Magnolia Makeup Individual Pigment

Magnolia Makeup Individual Pigment
My Favorite Golds 

Hi guys, don't want to ramble much today just want to show you mostly pictures of some pigment shadows i got some few days back. Don't know if you have ever heard of Magnolia Makeup, it is an American brand that mostly makes loose pigments (eyeshadows and blush) though there are lipsticks. The loose shadows come in mattes, shimmer and glitter. Let me just say they are wonderfully pigmented and the colours are very vibrant. I got the ones with shimmer. To know more check them out on facebook https://www.facebook.com/MagnoliaMakeup?fref=ts and their website http://www.magnolia-makeup.com/Home To purchase them you can get yours from Stella's Addiction, No. 10, Balarabe Musa Crescent, off Samuel Manuwa (Samuel Manuwa street is second gate bus stop 1004), Victoria Island, Lagos. It is quite affordable and the jars are 3 grams worth of product which is a lot. Without further ado here are the pictures.

The colours are sooo vibrantly pretty, you can wear them sheer, packed on, dry or wet. A little goes a long way. Will do more reviews on other colours in the near future. You guys should get the Magnolia pigment shadows they are just too pretty not to have. Till another time, cheers!

My Love for Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

I mentioned this brush briefly in my last post and will talk more on it now. I will start by saying, I looooooove this brush. It is the best I have used so far. A brief description of this tool is that it’s a synthetic brush used for applying and blending cream or liquid foundation with an extended aluminum handle which is light and easy to use. It’s created by makeup artist and You Tuber Sam Chapman; she has other brushes as well that has gotten some good reviews and I will say has quite a following in Nigeria. I believe she resides in the UK, not sure where but getting her brushes here in Nigeria isn't hard.

The brush which is soft to the touch is firm and dense which makes for easy application. When I use it my clients and I love the way it feels on our faces, it’s like getting a free massage, feels quite cuddly really. It gives a smooth flawless finish when applying foundation; you can apply lightly and build up if you want. The shape and size of the brush makes it easy to reach difficult areas like the sides of the nose, around your eyes and behind the ears. Another wonderful thing about this brush is I can apply foundation faster than I use to, in the business of a makeup artist speed is most times of the essence because we work with a time frame.

The best way to use this brush is to buff in the foundation and blend in circular motions, you can check out how to use it on Sam Chapman’s YouTube channel, pixiwoo. To keep the brush clean you can dab it in a little olive oil and wipe clean on wipes for a quick clean and for a major wash dab in a little olive oil and then baby shampoo, place under the tap and rinse out, squeeze a bit to make sure nothing remains. Please avoid using well water to wash brushes because it will end up hardening the brush with time.

I bought mine at Stella’s Addiction for N3000 (Naira), you might say that is expensive but with what this brush can do, it is very affordable. I will leave links below on where you can get this wonder brush.

Have a lovely day y’all, until my next post.

http://www.stellasaddiction.com/p/shop.html

http://shop.mymakeup.info/

http://www.beautykink.com/

HOW TO: THE BRIDAL LOOK

Products used:

Brows – Sleek eyebrow pencil in brown and Milani Secret Cover concealer in Honey (03)

Eyes – Elf mineral eyeshadow primer, Magnolia makeup Eye Fix, Magnolia loose pigments Sugar Hill and Golden Nugget, white gold eyeshadow from BH cometics 4^th edition palette, Zaron Arabian Knight Kajal, Jordana eyeliner in Devine, Maybelline Pulse Perfection mascara.

Face – Mary Kay face primer, Mary Kay Medium Coverage foundation 607, Milani Secret Cover concealer Honey 03, Zaron loose powder LZ10 and LZ20, Black Opal Deluxe finishing powder in Neutral Light 06, Sleek Coral blush, Wet n Wild bronzer.

Lips – Sleek lip liner Deep Cherry, Mary Kay True Dimensions lipstick (soft pink) Zaron flavoured lip gloss in a soft pink colour, Sleek Pout Paint Cloud Nine.

First I like to do the brows and eyes first, so I filled in the brows lightly with Sleek brown eyebrow pencil and then brushed it out with a brow wand for a more natural look, then I used 03 Milani concealer to define the brows, this I placed under the brow and the tail end on the upper side of the brow making sure to blend out the concealer.

After putting Elf eye primer on the eyelid I put Magnolia eye fix which is a white base to make the eyeshadow more defined, a little goes a long way, I mean a very, very tiny bit. Blend out and pat Magnolia Sugar Hill on top and then pat Magnolia Golden Nugget on top of Sugar Hill, this gives a nice gold bronze look, i applied a white gold eyeshadow in the inner corner of the eyes from the BH 4^th edition palette. In the crease I used a soft matte brown colour to blend out everything and to highlight under the brow I used a semi matte light gold eyeshadow.

Next I cleaned the face with wipes to remove eyeshadow fall outs, primed the face with MK face primer to give the skin a silky smooth base and applied MK 607 foundation. Her face was a dream to work with because her skin was so flawless. I then highlighted under the eyes, the bridge of the nose and center of the chin with Milani 03 concealer, blended with my fingers and set with Zaron LZ10 loose powder. To contour I used a fan brush to lightly apply Zaron LZ20 loose powder on both sides of the nose, hollow of the cheeks and on the sides of the forehead and used Black Opal Neutral Light finishing powder to lightly dust every other part of the face. I went back to the eyes to finish up by lining upper lash line with Zaron Kajal, Jordana Devine eyeliner on the water line and Maybelline mascara on upper and lower lashes.

I lined the lips with Sleek Deep Cherry blended it out and applied MK TD lipstick (sorry I don’t remember the name); I topped it off with a Zaron lipgloss in a soft pink colour. To brighten up the lips i applied Sleek Paint Pout in Cloud Nine in the center of the lips. This is a thick white opaque gloss; I put just a tiny, tiny bit and blended it out. I finished up by applying Sleek Coral blush on the cheeks and Wet n Wild gold bronzer on the bridge of the nose and the top part of the cheeks for a golden glow.

Voila and there you have it. The process seems long but it is simple enough. It is good to use a light hand when applying bridal makeup; as long as you have a good base and you know what you are doing it will all come together. You can try this out and send me a picture to my email oyinlooks.beauty@gmail.com of what you have done, would really love to see it. Cheers and have a very lovely day.

FYI: I used the Real Techniques Expert Face brush to apply my foundation, it gives the smoothest most flawless application, and it is the best investment I ever made, will talk about this brush in my next post. Watch this space.