Transformations

Make-up consultations at blush are always fun, today I had a very enjoyable and sweet client. She's a strong woman who knows what she wants, I always like it when someone has an idea of what they want to achieve. It's an enjoyable process for me as an artist to watch the transformation of someone's look to the next. Whether it's natural to dramatic, or just helping them with their concerns and making them happy for the final outcome.

One thing that I have realized is how great the Laura Mercier brush kit is! I've been in the industry for a little over 6 years and have worked with several different makeup lines... I have to say these totally take the cake. It's never been easier for me to create a dark-dark-dark smokey eye before effortlessly.

Angled Eye Colour Brush
This brush does a fantastic job of storing up lots of pigment in it on the flat end. It enables you to place the dark shadows in the crease of the eye very easily with little fall-out. This step can be repeated until the darkness you want is achieved. Then use the smaller pointed tip to blend the colors in with previously layered base shadows.

Fine Point Eye Liner
With my fine point eye liner brush, I will create a tight eye liner look just above the lash line. And in the corners I will create the line a little thicker to wing it just a bit.




Smudge Brush
This brush is very important to my over all look. I use it towards the end after I've applied dark shadow on with the angled colour brush and eye liner across and under the lash line. I load up the smudge brush with a dark shadow color that compliments the look. I tap my brush first and then smudge the colored shadow over the eye liner. It gives a nice smokey look in the corners of the eye and makes the blending look great.

Those are a few of my favorite brushes. There are more that I can't live without. But for now that's just a highlight.

Christmas is coming really soon! :) Buy a brush set. They're awesome.

<3Nicole