Goto Maki EYES Makeup Tutorial

Good morning everyone!  Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Even though I'm not Irish, I still wear green so that people on campus won't pinch me. lol

Anyways here is the St. Patricks Day tutorial that I promised you all.  It's Goto Maki's look in her EYES MV.

First off, this song reminds me of Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog games.  Honestly, I think it'd be cool to use it as her theme if she were to be a playable character again like in Sonic Adventure.  I know I know random much? lol

Second, I really like the song itself. It's reall quite catchy

Third, since her makeup in her music video focuses around greens and silver I figured it'd be great to recreate it for St. Patrick's Day.



Products Used in this Tutorial:

Clinique concealer in 05 Medium Beige

bare Minerals foundation powder in Summer Bisque

Smashbox Brow Tech & Cream Eye Liner Palette

Ulta eyeshadow kit (matte green, silver, and cinammon)

Victoria Secret's eyeshadow in Limeade

Ulta gel eyeliner in Black
Smashbox Lash DNA mascara
Ulta blush in Pretty Pink
Victoria Secret's lipgloss in Toy

With a clean and moisturizerd face as your canvas, use concealer to cover up any dark spots, red spots, scars, and dark shadows on your face.  Use a powdered or liquid fountain to set your face. Your eyebrows frace your eyes so be sure to fill them in with either eyebrow powder or an eyebrow pencil.

 Take a silver eyeshadow and from the inner corners of your eyes, apply it to half of your eyelids.  Next take a matte green eyeshadow and apply to the other half of your eyelid all the way to the outer V. Blend the colors together to erase any harsh lines.  Now take a lime green eyeshadow and line you upper lash lines.  Take a blending brush, Q-tip, or your index finger and lightly blend it out.  With a black gel eyeliner line your upper lashline over the green eyeshadow.  Don't worry if you make a mistake, just dip a Q-tip in makeup remover and carefully removes any mistakes. Afterwards, curl your lashes and apply on mascara.

Take a rosy pink blush and apply to the apples of your cheeks.  Finally apply a pink lipgloss to your lips and you're done. :)
And here is the final look:

I also played around with my wardrobe to fit her outfit in her video.

I really had fun playing around with the colors and wardrobe.  Instead of curling my hair like Maki's I used my new crimper and crimped my hair (will show in another tutorial).  I didn't have any green tank tops or accesories so I used pink ones instead which still went great with the makeup. I feel a little weird just wearing the bra, even though you can only see glimpses, so I wore a pink tanktop underneath.

Clothing Used in this Tutorial:
Bra from Victoria's Secret
Tanktop from Aeropostale (size small)
Earrings from Icing
Fingerless gloves from For Love 21

So have fun wearing this chique look today and I wish you all luck in finding a four leaf clover! :)



One more thing: Be sure to vote in the poll on the right side of the blog for the Blogger's Makeup Tutorial Choice Post. :)

Goto Maki Inspired Amethyst Eyes Makeup Tutorial

Wow that was fast, right?  Hello again everyone! I decided to do a bunch of posts this week.  Why?  My boyfriend will be coming home for Spring Break tomorrow and after Friday I will pretty much be distraced with him plus I want to catch up on my sleep.  Lack of sleep = bad skin and darker shadows under eyes.

So here is another makeup tutorial inspired by the talented Goto Maki!  I really like her music especially since she coming out of her pop idol image and growing into a true artist.  As for her image, I have to say I love her with red hair (one of the reasons why I used to dye it red in my freshman year of college.....just saying) as well as her senese of fashion.  She is becoming more sophisticated and less teeny bopper. Her song Houseki on her ONE mini-album is my absolute fave.  Her outfit in the video and when she performed on live TV are what inspired me to use jewel toned colors for this look.

If the video doesn't start up immediately, just give it some time to load.

Products used in this tutorial:

NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

Clinique concealer in 05 Medium Beige

bare Minerals foundation powder in Summer Bisque
Smashbox Brow Tech & Cream Eye Liner Palette

Ulta eyeshadow kit (matte purple, dark purple/plum, silver, and shimmering white)

Victoria Secret's eyeshadow in Blindfold
Ulta gel eyeliner in Plum
Smashbox Lash DNA mascara

Victoria Secret's lipgloss in Toy

Ulta blush in Tickle Me Pink

Start with a freshly cleansed and moisturized face.  Use concealer to cover any dark spots as well as dark shadows under the eyes and the edges of your nose and mouth.  Use foundation to set your face then fill in your brows with either an eyebrow pencil or eyebrow powder.  Now moving on to eyeshadow, take a silver eyeshadow and apply to the inner corners of your eyes.  Next, take a matte purple and apply to the middle of your eye.  This will serve as a base.  Now take a lilac color and apply it over the matte purple.  Be sure to blend the silver and lilac colors together to remove any harsh lines.  Take a dark purple and apply to the outer V, making sure to blend the colors together for a smokey effect.  With the shimmering white, apply to the inner corners of your eyes to give off the appearance of bigger eyes.

With an eyeliner brush, load it up with a plum gel eyeliner and line the upper portion of your eyes.  Curl your lashes afterwards and apply on your favorite mascara.  It's best to use a mascara that gives your eyes more volume.  Take a pink blush and apply to the apples of your cheeks.  To find then just smile :) See your cheekbones?  Those are the apples of your cheeks.  Finally, apply a pink lipgloss to your lips to finish the look.  Now you're finished :)

Here is the finishing look:

Have fun with this look and also play with your wardrobe to complement it.  Here is an outfit that I created to go with this look for spring:

Clothes:

Dress from Urban Outfitters (size 0)

Shirt from Forever 21 (size sm)

Shoes by Fergalicious from Burlington's Coat Factory (shoe size 7 1/2)

Hello Kitty Watch from Naval Exchange

So what will I come up with next?  Stay tuned! ^-^

Ayumi Hamasaki Inspired Smoldering Brown Eye Makeup Tutorial

Hello fellow bloggers.  First off, I know my whole layout looks completely different from the last one.  I've been experimenting with new themes and widgets so it doesn't look completely bland.  So far I like it but I would like to know what you all think about it so please feel free to leave a comment at the end of this post on whether you like the new changes or not. :) Second, I apologize for the V-day tutorial taking so long but I do plan to have it up soon (just been really uninspired and lazy to post it up lol).  While you all are waiting for that tutorial I do have another one in store for you all.  I am pleased to present my Ayumi Hamasaki Smoldering Brown Eye Makeup Tutorial!!!!

I would like to say that I absolutely love Ayumi.  I think she is really gorgeous and I love her voice (my psp has a bunch of her songs ^-^) Anyways I was looking through some photos of her on Lastfm.com and I spotted this photo of her:

After seeing this, I just knew I had to do a tutorial for her makeup.  It's flawless, smokey looking, and gives off a strong sex appeal to it.

Products used for this tutorial:
NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

Clinique concealer in 05 Medium Beige

bare Minerals foundation powder in Summer Bisque
Smashbox Brow Tech & Cream Eye Liner Palette

Ulta Eyeshadow Kit (light brown, matte tan brown, matte dark brown)
Ulta Eyeliner pencil in Black
Sephora's Eyeliner pencil in White
Ulta Blush in Pale Rose

Smashbox Lash DNA mascara

Victoria Secret's Lipstick in Scrumptious

Ok so as always start off with a clean and moisturized face.  Apply concealer to dark spots, under your eyes, and the corners of your nose and mouth to lessen the appearance of shadows.  Use a powder foundation (or liquid foundation if you don't have it powdered) to set your face.  Don't forget to fill in your eyebrows as they do tend to frame the whole look.

Use a eyeshadow primer so the eyeshadows will last longer and become more pigmented.  Take a creamy light brown color and apply to the inner corners of your eyes.  Now take a tan/nude brown eyeshadow and apply to the center of your eyelids. Blend the two colors to avoid any harsh lines and then take a dark brown eyeshadow and apply to the outer V of your eyes.  Remember to blend afterwards but not too much so the colors tend to look all muddy.  Take a bit of that same dark brown color and apply to 1/3 of your lower lash line and blend it out a bit to create a smoldering effect.

So now take a black eyeliner pencil and line the upper and lower lash lines.

Quick tip: take a Q-tip and carefully blend out the eyeliner pencil a bit for a smokey eye effect.  Curl your lashes and use your favorite mascara to coat your upper and lower lashes. I used Smashbox's Lash DNA mascara to add more length and volume to my lashes.

Another quick tip: For contouring your nose use a dark brown eyeshadow and with a brush, lightly color around the tips of your nose and the corners of your eyes.  For highlighting, use a highlighting pen (or if you don't have one like me use a white eyeliner pencil) and color in the brdge of your nose.  Be sure to blend the colors out to make them more natural looking.
Use a pale pink blush on the apples of your cheek and a light peach/pink lipstick to finish the look.

Note:  If you want the full effect for this look I recommend using light brown contacts.  As you can see in this pic, Ayumi is wearing contacts to intensify this look to another level. For me, I don't tend to ear contacts seeing as I can't afford them :( however I bought my contacts at Olive Ole for $15 for special occasions.  I don't wear them daily but they are useful when trying to draw more attention to my eyes.

Here are the contacts in Luminescent Light Brown.

Before contacts

After contacts

I know the after pics aren't so great but they get better towards the end of this post.  So here is the finishing look:

I got bored once I finished so I did a bit of a photoshoot at my house and then edited my favorite photos afterwards to make them look more professional.

I hope you all have fun trying this look out.  I did post a little poll at the side of my blog post to see what you guys wanted my next tutorial to be. :)  I'm very interested to see what you guys would like to see a tutorial of next.  See you all in my next post!

Namie Amuro Inspired Break It Makeup Tutorial

Hello everyone!  Here is another makeup tutorial for all of those who love bright, glittery, and punked out colors.  This look was inspired by the song Break It from Namie Amuro's 35th single Break It/Get Myself Back.  The colors actually came from the background of her single:

I actually listened to a remix of Namie's song I found on Youtube.  Really set the mood while I played around with my makeup.  Here is the link below in case you all wanted to hear it.

Tools used for this look:

Clinique concealer in 05 Medium Beige

bare Minerals foundation powder in Summer Bisque
Smashbox Brow Tech & Cream Eye Liner Palette

Ulta Eyeshadow Kit (Hot Pink, Plum, Bright Silver, and Glitter Black)

Ulta liquid eye liner in Black

Smashbox Lash DNA mascara
Victoria’s Secret Mosaic Blush in In Lust

Victoria's Secret Lipstick in Kiss Me

Forever 21 glitter lip gloss in pearl pink

As always, you want to start off with a clean and moisturized face.  Use concealer to hide dark circles and dark spots on your face then use a foundation powder to set the concealer.

Using an eyebrow pencil 2-3 shades lighter than your natural hair color,  fill in your brows. Now use a bright shimmering silver eyeshadow and apply to the inner corners of your eyes.  Afterwards, use a hot pink eyeshadow and apply to the middle of your eyes.  Afterwards use a plum eyeshadow and apply to the outer V (aka the outer corners) of your eyes.  Blend the colors together to remove any harsh lines.  Now take a glittery black eyeshadow and line the outer corners of your eyes (1/3 to be exact).  Lightly soften the color with a blending brush.

Now take your eyeliner brush and using a black gel eyeliner, line the upper lip of your eye.  This is optional: if you are going to a club or a party and you want your eyes to be more dramatic, line 2/3s of the bottom lid of your eyes with a black eyeliner pencil.  Softly blend the color out to make it smokey.  Then line the top lid of your eyes with the eyeliner pencil and blend the color out.  Once finished, curl your lashes and apply your favorite mascara. You can also use falsh eyelashes in case you need that extra umph. :)  I would recommend using the Ardell Fashion Lashes Starter Kit for this part.

Time to focus on the rest of your face.  Take a light rosy pink blush and apply to the apples of your cheeks.  For your lips, use a pink lipstick (preferably one with a bit of glitter) and apply to your lips.  Use a pink lip gloss with a pinch of glitter in it for the finishing touch.

And here is the finished look:

I also created an outfit of the day just to go with this look.  I think it suits the makeup very well.  :)  What do you guys think?

Clothes Used in this Look:

Pleather jacket from Forever 21 (size small)

Tube top from Wet Seal (size small)

Black skinny jeans from Forever 21 (size small)

Laced up ankle boots from Rainbow (size 7)



I really hope you all enjoyed this look.  I'll definitely be posting up more tips and tricks for you real soon.  Stay tuned for the next post folks! <3