I'm Sorry, Update Post

Hey Everyone,



I know that I haven't really posted in the last few months both on my blog and on Youtube. I am deeply sorry for this. In the last few months I have unfortunatly had a few personal set backs and have been on a rather extreme emotional rollercoaster. This does not mean that I am going to stop blogging altogether, however it will mean a longer distance between updates, among other things my laptop is having issues as it really doesn't like Firefox or Chrome right now and my camera, hates Youtube with an incredible passion.

As for my emotional state I am doing better, I'm not at 100% but I'm doing better and I'm hoping that I may be able to post a new video soon.



Lots of Love,

Ana

Merry Christmas!!! or Happy Holidays

Hey All,


I know that I haven't posted in a while I do have a ton of stuff coming up for you guys in the next little while. However, I just wanted to take the time today to say Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate Christmas and Happy Holidays to those of you who celebrate alternate winter festivals. Somethings you may be looking forward to in the next little while will be:

• continuation of the Bond series
• Top favorite products of 2013
• Face
• Eyes
• Lips
• Hair
• Skincare
• Top fail products for 2013
• Face
• Eyes
• Lips
• Hair
• Skincare
• New Product reviews
• Other Holiday Tutorials (Like New Years)

So I hope you guys have a safe and happy holiday, best wishes to you and your families, and hopefully I'll see you in the next few days.


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Bond Girls: Teressa "Tracy" di Vicenzo- Bond (Diana Rigg)

Hello Everyone,


I have to admit this is probably both one of the hardest and easiest tutorials in this series. It is the hardest because the character it is based off of is the most important Bond Girl in the series and easy because I really wanted to stay true to the style of make up she wore in the film.

A little bit of back story on the film, this is the first, last and only Bond film with George Lazenby in the main role, I might be a bit bias, however, I firmly believe that this was absolutely necessary for this film as it was a far more emotional role than Sean Connery or any other Bond actor could have handled.

 

 

 At the begining of the movie Bond is ureachable to MI6, as he is in Portugal where they cannot find him, he eventually saves a young woman from drowning herself, later revealed to be Tracy (played by Diana Rigg known for her role as Dr. Emma Peel from the original Avengers television series.). After learning that her father is the head of a European crime syndicate and being blackmailed Bond begins courting her. Eventually Bond is sent to Switzerland to infiltrate a school run by Blofeld (who escaped at the end of You Only Live Twice) and is subsequently had his cover blown and makes his escape to a small village where he meets up with Tracy not knowing she is there and they continue their escape together, and later that night Bond proposes to Tracy. Sometime has passed and it is Bonds wedding day, after the ceremony as they leave for their honeymoon Blofelds henchwoman Irma Blunt guns down Bonds bride, after which Bond states "We had all the time in the world." the title of the last song recorded by Louis Armstrong for this film.

As previously mentioned Diana Rigg played a character on the Avengers series, however she was not the first Bond Girl to do this Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) who played Emma Peels Predecessor Cathy Gale. Aswell this is the only Bond film to have a full orchestral score.

Like I said I really wanted to stay true to the character, a small amount taupe eyeshadow on the eye, and a sleek coral lip.




Eyeshadow:

Eyeliner & Mascara:

 

 

 

 

Blush:

 

 

 

 

Lips:

 

 

 

 

So try out the look here:

 







Bond Girls: Kissy Suzuki (Mei Hama)

Hey guys,



In 1967 Sean Connery decided he was going to do his final Bond film, and it was somehow apropos that his "final" bond film happens to be one of the most pivitol points in the Bond storyline. The movie starts with one of the great Cold War Bond formulaics U.S. and Soviet spaceships are basically being stolen from space, and Bond has been sent to Tokyo after faking his own death. Initially Bond is paired with a Japanese agent named Aki, however, she is eventually killed by accident as S.P.E.C.T.R.E. ninjas were trying to kill Bond. Eventually Bond is paired with Kissy Suzuki (Kissy Suzuki), and after a rather drawn out disguise they head to S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s lair, where finally, finally Bond and Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence) finally come face to face and Blofeld's face is revealed to the audience.

(Kissy Suzuki on her and Bonds "Wedding" Day)

To impart the sort of crisp clean lightness that the character a neutral eye with a light champagne shimmer, and a soft pink lip.



Eyes:

 

Cream Base: M.A.C. Paint Pot in Chilled on Ice

 (If looking at the pallet as a grid with A at the top left and K at the far left and the top row being 1 and the bottom row is 8 you would use shadows A5 and A6)

 

Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Pallet for a champagne coloured eyeshadow mix.

 M.A.C. Satin Taupe in the crease


Eyeliner:

Cargo or Laura Mercier Eye pencil in Brown (Cargo) or Black Gold (Laura Mercier)

 

Cargo Reverse Lipliner for the Waterline (I only use this pencil on my eyes, I have another that I use on my lips)

Mascara:

Too Faced Better than Sex for the uppers, and Stila Forever Your Curl for the lowers.

 

 

 

Cheeks:

 

 

 

Buxom Blushes in Breathless

 

 

Lips:

Urban Decay Lipstick in Obsessed

 

 

 

 

Check out how to get the look here:

 







Bond Girls: Dominique "Domino" Derval (Claudine Auger)

 

Hey guys!!


I know I haven't posted on a while, but things are starting to get hectic with the holiday season, on the other hand I have recorded a bulk amount of videos to help with the chaos.


In 1965 Eon Films released the fourth movie in the Bond franchise Thunderball. In this film Bond starts off by searching for a member of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., while Bond (Sean Connery) is recovering from his battle, he meets Francois Derval who is the main link throughout the movie. Eventually Bond ends up in The Bahamas (again) and meets both Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi) and his mistress Dominique "Domino" Derval (Francois Derval's sister played by Claudine Auger). After saving Domino several times she finally joins Bond on his mission. This really is one of the strangest early Bond films, due in part to the styling of the Bond girl, the "reused" setting and the fact that the film was remade in 1983 by Warner Bros. under the title Never Say Never Again, staring Sean Connery as Bond, Kim Bassinger as Domino and of all people Rowan Atkinson as Q.

The character of`Domino heavily played off the theme of dominos, as for most of the movie Domino wore either black, white or both and that continued into her makeup aswell.

 

 

Prep:

 

 

Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

Optional- Setting Powder, If you need it or wish to extend the wear time of your makeup

 

 

 

Eyeshadow:

 

 

Highlight: Coastal Scents 88 original Pallet left top most shade (matte creamy white) or Gesso by M.A.C. a  matte white.

 

Lid: Wet `n`Wild Blue Had Me at Hello pallet silver eyelid shade.

 

 

Crease & Lower Liner: Wet `n`Wild Blue Had Me at Hello pallet matte black definer shade.

 

Outer Corner: Wet `n`Wild Blue Had Me at Hello pallet mix of the two blacks.

 

 

Eyeliner:

Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner in Perversion.

Cargo High Pigment Pencil Liner in Black.

 

 

Mascara:

 

 

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

Stila Forever Your Curl Mascara

 

 

Lips:

 

 

Buxom Bare Essentuals Lipgloss in Starr

                           or

Use a plum gloss like Bare Essentuals Pretty Amazing Lipgloss in Panache topped with a gold pigment like M.A.C. Old Gold.

 

 

 

Check out how to get the full look here:

 



 

 

 



 

 







Bond Girls: Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)

Hey Everyone,

Following the 1963 release of from Russia With Love was the hugely popular Goldfinger in 1964, this is probably one of the best know early Bond films aside from Dr. No. There is so much about this film that people know, the theme which is extremely similar to Moon River and the whole soundtrack won an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. It has one of the best know plots, one of the best know Bond henchmen, Oddjob and of course one of the Best known Bond Girls Pussy Galore.

The basic plot of the film is that while Bond (Sean Connery) is on vacation in Miami he gets involved in the dealings of Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), blackmailing Goldfinger into returning all of his winnings to a man that he had cheated them out of earlier, and angering Goldfinger to the point that he has Bond's "girlfriend" Jill Masterson killed through "epidermal suffocation" using gold paint (which is a myth as it has been proven untrue in recent years.). Thus Bond is on a mission half vendetta and half official business, eventually after being tranquillised after meeting Goldfinger, he wakes up to meet Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), eventually after discovering Goldfingers grand plan titled "Operation Grand Slam" Bond turns Pussy Galore to the good side and thwarts Goldfinger.

Overall though the feel of the 1960's Bond film makeup is very neutral very natural looking makeup (as you can tell from the previous two tutorials) however, in this particular tutorial I actually pulled inspiration from an outfit that was worn by Pussy Galore in the movie (Outfit on the Left).

 

And so instead of pulling inspiration from the makeup of the movie I pulled my inspiration from this outfit and the obvious title of the movie, going with a slightly smokey lavender eye and incorporating touches of gold in the lower lash line, cheeks and lips.

Here are the products and styles of brushes I used,



Prep:

Urban Decay Primer Potion (Original), just apply it all over the eye, both upper and lower lids, and just use your finger, they're the best tool for applying primer.

Setting Powder, I always mention it in my videos, I use a setting powder because I have oily eyelids and this helps my makeup last throughout the day, if you don't have that issue, you don't have to use it. Just apply this over your primer with any eyeshadow brush, and your good to go.




Eyeshadow:

 

(Left to Right: Brow bone, Eyelid and Outer V.)

 

 

Wet 'n' Wild Petal Pusher Pallet, I used primarily the left side of the pallet, I used the Brow bone shade of the pallet for my highlight I used a small stiff pencil brush. The eyelid shade for my eyelid applied with a standard eyeshadow brush, and I mixed both crease shades and the sparkly purple definer shade for my outer V which I applied with a fluffy pencil brush and then blended with a fluffy crease brush.

 

 

Marc Jacobs The Starlet Pallet, I know I said I don't like this pallet, but this was the only shade that was close to what I wanted. This shade I used for my crease is the farthest left which is a metallic lavender and I used an angled eyeshadow brush to give me the shade of a cut crease, and then I blended it out with a fluffy eyeshadow brush.


Eyeliner:

 

For this look I used two different pencil liners, I used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye pencil in Asphyxia which is a purple with blue iridescence for my waterline to tie in the purple. The other is Black Gold from Laura Mercier which is a dark rich gold colour, that I used on my lower lash line.

 

 

I lined my upper lid with Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner in Perversion, this is my favourite liner, as I prefer a brush tip, alternately if you like a felt tip on your liner Revlon Colourstay liner, it has the closest saturation and consistency to Urban Decay, but if you prefer a pencil liner Tarte EmphasEyes Eyeliner is really good too.

 

 

Cheeks and Lips:

 

 

For my cheeks I wanted to go with something soft, Bobbi Brown shimmer Brick in Nectar is Ideal for this as it has a slightly gold undertone.

 



 

I decided to do something a little bit different for the lip, I wanted to include a touch of gold in the lip, how I did that was I initially applied a base, in this instance a thin coat of the lip gloss that I was going to use then I took a small paddle style brush and applied M.A.C. Old Gold Pigment directly onto the lips,

 

Then I topped it of with a much thicker glossier coat of Tarte Maracuja Divine Shine Lip gloss in Tipsy.

 

 



(Left to Right:Tarte Maracuja Divine Shine Lip gloss in Tipsy, M.A.C. Pigment in Old Gold, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye pencil in Asphyxia, Laura Mercier Kohl Eye pencil in Black Gold, Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Nectar.)

 

 

 

Check out how I got the look here:

 

 

 

 

Coming up next is the 1965 film Thunderball, the Bond Girl is Dominique "Domino" Durval, Played by Claudine Auger.

 

 

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The Good and The Bad

Hey There,


The Good and the Bad Hair days that is, everybody has them and I am no exception. I personally find my hair very frustrating, my hair is dry, long, blond, thick but finely textured and naturally curly; what does that mean for someone like me? My hair most days is "crunchy", straw like, heavy, knotted staticy and frizzy; but that doesn't mean that I don't have ways of working around these issues.

Product:

Using a variety of products can help, starting with your shampoo and conditioner, to the heat protection products, to styling products can really help how your hair looks on any given day.


Shampoo & Conditioner:

I think that it's important to change shampoos and conditioners periodically otherwise it can build up on your hair, I tend to use a moisturising or a blond shampoo/ conditioner set, as they tend to work best on my type of hair the last two shampoo's that I've used were Paul Mitchell Moisturising and Matrix Blond.

Leave In Conditioner:

Is a mainstay in my hair care repertoire, because of the nature of my hair, being dry naturally I am required at least once a week to do a leave in conditioner treatment, and there are many different kinds, thankfully a little goes a long way as they can be quite expensive. I like the Moroccan Oil leave in conditioner.

 

 

 

Heat Products:

 

 

Creams:

 

Creams are great to add a little bit of smoothness and shine to hair, I like Alterna Bamboo Silk Sleek Brilliance Cream, because you can use it in wet hair to add smoothness and in dry hair to return a bit of sheen. 

 

Oils:

 

Oils can be iffy for some people, and a lot of people are really into Argan Oil these days as a sort of hair miracle, I don't believe that it is, but I do think oil treatments are good for your hair and scalp, my personal favourite is the Renewing Moroccan Oil, it's inexpensive and can be found readily at most drugstores.

 

 

 

Styling Products:

Gels:

 

Gels and long hair do not go together, unless it's a curling gel which I would apply before letting my hair air dry to get a more defined curl, but usually I don't bother with these.

 

 

Mousse:

 

Mousses are best applied to wet hair from the roots down, I like sort of making a hair cocktail by first applying mousse, then the argan oil and then finally the bamboo cream and this really helps reduce the amount of frizz. Herbal Essences makes a really nice mousse for their curl line.

Hairspray:

Hairspray is an integral part of any hairstyle I find, and the best hairspray that I have found, I cannot take credit for it was recommended by Emily from Beauty Broadcast is the Tresemme Tres Two Hairspray this will set your hair and just lock it in place but won't leave it crunchy.



 

 

Hairstyles:

 

However, these products don't always work straight away, so I like to keep a couple of easy but stylish hairstyles in my back pocket, whether it's a simple braid or an artistic bun it always helps to have a hairstyle that looks tidy and stylish.

 

 

 

And If All Else Fails...

 

 

You can just about always where a hat!

 

 

If you have any suggestions of great hairstyles products or comments in general, just leave me a comment and I'll do my best to answer you.

 

 

 

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