Rebecca Shores MUA

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Back to Basics: Individual Lash Flairs

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Here I will show you how I apply individual lash flairs. I am going to be using Ardell Knot-Free lash flairs in short, medium and long.

I like the way individual lashes look, since they give very different effects depending on how you place them. I'll have some examples at the end of this post.

I am going to be placing four longs, two mediums and three smalls, going from longest to the shortest starting on the outside of my eye. This will give an elongated eye shape. However, you can always mix things up like using just one size for extra volume. Or using a short-medium-long-medium-short pattern, with the longest at the center of your eye gives a more opened look. Lots of options with the flairs.

Here's a video if you prefer that format

I am using my clean hand as a palette, if I am working on a client I use a stainless steel palette. I like to take the eyelashes out of the packaging first, since I find that I'm less likely to break them and it goes a bit faster. I place a tiny bit of the lash glue on my hand, since you only need about a pin head sized amount.

I am going to apply these without any liner on. Placing the lash flairs along at least a thin application of liner does disguise where the lashes are placed, but since I wanted you to be able to see where I placed them, I opted for no liner. Make sure to curl you lashes lightly first and apply mascara.

I use a tweezers to carefully pick up the lashes. Grab close to the base so you have more control. Then dip the very tip into the glue. I like to place them pretty wet, but if you're having trouble, try letting the glue get more tacky by waiting about 15-25 seconds.

Carefully place the flair (long) as close to your lash line as you can. Looking down will really help when placing the lash.

Placement.

Repeating the steps above, place the next lash (long) close to the first lash you placed, but not too close so that the ends of the lashes look too close together.

Placement.

Sometimes the lashes don't sit close enough or are slightly rotated so I use the back of the tweezers to push them down into place.

Here I've applied four long flairs and two mediums.

When I start applying towards the inner part of my eye I find it easier to reach across my face/nose to apply the rest of the lashes. This helps me not to bump the lashes I've already placed and I can see what I am doing better.

Here I am placing another small flair.

As you cans see, I placed the lash flair in the innermost corner too low. I can easily pluck it off and reposition, since the glue is still pretty wet.

After applying all the lash flairs I look directly into the mirror to see if there are any areas where I'd like to add a bit more to & to check if there are any blank spaces.

I am placing one more small flair where I feel like there's a gap.

Here are the finished lashes.

I am using an angled brush (sigma E65) with some black gel liner (Mac Fluid line in Backtrack) to cover the glue.

Then I wipe off the excess mascara off my wand and press it into my real lashes and the false ones to blend.

Here are the finished lashes.

And that's how you put on individual lash flairs!

I have hooded eyes and I lose even more lid space when I smile. As you can see here, wearing lashes really helps in adding extra definition to my eyes.

I think these look better with a thin liner, however I wanted to be able to show the placement of the lashes better.

Products:

Face: Smashbox Primer - original

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MUFE HD foundation - 118

Illamasqua Skin base - white

Ben Nye Powder - Cameo

Nars creamy concealer - Chantilly

Sephora concealer - fair

ELF Mist & Set

MAC sculpt - Shadowy

MAC sculpt - Emphasize

MAC - Desert Rose

Ben Nye - Antique Rose

Eyes:

MAC - Blanc Type

Urban Decay - Naked

MAC - Mylar

MAC - Copperplate

MAC - Concrete

MAC - Carbon

MAC fluid line - Blacktrack

UD 24/7 liner - Perversion

L'Oreal Voluminous mascara- Carbon Black

Maybelline Great Lash - clear

MUFE aqua brow - 25

Lips:

Lip Tar in Pretty Boy

Shorts, Mediums, Longs, Mediums, Shorts

Short, Medium, Long, Medium

Short, medium and one long

Friday, October 25, 2013

Review: Lip Tar Mini Allstars Set of 4

I also have a video review which you can see here OR click here if you want some application help.

I just bought the mini liptar set of four and so far I am really liking it.

Here's the packaging. It comes with Black Dahlia, NSFW, Anime and Momento, plus a lip brush.

Here's a size comparison between a full size (Pretty Boy) and a mini (Anime).

The full size are .33 ounces and the minis are .08.

While the minis are smaller, you use so little product that these will still last quite a while.

Here is a tutorial I did for applying them.

Here are my bare lips.

Black Dahlia

Price: 9/10

Pigmentation: 6/10

Texture: 6/10

Packaging: 7/10

Overall Quality: 7/10

Repurchase: Maybe, and if I did it would be for mixing.

Black Daliah is a beautiful deep purpley-wine color with a hint of red. In the tube or swatched on my arm I thought this would be my favorite of the bunch, however, the color is lovely, but the application is not. This color seems to be a tad sheerer than the other liptars I have so it applies patchy. It took me much longer to apply and I couldn't get the color to look completely smooth.

I did mix Black Daliah with NSFW and made a beautiful deep black-cherry color, which I am in love with. So while this color alone isn't too great, it does mix into other liptars well.

I also wore it with MAC Nightmoth lip liner under it, and I did like that effect as well.

Liptars in these pics are not blotted.

NSFW

Price: 9/10

Pigmentation: 9/10

Texture: 9/10

Packaging: 7/10

Overall Quality: 9/10

Repurchase: Yes

NSFW is a true red and it is lovely. This is a very pretty red and it will suit most skin tones since it's a true red. It applies very easily, it is very pigmented and it also mixes well. When wearing these out vs. just for swatches I would wear a red liner with it.

Blotted

Anime

Price: 9/10

Pigmentation: 9.5/10

Texture: 9/10

Packaging: 7/10

Overall Quality: 9.5/10

Repurchase: Yes

Anime is a neon fuchsia, but I think it is still very wearable. I am in love with this color. Very easy to apply & pigmentation is great. This is probably my favorite lip tar. At first I though it would be too close to Pretty Boy, but I believe it is more wearable since it isn't quite as dark as Pretty Boy.

Blotted

Momento

Price: 9/10

Pigmentation: 9/10

Texture: 9/10

Packaging: 7/10

Overall Quality: 9/10

Repurchase: Yes

Moemento is a pretty midtone pink. It applies easy, but since it's a paler color it does take a bit more time to blend away streaks. The pigmentation is really great so it will cover more pigmented lips. It comes up a tad on the warm side on my very fair skin, so I really like this mixed with just the tiniest bit of Anime to cool it down.