a key (however I hate to wear loads of concealer so you can still see some darkness under my eyes); and for the same reason we need to add more impact on our bottom eye line. I prefer using shimmer liner or wet a shadow to do my bottom liner instead of harsh black liner or liquid liner because it is for day time after all :) and don't forget to do bottom lashes~

Eye products

• Guerlain shadow Touche de Bronze N.280
• Guerlain Divinora eye pencil (shimmer) Bronze Noir N.7
• Clinique high impact mascara

Hair for hats should be styled after wearing the hat, you need to make extra volume with the hair thats showing to balance the top visually; your hair easily looks flat with a hat so don't think hats are only to save the bad hair days! You still need to style them~!
I usually use hot rollers after wearing the hat, and of course hair sprays to set and add volume.

Army style hat: I loved this hat in winter & fall, but Toronto somehow got reeeeally cold last week :<

This spring/summer's hot item: Boater hat



An OOTD with boater hat :D


What I'm wearing:

• LDS boater hat
• H&M border shirt
• Urban Outfitter ripped jeans
• Vintage belt
• Lowry's Farm wedge shoes with ankle strap
  

♪ Makeup tips for Asian double lid with no eye crease

Today's tutorial is particularly for Asian girls like me who has double lid that is not so obvious: this means you have double lid but no eye crease! So when the eyes are open the fold sometimes gets lost... This look is basically to make the double lid more obvious, so to speak :3

There are many tutorials about creating deeper set eyes for Asian girls with smokey eye makeup; however it sometimes seem too much and not natural for day time.


Products used

Face:
- Covermark concealer stick in Y-1
- Mary Kay mineral foundation in Ivory 1
- Avon mineral blush in Radiance
Eyes:
- Sweets Sweets eye palette by Cezanne in PE6
- Lise Watier waterproof eye pencil in Tres Noir
- Kate wax mascara
- Neo Angle tritone circle lens Brown

E.L.F eyebrow kit in Light

Foggia hair wax

The usual rule for eyeshadow is to apply the darker shade at the outter corner and blend in; but in order to put emphasis on the fold, I'm applying the darker shade ALONG the fold line. It's better to use an earthy tone palette because the eye shadow is to help creating illusion of deeper eye instead of for showing off nice colours...

Steps for eyes:

• Apply B as overall shade.
• Apply C along the fold line.
• Line upper eye line and extend it to match the line created by C.
• Curl lashes and apply mascara
• Lightly line bottom eye line.

*Somehow the first close up picture looks almost like my eye is bruised lol, but the "line of shadow"won't show up that obvious once you curl the lashes and apply mascara.

Your "line of shadow" should look something like this:

The finished eye look.

Whole face effect. My double lid seems much more defined and obvious; this gives a deeper set effect even though I don't have eye crease.

P.S. Comparison of before hair wax and after! It takes 10 seconds to do and really makes a difference; so I never skip this step even when I'm in a rush!

Before: super flat!!

After: more volumed and airy~ it also makes my face look much smaller :D

Notice even though I'm looking up, you can still see my fold. Usually they get lost! :D

I hope you enjoyed the look :D And thank you everyone who followed us! It's so hard to believe we have 50 followers! :D Me and Ai are thinking of doing video for the next post; to properly thank everyone that reads our blog and to chat about beauty; i.e. recent favourite products; recent failure purchase etc.. please please give us some suggestions about what topic you would be interested to hear about! :D

♣ Step-by-step Lash Sculpting Tutorial

This post will touch upon your relationship with your lashes. Some might have a love and hate relationship with their lashes (most Asians do), but what we are trying to achieve today is to sculpt your lashes so the hate can be eliminated from this relationship :3 My attempt to sound like a therapist: FAIL.

Some of the readers commented on my lashes so I decided to share how I sculpt my lashes. Like everyone who has Asian lashes; my lashes are pin-straight, and lacking in volume.

Here we go~

(A) Shu Uemura lash curler
(B) Sephora heated lash curler
(C) Maybelline Full N' Soft waterproof mascara
(D) Sephora Lash Plumper mascara
(E) Lash comb







Bare:

(wearing GEO Honey Wing circle lenses)

As you can see my lashes are barely visible...

Step 1: Curl Lashes

• Do not just curl your lashes at the base; your lashes will bend at 90 degrees x_x... you are trying to achieve a fan-like-effect. 
• As you move from the base, curl 4 to 5 times until you reach the tips of your lashes. Repeat until desired effect is achieved.
• Now curl only at the base for 5 seconds to hold shape.

Step 2: Apply Base Mascara

• To keep curl you should always use waterproof mascara, they have more wax content compared to non-waterproof. OR look for a mascara with a dryer formula; they will not weight your lashes down and keeps better curl.
• Always zig-zag when applying your mascara (see pic above). When you zig-zag, the brush helps to separate your lashes and coat your lashes evenly.
• Use a lash comb to separate your lashes if they become clumpy; comb while your mascara is wet or you will end up pulling your lashes!!!

 

After 2 coats of waterproof mascara; here I am using Maybelline Full N' Soft waterproof mascara.

Step 2.5: Apply Primer 

I did not use a primer, but if you are using a primer you should apply it after your base/waterproof mascara in order to keep your curl intact. Apply the primer focusing on base to middle section of your lashes. Most primers on the market have poor ability to keep curl but does elongate and create volume. I will recommend some primers at the end of the tutorial~

Step 3: Curl Lashes AGAIN

Using a heated lash curler focus on curling the tips of your lashes (see the arrows in pic) to create that fan-like-effect, this will also clean any spider-leg looking tips. 

Curl your bottom lashes with heated curler.

After curling your lashes, it should look something like this.

Step 4: Create Volume

• When applying your volume mascara, zig-zag and focus on the base to middle section (see pic above) of your lashes, if you apply excessive amount of volume mascara over the entire length of your lashes, it is easy to create spidery lashes and the tips of your lashes will be clumpy :(
• Avoid using a lash comb now... unless you have really clumpy application; at this stage your lashes already have 3 coats of mascara using a lash comb will tug and pull on your lashes.

2 coats of volume mascara should look something like this.

Step 5: Clean/Sculpting

• We are trying to achieve a fan-like-effect therefore the lashes that are too long or have clumpy ends must be cleaned/sculpted to the appropriate length.
• I have a few lashes with spider-leg-ends that are too long (see pic above); I used my finger to pull the excess mascara off the lash tips.

The end result :)

Most days I wear only mascara (for eye makeup)... I think it's enough to define my eyes alone if applied correctly ><.

Side Note:

If you want long lashes I highly recommend using a lash growth serum daily. I have religiously used lash serums every night for the past 2 years and I really believe they have made a difference to my lashes; in terms of length and volume. Currently I am using...

(F) Ardell Brow & Lash Growth Accelerator

*Recommendation: 

High-end Mascara:

• Shu Uemura Mascara Basic (base): HG HG HG, that should explain all. Could be applied over and over again, will never clump.
• MAC Fiber Rich lash (volume): HG for volume and lengthening but could get messy.
• Clinique High Impact mascara (volume): Good overall volume mascara.

Drugstore Mascara:

• Maybelline Full N' Soft waterproof (base): My HG for drugstore base, hold curl and separates.
• Maybelline Volum'Express (volume): I think this is one of the mascara that can do it all, holds curl and gives volume. 

Fool-proof Mascara:

• Anna Sui Long: Fiber mascara, holds curl. You really cannot go wrong.

Primer:

• MAC Prep + Prime lash: Pretty good but can get messy and weight your lashes down if not careful.
• Shiseido The Makeup Mascara Base: recommended by most for Asian lashes.

♪ Mei's FOTD Tutorial: False lashes that look like your own!

Today's look is super easy; still using false lashes, but today I will only use top lash; and since it's a natural look for daytime, the main point is to make the falsies look real :D

The false lashes I'm using today is Ardell 108; do they look kind of short to you? The perfect natural false lashes is about 2~3mm longer than your natural lashes; don't worry about it being not long enough. Because false lashes have a much better and even distribution and nicer curve, once they are applied, they still add lots length and volume to my real lashes, without looking overdone. They are perfect for daytime; I always use these when I don't have time for sculpting (lol, I'm not kidding) my lashes with mascara but still want to look good, AND natural :D

Steps for eyes:

• a basic earthy shadow with shimmer for upper lid
• highlight inner corner
• line upper lashline very closely, point: don't go past your eyeline for a more natural look :)
• curl lashes
• apply false lashes; be sure to trim them ahead of time so they are juuuust about 2~3mm longer than your actual eyeline.
• apply mascara to combine the real and the fake :P
• starting from the end of top lash line, line 1/2 of the bottom eyeline. Make sure to rim them out a bit so the corner part connect visually. But we don't need to do the little triangle here, which is introduced in a previous post. http://aimeidaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/testing.html Basically the rule for bottom liner for a natural day look is no falsies= do triangle, falsies= no triangle. LOL I feel like I'm talking codes here! Please refer to this post, the part for bottom liner.

Please excuse me for my blood shot eyeball... I use these eye drops, which helps reduce redness; however I have to say I find it too blurry... Does anyone have same experience with eye drops? That when they are reeeeally moisturising, you have blurry vision for a while and it just feels weird...

Lycee eye drop from Rohto

View when eyes are closed; if you look closely, it's actually coming off a little in the middle lol! I didn't notice at all until I took this pic! Of course I fixed it after hoho~

Lips:

Any natural colour moisturising lipstick or lip gloss would do in this look; I'm using Cover FX Lip FX lipstick in Rose blush; it comes with lip balm on the other end; it's a very moisturising lipstick but I think the price is a little high...

Products I used for base makeup:

• Covermark Bright Up concealer stick in Y-1
• Mary Kay mineral foundation in Ivory 1
• Avon mineral blush in Radiance

A little closer up, can you tell I'm wearing fake lashes? :D

I hope you found this tutorial useful :D

Have fun~ <3

♣ On-The-Go Makeup Tutorial

Sorry everyone >'''<... I have been MIA for a while due to reading week, road trip, and my birthday.

While staying at my boyfriend's place I only had 2 items for eye makeup; a quad eyeshadow palette and a glitter eyeliner. For this tutorial I created 5 different looks with the 2 items.
Base makeup includes concealer, blush, and mascara.

On to the tutorial!!!

A,B,C,D: Maybelline Exper Wear Eyeshadow in Sunlit Bronze
E: Lise Watier Eye Glitter Liner in Cognac


"DAY 1"


Eyes:

(wearing GEO Honey Wing circle lenses)

This is a natural look by using eyeshadow to contour your eyes

Face & Lips:

For all the looks I used the blush previously mentioned here. Being consistent with the natural look I used a nude-pink lipstick; I am using Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick in Airy Fairy. This was my first Rimmel lipstick purchase, it gives great pigmentation and keeps your lips moisturized :D.

"DAY 2" 

Eyes:

(wearing GEO Honey Wing circle lenses)

To create a dolly look; emphasizing (contouring) the outer corner of your eyes with the darkest shadow (D) to create drama and dimension.

Face & Lips:

With eyes being the focus I used a nude lipstick; Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick in Nude Delight. Being pale I generally deter from nude lipsticks, since they tend to make me look sickly. This lipstick has a peachy undertone which works my complexion and it is more moisturizing than the Lasting Finish Rimmel lipsticks.

"DAY 3"

Eyes:

(wearing GEO Angel brown circle lenses)

To create this look; contour using (D) at outer corner of eyes then glitter liner is used. Create some drama with the bling bling. Some people might find glitter liners too much to wear during the day but when it is not overdone, it will give your eyes a dreamy effect. I wore this look on my birthday :P.

Face & Lips:

To balance out the eyes I used a nude lipstick; Rimmel Moisture Renew lipstick in Nude Delight.

"DAY 4"

Eyes:

(wearing GEO Honey Wing circle lenses)

Cute look with emphasis on the bottom lash line using bronze shadow (B) and glitter liner (E).

Face & Lips:

To top of the cute eye makeup I used a peach lipstick; Lancome Rouge Absolu Creme lipstick in Peach. I think this was my first lipstick lol. It smells gorgeous and have great coverage/pigmentation, but have potential to break your wallet. 

"DAY 5"

Eyes:

(wearing GEO Nudy brown circle lenses)

Girly and cute look with the use of punch colour (C) and glitter liner (E)

Face & Lips:

Adding a little colour on the lips with a berry lipstick, here I am using Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick in Just So. It is the perfect shade for that "just pinched" lip colour.

Have fun <3