Makeup Experiment #21: Suzaku (Fushigi Yuugi)

Hello loves!

Here's the part two of our Fushigi Yuugi Beast Gods Makeup Experiment. The first one we did was Seiryuu-inspired (the blue dragon) and now we did the Suzaku-inspired makeup...

Makeup Experiment: Seiryuu (Fushigi Yuugi)

Hey loves!

I had two of my closest friends over last Saturday at my house to hang-out. We decided to do one of our makeup experiments once again. Gucci, my model for this look, actually suggested this idea to do a creative shoot once again. I think I've done my makeup experiments on her the most and I'm happy that she likes doing them! Haha! 

Anyway, we grew up watching animé, so when we were thinking of a look we could do, I had an idea to take inspiration from one of the shows we watched way back when we were in our elementary school days—Fushigi Yuugi. I'm not sure if you're familiar with this animé, but I remember that we make sure we're home before the show air either on the local channel GMA7 or the cable channel AXN. 

Since this makeup experiment should be creative, I didn't pick any of the main characters to draw inspiration from. I chose to pick from the beast Gods—Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakko, and Genbu. I like that they represent beasts and elements which would make the whole creative makeup process more interesting.

When I asked Gucci which one she liked, it was down to Suzaku and Seiryuu. Why? Because Suzaku is hot while Seiryuu is majority blue (which is a favorite color). 

Anyway, here's a photo of what our experiment turned out. Just by seeing this, you already know which one we went for...

Makeup Experiment #19: Layla-Inspired (From Mobile Legends)

Hey loves!

Since it's Halloween, I think it's a good idea to share a makeover post. This is an old makeover we did months ago...

It's a Layla-inspired look. 

If you're not familiar with the character, she's from a game called Mobile Legends. Here's how she looks like (the blonde version):

It was around early this year that I tried the game. I think I played it for a good 2-3 months til I wasn't interested anymore. During that time, I saw some of my closest college friends also playing the game. So when they planned to get together at my place, we thought of doing a makeover inspired by the characters we played in that game. One of my friends cosplays so she brought her wig and lent it to us for this makeover.

So here's Anna with our Layla-inspired look. We don't have the costume and props so we improvised (well, if you call adding a pair of shades improvisation enough). 

Makeup by : Me 

Hairstyle : Nico Nico

Model : Anna

Photos by : Me

Place taken : My room 

I haven't been playing the game so I dunno if they changed this character's look yet (when I started, her hair was still blue). Haha! But if you also play/ed, which character do/did you use? I usually used Miya, Estes, Eudora, or Aurora. :)

Cheers,
DAWN

Makeup Experiment #18 : Snow White / Evil Queen

Hello lovelies!

After a long while, I'm back with a new makeup experiment! Weeeeeee!

Actually, this isn't really new. We actually made this look and photoshoot almost two years ago... when Liz's hair wasn't purple. Haha! These have been sitting in my laptop for so long along with my other Disney-themed experiments. I actually posted one experiment with a Disney character, Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, back in November, But technically, it's not part of this series because I only did one look there.

What do I mean, you say? Well, I have this project that I've started two years ago—to make looks based on Disney movies, specifically one of the protagonist and one of the antagonist. As a big Disney kid, this got me so excited and asked some friends to be my models!

So now, let me unveil to you one of these experiments. Let's start with the princess that started it all—Snow White! Of course, let's not forget the... uhhh... second fairest of them all (!?)—the Evil Queen!

I had my Peachy Pink Sisters partner, Liz, as my model! Yay!

I didn't go all crazy in this experiment. The looks are actually very wearable!

Makeup by : Me 

Hairstyle : Liz and I

Model : Liz

Photos by : Me

Place taken : My room

For Snow White, I just made sure I made her skin really fair. I think we skipped like 10 shades lighter than her true skin tone! I made her eyes round and the colors very minimal. I was supposed to give her a very red lippie (you know, as red as blood), but I reserved it for the Queen. 

Liz has this black corset-like blouse that I paired with a flower crown to complete the look. 

It's also good that her hair during this time was short. I think it gives that extra "innocence" in the character.

And below is my bad attempt in photoshop to make her look like she's sleeping on a flower bed. LOL

And now, for the evil queen...

Look at another photoshop attempt to add an apple on her hand. Hahaha!

Careful, it's poisonous! Haha... nah, it's fake. :P

A sharp, smokey eye paired with red lips!

I wish we had a crown though. It could have made the look complete.

It was actually hard to get the right poses. We took more than a hundred shots combined to produce these photos. But I think Liz did a good job. She's really pretty despite the fact that she rarely gets a full night of sleep during that time. 

And that's all for this post. I hope you're excited to see the other Disney-themed experiments I made with friends. :)

So what do you think of this experiment?

Cheers,
DAWN

Makeup Experiment #17 (Disney Edition): Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas

Hello loves!!

Happy halloween!

And because so many people in my Facebook Timeline are posting their Halloween makeup and costumes, I thought of blogging a makeup experiment once again. It's been almost a year (it will exactly be a year if I were to post this tomorrow) since I posted a makeup experiment and I actually have the same model! Haha! (Thanks, Gucci, for being game to do all these crazy looks with me)

Anyway, for this makeup experiment, Gucci and I chose Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas as our inspiration. The movie has been one of the model's favorite Disney films growing up!

Here's how our experiment turned out...

And here's a photo of Sally for comparison:

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I have been planning to do a Disney-inspired makeup experiment for two years now. I actually have three makeovers ready but I haven't selected and edited the photos that I will post. Do expect them to appear on this blog soon though. For now, I hope you enjoy this Sally-inspired makeup! :)

Here's Gucci without the makeup (she's the one at the left next to me and Liz)

Makeup by : Me 

Hairstyle : That's Gucci's real hair and we didn't expect that the color is close to Sally's

Model : Gucci

Photos by : Me

Place taken : My room (the colored background is my painting)

I didn't exactly copied Sally's look. I added some personal touches here and there. :P

And I also added a behind the scene photo of Gucci taking a selfie! LOL 

That's our makeup experiments! I hope you enjoyed this look. If you have questions about the look or what makeup I used, do comment below! 

Please stay tuned for my other Disney-themed makeup experiments! <3 font="">

Cheers,

DAWN

Makeup Experiment #16: Poison Ivy—A Late Halloween Post

Hello loves!

It's been a year since I published a makeup experiment post. If you've been a reader of my blog for years now, then you've probably seen some of those experiments where I play with my friends' faces with makeup and create various creative looks. I still do these experiments every once in a while but I have not uploaded them... until today. I thought I should share one since it was Halloween yesterday after all. I was supposed to post this last night but due to circumstances, I wasn't able to get home sooner (I got home at 2am and was too sleepy to write). So yeah... after more than a year, here's one of my makeup experiments... :P

This is my friend, Gucci. We just got our hair colored a couple of weeks before we did this makeover. It was her first time coloring her hair and she chose this beautiful red shade. We were already thinking of a makeup theme even before doing this makeup experiment and one of the themes we thought of was Batman villains. Since her hair was currently red, why not go with Poison Ivy, right?

Here's the lovely Gucci sans makeup, 2nd from the right, between Liz and I. This was taken during my karaoke birthday celebration last September. :P

So yeah, back to the Poison Ivy idea, I thought it was an easy task although we're not open to making Gucci's skin all green so we just decided to do the Batman Animated Series-Inspired version where Poison Ivy wears green eyeshadow and a red lipstick. It's simple but I added a little twist—flower petals and some sparkles (sort of like pollen)! Gucci even brought a green, jungle-like outfit to make this experiment look better!

And here are some of the photos we took after the makeup application process:

Makeup by : Me 

Hairstyle : Gucci? It's naturally like that

Model : Gucci

Photos by : Me

Place taken : My room

Don't you think she looks great with red hair? ...and flowers around her eyes? LOL 

Anyway, that's one of my makeup experiments. I'll try to be not so lazy and post some of my previous makeup experiments. I already have a handful waiting to be posted and I'm excited to let you see all of them. :D

Cheers,

DAWN

Makeup Experiment #15 : Bom Park

Hello everyone!

I'm currently watching a reality TV show from South Korea called Roommate. It's a show about eleven celebrities (actors, singers, models, and athletes) living in one house. These people can leave the house (unlike Big Brother) when they have projects or when there's a need to shop for groceries and such.

One of the celebrities in the show is the 2NE1 (an all-girl KPop group) member, Park Bom. I am familiar with her because I happen to listen to BigBang which is in the same company as 2NE1. Also a member of the famous girl group is Sandara Park which was a big celebrity in the Philippines around a decade ago.

Anyway, just recently, Park Bom was involved in a drug smuggling scandal which actually happened four years ago. I have no idea about the whole story but it's something that happened in the past and is being brought up today for some reason. Because of this scandal, Bom left the reality show indefinitely. It really saddened me because honestly, she's the major reason why the show was even entertaining for me. Haha! Without her in it, I just might stop watching. :P

I have a friend who also watches the show. Yuki, who some of you may find familiar because she's been a model of mine in a couple of my makeup experiments, also likes Park Bom. We thought that we should do a makeup experiment inspired by the singer to show our support to the 8D Alien Personality lady (lol). It was something we just decided all of a sudden so we didn't really have time to prepare. Good thing Yuki already has long, black hair so all we need to work on is the makeup! :D

Here's Yuki with the Park Bom-inspired makeup.

Bom has actually done numerous looks. We had a hard time choosing our reference from her different makeup looks and numerous hairstyles and hair color. Eventually, we ended up picking this picture from their latest album, Crush.

Park Bom

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And this is how we interpreted it.

Here's a before and after pictures of Yuki:

Since this is a KPop makeup look, it will surely involve eyeliners and very clear skin. It's something we really enjoyed doing and it only took us a couple of hours to finish.

We didn't have any false lower lashes so I ended up drawing the lower lashes. LOL

I also loved doing a gradient lips effect on her lips. I rarely do this look on me but it looks so cute on Yuki.

Yuki agreed to paint her nails red even if she doesn't like applying nail polish. That's dedication! Haha!

 She even cut her bangs since Bom sports full bangs most of the time.

 Makeup by : Me 

Hairstyle : Yuki

Model : Yuki

Photos by : Me

Place taken : My room

  

 I just love the eye makeup of this look! Don't you?

And of course, we have to take photos of her eating on the bed. It's something Bom does a lot—wakeup, eat, sleep. LOL

So what do you think of this makeup experiment?

BTW, I also did a makeup experiment inspired by another 2NE1 member, Dara. Click here if you'd like to check it out. I only need to do a makeup experiment that are CL and Minzy-inspired and I have completed the whole girl group! So who wants to volunteer?

Cheers,

DAWN