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Thank you so much, TDoll, for your tutorial, and to all who participated. We are greatly looking forward to next month’s entries!

The look:

Here’s what you’ll need:

(MAC unless stated otherwise) -similar products will work fine -
Top Row:
Prep+Prime Skin, Studio Fix Fluid NC25, Studio Stick Concealer NC20, Blot Powder Medium, 187, 194, Essence of Beauty powder brush, Bare Escentuals kabuki brush, 239, Studio Gear #34, 219, BE mini powder, Miss Makeup eye blender, Benefit mini powder, 168, 116, Benefit hard angle
Middle Row:
Maybelline Define a Brow Medium Brown, Sally Hansen Prep+Perfect lip primer, CCB Pearl, SS Beige-ing, NYX Shadow Stick in Milk, Solar Riche bronzer, Sculpt and Shape Powder in Bone Beige/Emphasize, Cute powder blush, Fix+, CG Lashblast mascara, spoolie brush
Third Row:
(See next picture for shadow colors), HiP Cream Liner in Black, Subculture lip pencil, Politely Pink lipstick, Star Nova Lustreglass

Didn’t want to take out all the colors! (1-8) Carbon, Coppering, Mythology, Rule, Post Haste, Bisque, Hoppin’, Expensive Pink

OK…we can finally start…

Start with a clean, moisturized face. Apply Prep+Prime Skin. BE FRUGAL! It takes less than a full pump to do your whole face.

Next, shake your bottle of foundation so it makes a bubble of product at the top so you can sweep your 187 brush over it lightly. You really don’t need much when you apply it this way. Just a touch on the brush. Swirl it all over your face and finish with downward strokes around your cheeks and chin.

lovely…. haha

Next, dab whatever concealer you decide to use over blemishes and dark/discolored areas of the face. I like to tilt my head down and look upward into the mirror when concealing dark circles. It helps you see only the shady area you need to cover up, rather than goo-ing up your whole under-eye area.
like this…
Then, blend the product with the concealer brush.

Set everything with the blot powder and a powder brush.

Next, fill your brows however you like. I like to use the Define a Brow in the sparse areas and traced around the shape of my eyebrows. Use short strokes. I like to use the little comb to blend everything.

At this point, my lips start feelin’ kind of dry. So, I go ahead and apply my lip primer. This gives it plenty of time to dry too.

Next, take the kabuki brush and blend everything together really well, especially around your jawline.

Now you’re ready to start the eyes…
Take the Beige-ing SS and apply it all over your eyelid and brow bone.
Make sure you’ve traced a good outer shape and don’t go too far inward with it between the lid and brow. Trace the area where you want your eye shadow to go on the outer edges (make straight outer lines).

Apply your Pearl CCB on the brow bone only.

Next, take the white NYX pencil and fill in your lids only. This will make the colors look brighter.

Apply Coppering e/s with the 239 over the area shown.

Next, apply Mythology e/s to the un-shaded part of the lid.
It should look like this:

Now…for you Scotch Tape lovers….YOU DON’T need it!! You can easily make a defined “Jem-esque” outer edge with a 239 brush. I swear, you can.

HAHAHAHAHA!! I couldn’t resist…Damn, I loved Jem…

ANYWAY, Back to the tutorial…
Load up one side of your 239 brush with Post Haste e/s. Hold the outer tip of the brush against the outer edge of your shadow. Touch it once there and define it a little more by going back over it if you need to. Like this:

Next, add some more Post Haste to the tip of the brush and do the same thing along the crease, touching the line you just made. Like this:

Use some more Post Haste to fill in this outer area and VOILA!! You made an outer v. It should look like this:

Next, swirl the #34 brush in Rule e/s and apply right above and into the crease like this:
Swoosh it back and forth like a windshield wiper.

Now you should be lookin’ like this:

Flick the leftover shadow off the #34 brush and use it to apply Hoppin’ e/s to the brow bone up to the brows.

Now, use the same brush again to apply Expensive Pink e/s over the Rule, giving it a pretty shimmer. Like this:

Now, apply your black cream liner with a hard angle brush. Make sure to stop the liner where your outer eye shadow color stops. Also, follow the outer edge you made when making your “wing”. Like this:
Keep working until you have the shape and intensity you want.

Next, take your 219 brush and cover one side of it with Carbon e/s. Go over the line you made to soften it and make it look a little darker. Like this:

Now, take your flatter shading/blending brush and cover one side of it with Bisque e/s (or another that is similar to your skin tone). Line it up with the outer edge of color and use the color to define the outer line even more. Like this:

Now, apply your mascara and use the spoolie brush to remove any clumps and separate them a little. Also, apply a little to your lower lashes.
I have a rebel lash that likes to point straight downward for some reason…

Next, apply your bronzer with a big powder brush. Apply to your cheeks, nose, forehead, and a little on your chin. Blend it well.
Now use your 168, or any smaller slant brush to apply the darker half of the Sculpt and Shape powder. Apply the color right underneath your cheekbones and vertically on the sides of your nose. Like this:

Next, use a small powder brush to apply the lighter side of the powder (a highlighting powder) to the areas above your cheekbones, right above your eye brows, and vertically down the bridge of your nose. Like this:
(above your cheekbones)

Next, apply Cute powder blush to the apples of your cheeks with the 116 brush. Blend downward and outward in short strokes.

Almost finished! Apply your lipcolor. First, line lips with Subculture liner and follow with Politely Pink lipstick. Top it off with Star Nova Lustreglass.

Spray on some Fix+ and you’re on your way!

View the tutorial here

Congratulations to Specktra member GlamYOURUs for winning this month’s tutorial contest!!! Her winning tutorial is called Kim Kardashian Smokey Eyes With A Twist Tutorial. Continue reading for the full tutorial.

PICS of what I am going to use:

Closer look:

MAC unless stated otherwise…

FACE:
Nivea Soft Moisturizering Creme
Monistat Chafing Gel (primer)
Revlon Bronzing Lotion in Goldi-Looks
Studio Stick Foundation in NC35
Studio Finish Concealer in NC30
Vasanti Duo Concealer #2
Sweetness Blush
Harmony Blush (contour)
MSF Medium Dark
MSF Warmed (highlight)
Fix +

EYES:
Painterly p/p
Gesso e/s
Carbon e/s
Ricepaper e/s
Too Faced Lash Injection
Blacktrack f/l
Smolder Eye Kohl
Sassi Falsies #600
Bootblack liquid liner
Victoria’s Secret’s Pencil Me In Brow Pencil – Brown
Ardell Lash Heating Curler
Duo Surgical Adhesive

LIPS:
Fuchsia Fix Tinted Lip Moisturizer SPF 15
3N l/s
Bonus Beat l/g from Heatherette

BRUSHES:
Eyes:
Bare Escentuals Foil & Define Brush (cheetah print)
Ms. Makeup’s Angled Eyeliner Brush
217 SE
252 SE
No name brand blending brush equivalent to MAC’s 227

Face:
Bare Escentuals Max Coverage Concealer Brush
Bare Escentuals Angled Contour Brush
Ulta’s Foundation Brush
Essence Of Beauty Powder Dome Brush
Essence Of Beauty Angled Blush Brush
182

My Routine:
I start with my face first about half way
Then do the eyes
Then lips
And then finally finish the rest of my face

After the shower – ugh!


Moisturize time! Apply all over face with clean sanitized hands:


Prep Face with face primer, I used the Monistat Chafing Gel:


I also mixed it with the Revlon’s Bronzing Lotion on the back of my hand to give me a nice sunkissed glow:


Mix it with the foundation brush on the back of my hand and apply it to the face with the brush as so:




You have a clear base to start with, now you are ready to proceed…


Apply SFC NC30 on problem areas and Vasanti Duo C under eyes:

Next is foundation, I use the STF in NC35 and apply it all over my face with my 182:





I then moisturize my lips with Fuchsia Fix Tinted Lip Moisturizer SPF 15:

Prep eyes with Painterly p/p all over entire lid, brow bone and underneath bottom lashline with 252 brush and blend:

Apply Gesso e/s in inner corner and half way on the lid with BE Foil brush (the safari looking one) Or you can use MAC’s 239. Using a patting motion, pack on the color, taking it right to the corner then to the bottom lashline about half way:





Before you apply the black shadow make sure you apply scotch tape at an angle from where your brow ends to the outer corner of your eye. Now use Carbon e/s and pack on the color on the other half of the lid. Its okay if it goes over the tape, its supposed to!





Now blend, blend and blend way! I took the 217 brush and blended carbon e/s in gesso e/s very lightly in a circular motion to get the desired effect.



Apply your highlight color, I used Ricepaper e/s here on my brow bone and blended it to get rid of the harsh line on top of the crease:

Now remove the tape, and wipe away or brush off the excess shadow that has fallen on the face. I used Neutrogena’s Makeup Remover Wipe:

Curl lashes if needed, I am using my fav Ardell’s Heated Lash curler; apply mascara of your choice, I am using Too Faced Lash Injection; fill in brows, I used my VS brow pencil in brown and then brushed them across with my brow comb:

Apply lipstick – 3N; apply lipgloss – Bonus Beat:

Apply Falsies: I am using Sassi’s #600 with Duo Surgical Adhesive, bending it slightly so that it will stick on better and fit with my eye shape; I also wait a few secs before I put it on, that way its tacky and it won’t move around.

Now apply liner: I am using blacktrack f/l with my Ms. Makeup’s angled brush on the upper lash line with the angled tip in the inner corner for a precise line going half way on the lid; then I switch the angle so it is facing my outer corner and I start half way on the lid and move to the outer end. I then go over it with bootblack liquid liner; then I take smolder eye kohl and line my waterline and outer bottom corner about half way where gesso meets.

Now I finish the rest of my face: I applied Harmony Blush to contour my cheekbones making a ‘fishie face’ by starting at the top (at an angle) and then brushing it down to where my cheeks are hollow with my EOB dome blush brush; then blend in Sweetness Blush as my cheek color with my EOB angled brush:

Now the finishing touch! I applied my MSF in Medium Dark with my 182 all over my face; then I applied MSF Warmed on the apple of my cheeks, down the nose and on the forehead as a highlight:

Oh no I am not done just yet!

FIX+ BABYYYYYYY It sets the makeup and makes your skin look and feel FRESH!!!

Now let me take that hideous headband off my head and be normal again:

CCs, feedback, suggestions are all welcome! Its my first tut and I want to make my future tuts more enjoyable and better. So please, do not hesitate to fill me in on the what to do’s and dont’s. I hope everyone enjoyed it and now can replicate the ultimate KK look with an edge. Until next time folks, ciao!

Congratulations to Specktra member Caffy for winning this month’s tutorial contest!!! Your votes decided she was the winner for this month. Caffy will receive the prize of a $25 gift certificate to an online e-retailer, and a 4 month upgrade to a Premium Member subscription to Specktra.net.

Thank you so much, Caffy, for your tutorial, and to all who participated. We look forward to next month’s entries!

You can check out Caffy’s winning tutorial here, or continue after the cut.

So…I rarely put on this much makeup..but it’s friday..and I’m bored…
So i went digging through some eyeshadows that i rarely use…and I dug out this Nars Duo..called Belly dance LOL

well here goes!

Face:
Nars undereye concealer in Custard
Mac Face and Body Foundation in C1
Allison Raffale translucent powder
Mac Strobe Cream
Love clover brow mascara
Majolica Majorca brow pencil

Eye:
Stila Kajal eyeliner in Emerald
Nars Bellydance duo
Kate in GD-1
Brown Plushlash
Ardell 110 lashes

Cheek:
Shiseido Maquillage in OR311
Mac Emote blush

Lips: Mac Honeylove matte lipstick
Oiseau strawberries and cream lipgloss (sold at Anthropologie)

Here’s what I started off looking like

Dot on some strobe cream

Undereye concealer.. Gosh I need to sleep more

Mac face and body foundation in C1..it’s light and breathable

I like to blend it out with my fingers

Do your brows…

I take the pale gold from the Kate palette and brush it all over my eye area

This is the nars palette in Belly dance..it’s perfect for fall

Apply the green shadow of the duo in this shape



Then take the Aubergine color and line the bottom lid and extend the line out and blend in with the green


Line the top lid with the *softest liner evar!* in Emerald (by Stila)

This is what the Kate palette looks like ( It’s a drugstore brand by Kanebo)


Take the glitter and apply it wet to the inner corner of your eye



I love fake lashes..but not for daytime!

Looks like this

I like to use darker orange blushes..it detracts from my round face..


Remember to apply the bright blush in a triangle shape…to elongate your face…Really it works!



Ummm I like this lipstick..it’s matte…it’s perfect for dark smokey eyes…
Nude lipstick is my favourite

Isn’t it cute? I top off the lipstick with this peachy gloss

Ok this is the end finished look…thanks for viewing!

Thank kew!!!