No dis on Michelle Phan, I love watching her videos especially the early ones that had tips like how to clean your brushes, do it yourself masks etc.
Her makeup artistry creates great looks with a lot of emphasis on the eyes of course but I find myself getting a little bored lately with super dark smoky eyes and dark lips to match.
Besides, I get that celebrities like to keep it sizzling with info on their love lives, but frankly it’s not that interesting. Maybe if you’re in your thirties like Phan is, but I’m not, I dunno – her love life bores me.
Anyway.
A while back I youtubed Audrey Hepburn Breakfast At Tiffany’s make up and one of the better videos featured this woman with an accent. I watched it a couple of times and tried the technique which is pretty simple with a white/light base on the eyes and just really clean lines, soft color and winged liner.
I know it looks a little silly with the crown-but the look is classic.
I just had a bday a month ago and had a belated birthday lunch and my friend emailed the photos. That day I had forgotten my makeup kit and only had my eyes on-eyebrows, mascara and blue liner on the upper waterline. Lucky for me I had some sunscreen moisturizer and always have balm.
Really not enough makeup for photos tho.
So checking out videos for mature skin or aging eyes or whatever I found Lisa Eltheridge again. She’s a makeup artist out of the UK-she uses a range of US products from Max Factor and Revlon to department store brands like Chanel and Dior.
What I like about her techniques for aging folks or not, is her looks use a light hand for color. This particular video emphasizes a glowy base, the model’s skin is quite wrinkly, but somehow the magic of makeup makes it less noticeable without heavy concealing, just moisture and light colors.
She’s like Bobbi Brown but a lot less screechy-Bobbi tends to use natural color and really too much pop. If you look at Bobbi’s books, her models use so much concealer that all you see is concealer and a big thick gel liner line. Her shadows are beautiful but too sparkly for aging lids.
Lisa recommends getting away from using all neutral beiges and such on aging eyelids and adding soft color, “defining” the eyes. She also uses gel blush for softness.
I particularly liked this one because the look is professional and polished.
In any case, I spent a good part of the morning watching her vids.
Check it out!
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