Tutorial: Eoljjang eye makeup

After ordering and receiving my coloured lens, I am into the “Eoljjang” (Ulzzang) makeup and look.

Ulzzang is defined as “best face” or “good-looking” in Korean, and the “Eoljjang” is someone who is popular based on their appearance. (Damn superficial as these Eoljjangs get celebrity status because their popularity is based on their appearance and nothing else.)

Basically, to achieve the Eoljjang look, you’ll need a doll face, with huge eyes, perfectly sculpted nose and clear skin.

I don’t have clear skin at all, so I am going to use makeup to cheat. As for the doll face, enlarging my eyes would do the trick. My nose is far from perfect, and I need a nose job more than anyone else.

But in this tutorial, I will just focus on the eye.

Wore my Super Barbie Eye lens in Bambi Grey.

I have extreme dark eye circles, but nothing makeup can’t conceal.

After application of BB cream from Hanskin and concealer from my 15-concealer palette, my dark eye circles become less obvious.

I used BB cream from Hanskin from Korea, because I needed a fairer, porcelain skin. BB creams from Japan and U.S will not be able to give me that kind of effect. If you want to look extremely fair, BB cream from Korea will be perfect for you.

If you want to buy the 15 concealer palette, shop HERE.

Drawn brows with my Daiso eyebrow pencil in Black. Korean girls like extremely thick brows to keep them looking young, but I can’t carry off the thick eyebrow look so I drew it the normal way.

Trying really hard to balance both sides..

Highlighted my brow bone with the lightest beige from my concealer palette, and used eyeliner to draw the outer half of my lower line.

This immediately made my eyes bigger and more enticing.

Then, I used eyeliner to line the outer half of my upper lash and joined it with my lower lash line with a ‘V’.

My eyeliner is Castledew Colourshot Pencil in Black (non-waterproof). I love this eyeliner because it is double-sided, and there’s a pretty pink sparkly rhinestone on top of each side of the cover.

(Blurred my face because I am extremely shy, haha)

As you can see, I used a cotton swab to smudge the eyeliner to make it less harsh.

Applied waterproof Mascara - Maybelline’s Volume Express.

Used falsies for my left eye.

Finished look.

Easy peasey, lemon squeezy.

This look is really simple, try it and rock it!

Basic eye makeup

Brighter eyes for all of us! 

More pictures, less words. That’s how most people like it.

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Picture #1
Here I am, shamelessly exposing my naked eyes.
Now do you believe that I look like a maid without makeup?

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Picture #2
Grabbing a tapered concealer brush to lighten my eyebags.

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Picture #3
Here, I am using yellow concealer to make my dark eye circles less dull.
To understand how does yellow concealer works, click HERE.

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Picture #4
Blend, blend and blend.
I always use my ring finger to blend by rolling it in circular motions.
Notice how yellow concealer makes the dark eye circles look really washed out?
Hence, you should never wear yellow concealer on its own.

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Picture #5
Damn, isn’t the little zit really distracting?
Anyway, here’s using skin coloured concealer on top of the yellow concealer.
Concealers can make the eye area look really dry. So don’t forget to moisturize beforehand.

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Picture #6
Notice how the middle portion doesn’t look grey anymore?
Do the same to the entire area to get rid of the greyish hue.

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Picture #7
Blend the salmon coloured concealer and say hello to a brighter eye!

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Picture #8
Layered BB cream over the concealer on my entire face.

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Picture #9
Brushed loose powder over my BB cream and concealer to set the makeup.

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Picture #10
I love this part – highlighting the upper eyelids with my Shu Uemura eyeshadow in Sakura.
Never fails to make my eye ‘pop’.

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Picture #11
Focusing on the middle area.

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Picture #12
And the inner corners of the eye too.

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Picture #13
Grabbing taupe eyeshadow to make the eyes more three-dimensional.

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Picture #14
Can you see the effect of the taupe eyeshadow at the outer area?
“No, I can’t. Only see your fine lines” 

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Picture #15
Here’s a better picture.

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Picture #16
Getting the skinny brush ready for application of gel liner.
I prefer this over the angled brush for gel liner application, by the way.

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Picture #17
A thin line first, till the hands are steady.

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Picture #18
Extend the line slightly upwards for a cat-eye effect.
Well, this is still basic right?

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Picture #19
Outline, before filling in the colour.

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Picture #20
DONE.
Gorgeous eyes.
(No matter what you say!)

Oh, don’t forget to curl your lashes and use mascara.

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There you go. Makeup does wonders.

Skin tone and red lips

As promised in the previous entry, I am here to share what kind of red lip colour would be perfect for your skin tone.

Many females in Singapore tend to shy away from red lip colour because it stands out and they are afraid of wearing it wrongly. With this entry as a guide, you can too try wearing red lips because it is not a temporary fashion trend but a classic.

Red lips will always be in style and the correct lip colour will make your skin radiant. And with so many shades of red to choose from at makeup counters, it will not be difficult to find the right shade of red for yourself.

Also, don’t be shy to ask the experts at makeup counters within departmental stores which shade is the right one for you. But do your homework before testing the colours out at the counters. You wouldn’t want to be seen hopping from Chanel, to Estee Lauder, Ettusais, Anna Sui, Benefit, Lancome because counter girls here gossip a lot.

For most Asian girls like myself, it might be a little harder to tell if your skin tone is cool, warm, or neutral.

The general assumption is that fair, white English girls are cool, and tanned, bronzed beach American babes are warm. People with a yellow undertone would be classified as “warm”. But is it, really?

Different types of skin colour.

In Singapore, the majority of the population is made up of Chinese, Malays and Indians. And 95% of us Asians have yellow skin, or a yellow undertone. By general assumption, our skin tone is warm. If you should think so, that is wrong! We might be yellow on the surface, but our skin tone can be neutral, or even cool.

How do you tell what is your skin tone then?

There are many methods to find out what your skin tone is. I will discuss two methods here.

#1. The Gold and Silver watch test

Wear a gold watch on your left wrist, and a silver watch on your right wrist. If you look better in silver, you’re cool. If you look better in gold, you’re warm. Remember, this is not a matter of taste and personality, but to identify your natural skin tone.

#2. The wrist test

Go outdoors and get natural light, then look at the veins on your wrists. If you see a yellow-orange cast, you’re warm. If you see blue undertones, you’re cool. If you have a peach or olive undertone, you’re neutral.

In general, warm tones goes very well with beige BB cream, foundations and concealers, whereas cool tones goes very well with ivory-based ones.

Lip colour

We all know that warm red goes with warm skin tones, and cool red goes with cool skin tones. But what exactly is the right colour for us?

Look at lipsticks a little closely to find that every shade of red has an underlying pigment tone, and this will determine your look. Be very careful with this, wearing the wrong colour will make you avoid red lips for the rest of your life.

If you’re warm with a golden or bronze tan, your lip colour should be in orange-red shades. Examples of orangey-reds are brick red, orange, dark red, burgundy.

If you’re cool with fair and rosy skin, your lip colour should have a blue undertone. That means you may experiment with hot red, or any red with pinkish hues.

These are general guidelines to help us find the right shade of red by cutting our options by half, but we still have to take our time and select the right shade of red from the other half. Finding the correct colour requires time and effort. It is all about experimenting and trying on different shades to eventually find the perfect red rouge for yourself.

Good luck!

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Credit: all images used in the entry are from istockphoto

Get the perfect eyelash curl

Have you seen ugly curled eyelashes? The same lashes that has been crimped in such a way that you could tell exactly where did the curler stopped at because of its 90 degree angle?

I’m not sure about most of you, but that is definitely a faux pas to me.

To have nice eyelash curls, we first need a good curler. One of the curlers that I would recommend is the iconic Shu Uemura eyelash curler that the whole world has been raving about. It is easy to control and most importantly, it does not crimp onto the tender eyelids and cause physical pain.

Shu Uemura eyelash curler

To get the perfect eyelash curls that do not cause a “crocodile open mouth” after putting your falsies, follow the steps below:

#1. Warm the eyelash curler slight with a hair dryer. Do not overheat the curler as it might burn your sensitive eyelids.

#2. Crimp your lashes about 7 seconds – Not too much or too little time. 7 seconds is just right.

#3. Work upwards while you’re at it – We don’t want a 90 degree angle, hence crimping the lashes outwards and upwards will create the perfect curl.

#4. Use mascara to add volume and length to your eyelashes – A waste if we curl our lashes and ignore the mascara cause it “opens” the eye.

#5. Lastly, replace the silicon in the curler every 3 months to ensure that it does not become to soft and works well.

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And these are the simple steps to achieve the perfect eyelash curl. Try it!

Shimmer or matte?

Dilemma?

Really, when it comes to makeup, there are no rules as to whether we should go with shimmer or matte makeup. However, most people would agree that matte and shimmer eyeshadow works very well together.

Primarily, eyeshadow is supposed to enhance our eyes, and not just be seen. The term “eyeshadow” would already suggest that it is supposed to create a shadow around the eye area. Hence, eyeshadow is not used just because counters are selling them, or that you find that item in every girl’s makeup pouch.

Lots of colours!

Credit: fairendel.files.wordpress.com

I used to think that using a solid light coloured eyeshadow would brighten up my eye, but now I understand that light colour eyeshadow are really used for highlighting purposes.

Although there are no rules, there are guidelines to using matte and shimmer eyeshadow.

 

Matte colour on top rectangle, shimmer at the bottom rectangle.

 

To begin, we should understand that shimmer eyeshadow should not be used for day looks. Shimmer eyeshadow have this tedency to make wrinkles more visible. If you want a younger feel to your makeup, avoid shimmer eyeshadow on the entire eyelid. However, you may choose to use it under your brows and in the inner corner or your eyes to make it brighter.

Here’s to show the difference between matte and shimmer shadow:

 

 

 

I’m sure you can already see the difference between the shimmer eyeshadow (left) and the matte one (right).

We can see that the lines on my hand is significant with the shimmer one, and the lines not as obvious when the matte colour was used. So, you get my point. If we don’t want to look older than we actually are, we should avoid using too much shimmer.

 

Anne Hathaway in night makeup

Shimmer eyeshadow should be used more at night. The reflective particles would reflect light, making your eyes look more appealing than using the matte one. At night, we can play with extremely dark pigments and just have fun with the shimmer!

Most importantly, we all have different eye shapes and eyelids. We should play around with both matte and shimmer eyeshadow to create a look that will make us look gorgeous.

Have fun!

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To play with different looks, I would recommend the 78 colour palette:

78 Colour Palette.

In this palette, you get to play with sixty shimmer, mattes and satin eye colours, twelve lip colours, and six blushers. For SGD 26, that’s only 33 cents per colour!

To purchase, click on “MAKEUP SHOP” on the top right hand corner.