just stay

Today I did a little experiment, an eyeliner experiment! *insert evil scientists laugh here*

Never had I come across such a wonderful eyeliner until i got my Best Of Make Up For Ever kit, with it a full size Aqua Eyes eyeliner pencil.  To prove a point, this morning I squiggled 3 x lines of my favorite black eyeliners on the back of my hand.

the 1st (top) line is MUFE Aqua Eyes waterproof eyeliner pencil

2nd line is Revlon Colourstay retractable eyeliner

3rd line is Urban Decay 247 Glide on Eye Pencil

Photo taken at 7.30am

As you can see, here is the result at the end of the day.  This photo taken at 5.30pm.  After a few hand washes and even washing the dishes these results are pretty great.

The clear stand out is obviously the Aqua Eyes pencil.  It really is amazing, goes on smoothly and doesn't wear off!  The Colourstay is not too far behind, suprisingly it wears well but the texture of the crayon is much firmer.  Unfortunately the 247 Glide On pencil, started to wear off not long after lunchtime, it really is silky and glides on well but this formula does not create a very deep black and prevents it from staying on as long as it should.

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take a Chance

I haven't done one of my chicks of inspiration posts in a while, and this one is waaaay overdue.  I just want to say that this lovely lass is pretty much the person that helped lurch me into training in make up. After kindly returning one of my emails, I was convinced there was no reason why I shouldn't give it a shot.

Her talent is very natural, she has a knack in really complimenting the beauty of her subject rather than disguising or masking it.  If I knuckle down and practice, I hope to one day have a fraction of this talent :)

Here's a few of my favourite pics of the work by makeup artist 
AMY CHANCE 

Kat Dennings

30 Seconds To Mars

Arielle Kebbel

Ashley Greene

Ting Tings

Check out Amy's portfolio here and her blog here - it's all awesome!
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Learning to fly

Last night we had our final assessment in Design & Apply Makeup. I completed the work in the designated time frame and yep, I'm competent. I mean, it's not like anyone failed anyway, just one girl has to go back and redo one of her looks.

The 12 weeks has gone so quickly!! Thankfully I'm going back next week for Photography Makeup, a smaller class that goes for 6 weeks. Looking forward to that, all the rules go out the window, will be heaps more exciting :)

I saw my teachers comments, one stood out to me 'Koren has applied herself 100% every week, keep practicing and you'll make a great artist'
YAY!

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