Kissed and Made Up

Today I did makeup for one of my titas (aunt) and my mom’s longtime friend, Tita Marnie. She’s known me since I was in my terrible twos. (I used to blame my mom’s friends for pushing me even though I just tripped on my own! So when I say terrible, I mean terrible!)

Tita Marnie’s makeup is limited to concealer and her tools to an eyelash curler so I got excited when she said she wanted a real dramatic look. I kept her foundation light as she had very clear skin and we both aren’t fans of the caked up face.

BEFORE

Although I bet she thought I was pulling her leg, her eyes are every makeup artist’s dream canvas. There was plenty of eyelid space to paint shadow on and her eyes were extremely deep set! Perfect for dramatic eyes!

AFTER

I gave her smokey gray eyes using Urban Decay’s Creep and Gunmetal both from the Naked Palette and Uzi (a shimmery silver) from  the Book of Shadows III (UD <3 NYC) to brighten the inner corners of her eyes. On her cheeks, I used MAC’s Well Dressed, a nice light pink and YSL Rouge Volupte in Beige Charnel (1) on her lips.

See what I said about her eyes?? They’re the perfect shape!

PRODUCTS USED

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take a photo of her whole look, complete with the dress and all! Let me update that later when she posts photos!

Tita Marnie, you should start learning to put on makeup already! Sayang your Shu Uemura brushes and your made-for-makeup eyes!

One of my biggest pet peeves is blue shadow gone wrong. A number of Filipinas and salon makeup “artists” seem to think that blue eye shadow goes well with the Pinay skin tone. When I say blue eye shadow, I mean the grayish blue ones. Sadly, it’s just not flattering for morenas. Instead of accentuating beautiful bronze skin, it just makes it quite ashy and dull. The super puti (fair) ones might just be able to pull it off but it would still take quite an amount of oomph to carry it well without looking over the top.

However, these kinds of things challenge me. I believe it’s just a matter of learning which blues to use and what other colors to pair them with. I wouldn’t usually go for two blues (a light and a dark one) since I think it looks tacky that way.

I just dyed my hair a darker ash brown (again, at Aura Salon) a couple of days ago and decided I would experiment with blue shadow and how to make it wearable. I wouldn’t have worn this BERRY BRIGHTS LOOK with my blonde hair because if I did, there would just be too many things going on; I’d probably look like a clown.

Here are the products I used for my look:

Top row: Pop Neon Lid Matte Cyan Shadow

Middle row: Lancome Le French Touch in 316 Soft Marshmallow, my favorite lipstick as of the moment! I find it hard to pull of cool pinks but this has just the right amount of blue undertones to go well with my warm skin tone. This would look really good on Pinays with dark brown hair.

Bottom row: Urban Decay Book of Shadows III’s Last Call and Rockstar

eww. please excuse my ugly nails. :(

12 Easy Steps to BERRY BRIGHTS: 

1. Prep, prime, and apply foundation.

2. Groom and color in brows.

3. Apply primer (I used Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original — get one for yourself   by clicking THIS) all over the lid.

4. Apply MATTE CYAN eyeshadow below the crease/socket line with a large flat eye shadow brush and blend until the edges are soft.

5. Apply a magenta-ish color like LAST CALL at the crease with the tips of a medium flat eye shadow brush, making sure to not go below the eye socket line.

6. With a small and thin flat eye shadow brush, draw a dark violet line directly on the socket line outward in then blend to get rid of harsh demarcations.

7. Line your lower lash line with the same magenta shadow.

8. Apply a light pink, almost neutral shade on the inner corners of your eyes and blend upwards.

9. Apply a gel liner (I used Clinque gel liner in True Black) with a thin eyeliner brush.

10. Sweep at least three coats of mascara (I used Max Factor False Lash Effect)

11. Dab on a bit of soft pink blush (or you can even skip this part)

12. Brush on a cool pink lipstick and gloss on your lips for a delicious looking pout.

Hope you like this look!

For my cousin’s wedding (see previous post), I wore a Chanel inspired dress designed by my sister, Jessi.

I couldn’t bring a smaller clutch or else all my stuff wouldn’t fit. I think this Chanel purse went well with my dress anyway.

This was my last hurrah as a blonde. I loved being blonde but as of now, it’s just too difficult to maintain. I just had to convince my mom (who wanted me to dye my hair dark already since my roots were showing) that the whole look would be ruined if my hair was dark!

Every time I have a formal event to attend to, I ALWAYS have my hair up. (Having my hair down just makes it harder for me to move.) My sister Jessi also has to do it for me every time too; I just don’t trust regular salon stylists because most of the time they’re styling is just too baduy, old fashioned, and stiff. I’m a sucker for the perfectly imperfect up do. I had to curl my hair before my sister teased the crown. I’m sure the upside down french braid is pretty obvious and then she just twirled the ends into a chignon.

My nails were done by Piandre Salon in my village. I love how the effect perfectly captured the night sky. This Chanel lip gloss is what I put on right after applying Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Flying Cloud, a pinkish coral shade.

Since my dress was simple and feminine, I decided to go for the dramatic eye and soft lips. I used the Naked Palette’s Gunmetal and Creep to get that silvery smoky eye and falsies to complete the look!

Prom is always exciting. Well, I’ve only been to one (yep, mine) but I get what the fuss is about. Picking your dress, choosing hair styles, trial makeup, asking your crush to prom, having an awesome night with your girlfriends — it’s a girl thing. These days, the closest I get to being involved in proms is doing makeup. 

This is my cousin, Alex. I’ve seen her grow up… from being the most kulit baby to the brilliant and beautiful young lady she is now. I couldn’t believe I was making her up for PROM already!

Alex is a simple girl but also a lot of fun. She has really fair skin with cute and light little freckles sprinkled on her face. I did not want to cover those up at all so I just gave her a thin layer of foundation.  I didn’t want her to look over the top because it wouldn’t go with her personality at all. I wanted to keep the look young, natural, and fresh, with just the tiniest twist.

On her lips, I wanted a juicy pastel peach. I used YSL Rouge Pur in 144 Silky Apricot. On her cheeks, I swiped on a peachy shade as well — Karma (My ultimate favorite blush) from Ulta.

I kept her eyes natural by applying shades from Urban Decay’s Book of Shadows IV. (Skimp, Baked, Midnight Cowgirl) To add that youthful twist, I rimmed her lower lash line with a beautiful deep green (Bender) from the same palette. On a side note, people keep asking me if I sell the Naked Palette (which I don’t) but I just feel that they’re so caught in hype of it all. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s amazing and have one myself but people are quick to disregard other stellar palettes such as this. If you count the number of neutral/naked shades in here, you’ll get 12. And then you get a BONUS of FOUR gorgeous colors too! To me this is just more versatile. The best Book of Shadows Urban Decay has come up with even if the packaging isn’t nearly as great as the BoS III: UD <3 NYC.

If you’re interested or have decided on getting this palette for yourself, just order at Kissed and Made Up Cosmetics! <— Click on this link. (Available in the Philippines only)

Here’s Alex finished look! She looked absolutely STUNNING!

Model: Alex Nazareno
MUA: Jilli Gomez
Hair: Jessi Gomez

Dress: Landmark 

It’s true! In my previous post, I mentioned that I had exciting news about Urban Decay. What could be more exciting than Filipino beauty addicts having the chance to own makeup from one of the most coveted beauty brands???

Check out available Urban Decay products for sale here: Kissed and Made Up Cosmetics!

Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV

Best combination of colors in all the Book of Shadows, in my opinion. I think every buyer of this palette is a winner. High quality single shadows sell for around P1000 in the Philippines. With this palette you get SIXTEEN amazingly pigmented eyeshadows with incredible color payoff and staying power c/o UD’s best-selling Primer Potion, PLUS eyeliner, mascara, and a primer potion for P 3,750. How can you go wrong?

Anyone who has ever used Urban Decay shadows will tell you how beautifully vivid the colors appear on the skin. They are extremely velvety unlike cheap shadow which are powdery, are a pain to apply, and are impossible when it comes to staying power.

I cannot stress enough how perfectly UD picked the colors for this particular palette. It has about TWELVE naked-neutral shades and FOUR very usable colors! It’s like the Naked Palette with a bonus! Speaking of bonuses, it also comes with a liquid eyeliner in Perversion (black), a Supercurl Mascara (black), and cult favorite Primer Potion. What are you waiting for? GRAB ONE FOR YOURSELF RIGHT NOW… THERE ARE ONLY FIVE MORE LEFT! P3,750 at Kissed and Made Up Cosmetics!

Oh, and if you Pinay/Pinoy beauty junkies have run out of this magic stuff, I have FOURTEEN left!

I get so insecure when I feel like I’m about to run out of this juice! It’s every makeup addict’s staple, that’s for sure.

Hi, I’m Jilli. I’m a makeup addict.

Now let’s play Where’s Waldo. Makeup style.

So excited to share them with you! Even more excited to share some URBAN DECAY NEWS for all you makeup addicts, UD minions, and soon-to-be UD minions out there!

Who doesn’t love presents??? I received quite a lot these past couple of months (considering how my birthday is in August) and they are all just fabulous! Thank you guys! <3

The newest member of my Jessica Simpson shoe collection — Brook. Nude with 4 inch heel, 1.1 inch platform, and petite peep toe front. From my Ninang Alma!

Vegas Volt — my first MAC lippie! (also from my wonderful ninang!)

I have an inexplicable addiction with KitKat! I got 10 boxes of these Japanese Cookies & Cream KitKat (plus 3 packs of extra creamy original KitKat) from a friend! :>

Vegan makeup primer also from my ninang!

I’ve been wanting to have one of these since they came out! My third UD primer in addition to the orignial and sin. Love the gold! (again, from my ninang! I’m so swerte to be her inaanak, noh? hehehe!)

and, last but definitely not the least (siyempre, it’s the most expensive rin eh! haha!) My beloved Blackberry Curve 9300 3G from A who got so awa because my N97 mini was literally falling apart. Thank you. I know you worked hard to be able to buy me one, I appreciate it everyday. :)

Did makeup for a fashion show for my college’s start of the sem party, Eleven Twelve at the Liquid Pool Lounge, Manila Ocean Park. Thank you to Jeric Rustia for these photos!

my handy-dandy UD NYC palette!

I wanted the boys to have gold lips just for kicks. :))

Lighting wasn’t so good so even though I painted they’re eyes really wild and over the top, they didn’t register well in the photos. :( I didn’t get to bring my own camera for close up shots too. :(

With my Arki girls, Hannah and Drei..

Plus Van! :)

This is the second part of my Summer Make Up series, modeled by Lena McKenzie — “globe-trotting opera singer and theater actress” who also happens to appear in today’s Young Star (Fresh Produce 2011 by Raymond Ang) section of The Philippine Star!

Still beautiful even without make up on!

Products Used:

1. Foundation - Model’s own

2. Maybelline Perfect Concealer (Light) applied with a Stila #9 brush under her eyes and around her nose

3. Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin

4. Eyeshadow - I used 5 different colors on Lena’s Eyes. Yep, she had space for 5 since she had deep set eyes — always the easiest and most fun to put shadow on!

- Urban Decay Snatch on her browbone to give them a soft pink highlight

- Urban Decay Painkiller all over her lid

- Urban Decay Mildew on her crease

- The Bright Gold shade in my 4U2 Contemporary Palette in the inner    corners of her eyes

- Urban Decay Flash on her upper and lower lash lines

5. Clinique Gel Liner (Black)

6. L’oreal Voluminous Mascara

7. MAC Peaches and MAC Harmony on her cheeks and its contours

8. Make Up Forever Aqua Lip in Coral

(The lighting wasn’t so good inside the room :( )

The Color Palette

Mildew

Bright Gold

Flash

Coral

Her make up definitely matched her character — she had the most colorful personality and was such a natural in front of the camera! Hope you liked it, Lena!