Photo-shoot collaboration with International Photographer Jason Mordeno

Model: Janny Medina

Photographer: Jason Mordeno

Hair: Anthony Villadolid

Assist: JM Chico

MUA: Anne Bismonte

December 2013  at Mandarin Hotel, Makati City

Makeup Artist in action. Working on our second look for the High fashion photo shoot. This look is something smokey and sultry.

1st look: Natural and soft

2nd look: Smokey and Bold

Products used:

FACE: 

Revlon Photo-ready face primer

Graftobian Cream Foundation in buttermilk

Ben Nye Translucent Powder

Ben Nye Concealer in SK-11

MAC soft and Gentle Highlight

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

EYES:

Urban Decay NAKED palette

Jazzy Collection eyeshadow in Black

Urban Decay primer potion

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara in Original

Urban Decay eyepencil in Zero

Stardel Eyelashes in Medium

Lips:

Maybeline Nude Collection in NU37

Mac Lady Danger

HOW TO DEPOT LIPSTICKS INTO A PALETTE

Hello there! Sorry for being a MIA these past few weeks as I am totally busy with my school and work and being a mom as well.  So for now, I’m going to share how I depot my lipstick into a small lipstick container.

When I start to collect makeup I am so into lipsticks. I love lipsticks! I have different bunch of colors to different kinds of finishes. But I actually realized that it is kind of annoying not to be able to see the colors or shades of your lipstick – you have to turn them over to read the shade until you find something you’re after – after opening and closing loads of lids of course. But for personal reason putting your lipsticks into a palette is not really advisable as it became not handy or travel friendly anymore. I’m sure that you don’t want to bring your full set of lipsticks with you every day.  But if you are a professional makeup artist and wants to maximize your makeup traincase and wants to put everything organized, you may want to have a lipstick palette.

On my first day to school we have talk about “professional make-up kit”. On how to build and what are the things that a pro needs in her kit. Maybe I will share with you my kit some other time just for you to have an idea what a professional kit has.

Here are the steps:

  1.) Choose your container and your lipstick colors. Be mindful that if you have small containers and you’re going to separate the lipsticks make sure you will group them by colors. All shades of pinks ex.  Light pink to vibrant fuchsia.  Then all shades of red ex.  Deep red to orange-y red. From plums to mauve then your own set of nude colors.  So it will have a gradient look of different shades of a particular color.

 2.) Now, cut the lipstick and put it in a large spoon and melt it in a candle.

3.) Pour the lipstick inside the empty container. (Mine is not tally melted because I will put it              inside the oven)

4.) Clean the edges of the container.

Now, you can stop there. But as you can see, Given that this is my first time to depot my lipsticks I am not satisfied with the look after melting it. So I have decided to put in inside the oven. Now, you can start by just putting it inside the oven, I think it is much easier just be careful with the containers because it is made out of plastic.

    5.) Put the containers inside the oven for 2-3 mins and wait till the lipstick becomes liquid in form.

    6.) Now, it is in liquid form put the lipstick inside the freezer for 10 mins and wait until it becomes solid.

    7.) You can peel the stickers of the lipstick tube and put them in the corresponding lipstick so you would   know what shade it is.

   And there you go! You now have your own lipstick palette.

   Lipsticks I used for depoting:

   For pinks: Mac Candy yum yum -  Mac Chatterbox - Rimmel London Nostalgia

   For reds: Mac Red - Mac Ruby woo - Rimmel London Deep Red

  

   Hope you enjoyed reading! God bless!