My Playground

sirinthada:

A slightly different post tonight — this drawing is a sneak peek of my new project! Stolen, borrowed or handed down — IStoleThisFromYou.com is a collection of all your precious things and the stories behind them. My most prized possessions are the ones soaked in personal history — a bolt of ikat fabric I whisked away from my grandmother’s dusty armoire in a small Thai fishing town; Chinese coins my grandfather gave me, so old and worn there are actually holes in the metal; and of course, Mom’s bowling shoes, as depicted above.

But yes, there is nothing I love more than hearing these sort of stories from other people. In an over-commodified culture, where way too much emphasis is placed on marketing new things and desiring new things and buying new things and showing off new things — it’s the old, personal relics, the hand-me-downs, the stolen tokens, that actually capture my heart.

This is what I hope to catalog over there, and I will want stories from YOU! But it’s just a soft-launch for now, more details to come over the next few weeks, so stay tuned! (And actually, it’s on Tumblr too, so follow it for the most up-to-date information!)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, and thank you as always for your kindness, it’s what keeps me going. XXX!

fyeahjoansmalls:

Joan in “Short Order” editorial for US’s Vogue, May 2012. Photographed by Steven Meisel

Lalalala:*

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder : ) 

showmemakeup:

This is the first of two images I’m going to share with you. This was the result of a creative shoot that myself and Martin decided to collaborate on.

• Model - Heather Webb
• Photographer - Martin Higgs
• Make-Up - Me

• I prepped Heathers face using Embryolisse moisturiser. Then I applied a primer from Loreal – Studio Secrets.
• Next I took my Dinair Airbrush, and I sprayed Alabaster foundation onto Heather’s face, neck and shoulders. I chose this shade, as it’s a few shades lighter than Heather natural skin tone, which was important for this look.
• Using MAC kohl liner in ‘Smolder’, I coloured in her eyelids and using a blending brush, I worked this up to meet the brows. This gave the eyeshadows a base to stick to.
• I took a Matte Black shadow from my BH Cosmetics palette and I pushed that all over the lids, up and into the brow for a dense Black colour. I also ran this colour under the bottom lashes.
• I placed some Scotch tape symmetrically down the cheeks to form two columns in which to spray onto with my airbrush. I got my model to close her eyes, and then I sprayed Black from Dinair’s Fantasy range, from the eyelids, down on to the cheeks to build a gradual fade. Then I peeled away the tape to reveal perfect spray lines.
• Next, I pulled apart some feathers that I purchased from a haberdashery & glued them upright to the brows using my Duo glue. On top of the feathers, I also glued some clear crystals in a line.
• I mixed a little Black eye shadow from MUA Cosmetics, with a clear lip-gloss, and I painted that over the lids and brow bone, to create a glossy grungy appearance to the eyes.
• I lined the lips with a Black kohl pencil from Avon, and using the same mixture of eye shadow and lip-gloss, I filled in the lips.
• Lastly, I lined my models waterline with MAC liner in ‘Smolder’, applied a coat of ‘Zoom’ lash mascara - also by MAC, and then I applied some false lashes by Eylure.

showmemakeup:

This is the second image from the shoot with myself, Martin and Heather.

(Source: kikibolar)

lomographicsociety:

Lomography Tag of the Day - travel

JUSSSSST MESSING AROUND :D 

showmemakeup:

• Model - Gina Negus
• Photographer - Martin Higgs

I created this look using my airbrush & fishnet tights.

After applying the foundation base, I placed a strip of Scotch tape down the nose from the top of the forehead. I sprayed the Dinair Fantasy Blue over the outter half of the models lids, then followed up with the Fantasy Purple on the inner half.

Next I got Gina to close her eyes while I stretched out the tights over her forehead. Once I happy with the placement, making sure the pattern of the tights was as straight as it could be, I got Gina to hold the tights in place nice and taught. Then, I loaded up my airbrush with the Blue again, and sprayed straight up from the brows onto the forehead, petering-off towards the centre of the forehead. I did the same with the Purple, tapering at the top to meet the blue.

I removed the tights & Scotch tape to reveal the patterned Blue & Purple print. I then took a peachy pink blush from Avon, and brushed a halo “C” shape from the top of the cheekbones, around the eyes to the temples.

Next, I took a charcoal colour eye shadow from my BH Cosmetics palette, and lightly dusted over the brows. I also followed that colour down the outer sides of the bridge of the nose, just between the eyes to where the Purple spray finished.

I lined Gina’s upper and lower lash-line with MAC Fluidline - ‘BlackTrack’, and filled in her waterline with MAC ‘Smolder’ kohl liner. I applied a small coat of mascara with a disposable wand, and applied some Black and Purple lashes from Eyelur.

Lastly, I mixed a Purple eye shadow with a clear lip-gloss and painted the outer half of Gina’s lips. I repeated that process with a Blue pigment & lip-gloss, to fill in the middle of the lips, this brought the entire look together.