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It's Carnival Time!!! Part II

Hi folks!!

I’m here with another look for Carnival 2010. This time I chose yellow as a theme and again went back to Tribe for my yellow selection of choice. Xi Ling Shi is Tribe’s offering and according to the website, Xi Ling Shi ‘was a legendary Chinese empress and the wife of the Yellow Emperor who discovered silk and invented the silk loom thousands of years ago’. Again, gorgeous costume!!

Xi Ling Shi, image courtesy of CarnivalTribe.com

Xi Ling Shi, closeup, image courtesy of Carnivaltribe.com

Island People Mas also has an offering in yellow from their 2010 presentation, Kutchela. Theirs is called Mudra, which ‘speaks of the importance of non-verbal communication among people’. Island People’s explanation continues, ‘ With its clinical meaning given as hand gestures, it is the essence of what is captured and related through use of the limbs that is in its profoundest meaning- that of the story of life’.

Mudra, Female Frontline, image courtesy of IslandPeopleMas.com

And here’s my look!

LOTD: Holiday Festive

December 22, 2009 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

Hi ladies!!!

So the holiday season is now in full swing and I am sure that many of you are very busy shopping, partying, fete-in’ and parang-in’!! So here is a simple, festive holiday makeup look.

Not too bright, but there is a pop of burgundy colour. Bright burgundy can s be difficult to wear as it can make you look ill, but adding some neutrals make this very wearable. This can be worn in the daytime and intensified for night as well…Hope you enjoy!

Tools

TFSI
OCC Loose Colour in Auric (light yellow gold)
Paula Dorf Eye Colour Gimmers in Wild Fire (midtone burgundy) (good substitue: M.A.C. eyeshadow in Cranberry)
M.A.C. MES in Illusionary/Burning Ambition (shimmery chocolate side)
Maybelline Lash Stiletto Voluptuous Mascara in Very Black
M.A.C. Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Raven (blackened reddish brown)
Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink
M.A.C. brushes in # 224, 227, 266

LOTD: Bright Silver and Green

November 14, 2009 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

Hey!

Here’s the most recent look that I have done! I wore this twice already for the week and I people seem to love it. Another simple quick look. I rediscovered my love for Deep Blue Green pigment. It’s a M.A.C. Pro colour but sometimes appears in limited edition collections like the Hello Kitty Collection. This look is a little on the bright side, because of the contrast between the silver and the green, but a great nighttime glamour look!

The Products

TFSI
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
M.A.C. paintpot in Delft (a beautiful shimmery turquoise, optional)
M.A.C. Rondelle e/s (LE, from the Gentle Fume quad)
M.A.C. Deep Blue green Pigment (M.A.C. PRO colour)
M.A.C. Carbon e/s
Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink
Maybelline Lash Stiletto Mascara in Very Black
M.A.C. brushes in 224, 239
Sonia Kashuk angled eyeliner brush

LOTD: Easy Smokey Eye using Style Black Collection

October 22, 2009 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

Hey!

So here is a simple, easy smokey eye using items from the Style Black Collection from M.A.C. When I saw Cinderfella, I felt that it would make a great quick smokey eye. This look should take 5 mins. and looks great!

Products used

TFSI
M.A.C. Black Greasepaint stick
M.A.C. MES in Cinderfella
M.A.C. Kohl Power in Feline
Givenchy Phenonem’Eyes mascara in Black
M.A.C. 239 brush
Fix+ or Mixing Medium

Details

Apply TFSI to the entire eyelid using ring finger
Apply thin layer of Greasepaint to the entire eyelid up to the crease. Blend well into the crease using #239 brush
Spray Fix+ (or apply 2 drops of Mixing Medium) to the 239 brush and then pick up Cinderfella. Apply Cinderfella to the entire eyelid in a patting motion to pack on the colour. This intensifies the colour on the lid
Blend the Cinderfella into the crease and above the crease to diffuse the intensity, using a circular motion
Apply a thick line of Feline to the upper eyelid and smudge the line into the Cinderfella
Apply thin line of Feline to the lower waterline
Apply mascara

Enjoy!

Look of the Day: Bright Sea Blue

October 15, 2009 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

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Here’s my most recent look. I used a very popular M.A.C. mineralized eyeshadow in Sea and Sky. Sea and Sky came out I think last year as one of the summer collections. It’s a duo with a light blue marbled side (Sky) and a deep, bright blue. I also used a popular technique that intensifies eyeshadows called foiling.

Foiling makes an eyeshadow look like liquid metal…or like the shiny, high gloss surface of foil paper. Not all shadows can be foiled. For one, you generally only use shadows that can be used wet, loose shadows like M.A.C. Pigments and baked, mineralized shadows like M.A.C. mineralized eyeshadow and Urban Decay Baked shadows. Do not use regular pressed shadows unless you are specifically told that its ok. Wetting these shadows can destroy them.

Secondly to get that shiny look, you need to use shadows that have shimmer or glitter in them. Can’t really use a matte colour to create shine (that totally defeats the point mattes!!!)

Lastly you need to use some kind of fluid to liquify the shadow, usually water-based, but whatever works for you. Two of the most popular media are M.A.C.’s Fix+ and water-based Mixing Medium. Some people make their own using a mix of water and glycerin. I use Mixing Medium, but everyone talks about Fix+. I’m going to have to get it!!!

Enough chat!!!!! On to the look!