Viva Woman

I’m hopeless with eyeliner application.  Lucky thing I have quite a big pair of eyes so I can do without it most of the time.  But I could certainly do with a proper lesson and the basic eyeliner tutorial with pencil, cream/gel or liquid made recently by blogger Michelle Phan is just excellent.

The girl emphasizes the importance of using smaller strokes for a better line quality whatever the type of eyeliner used.  This allows better control in terms of the thickness of the application and minimizes possibilities of making mistakes. 

I like her tip about using a Q-tip to gently create a taut eye rather than pulling the eyes which is likely to cause premature sagging and wrinkles.  In addition, the Q-tip is also great for blending and fixing mistakes.  It’s also interesting to see how Michelle uses her angled brush to make small even dabs and strokes when using her cream/gel eyeliner. 

Her tutorial is easy to follow and always refreshing.  Just background music, simple illustrations, words on the screen followed by a demonstration.   And she’s really beautiful!

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Gigi Lai (黎姿), a popular Hong Kong artiste is the ambassador for Bio-Essence, a full range of skincare products from Singapore based L.D. Waxson.  You may have seen her recent commercial endorsing Bio-Essence 24K Bio-Gold Eye Care Twin Treasures which promises to double the effects of lifting eye bags and droopy lids through the traditional use of gold in skincare, combined with ingredients Bio Energy Fluid and Bio Rice Fermentation Essence.

There’s been an emerging trend of gold or silver being used in beauty products, including those from the leading brands.  Gold has apparently been traditionally used by ancient beauties to preserve their youth and Bio-Essence 24K Bio-Gold is said to have these specific benefits:

• Stimulates blood and oxygen circulation and cell metabolism to aid in the skin’s oxygen intake and removal of toxins from the skin.
• Prevent the formulation of fine line and wrinkles plus improve skin elasticity through its powerful anti-aging properties.
• Replendishes minerals for revitalized and rejuvenated skin.
• Promotes skin’s natural repair processes by increasing cell renewal and preventing free radical damage.
• Gives a natural glow and brightens complexion for a youthful look.

Bio-Essence 24K Bio-Gold Eye Care Twin Treasures come in the form of an Anti-Dark Circles Essence at S$43.50 and Eye Contour Lifting Serum at S$59.50.  The gold flakes in the lifting serum are quite visible and I was told that they will be full absorbed into the skin upon application.  And since the products are rather new, I haven’t been able to read up any reviews as yet though I’m rather doubtful that they’ll bring any miraculous results.

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This makeup video from Makeup Gourmet has some rather good makeup tips to open up and bring out a more expressive pair of Asian eyes.   These are some of the important ones I remember after watching it:

1. For smaller eyes, use a brightening pencil on the inner and outer corner of the eyes to open it up. 
2. For almond shaped eyes, defining the lower eye using an eye liner is important to bring out shape. 
3. For contoured eyes, an interesting tip is to add a shimmery color under the brow bone. 
4. When applying the eye color, brush from the outer corner inwards, rather than outwards so as not to distort the shape of the eyes.

The instructions are easy to follow and because all the three models have double eyelids, these tips will likely work well for some of the non-Asians as well.

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Apart from experimenting with makeup or updating your apparel, you can consider making a fashion statement with colored contact lenses.  Like popular Taiwanese celebrity Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (楊丞琳), who is seen here endorsing the kaleidoscope of colors and variety of len styles under FreshLook Cosmetic Contact Lenses by Ciba Vision. 

So instead of your usual eye color, you may wish to transform your looks by wearing any of the nineteen stunning shades like gray, brown, honey, pure hazel, blue, green, true sapphire, turquoise, amethyst for fun or to suit any special occasion.   

And if you have no idea what looks good, you can draw inspiration from the different looks of Rainie Yang at the FreshLook Taiwan website.

Those in Singapore may like to check up freshlookcontacts.com.sg for their current offers under their one-day trial offer, year end promotion and AdTag SMS promotion.

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Here’s a quick tutorial on eyebrow makeup for Asians by Gary Chung.  He’s speaking in Cantonese but even if you do not understand the language, you can see the makeup in action. 

Gary advocates a natural makeup for eyebrow using lighter rather than darker colours.  If you like natural looking makeup, watch this for reference.

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