Winner of March's Make Up Store Collection!

Hey girls..!
It is time to announce the winner of the Make Up Store Collection!

Thank you for sending in all the entries. I had a great time judging!

To be fair I am gonna evaluate some of the works that got to the final round of evaluation beforehand. I am gonna be honest here as I never delete comments that flame me in BlushBerry I wish to keep this blog as honest as possible.
For those entries that are not evaluated here, if you wanna know my evaluation do email me personally.
I will not hold back on my critiscm *evil*


ENTRIES


Fire
Creativity: 5/10
She sent in a total of 6 entries, each varying in colour design and also lashes design.
The ones shown here are my fave.
One of the thing i like bout her design is her funky colours for brow bone colour.Now why didn't I think of that before!
However, the colours are lacking in the variations of tones, there are no dark colours or light colours, resulting in a very pale makeup.

Effort: 6/10
Why did I give 6/10 points for Effort when she sent in 6 entries.
Well. It would be 10/10 if it is quantity in QUALITY.
Actually I would also give 2 more points if those colour that flooded out of the mask is erased away in most of the entries.

Originality:5/10
The designs give a very improv' feel. I feel like she just did it on the fly without much planning or thought. As for the first picture above, the filigree on the face is a photoshop brush.
Real designers never use brushes, they painstakingly alter the brushes or pen them out one by one.

Yuffie
Creativity :7/10
The gloss on the lips are nicely drawn.
I like the black lashes eventhough I don't quite comprehend whether the smudges are lashes or eyeshadow.
Her colour combo is quite nice but the only thing lacking is that the lashes and brows are not as defined as I like them to be.

Effort : 7/10
What I really admire bout Yuffie is she doesn't take shortcuts. Usually people like ahem, me.. would do one eye and then copy and paste onto the other eye. but Yuffie draws each of them personally. If you enlarge the entry, you can see that she have sparkles in the eyes.
This shows that she is willing to work harder and go further than the requirements.

Originality : 7/10
I like the fact that she just uses not more than 5 colours from my pallete and just by using these 5 colours, she managed to create something eye catching!




Trisha Heah

Creativity : 5/10
For the first entry, she would have won if she had used the colours from the pallete given. She totally changed the whole colour pallete omg. As for the rest of her entries, there is too much eyeliner going on.. there is literally no colour design at all.

Effort : 9/10
She would have also won for her effort if not for one tiny little detail that she forsake. Her picture quality was quite bad, I had to photoshop them before uploading.. cleaning away blemishes and adjusting contrast. Most of them are blur and noisy as well.

Originality : 8/10
One thing bout Trisha is she is very confident in her makeup. You don't see her design anywhere else cuz she did not copy them (at least not from make up looks, maybe inspired from other stuff i dunno) and she did it on her face! Posed for the camera and mind you she sent in 4 looks, which means she make up, remove makeup then make up again repeat for 3 more times. It's painful I tell you.


Violet Passion by Ezat Nakula
Creativity : 6/10
I like the overall look but I can't say that I agree with the light brown brows and the flourescent purple cheeks. For this colour scheme, ash coloured brows and bronzed cheeks look better!

Effort :8/10
Its a great effort if you notice the lashes and the bottom lashes as well as the smudges below the bottom lashes. If you see up close, her eyeliner are dispersed and smudged.
She even added a mole!
but her downfall is her stamped lipgloss. Her lips are closed but Ezat used an opened lips brush instead. Although the leaves on the head are randomly arranged, they shouldn't be arranged in one straight line.

Originality : 7/10
Her eye makeup is awesome, too bad the brows, cheeks and lips lack the beauty to match with the eyes... Funny now that I mentioned it...something popped into my mind........nvm.

Miya Merulean
Creativity :8/10
Haha.. if u compare this to any other design, you will notice something very different bout this design. No, the eyeliner is purple but that's not what's different.
She erased the old eye shape and drew a new one in place!
but I still don't comprehend the purple eyeliner.
The whole makeup looks very ethereal like, the colours are quite well blended together.
I just dun understand why purple eyeliner..-_-

Effort :6/10
I definitely like the magenta lashes layered on top of the black ones.. next time I gotta try that!
She mirrored the left makeup onto the right makeup.. she is one of those smart people who take shortcuts. There is some colours she forgot to erase outside the mask. Other than that, the makeup looks very safe and 'normal'.

Originality:6/10
Somehow the eyemakeup looks like an eye mask. It may be accidental, but if it is intentional with bolder colour edges then it would be perfect!


Winner

Lollipop by Lee HP

Creativity :8/10
A great design needs no description I guess. It's pretty self explanatory when you know that the design is good and you can't take your eyes off it!
I love love love the lollipop concept!
It's amazing!
The only reason why I didn't give full marks is the eyes, lips, lashes and brows definition.
She is one of the few contestant who didn't use brushes for the lashes. Instead she painstakingly drew each of the lashes and brows. and um.. she is not very good at it.
but it's alright cuz her colour design and overall design make up for her lack of skills in portrait drawing!

Effort :10/10
She is the only contestant who bothered to colour the mask with a skin colour. If you do a face chart like this, it is actually wrong cuz it would mean that you need to apply bronzer all over your face!
but then again, imagine this on a white background, it may not look that good. She also shaded the nose area, painted the shadows for the face and its kinda obvious that she is very good with colours.

Originality :10/10

Um.. do i need to mention that she is the only contestant who have a pattern for the lips and cheeks? She is also bold enough to stamp a lollipop right on top of the face!
If I was here, I would have most probably send in another entry without the lollipop other than this entry.

Congratulations!!

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Classic Doll Look

LONG TIME NO SEE!!!
SHASHIBURIIIIII

there are a few reasons why i avoided blogging these few days..
the main reason is i was being overboard during the fashion show..
I dropped from 48 kg to 39 kg.
cuz i kept working without eating or sleeping..

don't believe me?

This is the photo taken during the event. It is completely untouched by photoshop. Look at me.
(obviously i will photoshop it until i look human for the actual post)
Can you see my elbow bone jutting out?
My boobs dropped cup size. wt*
You can even see my collarbone, it's as if the skin is barely wrapping my body.
my cheeks is sunken
and i look as if i have hair loss.

and I am not even posing right! usually I will pose so that I will look thinner.. I do not even have to do that here.

How do I do tutorials when I am in such a state?

Hence I hired a producer for BlushBerry. Right now everything is scheuled, and I eat and sleep at the appropriate hour.
I was sleeping at 7 am.. waking up at 2 pm.. how crazy is that.
Now I am currently 42 kg.. still trying to put on weight.
Don't tell me that I am lucky.
My own father told me that I am ugly right in front of my face. T_T

Anyway, to celebrate the skeleton that I am..
I am still thin, sunken cheeks and all. and guess what.
I accidentally afro-ed my hair. The hair u see up above is blowdried and straightened.
there goes my hairstyling tutorials.

Anyway, no more bout me or my woes... today I am gonna show you a classic doll look.. big eyes..suitable for events or prom or costume events.
let's start!

As usual, shade 73 for brows.. for those who are still using eyebrow pencil and is wondering why my brows is softer n more natural, its because I use the pigment pallete and an angled brush!

After that, the regular shade 1 for brow bone! It is a pale whitish yellow colour btw.

Since I am gonna use alot of eyeliner today, if I pile up more eyeshadow, I will look like a panda. so go very neutral for the eyemakeup. I used shade 45 for the base. You can't see a thing in the photo cuz its the same colour as my skin. You should use the pigment closest to your skin.

After that, a slightly darker colour for the outer half of the eyelid. Shade 67..

Now comes the fun part! Line your lower lashline with white eyeliner like so.

After that, line your eyes with black eyeliner. Cover your whole crease entirely with black eyeliner. For the lower lash line, remember to line below the white eyeliner.
It may look weird here.. but from far your eyes are gonna look like....

this!
bigger.bolder.

This is how it looks like with the eyes closed.

For the cheeks.. grab swatch 31 to 75 with a blusher brush.. You can also use any orrangey pink colour.

For the lips.. remember to line them with frosty pink lipliner or nude lipliner.
Dab a dot of red lipgloss in the center and smear them all over your lips!

nightmare chick.
kidding.

Ok. back to gaining weight. Gonna eat chocolate cake!!

Next post very soon...
BlushBerry Boutique is updated as well, all thanks to my new producer.
He is so hot. it makes me melt.
as if.

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coastal scents orders

LATEST UPDATE : products is on a ship in waters reaching here already. it will take come time to clear customs n the firm date to get the products (for me to get) is on the 10th. Which means u will get yours roughly around 14/13 like that.
Those who need the palletes before that or are leaving, email me for refund. but do bear in mind that those who take the 60 bucks offer, the offer will not be valid if u decide to repurchase after i have the stock.

for those who ordered the coastal scents and are still waiting. the latest news is the palletes have not reached malaysia's shores.
i m getting increasingly frustrated by hour n second. the exact words they used was "end of the month end of the month end of the month"

i was wondering why the heck do we need to wait if the factory is local. then only today they tell me that its imported.

if you want someone to blame. which you can't. cuz its the government. the government took all the existing palletes for the national makeup academy what not. dunno what.

i do have some good news too, together along with this shipment they are bringing in some of the other palletes.. such as shimmer and what not. but i do not know what it is until i see them with my own eyes.

i will be calling them EVERYDAY to check on the palletes. i m gonna give them until the 29th.. after that i will do the biggest refund in history.
if you are worried you can reach me at itsablushberry@gmail.com


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March Freebie : Make Up Store Summer Collection

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Hey girls..

It is time for a freebie giveaway again!
Aren't yall all piped up!?

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Contest ends tonight at 12.00 am
Contest ends 25th April
Alright, so here's the deal. Tomorrow I am gonna do a cover article on the launch of the Summer and Bronze Collection by Make Up Store.
The Collection will be in stores in May so this collection is limited and if you win, you will be the first one in the world to get your hands on this collection.


This collection has 11 eyeshadows, 2 lipsticks and a lipgloss. It is worth let's see.. near RM 1000 I guess.

What you have to do is simple.

Just do a makeup on the face chart above. Click on the link here to get the face chart!
1. You can print it and colour with watercolour, colour pencils..markers.. anything.
2. Or you can do it using photoshop.
3. The requirements is that you must use the colours provided in the face chart. For blushers/mascara/liners/brows you can use any colours you deem appropriate.
4. When you are done either email your entry/entries to itsablushberry@gmail.com or mail them to:
BlushBerry
61, Jalan Ketumbar,
Taman Cheras,
56100 Kuala Lumpur.
5. You can send in as many entries as you like.
6. Entries will be judged on creativity, effort and originality. That means the more shocking and diverse your makeup is, the more likely you will win. Effort refers to 'how badly you want to win this collection', if you send in 500 entries of course I will let you have the collection or if you take the trouble to do it on your face instead of the face chart.
7. Entries will be uploaded here in this post.

Competition ends on April 25th 2009 according to my clock. If my clock says 11.59 am April 24th, your entry will be the last one.

Comprendo?

Be Creative... Here is my example of an entry. I did this as an example. You can draw flowers, hearts... whatever.


Here are the leaflets of the collection and some official looks from Make Up Store.
Look out for the article tomorrow as there are looks done on a model, you might get inspiration from there too!


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ENTRIES
Summer Pink by Michelle Tan






Fire

Yuffie

Lollipop by Lee HP

Oceanus by Lee HP

Red by Veronica Law





Trisha Heah

Violet Passion by Ezat Nakula

Java Princess by Ezat Nakula
Miya Merulean

Enquiries/Entries please send to itsablushberry@gmail.com

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Sweet Fern Look + Blusher tutorial

If you think that having long hair or short hair doesn't really make a difference, think again. Cuz everytime I plop on the wig, whatever pose I do looks good.
It is like a beauty potion in a form of hair. lol

Anyway, Sequence Fashion Show went well.. I didn't really have the chance to enjoy the show cuz I was running here and there doing makeup, fittings, entertaining guests and what not.
The thing is, the crowd is not really full but even with the amount that came, I was already short handed and screaming for help.
I remember halfway through, I wanted to piss and eat and smoke and drink cuz I was hurting, hungry, thirsty and tired. My legs hurt too. Everytime I tried to ease the urges by eating or what not, I have to stop quarter way to work.
Wow man...........
Photos and videos will be up soon.
Thank you to all that came and gave your support. Couldn't have done it without yall. I apologize if I did not say hi or spend time with yall.. The next event I promise I will be better.

Much Much Much love.

Ok, today's look is a sweet look catered for feminine ladies out there. Long hair is a plus.. if you have short hair and people tell you that you look good in them, DON'T BELIEVE THEM!
GROW YOUR HAIR.
Anyway, I used shade 44 and 66 for the brows. Due to my artist's instinct in me, I rarely use one pigment alone for any application. I usually dab a few colours. So for the brows, I used both shade. Its a dark ash brown and a saturated dark brown colour.

Next, I used shade 1 for the brow bone but I mix a lil of shade 2 as well cuz we are doing a green based look. Green looks good with the presense yellow and blue.
You can use any white pigment or yellow colour for this.

Next, I used shade 25,26 and 47 all together in one brush and apply them on my eyelids blending up to the brow bone.
If you don't have the pigment pallete, you can use any yellowish green, ash green and mint green as well.

Like I said, no green without blue or yellow. Now comes the blue part.Get shade 80(dark forest green) and shade 82 (strong teal blue) and blend at the outer corner of the eye. Remember to slowly fade in the colour on the lower lids as well.

You guessed right if you think I am gonna use yellow. Get Shade 13(pure yellow) and brush on your lower lash line starting from the inner corner towards the dark green/blue.

The colours may look faded but when you line your eyes with black pencil eyeliner, they will look better.

And of course, curl your lashes and apply mascara!

For the cheeks.. does it really matter?
Cheeks blusher comes in :
1. near purple-pink shades
2. pink shades
3. near red- pink shades
4. light red
5. near orange -light red shades


That's all to it. If your eye makeup is :

1. yellow : use 4 or 5

2. blue based : use 2

3. green based : use 4 or 5

4. brown/black based : use 3 or 4

5. pink/purple based : use 1 or 2



Also, if your overall look is :

1. dark eyes + pale lips : use 1 or 2

2. shimmer eyes + reddish/orange glossy lips : use 4 or 5

3. dark eyes + glossy pink/red lips : use 3

So when you buy your blusher, don't keep buying ur fave colours.. get at least one of each 5 blusher colour tones or else.... i dunno or else what. haha.
Next tutorial.. matching lip color/gloss with eyemakeup!

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Manicure and Fashion Design for Sequence!

ATTENTION!
For those who have paid for the 88 and 78 pigment palletes... I just got the latest update, the stock will arrive on 20th April 2009. I will collect and package immediately on that day unless they push the date again. Thank you for your generous patience and faith in me as a seller.

Sequence Fashion Show is tomorrow!! I am so excited!!
I m still sewing my clothes.... omg.. i m so late..
and I have to do my nails and all..

So here it is!
An exclusive preview for my readers...
EDIT : You can get the clothes now at blushberry boutique
1st of all, you can check out SOME of the clothes I am selling at blushberryboutique.blogspot.com








As for the clothes I designed, here it is!
They are all my style.. either sexy or emo clothes. haha.

I did my manicure too!

tada!

You can get all this at pasar malam.. the OUG one.. SS2 one.. i think
Ok tools:
1. 1 shade of color in shimmer and matte
2. topcoat
3. basecoat
3. muffins (sorry couldn't resist, looks like recipe list)
4. netting sticker
5. brushes
6. (ignore the acrylic stuff, I failed to do acrylic)
ribbons
7. flowers
8. diamantes

First, buff your nails.. wash your hands. remove all the grime. It's disgusting if you seal in all the dirt by applying nail polish over them.
After that, apply basecoat over your nails.

Then, apply one thin layer of shimmer.

Finish the base by applying one layer of matte colour over your nails. The shimmer will show just slightly.

Stick on the netting sticker on your nails. Remember to cut before you apply your nail polish, if your nails are wet you'll get into all sorts of sticky situations. After sticking, cut off the excess.

I wanted to do acrylic ok... but i failed miserably. I thought I was doing it the right way by dipping the brush into the liquid then the powder. but when I apply on the nail, it did not stick or powder came off. What did I do wrong???
Someone teach me!!
Obviously I haven't learn manicure before so teach me!!
Anyway, I stuck on 3d flowers as a last resort.

Then I stuck on ribbons at the end of the net.
As a finishing touch, I stuck some diamantes here and there.

There. How sad. No acrylic. sigh.

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Back to Basics

I AM BACKKKKKKKKK
here is a full post covering my basic makeup routine from start to finish!
It is a neutral kinda look and its suitable for day makeup!

god. i m so ugly i look like an alien. lol.
ok anyway, the left side has concealer..but the right side doesn't.
The areas I applied are the following :
eyebags, eyelids, area around the mouth and nose crease, nose, pimples.
just remember to use a good concealer that you can build up again and again by layering.
I use Laura Mercier's camouflage.

After that, I use loose powder to set in the concealer... btw I skipped foundation cuz I wanted to save it and I do not want to waste the product. You can apply it before the concealer if you want to.

Brows application process :
1. Using a light brown shade matching your brow colour, draw one line at the end of your brow
2. Blend towards the rest of your brows.
3. Using a dark brown colour, draw another line at the same place right at the end
4. Blend inwards, stop blending when you reach the middle of your brow.

Using Shade 1, brush it on your brow bone. This is the area right below your brows. Blend downwards.

Using shade 43, its like an ash brown colour, pat it all over your eyelids. Blend towards your brow bone. It should reduce the yellow tones of your skin and give it a powdery look.

Using shade 66, brush it at the outer corner of your eyelids and blend well. it should just create a transparent shadow over your current colour.

Now use shade 77, a dark brown colour and shade a line over your lashline(both top and bottom). Apply til you reach the middle part of your lashline.

This is how it looks when its open. Blend the dark line u just drew into the other colours.

Line your eyes with a pencil eyeliner for a softer effect. For your lower lashline, line it halfway.

Curl your lashes with an eyelash curler. Hold it with your lashes between the clamps for about 5 seconds and release.
After that apply mascara, some mascara need several coatings for the lash elongation/volumizing effect.

Apply blusher over your cheeks! You can use the pink shades in the pallete, just use your brush and swipe over a few of them.

Apply lip balm to your lips if it is dry or cracking. After that, line your lips with nude/light pink lipliner if your lips are abit dark or bluish.

Dab abit of lipgloss on the center of your lips and smudge it by pressing your lips together a few times.

Now that is how an alien can transform into a hot chick. My life is so sad.. lol

Anyway, I made the clothes that I am wearing!!! Nice onot!!

SEE!! Dipping V back with X back straps. It felt marvellous to be able to make something that resembles what you see in your head.

I will be showcasing and selling more designs of my own at the Sequence Fashion Show!
Come ya! It's this Thursday!!

Other than my own designs, I also stock up some clothes for sale!
They are all at 10% off, but you can get discounts by printing a voucher!
With that said, check out my new online boutique : BlushBerry Boutique

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