Monthly Archives: November 2013
How to: find it quick?
As a Make-up Artist I need to work fast, be confident and not get lost in my kit. I found out during my work that sometimes when I have to many similar colour containers with similar looking lids…it’s hard to find, fast pick of desired colour straight away. I discovered my own solution for this
How to: pick crystals? – tools
Picking crystals by fingers or tweezers is difficult. The crystal can quite easily flip when being picked up (and quite often does) or drop if you release the tension or in extreme circumstances you can scratch or damage the crystal if you squeeze too firmly… I dislike of using tweezers also because when you place
How to: deal with fallout shadows/glitter?
If any of you applied pigments and glitter – you know they can fall down under the eye very easy and can ruin entire make-up… For fall out pigment or eyeshadow sometimes it helps to apply a thicker layer of loose powder under your eyes. This will catch any falling shadows and after finishing make-up
Eldora eyelashes
Every one of us looking sometimes for unusual stuff, products for party time e.g Halloween or New Year party, and also make-up artists when creates avant garde look. So coloured or feather eyelashes are most popular. I have spend hundreds hours to search for interesting shapes, colours that will match to my make-ups…at the end Eldora
BTS – Baroque inspired look
Some time ago I have found on internet few designers of unusual headpieces: Katarzyna Konieczka, Agnieszka Osipa, Posh Fairytale Couture…that reminds me traditional Russian headpieces called kokoshnik (16th to the 19th centuries). Since that I dreamed to have one of this for photo shot – so I decided to make my own! I designed and
Hand made eyelashes
Disposable makeup palettes?
I have been recently on fashion show where I had to create make-up for bigger group in short time – and with my experience in this matter – I know how important is to not waste the time with cleaning make-up palettes after each client/model . You can save the time with help of some
BTS (Backstage) – creating accessories for Snow Queen look
Last year I did project of Snow Queen together with Marian Wodzisz Photography & Lora Davis. For this Make-up & stylisation I had created hand made accessories: Snow Crown Icicle Necklaces Snow Crown is made of hot glue, PVA glue, fake snow & few crystals. Icicle were created from plastic that was melted under heat
Magnetic palettes solution
Every Make-up Artist many times have to work under pressure & with lack of space – it’s part of our work. There is many ides that could cut the time, save space in our toolbox, workspace and also can make few kilograms lighter our big tool kit. This smart ideas are also best solution for