Hey Everyone!

December has come around and it’s finally time to lug out the Christmas tree from it’s year long hibernation, bring out the wreathes and dusty Christmas carol books and bring in the Christmas joy. A few months ago, I came across the blog and youtube channel of Say, from youtube.com/saytiocoartillero and www.saytiocoartillero.blogspot.com and I fell in love with Say’s personality and blog! She is absolutely stunning, is from the Philippines and is definitely a blogger and youtuber you need to subscribe to!

We decided to do a collaboration on a Holiday and Christmas Inspired Make-Up Tutorial to help you bring in the Christmas joy! I used the new Urban Decay Naked2 palette to create a gold shimmery but neutral look with glossy red lips while Say did a gorgeous silver with hot red lips as well! Together, we hope you can put these looks to good use this holiday season!

 Let’s start! I decided to let the pictures do the talking in this tutorial so enjoy the upcoming picture fest! A few tips beforehand – if you don’t have a liner in the shade you want, simply wet your shadow brush and apply the shadow wet. It gives a great boost to the pigmentation of your look. Matte eye-shadow is best used blended into the crease! I’m going to demonstrate how to use those two techniques below.

And there we have it! A classic christmas look that you can do with the Urban Decay Naked2 Palette for all those who have already purchased it or are wishing to purchase it. Do check out Say’s blog and youtube channel and her lovely tutorial on another Christmas look you can do!

Be sure to check out:

Say’s YouTube Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4thQ1hTVqo

Say’s Blog Post: http://saytiocoartillero.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-eve-look-collaboration-with.html

Say’s Beauty Channel (YouTube):http://www.youtube.com/saytiocoartillero
Beauty Blog: http://www.saytiocoartillero.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/makeupbysaytiocoartillero

It was absolutely wonderful doing a collaboration with you Say!

Much Love,

Roseanne

Hey Everyone!

You’ve probably already noticed that I’m now open to guest posts by other bloggers and a lover of the photos on Ilyana’s blog, www.tea-noir.net, we decided to do a collaboration together! If you’re a beauty blogger, you would probably know that having great pictures on your blog is key to having a great post in the making. I’m constantly finding better ways to take better pictures so you can see the products better whether if it’s standing by itself or slathered on my skin. Since Ilyana takes beautiful pictures on her blog, I asked her to give you her top 5 tips to taking great pictures of make-up. So this is for all the beauty bloggers out there – I’ll let Ilyana take it from here! :)

1) Keep the angle of your photos and the position of your products consistent.

I’m quite partial to taking shots which are either centered or on the extreme left/right of the picture frame. It seems pretty methodical at first but you’ll see that a little consistency will go a long way! :D

2) Keep your background clutter-free

I know this might be one blatantly obvious tip but try taking a step back and take a closer look at your photos. Are your backgrounds clear of anything that might detract readers from the product? If you photograph your products on a desk, for example, there might be bundles of paper or a rebellious pen hiding in the corner. Remember, the key to photographing products is to sell and keep your readers’ attention on it – not the remnants of what you ate for lunch ;p

3) Brightness and contrast is your new bff.

I always adjust the brightness and contrast of my photos in Photoshop after shooting. This nifty trick in Photoshop will brighten any dull image and tone down overexposed ones :D Don’t panic if you don’t have Photoshop, there are plenty of free image editors online like Picnik and Picasa.

4) Get inspiration from beauty editorials in magazines

I love looking at shots in magazines because man, they have it tough! Imagine having to come up with new ways to photograph beauty products every month? I die. But someone’s got to do it – and these magazines do it with such finesse. Plus, it also doubles as an excuse for you to pick up a nice mag to read every month! What better way to look for inspiration, right? ;D

5) Don’t take photography too seriously.

Photography’s supposed to be fun and stress-free so play around with your camera and see what works for you! It might take a while but don’t give up and keep at it :D

Good luck, everyone! x

Hope you found this helpful!

Love,
Ilyana

P.S Be sure to check out her blog at www.tea-noir.net - lovely pictures :D

Hi Roseanne’s readers!

While many of you in the Southern hemisphere are about to enjoy the rays and the beaches, us up north are preparing to wrap ourselves in wool in as many forms as possible! I do miss the summer, so Roseanne’s let me invade her space to bring you a summer look – very nostalgic ;)

I don’t really want to call this a cliche “bronze goddess” look – but it is! I put a lot of emphasis on the eyes and cheeks, while still maintaining a wearable look (trust me, I’m off to the hospital in a bit with this on! :P)

The Base:

For this look, the base has to be glowy and natural but flawless at the same time. So I chose Dior Diorskin Forever Extreme Wear Flawless Make Up in 030, for a medium coverage but a natural matte finish. I concealed my dark circles with the Bobbi Brown Corrector in Peach, and covered my redness and acne scars with MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC35. To set it all, I used my MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural in Medium Plus to keep that natural finish!

The Eyes:

The first half of the fun with this look is definitely the eyes! After evening out my eyelids (I used MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot), I used MAC Rubenesque Paint Pot to add a subtle golden sheen all over the lid. And then I used the electric blue from the Sleek Sunset Palette (sorry I know you guys don’t have Sleek, but I honestly have no other colour like it!) on the bottom half of my eyelid. I then blended the edges out with MAC Woodwinked Eyeshadow, and also added a translucent wash of it over the blue to tone it down.

Afterwards, I used Half Baked from Urban Decay around the rim of Woodwinked to brighten it up. I also used Smog from Urban Decay in the outer corner just to deepen the socket a bit. I took the same colour and smudged it under the eyes too. Just to make sure this all doesn’t close up your eyes, I put a bit of Virgin from the Naked Palette in the inner corners of my eye.

And all that’s left to do is to add a brow highlight (I used MAC Brule Eyeshadow) and line your top lid with a black kohl pencil (MAC Powerpoint Pencil in Engraved) and put lashings of mascara that will separate and vava-voom your lashes – like Covergirl’s Lash Blast Volume :)

It should look something like this!

The Cheeks & Lips:

If you already read my blog, you’d know that cheeks are one weakness of mine – I LOVE blushers! But for this look, we’re gonna pass on the blusher and add some bronzer and highlighter instead. I chose Benefit’s Hoola Bronzer to contour my cheekbones, temples and jawline (make sure to make it quite harsh – we are all bronze goddesses here! :P), and mixed all the colours of Dior’s Shimmer Powder in Amber Diamond on my cheeks – there literally is nothing better on the market for a subtle bronze glow ;)

With all this kerfuffle going on, it’s best to go nude on the lips. My favourite nude is Rimmel London’s Moisture Renew lipstick in Nude Delight :)

After all that you should end up with something like this!:

Hope you liked it, and have a great summer! ;)

<3yu

I’m Yu and I write my blog, Let’s MakeYuUp – a beauty blog full of random make-up related rambles, favourites and what have you, with of course the occasional reviews, hauls and FOTDs thrown in for good measure :) A lot of my content is about how make-up relates to a life of a 21 year old girl – which I’m sure everyone can relate to in one form or another ;) I’d love to hear from you guys, so drop me a line on my Twitter for a chat! :)

Visit Yu’s Make-up Blog at: http://www.makeyuup.blogspot.com!

Hope you liked this blog collaboration and Yu’s wonderful look! To see my Golden Gleam Fall make-up tutorial on Yu’s blog, click here:

http://makeyuup.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-visitor-roseannetangrs.html