Most of us spend anywhere around 1-2 hours putting on makeup and perfecting it. Wouldn’t it suck if it only lasted for a couple of hours? Because I do and being someone with combination skin with extremely oily T-zone this doesn’t become any easier. Especially when I am shooting outdoors or indoors, I sweat and my sebaceous glands go into overdrive because of the hot lights or the sun. Chennai, being a hot and humid… Read more…
Being a makeup junkie and also a professional makeup artist I jumped on the highlighting and contouring wagon not right away. I took baby steps my way into learning the highlighting and contouring technique. Soon enough I aced it and started doing it quite religiously because it worked like a charm. So in this post I’m going to start from the basics and explain step by step on how to contour and highlight the correct… Read more…
Hello peeps! How is your day so far? Mine is not bad I am sick but still cannot help myself from writing this post. So after I had published the How To Find The Right Foundation post I started getting messages from readers asking for a similar post for concealer. I take it that you are all or at least most of you are enjoying “The Ultimate Makeup Guide” series so far. Without further ado… Read more…
In Part 1, I explained the basics of makeup and Part 2 was about brushes so part 3 of the Ultimate Makeup Guide Series is all about finding the foundation matching your skin tone. Why do I start with makeup foundation you might think. Well, if you choose the wrong foundation shade, then no matter how flawless your makeup is, it’s going to look wrong so it is important to choose the right foundation. But… Read more…
One of the most often asked questions from my readers are about makeup brushes and their uses. For beginners especially, most of the makeup brushes look very similar other than very small variations in width or shape. So today I’m going to do a Makeup Brushes 101 which will help shed some light on all the questions you’ve had about them. Without proper brushes and tools it is not possible to achieve a flawless makeup… Read more…
So you have decided the time has come to buy yourself your very own makeup kit but now you have a lot of questions; What makeup should I buy as a minimum? What are the must have makeup products in my kit? What makeup brushes and what they do? What colors should I buy for my skintone? What type of makeup should I buy? And how should I do my makeup? Today I’m going to… Read more…