Love never dies

I know I no longer update my blog regularly but that doesn't mean I stopped doing the things I do and loving the things I love. Especially my love for this art -- beauty and makeup. :)

Do you agree that the photo on the right looks like Cristine Reyes? After putting a little bit of color on her face, I think she really did look like her. *wink* The girl in the photo is one of my good friends in the company I'm currently employed in. I did her makeup for an event where she was invited to sing.

What I did? I used a pink plum lipstick, warm-toned finishing powder and neutral-toned frosted eyeshadows. Also did a little contour here and there and poof! Cristine Reyes! LOL

My focus when I did her makeup was to make her eyes brighter without making it look bigger. Her eyes are naturally prominent and I wanted to make that asset stand out. So what I did, I used a pale-pink frosted eye shadow from another good friend's palette as base all over her eyelids and up to the crease. Then, I used a frosted medium-brown e/s on her outer lids up to her outer crease and blended both of them with a great blending brush from my 21-pc Charm brush set. I used frosted e/s instead of matte because the event will be at night and matte e/s won't do it's magic like when a carriage turns into a pumpkin at midnight. ;)

For the brow bone and inner lids, I used a white e/s to highlight those spots. That trick made her eyes look brighter and alive. :) Applied the same frosted medium-brown e/s on her nose line to bring out it's natural contour. Face powder, concealer and foundation covers the natural contour of our face that's why contouring is necessary to complete our look. Afterwards, I polished her eye makeup with a jet black liner thinly applied on her upper lids, curled her lashes and brushed it with a cat's eye mascara from Maybelline!

The eye makeup isn't still complete without a good looking eyebrows. What I used on her brows are a medium-brown eye pencil and an ever-reliable slanted Charm brow brush for shaping. The colors I used are very natural, which is what she and I wanted. I think the brow color also made her eyes look lighter, with of course, a little bit of help from the eye shadow. :)

Lastly, the blush I used on her is a bright pink blush since pale and natural shades won't stand out at night. I applied it slightly below (and never above) the apple of her cheeks, applied a little highlighter on the cheekbone (just beneath the eye area) and a little bit of peach on the apple of her cheeks. Also applied highlighter on her nose bridge. ;)

Finished everything with a touch-up of a sheer mineral powder from my ever favorite, Ellana. :)

I really love her look after the makeover. <3


Always,
Kikay Morena

For Simplymoody

Hi Simplymoody!

I would love to share what I know about makeup especially for complete beginners as I'm a makeup-beginner myself. It's my dream to be a make-up artist someday that's why I really spend time and other's money to invest in makeup (yeah, I spend my mom and husband's money because I'm  little stingy since I know it's a sort of a leisure and not a necessity for me, hehe). I practice and learn with friends and by myself. With that, just wanna share what pushed me to learn and be enthusiastic about makeup.

First, I'm a member of a dance team and being able to present yourself beautifully is a must. So, I studied how to put on makeup. I studied how to put on face powder, eyeliner and lip gloss/ lipstick. Yes, those were the first beautification tools I had. My lipsticks mostly were my mom's. So imagine how dark and red they were. I used them as eyeshadow, blush and lip color, all the same product.LOL. Then the eyeliner for the eyelids. Take note, I just use them when I'm dancing. After that stage, I learned how to put on concealer. my bestfriend. Hehe. I have dark circles so I use concealer to help minimize them. So, at that time, my makeup staple would be a concealer and face powder. I haven't learned about choosing the right shade/ tone at that stage so you can imagine the racoon eyes and patchy face.EEWW. But don't misunderstood me, I have still more to learn about makeup even today. :)

Going back, my turn-around happened when I encountered this mineral makeup brand. I guess mineral makeup really is for newbies like you and me. It's in this stage that I learned about undertones and skin tones. Those two words have a totally different meaning. I got hooked to mineral makeups that my enthusiasm seems to be never ending yet upgrading. It's also in this stage that I learned how to properly put blush and what lipstick shade to use. It's also when I began to explore other makeup brands. Then, I met mascara, eyebrow set, contour and highlight palette, lip liner, etc.

Now, I had my own makeup brush set to play around with whenever I feel like I need to practice a newly discovered look. I also had my own eyeshadow palette which up to now is still not yet fully utilized since I'm really still learning.

I also plan to study in a certified makeup school so, I can have a real PRO makeup career someday.

This is my makeup story. Its not yet 101 but I hope somehow I've shared a little bit of what you can expect in my next blog post. I appreciate you reading my blogs though my writing skill is not that flawless. Please expect a blog about your requested makeup 101 but it might take a long while before I blog again. However, I still want and love to blog especially when I read comments and posts from my readers.

Thanks again for taking time to read my blogs. I really appreciate it. TC and God bless!


Kikay Morena

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:10 AM, simplymoody <noreply-comment@blogger.com> wrote:
simplymoody has left a new comment on your post "Kikay Morena's Makeup Loot":  

Hi! I really love your blog.
thank you for sharing your make up tips. they're very helpful. :)
can you please do a make up 101 post (if you haven't already :) for complete beginners like me?
i really wanna learn how to apply make up but i don't know where to start. I'm planning to buy some basic makeup but there's so many to choose from! it's very overwhelming for me who's kinda tomboyish.
i just wanna look presentable at work. will you please help me? :)
TIA :) Keep on being kikay! ;D 

Another MUA Experience

This day was a very tiring day. After we had our weekly meeting in Makati, I went my way to Alabang on a PUJ for a company cheer dance competition. And, I did the makeup of TEN girls! :))

The makeup look is tribal so imagine the thick brows and the tribal designs all over the face of the dancers. Correction, I placed all the tribal designs on their eyes and not on the whole face. And it's like doing a henna tattoo on someone's face. Anyways, will post all the photos here as soon as I have them! I'm really happy with the outcome (I hope they are too). :)

Another successful day it is!


Yours Truly,