♡ Edgy Wedding Makeup ♡

It was such a pleasure working with this young lady. She has such a unique personality and style. It was my goal to make that quality reflect in her Bridal Makeup. 

[You can click on these photos to make them bigger and see them in better quality]

Jasmine had a very specific look in mind for her wedding: A brown smokey eye with bold winged liner and bold red lips. I had 2 consultations with her where she tried on some looks and she decided on this makeup. She looked like a princess ♡
  

Jasmine, I wish you and your husband good luck, happiness and success in life ♡ Xoxo

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♡ Update ♡ My Go-To Look Lately ♡ Confidence and Loving Yourself ♡

Hello, friends! I'm so sorry I've been MIA! It's been a busy summer for me and I've been trying to relax and enjoy every bit of it with family and friends. I've gone out of town more times than I can count this year. I've also been cutting some hair here and there. I have a couple of clients and friends that I see or come see me once a month. Aside from those things, I like my alone time as well where I just surf the internet or workout. Now that school is starting and autumn (my favorite season) is almost here (yay!), I will be updating more often.

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I've been wearing this makeup look almost every day for the past two? Three weeks? It's my go-to because it's easy to achieve and makes me feel confident. I rarely feel that way so it's no surprise that I continue to  wear it. To be honest, I haven't changed up my foundation routine and I'm still obsessing over the NYX Natural Palette. It's easy to create a low-key smoky eye with....

The Details:
 

On my face:  
♡  Babyface Primer by Maybelline
♡ Bareskin Brightening Foundation by Bare minerals in shade 04 Bare Ivory
♡ Prep and Prime Highlight by MAC in Light Boost for highlighting and covering dark circles
♡ ABH Contour Kit for contour and eyebrowz
♡ Milani's Baked Blush in Delizioso Pink ♡ MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light to set everything
♡ And for this look I switch back and forth between Revlon Lip Butter in Cupcake (as seen in these photos) and MAC Mineralize Rich Lipstick.

 


On my eyes:
♡ "Heavens" from the Kat Von D Saint Palette on the brow bone and inner corner  
♡ Third to last (shimmery sand) color in the NYX Natural Palette over the lid
♡ Second to last (shimmery light brown) color in the NYX Natural Palette in the crease and lower lashline
♡ Last (dark velvet brown) color in NYX Natural Palette on the outer corners and blended into the crease
♡ Winged liner connected to my bottom lashline with Sephora Liquid Eyeliner 
♡ Lined the inner rims of my top and bottom lashline with L'oreal Voluminous Smoldering Liner
♡ No false lashes lately, just Covergirl's Flamed Out Mascara 


Hair: I'm obsesssseddddd with curling my hair lately. I use this Conair 1¼ Curling Iron and curl from the ears, down. I also find that curling the front pieces (that frame the face) with a straightener looks better than using a curling iron because those pieces are shorter than the rest of the hair. After all the curling I tease the crown and spray with my holy grail Aussie Instant Freeze Hairspray.

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Whether I am blogging or working on a client, my goal is to help boost confidence. And how can I do that if I do not feel confident, myself? I must confess that I have never been a confident person. I've always been confident about my abilities as a hair and makeup artist, long before I went to Cosmetology school. But there's a big difference between that and actually and being comfortable or secure with yourself. I could have the biggest poof'ed up hair and I was proud of that but would I have the confidence to walk around with my head held high? No way! I would still have my shoulders slummed over and my head down. I admit, I still do that sometimes. 

It's been a long journey going from self-hate to self-love and I'm still not there yet. I imagine a lot of people in this world are going through the same thing. Whoever is out there reading this, I know we can do this. You are the only you in the whole wide world. Embrace and love every eyelash, freckle, scar, bone, every unique thing about you. Know that you are beautiful. Don't listen to people who discourage you or judge your looks in any way shape or form. Walk with your head held high and be confident! I know it's easier said than done but in time I know you and I will be okay.

Oh! And this is very important.... while working on your confidence and self-love and especially once you've achieved those things, never ever let anyone tell you that you're cocky or full of yourself. You need to know that it is 100% OKAY to love yourself, love the way you look, be confident, be confident in your abilities, etc. And while it's just as important to be humble, it's okay to be proud of yourself and the things you do and to say so every once in awhile. Society tells us "you should be proud of yourself" and then when we show it, we get pooped on. Don't buy into it. Be proud of overcoming things. And to the people who poop on you for that, they probably have the hardest battles inside to overcome. Like ignorance and hatred towards lovely people. Even more reason to disregard what they say c: 

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Once again, thank you for visiting my blog and for reading. I hope I've inspired you, even just a little, in some way. I hope your summer has been amazing. Leave any questions, comments or suggestions below or send me an email at lyndsixo@gmail.com. For all other business inquiries contact me at lyndsikay234@yahoo.com. Talk to ya soon! Xo

Special Occasion Hairstyle

This post is mostly me documenting my growth as a stylist. It's not meant to be a how-to but I'll include a brief how-to at the bottom of this post :) This is my second attempt at recreating this photo that I found on Pinterest:

I met my young client around 9 months ago when she needed her hair done for a Quinceañera. We exchanged ideas of what she wanted through text messages and she decided on the style above. I was never big on up-do's or special occasion hair in cosmetology school. I had definitely never tried a style like this but I did her hair with confidence and this is what I came up with.... 

Not exactly like the other photo but pretty good for a first attempt using only one photo as a reference. If you're a hairstylist, you know as well as I do - it doesn't matter if we like what we did... all that really matters is how your client feels about it. You could give someone your best and then they tell you "I don't really like it" or "it's not what I wanted." I, personally, felt that since it didn't come out exactly as the photo, I didn't do a good job. My client, however, absolutely loved it. So much in fact that months later, she contacted me again for the same hairstyle for another Quince. As I styled her hair for the second time, she told me that the "flowers" (aka pin curls) are her favorite.

So this time I was determined to get it right. I looked through my pins and found that same original picture she liked and another photo that I thought would be helpful. So now I had experience and two photos for reference. The one up at the top and the one below. It is, essentially, the same style with less curl and zero pin curls. 



This is how her hair came out, the second time around...

Not exactly the same but, this is my take of that hairstyle... I love the way it turned out this time! Instead of doing a bunch of small pin curls, I did four big pin curls. I also put them lower so that it looked more like the original photo. My client loved it! She seemed more excited this time and she adored the bigger flowers. 

Here's the front view:

Things you will need: 
Curling iron(s) in the size of your choice. I used two - a one inch barrel by Conair and a 3/4 inch marcel (for small details).
Hairspray. I used Aussie Instant Freeze and it is my holy grail.
Bobbypins, large or small depending on how thick your clients hair is. I used both.
Teasing brush or comb. I used the Spornette which I got from Sally's. Also holy grail.

First I curled her hair from the ears, down.
Then I teased from the crown of her head to the back of the head stopping at the parietal bone.
After smoothing out and brushing the tease, I started the pin curls.
Next I twisted the rest of the hair below the pincurls forward while twisting the front curls back until they met and secured the pieces with bobbypins.


This is the front side view......                                                        .......And the back side view

A little more info: My client has long hair with long layers. Her hair is thick. This style took me close to 2 hours the first time I did it and around an hour this time. It seems simple enough, in theory. But it definitely takes some practice. If my client comes in a third time for this hairstyle, I'll do a more thorough how-to with step-by-step photos and in depth talk through. By then, this should be a breeze.

More photos of the back.... All of the photos in my blog entries are clickable so that they expand and you can view them in depth. I also took so many so that if anyone else out there would like to create this style, you can have more than that one reference photo from pinterest. 

Thanks for reading and for all the support! Let me know what you think! If you recreate this style, let me know your experience(s)! Leave any questions or comments below or send me an email at lyndsixo@gmail.com. For all other business inquiries contact me at lyndsikay234@yahoo.com. 
Talk to you soon! xo