TheMakeupEffect

Prepping for one of next weeks photoshoots, 20's, body art and headbands! 

Last week a friend showed me this, Cover Grils new collection and look book inspired by Hunger Games, and it was really a surprise. Cover Girl, which is more of a budget brand, has really stepped up an made this beautiful looks that would makeup any avantgarde fashion magazine proud. Great inspiration and you can find them all at www.covergirl.com.

I got the sweetest gift from one of my friends when I left Stockholm last time. Nail polish and lipstick from Chanel in the ultimate autumn colours, burgundy and dark red. And even though we do not really get fall here I'm going to wear it anyway and dream about red leafs, chilly days and hot chocolate. 

Today is way too hot to actually be doing anything, so I went to Downtown Burbank for some light shopping. Shampoo, conditioner and a new set of headphones was on my short list today, but very important, especially the headphones 'cause running ain't no fun without music. 

I did find what I needed but I also found something else, this! E.l.f in corporation with Disney has a line of makeup with all your favorite villains and it was so adorable that I couldn't help but get some. E.l.f is really a budget brand but sometimes they do surprise and I think this is a really fun gift to myself for Halloween! 

My friday night is not very exciting at all. Had a rough day, feeling kind of homesick and decided to just stay in. So I'm doing laundry, watching Face Off and sketching on a makeup that I'm doing in a couple of weeks. 

I played around with some makeup today and did this look, suitable for Halloween maybe?

I am so in love with my airbrush gun and the Wolf Brothers palette with watercolors, could probably spend many hours a day playing with this stuff just for fun!

Every day can be like Christmas Day when people around you show their appreciation for your work. Got this amazing gifts today and I can already tell you that this Smashbox palette is coming with me to Miami! A tan with that tealc color, gorgeous :)

 And here it is, October. What for most is the month of fall, if you don't live in California so to say, and the official month of Halloween! Of course this makes me a little excited, I'm about to spend my first Halloween in America and we all know that they don't hold back on the fright here. Many of my friends are working on theme parks during this and I am tempted to go visit some, especially Disneyland would be awesome but since Universal Studios is just by my house it may be more likely I'll pay a visit there. Something that I will certainly do though is spending next weekend at Son of Monsterpalooza. Last time I was here I was volunteering at Monsterpalooza so I didn't really have the time to see everything, this time around I'm going all three days to make sure I don't miss a thing. 

What else is in October.. Well, some photoshoots of course. I have to get my entry to IMATS Battle of the Brushes ready ad I would also love to do some Halloween makeups to show you, if there's time. Then I have to start preparing my own Halloween costume, thats gonna be fine. All and all this month will pass by so fast and the only thing I'm gonna miss is real fall weather with hot cocoa and rainy days, but hey, in a month I will be on my way to Miami so I should not complain!

..did the makeup for this advertising movie!

Before I left sweden I did a gig for a pretty big food brand, the actual movie is kind of silly and we had a very fun day at set.

 

Here's what Ive been doing today: First I spent time helping out with the preparations for a photoshoot for Uncover Magazine, aka I did makeup, ironed clothes, ran errands etc. Then I thought for myself as I got home around four, I do deserve some ice cream. Said and done, Ben & Jerry's and some more SATC it was. I will probably have seen alla six seasons in a couple of weeks but why not. And what's better entertainment when you're already spending your saturday night in doing laundry. At least I'm gonna get myself to the gym for some running, got new shoes earlier this week and I haven't tried them properly yet.

Well, well, speaking about Uncover Magazine, here is a photo from my photoshoot with Uncover and the story about bright colored lips. 

Playing around with shapes and patterns, testing how waterproof the color is and proving to myself that I'm pretty good at picking this little thing apart for cleaning!

I feel like such a lazy person right now, especially the days when I'm off work. But at least I got some prepp to do for upcoming jobs this week, and one in particular. I'm still not really used to my airbrush gun from Paasche, it's a double action and can be kind of tricky in the beginning. And since I have an airbrush shoot on Thursday I think I need to play around with it a little bit more. Poor me, I "have to do" what I love ;) 

 

Fabulous, it took them just a couple if days to deliver my new toy! I wanna start playing with it right now, gotta try to find someone who wants to model for me this weekend.

Idag testade jag för första gången den här olivtvålen från Savon de Marseille som ska vara väldigt bra att tvätta penslar med. Och jag måste säga att jag blev glatt överraskad. Efter att ha provat allt från Mac Cosmetics brush cleanser till Kicks spray rengöring och även alla möjliga sorters shampoon så har jag alltid kommit tillbaka till hederliga enkla Yes diskmedel som verkar va det enda som funkar riktigt bra. Men den här tvålen var ett litet underverk. Ger ett härligt lödder, luktar gott, tvättar snabbt bort även de mest pigmenterade läppstift och ger mjuka fina borstar utan att lämna en oljig yta. Sen känns det himla smidigt att bara kunna skära upp en liten bit och ha med i caset. Jag gillar't!

Jag fick den här helt underbara födelsedagspresenten av min soulmate. Det är produkter från The Body Shops serie Chocomania och som den chokladälskare jag är var jag bara tvungen att testa dem nu. Doften är verkligen choklad och alla produkterna känns härligt krämiga. Kan tänka mig att man blir lite trött på att gå runt och dofta choklad hela tiden men nån gång då och då känns det perfekt att skämma bort sig själv med en chokladdusch!

Inom en vecka eller så borde jag få hem min nya kompressor till airbrushen. Jag har beställt en ifrån märket Iwata som heter Ninja Jet och är anpassad för artister som behöver kunna ta den med sig. Väldigt liten, smidig och tålig så att den lätt kan åka med i caset. 

Imorgon ska jag också hämta ut de nya färgerna från European Body Art, spännande!