Book Excerpt 2:Create this Classic and Stunning look from "The Art and Science of Makeup"

The Art and Science of MAKE UP

CLASSIC WINGED LINER AND RED LIPS

 This look is a simple yet effective way to add instant glamour to your face and suits just about everyone!

Create it effortlessly in these few simple steps:

1. Using the smoothing technique of applying foundation, apply a high coverage foundation on the face.

In this case a high quality cream foundation is recommended. (Such as Miracle touch from Max Factor, Matte cream foundation from Ben Nye or Studio finish from Mac)

2. Dust over your base with a small quantity of loose powder using a fan shaped brush.

3. Next, apply some powder blush in a colour matching your skin tone on the pad of the cheeks. Be careful to apply only a small quantity as you will already have a dramatic eye and lip application.

4. To create winged eyeliner effortlessly use a good quality gel based liner. We love the ones from Mac and Inglot. Using a clean and well maintained eyeliner brush draw at first a very thin line close to the lashes. Next, using the brush to create a tip of the desired length at the outer corner of the eye.

Now that you have your basic shape build over it till you get the desired thickness you like.

For an added touch of glam you can also put kohl or black pencil in the inner rim of eye. We love the Bourjois clubbing liner and eye pencil range for their long lastingness and dramatic black colour!

5. Frame your lashes with two coats of mascara on both top and bottom lashes. For this look we recommend Max Factor false lash effect mascara for an ultra glam finish.

6, Use an eyebrow pencil or eyebrow brush to gently groom eyebrows into place.

7.To apply the perfect red lipstick start by exfoliating lips with a soft flannel cloth then apply a coat of lip balm and dab a tissue over lips to absorb any excess grease. Next, use a concealer to cover entire lips so that you have a nice clean canvas for the lip colour to really stand out.

When working with strong lip colours ,we find that it’s better to use a nude lip pencil to draw an outline (this way if it goes wrong you can easily correct it).Create an outline that extends slightly (very slightly)out of your natural lip line and then use the same pencil to fill in the lips.

Now that you have a firm base fill in lips with a red lipstick (preferably a cream or gel based lipstick).

Contrary to popular belief red actually suits everyone but the shade of red will vary according to complexion. As a general rule of thumb fairer skins work better with coral or pink reds whereas darker skins look better with maroons or deep orange reds. If in doubt, when buying a shade of red at the store request to use a tester and photograph it under different lights (strong white light, candlelight etc)

Don’t underestimate the power of instinct in guiding you-if something doesn’t feel right-it probably isn’t!

Once you have applied your favourite red, go over the lip line once again with a matching lip pencil to neaten up your lip contour and ensure your lips don’t “bleed” colour later!

For a really good finish touch up with loose powder under the eye, and around the mouth.

Voila!!You are ready to mesmerize!!

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PART 1: SPECIAL OCCASION AND BRIDAL MAKEUP

Book Excerpt from "The Art and Science of Makeup"

The Art and Science of MAKE UP

HOW DO I CHOOSE COLOURS TO SUIT SKIN TONE:

Given below are the various methods to help you to choose suitable shades for face, eyes, lips and nails for various skin tones, But firstly, it is important to understand the makeup artists’ canvas-The skin, and

Its various tones:                                                                         

SKIN TONES

What is it that determines our skin colour? We tend to think of skin colour as what we can see visibly with our naked eyes and tend to define this in terms of light or dark.

However the colour of the skin is not just determined by the outer colour but something we call an “undertone”.

To understand this we will have to revisit a principle of physics called “light refraction’. When light enters our skin, it penetrates the skins many layers and travels back out of the skin, in the process reflecting the tones and colours of the various cells and blood vessels inside the skin!

Normally our principle skin tone is created by the amount of melanin pigment we have in our skin-the people who have more melanin will have darker skin and people with less melanin have lighter skin.

However, our undertone is a “reflection” of the colour not only of our skin pigment but also the tones of the various skin cells and blood vessels underneath, which are reflected back when light, refracts from our skin.

For example, we may be very “fair skinned” with very less melanin in our skin and as a result prominent blood vessels under the skin become more visible giving us a “pink undertone”. Conversely, our skin may have so much melanin that it appears dark on the surface and since the melanin completely covers our blood vessels our undertones may appear “yellowish”. Another factor to consider is that fair and dark have different meanings in different parts of the world, as they are comparative concepts!

For example, famous Indian actress Kareena Kapoor (see picture) may be considered very fair in India where a majority of the population has brown skin, whereas in Europe she would be considered medium skin toned!

In Mexico or South America Penelope Cruz may be considered fair but in Norway she would be considered dark!

Nevertheless, to make life simpler, we have divided skin colours into three different categories: Fair, Medium and Dark but taken these as benchmarks in context of different parts of the world.

Furthermore, the skins are divided into three different undertones:

Ivory: This is the undertone found in women with very pale skin giving the

skin an alabaster type appearance.

This type of undertone can often look “pale and unwell” without makeup.

Beige: This undertone is usually apricot/beigish pink in colour and is found on medium skin women. They are the lucky ones who can look perfect even without makeup! The term “peaches and Cream complexion was probably coined to describe this kind of skin tone!

Ochre: This is the most common skin tone found in Indian and Asian skins and people with this tone have an almost “yellowish” colour to their complexion. Without makeup, this type of undertone can look ashen and lack radiance and glow. 

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 PART 1: SPECIAL OCCASION AND BRIDAL MAKEUP

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