I was brought in last minute for this photoshoot…I like to prepare and have the whole look worked out before hand, on this occasion it was kind of thrown together!

Model: Maryna Skrypka
Make-Up: Emma Farrell (ME!)
Photographer: Dave from Northlightphoto

Flawless Skin

Before you even start I recommend you use a primer, a good one is Smashbox Matt Primer. With the onslaught of hormones and nights out, young skin, can often be prone to outbreaks. The best quality and priced concealer out there has to be the Rimmel Clear Stick. For extra stubborn spots, keep layering the concealer and powder inbetween layers.

Rimmel Clearstick

It is always best to invest in a good foundation as this will be the base for make-up and if you spend extra here, it will be sure to last the whole night. I would recommend Estee Lauder Doublewear Foundation. This full coverage foundation is non-transferable, which translates as NON-MOVEABLE, no need for touch ups However I would recommend you use a good make-up remover to take it off.

Estee Lauder Doublewear

Rimmel also do a great clarifying powder that like the concealer also helps to fight off blemishes and further breakouts whilst setting your make-up.

Eyes

Dramatic eyes are a must for your debs make-up look. Why not go for a sultry smokey eye, dark colours will make your eyes pop for the photographs. For an alternative to the smokey look, why not try some dramatic eyeliner with some falsh eyelashes. Girls Aloud and Eyelure have brought out a fantastic range .  Make sure to put on lashings of Mascara no matter what look you decide to go for…its like the frame on a good picture, helps to focus the viewers eye!

Girls Aloud Lashes

Lips

If eyes aren’t what you like to define you can still have alot of fun with lips. There are some gorgeous reds out there at the moment, especially from Armani and Chanel. They know how to do classic colours to perfection. Really well defined lips are seriously in vogue. Sometimes lippy can be a bit of a nuisance, because you have to keep topping it up, make sure to use a long lasting one like the Max Factor Lip Finity and that won’t be an issue.

Max Factor Lip Finity

Powder, Contour and Blush

The camera likes to make things look a bit flat, so to combat this you should always contour. Make the best of your bone structure. Using a Matt bronzer do a C-Shape from the forehead down to the centre of the cheaks. If you are having trouble finding where to place it, just suck in your cheeks. This is a very subtle effect…not to be confused with the early 90s blusher craze! Make sure to blend well. Then to add a flush of colour to your cheeks, smile and place blusher on to the apples of your cheeks, blending using light circular motions.

Then you are done! Easy Peazy! If you find this all a bit too much, you could always get your make-up done by a professional… Give me a shout: Emma 0863274449 for my rates

This is a photoshoot I did recently in Waterford.

Photographer: Tinydesignz
Models: Victoria and Laura
Make-Up&Hair: Me of course

Loved the setting, so many cool areas to work with! We did have a cool bubble machine, but the wind kept blowing the bubbles away, boo erns!

Virginia

Laura

There have been some definite trends evident already in the Fall collections from the top designers. Eyebrows have been raised literally by Dior and Co. Natural brows have been waxed over and hidden and a thin line drawn above the natural position.  The effect makes eyes look rather alien. Faces are kept pale, a blank canvas enabling colourful, false lash clad eyes to pop. The lip look, harks back to the sultry 1920′s, with defined cupid’s bows in purple and pink. This look is about drama and expression.

Dior

John Galliano

Jean Paul Gaultier

As can be expected with a Autumn collections there were alot of bronze, golds and browns about, symbolic of the change of colours from summer to autumn. However the colours were kept mainly to the eyes and lips. Skin had a more pale matt tone.

Alessandro Dell’Acqua

Donna Karan

Anna Sui

Chloe

A huge trend again this Autumn is red lips, with many different shades making an appearance from Scarlett to Blood. Again gorgeous and with a well defined cupids bow. A good angled lip brush is essential for this look. I particluarly like Armani’s shade of lippy.

Alexander McQueen

Dolce & Gabbana

Armani

Lanvin

Pat McGrath  is the mother suprimo in the make-up world, the one to watch, the one to aspire to and the one to be inspired by.

Pat McGrath Backstage Ready-to-Wear Dolce & Gabbana 2009

Her career started in the early 1990s when she got her break doing photoshoots for I-D Magazine. Her make-up had an artistic visual presence not seen before. With a art & design backround, she was never officially trained in make-up artistry but got into the industry purely for the love of fashion and make-up.

She has gone on to have an expansive career that has seen her collaborate with some of the biggest names in fashion. However it wasn’t always like that, she said in an interview that she had her moments of doubt…She felt like she was getting nowhere and that she could’t live out her dream of being a make-up artist:

‘Kim would call me up and say, “Have you got a book together yet?”‘ McGrath remembers, ‘and although I loved the fun we had on set, I just never quite got it together and went for it. So the jobs would always go to someone better known, and eventually I just resigned myself to the idea that I would never make it. There was one evening when I was just sitting in my living room in the dark and I thought, “I’m never going to become a make-up artist, I’m finished, I’m going to have to get a real job”, because at that point my mum was saying, “Maybe you should take a hint”.’

It was at precisely that moment that the fairy-tale break came. ‘The phone rang and it was someone asking if I wanted to go on tour in Japan with Caron Wheeler from Soul II Soul. I’d done her make-up one Sunday afternoon three years earlier as a favour, and she took my number saying she’d call me some time. And that was it – I left my job and went to Japan for three months, scared to death. I cried all the way there because I’d never been on a plane before and I was terrified.’

I find this extremely inspiring, you have to just keep the faith and if you want something badly enough, eventually the universe will work its mysterious way and give it to you!

These guys are sooo cool! Will have to do a Harajuku inspired tutorial at some stage