Artistic Make-Up Day 4 @ LCI : Lip Contouring & Smokey Eyes

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Yesterday was our fourth day on the Artistic MakeUp Weekend course at LCI. We had our evaluation for the semi-smokey and contouring followed by a lecture and demo on lip contouring and smokey eyes. I never thought that smokey eyes had 4 types. Haha!

I already asked Chrissie to be my model for the afternoon class but it was moved to 8AM, and she's no longer available in the morning. Hence,  I was left without a model, but Thank God for Shiela (Joaquin's yaya) as she saved me by agreeing to model for me at the last minute. 

In the end, I actually preferred having the class in the morning till early afternoon as I didn't feel too tired or stressed afterwards. Since we ended early, I was also able to go with hubby and Joaquin to his cousins' birthday party.

Anyway, below are some shots from class:
 

Sheila, BEFORE

Almost done (semi-smokey)

Semi-smokey

semi-smokey eyes

RB in class

smokey eyes

with falsies

final look

Carmela (Mea's model) + Sheila

group shot

Artistic Make-Up Day 3 @ LCI : Contouring & Highlighting, Semi-Smokey Look

Yesterday was our 3rd day in class. We were supposed to have an OJT at UST at 7 AM but the faculty cancelled so we only started classes at 1 PM. It's a good thing this happened since the 3rd day of class was a long  and excruciating one! Haha... It was our first evaluation on the Prime Look and I got an average score of mostly 3's and 4's with a total look achieved of 4 out of 5. I'm super glad that after correcting and being OC about my model's brows, RB told me that I almost, almost got it. So more practice for me then till I get it perfectly.

Here are some shots of Dolly, my good friend and model for the day on the prime look (Pardon me for the crappy shots, these were taken from my Iphone as I left my DSLR at home):

fresh face

w/foundation

slowly building

almost done

the prime look

=)

After the primelook we did countouring and highlighting. Basically if we want any area to recede, then we have to contour, if we want to accentuate any area, we highlight. I need to make apply the contours more lightly so as to avoid the burnt look. Anyway, here's how it looked like on Dolly:

see the difference from her pics above?

her face is less fuller now

The class didn't end there,we also learned how to do the semi-smokey look which actually consists of 4 progressive colors. Below's my first take on the semi-smokey look:

building the eyeshadow

final semi-smokey look

Artistic Make-up: SNN Apprenticeship

Last night, Mea and I went for our first apprenticeship with RB at SNN (Showbiz News Ngayon). We were really excited since it was our first time to see RB in action! Mea and I were both drooling over her makeup and airbrush kit. I was kinda wondering though if I'll be able to acquire as much makeup and equipment in this lifetime...Haha!

It was amazing how RB did the make-up so effortlessly. I loved what she did to Bianc'a eyes as well as the countouring she did which seemed so natural.

Anyway, I was too shy to ask if we can take pictures of RB doing Bianca's make-up so I was only able to take a "sneaky" shot of the dresser and tools. All the other shots I've posted below were taken during the show.






Artistic Make-Up Day 2 @ LCI : Prime Look

After the MAC Master's class we had yesterday morning, we all trooped back to LCI to learn all about the prime look. I brought my good friend CD to model for me. Odessa, RB's teaching assistant, took us through the basic parts of the face,etc. It was actually when RB started doing the demo and going around class that I started to feel nervous. I'm pretty confident with foundation, blush and eyeshadow application, but when it came to eyebrow definition...waaah! And it so happened to be RB's forte! RB said was very good on each step...except on the eyebrows, which she had to correct....I really need to practice this entire week for next week's evaluation...Any willing guinea pigs out there? Hahaha

   Anyway, below are some shots of my model CD, along with Mea and her model Iway and some of the demos fom class:



CD's fresh face



checking the correct shade

 



RB on foundation/concealer application

Mea on Iway

Close-up

CD w/foundation (no flash)

w/foundation (w/flash)

RB & the tools

on eye make-up

barely there

w/eye make-up (w/flash)

w/eye make-up (no flash)

Mea on Iway

RB, hams it up for the cam

perfect lashes

almost done

Iway, almost done

Oh dear! RB on the perfect brows!

almost, but not quite done

just a li'l more

CD Before (pre-make-up)

and after!

Mea & Iway, before

and after!

I'm quite happy with the final look, well except for the brows! grrr

group shot

We really need to practice, especially the eyebrows for the first evaluation of our work next week. Wish us luck! :)