Huge Contest!!!

Hey everyone,

The contest that I have been trying to put together is finally here and I have TONNES of stuff that I'm giving away! This is all because you guys are so special and I cant thank you guys enough for supporting my blog and facebook page.

All you need to do is comment here a celebrity inspired look you would like me to re create. You can leave a message on facebook with a picture if its easier. The other way to enter is to send me an email to makeupbyhk@gmail.com with the picture of the look (anyway you choose to enter ill accept your entry however only one entry per person)

I will choose two winners and re-create both the looks for you guys. I will announce the winner by December 19th just so that the winners can get their goodies in time for the new year and holidays.

 On to the prizes!

One winner will get:

You will get Nail bliss stick on nail art (its black lace with gems), Smashbox Kit (including photofinish primer, black eyeliner, lip enhancing gloss, eye shadow primer and mascara). You will also get a Korres body butter in Guava and Pure Shea Butter from L'Occitane. Last but not least you will get one Buxom waterproof eyestick in Machete (Limited Edition) along with one Eyeliner in Onyx and a cute gold  coin purse/clutch from Buxom as well. I also threw in a bunch of samples that I got sent to me and I truly enjoyed their products.

The second winner will get:

A bedazzled tweezer and pocket mirror. Buxom  liquid eyeliner in Gold Dust (limited edition) and Urban Decay Primer Potion. Korres lip butter in pomegranate and Ion Repair Hair Solution 100% Vegan Protein treatment. Piovoine Flora Hand Cream from L'Occitane.  Last but not least the Swag Bag of Sexy from Benefit includes High Beam Illuminater, Porefessional Primer and Benetint. Likewise I threw in a handful of samples as well.

I hope you guys enter and good luck to everyone :)

International Makeup Artist Tradeshow 2012

Helloe Everyone,

I hope all of you had a good weekend! I started off my weekend by going to IMATS early Saturday morning with my wonderful sister in law. We both had an amazing time looking at all the exhibitors that came. My all time favourite moment was meeting beauty blogger/ youtube guru Lauren who is better known as QueenofblendingMUA (picture below). She was so sweet and down to earth it was a pleasure meeting her.

I also attended a Makeup Forever class where their makeup artist did an hour long demonstration and explanation on High Definition Makeup. There were so many great tips that were shared that I will have to do a separate blog post JUST on that.

So now on to all the goodies that I picked up at IMATS that I was super excited about:

Naked cosmetics had an amazing deal with their pigments. I managed to grab one which was $30 its the Broadway collection and the retails is $60! I purchased their eyeshadow base as well for $10 which the lady at the booth told me that when used under the pigments it turns them to a more mate finish (swatches below)

The swatches on the left are with the eyeshadow matte base underneath and the ones on the right are without it

The next stop was Pari Beauty. They had a few good things but I picked up 5 eyeshadows in their pan for a really good discounted price.(swatches below)

I also wanted to get Kryolan cake liners. I got two one in white and one in dark blue. They are meant to be used wet and their colour pay off is amazing. The lady at the booth was doing free hand makeup and so we decided to give it a try (pics below)

My ultimate excitement was to get my hand on some lip tars from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. I got three of their new lip tars that are not for sale yet on their website and the swatches are below. The picture of me above is wearing Yaoi! 

The colours from left to right are: Yaoi, Super NSFW, and Authentic.

Then last but not least I got some other goodies from vendors that I have not heard of before but they had some awesome deals. The brushes below are from Royal & Langnickel. They are super soft and good quality the brushes were all ranged from $1.50-$12. I really wanted to check out crown brushes but they were really not the greatest quality once I actually tested them out. Im happy with my purchases!

The stencils that I got are more for air brush purposes they were really cool ones but I only picked up two they were $4 each and we got a freebie aswell :) I also got faux flesh and fake blood which I can not wait to experiment with. Check out more pictures on my facebook page of the event.





  



Love it or Leave it? #1

Hey everyone,

Ive been trying out a couple new products and wanted to do a few mini reviews on the products after using them for a month ( a little bit over a month).

Revlon Photo Ready Powder: I picked up this powder only because my shade in the Rimmel Stay Matte powder was out at my local rexall. I love the Rimmel Stay Matte powder ever since my cousin introduced me to it because it is light and absorbs oil quick without leaving your face feeling caked. So I thought I would give this powder a try and give you guys my opinions on it.

Looking at the product there are clear visible shimmers in the powder. This is because this powder is made for taking photos so it would help in reflecting light. I really do like this powder but NOT for everyday, its a little too much. The feel of the powder on your face is light but the shimmers are obvious and would only work if your outside during the day or at an event at night (and obviously for pictures hence the name). The pictures I took were in natural light because I noticed with flash the shimmers were more obvious. However it is really good in coverage and on the face it looks really nice (my pictures below are of me wearing this powder)
                           
                            
                                      
The packaging is kind of awkward and big since im used to circular face powders that fit nicely in my makeup bag. There is a little brush inside the case but I didnt bother to use it and opted for my soft sigma brush instead. The concept of the product is good it can be achieved by using a regular face powder and a light dusting of a shimmer on top such as a MAC minizeralized skin finish or a shimmer block. However the convenience of a two in one product is always good!

So what do I have to say about this product? Love it! do try it and leave a comment on how you feel and what your thoughts are of the product

Toodles <3

Weekly Blog Post!

Hey Everyone,

Starting next month ill be posting weekly on my blog. This will give you guys an idea of what to expect every week so that my posts can be more consistant. Let me know what kind of posts you would like to see more so that I can come up with some kind of schedule.

A lot of people have been asking me about certain products that I have not tried so ill try to do posts on products that I have not already used and try them out so I can let you know what I think (Love it or Leave it).

I also want to expand my blog from just makeup onto hair aswell. Ive been continously practicing and learning from professionals and will be posting about hair products, treatments + hairstyles aswell.

Lastly whats the post for this week? Nails! I love doing nails. Ive been trying to come up with creative nail designs so the last week of every month ill be posting a blog post to do with nails. Ive been trying out a lot of different polishes, designs, and treatments that I would love to share with you all. Keep in mind I will keep the designs as easy as possible so that you guys can easily emulate them aswell. (mostly stripes, dots, and easy large shapes)

I hope you enjoy the pictures below of my funky nail design. I rocked this on eid with my colourful outfit.