Massive Reductions Over At The Makeup Artist Boutique

Hey Loves,
 

I just wanted to let you all know that Kathy over @The Makeup Artist Boutique (AKA Mum) is doing massive reductions on all in stock items prior to some changes she is making in the store.


So grab a bargain before it all goes (OCC is nearly sold out already)

OCC Holiday 2012 Collection - Metallurgy Now On Sale

OCC's first Holiday Collection is now available worldwide and I have to say to say the new products look completely amazing, how can they not be when liptar and metallic have been put together in one little tube?

OCC had the following to say about The Metallurgy Collection 'After three years of intensive product
development, OCC is proud to introduce a whole new breed of Lip Tar. Infused with state of the art hi-resolution metallic pigments, the unparallelled opacity has gone high-voltage electric with a reflective shimmer finish.' And apparently you need even less that the original lip tar!!!

Here's a look at the new colours 

Authentic

Electric Grandma

Tryptich

Yaoi

Iced

Super NSFW

You can purchase the new liptars now on OCC's website for $16.00 or if you are Europe based you can pre-order the new shades at The Make-up Artist Boutique for £9.25.

Let me know your thoughts on the new collection.

Ems xo

All Images are from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics  (photo credit: David Phelps Photographer)

Makeup Kit/Bag Essentials - Prep & Prime

Over the coming weeks I am going to introduce you to a few products the I cant live without on set and in my personal makeup bag. The best place to start is at the beginning so, all of these products will be products used to prepare the face prior to having makeup applied.

The reason for priming the face is to help your makeup stay put longer, especially under the heat of studio lighting. Each of the products below are products I swear by some are new finds others are old loves.

1. Queen Eyelash Cream*

This product is specifically for the eyelashes as I am sure you have guessed by the name!
This product is applied using your fingers (with a spooly if working with a model) to the top and bottom lashes. This product helps keep the lashes separated, conditioned and protected. Since I started using this I noticed that mascara stays put longer, there is no flaking and fewer lost eyelashes.

The great thing about this cream is that you can get a nice natural curl with it so, even if you didn't want to wear mascara your lashes still look amazing. It sinks into the surrounding skin quickly, leaving no greasy residue and works great at night as a treatment for your lashes to help keep them in great condition.

Queen Eyelash Cream retails at £10.25 for a 12ml pot which is available from their website: http://www.queen-cosmetics.com

2. Pure by Phytocare Paw Paw Ointment*

Paw Paw Ointment is always raved about by a lot of Make-up Artists but for whatever reason I never got around to trying it. I recently got sent this amazing product and it has now replaced Carmex as my go to lip prep product.

This 100% natural balm can be used for an array of issues. I use it mainly to prep lips, you can see an immediate difference in extremely dry lips and there is nothing worse than applying lip products to dry flaky lips.

This wonderful product leaves lips soft, supple and nourished. I have even used this product around my poor cold filled nose, you know the kind of nose I am talking about, the bright red cracked skin nose! The product doesn't leave a greasy or sticky residue and when applied to sore cracked skin it doesn't sting.

Pure offer this product in the following sizes 25g tube for £9.99, 100g tube for £19.99 and a 200g jar for £35.99. The lovely people at Pure have given me a discount code for my readers which will give you a whopping 25% off when you use PUREpapaya25 (valid until 31/12/12) on their website: www.purepapaya.co.uk

3. OCC Skin: Primer

I brought my first bottle of this amazing liquid back in 2010 at IMATS and I have been in love ever since, I cant tell you how many bottles I have since been through.

What I love about this primer is the texture, its a liquid rather than a gel or cream type product. When applied to the skin it sinks right in rather than leaving a greasy film on top of the skin.

I have very large pores and this has been the only primer so far that has stopped foundation and other products sitting in the pores. This product also has the best performance in the studio, It helps foundation stay in place under the hot lights and the need for re-applying and touching up is lessened.

I also use this product instead of water to apply shadows and loose pigments because it doesn't crease as much as it does when using water.

You can purchase this item for $25.00 from OCCmakeup.com or for £14.99 from The Makeup Artist Boutique

What can't you live without in your Makeup bag/kit?

Ems xo

*PR sample sent for review. All views are my own

OCC Heroine Collection Now On Sale Worldwide

OCC have today released their new Fall/Winter Collection named Heroine. The new collection was inspired by the teams favourite horror movie heroines.

The new Lip Tars are as follows:

Black Dhalia

Lydia

Marion

Psycho

Starling

Sybil

The collection went on sale Worldwide today in select Sephora stores, OCC's website and here in the UK at The Makeup Artist Boutique
Ems xo

OCC New 2012 F/W Lip Tar Collection - Heroine

OCC are set to release their new Fall/Winter Collection named Heroine. The new collection was inspired by the teams favourite horror movie heroines.

The new Lip Tars are as follows:

Marion - Deceitfully Dirty Rose
Psycho - Dripping with Blood Red
Starling - Deeply Rusted Red
Sybil - Midnight Brownout
Black Dahlia - Blackened Red
Lydia - Darkroom Plum

The collection goes on sale Worldwide on September 17th in select Sephora stores, OCC's website and here in the UK at The Makeup Artist Boutique and Love Makeup.

I personally cannot wait to try out Black Dahlia!

Ems xo

And The Winner Is......

Thank you so much to everyone that entered the double liptar giveaway! 

I am pleased to announce that Gaby won and this was determined by Random.org

Congratulations Gaby I have emailed you for your address details :)

Ems xo

Giveaway: Less Than 24 Hours Left To Enter

Confused at how I am nearly 30!

Well its less than 24 hours until I turn 30 and one of you lucky readers wins two amazing Liptars! If you haven't already entered this is your last chance to do so.

Entries will only be accepted until 00.01 GMT so get entering here.

Ems xo

Reminiscing: IMATS 2011 and Pursebuzz Interview

After a brief chat with the lovely Elessa AKA Pursebuzz on twitter this weekend I have been looking through the pictures from working with The Make-up Artist Boutique at IMATS 2011. I had forgotten the interview Elessa did with me and looking back now I am fabulously cringetastic (I hate being on film)

I thought I would share some of the pictures from that amazing time and the cringe worthy interview with the amazing Elessa.

I appear at 8 mins 51 seconds and looking back now you can really see how much weight I have lost since then, I also love that I am reppin' my Linkin Park Shirt which is now huge :(

With the lovely Elessa

With the amazing Mary-Jane and Deborah AKA Dvoradivine

One of my icons Mr Kevin James Bennett

OCC's Katie Pellegrino

With Deb again

Finally the Legend that is David Klasfeld

I hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane :)

Ems xo

Follower Giveaway 10 days Left!

As most of you are aware I am running a Giveaway sponsored by The Make-up Artist Boutique where the lucky winner will win Digitalis and Pretty Boy Liptar's from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics.

You have 10 days left to enter so if you haven't already head over to the original post to see how you can enter.

The Giveaway closes at Midnight GMT on 19th April and the winner will be announced on 20th April.

Good Luck

Ems xo

Follower Giveaway Sponsored by The Make-up Artist Boutique

I said when I reached 100 followers I would have a giveaway, well I have across GFC, Hellocotton and BlogLovin so here are the details:

One lucky follower will win Digitalis from the new Garden Collection SS12 and Pretty Boy, both items will be in the new OCC packaging. This is sponsored by The Make-up Artist Boutique

The Rules

• This is an international giveaway
• You must be a public follower by GFC
• If you are under 18 you will need parental permission to enter
• Leave a comment on this post with your GFC name and email address so I can contact you if you win.
• You can only comment on this post once
• Closing date 19th April

Extra Entries

• You can get 2 extra entries by following me on twitter and tweeting about the giveaway, be sure to add this to your comment with a link or your twitter name.
• If you put a link to my giveaway in your blog sidebar with a picture, and tell me about it in your comment, you will get 2 extra entries.
• You can get 3 extra entries by writing a blog post about my giveaway with a picture and leave a link to your post in your comment below.

Good Luck one and all :)

OCC The Garden Collection SS12 On Sale Now

Today is the day that The Garden Collection SS12 goes on sale to the public

 L-R: CHLOROPHYLL, BELLADONNA, DIGITALIS

 L-R: OPHELIA, KAVA KAVA, PENNYROYAL

LIP TAR: ($14.00 USD/£8.99 GBP)

OPHELIA - True Rose Pink
BELLADONNA - Vivid Ultraviolet
CHLOROPHYLL - True Teal (match for Chlorophyll Nail Lacquer)
KAVA KAVA - True Peach Neutral
DIGITALIS - Pink-Tinged Lavender
PENNYROYAL - Tea Leaf Brown  

LOOSE COLOUR

ACACIA - Yellow with blue/green duochrome
DATURA Opalescent pink/lavender
FOXFIRE Silvery lime green
MIMOSA Orange with strong gold shimmer
TRIPTYCH Sleek, regal gold

COSMETIC GLITTER 

FAE - White with green and violet reflections

NAIL LACQUER

ARSENIC - Brilliant silver glitter
CHIMERA - Mint green metallic
CHLOROPHYLL - Vivid teal green
COPPERHEAD - Brilliant copper glitter
KAVA KAVA - Crème beige neutral
PHANTASM - Pastel blue metallic

You can grab your Lip Tars from The Make-up Artist Boutique for UK customers or OCC

Follower Giveaway!

OK you lovely bunch! When that follower number hits 100 I will be doing a Giveaway you will not want to miss.

The full details are hush hush right now but, it is being sponsered by my Mummy aka The Make-up Artist Boutique :D

So, your job is to get talking about the blog and how amazing I am haha (I am not really, I am just a huge dork) and then once that number hits the triple figures I will release the Giveaway details :)

Ems xo

NOTD: FACE Stockholm Metallic Plum Red #59

TMAB received some press samples from FACE stockholm some time ago and I am just getting round to blogging about them. 

Anyway, this post is specifically about the Nail Polish. It's a beautiful Metallic Plum Red Colour #59. The polish itself is fairly thick, so, I did find I needed two coats to cover any streaks, that said, I really like this polish, the colour is deep and if you are a nail expert you could get away with one coat.

FACE Stockholm products are only stocked at Victoria Loves Beauty in the UK and it would appear that the FACE Stockholm store, in Manchester, is no longer open, as its no longer listed on their website.

Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of Memento Lip Tar by OCC I have persuaded Mum (AKA Kathy @ The Make-up Artist Boutique) to provide one of them for this months blog giveaway!

Here are the rules!

1. Be a follower :)

2. Comment below saying "Enter me" for 1 entry

3. Tweet it for an extra 2 entries and let me know in the box below that you did it with your twitter link!

4. Post my competition on your blog or put it in your side bar for another 2 entries!

5. Entries from people with blogs which are solely made to enter giveaways will not be counted.

The Giveaway will close on 7th June at 8pm!

New OCC Lip Tar Memento!

OCC have teamed up with the fabulous Victoria Stiles to bring you lovely people a new Lip Tar shade called Memento.

Memento is a beautiful pink shade with plum undertones.

A portion of all of the sales through OCC will be donated to Breast Cancer Care which is fantastic.

The Make-up Artist Boutique will be stocking the new shade from June and we too will be donating a portion of the sales to Breast Cancer Care a pre-order will be up soon however, if you cant wait pop over to OCC and buy it direct!

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar Review!

So I thought I would have a play with a Tar that I have yet to use!

Tarred is the color and as you have probably read elsewhere you don't need a lot.

The picture on the left is an example of what happens when you apply to much!

When too much is applied the color feathers into the fine lines around the mouth.

On the right is the Tar applied using just the right amount a little less than a pea size.

What I noticed with this particular color is that you can still see the natural lip color underneath so it does not give full coverage. I will do a full look at some stage and experiment with different applications of the product. 

The smell is devine you can definitely pick up on the peppermint. Both models stated that it felt refreshing on their lips.

When it came to removing the product both models stated that it came off with ease when rubbing it off with a little tissue and then going over the lip area with some luke warm water.

Where to buy: 

UK and Europe: The Make-up Artist Boutique

USA and Canada: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics or Camera Ready Cosmetics

Australia and Asia Makeup and Glow

Where did I train

So I get asked all the time where I trained so I thought I would share.

I was very lucky that The Princes Trust paid for me to do a home course through ICS. The ICS course was a great starting point and unlike alot of the private schools you do actually get a qualification at the end.

The downside is that you are training yourself and unless you already have some creative flair this may just be a waste of money.

At the time the course cost £500.00 which I completed within 8 months whilst working full time. Once I had finished the course I did some assisting and watched alot of videos by Sam and Nicola Chapman and the artists at Smashbox.

I am now working full time in the Industry aswell as running The Make-up Artist Boutique with my mum Kathy. I do not for one moment think I am at the top of my game as the art of Make-up evolves every day and I do plan on doing further course's to ensure I evolve with it.