Rapid-fire Looks.........

Rapid fire looks is all about being able to predict the makeup products that one can use to create a look from which I am inspired. My inspiration comes from the lovely works of Pat McGrath, Dick Page, Peter Philips, Tom Pecheux, Val Garland, Charlotte Tilbury, Diane Kendall and Lucia Pieroni..........and here I portray them in these posts...

So here are 2 inspirational looks today with the product list mentioned below...

Rapid-fire makeup

I had started these posts in 2011 where I would get inspired from images from Style.com on the current trends in fashion and beauty and talk about creating those looks using products. Looking into the archives I realised how important these posts could be and thence I am planning to reincarnate them.

The Rapid Fire makeup posts will give an insight of what products can be used from drugstore as well as department brands to create these iconic looks done by such influential makeup artist. Each post shall have 2 looks randomly picked up from the website and I shall add my inputs. Btw I may not have all the products I mention here and this is wholly based on the Beauty Travels I had....

Lets see what we have for today............

Tropical Paradise........

This is the look I have seen at not only Anna Sui's Fall 2012 collection but also done the lovely MAC Manager Brazilia at the Juhu MAC store. I was so smitten by the way she had applied the liner, that I decided I got to do this and I am sure you'll love it.

I will also do a look of a similar type in green keeping the Pantone Color of the Season in mind.

I also loved this silly yet dramatic variant and until I was too sure of where I saw this, the reference did come from one of the John Galliano shows and I had really loved the effect all thanks to the makeup magician Pat McGrath.......

Anyways lets see how to this look...........

Magical Purple

Since childhood, I have read a lot of books on fairies and pixies and a lot of supernatural beings through books of Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and not to forget the beautiful Harry Potter series. And since then I have always believed in 'magic'. Magic happens when we least expect it and it does a lot of difference in our lives.

Inspired from the 'pixie dust' of Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, I have tried to create this midnight pixie look for this post. Before we start, I must apologize for the crooked eye liner on the top lid which I request all to overlook and see the magic unfolding as the tutorial proceeds..

I have used the lovely Violet Underground quint of Estee Lauder to do this beautiful look...Lets see how...

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Review : Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs in Coup De Foudre

Before the Spring Season could arrive, brands got their wares to sell so that we are all prepped from Spring. Guerlain per se got a lovely collection of some of the most unconventional colors for Spring that one may not think of and paired them with scintillating shades of glosses and Rouge Automatique lipsticks. The core of this collection is the CILS D'ENFER mascara which I have got but wont open it for a while.

Can I say, this is the most 'beautiful' eyeshadow quad I have ever owned. No wonder its called Coup De Foudre which means 'Love at first sight'......The contrasting placement of colors and a palette that could sport a clean look or a smokey hue, this palette really does a lovely job and I am not surprised that so many bloggers talked about it. (Google and see the number of reviews).......

Anyways here's mine........

The Azure Ocean..........

This is an ocean inspired look. The colors are of tropical paradise that is laid over and around an azure color ocean. What a lovely sight it is!! This is a lovely beach inspired look (of course sans the false lashes and the liner) and looks very very inviting for the Spring 2013 makeup trend. 

   

This is my inspiration for the look....isnt it serene?

The false lashes just make my little eyes a bit bigger and longer or else they are not very necessary. Anyways I have used my Urban Decay Vice Palette to do this pretty bedazzling makeup look....so lets see how to achieve this...

Le Guerlain Haul De Spring...

Spring is on the way!!! What a lovely treat Mother Nature has for us....The beautiful butterflies, the colorful flowers, howering bees..........and all..It feels as if nature has painted another beautiful canvas to remember.
Anyways, I also got some products to paint my canvases this time. And that too all from Guerlain (special highlight)............

Why do I shop from Guerlain?

• I am not getting any monetary benefit from them. Maybe some lovely samples but thats all. 
• What attracts me to Guerlain are their colors, textures, patterns and their quirky approach to luxury. 
• The packaging is phenomenal and very well thought of. Sometimes one would buy Guerlain just to get those endorphins flowing the arteries by a visual experience.
• They are French and who knows luxury better than them. The products are very well made, highest quality, rightly pigmented and most importantly visually appealing.
• Guerlain is all about generosity as well with the product quantity really good for a hefty price we pay. We see the money and forget the size of the product, which is opposite for what MAC gives.
• Each and every Guerlain product is iconic. If you rant that you have the rarest limited edition of some professional brand or you cannot live without a drug store product, then you are living in a mirage because those who get a the luxury touch of Guerlain are mesmerized into an alternate supernatural world.....dont believe me? Ask anyone who's bought Guerlain and hear their words.

So with all Guerlain around and so many pending reviews, I thought of sharing another haul of 8 products that I recently purchased in over 2 weeks. .....have a look........

The PINK PANTHER (Smokey Eye)

For this post, I was inspired by the legendary Pink Panther. I love the color and it just spells the glam girl effect. What fun it is to create a monochromatic pink look for the Spring!! The colors are candy floss pink, neon fuchsia and there is a lot of intermixing of textures and eyeshadow silhouettes to get quite a 3 D effect for the eyes.

With Pink Panther being the inspiration I would love to share a pic of what I got inspired from....

LOL....

At the end of the day, its quite a dramatic bright eye and I leave it upon you to decide the venue where you would don it. I would personally do it for a high fashion photoshoot or maybe a party......Btw I have used pink eyeshadows which are safe and have certified ingredients that are suitable for eyes. Do not use pigments or powder blushers as they do contain certain ingredients that may harm your eyes.

So lets see how to get this punk pink eye......

Whimsical Hues......

Makeup is all about experimenting.Colors are everywhere and once placed rightly they are known to do magic to the face. This is an 80s inspired look with exaggeration of everything and is made modern by sticking all the brights and smokes near the lash line and not taking the attention all over. Here the lashes do a lot of talking as well and clumpy spidery lashes with well defined spiked tips makes the entire look so disco themed.

I am a huge fan of blues and when given a chance I do incorporate a blue eyeshadow in my look somewhere. And here there's a full blown chance to do so. There's a smidgen of inspiration from Twiggy and Biba as well but not much of a visible impact.

So lets see how to achieve this colorful look.......

Chocolates and Cream....

Sometimes I find inspiration for an eye makeup from foods. This is not unusual though with so many artists being inspired from chocolates, cherries, blueberries etc. I got this fantabulous quint from Estee Lauder which is like a 'balanced diet' for makeup. One kit does it all. If one is brave enough they also could use these colors on their cheeks as a blush, its that good.

This is the lovely Estee Lauder Violet Underground Quint that I have used to create this look. I would be using just 3 colors to create one of the simplest daily wear eyes ever using the black with gold shimmer, shimmery beige and plummy chocolate brown color from the palette.

So lets have a look...................

At the horizon............

I used the breathtaking Urban Decay Vice Palette to create this look. They always get the best shades and flattering textures, all in one palette and create waves every time.

Where earth meets the sun is called the HORIZON...a funny thing to see, a mirage of one sort and a proof (proved by the biggest scientists in the world). I am always inspired by terrains and earth tones and then like to add a pop of color so that it looks brighter and mesmerizing.

This is what happens when you add a pop of pink to a somewhat mundane look. It changes the outlook completely.Although I miss the presence of an eye liner but its been a long time that I have done a look without a liner, so gave it a go just like that. Btw a sweet reader asked me whether I could write down dupes for the shadows....as far as I know rarely a brand makes pink or purples like UD does and one can only find certain colors in places like Makeup Forever or MAC Pro.

Anyways..........lets have a look on how to the makeup.......