What I admire about Xowie is her originality, you will never see the same look from this lady. I am not one who enters makeup contests but when I saw that this was Xowie's first contest, I had to give a shot. I didn't win but I was honored just to be a part of it. It's my pleasure to bring you Xowie's feature. My real burning passion for
makeup only started relatively recently. When I was young, one of my
sisters tried in vain to teach me how to apply makeup as I was hopeless.
I was the queen of looking like a distressed panda. Around about 15
years old, I started wearing makeup more but still wasn't particulatly
interested in it. For the last ten years or so, I have been interested
in bright colours and combining them and have always been a fan of
intricate eye liner. Over the last 4 years or so, I have really tried to
develop my skills and improve.
Every day is a
learning curve and, although that may sound cliché it is absolutely
true. You see something inspiring and try to either recreate it or
incorporate an aspect of it into a look of your own making and realise
that, actually, that's pretty fiddly or whatever the issue transpires to
be. You practice, you research, you trial and error, you learn, you
grow, you develop. At the moment, I am looking to develop my portfolio. I
was privileged to be asked to do the makeup for a bride and her
bridesmaids in August 2012. That was an incredible experience (and
utterly terrifying!) and I would really love to do more in the way of
bridal makeup.
My bugbear at the moment is getting a really sharply
defined cut crease. I'll get there! My inspirations for looks come from
all over the place. Let's face it, there isn't much you couldn't
translate into a piece of makeup. I really enjoy themed pieces and love
the use of colours which really grab the eye. Having said that, I also
love just letting loose and creating something from nowhere. That can be
really liberating.
I had a spell
recently of loving makeup but not really bothering with it. I find that
wearing glasses doesn't help with that because you just can't see the
makeup for the frames! I stumbled across Jangsara's blog and saw her
Avengers inspired looks. I pored over her page and soaked it all in and
it was like a switch tripped and my makeup love was alive and well
again. Her work blows my mind, and the presentation of her work is
really, very good. I would say that she certainly gave me the kick up
the butt I needed and got my passion flowing again. It's good to
see Jangsara is back after a brief hiatus.
I think my favourite look so far was one I made for a
Tim Burton themed collaboration. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the girls used
Beetlejuice as their inspiration. I was originally going to try and
make a look based on Edward Scissorhands as effects makeup is something I
am really interested in too. In the end, I decided to use the film Dark
Shadows. I recreated Helena Bonham-Carter's makeup but tweaked it to
make it two tone. I used brown under the eye for Johnny Depp's
character. It was a lot of fun to do, and a style that I hadn't tried
before.
The
question of my favourite beauty brand is a difficult one for me because
I use different items from different companies. I guess that overall I
would have to say MAC. I adore their brushes and their foundations. It
makes my bank account cry when I shop there but I can't help myself. I
also love what I have used from NYX so far and have recently made steps
into Sugarpill and Lime Crime.
What
can I say? Some people play sports, some tinker with cars, some do
cosplay, some bake. I make up. It's expensive at times but it makes me
so happy. I love it and love to share what I do with everyone.
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