Friday, March 28, 2014

FREE It's a 10 Miracle Leave-In at Ulta!!

I was at Ulta today and they had these It's a 10 Miracle Leave-In for FREE. It's a 4 oz. sample, which is the same size as the full-sized $20 product. Hopefully your Ulta still has these. Just be sure it's in the same packaging as the picture above. The paper sleeve also has a $5 off it's a 10 purchase.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Campus Movie Fest Makeup Breakdown

Hey guys! Long time no see! In this post, I'm going to break down the makeup I did for the Best Picture movie at Campus Movie Fest (CMF) at Emory University.  

Please go check out the movie here. It was awesome getting to work with so many beautiful actors and actresses. It made my job much easier. This was the first set that worked on, and it was definitely a great learning experience - filled with challenges but so much fun! Here's the inspiration for the looks and the products I used: 




For all the boys (except Edward), I used bareMinerals Multi-Tasking Face in Bisque to conceal any blemishes and redness. Then I used bareMinerals Original Foundation in Medium Bisque all over the face using a small powder brush to get a full coverage and topped it off with bareMinerals Mineral Veil to give a perfected look. For the Tin Man (pictured above) and the Prince, I very lightly dusted a red blush on the tops of the cheeks and nose using Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty. This gives a nice rosy, blushing effect that makes them look healthy. 


For Drunken Cupid, the face makeup was the same as all the other guys but I heavily applied on Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty the to give a flushed, drunken effect. On the eyes, I lined the upper and lower lash line with Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Zero then smudge it out using a pencil brush. In the shot seen in the picture, I misted water onto the actor's face to make it look like he was sweating.



For the Allie from the Notebook look, the hair was inspired by the Rachel McAdams look on the left and the makeup on the right. The lighting sort of washed away the beautiful lipstick and blush... but it looked great in person! For the face, the actress had on her own foundation and concealer prior to shooting, Dior Blush in Coreille Bagatelle and Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty. For the eyes, I kept it simple using the Urban Decay Naked 3. I placed 'Strange' on the brow bone, 'Limit' all over the lid, and lightly blended 'Factory' in the outer corner and lined the lower lash with it. For lashes, I applied Benefit They're Real Mascara. The lips were lined with MAC Lip Liner in Beet then topped off with Tom Ford Lip Color in Crimson Noir. To perfect the lips, I clean up the area around the lip using Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer in Light 18. During shooting, I had to touch up A LOT because of multiple takes for the kissing scene. The Kat Von D concealer was a lifesaver!


 The Renee Zellweger from Jerry Maguire look was very minimal and easy. For the face, I used the actress' foundation, Cover Girl Outlast, then powdered using Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder. The eyes did not have any eye shadow but I did conceal using Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer in Light 18. On the lashes, I applied Estee Lauder Sumptuous Mascara. For the eyebrows, I brushed on Anastasia Brow Powder. For the lips, I lightly patted on MAC Huggable Lip Color in Out for Passion.  


The Cinderella/Princess look was one of my favorites. It looked much prettier in person, but the lights sort of washed out the blush. For the face, I used Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation in B30, Kat Von D concealer to cover any blemishes and dark circles, and powdered with bareMinerals Mineral Veil. For the cheeks, I used Dior Blush in Coreille Bagatelle on the apples of the cheeks. For eyes, I used the Urban Decay Naked palette, placing 'Virgin' on the brow bone and 'Sin' all over the lid. I then did a winged liner on the upper lash line using the Milani Eye-Tech Extreme Liquid Liner in Black. For the lashes, I applied Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara then added three Ardell medium length individual lashes on the outer corner of each eye. For the brows, I applied Anastasia Brow Powder. For lips, I lined and filled it in using a Vincent Longo lipliner and topped it off with Too Faced La Creme lipstick in I Want Candy.  


The waitress' look was inspired by Jennifer Lawrence's character from Silverlinings Playbook. Like JLaw, our actress also won best actress at CMF. Yay! For the face, I used Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation in B30, concealed with Kat Von D Tattoo concealer, and powdered with bareMinerals Mineral Veil. For the cheeks, I again used Dior Blush in Coreille Bagatelle. For eyes, I first smudged in Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Zero all over the lid then used the Too Faced Few of My Favorite Things palette placing 'Cream Colored Ponies' on the brow bone, 'Blue Satin Sashes' all over the lid, then patted on top of that 'Party Time'. I then lined the lower lash line with 'Zero' and slightly smudged it. On the lashes, I applied Estee Lauder Double Wear Mascara. For lips, I used Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick in Rose Tea.      




For Bella's look, I went for a simple look. For the face, I used Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation and bareMinerals Mineral Veil. For cheeks, I applied Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Exposed and lightly contoured the face using Nars Laguna bronzer. For eyes, I used 'Strange' from the UD Naked 3 palette, from UD Naked, 'Naked' all over the lid, 'Buck' in the crease and lower lash line, and 'Darkhorse' in the outer corner and lower lash line. For lashes, I used Estee Lauder Sumptuous Mascara. On the lips, I applied MAC Huggable Lipstick in Out for Passion. 

Finally, my pièce de résistance - Edward Cullen!! This was the most challenging look but it turned out perfectly. For the skin, I first applied Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Cream Foundation in B40 in the hollows of the cheeks for contour then applied Illamasqua Skin Base in 2  anywhere where skin was showing using a beautyblender sponge. For brows, I heavily filled them in using the Anastasia Brow Powder. For lips, I patted on Benefit Benetint to give a blood-drenched look to the lips. For the hair, I had to use brown colored hair spray to change his hair color since the actor had dark blonde hair. To get that messy hair look, I took Crew Pomade to sculpt the hair to the desired shape and sprayed the final shape in place with tigi Bed Head Masterpiece Hair Spray

Sorry this post was soooo long. I hope you found it helpful if you plan on recreating similar looks. Have an awesome day! Good luck!


Love, 
Coleen