Blue eye tutorial (Guest Post)

Ranique shows how to add a pop of colour to your make-up routine without looking like an extra from a Drag Show 🙂

In a world that’s dull and grey…
Colour! Colour and more colour is the one thing that will always stay!

So this week we’re playing with some eye-pop-make-up!
I love colour and and luckily for me, for the Summer of 2014, colour shadow and liners are one of your SIX HOTTEST Summer 2014 beauty trends in the make-up world… So you might want to toss away that dull colour shadow palette and pop over to the bright side of life…

Now I know it could be overwhelming doing your own make-up and playing with colour, I mean the last thing you want is for people to stare and think
“Oh my… she must have woken up in the 80s this morning …”

Noooo that’s not what I mean with colour …

Here i played with 3 make-up items!
Yes 3!
A eyeliner AVON
A trio shadow RALO
A mascara ESSENCE

With a few easy steps you can look fabulous this coming Summer.

Step 1:
Prep Brow and Lid

Step 2:
Outline with black eyeliner

Step 3:
Apply 1st green shadow over half the lid

Step 4:
Apply 2nd green shadow and blend towards the inner corner of your eye

Step 5:
Use your index finger to apply and blend the blue shadow over the center of the lid

Step 6:
Define the lower lash with liner

Step 7:
Apply mascara

A closer look…

There you have it!
3 colours!
3 items!
1 fabulous Summer 2014 look!

Until next week!

Face Friday, Make-up tips continue

Earlier this year my fabulous make-up artist friend Chantal helped me with some make-up tutorials. She was awesome, but as a mother to a very new newborn she is on hiatus from the tutorial business. But lucky for me and you, I know lots of fabulous women (birds of a feather you know, hehehe, yes I complemented myself) and my friend Ranique has agreed to do some summer tutorials.
I’m very interested in make-up and how it can transform you, but I need loads of help with technique. If you are like me look out for the next couple of Fridays where Ranique who blogs over HERE will teach us a few things.

Ranique is one of those people who needs to be doing a million things to stay sane, she presents (tv and radio) produces, creates and goodness knows what else…but I’ll let the lady tell you that herself:

No matter what they say…
Colour, Comedy and Creativity is right here to stay!

You see, in a world that’s dull and grey, this big-mouth girl will share the above with you all the way.

And this big-mouth girl?
Who is she?

I am an Award Winning Performer, working as Freelance Publicist in Nelson Mandela Bay.
My great love for the performing arts has allowed me to manage various Theatre Productions and play “right-hand” to some SA’s top Comedians.
I try to play
“Entrepreneur-Entrepreneur” every now and then and it works!
I have been self employed for as long as I can remember and also worked as Radio & TV Presenter for community Radio Stations Kingfisher FM and Bay FM as well as Bay TV.
I am a proud wife to Kevin and insanely in love Mom to baby Adam.
A make-up lover and Creativity/DIY junky

Within polishing my acting craft at Stage World Theatre School, I came across the “Stage Make-up” class and fell in love with the drama that colour, line, definition and shape creates.
I mean you can look like a person now and within minutes be transformed into a cat or a mouse or a monster…
The creativity with make-up is endless!
After doing kiddies parties for a few years, I just one day decided that  I have had enough and I am tired of paining little faces.
So I decided to move onto the bold and dazzling world of make-up for ladies for special occasions and weddings etc.

And 30 odd weddings later…the rest as they say is history!

I LOVE make-up!
I love colour on my face and I love being creative with make-up but I also try to keep it simple.
As a new Mom, I try to throw on the very basic eye-liner, mascara and lip gloss whenever I go somewhere.
But now and then one has to add some colour to pop the eye or lip or even just to make your eyes seem open or bigger…
(as in my case as a new Mom.)

So for the next few weeks I will be sharing easy make-up tips and tutorials with you!

They call me Unique Ranique!
Pleased to meet you!

My SA Fashion Week favourites…

Back in my old life before I had kids and cellulite I was a regular invited guest (media) to the SA Fashion Week shows. Mind you they didn’t stop inviting me because of my kids or my cellulite (that’s a little too “Devil wears Prada”) I changed jobs and that honor now goes to another lucky recipient. And although I’m happy with my job change, I wont lie and say I do not miss my front row privileges, VIP snacks or goodie bags (The lucky recipient actually gifted me a goodie bag this month, yeah me!)

That being said, I’m not completely out of the loop as the SAFW people still send me press releases and pictures to oooh and aaah over even though they know it’s pretty much for my own oohing and ahhing purposes these days.

Here are my top 10 oooh and aaahs from next  year’s Autumn/Winter collections.
 
I love the edgy yet feminine looks achieved with the use of prints and textures…even more reason for me to hit the gym HARD!
 
 
Click on pictures to go to www.safashion.co.za for more pictures…

www.safashionweek.co.za

Who wore it better: Kid’s fashion vs Hollywood

I love kid’s fashion! there I said it,  kid’s fashion is a parenting plus for me
clothes
This post is especially for my cousins who tease that I like to play dress up with Aidan…. I admit that I do, it’s part of the fun of having a kid…and I must enjoy it while he still lets me dress him… I thought it would be funny to look at some of his outfits and compare it to celebs – just because I can…. So here goes:  kid’s fashion vs celeb fashion

Who wore it better? Aidy vs Hollywood

Slouchy Beanie: Aidy or Ashton Kutcher

 

Leather Jacket: Aidy or Diggy Simmons

 

Letterman jacket and beanie combo: Aidy or Attitude

 

Letterman Top: Aidy or Justin Beiber

 

Printed scarf: Aidy or Drake

 

Wool Scarf: Aidy or Brad Pitt

 

I think Aidan wins all the way 🙂
*It should be noted I just did this for a laugh by matchinbg picture I had with celebs on the net,  I do not have the time or resources to dress Aidan after celebs…Super Cute Though

My NFL pick…well sorta

I don’t claim to know a lot about the NFL (National Football League) I mean I do come from a country where football conjures up pictures of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and Shakira’s Waka Waka song not touchdowns and offensive units like in American football…BUT I do watch enough TV to have a pretty good  idea of game rules and the culture and I’m always up for a challenge, that is why when the good people over at Fanatics challenged me to build an outfit around a NFL jersey I was super keen to try it out…

Here is what I came up with…. A game day outfit build around the Washington Redskins Team shirt which can be bought here direct links for clothes below pictures 🙂

Top: 

Nike Robert Griffin Washington Redskins Women’s Game Jersey – Burgundy

Pants: I wanted something that is comfy and says “one of the boys” without loosing sex appeal

Washington Redskins Ladies Cheerleader Boot Cut Jeans 

Shoes:  I’m not really a sneaker girl but thought heels would be a little out of place so I went for these cute pumps because, you can’t go wrong with pumps
Bag: The Duffel Bag is crazy cute, all slouchy and huge, plus it supports your team without being in your face
Bracelet: because cancer awareness is close to my heart
Water Bottle
And no mother can resist picking something up for the little one 🙂
Washington Redskins Infant Go Team Hoodie & Pant Set - Ash/Burgundy

Washington Redskins Infant Go Team Hoodie & Pant Set – Ash/Burgundy