Game of Thrones Series - The Night's Watch

Here's look two (well, actually look one in order of filming, but look two in order of uploading) in my Game of Thrones series, this look is based on the men of the wall, the crow's, the night's watch.  Protecter's of the realm, the sword in the darkness.

I really like this look.  I do love a smokey eye, and I love glitter.  A silver/black smokey eye, with glitter totally rock's my world ;)
I'm dying to see what happens next in the Song of Fire and Ice series with the men of the wall.  Their numbers are dwindling.  The Lord Commander has taken all of the remaining forces out beyond the wall in hopes of solving a few mysteries and finding out exactly what's been happening out there.  But what will happen on the wall and on our side?  Questions, questions!  Better keep on reading I guess...

In keeping with the face that the men are all surrounded by snow and ice all year round, in summer and in winter, I am going to go right ahead and presume they will have mostly pale skin.  While that's not necessarily the way it works, and often you can get more sunburn when out on snow than you can on a sunny day, (because the light and UV ray's reflect back up off the snow and you get hit with it twice)  All of the men on the wall in the TV series tended to have pale skin, and it represent's the snow to me, so that's why I did the base this way.  If you wanted to add more colour on the cheeks or cheekbone's you of course could.

Here's a look at the video


And Here's what I used:


Too Faced, Shadow Insurance
Mac #Blacktrack Fluid liner
Inglot #454
Inglot #23
Inglot #65
Inglot #30
Inglot #35
Inglot #101R
Urban Decay, 24/7 Glide On #Zero
Inglot #107R for brows
Eye Kandy - Liquid Sugar
Inglot glitter #73
The Body Needs2 - Holo Black
Illamasqua Liquid Metal #Phenomina
Revlon Colour Stay, Liquid Liner
Mascara
Graftobian cream blush, #Peach Blush, Vienna Rose
Mac Mineralised Skin Finish Natural - #Light
NYX #Natural
Illamasqua #Electrify
Inglot AMC Multicolour System Highlighting Powder #83
False Lashes

Hope you enjoyed it!

xox

Halloween 2012

Helloween is just around the corner and it's time to start thinking of wounderful ideas!

Some tutorials I have coming up include:

Bride of Frankinstine makeup
Bride of Frankinstine hair
Pin Up Zombie girl
Pop Art Boy
Sugar Skull (-yes I know its been done before, but i love them so much I just have to do one.)
Marie Antoinette - dead
Terminator - revamped (- this may wait until next year...)
Drowned Victom

And a few others I'll leave as a suprise ;)

Please excuse this blog. I'm writting away on my phone. Spelling and gramour is bound to be off.
More than normal.

Untill next time!
Xox

Game of Thrones, House Lannister inspired Makeup

This is the first in a series (well actually if I'm being perfectly honest, it's the second.  The first was filmed around 2 months ago, but I haven't edited it or up loaded it yet) in a new series that I decided to do.  I've been thinking about it for a while, but I've been so busy working on film and other projects that I haven't actually got very far yet.   But here we go!

This is a look inspired by House Lannister from the Song of Fire and Ice Game of Thrones series.  If you haven't read the book or watched the TV series, I highly recommend it.  It's a bit grim in places, but well worth it.  Fantastic storey line.  The books are beautifully written and it is so easy to pick it up and start reading and not realise that a few hours have gone past.  The TV series is brilliant.  I can't even imagen the budget they must have for that show.

The set's, the costumes, the wigs - everything about it is so beautifully put together and done that it's so easy to get lost in the world they have so stunningly created.


The Lannister colours are Red and Gold, and they are associated with all things opulent, rich and powerful.  While the family motto is "Hear me Roar"  it is more comment to hear "A Lannister always pays his depts".  And indeed they do.  Whatever you maybe rewarded for helping a Lannister, you can expect double if you betray them.
Powerful and rich and filled to the brim with cunning, if you get on the wrong side of a Lannister, no expense will be speared in making sure they pay you back for it.

I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't read the book or see the show, so I wo't say anything more about it, but please enjoy the look.

In keeping with the rich and opulant nature of the Lannister's I used all golds and bronzes on the eye, keeping the lip red.  I did use a lot of different colours for this look, but you don't have to use every single product I used.  Skiping out one or two of the bronze colours won't have a huge impact on the look.

Please check out the youtube video here:

Enjoy!

Products used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Inglot #355
Inglot #30
Inglot #27
Inglot #430
Inglot #606
Inglot #605
Inglot #607
Inglot #55
Inglot #107R
Inglot #329 and #363
Inglot #189 - loose pigment
Revlon Colour Stay Liquid Linder
Mascara
Inglot AMC #66 - Face and Body Illuminator
Mac Minteralized Skin Finish Natural - Medium Plus
Inglot 107R in brows with an angle brush
Inglot #27 Blush
Illamasqua Powdered Metal #Thalia
Illamasqua Bronzing Duo #Glint and Writhe (dark colour)
White liner on water line
Illamasqua #Torment lip liner
Inglot #63 Lip colour

Until next time

xox

Ok.  Let's be honest.

I'm not amazingly good at keeping up with my blog.  2 post's in a year.  That's ok right?

Mostly because I'm not sure how to work it and make it user friendly.  But I'ma try and sort that stuff out.  But it's confusing business this Blogging and I'm still trying to work it out.

I shall endeavor to do better!  And if anybody out there on the big wide web has some tips they would like to share with me, I shell gladly receive it :)

I'd also love it if you could follow me on my Facebook page under my buiness name under "Alchemy Makeup Artistry"  I keep up to date with that, and post photos and updates all the time.
Go there and check it out!  Here's a link :)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alchemy-Makeup-Artistry/187982611270556

Super awsome mobile blog!

Actually this is just a test, but there are great things to come! New videos and tuts -might even do some reviews of products iv tried that I like/don't like. Sounds niffty yes? Stay tuned! :) x

What's up?

So I've been out of the loop completely for a little while, and the reasons for this is that I am currently studying Diploma of Specialist Makeup Services. I am loving every second of it, and learning so much, but it is pretty full on.

On top of this I also hooked up with a fantastic Photographer whom I absolutely love to pieces and am so lucky and blessed to know. Her and the team have been doing a lot of shoots lately so, to the point that last month we were doing 2 shoots a week. Often the shoots start at 6.30 and will go until 2-3 in the morning and then I have to get up and go to school or work, so I have been totally swamped with School/work/photo shoots/homework and assignments, as well as helping out a friend with makeup for a short film she was shooting for part of her 3 year course. Busy busy, but totally loving it!

Would love to get back into blogging and youtubing but it may not be for a while. Would also really love for people to send me requests as I have a million ideas in my head, but no way I can work through them all, so if I know what people want, it will give me somewhere to start! Here is a quick look at some of the work I have done with Shami and the Caveboy crew.

Arg I had so many plans for more halloween looks this year, and I just haven't had time to do them!
I just started work (after moving back to Australia), its been about 3 months of not working since I left the UK (there was a lot of traveling and spending time with both my, and my partners folks in New Zealand before moving back here) and the it's taken it out of me.

So I am enjoying my new job, although there is sooo so much to learn, and I have had alot of homework and things to do after work, and I haven't had much time until now. I am starting to get the hang of things a lot more now, and now have more time to do things after work (and more energy! Do you know how much work takes out of you when you haven't worked for a while? I never did until now! I think that is the longest in my life I have been without a job since I left school haha)
That last few weeks I have been trying to organise all of my aplications and everything I need to apply for school next year (makeup school! Wish me luck! I am up to stage 3! what a mission haha)
Last week was devoted to sorting out my costume for myself and my boyfriend for the Boho Ball last weekend.
Sooooo *this* week I had planned to do as many more halloween tutorials as I could, and get some of the requests I had done .... and now I have been struck down with the lurgy!
I have spend 2 days in bed, and another off work, and everday after I got home I have gone straight to bed, and now the weekend is 2 days ago and I haven't had a chance to do anything!
I am so dissapointed with myself and I feel like I have been a let down.
So I am realllllly sorry, and I am really going to make an effort to set aside more time for any requests that I may get from now on, if I decide to do them.
Anyway I hope you all have a wonderful halloween anyway!
love and laughs,
Manda xx