From the beginning.... Images

[uh_oh_disco]

Not my first on Specktra, but this was one of my first on the Internet...





Latest...

[aleksis210]

Look at me thinking I was sooo sexy lol (I think I was 15 or 16 in these pics 03'-04')
I was a one shade all over the lid kinda girl...lol...This is just beautiful Iris

I'm pretty sure this is Coppering and Aquadisac
*The lastest...(08')

[ReeNa8589]

Hello ladies...I am new, but I just wanted to say how pretty your eye make-up is and I hope I can learn from all of you to do that to myself.

[CellyCell]

I love the transformations. I was looking for old photos but my computer crashed several years ago that contained any proper ones but here goes...


I'mma guess this is around late 2006. NASTY eyebrows.


Early Jan 2007. Bad concealer shade!


Skin improving more! Not so much makeup/brows...
Feb 2007


July 2007. Huge improvement within months. When I became more active around makeup forums. (This was for a makeup challenge, lol)


June 2008. Looking older :/ Haha.


July 2008. Wearing lip color, finally...


October 2008


November 2008


Some days are better than others but oh man, did I use to look tragic.

[makeupwhore54]

Oh my. I hate to show my firsts off. It was awful.

First 2. lol. Notice I hardly had a brow.





And two of the newest. Complete with brows

[MissAlly]

Three or four years ago;



















Wowowowowow.Hahaha.

[ImMACnificent]

I just joined Specktra, but these more just show how much I've grown and how much I've learned since college!
Let's see, no eyebrows, no lipstick, terrible blending, barely any liner...
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Cut my hair off, realized I could pull off red lips...
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Then I started truly understanding blending and the joy of falsies!
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[jalisha]

beginning of 08, very neutral




later




annd now
beginning of 09

[fintia]

I've been here for a little while only.. but here are some pics... I'm not great, but I have improved which is the important thing

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...ntia/darkk.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...a/ionfairy.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...apaspectra.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...e8bf61a87b.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...isteria012.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...a/specktra.jpg

[Ruby_Woo]

Hello! I wanted to create a timeline of my makeup as well, and I know I had said in another thread that I would, so here it is!

I started purchasing MAC back in 2006. Now I am a MAC makeup artist

So yeah let me know what you ladies think


2006
First EOTD I ever posted on specktra!


Gray mess


My first (and last) attempt at Cheeta print!


Green eyeshadow [ Yeah I didn't wear a highlight ever, or blended well]


Gray smokey


Green and Blue.. dissaster!


Pink white and black


Silvers


2007



Balloonacy


weird


I swore I looked good! lol


First time getting my brows shaped! [Fave ever!]


Fave haircut ever!


2008

Another go at Balloonacy


again silvers


Olives and browns


Lancome days!


better eyebrows.. blending not so much!








MAC interview look! and new cut that I abored.




after 6 months of working at MAC. (Dame Edna)






most recent one..




Yeah so I went from swipe on the lid and wearing NO foundation to wearing a full face all the time! hehe

Thanks for looking.
2009

[Tahti]

OH GOD. The shame of looking back over old photos xD What makes it worse is that I though I was hot shit at the time. LOL...

about 2004 - note the beautiful blue mascara


2005 - the *thankfully* short live 'cyber-goff' phase. I can't decide whether to hide my head in shame or laugh at this one xD Check out the totally awesome shaved eyebrows!


2008 - better... still applying makeup with a sponge applicator though, wth


And now - not much difference to '08, just discovered the world out makeup outside E/S and E/L xD and lost 30 pounds haha..

[L1LMAMAJ]

Love this forum. It really challenges me to work harder at my makeup skills. Here's my timeline of photos. Some are very embarassing...I warned ya!

August 2007

using only one eyeshadow, no dimension, gross blotchy unevenness in foundation and blush

November 2007

i don't like it

May 2008

blehh i think i got worse

December 2008

gettin' better

March 2009

after i practiced blending like crazy

Recent





improvement?

i think so!

[boudoirblonde]

ohhh gawd!
My first FOTD ever is SOO bad
March 2008



And more recently



LOVE seeing everyone's transformations!

[starfck]

here goes mine
i liked my brows on this one but thats it lol


ewww


uhmmmm don't ask ! lol

and now to the good stuff :

[Shanti]

I've only ever posted one FOTD on Specktra. I don't think I've improved much since I really started getting into makeup, to be honest... I've been inconsistent with practice and wearing it, due to work and sheer laziness lol.
Here goes...

Spring 2007. I only had a crappy webcam. My application wasn't that bad, but that's cuz I used to play with makeup for like 2 hours every school night lol.


June 2007? Before I learned the importance of UN-NASTY brows and UN-NASTY skin.


First FOTD on Specktra, about June 2007 too.


December 2007. I think I improved a bit, it's when I first ventured into black e/s haha.


April 2008. When I started to get more into skin stuff. My "skills" were pretty much the same throughout that year.


May/June 2009. I think my "skills" went downhill =((. I no longer use colour on a daily basis...

And just for fun..


BLAHHH!
You've all improved so much since the beginning, though!

[MsWestchesterNY]

Blonde looks GREAT on u^^
This is, I'd say a couple f months ago, looking a hot ass mess, why is that green so far out? lmao don't mnd my hair



September 2009

[Kazzii-Loves-MA]

I think mine has to be the worst :P
so this is Febuary 2006 (NO blending at all) oh dear.



The better ones:
December 2008

July 2009 - i like how daring and bright this look is i hope iv improved, but then again i may not like this in a few years time.

Not sure when this was sorry