Cee Me

For those who dare...

CCee — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:11:55 -0700

Hi everyone,

Well, I've been taking some time this week to do some looks for you on me and my friends. So to start of the posts is this Black Lip I've been asked to make work for real life. This is still very very strong, so probably most of you will only think of wearing this on Halloween.... but for those who dare....

To start of the look I scrubbed my lips using .

Making my lips look like this:

I then took up my NEW (and dampened) Beauty Blender and the lightest MUFE HD Foundation (140) .

Which made my lips look like this: .

I wanted a little bit of a moisturizing base but because I was using black I wanted a little plumping effect as well, so I used DuWop Lip Venom.

Making my lips look like this: .

I don't have a black lippencil, so I used a soft eyepencil. Remember when you're doing this that you HAVE TO clean the pencil afterwards. I cleaned it with alcohol and then I sharpened it. You HAVE to do this because you don't want Lip Venom in your eyes next time you use the pencil on your eyes. .

My lined lips look like this. This is the time to perfect your liplines .

I don't have black lipstick either, but I do have the Make Up For Ever Flash Palette. This contains 12 cream colours which you can use on eyes (as a base) on face and lips (body too of course, but that would be very expensive if you used this all over your body. The brush I used to apply the black is the The Body Shop lipbrush. This brush is a little stiff making the application very neat .

My lips with only the black look like this: . If you want all black lips, you can keep it the way it is now... I wanted to add a little red to it though to make it less "dead". I pressed my finger on the inside of my lips to remove some of the black and then I pressed some red from the same Flash palette on the middle of my lips. The finished lips look like this:

Great Summer look

CCee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:07:16 -0700

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd come back with an amazing (and easy) summer look for you ladies. I hope this makes my absence of the last few months a little better ;) .

Face:
I've been soooo busy, that the first day I was free, I had I did a complete face for you. I'm starting to get more and more freckles because of the sun, which I love and hate at the same time. I love how it makes me look younger for some reason, but also it makes my skin look less flawless, which I don't love.

I started by cleaning my face using Shiseido - Extra Gentle Cleansing Foam followed by Shiseido - Daily Moisture Protection. I then used my favourite eyecream ever, it's by Elizabeth Arden and is called Prevage - Eye Anti-aging Moisturizing Treatment. I used Smashbox - Illuminating Serum to give my complexion more of a glow. This serum can't be bought seperately, they do however still sell it it the Smashbox - Master's Class Vol. 4 Rescue Beauty on the Sephora website. To make my eyes look more awake I used Smashbox - Photo Op Under Eye Brightner.

I used the Smashbox - Primer Light as a primer because it's the middle of summer here and it's sooo warm outside that every bit of makeup disappears if I don't use the Light primer.

To contour my face I used Baked Fusion Soft Lights by Smasbox, which is a Twice baked bronzer that looks amazing on my skin, on the apples I used a very light pink blush also by Smashbox called Soft Lights.

Eyes:

To prime my eyes I used Urban Decay - Eye Shadow Primer Potion. Urban Decay is bringing out a lot of primers right now

Complexion Primer Potion - Pore Perfecting which should minimize pores and fine lines
Complexion Primer Potion - Brightening which should brighten and diminish fine lines and pores according to their website
Eyelash Primer Potion which should make lashes appear thicker, longer and stronger
Lip Primer Potion which should make lipstick truer, apply smoother, last longer, and will not fade or feather, also it has an SPF of 15.

On my eyes I used a palette also by Urban Decay called Get Baked. This palette contains four eyeshadows (Twice Baked, Half Baked, Flipside and Baked) there is a mini 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in the colour Bourbon and a mini Sin primer

I already primed my eyes with the normal Primer Potion by Urban Decay because I didn't want my eyes to be overly shimmery. On the inside corner of my eyelid I used Baked which is the lighter golden colour. I used this because this adds a sparkle to the inner eyecorner, this eyeshadow was applied with the Urban Decay - Wonder Brush. On the middle of the eyelid I placed Half Baked with the Urban Decay - Shadow Brush. I pressed the colour in to get this colour depth, I then blended the colours using a little smudging movement. On the outer corner I placed Twice Baked in a < shape with the Urban Decay - Wonder Brush and blended it with the Urban Decay - Crease Brush. To ensure the top was blended perfectly I used Smashbox - Vanilla matte eyeshadow with the Smashbox - Shadow Brush which is a very fluffy brush that eases the blending.

On the lower lashline I used the Twice Baked shadow with a Wonder Brush that I moistened with Make Up For Ever - Mix and Fix Spray because this means the eyeshadow won't budge the entire day. I applied the Twice Baked only on the outer corner. I then cleaned the brush and dried most of the water off on a paper towel and wetted it again with the Fixer Spray and made a paste with the Flipside shadow and applied this to the inner half of the lower lashline. I then let it dry and blended it with the Twice Baked and a little more Flipside.

On my waterlines I used the Bourbon and I also used this on the outer third of my top lashline. As a mascara I used Dior - Diorshow Iconic.

Lips:
On my lips I'm wearing Urban Decay - Rush. This colour is almost my real lipcolour and is therefor the perfect colour for my lips.

Nails:
The nailpolish I'm wearing is Custom Kicks by China Glaze. This colour is a bright blue but it also has a little warmth that you don't see on the pictures, but it real life it has a minimal gold shimmer in it that's amazing. The only downside of this polish is that it chips very very quickly (I've never had this problem with China Glaze polishes, so maybe it's a fluke), and also for some reason I also had trouble with the brush (it was not filled with polish or overfilled with polish) and the polish bubbled. So the colour is jawdroppingly beautiful but the application is IELGH.

Pink Panther

CCee — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:29:47 -0700

Hi everyone,

I did Nic's makeup a couple of days ago, and this is the final face:

Face:
I wanted Nic to have a healthy glow, soooo I used Lancome, Hydra Zen Neurocalm Day Cream as a moisturizer. This moisturizer really moisturises and the scent of it is amazing! Over this I used Smashbox - Photo Finish Foundation Primer followed by Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in Light L3 which I applied with the travel size Smashbox Foundation brush (available now is the normal sized Foundation brush). She has no dark circles, so the only thing I placed right under her eyes is the foundation. Because I wanted to contour her face with a powder, I used Make Up For Ever HD powder with a kabuki brush to not take all the shine out of her face but set the makeup and create a base for the powder contour. Because we were going out to a club, she wouldn't wear this in sunlight, which meant I could use a darker contouring then I would if it were daytime. I used the dark bronzer from the Smashbox Blush Bronzer Duo in Cosmopolitan to contour her cheeks, nose, forehead and jawline.

Eyes:
When I looked at Nic's eyes, I wanted to add a lot of colour, but not take away her natural big eyes. I started with filling in her brows because I believe that a strong eye needs to be framed with a proper eyebrow. I used her own L'Oreal browpencil to create a little more of an arch in her brows. The good thing with Nic's blond brows is that you can draw them differently and at night no one notices.
I used Urban Decay - Primer Potion as a base, because we're going out, she needs something that holds the colour vibrant. The base colour I'm using all over her entire eye is GOSH, Effect Powder in Merinque, this colour adds a lot of brightness to her eyes. I also used this just under her lower lashes. On the outer 3/4th of the eyelid I added GOSH, Effect Powder in Rose Gold, this a slightly darker light pink. I seriously love this colour! On the outer half I used Barry M, Dazzle Dust in Cherry Red, this colour is a serious bright pink. I blended this inward a little, but tried to keep the colour mostly on the outer half. On the outer V I used Rimmel London, Colour Rush Mono Eyeshadow in Jet Black (214). I applied all these colours using the Smashbox, no. 15 definer brush which is my favourite brush for applying eyeshadow. I added some eyeliner to her lashline with L'Oreal Contour Resist in 201 Black. On her waterline I used my favourite liner brush Smashbox, arched liner brush no. 21 with my black Stila Smudge Pot, this makes the lashes look thicker at the base... which I enhanced with Sephora false lashes. The lashes I chose are called: Full (long black flares) Item # 947895. I applied these lashes with the glue which came in the package. Usually I hate these glues, but this time this glue really suprised me, it really did a beautiful job.

Lips:
On her lips I mixed three differen lipgloss colours from Mark. I used Glow Baby Glow Hook Up Lip Gloss in Bubbles (for the shimmer), in Girly Girl (for the pink) and in Hot to add a little warmth.

Thank you Nic for being my model!!!

Easy-Peasy Look (with You don't know Jaques!)

CCee — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:56:45 -0700

Hi everyone,

I've been waiting to do my next huge look, because I've had a lot of looks waiting in my list (Pink Smokey, Redo MAC look, Alyssa Milano, Iveenia Request, Webpandora request, multicoloured lips, many more nailpolish looks etc etc) and I didn't post the looks I have on everyday. I finally chose to show you some of my everyday looks simply because the huge looks take up a lot of time and I've been busy and haven't been posting as much eye looks as I once did. Sooo the ones I promised are still coming up... but there will be more looks in between.

Face:
On my Face I'm using Smashbox - Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing primer from the Greenroom Collection as a base. For the foundation I'm wearing 50% Lancaster, Infinite Bronze Face Bronzer with 15 SPF mixed with 50% Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in Light L3, I applied this with my fingers to really work it into my skin, making it look more natural. On my forehead, cheeks, nose and chin I used Chanel, Bronze Universal to create a natural bronze look using the Sephora Brand - Professionnel Platinum Stippling Brush no. 44.
Just because you're bronzing, doesn't mean you should skip contouring, so I used a no longer sold Smashbox Bronzer/Blush duo called Contour/Pop to contour using the Sephora, Mineral powder brush no. 45. The blush I used is from the Blush/Soft lights Duo (available in the Smashbox Runway Glam Kit), I mixed both colours to create my perfect blush colour.

Go-to Easy-Peasy Eyes:
On my eyes I've got the Urban Decay, Eyeshadow Primer Potion to create an amazing base, over this I used Smashbox, Cream Eyeliner in Cameo with a Smashbox, no. 15 definer brush on my eyelid and under my eye. I blended this really well just over my crease, using more on the inside then on the outside of the crease. On my eyelids I'm wearing Smashbox, Bronze eyeshadow, which is not sold on their website, but they did send me one as a gift, so no idea when they'll sell it again, it is a lovely colour though. I applied the Bronze with the same brush as the cream eyeliner. Also using the same brush I applied the golden colour from theInstant Eyes Shadow & Liner Palette from the Smashbox Runway Glam Kit on the centre of my eyelid (creating a little more depth). The lightest colour I used under the arch of my brow. To curl my lashes I used the Shu Uemura, Lash curler and the mascara is Dior, Diorshow Waterproof in 090 noir.

Lips:
On my lips I used the darker side from the Fast Track lipgloss, available in the Smashbox Runway Glam Kit. I used a Benefit lipliner to create a more pointy (yet natural) cupid's bow.

(Flash light) Nails:
On my nails (I took this picture at night, I'll add more sunlight pictures tomorrow), I'm wearing OPI, Original Nail Envy followed by two coats of You don't know Jaques (also by OPI) and OPI RapiDry TopCoat. As the quickdry drops I used Essie's Quick-e drops.
These are my nails the next day (with the Konad M71 art on it):
Sunlight (before topcoat):
Flashlight (after topcoat):

Boots:
I was wearing these Invito boots (I call them my pirate boots).

For the rest if my outfit I was wearing faded jeans and a Olive Green shirt.

I hope you like this full easy look.

Marilyn Monroe - Farrah Fawcett mix

CCee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:39:05 -0700

Hi everyone,

I wanted to show you this amazing look I did on Nic this weekend. It's a little Monroe/Fawcett mix and we both LOVE it.

It's actually very simple makeup and hair.

Hair:
Nic has a shoulder length layered bob and I straightened it (after applying protectant) and when I came at the ends of her hair I turned the straightner a quarter at the tips to make them stand out. That's all I did, seriously!

Face:
I wanted Nic to have very matte skin but I also didn't want to lose a healthy glow, soooo I used Benefit, Firmology as a moisturizer. This product adds a radiant glow because of light reflecting pigments and also moisturizes and tones the skin. Over this I used Smashbox - Photo Finish Foundation Primer followed by Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in Light L3 which I applied with the travel size Smashbox Foundation brush (available now is the normal sized Foundation brush). She has no dark circles, so the only thing I placed right under her eyes is the foundation. I used my Make Up For Ever powder with my Mexx brush to take all the shine out of her face. Because it was dark outside and she wouldn't wear this in sunlight I dared to use a darker contouring colour then I would normally use on her. I used the dark bronzer from the Smashbox Blush Bronzer Duo in Cosmopolitan to contour her cheeks, nose, forehead and jawline.

Eyes:
I used the lightest colour from Dior Diorissime Palette Fall 2007 (002 Seduction Drama) all over her eyes using the Smashbox, no. 10 Crease brush. On her inner corner I used the darker shimmery brown from the same pallette with the no. 10 Crease brush again for a wash of colour. I then used the Smashbox, arched liner brush no. 21 with my black Stila Smudge Pot to line her waterlines and her eyes (giving her a flick at the outer corners). I lined her waterlines with black to make her eyes a little smaller, Nic has huge innocent eyes and I wanted her to look a little more dangerous.

Brows:
I used a L'Oreal to thicken her brows a bit and created a high brow with a more defined arch. I made them a little thicker because of the dark eyes, you need something to frame the eyes when bringing them foreward them this much.

Lips:
I knew I wanted to give her red lips, but I didn't want it to look like she just came out of a magazine, I wanted it more real. Soooo I used one of my only two MAC products, the Lip Varnish in Warning!. This red I applied with my fingers, patting it in, making the colour more of a stain then a gloss or lipstick. I didn't define the lipline or anything, I just wanted it to look a little messy.

Nails:
I forgot to take a picture of her nails... but I even chose a colour for those. The colour she was wearing was by OPI, and is called Quarter of a Cent-Cherry.

I really hope you ladies love this look, we both had a lot of fun with it. I think she looks beautiful!
Thanks Nic for modelling for me!