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DILLY'S DELIGHTS

Baskin Robbin’s Butter Pecan ice-cream
Being in love
Cooking
Eddie Izzard
Going to the movies
Good eatin'!
Interior Decorating Magazines
Jeff Dunham
Jigsaw puzzles
Kiara Park in TTDI
Lay's Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips
Lemons
Lolita Lempicka perfume
Making people look & feel good with make-up
My job(s)
Russell Peters
The sight of the green hills just before reaching the Penchala Link
The smell of freshly brewed coffee
The sound of sautéing onions
The taste of a hot cup of kopi-o (kurang manis)
Vanilla anything (perfume, candles, essence)
Watching cooking shows
Watching interior decorating shows

Serena's Bridal Makeup

Friday, March 12, 2010

So last week I was given a makeover but then the coming weekend gave me a chance to do the same for my friend, Serena, who was getting married that day...

At 5 mins before 7a.m., I arrived at her house that Saturday morning with my gear. She'd asked me to do her bridal makeup for the morning and evening sessions that day. And I have to say, it was the most relaxed wedding I've ever had to do bridal make-up for!

Serena was already blessed with perfectly clear skin but of course, she still needed to look like the radiant bride for the big day...

So after she prepped her skin with moisturiser and eye-cream, I used Shu Uemura’s UV Base to help make the make-up last longer. Then I applied MAC liquid foundation all over her face and neck, and set it with loose powder. I prepped her lips with Bobbi Brown lip balm in order to plump them up and make lipstick application much smoother. TIP: If you don’t put on lipbalm first, your lips will remain cracked and dry and won’t look good with lipstick on because those cracks will be more prominent.

On her eyes, I spread eye base (it helps to make the eyeshadow last longer and the colour more noticeable) and then used a mixture of colours from my Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette to give her the look I wanted.

I used MAC’s Fluidline in black to line the top of her eyes.

Then I curled Serena’s top lashes and brushed a few coats of Maybelline Turbo Boost Mascara then curled them again. Then I applied fake lashes, brushed black eyeshadow over the eyeliner and when she opened her eyes… what a difference that made! I dabbed a little shimmery eyeshadow at the inner corner of her eyes and then filled in her eyebrows with Empro Triangular Ebrow eyebrow pencil in Natural Brown, then set it with a little brown eyeshadow.

With the eyes done, I brushed her cheeks with MAC's Sheertone Powder Blush in Sincere to give her that “blushing bride” look and finally completed the look by applying Estee Lauder Pure Color Crystal Lipstick in Crystal Pink (a colour I had to look for in three Estee Lauder outlets). Then I added a dab of MAC Tinted Lipglass in Lust.