DRAMATIC WINGED SMOKEY EYE TUTORIAL

This, mes amis, is Brooke. She has the face of an angel. She's practically made of eyes, lashes, cheekbones and lips. It's borderline annoying to look at. So naturally I stole her face for today! I gave it back, don't worry, but it was great while it lasted. 10/10 face borrowing.

WELL, NOW THAT STROBING IS A THING...

When I first heard the term strobing, like many others I'm sure, I kinda rolled my eyes. Once I got over the unnecessary name though, I actually started to enjoy the concept. I could never really get on board with the intense contouring trend. I don't mind it used with a light hand, but I never warmed to the Kardashian thing. Instead I've always been more drawn to simply working with light, or highlighter. That seems to be the essence of this whole strobing trend – bringing luminosity to the face and lifting it, without any of the heaviness of contouring. It's a technique that I've noticed on the runway for years and I'm glad that it's finally catching on in day to day life.

FASHION FACES: LOOK AT THOSE BABY BLUES

Sometimes I like to test my confidence levels by surrounding myself with ridiculously good looking people. Just joshing, but in all seriousness, meet Emma, a girl with a face hand painted by Aphrodite herself. Emma has been a rather vocal supporter of my blog from the get go. I.e. she jams it down anyone's throat that will listen. Thanks gurl. You've got my back. Both she and I have been keen to have her do a post with me for ages and this reading break we finally got around to it. Emma has some seriously blue eyes, something that I'm far off from having myself, so I wanted to seize my opportunity and play them up with contrasting colours.

FASHION FACES: 3.0

Fashion Faces is finally back! It's been a good five months since the last one. Granted this news might not be quite as exciting to everyone else, but for me getting to let loose the creativity is the best part of makeup. I've brought my lovely sister back for this third round and, I have to say, every time I photograph her I think “good God,  you could legitimately be a model.” I'm pretty lucky to have her face hanging around. So I'll do a quick run through of what we've gone for today.

FASHION FACES: 2.0

It’s no secret by now that I love a good bit of 60’s makeup. There was something about that era that was fun and original, but still managed to stay classy... unlike certain other eras (I’m looking at you 80’s). So I decided it was time to do a throwback and I brought my revoltingly good looking sister along for a second round of Fashion Faces.

FASHION FACES: 1.0

I don’t know if I’ve ever talked much about fashion makeup here in the past, but it’s something that I’ve been a bit of a fanatic about for years. I idolized Pat McGrath’s work before I even knew that she was the hand behind most runway shows. My Pinterest Makeup board is covered in shots of her work. And personally I love having a creative outlet where makeup can be more that something to make yourself feel pretty. So I’ve decided to start a fashion series that has nothing to do with day to day makeup, but instead is about enjoying the artistry of makeup. I really hope it’s something that you guys will enjoy.