Bollywood pretty much has the smoky eye down on lock. So of course, when I sat down with one of their biggest makeup artists - Mickey Contractor, Director of M·A·C Cosmetics Makeup Artistry (India). I made sure I’d ask him about how to get the smoky eye look so many of us are still trying to perfect (that includes me). Instead of telling me, he asked one of his assistants, Donnie Hsiao, to show me! Donnie went right to work, telling me exactly what he was using to achieve the look while he worked:
MAC Smokey Eye Shadow Palette
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Products & Tools used:
M·A·C Paint Pot in “Bare Study”
M·A·C “Smolder” Eye Kohl
M·A·C “Carbon” Eyeshadow
M·A·C “Folie” Eyeshadow
M·A·C “Ricepaper” Eyeshadow
M·A·C “Zoom Lash” Mascara
M·A·C #219 Pencil Brush
M·A·C #217 Blending Brush
M·A·C “Lust” Tinted Lipglass
M·A·C “Mocha” Powder Blush
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Smokey Eye Step by Step:
1. First, apply the paint pot all over the lid as an eye shadow base. This will ensure that there is not creasing and allows you to start on a neutral base.
Prepping the eyes
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2. Next, apply the Smolder liner to your top lash line with the #219 Pencil Brush. Smudge out.
Apply black liner on the lash line
Smudge the line with #219 Pencil Brush
Extend the smudging around & up to the crease with the #217 Blending Brush
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3. Then apply a little of the “Folie” eye shadow, topping it with “Carbon” on the eye lid and blend with the fluffy #217 Blending Brush.
Apply a dark color eye shadow like Carbon to eye lid
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4. Go back to the #219 Pencil Brush and line the bottom inner lid. Smudge out.
Add black liner to the lower lash line
Blend and smudge the lower liner with #219 Pencil Brush
Smokey eye halfway done!
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5. Using the same #217 Blend Brush, add “Folie” eye shadow to the crease. BLEND.
Add “Folie” to the crease and blend
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6. To finish, add “Ricepaper” eye shadow to highlight the brow bone. Finish it off with lots of “Zoom Lash” Mascara!
Add “Ricepaper” eye shadow to brow bone as highlighter
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7. Clean up the surrounding area in case any shadow pigments fell under your eyes by using a powder foundation like M·A·C Studio Fix Powder. To finish up my look, Donnie also used “Lust” Tinted Lipglass on the lips, and dust “Mocha” Powder Blush on the cheeks.
Finished smokey eye look!
Finished look with Make-up Extraordinaire, Donnie!
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Below is a snippet of Donnie doing my eyes — it’s not quite a tutorial in itself, but I figure it’s easier to see it done if you want to imitate the look yourself!
How to: Smoky Eyes using M·A·C via Mickey Contractor – IIFA Awards 2011
I had a pleasure to attend a M·A·C PRO Master Class facilitated by M·A·C Senior Artist: Keri Blair (United States) on October 12, 2012. This class was hosted on M·A·C PRO on Robson street in downtown Vancouver, B.C. (Canada). Keri has tremendous experience as a professional make-up artist with 16 years at M·A·C Cosmetics. Not only she has a pleasant personality, great presentation skills, but also highly skilled at what she does in detailed make-up artistry in fashion & beauty. It was a great class with tons of helpful information on getting yourself familiar with some M·A·C skincare, prep & prime, skin make-up products.
I tried my best to take as much notes as I can, offered at this Master Class. Keri’s energy level was awesome, and I really enjoyed her class with bountiful tips that I can share with you using basic M·A·C products, as well as M·A·C PRO products (available online, or in freestanding M·A·C PRO stores). Keri demonstrated two skin beauty looks on two different models with 2 sets of products.
M·A·C Artist Up Close Video: “Full-Time, Overtime Gorgeous – ProLongwear” with Keri Blair
Kevyn Aucoin: Making Faces ”Shading and Highlighting” reference image
M·A·C Artist Up Close Video: “Concealing for Darker Skin” with Vimi Joshi
This is a very informational beauty blog filled with tons of make-up tips & tricks, for those of you who are interested in learning more as a professional make-up… as I have mentioned in my previous blogs before, “creating a beautiful skin is really the key to a great make-up application!” Enjoy!
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M·A·C PRO Senior Artist: Keri Blair (US)
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“Creating perfect skin is all about how lights read on skin, and a lot of it comes from prepping the skin.” – Terry Barber, Director of Makeup Artistry for M·A·C Cosmetics
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Keri Blair, M·A·C PRO Senior Artist
Where are you from?
I grew up in rural area Maryland. I currently live in Brooklyn, NY, which makes me very happy because New York is such an interesting melting pot. Even the streets have a story to tell.
What is the first MAC product you fell in love with?
In 1993, I heard these women in a nail salon talk about a new makeup brand where the artists all wore black. The next day I headed over to the mall and bought XTC Lipstick. It was a blend of silver, purple and brown hues…perfection!
What looks are ou seeing on the streets where you live?
Living in New York where public transportation is paramount, I get a front row seat to see how women wear makeup. I see a lot of mascara like Zoom Lash, Technakohl Liner in Graphblack and natural lip shades like Twig. This look takes you from meetings to martinis.
On the Art of Makeup: To me, makeup is the best way to express yourself; It’s a fickle accessory that every woman is drawn to. It’s about not being afraid to take chances or to color outside the lines.
Creative Influence: AMMORE-RI-CA, I love pop culture and tactile references. Music, art, photography and makeup! Life experience can be your greatest inspiration.
Most Important Tool: Eyes, hands and heart. And some great MAC brushes don’t hurt either.
Favorite M·A·C Product (Consumer): Fix+. It’s such a versatile product. Smolder Eye Kohl – no makeup artist can live without it.
Skin as Canvas – most important things that makes makeup looks amazing.
It’s to discover the bones of your canvas; you want to touch & evaluate the skin through different lighting situation (medium) from every direction.
Runway skin make-up needs to look good. It’s tricky because it needs to look good close-up, as well as from a distance.
Open dialogue with the photographer about skin (how it finishes on image).
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CLASS DESCRIPTION
This class takes a detailed look at foundation, skin care and the techniques required for making skin look perfect in photography and personal appearances. M·A·C PRO Senior Artists review the tools and products used for correcting imperfections such as blemishes, discoloration, under-eye darkness and dry skin. This demonstration focuses on perfecting the skin and does not include color application.
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Flexible M·A·C Skin Product Recommendation:
Face & Body Foundation can be used with layers on top of layers to create a mannequin-looking skin.
Mineralize Concealer is great to use as a foundation
Select Cover-up Concealer is great to use as foundation as well; it great for HD (high definition), it sets by itself so you don’t really need power on top. Mix Select Cover-up Concealer with Fix+ makes a great foundation!
Studio Sculpt Foundation helps to tone the skin quality and it’s lasting.
Pro Sculpting Cream: “cream looks like skin, powder looks like make-up”; a cream-to-powder formula for sculpting and shaping key features. Silky-smooth, easy-to-blend and neutrally-shaded. Apply where extra dimension is needed, eyelids included. Provides moist, skin-soothing, natural-looking sheer-to-medium buildable coverage.
Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation has tons of Titanium Dioxide in it, so it will not be ideal for flash (strobe) light because it will make your face appear white-ish on images; but great for everyday use.
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Makeup Application Steps & M·A·C Products Used
· MODEL #1 Fair Skintone (Caucasian)
Mineralize Charged Water Cleanser: dip Q-tip into this to use as a make-up remover eraser.
A lightweight cleanser formulated with our ionized Super-Duo Charged Water technology. Removes all makeup (except waterproof and longwearing) with a wipe – no rinse-off required. Leaves skin nourished, soft, absolutely clean.
Fix+: Vitamin mist to hydrate the skin (cucumber + green tea + chamomile + glycerin; scent of Sugi). It’s a drink for skin. It helps to “bring skin back to life” after you use Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation.
Touch & massage the skin with Studio Moisturizer Cream. Buff the skin with moisturizer.
“Use your hand to massage the skin to feel the bone structure on the skin. By doing this, it will help to connect you with the client, to get familiar with the skin texture and to understand his/her skin.” – Keri Blair
Lip Conditioner: hydrates the lips, and give it time to absorb over time
Fast Response Eye Cream: silicon-based eye cream (yeast extract + caffeine powder); soft focus optical diffuser to minimize fine lines; the caffeine powder in it helps to reduce puffiness of the eye if it’s not by hereditary.
Prep + Prime Skin Smoother: wax-like texture, rub it onto the skin with your fingers to smooth out the skin texture, and to fill in the lines.
A velvety skin perfecting primer that instantly fills in fine lines and wrinkles. Contains powerful anti-oxidants, evens skintone and mattifies – while softening the skin. Convenient compact makes it perfect for on-the-go moments. (Use Visine to take out any redness on the skin).
Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone: mattify the skin, anti-shine, creamy/silicon textures, it’s a treatment for skin compare to Matte Texture, helps to reduce the size of pores.
A light, oil-free emulsion that helps cloak visible pores while controlling oil and shine. Applies “wet” for a gentle micro-exfoliation: dries instantly to create an invisible, long-lasting natural matte finish. Ideal for the T-zone.
Face & Body Foundation: test the color on the neck/collar bone area to ensure face & neck color consistency.
Rub the foundation in your hands to warm it up until it almost becomes a bit sticky, then apply on the face.
Well hydrates the skin with glycerin ingredient.
Do another layer after a few minutes for a bit more coverage.
Conceal the skin with Mineralize Concealer and #224 Tapered Blending Brush.
Enriched with minerals and nourishing botanicals, this creamy, easy-to-blend Concealer covers and perfects while moisturizing the skin. Comfortable and longwearing. Provides medium coverage with a natural luminous finish.
Softpoint Sponge Applicator (saturated with tons of Fix+) to bounce & blend the side of the nose and under the eyes lightly.
Ultra-soft, latex-free sponge gets to the point in a shape inspired by crayons. The short, fat handle allows for an easy grip, while the tapered tip is designed for precise application and blending of creams, liquid foundations and makeup products.
Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder has moisturizing property in it, great to use for acne skin.
Formulated to provide a smooth, virtually invisible, fresh-looking finish, this soft, cream-like powder is carefully blended to provide the skin with extra care, nourishment and comfort.
Prep + Prime Highlighter in “Bright Forecast” (mid-tone peachy coral) to blend with #224 Tapered Blending Brush. Do the “V” shape under the eye for a brightening effect. Area for highlight: center of the face, forehead, Cupid’s bow, center of the eyelid, brow bone (great for HDTV), on the chin (to elongate the chin for a more proportional face appearance).
A pen-style highlighter that efficiently brings a soft sheer wash of color to the skin. With its precision application, adds radiance just where you want it. Goes on smoothly for cushion-soft wear. Use over makeup for highlights, touch-ups or under makeup to brighten and prime.
Pro Sculpting Cream: mix “Copper Beach” & “Pure Sculpture” together. Use a #184 Duo Fiber Fan Brush, just pick up a bit to contour the cheekbone (from the hairline by the ear angled down to the width of 2 fingers by the side of your nose). Other areas for contouring: jaw line, temples, nose, crease…etc.)
Cream Color Base “Pearl” to highlight the center of the eyelid, inner eye, Cupid’s bow, above the cheeks in the “C” area up to above the brows (by using Softpoint Sponge Applicator to roll it to make the highlight color looks as if its coming from within the skin.
Versatile and multi-purpose, Cream Color Base can be applied directly to bare skin, or layered over foundation, moisturizer, or powder. Apply with a brush, sponge, or fingers. Color effects range from a light veil to highly dramatic, depending on method of application.
Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder/Pressed with #129 Powder/Blush Brush to apply on the “hot spots” (shiny area).
A silky, colorless finishing powder suitable for all skin tones. Reduces shine while optically minimizing the look of lines & imperfections. Wear over makeup or on its own. Now in a pressed compact for ease & portability.
Mineralize Skinfinish Natural with #109 Small Contour Brush to set foundation.
A luxurious domed face powder with minerals, slowly baked to provide a dimensional yet natural-matte finish. Provides perfect low coverage. Use to set and fix foundation or as a touch-up throughout the day.
Cream Color Base “Rich Coral” as blush with fingertip.
Haute & Naughty Too Black Lash to apply as mascara with #205 mascara brush – it really gets into the lash line.
Our two-in-one mascara in an intense carbon black. Creamy, velvety, lightweight formula sweeps up lashes and coats from root-to-tip. The dual-wiper system customizes your lash style: naturally defined or powerfully dramatic.
Crème Liner “Black” mixed with water and #210 Precise Eye Liner Brush to apply a tight, thin liner on the eyes
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M·A·C Artist Up Close: “Full-Time, Overtime Gorgeous – ProLongwear” with Keri Blair
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Makeup Application Steps & M·A·C Products Used
· MODEL #2 Ethnic Skintone (Middle East/East Indian)
Mega Mix Powder (makeup tips from Vimi Joshi, M·A·C Senior Artist in Dubai):
Mix powder in M·A·C PRO Set Powder in “Peach” + “Soft Yellow” + “Deep Peach” + Blot Powder in “Medium Dark” + Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder/Loose
This powder mix is great for most ethnic/darker skin tones!
Lightful Softening Lotion (skin brightening toner) on a cotton pad to massage on the face. This helps to tighten the skin a bit, refine the skin texture with its Marine-Bright complex.
Fix+ lots to give water and moisture on the skin!
Prep & Prime Moisture Infusion, gel formula, helps to boost moisture level of the moisturizer (draw, hold, and lock the moisturizer). It reflects light, so it looks more like skin.
Keri likes to mix this product with Matchmaster SPF15 Foundation for a more creamy texture and hydrating look on the skin.
A lightweight serum that saturates the skin with a concentrated boost of hydration, making it a unique hybrid between skincare and priming. Gently soothes, revives and replenishes the skin while preparing it for foundation.
Studio Moisture Creamto massage onto the skin, it makes the skin feel super comfortable and cushiony!
A super-rich creamy moisturizer boosted with skin-nourishing extracts including passion fruit, spinach leaf, green tea, algae, wheat germ and coconut. Moistens, feeds, firms and protects the skin. Promotes a healthy radiance. Diminishes the appearance of fine lines. Good for day and night.
Lip Conditioner to moisturize the lips.
M·A·C PRO Full Coverage Foundation (Jojoba oil based make-up) to mix 3 categories of shades onto a metal palette to prepare for: highlight, shading, and natural skin colors on the face.
Mix shades of NC35 + NC45 with drops of Care Blends Essential Oil to create this thick/pancake-like makeup into a soufflé for natural skin color.
Mix NW50 with drops of Care Blends Essential Oil to contour the skin
Mix shades of NW25 + NC20 with drops of Care Blends Essential Oil to highlight the skin
Full Coverage Foundation: a smooth-to-apply, easy-to-blend, emollient-based foundation formulated to provide opaque coverage. Full Coverage Foundation was developed for the professional makeup artist who wanted an emollient-based foundation with opaque coverage. Water-resistant and long-wearing, it can cover most scars, blemishes and birthmarks. This easy-to-blend cream cake formulation is available in a wide range of colors. Coverage can range from sheer to opaque. Achieve sheer coverage by applying a small amount of the foundation using a moist sponge. For opaque coverage apply the foundation using a dry sponge and a stippling motion. Compatible with latex and other synthetics used in special effects makeup, it can be used on the face and body. Great for beauty photography.
Care Blends Essential Oil (Grapefruit + Chamomile): Naturally derived from essences of grapefruit and chamomile in a base of four richly conditioning botanical oils. Provides the skin with a healing balance of plant-derived elements that purify, regenerate, soothe, and calm. Apply to the skin after cleansing and before your skincare regimen. May also be blended with other M∙A∙C formulas.
Create dots of the mixed shades of Full Coverage Foundation on the face with #252 Large Shader Brush on the designed placement (see below for reference image of make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin’s book Making Faces “Shading and Highlighting” technique).
Kevyn Aucoin – Shading and Highlighting techniques
Highlight: on the forehead, “C” area in the ouuter eyes, centre of the eye lid, brow bone, chin
Contour: cheekbone, side of the nose, hairline, inner eye/nose, a bit under the eye for a natural contouring effect
Everywhere else with her natural skin color
“Dark colors shade and make areas recede, for instant the hollows of the cheek, temples, under the chin, sides of the nose. Light colors highlight and make this come forward – the apples of the cheek, under the eye, the browbone and middle of the chin.” – Kevyn Aucoin
Pro Performance Sponge saturated with lots of Fix+ spray to roll and blend the dotted Full Coverage Foundation on the skin. Roll and blend in the bouncing motion to achieve great natural effect!
M·A·C PRO Studio Finish Skin Corrector to color correct the skin pigmentation area. Keri mixed “Orange” + “Terra Cotta” together, applied it with #252 Large Shader Brush: around the lip area, under the eyes to take out the grayness on the skin.
A specially tinted formula offering the traditional full coverage and protection of Studio Finish SPF 35 while providing long-lasting pro-quality concealing and color-adjusting properties. Goes on smoothly, dries to a natural matte. Use alone or blend with other foundations. Highly pigmented and richly emollient: even a dab provides enough coverage to effectively conceal dark circles, blemishes, moles, tattoos and any skin discoloration. Available in eight skin-correcting shades.
Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder with #129 Powder/Blush Brush to set the color correction spots
“Mega Mix” powder to buff into the skin with #109 Small Contour Brush
Extra Dimension Skinfinish“Whisper of Gilt” (limited edition) with #130 Short Duo Fibre Brush to highlight in selected area
M·A·C PRO Sculpting Powder to intensify the contour by mixing “Warm Light” + “Soft Focus” to buff onto the cheek. Keri used “Infinity” with #224 Tapered Blending Brush to intensify the contoured effect of the bottom eye.
M·A·C PRO Paintstick “Black” in the crease and bottom of the eye with #266 Small Angled Brush, then blend with #224 Tapered Blending Brush to create that “sepia” color tone for contoured effect. There is also a Cream Color Base in “Mid-tone Sepia” color in the PRO line as well.
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M·A·C Senior Artist: Vimi Joshi (Dubai)
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M·A·C Artist Up Close: Concealing for Darker Skin with Vimi Joshi
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Perfect Skin Make-up Look by Tommy . Photo by Nhi Le
This is a great make-up kit tip for those of you who use multiple colours in a palette, especially if you like to condense your M·A·C pigments (eye shadow in loose powder form), or when your pot shadows/blushes break to bits… you can re-organize, and customize them to fit your needs with this open magnetic pan and unique clear window.
Congratulations to Tommy Beauty Pro Blog! This is a milestone for my blog as it’s reaching the 100thblog entry, YAY! I promise this is going to a very informational make-up blog with tons of make-up tips!
On May 26, 2012, I had a pleasure to be the make-up artist for Laurie Belle of Leftcoast TV “Get Cooking with the Stars” show host/producer to do her red carpet make-up for the annual 2012Leo Awards – The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia (Canada) red carpet event.
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Large scale red carpet events don’t happen very often here in Vancouver, BC. Canada, but Leo Awards is one of them. Some of the most famous red carpet events that people are familiar with are: the Oscars Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Grammy Awards…etc. Red carpet is where of the publicity and excitement takes place with press discussing fashion – what designers are being worn by which celebrities and photographers taking pictures. Red carpets are often coupled with media boards which contain logos or event sponsors for photography purposes.
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I met with Laurie Belle at TONI&GUY Hair Studio in downtown Vancouver (Alberni Location). As hair stylist CoCo & RIO were working her hair, I started prepping for Laurie’s face for her red carpet beauty make-up.
I asked to see Laurie’s dress, and got an idea of what she will look like because make-up & hair must compliment what she wears. Red carpet make-up requires knowledge of fashion, trend and beauty as it must reflects the personality & character of the celebrity. For today’s red carpet event, the hair is being dressed in the Hollywood Veronica Lake’s waved hair, and the make-up is going to compliment the hair and dress without being too overpowering – neither the hair or the make-up should be the centre of attention unless you are Lady GaGa, right?
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The whole wardrobe was completed at Blushing Boutique of Shelley Klassen dresses & jewelry and Mona Sultan S/S 2012 scarf. The team of event photographers Dan Poh & Sandra Liang, cameraman Chris Wright, journalist Misty Chalmers and I all hopped onto the limo to attend the Leo Award’s event at Fairmount Hotel Vancouver! It was a fun day!
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For those of you who are interested in the make-up and pro artist tricks that I used on Laurie, here is the list of the key M·A·C Cosmetics(the official cosmetics sponsor of the event) products that I used on Laurie for her Red Carpet Beauty make-up:
FACE
I mixed 2-3 different shades of Full Coverage Foundation and applied skillfully on the face to get that camera-ready-canvas, and set it with Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder/Pressed with #167 Face Blender Brush. The combination gives a smooth effect while taking away any imperfections on the skin, and the fibre of the brush (high quality selected goat hair) is really soft & gentle so it feels like a mini massage on the skin.
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Tommy’s PRO Make-up Artist Tips 1
Mix your foundation with Strobe Cream together to sheer the texture of the foundation. Apply the mixed foundation with #130 Short Duo Fibre Brush in a circular buffing motion to achieve a good, polished skin while adding that subtle, healthy, glowing effect!
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The face was hilighted & contoured in M·A·C PRO’s Sculpt & Shape colours with #168 Large Angled Contour Brush.
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I did a structured brow on Laurie by drawing and filling in with Lingering Eye Brow Pencil, it is the trend for Spring/Summer 2012 to have that fuller & more structured eye brows. Lingering Eye Brows is retractable and does not require sharpening! The brows were brushed with Clear Brow Set for a groomed finish.
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To ensure the eye make-up stays on for a long time, I used Bare Canvas Eye Paints as a base all over the eye area, and top it with Naked Lunch & Vanilla eye shadows as hilight colours. The eyelids were filled with Shroom eye shadow, and the outter corner of the eyes were coloured in Bronze & Smut eye shadows with #226 Small Tapered Blending Brush.
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The black eye liners were winged up in M·A·C PRO’s Black Black Chromaline to give that Hollywood glamour appeal. It is a waterproof gel/cream eye liner which is ideal to use for face or eye make-up. It gives a smooth line and pretty opaque in colour payoff ; I use this as an alternative product to my regular Blacktrack Fluidline. Teddy Eye Kohl was smudged and blended at the bottom of the eyes with #219 Pencil Brush, and the waterline was filled in Fascinating Eye Kohl for an extra popping effect.
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Tommy’s Pro Make-up Artist Tips 2:
When doing a glamour eye make-up, always ensure the liner from the top & bottom meet together at the outer corer of the eye, extend a bit further than the actual eye, and wing up. It gives an instant eye lift look! Make sure the winged up angle is even at both sides!
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Tommy’s PRO Make-up Artist Tips 3:
You can always use a white or ivory coloured pencil and fill in the waterline to enlarge the appearance of the eyes while making them pop. The effect is even stronger by lining the eyes with a dark colour outside of the waterline.
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The mascara I used on Laurie is actually a new launched product from M·A·C called Endless Black Extended Play Lash mascara. This fabulous mascara comes with a slim-line brush that is great for applying the bottom lashes, or shorter lashes. I used it on Laurie, and it instantly gives a glossy black colour on the lashes. It really
separates the lashes & curls the lashes lightly with its feathery lightweight. It’s actually smudge-proof too! This mascara is now one of my favorite mascaras that I am keeping in my make-up tool belt!The mascara colour is actually black, it’s just the tube packaging is in blue.
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Tommy’s PRO Make-up Artist Tips 4:
For a much précised make-up application, always paint the edge band of the false lashes in the eye liner you are applying. Sometimes, a dark black coloured eye lash glue really does the trick and saves you time!
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Tommy’s PRO Make-up Artist Tips 5:
If you make a little boo boo with a mascara, and you wanted to clean it up without ruining the rest of the make-up, try to use MAC Matte Texture! Just wait for the mascara to dry first, and then take a pointed Q-tip with a tiny amount of Matte Texture, it will erase it right away. Matte Texture is actually a silicon-based mattifying product to use on the face area (such as T-zone) to take away shine and oil.
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Soft and Gentle Mineralize Skinfinish was swiped on the upper cheekbone up to above the brows to highlight. It was also applied with #219 Pencil Brush just above her lips in cupid’s bow to make her lips appear fuller and pouty.
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The pink on the cheeks were mixed in Fleur Power Powder Blush & Two Virtues Mineralize Blush colours.
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The chosen colour was Pink Nouveaulipstick to really compliment her dress colour, and Clear Lipglass was also used at the centre of her lips for a shine effect for camera.
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Overall, I would describe this red carpet make-up look as a glamour make-up look with a trend appeal. You definitely want to keep the face in a matte finish so the face doesn’t look oily on camera–although the glowing effect is great on the highlighted area of the face. Most importantly, you want to ensure the make-up & hair looks great from all angles because the celebrity’s picture can be taken by any photographers at any angles.
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Client Testimonial from Laurie Belle:
I was thrilled when I learned that celebrity makeup artist Tommy Chiang (Hilary Duff, Miss Universe pageant) was going to be my makeup artist for the red carpet at the LEO Awards Gala, Saturday, May 26th, 2012. The Team of Coco and Rio from Toni & Guy on Alberni Street alongside Tommy Chiang Makeupensured that I would reach that glam, sultry, old Hollywood-style we were after.
Tommy was professional, fun, and had great precision with the many lip-popping hues and variety of colors he used to enhance my eyes and match my dress from Blushing Boutique. Tommy understood that my style is more natural than heavy makeup and still combined the right colors from MAC Cosmetics to fit red carpet style.
The care that Tommy exuded was evident when he wouldn’t allow me to leave for the Leo Awards Gala without one last dash back to Blushing Boutique to pick up some perfect jewels. Tommy said that “ the red carpet is THE time to really pull out all those accessories.”
Dan Poh of Dan Poh Photography completed the team, with his always magnificent photos. We reached that Hollywood Era that we were after.
Tommy and Dan along with the rest of my team from Leftcoast TV (writer Misty Chalmers and cameraman Chris Wright) and I, all hopped in the limo and headed out for an unforgettable evening at the Leo Awards Gala held at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
Thanks Tommy Chiang. You were absolutely amazing!
Host Laurie Belle, Get Cooking with the Stars (Left Coast TV)
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Client Testimonial from Dan Poh (Pan Poh Photography):
TOMMY!!! YOUR makeup was AMAZING!!!! You are the GREATEST!
You will enjoy this video if you have a passion for fashion & runway trend make-up! Produced by Fashion TV where M·A·C Cosmetic’s Global Make-up Artistry VP: Gordon Espinet and Make-up Artistry Directors: Terry Barber (UK) and Lyne Desnoyers (France), to talk about their views on fashion & trend make-up artistry with live make-up demonstrations…. it’s so inspiring to have professional make-up artists talk about fashion make-up in one of the four major fashion week cities in the world!
Fashion TV – M·A·C MASTERCLASS – MAKE UP ARTISTS TALK - MILAN
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