Smokey Grey Using Naked 2 + Stunning Red Lips

Hi, Selamat Berpuasa to all my Muslim readers ! How's your fasting everybody ?? I hope everyone is doing good and lets be productive on this Fasting Month !! I always remember this,  "Puasa itu menajamkan fikiran", '( Fasting can Power Up Your Brain) ! so there's no reason to be lazy in this Holy Month. May we gain so many benefits of fasting.. And Allah Almighty knows best !

Lets start the story of my FOTD that I did last month ! I have already posted a picture of this look on my FB Page a while ago, and Im sure some of you already have seen it ;) The FOTD of  stunning Red Lips + grey smokey eyes using mainly the beautiful  Naked 2 palette where it was launched early this year, and already SOLD OUT at Sephora ! I feel dissapointed and a bit guilty here, coz I always posted something that is outdated already !! Im so sorry, I didnt have the time to update my blog as often as possible coz Im sooo busy with my lil' one. But I guess, the 'LATE' word never exist when its come to SHARING ;) Im putting my extra effort here in this Holy Month to spend some time to update my blog, and I would like all of you to know that.. I dont Sleep after Sahur ! I will try my best to update this blog and the other one the Purdy Petals by Anna Ismail alternately (you can click the upper tab to directly jump to my next blog) 

So here's the look !

After sooo long havnt practised makeup n taken pics of myself in front of the mirror, I think I look awkward in here. LOL

Another awkward face ... lalala

I usually like to tone down my cheeks ,( I didnt wear blusher here, just contour a bit on the jaw line with mineralize natural medium deep)  whenever I do a bit heavy on eyes n bold lips (bold lips is not only when you wear red, but deep magenta, bright fuschia, any bright strong colours also considered as heavy colours) Avoid strong colours on all parts dearies, youll end up looking like a fake scarry Clown ! 

My Soft Smokey Grey eye makeup. Half coloured with black kohl inside the waterline .. this will make your eyes slightly narrowed at the corner... If you colour the waterline in the inner half will make the eye make up more stunning and looking a bit bigger and wider in the inside !

My eyebrows is naturally coloured using SimpliSity Eyebroww pencil ! Why spend more on expensive brand while we have a local brand thats soo good but still veeeeerrrry cheap ?! ;)

Overall Make Up products used:

Face:

One drop of MAC prolong wear foundation

Chanel translucent Loose powder 

Contouring using MAC mineralized natural (medium deep)

Eyes:

Eyebrows: SimpliSity

Eyeshadows are all from the Naked 2 Palette

Inner corner and Browbone: BootyCall

Lid: Verve

Crease: Pistol

Outer V: Blackout

Lips:

Just a regular Lipliner I bought at SASA in red colours

Lipcolour: MAC Russian Red (Make Up artist most fav RED lipstick)

I will give my review on this palette based on, how does it compare to Naked palette, which one is better, which is my fav ?, the swatches and more pics in my next post. So, Keep visiting my blog for more updates guys ! Have a great day ahead ;)

p/s: Please follow my other blog Purdy Petals for my personal life story and I really2 appreciate ur support! TQ. Hugs n Kissess ! 

My Make Up look using mostly Nars

Dear readers,

First and foremost, please apologize me for not updating this blog with interesting things ! I know that Ive neglected this blog for ages !!! Im so sorry for that.. Im sure you all know that all moms are busy ! ;D I dont really have the time to be an active blogger ever since I become a mother, but at least Ive tried to post pictures of my recent works on my clients here n of course in my FB page. Hope that doesnt stop you all from stopping by once in a while ! TQ, really appreciate if u r still coming back to check whether Ive posted something here ;)

Actually I have lots of things to share, and that 'lots of things' already become outdated haha. Im not a good writer and ... Im just lack of ideas to write.. sorry if you find my blog bores you  ;(  I prefer something that is less writing and more pictures, thats why I love Instagram now ;) If you are interested to follow my activity, you can find me on Instagram ! Im quite an active Instagram user ;) You can search me under the name annaismail, Ill be soo happy if you can be my follower on IG ;)) Im sure not all of you can access to Instagram via phone,so  if anyone would like to view my instag photos in my blog, please respond in the comment box !

Ok enuff babbless ...

Here are some pics of the make up looks that I did a FEW MONTHS ago, cant exactly remember in which month ;p LOL. I've already uploaded 1 picture in my FB page and promised to reveal all the products I used in my blog a few months back .. so here it is .. sorry for the longgg delay (ni pun curi masa sikit suruh my hubby jg baby ;p)

Tools n Make up stuffs to achieve the look! Ive been loving Nars ever since I bought some of their products via my internet friend, last year in August ! I planned to blog about the stuffs and was so excited to share with you guys before, but I couldn't ..since there was no Internet access at my parents house in my hometown.. I was in my confinement at that time, back in July-Sept 2011.. Its been almost a year.. if anybody interested to see my Nars purchase ? let me know ! Ill try my best  to review 'em in my upcoming post ;)

more Make up stuffs pictures .. because I Love taking pics of 'em ! 

For Face make up

Prep n Prime Mac

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation - Punjab ( In LOVEEE ! )

 Chanel Loose Powder

Eye Make Up

lid: Mac Haunting

crease: Nars Mekong

browbone: Mac (cant remember the name) , but any highlight colour will do

bottom eyes: Black eyeliner and smudge with Nars Mekong

Eyebrows: Simplysiti ! ( pretty cheap great eyebrow pencil , great colour suitable for asians with black hair) Im lovin' it !

Lips:

Mac spice lipliner

Mac Mocha lipstick

Burts Bees lipgloss in Sweet Pink on top

Contour and Blush:

The duo Nars Blush bronzer : Orgasm n Laguna (Deeply in love with Orgasm Blush)

Here comes the Full Look ! The pictures were taken in a dark room, hence the poor quality and lots of flash !! But the good thing is, you can see how beautiful the blusher and how lovely n dewy the Nars sheer glow are when they catch lights ! 

 

Work in progress... need to blend blend blend some moree :D

Pics of me n my baby. He's already 10months + now ;)

 Duck Lips .. wooo

So you see.. too much flash really affect the way your make up looks in pics... natural looking pictures n beautiful makeup looks best with great lightings! and the best is captured under real lights ( during the day)

And last but not least... the pic that Ive posted in my FB page a while ago ! this was taken without flash under yellow light ... I had to crop this since I was not wearing my hijab.. but I kinda like how I look in this pic *wink*

Ok, that's my update for tday. I hope its been useful for you. Have a great day ahead ! TQ for dropping by ;)

English Romantic Bridal Look

Follow up class for Natural bridal make up look.

Make Up Concept: Simple English Bridal Look for fair skin tones, using pastel pink and purples. Soft grey eyeliner using only powder eyeshadows, no falsies, light foundation + powder application and pinkish purply blush and lips, suitable for daily makeup/ solemnization / engagement.

Make Up and Hair done by: Yana (Make Up Parlour)
Model: Farah ( Sugar Spice and What Not )

I decided to post it on my blog for your viewing pleasure...Enjoy the pics of these gorgeous sisters !

curling process using babyliss pro hot curling iron

doing make up while waiting for the curling process in progress

 

After curling hair and makeup is done

Thanx yana and farah for joining my class. Really appreciate your interest and support ;) Hope the pics will give some inspirations to those who wants a simple make up for their occasion. Have a nice day everyone ! ;)

NYX Nude On Nude S119 Palette swatches + the look

Hi beauties ;) sorry for my late update regarding this palette... as usual, Ive been busy with works.. I really apologize for those who've been waiting to know the rest  info regarding this palette,  and where to get it. Read more if you are curious ....

  

This palette is said to be the dupe for the famous Urban Decay Naked Palette. It has 20 eye shadow colours which are all very pigmented and very nice shades for daily to night make up. Whats more interesting, it includes 10 shades of lip colours in a separate drawer, where you have to actually pull out from the bottom case. A genius design I would say coz I dont like when a palette combines cream + powder product in a single palette coz the powder have the tendency to dust outside its pan and mixed up with the cream product. 

 Urban Decay Naked Palette. Since the palettes always sold out at sephora, so I ordered 4 of this from my sister who went to London last month ! I planned to publish them and put on sale on my blog but they are already sold out! Those who joined the class make up the other day had grabbed them before I even advertise 'em in my blog hehe ;)

I also have the Naked Palette, but I found it to be not really similar in pigmentation and texture though some of the colours in this palette are quite the same with the one in Naked (of course the Naked eyeshadows are better in pigmentation and they are silky smooth when swatched! ) but for the price, this one is more worth since it offers lots more colours and it includes the lip products as well, makes it a better choice for travelling ;) You can create lots of different looks just by using the eyeshadows + lip colours in this palette, awesome !!

The colour swataches of NYX Nude On Nude eyeshadows  + lip colours:

The first 5 upper row

The first 5 bottom row

The other 5 on top row

The last 5 at bottom row

The Lip Swatches:

Now, its time to show my FOTD using this palette !

 If you wonder about the shawl Im wearing in this pic: Its from Miryaa's Collection

click the link to jump to their FB Fan Page.

The pic taken from my previous post... to be honest,it was snapped by using my Nokia phone ;p without flash ...

I was also suprised to see how flawless my make up had turned out using a camera phone. Dont be fooled by the pic coz I dont have a great skin, haha ... so the usual camera does tell you the truth about the actual make up ! I've also made a comparison between eye makeup with/without wearing coloured contact lenses. It gives a big impact to your eyes, trust me ! provided that you snap your pics not too close to your eyes, coz it really shows how fake you look with the contact lenses on  ! what ashamed !

Showing you the eye makeup first:

This is a close up picture of the eye makeup before applying falsies and without coloured lense. Ive chosen the yellow bronzey colour to be on the lid and a dark taupe brown on crease.  You will be suprised of how it had turned out after the two colours blended together ! Refer below picture to see the actual colour in the pan:

Colour on lid: The yellow bronzey, (bottom row, on third column) , crease and lower lashes (bottom row, last column)

Highlight on the browbone: White colour (first column at the bottom row)

For eyebrows: I've used a light greyish taupe (First on top)

For this look, I had used this falsies by Ardell #113. Pretty dramatic, so I didn't apply mascara to the falsies to make it appear more natural.

See how the falsies gives more definition to your eyes

I just love how the two colours blended together. It gives a slightly green tone in between the mixture, though I only used two colours, the resulting shades are 4 tone ! yellow, green, dark brown and a wash of light brown, if you notice ;)

and the effect of using that falsies combine with a slightly flick eyeliner makes my eyes look  sultry and seductive *blush*

Very close up picture taken with flash. I can say that the flash did not wash out the intensity of the eyeshadows.. it photographs really well here. The yellow on lid has a slightly sheen to it but not too much, I can say its a satin finish while the brown colour is not too matte neither too satiny finish but it's really easy to blend.

see how it turned out after I wore the coloured contact lenses, in turqoise by Fresh Look. I didnt use flash here coz it turned out really fake and scarry if its taken very close up ! 

The makeup look with my original brown eyes

The totally Fake makeup looks with turqoise eyes ;p

 
As for the lips, I've mixed two colours (second + ninth ) from the palette, to get that light fuschia (pinkish purple).
Blusher: Nuance (MAC Mineralize Blush)

Well I think thats all for now. 

Hope you enjoyed reading this post, and Ill try my best to update with other interesting products to share some other time. Thanx for visiting my blog and have a great day ahead ! :))

-xoxo-