Eyeliner Technique Revealed

Brian demos Eyeliner Technique, plus more!

Tips for Women over 40, 50, 60 and beyond...

Before & After Eyeliner Technique Look, Learn & Apply

Tip:
Always remember your eyes. Do you have teenage daughters that used to (or do now), heavily line black eyeliner all around their eyes? Well, they’re onto something, maybe a little too much of something, but the lining is key to framing, highlighting and bringing focused attention to the eyes. Our eyes are one of the first things others notice about us, whether in a personal or business setting. So here we go!

Before & After Eyeliner Technique Look, Learn & Apply

Trick:
I teach this technique at every Makeover Workshop and at each time the response is always the same from all of the participants, who are always amazed by this technique. Everyone LOVES this technique demonstration. It’s call tight lining by some, I call it “lining without anyone knowing you’ve lined” It’s the BEST! Just for you, I’m giving away one my secret techniques from my Workshops.

Before & After Eyeliner Technique Look, Learn & Apply

How-to:
Line under your upper lashes using black pencil eyeliner. Use your free hand to gently pull up and out on the outer portion of your eye, gently exposing the skin below the lashes. This helps to see and get under the lashes. Start lining from the outside of the eye and work to the inside. Line heavier on the outside and lighter as you work in. You know you’re doing this right if your lashes are moving back and forth while you line. Now, go back to the outer portion of the eye and above the lashes. Subtly add liner above the lashes to the middle of the eye or peak of the mountain of you lash line. Soften the liner with a smudger to give the liner a diffused look. Add mascara and you're done. If you want liner on the bottom try using the smudger brush you just used and add a little liner into the lower lashes just under the lashes, this will be very subtle. I use an eye liner from my cosmetic line Makeover Workshop; what I love about the liner is that is has a built-in smudger on the opposite end of the pencil to soften your eyeliner. I choose black because I can always soften to a grey or add more to achieve more intensity. Now you have eyes that are framed, highlighted and ready for focused attention!

Brian's Foundational Eyeliner Technique taught at every Makeover Workshop

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MAKING UP TIME

It's mid October 2013. I've been traveling all summer enjoying the outdoors of Yosemite and Mount Whitney in Sierras along with travels to Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia. All these locations inspire me visually. I've created names and colors for eye shadows, blushes and other cosmetics from what I've seen during my travels. In the High Sierras of California I was inspired to name Desert Sky, Molten Cinnamon & Penny Royale all Makeover Workshop eye shadows.

Mt Whitney | Desert Skies

Additionally, two new colors, Aqualove and Dreamy, came from inspiration on a trip to Thailand last fall.

So, this is the Makeover Workshop blog but I'd like to keep all of you up to date with where I've been, and what I'm up to in addition to Makeover Workshop such as my travels, other work and what currently is inspiring me spiritually, creatively & physically!! Late this summer I was in the studio shooting how-to video footage for up-and-coming how-to videos for online, YouTube  the Makeover Workshop How-to Video Makeup Series. Jessica Sirls was my fantastic model for the day. She is my dear friend who gently encouraged me to shoot the footage. She is an amazing aspiring actress full of life and talent you can see what she is up to here http://www.jessicasirls.com/apps/blog
Editing is in process...whew this is a lot of work. Stay tune!!!

Also, I've updated the schedule for the Fall/Winter Workshop Schedule find it here http://www.makeoverworkshop.com/schedule/schedule.php

Sunscreen Favorite

this is one of my favorite combinations of Sunscreen and Foundation. Solar Defender not only preps the skin for sun exposure but also primes the skin for makeup application. The silicone based formula of sunscreen adheres to the skin not only protecting form sun but also protecting the lipid barrier holding in needed moisture. The added Vit. A and C fight the free-radicals that can breakdown the skin which leads to premature aging. Couple this sunscreen with you favorite Tinted Moisturizing Foundation such as this one!

Catching up

I journeyed on the road this past December and January to No. Minnesota and Fargo North Dakota. Roseau a little but active town in No. MN was the location of my first Workshop outside of the Los Angeles area. I was welcome warmly, not the weather however, both weekends were sub zero. I held 3 workshops in both locations. In Roseau Dec 9 & 10 at Sublime Women's fitness center I entertained nearly 20 women showing them how to do eyeliner, lip liner and eye brows. This being a snap shot of what they learned. All were super excited and actively involved. My Blondi eyebrow pencil seems to be the best seller up to this point. Who would have known...well I had a pretty good idea. I can't seem to keep the pencil in stock!

Fargo was Jan 21-23 with a record of nearly 30 women. I had a great assistant that weekend--Denise Ostby joined me and together we beautified more women. Once again blondi eye pencil, mineral powder foundation were huge hits. I have been discovering what women want to learn at the workshops. One thing is an easy daytime makeup look which can be easily altered for evening.

The workshops are a major hit. Some pictures follow.

starting up

The begining of the writing and documenting of Makeover Workshop. Yay! Finally, stay tune for images, video, tips and tricks from work work out in the commercial and star-studded world of makeup a7 hair, too.