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Forever yellow lover

Hey guys, for those of you who don't know I'm a iternal yellow lover, the colour yellow makes me so happy, it has been my favourite colour ever since I remember.

So it wasn't hard for me to pick my first Mac Eyeshadow ( a few years ago, when I began to take makeup seriously).

I wasn't undecided of anything, it would be ideal for me to pick a colour a neutral colour, a colour that I would be able to use very often and make the most of it, but no I wanted the best yellow that Mac had to offer and it was Golden Rod.

At first I ddnt want to open it and touch it ( not even to swatch it), it took me a few weeks before I could create a look with it, as I always wanted to cherish it and leave it in the box.

But I did it, I opened it and created a few looks, and last summer I done this look that was nice and subtle, just yellow lid, with a brown and black cut crease, slightly smoked out and a shimmer highlight just to hadd some dept to it.

I felt that the eyes were way too special, and I wanted it to be the focal area of my look, so I opted to a light coral blush and a nude almonst non existent lipgloss.

I was thinking of doing a tutorial of this look, what do you think guys?

 

 

 

Poducts used

Tinted Moisturiser ~ Topshop || Dark

Eyebrow Pencil ~ MUA || Brunette

Eyeshadow Primer ~ Urban Decay || Original Potion

Eyes Lid ~ MAC ||Goldenrod

Eyes Crease ~ MAC || Carbon

Eyes Transitional ~ MAC || Sketch

Eyes Highlight ~ MAC || Ricepaper

Eye Liner ~ Sleek Ink Pot || Dominatrix

Mascara ~ Maybeline Colossal || Jet Black

Face Countour & Highlight ~ Sleek Countour Kit || Medium

Blush ~ Sleek || Coral

Lips ~ H&M Lipsloss || Peach Me Later

Setting ~ MAC ||Fix Plus

 

PS: The earrings I have on this picture are my own label you can purchase them here.

 

xoxo ~ Silvz



Free of that Nasty stuff!!!

Because we always carry our makeup bag with us everywhere we go we all tend to forget that it also needs caring ( we already give it a lot of tlc by buying that week's must buy product) but the tlc I'm taking about is a different kind.

Our makeup bags carry a lot of goodies but also can carry a  lot of nasty things, like tips of that black kohl liner pencil that you only realise when your finger tips are covered in black, flacks of that press powder that smash goodness knows how, amongst many other things not forgetting the germs our hands add to the nastiness.

So here are some of the ways I get rid of this problems and many others:

 

~ First definitely put a cap on that kohl pencil

 

~ After using any of my makeup product I make sure that I closed or screwed or covered properly

 

~I wash my makeup bag every other week

 

~ I also bought a new makeup bag so I can rotate, so I can use one while the other one is drying

 

~For the lazy ones you can always buy a plastic, or perplex makeup bag so instead of waiting to dry you can easily wipe it clean with some antiseptic wipes

 

~ Have also added a travel size hand sanitiser to my makeup bag so my hands are germ free when touching my makeup

 

 

~When washing your bag please don't forget that kabuki brush, wash it once a month

If there's any tips you would like to share please comment below, it would be nice to know what else do you do to keep your makeup application germs free!

Hope you found this article useful.

xoxoxo ~ Silvz


cont. of photo shoot with Danielle Graham

Hey guys, here is my back stage shots of the photo shoot with the amazing stylist Danielle Graham, I have also included the final shots. This shoot was covered by a local news paper so I will be including those photos in the Press page ( first press coverage of my work as a freelance makeup artist) yay...

Back Stage Shots

Time for the make up

Some of the palettes I have used (review for each one of them coming soon)

Danielle Graham the Stylist and Adam Harnett the Photograher

Marie Graham the Back stage assistant (my partner in crime, love this chica)

Adam working his magic

Kaleigh Esthop doing her thing, amazing model

Retouching time, sharp and edgy red lips

Extremely concetrated, making sure th eliner is nice and straight

Indoors Picnic

Strike a pose

Danielle testing the accessories, making sure is on point,lol

My new job title, holding the flash

Wardrobe and insirational photos

Delicious props, which later became refreshments, yummy

Still holding the flash

Final Images (edited by Adam and Danielle)

 xoxo ~ Silvz

Prada Giveaway

Hey beauties, one of my favourite bloggers ever, Bespoke Biddie is hosting an amazing and extremely fabulous giveaway. The rules are simple and easy to follow and the prize is amazeballs guys, amazing Prada sunglasses. Here is a pic of the prize, I must add I have no copyrights for this pic I simply copied and pasted this image from the blog.

What do you guys think? Fierce right....so here is your chance to enter and win, and best of luck to all the fabulous entries!!!

Use the link below to enter.

ENTER HERE

Photo shoot with Danielle Graham

Hi stylelistas, I have recently posted a video on my youtube channel a video footage of my first freelance job of the year.

I was invited by Danielle Graham a friend of mine also a fellow fashion student to do the makeup for her photo shoot, so obviously I said yes, and we had tons of fun.

The model was amazing to work with, Danielle's lil sister who was the backstage assistant, and Mark the photographer were all fabulous to collab with. I'm proud to present you the video which alsos has back stage photos and clips and the final photos. Enjoy!

PS In case you wondering I was wearing H&M Black turtle neck top, My Zara Patterned Blazer, Black Gap Pants and Topshop slippers/pumps! ( I like wearing black when going on a job)

For my Beauty and makeup blog click HERE

I'm in love...

Guys I have fell in love, don't get me twisted, I have found my Mr Right long time ago, my best friend, the better side of me. I have fell in love with the current Portuguese street style, I was born in Portugal to be more specific Lisbon,(yeah that's wight capital kids rock), lol I just had a moment, not really guys Portugal has cool kids all over the place.
Now lets get to what really got me to write this post, lately I have been following the street fashion in Lisbon, I was born there but I moved to England and live here for the past 10 years so I tend to follow more British fashion than Portuguese, but I have to confess that I have cheated on the British fashion with Portuguese fashion, I have been following various fashion bloggers, and artists, and creative people I will get into details in a future post. Just thought I would confess that I'm exploring new horizons. So I'm inviting you all to this journey of mine in what was once my comfort zone and now foreign. I'm planning a journey to Lisbon soon, so I will have at least 5 posts about my journey home, and all about getting into the current street style in Lisbon.

Fashion Illustrations

These are some of my fashion illustrations that I have found, in one of my university pastes. These illustrations were done sometime last summer, I love drawing gowns, specially with leopard prints.

Feel free to tell me which one of these gowns you like the most.

Victorian Lust photo shoot

Here is one of the recent shoots I had, a year after buying my camera my photography skills are still not the best but they are getting there, enough to achieve good photos. And I'm so extremely proud to show you some of the photographs from this shoot as it is my favourite of all times, I worked with two people very dear to me which are my cousin Tiago de Oliveira and my bestie Charlene Lewis I hope you enjoy, we had fun doing this shoot.

The Gown and the knitted shrug were designed and made by me and are part of my Haute Couture  project.

Designer Ladieswear ~ Silvia Gomes

Menswear wardrobe ~ TOPMAN

Model Male ~ Tiago Gomes de Oliveira

Model Female ~ Charlene Lewis

Hair/Makeup ~ Silvia Gomes

Styling /Directing ~ Silvia Gomes

Photography ~ Silvia Gomes

Sweet n' Sticky photo shoot

As Promised here is my very first shoot usig my  camera and using all the techniques I have told you about. Cheap and cheerful, these photos are not the best, as I was still working out how to use my camera.

This dress belongs to a acollecton I made called Sweet n' Sticky.

This dress will be up for sale on the SHOP page of this blog, so keep your eyes peeled if you like it!

Designer Silvia Gomes (me)

Model Charlene Lewis (my bestie)

Hair/Makeup Silvia Gomes (me)

Photography Silvia Gomes (me again)

A high quality shoots for less

As a fashion student, I have learnt how not to depend on others to achieve what I want, for example as students in any creative course, we tend to want to present our work in the best way possible and sometimes we get stuck with certain professional touches that we have to pay for, and they not necessarily cheap most of the time.

As a fashion student, in many projects I was required to design garments, make them, which I can perfectly do myself, without any help, but the hard bit is having a final photo shoot.

Now I must say is not as easy as it sounds as a photo shoot is more than  just bullying your bestie to wear your garments and head to the park down the street and sap a few pics with your digi that you have just used to snap last weekend's party.

Yes I have been in that position and worked, with what I had, I have doe just what I stated above.

But I was quick to identify what I need to improve and what I need to do to improve my final photographs for future projects.

So I went out and invested in a professional camera to be more specific Olympus E600, and I'm still teaching myself how to use the different settings on it. It also came with a software that I can use to edit and retouch my photos, so that is a plus if you don't have any fancy software like Photoshop or Illustrator.

To print the photos I usually order them from SnapFish.com , which are high quality and for very affordable prices, but when I dont have time to spare to wait for the prints I just buy glossy paper from Wilkinsons or any other stationery store and print them at home.

I began to read more about makeup, watched lots of videos on youtube on how to apply makeup and to create different effects and stuff. I built my makeup kit ( a train case full, a lot I know, but I also now work as a freelance makeup artist), practised, practised and practised... till I got it right.

I worked as a hair stylist, so hair has never been a problem.

I have searched for venues locally, to save travel money.( don't be scared to ask in local hotels, you will find that most of them wont charge you for using their premises for shoots, and many other places)

I was also blessed to have friends who are models and if they are not, most of them look like potential models. ( so no models fees, usually they receive prints of the final photos and some goodies)

There are many ways to save money when doing a photo shoot, there are many sites where you can find other creative minds who are updating their portfolio and are willing to work for free. so check the links below.

Facebook           Twitter             Sense of Fashion           Model Mayhem

The next two posts will be dedicated on showcasing some of my successful photo shoots in which I have used my camera. and also done the hair, the makeup, the styling, directing, and designed and made the clothes. I hope you have found this post useful, and if you have any questios, do not hesitate in leavig a comment down below or head towards the Contact page annd use any of the methods of contact.

xxxsilvzxxx

VM Duties

As some of you might already know I have worked for FOREVER 21 as a Visual merchandiser, and very often I was required to take photographes of my work and here is some of it, I just found them and thought I would share some with you. Enjoy!