Vice 3 Palette

This is my makeup from Stephens night! 

Primer- MAC matifying gel

foundation- MAC studio sculpt 

Concealer- MAC perfect match

Highlighter- MAC "soft&gentle"

Brows- MAC a Penultimate brow 

Contour done with Maxfactor pan stick in their darkest shade! 

Lips- Fushia lip pencil in "Flesh" & MAC matte lipstick in "Kinda Sexy"

Eyelashes- eylure "Definition".

Eyeshadow- Vice 3 palette in "undone" "reign" "defy" and "revolver". 

So, I meant try a little harder over Christmas at trying new makeup looks but I was either wrecked from being hungover (sobbing in self pity) or sick with a cold (sniffle sniffle) :-P 

I loved these eyelashes soo much and got a few compliments on them! I love Eylure eyelashes.. They put penneys ones to shame.. Sorry :-P 

I was in a rush to get out so sadly I didn't get any up close pictures of my eyes! I will take way more New Years or the next night I decide to play around with my new Vice 3 palette again! :-) 

Out with the girls! My hair was rushed too so yano.. Ignore it! Haha! 

Can't wait to get back to college now next week and get back into the swing of things.. I have SO much portfolio work to do, so I'll be sharing that on here too! And over on my Instagram! @ katie_moynihan 

Katie xo. 

Christmas Makeup!

Ok so I havnt written on this in forever, I really havnt had time, what with college all day and motherhood duties! But I'm going to make an extre special effort from now on! :-) 

So last week was our last week in college and we were taking it easy doing Christmas makeup and tanning :-) 

Most of my class did reindeer makeup, while the rest did fairy and elf looks. 

Here are the popular photos you may have seen that I found using Pinterest to give some inspiration:

This look is so easy to achieve for just about anyone as it only requires a few shades of brown and white. Most people already have brown brow pens, eyeliners, white eye pencils and bronzers they could use to create this. 

I also did a red nose for Rudolph to make it even more Christmassy. Nothing is stopping you from using glitter too though! :-)

Some other looks I came across that I thought would be fun were:

The grinch haha! 

Random Christmassy makeup. 

I think Christmas makeup should be more popular really, it's so fun! Dressing up shouldn't just be left for Halloween in my opinion!! 

Katie xo.

21st Makeup

I'm on a week off midterm! I plan to sleep my life away! Haha..

Anyway, I had a 21st this weekend (like most weekends this year) and I thought I'd share the makeup I was wearing on the night here! :-) 

(Ignore my poor snapchat banter) 

I love a dark lip! It's lovely on all skin colours and I think especially on pale skin like my own! 

Foundation - MAC studio sculpt 

Concealer - collection 2000

Contour - Crown concealer palette & Maxfactor pan stick in the darkest shade.

Eyebrows - MAC penultimate brow pen

Eyeshadow - MAC pro palette "Smut", "Vanilla" & "filament" 

Mascara - Scandaleyes by Rimmel 

Lipstick - MAC in "Diva" 

Highlight - MAC in "soft and gentle" 

Hope ye like it! :-) 

Katie xo

Eyebrow Pens

I love eyebrow pens! They are much easier, I think, than shadow brow palettes and brow pencils tend to be very thick and harsh. 

I have been using MAC's penultimate brow pen for a few months now and I love it! It's so much more natural looking when applied. You apply it making hair like strokes, filling in any gaps. It's €21. 

About a week ago I came across Eylures new range of brow products in Boots and was delighted to find they have a brow pen out now! I was so hopefull that I wouldn't have to be spending all the money on the MAC pen anymore now I'd found this much cheaper version at €13.50. 

This pen is two sided, with a slim tip on one end and a thick tip on the other. 

My excitement about this product didn't last too long however because after a few tries it seemed to be drying out a bit.. The colour pay off was poor, compared to the MAC pen... Wahhh! :-( 

I havnt seen these eyebrow pens done by any other drug store brands.

I've had my MAC pen for months and it's still got better pay off than the Eylure pen I got a week ago... So, I will definetly going back and paying the extra few euro in MAC in the future. :-) 

Katie xo. 

Special Effects Cuts

 

 

 

These are so so so easy to do I don't know why it's taken me so long to get into them. 

All you need is wax, blood and gel blood (it's pretty gloopy) and maybe a bruise wheel (you could just use eyeshadows) 

I got my inspiration off Pinterest for the finger.. Here's a step by step tutorial:

Don't worry (if you actually try this out that is) if it looks a bit messy compared to this pic.. The blood will fix everything haha! 

The cut on my arm I did in 1 minute.. Again using wax.. Spreading it out in a fairly thin layer using a scissors to make the cut, filling it with blood and adding bruising using my bruise wheel... I think I could have done better though... But it's a start eh! :-) 

Hope you enjoyed!

Katie xo.

Cracked Face

This was done in like 2 minutes just before I went to bed! 

I used eyeliner while looking at a picture of a cracked dolls face... I'd use black face paint next time I try to improve it though, the eyeliner tends to fade and crack! :-) 

I really need to get into this SFX stuff! It's a start anyway i guess! :-)

Katie xo.

Realistic Theatrical Ageing

I've been dying sick all week! I've got tonsillitis along with a fever I'm feeling crap so I'll just do a brief update now on this look. 

I've already got the stage theatrical ageing up on here but this one now is way more realistic and much funner to do, in my opinion :-) 

For this I used Makeup International liquid latex, their foundation palette and their coloured face paints palette.. You can get  those products and way more special effects makeup on www.makeupinternational.com :-) 

Liquid latex STINKS of vomit, hair dye, eggs, old socks... Everything awful mixed in one basically. But you get over it. I much prefer doing it on someone else than getting it done on me cause it kinda does feel uncomfortable and it made me break out big time! 

You apply it using a cosmetic sponge. 

While doing this look you:

• Prepare everything beforehand.. Products.. Brushes.. Etc. 

• Pull the area where you are applying the latex to apart between 2 fingers and apply latex using the sponge.. Keeping the skin pulled, dry using a hair dryer on COLD setting. Using hot air will make the latex blister and bubble.. Not cool :-P

• Do this step for all over the face.. You'll see the fine lines this creates around the face as well as really emphasizing lines (sides of mouth) and wrinkles (smokers pout) that were there beforehand. 

• Get the model/yourself to make all the facial expressions you can think of (smile , shock, frown) 

• Using a foundation 2 shades too dark, apply all over the face and down the neck. 

• Using the smallest, thinnest brushes you can find, apply a very dark brown (not black unless on black skinned people) to all the lines you can see. Basically, fill in all lines and wrinkles with a very thin line. (This is easier if you get them/yourself to pull the facial expressions again.) 

• You now need to very delicately take the very thin brush and using a very light cream or white foundation (all in the foundation palette) apply this to each side of the already draw on dark lines.. At the same time try to blend the two lines together to make a more natural look. 

• Lastly you can add dark blue/grey undertones to the eye sockets, under eyes, near the mouth, cheek bones, temples, to give that very old, withered look. 

• Adding a great wig and some old lady glasses and a scarf finishes it off! 

This is a great look to have in your portfolio. An ageing look needs to be completed 3 times for my end of year exam. That's 3 out of 35 looks. Wow. 

It's all easy stuff once you get the hang of it :-) 

Katie xo.

Theatrical Ageing (stage)

This is theatrical ageing as in, its kindof OTT. It's meant to be that way. It's stage makeup and is meant to make an impact from a distance! 

This is my mom.. She's 55! She looks maybe 99 now haha!! 

I'll do a step by step of this look on myself Friday! It's probably not everyone's idea of a cool Halloween look really.. But if you're ever acting as someone older or want to have some fun with your child/children then it's great fun! We all had such a laugh in class adding grey wigs, big granny glasses and head scarfs! 

We are moving on to more realistic ageing tomorrow using latex. Fun, fun! 

Katie xo. 

Skin care Routine

Ok, so the first thing we learnt at college was how to do a proper cleanse. I mean you could eat you're dinner off your face.. And also you will feel as if you've been a disgustingly dirty person up until you've experienced how to do this cleanse. 

We use "Skin Truth" products at college and they're great!! They smell amazing and are suitable for the most sensitive of skin (like mine) 

You can buy all the products in Sally's Salon Service in Cork or online on their website. They're very reasonably priced! 

Skin Truth products you'll need:

•Eye makeup remover (& almond oil for heavy eye makeup ((yes, real almond oil, like the one you cook with)) ) 

•Cleansing Milk. This is to remove makeup all over (not the eyes) it contains lavender, which people either love or hate the smell of. Personally I love it!! 

•Toner. 

•Moisturiser 

Steps:

1.

You soak these eye pads in water to remove the oil/makeup remover from the eyes. You do this by moving the pad over the eye, inwards towards the nose and then up over the eyebrows! 

Do this until the pads run clean. :-) 

2.

Soaking the bigger pads in water, use them to remove the makeup and cleansing milk from all over the face. 

Do this using upward strokes over the neck/cheeks and horizontal strokes across forehead. Make sure to get in the creases of the nose and hairline. 

3.

Using the smaller eye pads again, soak one with the toner. Blot your whole face (not eyes) with this. Straight away, blot with another clean eye pad to seal in the toner (it evaporates quickly if left unblotted, drying out the skin in the process) 

4.

To moisturise, rub the moisturiser between you're hands until body temp and apply all over face. 

Happy cleaning!! :-) 

Katie xo. 

Change

Wrecked tired.. A week filled with vomiting bugs (me and my whole family) and tonsillitis (just me affected there) :-(

Up until now I have only blogged randomly here and there but I want to get more into it now I've begun my course. I plan to do a blog at least every Friday, updating you in what I've learned/created during the week. I also have Fridays off (apart from work experience for a few Fridays) I find I have no time in the evenings after spending time playing with my son and eating and organising my kit for the next day... So Friday is my 

blog day! Yaaaayyy! :-P 

So, see ye Friday! 

Katie xo. 

MAC mini Splurge

I love seeing the shiney black envelope coming in the post.. Here's the inside packaging then... It's cheered me up big time today.. It's the simple things, eh? 

I got: 

Diva & Rebel. 

Both very very similar colours but diva has a red undertone and Rebel has a purple undertone.. Both amazing Autumn colours! I'll be keeping one for myself and adding the other to my Makeup Artist Kit (sob they have to be kept separate!!) :-( 

I think I might hang onto Diva myself, it's got more warmth to it.. Something I need badly with my ghostly complexion! 

21st Season

Well it's not so much a season as it is a year long thing.. All my friends are turning 21 this year and so I have a party to go to nearly every weekend at this stage! I'm not complaining though. 

This is last nights look: 

Even did my nails.. 

They are by Elegant Touch. They are stick on fake nails basically.. I don't know do I love them.. There seems to be so much glue on them that they don't sit down properly to my nail.. They are fun though! I got loads of compliments on them! :-) 

Katie xo.

The Fun Begins

Today I had registration and recieved this list of costs. It mightn't look like much, but added with "registration fees" it comes to approx €1,800. 

I'm so excited about getting the uniform and the makeup kits, to see what's in them! The makeup kit, including brushes, are supplied by an Irish brand called Fushia. 

If you're big into makeup/want to do a course in the future, check out their webpage!! :-) 

My induction date is next Monday, where I'll meet my class and my suppliers! Yaay! 

I'm a bit anxious, being 21 I will obviously be older than a lot of the other students on my course, so I hope we get along. 

I'll be updating this blog constantly now on what I learn and experience on my year long course. :-) 

Katie xo.

I got my course!!!!

I got into the makeup artistry course I wanted and the whole reason behind this "blog"! Yaaaaaay! 

This is how happy I am: 

Soooo delighted! I'll be putting way more stuff up on this site from now on! I can't believe I got in, after a very iffy interview, but shur!! :-D 

Katie xo. 

Dramatic eye & Lip

Eyes: MAC carbon, smut & vanilla 

Lips: Maybelline in Shocking Coral. 

Katie xo. 

Brown Lip

Before edit:

Love this look for pale people, especially nice on brunettes from what I've observed!  :-) 

Katie xo. 

Bruised Face (sfx)

Before filter 

After.. 

Forgive my massive forehead #foreheadissues will get trending soon!! :-P 

So simple really.. It helps to look up an actual bruised face on Pinterest or Google himself! 

(Tan mitts are so manky looking arnt they?!) 

I just used red, brown, dark purple and black eyeshadows to do this. 

Katie xo. 

Blackberry & All that Glitters by MAC

Katie xo.