Hi my lovelies! I thought I'd post a look I recently did on a friend of mine using the gorgeous Charlotte Tilbury Dolce Vita Palette and the ever dramatic Huda Beauty lashes in Farah - these lashes are so gorgeous on her eyes! Products used: Eyes: 
• Urban Decay Primer Potion - Original • Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade - Chocolate • Charlotte Tilbury - Dolce Vita Palette
• Urban Decay - Naked Basics Palette (to blend and intensify crease)
• Inglot AMC gel liner - 77
• Huda Beauty lashes - Farah 
 
Face:
• Make Up Forever HD Foundation - 153 • Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer - SX07 • Benefit Cheekathon - Dandelion • Motives - Shape & Sculpt Duo
• MAC Mineralize Skinfinish - Soft & Gentle   
Lips:  • NYX Lip Lingerie - Ruffle Trim

Midweek Makeovers

It's that time of the week again, where I show off my beautiful clients! This weeks Midweek Makeover post features none other than my fellow blogger and friend Numera of Hommes De Femmes!

Numera is naturally gorgeous and barely wears any makeup whenever we meet up as she clearly doesn't need it! Again, for someone who doesn't wear much makeup, she didn't want to go OTT with her makeup, but of course to have enough to make it bridal.

The first day was her traditional red outfit day and the second day featured a toned down beige with hints of bright/electric blue.

Day 1
Red outfit with light gold thread and beadwork and a blue border; eye makeup complimented the outfit's gold and red theme and of course red lips however we skipped the blue bottom liner as she didn't want too much colour:

natural lighting

having fun getting ready with tablecloths wrapped around us!

Day 2
Beige-gold with pop of electric blue and antique gold detailing; we went for a smokey antique gold look with a pop of electric blue on the waterline which I LOVED! For the lips we decided to go for a pink-nude on the lips to contrast the first day's look: 
(with flash and natural light)

Of course it was a total pleasure to do Numera's makeup on both days, she looked stunning on both days! 
My favourite look had to be Day 2's look with the antique gold smokey eyes and electric blue liner as I adore looks with bright colours! Day 1's look did have more contouring and looked lovely with the gold and red but I would have added the blue bottom liner too if I could ;)

Which is your favourite look?

 

Midweek Makovers

I've realised that I have a backlog of clients makeover pictures that I have yet to upload and I'll be starting to upload them hopefully every Wednesday so I can keep up to date!

This weeks Midweek Makeover features one of my recent brides - Bride A - who had two wedding days - the traditional wedding day (red outfit) and the Walima or second day of the wedding wear the bride wears a different colour of her or the grooms choice.

Day 1
Red outfit with gold thread and beadwork and a thin blue border; eye makeup complimented the outfit's gold and blue theme and of course red lips:

Trying to capture the sparkle of the glitter eyeshadow used

capturing the side profile whilst my cousin sets the dupatta/veil

full face picture with more of the outfit detail

Day 2
Pink and purple outfit, again with gold detailing, but more of an antique gold this time. We tried a more cotton candy pink on the lips first but decided on a brighter pink in the end:

trying to capture the glitter again!

side profile with the first pink on the lips

final look with full face makeup and outfit

Bride A was a total pleasure to do! I loved doing both days' makeup but my favourite if I had to choose would probably be the second day's look.. I'm a girly girl and my favourite colours have always been pink and purple!

Which look do you prefer?

 

Photoshoot Pics.. Part 1

Last month was a fairly busy makeup month for me so I didn't get to update as frequent as I'd like to.. However things have calmed down (a bit!) and I want to share some pictures of the shoots I did the makeup for.
First up in this blog post was a shoot in Bermondsey with two models (Shikira & Leanna) and my cousin Farah who did the mehndi (henna).
The models were both amazing and strutted their stuff so we got some great images, however I would have liked more close ups from the photographer (without washing out the makeup).
On to the pictures then; first up, Leanna:

Smokey wedding or Prom look

"Party" Makeup with Henna

And Shikira:

Indian Fashion shots

Gypsy look

Hope you like these, there's more to come from other shoots in the next post.. which should be up by tomorrow!
I've posted the pictures on my facebook page and will be adding more as I go along!

Which look did you like best?

Asian photoshoot...

Recently I've been looking for models and photographers (and hair stylists) to collaborate with to build my portfolio and I have to say I've met some really nice people through it and managed to produce some excellent work.

I have a fascination with photography as it is.. the only problem is, I own a DSLR, but don't know to use it 100% properly.. or have the equipment to produce photoshoot style images, that are so much more better (in terms of lighting).

Anyway, I thought I'd share some of my recent makeup looks I did on a gorgeous young model (Lauren), with the help of a lovely photographer.
I wanted some professional pictures of Asian/Asian Bridal makeup, so here's 4 of many pictures that I've managed to watermark!

The first two pics were an Asian Bridal look, whilst the last two were just an Asian fashion theme that I wanted for my portfolio. I have to say I love the sari, but sadly I'm useless at wearing one, so it's pointless me owning any!

I've added these pictures to my portfolio on my facebook page: Frootibeauty

Please do like the facebook page to view all my makeup looks so far, it's a lot easier than viewing it on blogger and I do link the makeup looks to the tutorials on blogger so I hope you find that useful!

I hope to review a lot more products soon, I've had so many hauls it's now uncountable and I feel bad I haven't had time to review them, although I've swatched almost every purchase!

Soon, my lovely followers,

<3

Bridal Trial - Royal Blue & Green

Last Bank Holiday Sunday I did a makeup trial for one of my cousins who's getting married this July. I will be away in Morocco for my sister-in-laws wedding for the main (red) day, but will be back for the second day (called the walima).
My cousin will be wearing a royal blue dress with emerald green border on her veil, so I chose these colours and a silvery-gold to match the threadwork and beading/stones.
I did a different look per eye, to see which one she preferred/which one suited her best.

So here's what it looked like:

The left eye:

 

and the right eye:

Which eyeshadow style do you think looks best? We've got until July to decide, let us know!

On another note, it's my birthday tomorrow so I'll be holding a giveaway in light of it, stay tuned for more news soon!!

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