The Veiled Artist

Hey guys!
So I was looking for blog post and tutorial ideas and my dear friend requested I create a look for those of us who wear glasses and I was like YAAS! That's such a great idea! I wear glasses myself and I've definitely noticed how it sometimes makes the eyes look much smaller than they actually are! Which is why I love wearing contacts to things like events because it just makes the makeup side of things a lot easier. That being said, I definitely still wear my glasses quite a bit and follow some or sometimes all of the steps I've listed below to make my eyes appear brighter and wider.

Smokey Eyes To Wear With Glasses + makeup tips on how to make your eyes appear larger: The Veiled Artist

What you'll need:

• Warm matte brown eyeshadow if you have warm toned skin
• Or Cool toned matte brown eyeshadow if you have neutral or cool toned skin
• Shimmery pink eyeshadow
• Shimmery champagne eyeshadow
• White or nude pencil liner
• Eyeliner(liquid or gel)
• Mascara
• Eyelash curler

Tip: Prime your t-zone when you wear glasses so that the constant rubbing of the glasses against your skin won't cause your makeup to move around. If you have oily skin use a mattifying primer and a nourishing or hydrating primer if you have dry skin to keep the skin from flaking or peeling. Using a setting spray when you are done with your makeup will also help the makeup to stay in place.

Tutorial
Step 1
Blend the matte brown eyeshadow into your crease. 
Tip: Adding a deep brown/taupe-ish contour eyeshadow shade will add depth to your eyelids and in turn make it look bigger.

Step 2
Apply the bright shimmery pink eyeshadow all over your mobile eyelids and blend it into the brown. 
Tip: Adding a bright eyeshadow on your eyelids will brighten them and make them look wider and bigger.

makeup for glasses

Step 3
Pat the shimmery champagne shade into the inner corner of your eyes and blend it into the pink eyeshadow we previously applied. You can use a white eyeshadow for this step if you have a paler skin tone or a more yellow toned gold shimmery eyeshadow if you have a deeper skin tone. <3
Tip: This step also brightens and widens the eyes because glasses can sometimes make your eyes look more close set than they actually are. 

smokey eyes

Step 4
Blend the same matte brown eyeshadow we previously used, on your lower lashline. 
Tip: This creates the look of a shadow just under your eyes and in turn makes your eyes appear bigger. But make sure not to blend it too far down onto your face because this can make you look tired.

how to make your eyes appear larger

Step 5
Line your lower waterline with a nude or white pencil. If you use a white pencil, make sure to blend it out with your finger to make sure it doesn't look too stark and unnatural.

Smokey eyes to wear with glasses

Step 6(defining)
Apply winged eyeliner. Then curl your lashes and apply mascara.
Tip: Curling your eyelashes help so much with opening your eyes. The liner and mascara helps add back that definition that is sometimes lost when wearing glasses.
And that's it my loves! You can even pop on a nice natural pair of falsies like the ardell wispies if you like!

Makeup tutorial for glass wearers

Pictorial!!

Smokey Eyes To Wear With Glasses Tutorial + makeup tips on how to make your eyes appear larger: The Veiled Artist

I hope you enjoyed this post and if you wear glasses, I hope you found it helpful and informative! You can check my last post here. It was tutorial on the beautiful selena gomez inspired brown smokey eyes.
Have a great day/night and take care!
-Zaha

Heyy my loves!
How's everyone doing? Today's post is a little different than my usual tutorials. It's going to be information heavy so I hope you're ready haha! 
So.. let me start off by saying this. Eyebrows are such a personal thing because every single person has a different face shape. But there are certain steps that I do, that work for me when I'm doing my makeup and has also worked on the faces I have glammed up in my lifetime haha!

The only brow tutorial you need

Hey guys,
Today I have a bizarre makeup trick or hack whatever you want to call it, to talk about! 
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It's about using hairspray as a setting spray! Yes, you heard that right!! And no even though I wish I discovered this, I sadly didn't haha. Hairspray has been used for decades by stage performers and drag queens to keep their makeup in place. And this is because the ingredients in hairspray have been designed to hold hair even when it's humid and so is able to keep the makeup on your face through all that sweating and heat!

The Veiled Artist : Best Setting Spray Ever

I heard about this about two years ago from Youtube Makeup Guru Tati Westbrook and I was fascinated yet completely terrified! I thought I'd wake up with breakouts all over my cheeks! Because most products intended for use on hair tends to cause breakouts! Especially conditioner!

But I decided to brave everything and try the trick out after doing a full face of makeup for an event. I grabbed my L'Oreal Elnett hairspray with shaky hands and sprayed it all over my face(like I would a normal setting spray) keeping the can about a feet away from my face. Since then, I have learned to hold my breathe while doing this. Most hairsprays do not smell or taste good you guys.

L'Oreal Elnett Hairspray : The Veiled Artist

My face first felt wet and then tacky. The tackiness goes down after about half an hour, but doesn't fully disappear. It's definitely not uncomfortable in any way! And after lots of dancing and eating and having fun, I came home and checked my face in the mirror and I was shocked to see that my makeup looked exactly the same as it did when I left home! After all that sweating and blotting that I did throughout the event.  Even most of my blusher was still on(this is usually the first thing to wear off)!

That being said I don't use hairspray on my face every time I wear makeup!! It contains large amounts of alcohol and will dry out your skin and cause breakouts. I save it for when it's a big event where I know I need my makeup to STAY PUT!

Disclaimers..

• So far I've only tried this technique with varying versions of the L'Oreal Elnett Hairspray. So I don't know if other hairsprays will cause breakouts.

• Please do not try this if you have sensitive skin or breakout easily! I have normal to oily skin and I only breakout due to hormonal changes. But if you're feeling daring, and don't have sensitive skin, I say you give it a shot! I hope it works for you as well as it did for me!! 

Best Setting Spray Ever : The Veiled Artist

If you have any questions, or if you've tried this trick before, comment below!!
Thank you so much for reading!
-Zaha
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Hey guys, 
Hope everyone’s having a great day/night. It’s been so cold, gloomy and rainy in Srilanka the past few days and all I want to do is watch tv shows in bed all day! Anyways, today’s post is going to be a tutorial on how to get a clean even wing using tape! You've probably seen this technique before but here's my way. 

winged liner using tape

easy winged liner using tape

easy winged liner tutorial

winged liner hack

1) Don't wash your hair too often! I know you hear this a lot but it's true.Your hair needs some of those natural oils released by your scalp to grow. 
I got into the habit of washing my hair every day for a while, especially when it got too hot here in Srilanka and I would also shampoo my hair every time I washed it(because who doesn't like clean smelling hair) and after one week of doing this, my hair got insanely greasy. 

I have curly hair naturally and my scalp is not oily or dry. It's normal. That's when I realized that the constant shampooing and washing was stripping my hair of its natural oils in turn making the scalp produce more! So one day I decided to stop washing my hair so much and wash it once in three days and yes the first week was so freaking hard and my hair was so gross and greasy and I had to have it in a braid. 

But by the second week, I kid you not guys, the greasiness actually reduced and everything went back to normal! So unless you've had greasy hair forever, I would suggest trying this to get your greasy scalp back to normal again. You can experiment with this and see what works for you! Even washing it every other day is better than washing it every day.

2) Don't shampoo every time you wash your hair. Only when it's needed.



3) Find a conditioner that fits your hair type and use it every time you do shampoo!(if you've got fine hair, use a lightweight conditioner and if you've got thick coarse hair, you can try deep conditioners)It's all about trying a few and finding what suits your hair.

4) Try to avoid using heat to style your hair as much as possible. Whether it's blow-drying straightening or curling! This is the hardest one I know!

 
5) Anytime you just HAVE to style your hair, never forget to use a heat protectant! If you have finer hair, I'd suggest straying away from creamy heat protectants and sticking to sprays. Everyone's favourite Tresemme Thermal Creations Protective Spray Heat is a great option! I personally use this Loreal heat protectant and I love it. Also, it smells amaazing!!


6) Don't trim your hair unless you need to and you've got a crazy amount of split ends. I know you hear that you need to trim your hair every 6-8 weeks for it to grow well but that's not always true. Since our hair grows from the scalp and not the ends!! Also if your hair grows slow, when you get a trim every 6-8 weeks, you're most probably chopping away that little length you gained. So unless you've got split ends or damaged hair, don't trim it too often.



7)  Don't tie your hair too tight during the day OR night. Especially during the night, I've noticed my hair grows better when I've let it down and not tied it all! If you've got super tangle-y hair you could sleep with it in a loose braid.



8) This is the last tip and it's for my curly maned friends out there. And it's a strange one. Don't brush your hair any time other than before you wash it and immediately afterwards(with a wide toothed comb). And this is just to make sure the water gets in there. Yes.. this a real thing that happens to us! Sometimes the water doesn't reach our scalps past all these curls. This will make your curls stay in shape and not get any kinks in them. 




Hope this helped you! And I hope your hair grows!! 
Thank you so much for reading and have a wonderful day/night!
-Zaha



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