by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 6, 2011 | Beauty-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
A new segment I’m trying out where in I show my morning make up routine for various days and chat about what I’m doing that day. Not really a tutorial, more of a random girly chat while we get ready together in the bathroom 😉
See the full post here for more information: TBA
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A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!
Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.
She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Welcome to a fun new series of videos that I’m doing.
It’s called Morning Make Up with Violet and that pretty much describes it.
This is my first finished look.
Rather than doing complete from scratch tutorials every time I’m going to do short videos which have basic instructions as I do my make up to go out.
First step is foundation and mascara.
I love experimenting with make up so this will be a fun way for me to try new things and loks I normally wouldn’t.
Next thing to do is add small corner false lashes.
I’ll probably talk about my life along the way here too so hopefully you find it interesting.
Today I’m using minimal foundation for a fresh look.
I hate waiting for lashes to dry so I tend to sing terribly and dance around while I wait.
Now it’s time for thin eyeliner with a bit of a wing at the end.
My foundation is pretty shiny, I forget how terrible shimmery BB cream looks on camera.
Today I was getting dressed up for a double date with Celina and Toby.
Celina does beautiful make up tutorials and Toby makes awesome music, check out their links in the description.
I applied a light cream as a highlighter under the brows and down to the crease.
Yellow tones are really starting to grow on me more.
Bright metallic gold all over the lids.
We ended up going to dinner at Hanaichi for Japanese curry and chicken nanban.
I added a subtle light pink in a pointed C shape and blended into the gold.
James love Japanese style pork curry so funny because before he met me he would have never thought of trying it.
Start adding hot pink over the lighter pink at the lash line.
Until the camera falls down.
Oops you guys ok in there?
Nothing broken? good.
After that excitement keep adding the hot pink to blend in to the liner and give it some depth.
James had never tried bubble tea until we started dating either, he pretended to like it for months because I did.
Take the pink right along the lash line.
Eventually he fessed up to not liking it but after drinking it for so long it actually grew on him and now he loves it.
Use a nude liner along half the bottom of the eye and extend the wing out.
I thought it needed more gold so I added more to the bottom inner corners of my eyes.
Lastly I packed on some bronze shadow over the bottom liner for sparkle.
I’ve been considering turning the comments section on YT on lately, I don’t at the moment because I have enough trouble replying quickly on my blog.
What do you think? Do you prefer to comment here on YT? Would you mind if I didn’t reply as quickly?
As always let me know if you have any suggestions!
Lastly I added some nude lipstick and a bit of gloss over the top.
Editing this is making me hungry for curry again!
All done and ready for a night out of the town. So there you have it. I hope you had as much fun watching as I did going out to dinner!
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the blog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching.
Bye!
by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 5, 2011 | Craft, Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
Very simple headband modification today! I do like plain headbands but some times you can’t beat adding a little bit of detail and this is the easiest way I know how. While it’s very easy to do it also looks quite effective if you use the right colours.
Looks a little like they are a heap of tiny bows!
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What you need:
- Plain headband
- Glue gun
- Contrasting ribbon
- Scissors
Glue the end of the ribbon to the inside end of the headband. Make sure you do it at an angle.
It needs to be around a 45 degree angle so you can wrap it like this…
You could just continue wrapping, that would be very cute too!
Ooor you could do something a little different! Instead of just wrapping you should twist it twice and then continue wrapping. The twist will form the middle of the bow.
Do it tightly so the bows hold their shape.
Make sure you smoosh down the edges around the headband so it lays flat and flares to make the bow.
Once you reach the other side just glue it down and that’s it… finished!
I imagine you could easily do one of these in a few minutes to match whatever outfit you’re wearing 😀
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by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 4, 2011 | Beauty, Review
Since moving to Melbourne I’ve had problems with dry skin. The air here is really dry compared to Queensland, honestly going back to Brisbane was like walking into a sauna >_<
Clinique’s PR rep offered to send me their 3 step kit to see if it made a difference to my skin. I haven’t tried Clinique’s skin care before even though I’ve heard a lot about them so I was pretty interested to see how it performed. To be honest I always thought that they would be out of my price range so I didn’t give them much of a look over XD I was sent the #1 pack for dry skin and used it for a couple of weeks to test, it certainly was a mixed bag!
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Brand: Clinique
Product: 3-Step Introductory Set – Skin Type 1
Price: AU$49
Available here on the website. Kit includes:
Liquid Facial Soap Extra-Mild, 50 ml
Clarifying Lotion 1, 100 ml
Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion, 30 ml
So the first step in the range is the Facial Soap. The packaging is a standard tube, pretty average. It smelled kind of like cucumber and felt more like moisturiser than soap which was really interesting. It certainly felt like it was giving moisture back to my skin and didn’t leave it with that squeaky feeling some soaps leave. There was nothing about this that I specifically disliked but there was nothing that stood out either so I found it hard to want to keep using when the results weren’t visible.
Next is Toner. To be honest, this is the only thing out of the pack I’m planning to use again and I think it’s a very acquired taste. It smells VERY much like sterilising alcohol/hand sanitiser. Like… exactly like it. For some reason I like the smell but I think it will probably be too strong and hospital-ish for a lot people. In fact I know a lot of my friends who have tried it couldn’t get past the smell. It left my skin feeling super clean and smooth though and I found it was really refreshing right before bed. But yeah this is definitely something you need to smell before you buy it! Packaging was quite nice, felt substantial and not cheap.
Last up we have the moisturiser. First off I hate the bottle, it’s a screw top bottle with no dispenser at the top which is a personal hate of mine because it makes it a pain getting the correct amount out. The smell is kind of generic and fairly subtle. It rubbed in smoothly and feels a bit like velvety or almost sticky when rubbed in. I didn’t mind the texture or smell but again it was fairly average. I don’t think it made a difference to my skin so without being able to see the benefits I don’t think I would use it again.
VERDICT:
I really felt underwhelmed with this set and I don’t know if that was because I had high expectations or if it was just average products. Over the time I used this I didn’t notice any difference in my skin and I think it is just as dry as when I started. It could very well just be that it didn’t work with my skin type so I would totally suggest having a look in store and maybe getting some testers before committing to this or full sized products. The soap and moisturiser weren’t for me but I definitely like the toner and would repurchase it. Price-wise for a higher end starter kit with 3 items I would say AU$49 is on par and probably cheaper than I was expecting. Not for me but can’t hurt to sample and see if it suits your skin!
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