Dolly Eye Make Up Tutorial – Violet Vision

This dolly eye make up tutorial took foreeeeever to upload!

Vimeo is down so the reason the quality is not great is Youtube’s stupid compression rubbish. The sound levels seem to have also been warped so beware, the theme song is super loud but for the rest you might need to turn it all the way up in Youtube and on your computer to hear what I’m saying *_*

I’m working on fixing things as fast as possible but until Vimeo is back online there’s not much I can do!

Aaaaanyway aside from all of the technical junk this video was made as a request on how to do the more involved make up style that I sometimes do. This style is possibly more of the traditional hime gyaru style than my every day make up. I prefer this look with a bolder outfit and definitely with dark circle lenses because my natural eye colour is too light for it to work.

The disclaimer is that I am not an expert in make up techniques, this is just the way I do it when I wear my make up in this style.

Products used:

  • Moisturser- Skin MD
  • Lenses- Candy Violet from e-circlelens.net
  • Foundation- Innoxa
  • Mascara- Bourjois
  • Lashes- some cheap brand
  • Lash glue- Lash Me Type 1
  • Black Shadow- Bourjois
  • White Shadow- Bourjois
  • Shimmer dust- The Face Shop
  • Lip Stain- Bourjois
  • Lip Gloss- Bourjois

If you want to know the product line or numbers used for the dolly eye make up tutorial just let me know 🙂

Simple Big Dolly Eye Make Up Tutorial

Short video on how I do big dolly eyed style make up in under 10 minutes. Simple and quick to do! This was done partly as a reader request tutorial and partly to document my different make up looks.

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Text Transcript:
You can’t say no to the girl with the lashes. The girl with the lashes.
Today on Violet Vision Super quick Dolly Make up.
Apply your moisturiser.
Then foundation.
Next apply concealer.
Apply several coats of mascara.
Don’t forget the other eye too.
Clear up any mistakes
Apply a big set of false lashes.
Time for the shading.
Apply a thick line of eyeliner.
Make sure yo flick the ends.
Repeat on the other eye.
Use back eyeshadow to blend it out.
Line 1/3rd of the bottom lash line.
And blend it into the flicks.
Lighten the corners of your eyes and soften the edges of the back with white shadow.
Add some shimmer dust to catch the light in the corners and around the edges.
Blend it with a clean brush.
Add lip stain and gloss.
Brush out your hair.
Taadaa finished!
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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!

How to store hair accessories, pins and scarves ^_^

Blah storage problems, how to store hair accessories?

I get a whole lot of reader request for cute storage tips so today I’m going to share with you how I store my scarves and accessories. These are only going to be very rough tutorials because I made the items many many months ago ^_^

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

I have to apologize for the quality of these photos, James is wiping his computer today so I can’t use his fancy camera, these were all taken with my phone >_<

First question is about how to store scarves. I love scarves, they are completely awesome and super versatile. I always have one on my handbag for emergencies! But when you have this many it can be quite hard to store them. I previously had them in a drawer but it’s so hard to find the one you want without searching through all 7 million of them…

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

So I decided to make something and this is what came out of it:

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

This is super easy to make with junk you have around the house.

You need:

  • Toilet rolls
  • Old yarn/wool
  • Bows/decoration
  • Sticky tape

-First gather your materials!

-Cut the toilet rolls into sections that are around 5cm long. Cut as many sections as you have scarves (or maybe a few more so you can add to your collection later!)

-Sticky tape them together into a grid pattern.

-Get your yarn ready. I used some old scratchy pink and white acrylic yarn.

-Start wrapping around the rolls you stuck together. Keep wrapping until it’s all completely covered. Pay special attention to the places where the rolls join together so they are strong.

-After it’s completely covered add a strap out of plaited yarn to the top.

-And then hot glue/sew bows on if you want more decoration ^_^

Now you can add your scarves in. Loop the scarves through the holes so the ends stick out the back. Choose your favorite scarves for the bottom holes so their ends hang down. You can hang it in your bathroom or where ever you like!

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

Now on to the hair accessories ^_^

I have a lot of hair accessories. A lot. If they don’t have somewhere to live, they end up getting very messy and broken!

So I made myself a cute place to store them, I like it because it looks like a gigantic shopping bag 😀

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

So to make one you need the following:

  • Fabric in whatever size you want
  • Knitting needle or something to make the top rigid
  • Plastic handle
  • Lace
  • Glue gun
  • Needle and thread
  • Bows/decoration

-Gather your materials

-Cut out the fabric to the size you want.

-Hem the two sides and the bottom either with hot glue or sew it. You can see in the above photo how uneven my hems are because the fabric is slightly see through XD

-Hem the top in the same way but put the knitting needle in the fold of the fabric. This is going to make it nice and strong and give it structure rather than just being a floppy piece of fabric.

-Sew or glue on lace to the bottom and top of the fabric.

-Sew the plastic handle to the top, you should stitch it so it’s actually attached to the knitting needle. This way it won’t put stress on the fabric.

-Glue some bows to cover the stitches.

-Add accessories and hang it up!

I like to put all my accessories that are on bobby pins along the sides and the ones with pins/brooch backs in the middle 😀

How to store scarves, pins and hair accessories ^_^

So there you have it, I hope that all makes sense! It’s harder to write tutorials without pictures so if you have any questions just let me know!

If I ever make more of these I’ll make sure to take photos along the way ^_^

*Edit* Shmuberry made her own version of the scarf holder in the shape of a heart!! Go have a look at her post here, it’s so cute!!*/Edit*

So how do you all store hair accessories?

Double Buns Hairstyle Tutorial

Today is all about the double hair buns or as some have called it “Minnie Mouse hair”! So many of you girls requested this tutorial so I hope you enjoy it ^_^

This style works best with medium-long hair but if you used more hairspray you could probably do a version with short hair.

We are aiming for this style:

Hair Buns Tutorial

What you need for double hair buns:

  • Brush
  • Bobby Pins
  • 2 Hair Ties
  • Any decorations you want, I’m using leopard print bows I made ^_^

Hair Buns Tutorial

First brush your hair so it’s nice and free of tangles. Divide it into two sections on either side of your head.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Take the first section and make a really high pony tail on the side of your head. I tend to turn my head upside down so I can get it extra high.

Hair Buns Tutorial

This is what we’re aiming for:

Hair Buns Tutorial

Now take a minute to relive your childhood fantasy of being one of the Spice Girls. Please don’t make me feel old by telling me you don’t know who they are >_<‘

Hair Buns Tutorial

Back to it! Take one of the piggy tails and tease the hell out of it.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Mwahaha you’re ready for a night on the town!

Hair Buns Tutorial

Ok seriously hair spray all over your piggy tail.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Hold on to the very end of it and twist it towards the front a few times.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Now let’s make a bun out of it! Following the twist you just made, curl the bun around the base of the pig tail. Don’t do it too tightly or else you’ll squish all the teasing you just did.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Get your bobby pins ready to pin the ends in place. Should look something like this:

Hair Buns Tutorial

Using the pins secure the ends into your head. Don’t make the mistake of just pining towards the middle, you need to make sure you are actually pinning to the hair which is not part of the bun to give it a good anchor.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Once it’s fairly secure you can squish the bun into the shape you want. If you find bits sticking up out of the middle, just carefully stick a pin in towards the middle.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Repeat on the other side and then add hairspray.

Hair Buns Tutorial

Time for decorations! I’m using two leopard print hair bands that I made, but you can use anything from flowers to tiaras!

Hair Buns Tutorial

Because the bows are on bands I just pull it over the top of the bun

Hair Buns Tutorial

And taadaaa! We’re all done ^_^

Hair Buns Tutorial

This style is really great for summer because it’s totally cute but it still gets the hair off of your neck!

Hope you enjoyed and let me know if any of you guys try your own double hair buns!Love Violet

 

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Violet Circle Lens Reviews/Taking Care of Your Lenses

After my last circle lens review I have completely fallen in love with them!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

I mentioned last time that I wanted to try different colours… especially violet! E-CircleLens.netwere lovely enough to send me some 😀 I was so excited for them to arrive! This was the cute package that came!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Whenever you purchase they send a travel contact case, last time I got one shaped like a puppy and this time I got this one:

E-Circle Lens Review 2

How cute is that? I think it’s very Anna Sui inspired 😀

E-Circle Lens Review 2

I got Candy Violet lenses and Marie Violetlenses.

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Ok review time!

Marie lenses.

These are a light violet colour with yellow flecks in around the center. They are 14mm diameter.

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Because these ones are quite transparent I found they didn’t make a strong colour over the top of my green eyes but the effect was really pretty anyway. One lens in the left eye, nothing on the right:

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Because I naturally have yellow around the pupil of my eye they really bring that out too 😀 With them both in:

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Comfort-wise I thought they were really great, I’ve been wearing them quite a bit for the whole day and by the end of the day there’s no discomfort. Verdict- These ones are really good for a subtle look, they purple isn’t overpowering and it looks quite natural. Love them!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Candy Lenses.

These ones are a really bright violet with a black outside ring. They are 14.5mm in diameter.

E-Circle Lens Review 2

These ones are my favorites out of all the lenses I own now! They are absolutely HUGE! It’s funny because they are only 0.5mm bigger than the Marie pair but they look soooo much bigger because of the black ring. Lens on the right side, none on the left:

E-Circle Lens Review 2

I’ve been wearing these ones pretty much non-stop since they arrived because they give such a cool effect. They are dark enough to cover the green in my eyes and because they are this dark I can wear more/darker eye make up without looking washed out. LOVE IT! They really do give a huge dolly style eye, perfect for hime style!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

These were the lenses I was wearing the other day in the curly pigtail hair tutorial and there were lots of comments about them! Verdict: LOVE. Super comfortable, pretty, bright and the colour is awesome!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Mwahaha this is my growing lens collection… I think I’m addicted now!

E-Circle Lens Review 2

Now the second part of this post! Quite a few of you have been asking questions about caring for your lenses and how to clean them etc. I’m by no means an expert on the subject but after researching and talking to the very helpful staff at E-CircleLens.netI wanted to try answer your questions… so I’ve made a super quick video about it. On anything more complicated than this I though I would suggest you talk to your doctor or optometrist 🙂 Before you do anything I suggest buying a decent sized bottle of lens solution so you can keep everything clean and hygienic. This is the lens solution I’m using in the video:

E-Circle Lens Review 2

And here’s the quick video ^_^

So I hope that helped and answered some questions!

Next time I’m going to be doing the hair and make up tutorials you’ve been requesting ^_^ Let me know about your circle lens tips! <

Hime Gyaru Pigtail Hairstyle Tutorial

Hello! Finally what you’ve all been requesting, a cute hair tutorial on this style:

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Seeing as I couldn’t think of a name for it, this hairstyle shall now be known as the Hime-Style-Gigantic-Curly-Piggy-Tails ^_^

Things you need for this particular cute hair tutorial 😉

  • Hair spray
  • Brush
  • Bobby pins
  • Curl enhancer spray/curling water etc
  • Hot rollers and clips
  • 2 hair ties
  • Whatever you need to do a hime style pouf

So how long does your hair need to be for this style? I think that as long as you can manage the hime pouf yours should be long enough, really even with shoulder length hair you could do it, it would just look more like two fluffy balls ^_^
My hair has gotten quite long over the last year so I’m happy! Haha by the time I can afford extensions I won’t need them anymore *_*

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

To start with, you should do a standard hime style pouf. If you need a tutorial on that take a look over here!I’ve been thinking of doing an updated tutorial on hime style hair which is more detailed but I have so many other posts waiting to be posted that it will have to wait a while.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

First step is to brush out the hair that is left down.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Separate your hair into two even sections on either side of your head. I just do it loosely so I can make sure everything is even.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

After you are satisfied with the sections put them in higher pony tails just above and behind your ears. It should sit just below where the pouf starts like this:

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Taadaa! Add a bow and this by itself is a cute hair style!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Plug in your hot rollers and allow them to heat up. Mine are Vidal Sasson and they’re super nice.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Starting from the back, take the section of hair which is the tail of your hime pouf and apply your curl spray. I am using one by Tresemme which I find works quite well.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Give it a quick brush through and roll it up with a small roller ^_^

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Clip it into place being very careful not to put the weight on the pouf as you might destroy the hard work you already did!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Now take the next section from the front and repeat the process.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

If you have a lot of different sized rollers like mine you should use the smaller ones at the front and bigger at the back.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

This is what you should end up with when you’ve used up all of the hair…

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Repeat on the other side!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Done!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Now hairspray the hell out of both sides.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Wait for the rollers to cool completely. It takes around 20 minutes, I used the opportunity to catch up with you all on Twitter 😉

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

When they’re completely cool start undoing the rollers.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

You should start from the bottom and work upwards.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Again if you added a few bows this would be a cute style in itself ^_^

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Again spray the hell out of all the curls! No such thing as too much spray!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Ok now the fun part! Pick a curl randomly and use your brush to tease it. To get the correct effect you should hold a small section of the curl and use the brush to slide the rest of the curl upwards.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

This technique allows you to keep most of the length but the curls are really obvious and fluffy.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

See the difference between normal curls on the left and teased curls on the right?

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Repeat on both sides to all the curls and add more hairspray. Again you could just wear it like this with a few more bows XD This is like a tutorial with 5 different styles depending on how much time you’ve got hahaha!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

So that looks pretty cute but what we really want is to make the pig tails higher, hide the hair bands and give it even more volume. So have your bobby pins at the ready!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Grab your pony tail and pull it upwards.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Hold it to the side of your head straight up.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Using the bobby pins you should pin the hair roughly 3cm above the hair tie. You will need a couple of pins to hold it all. You should be pinning it just higher than the start of your pouf. Make sure to do it securely because this is what’s going to be holding up all your hair!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

When you drop down the hair again it should look like this:

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

The hair has much more volume and looks more fluid because it looks like it’s part of the pouf ^_^

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

This is what the back looks like, you can easily cover the pins with a big bow. Also you should probably do a better job of parting your hair in a straight line than I did ;P

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

And the side:

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Finished!

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Hopefully you all found this helpful, once you get the hang of it, it’s a really easy style to do.

Tutorial- Hime Pigtails

Let me know if you want another cute hair tutorial like this!

 

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