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Makeup Mistakes You Need to Avoid

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  Every woman loves to do makeup either it includes only lipstick or a whole contour makeup or it takes a woman a whole lot of her life to get her right and perfect makeup . A girl spent many of her twenties learning makeup by standing and struggling in front of the mirror. No matter what brand you are using, using a product in a right way is a must. But don't you worry we’ve discovered few of the beauty blunders women do and explain why they may be throwing a wrench in your routine.   1- Applying Before Moisturizing Moisturizing is must before applying any makeup as Dry skin is makeup’s worst enemy. Applying makeup directly to dry skin without the application of moisturizer can cause grayness, and cracks in your makeup .Dry skin makes it difficult to blend the product into the skin as the whole skin lacks moisturizer. Before applying any makeup , your face should be freshly cleansed, toned and moisturized. Don’t forget to follow the CTM procedure for a perfect an...

Lipstick Every Girl Should Own

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CLASSY RED A classy red never goes wrong, flaunt the Indian skin and goes with any attire also lift up the look instantly. PERFECT NUDE   With a perfect nude colour, it’s very easy to make the look very soft and good for carry daily basis. A BOLD ONE   For some special occasion or when you want to make the look more enhance or make a statement, we can use a bold colour to the lip. PEACH   A soft peach colour helps to give a natural look. CARAMELE   This kind of colour gives a mature and classy look when we want to make the look more highlighted. SOFT ORANGE   For a brunch or for a soft beach look a soft orange colour is perfect. BROWN   Brown can make any kind of look more edgy, and looks great on Indian dusky skin .

VLCC Institute Blusher vs Bronzer

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  In the world of cosmetics with such a wide variety of products. It is necessary to learn about the product and its purpose to keep away from confusion. Two such often mixed up and getting confused over products are blusher & bronzer . So, here is a glimpse to enlighten your path of using right product to design the right look.     Blusher Blusher is used for tinting the cheeks. In ancient time people used rouge to color their cheeks. Nowadays we have a wide cache of blusher to choose from. Blushers can be used in pink, peach, red, orange, plum & brown shades depending upon the skin complexion to give a natural blushing effect.   Bronzer For people who love sun kissed / tanned skin, this product serves as the best gift from the cosmetic industry. Bronzers are used all over the face / body to resemble a healthy sun touched skin. Bronzers should be used one or two shade darker than the skin tone . Bronzer also works as a contour powder/ can be us...

Makeup for Aged Skin

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  Makeup is an extraordinary powerful tool that has empowered many and continues to do so. There are thousands of channels and tutorials available at a click, promising various different looks using different products, some expensive some affordable. But exactly how many of these channels and tutorials cover a tutorial for aged skin ? You know the answer, not many.       Is there any sort of guarantee that as an MUA you will only get young clients? Of course not, as an artist you should be skilled and equipped enough to be able to glam up a client of any age and colour. So let’s learn some points that we must keep in mind while doing makeup on aged skin :   THE SIMPLER THE BETTER   You must understand that an aged woman is not getting makeup to look young but to look presentable. The natural the better, should be your mantra while doing makeup on aged skin .   USE LIQUID FOUNDATION   Liquid foundation is not only easy to appl...

Different Powders

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  While working with different types of foundation, we need to know that to set that foundation we need different types of powder to go with them so let’s know about some of them!! LOOSE POWDER   These kinds of powder will be in loose granules, as per the name, but they do not have any specific colours. These powders are colours less so they can be applied on any coloured skin , mostly be used on cream base foundation. TRANSLUTION POWDER   These powders are also in loose form but they do have colour payoff, they can come in colours like white, yellow, pink, brown etc so they can adapt the skin colour and gives enhanced look to the skin. We can use these powders with cream base and also can be used for baking and sandbagging as well. COMPACT POWDER   These types of powders are will be in cake form, an d mostly use to hold the sweat and oil for longer time and gives a matt and fresh look to the skin .

How to Age Your Face with Makeup

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  Have you ever thought about how you would look after getting older? If you are a makeup or theater artist you should have the knowledge of how to make someone look older in front of the camera? Old age makeup may seem complicated, but it is quite easy to do. You only need a couple of makeup products and tools to create an older looking face.   Let's start with a couple of following steps to complete our look. Firstly apply a layer of foundation- Start with a clean, dry face and then apply a layer of one shade lighter foundation to your entire face as when we get older our skin starts getting pigmented. Use liquid foundation with the help of a sponge and lock your foundation with a lighter layer of translucent powder. Use brown eye shadow or liner to create depthness around your mouth- Use brown eye shadow to create dark circles and patches on your face and start using brown creamy liner to begin creating the appearance of wrinkles on your face. To create wrinkles...

Fashion Editorial Makeup

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  Makeup is a key factor in the fashion world and editorial spreads. Fashion editorial are used to tell a story or create a fictional reality and for this it is important to have a professional makeup artist for professional makeup application as it gives a continuation of the theme or a story. So now let’s understand what type of makeup is to be used in fashion editorial.   Fashion editorial makeup is a makeup that is not worn on a daily basis, it is a makeup that is used for fashion magazines or runways. This type of makeup has to interpret a story the client, photographer, brand, or the director trying to create.   Fashion editorial makeup has to reflect the fashion along with the storytelling image. In this type of makeup client continuously informs what actually he wants and for this a continuous conversation with a makeup artist and a hairstylist is absolutely essential. The most important thing in editorial makeup is the model's skin . In the ...