Bright and Bold!!

Hey everyone! Here are a few pictures of my most recent makeup tutorial. Hope you guys like it!! Check out my YouTube channel to see how I did this look and don't forget to subscribe!

http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupbyCristalC

Makeup look using the Naked palette :)

Hey bloggers, well it's just about bed time but I figured I would upload pictures of the look I created using the Naked palette. Check out my YouTube channel to see how I created this look! If anyone has any suggestions when it comes to editing videos, PLEASEEEEE let me know. I would have uploaded the video sooner, but as it turns out...I am soooo NOT getting the hang of EDITING :((((

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YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeupbyCristalC

OHHH SOOO NAKED!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! Well if you have been following my channel you know that I did a video on Urban Decay's Naked Palette (hence the title!) and I promised to posted some swatches. Soooo here they are :) Just a warning I am pretty darn pale (lack of Miami sun) so the Virgin and Sin swatches are a little washed out ... but here they are:::::

My first photo shoot!!

  OK, so it's not really a REAL photo shoot but it did involve my personal models and a camera lol. So I finally received all of my makeup that I ordered for my kit and what better to start, then to break it all in with my girls. :) With that being said, Friday after work my friends and I got together and I did their makeup. For my kit I decided to purchase the Graftobian foundation palettes. These palettes have 18 different foundations each and have a variety of shades. I'll do a post on the palettes later.
  So I started out first with my friend Miha and she has the most AMAZING eyes, so that's what I wanted to focus on. I did a neutral smokey eye using light purple and brown with a bit of black in the outer-v corner. In order to make her eyes pop, I took the black liner and winged it out on the outer part of the eyes and then brought it out a bit on the inner corner as well. Miha's skin color was very easy to match when it came to foundation, but I need to work on making sure to bring the color down to the neck line, because the last thing you want is your neck and face being two different colors!!
  My friend Carmen proved to be a bit more difficult for me. She wanted darker shades for her eyes and wanted some green. But for me, the darker I went the smaller her eyes seemed to look. So I lighted with a lighter shade of green and brown, and decided to add some black as well. This worked out very well because her brown eyes just popped out!! Now I will admit using the new foundation palette is not as easy as it seems. I found it a bit difficult to match her skin tone, at first I seemed to make her to light and then a bit too dark! But all in all the final look came out pretty good.
  Its pretty obvious that I need to practice more on matching foundation shades to skin tones. But hey, I wasn't born knowing everything so I need to find myself more models to practice on! Anyone want a free makeover?!? lol

So these are some of the pictures and thanks girls for being such excellent models!!!!

I'm HEREEEEEEEE!

Hey makeup lovers!!! Well this is officially my first post, yes, yes, I know it is a bit overdue. I got a bit too excited and set up the blog and YouTube channel before I was actually ready to start uploading and posting. LOL! But I am definitely ready now!

Well CC followers, I have a lot of things planned for the future, so make sure to follow my blog and go and subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss anything!! Here's my first YouTube video link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2qOKhal2g

Lots of Love,

Cristal