Flapper Halloween

Flappers had a signature look. They rocked smokey eyes, thin red lips, cheeky blush, and thin brows. They did not have the fads of sharp contours and highlighting so bright you can be seen from space, which is what I like. I took the classic flapper makeup and put my own twist to it. And I am here to show you how.

I had pictures of everything that I did, step by step, but somehow, they got deleted. So there’s that…

Before I did anything, I moisturized my face with First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream. It is important to moisturize before you do your makeup, especially if you are putting a lot of products on it like Halloween.

For this look, I used one palette: The Lorac Mega Pro 2.

To start off the look, I primed my eyelids and set the primer with the shade Porcelain. Priming your eyes will ensure that your look will last all night long, and setting it will make every other color blend so much easier.

Next I took the shade Ash and blend it into my crease. It doesn’t matter how messy it gets, because it will get cleaned up in the end.

Next I took the shade Gunmetal and placed it on the inner 2/3 of my lid. Then I realized Gunmetal was too dark, so I put the shade Sandstone right on top of it. After each step, I took the blending shade, Ash, and blended it into the crease once again to get rid of the harsh lines.

To deepen the look, I took the shade Black Ivy and placed it on the bare part of my lid. Since Black Ivy is a shimmer black shade, it wasn’t as dark as I wanted, so I took a matte black shade and placed it on top. Next I blend, blend, blend!

Make sure you always blend to the best of your ability when using black shadow! That is the most important thing when it comes to black, since it is so intense. As you can see, it is blended very messily. However, that is okay because the next step is to take a makeup wipe and create a sharp line following your lower lashline.

Now that there is a sharp line, it will be so easy to create a sharp wing. I used the Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Eyeliner using an angled brush. This isn’t my favorite way to apply eyeliner, but it suites the flapper look much better because gel liner is much softer than liquid eyeliner.

Now that my wing is sharp enough to cut a bitch, I took a black matte shadow again and blended it inward from the wing. It sounds complicated, but it’s really not! It’s just blending the black gel liner into the eyeshadow.

The eyes are basically done! I did my normal complexion routine. I used a primer, foundation, and concealer from Maybelline.

Flappers were not into the fads of big, bold brows. Usually when I do my eyebrows, I slightly over draw them to make them appear a little bigger. Flappers waxed their eyebrows to ultra thin lines, and then penciled them in. To mimic the appearance, I just filled in the sparse areas in my eyebrows.

Next, I took pink blush and placed it only on the apples of my cheeks. Flappers did not do the contour, blush, highlight that is the rage right now. They only wore blush, so that is what I did.

To finish off my eyes, I just put mascara on. Flappers did not do anything to their lower lashline, such as smoking it out. If this were a normal look, I would imitate the lip on the lower lashline using the same colors. However, I am trying to be true to flapper’s makeup as possible. On Halloween, I am going to wear false lashes to make the look even more dramatic, but I do not have any at the moment.

To finish off the look, I did my lips. Flappers had small, petite lips. They did not overdraw their lips to look like Kylie Jenner. In fact, they didn’t fill in their lips all the way. To mimic their lips, I took a red lipliner and partially filled in my lips. I lined right underneath the lip line. I focused the thin part on the outer portions of my lips. My cupids bow and lower lip, I filled in entirely.

For the lipstick, I recommend a liquid lipstick. They tend to last far longer than a regular lipstick, which is great for Halloween and being out all night.

And that is the completed look! Happy Halloween!

A Place For Me: The Beauty Community

Everyone has their own thing, and mine is makeup.

Every hobby has its own community, whether you are into makeup, playing video games, watching sports, go hunting, or even watching Friends; there is a place to go where you will find people who enjoy the same things as you do.

The beauty community is an amazing group to be a part of. Although I might not be active, such as having my own account, I keep up with everything. I am always keeping up with new products coming out and new techniques being taught.

Everyone who is a part of the community has the greatest personality. Everyone has such kind hearts, and they all promote loving each other. I have never heard any of the women I follow hate one another. They all are there to pick you up when you are down, and there to keep you in the best mood ever. The way that everyone treats each other in this community encourages me to be a better person each day.

Ever since I have been into makeup, I found myself in a better mood. Before, I did not have a “thing”. I did not have people who were into similar things to me, since I did not have something to share.  Now I have so many people to share my interest with. I can comment on someones instagram and get so many replies about how they like a certain product. They can give me their likes and dislikes, which help me decide what I want to purchase next and vice versa.

I have felt my confidence grow since I have been a part of a group. Now that I have friends who share a common interest, I know that I can never be alone, even if I may never meet any of the girls I talk to. I have been such a happier person, and I hardly have any bad moments. If I am in a bad mood, I can get online and watch my favorite youtubers and read comments and my mood is lifted instantly.

In the beauty community, I am never alone.

Do What You Want!

When you wake up in the morning, there are several things you need to do: get dressed, brush you hair and teeth, and eat breakfast. Getting dressed before you leave your house is essential; you can’t walk around naked in public, unless you want to get arrested or something. It is something you have to do in the eyes of society.

Society has the image of women all wrong. They say that women are ugly if they do not have a face full of makeup and a stick thin body. What happened to being a nice person? Or having morals? What happened to loving someone’s personality over their looks? It seems like society has forgotten all of this. As long as you’re thin and pretty, everyone will love you!

Wrong. If you are not into wearing makeup, then don’t wear it! It is as simple as that. So what if everyone on earth is raving about Kylie Jenner’s lips and how to use makeup to do it for yourself? If you don’t want it, don’t do it just because everyone thinks you should.

Wearing makeup should not feel like putting on clothes in the morning. You should not be spending an extra 20 minutes in the morning doing something that you do not want to do. If you want to spend that long, then do it by all means. But if you feel like you have to wear a full face of makeup to be “normal” in today’s world, you have it all wrong.

Wearing and doing your makeup should be enjoyable; it is an art. It takes time, effort, practice, and money to be able to have amazing outcomes. If you spend hundreds of dollars and hours of your time for someone else, think of all of the other things that you could be doing for yourself. You could be bettering yourself, making friends, studying for class, even watching Netflix!

However, if you are like me, and don’t give a sh*t about what society says, do what you want. Some days I will wear a full face of makeup. Some days I will walk out the door looking like I just woke up. I do my makeup when I feel like it and how I want to. I will wear purple lipstick if I wanted to, and society in general would be like WTF is she wearing, even though they say girls should wear makeup. But that’s a different rant for a different time…

Makeup Dos and Don'ts

Everyone has been here, whether you only wear mascara and lipgloss, or you are a celebrity makeup artist. Everyone makes mistakes, and doing makeup is not easy. Makeup is an art that takes practice to perfect. I am not saying I am perfect, because I still make mistakes in the makeup world. But throughout the years, I have learned some tips on how to make your makeup go on better and look amazing every time!

Here are some tips that will help you get ready in the order you would use them. These tips had helped me through the learning process. I hope they can help you too.

Disclaimer: If you do any of these and they work for you, do not get offended. These tips are very helpful to some, but if you like to sharpie on your eyebrows, go ahead! You do you, boo. If you feel confident doing so, keep doing it! Don't let me, or anyone else, tell you have to feel beautiful.

1.) DO use a primer

Priming your face is so important! It makes your foundation and powders last so much longer than they would without an primer. Some of my favorites are the Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer, Smashbox Photo Finish Primer, and a cheaper alternative is the Maybelline Master Prime Smoothing Primer.

Rub in the primer of your choice in your t-zone and wherever you have visible pores, and it will make a hell of a difference.

2.) DO NOT use the wrong shade of foundation!

I still struggle finding the perfect color. Mostly because I go from tanned, medium skin to super pale skin from summer to winter. If you can not find the exact color of you skin tone, do not go darker! Go lighter. If your face looks paler than your body, you can always use bronzer to warm up your face, while if you face is darker than your body, you walk around looking like an oompa loompa... trust me, I've been there.

In the summertime, I wore Maybelline Better Skin foundation in the shade Classic Ivory. You'd think ivory would be really pale, right? WRONG. It is so dark on me that I had to immediately go buy a different shade.

2b.) DO NOT forget to blend your foundation down your neck!

This step is crucial when you wear foundation. There is not a single foundation out there that will match your skin tone 100%. In order to make your makeup look as "natural" as possible, just take your brush and blend a drop down your neck, on your jawline, and over your ears. Yes your ears, if your color is off by a tad, your ears will look different that your face!

3.) DO set your concealer.

Undereye concealer is one of the best things for lazy girls who are hard to wake up in the morning. Those dark circles under your eyes can disappear in seconds if you know how to apply concealer correctly. Take a shade lighter than your skin tone and apply it everywhere you want to cover up (dark circles, acne, etc). Once it is blended out, take some sort of powder, like a translucent or a yellow toned color, and apply it on top of the creme. This will set the concealer in place and it will not crease and wear off as quickly.

Some good powders are the ELF Translucent Powder, Laura Mercier Translucent Powder, and my personal favorites, the banana shade in the Marc Jacobs Mirage 40 palette and the banana shade in the Kat Von D Shade n Light Palette.

4.) DO NOT sharpie on your brows.

I love having bold brows. I fill in my eyebrows every day, even if I'm just going to work. I feel much more confident with strong brows. However, there was a time when I did not know how to fill in my eyebrows correctly.

To fill them in as natural as possible, use the correct color! Use the color of your brow hairs, or even a shade lighter. You do not want to create a new brow with the products you are using, you just want to enhance the shape. Although, I do cheat a little and draw on the tail of my brow, since I barely have any.

I use the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz and Dipbrow Pomade, both in the shade dark brown.

5.) DO invest in good brushes.

Having the right face and eye brushes can go a long way. No matter how much money you invest in fancy eyeshadows and foundations, if you do not have the proper tools to apply them with, they are almost worthless. Makeup brushes last a long time, with good care of course.

You do not have to spend a fortune on brushes from MAC or Sephora brand! Cheaper alternatives are all over  and they are amazing quality! I get my brushes from Real Techniques, ELF, and an online brush store called Morphe Brushes. If you are into makeup, check out Morphe,  you won't regret it!

6.) DO NOT be afraid to be yourself.

If you want to wear purple or blue lipstick one day, and then the next day wear a green smokey eye, DO IT! Don't let society tell you that you can't! You can do whatever you want with makeup. Makeup is there to make you feel beautiful, and if blue lipstick makes you feel hot, do it!


Thanks for reading this week! Be sure to check back next week for my favorite fall makeup tutorial. :) xoxo