Makeup Monday

 by Danea

October Booking Special: LIMITED | Best San Jose Boudoir Photography

It’s that time of year…

With the Holiday Season fast approaching I am already feeling the spirit to GIVE! For each client who books a session with a Dec 25th deadline, I will gift you a Goodie Bag filled with many of my favorite beauty products!

That’s right, over $70 worth of my daily MUST HAVES just for booking!

From my favorite Laura Geller Eye and Lip Spackle to L’Oreals Gel Liner and LOTS of E.L.F goodies too(but only the tried and true!)

Not everything is pictured but here is the run down of goodies:

â–ª Laura Geller Lip and Eye Spackle
â–ª L’Oreal Valumonous Mascara
â–ª L’Oreal Gel Liner + My personal favorite angle brush for easy application
â–ª Coastal Eye Shadow Palette
â–ª High Definition Powder(A staple in our studio)
â–ª Coconut Moisture wipes( My VERY favorite and amazing for makeup removal!)
â–ª Lash curler
â–ª Under Eye Primer
â–ª Lip Gloss
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But wait, that’s not all, (said in my best cheesy infomercial voice) there’s also some great package add-on bonuses!

The majority of my clients choose to customize their packages at their reveal by upgrading albums, adding on images and digital files or purchasing wall art, like a gorgeous 16x 24 canvas for their bedroom. That’s why I would also like to give an order add-on bonus for each package purchased for Holiday delivery.

Mademoiselle- $100 spending bonus
Contessa- $200 spending bonus
Dutchess- $300 spending bonus

But Danea, “What’s the catch?” There is no catch… errr… but, spaces are limited. I only have 6, 4 available session left for Oct-Nov!(P.S. This info was sent out to VIP newsletter folks last week and two sessions were snatched up!)

And now for the lovely fine print:
No substitutions in the Goodie Bag, it is what it is. Mascara and Liner are both in black. All colors as shown. No cash value. Goodie Bag will be delivered with product.
Package spending bonus may be used at the time of the scheduled reveal only. Spending bonus may not be used as a discount towards package price. No cash value on the spending bonus.

Give the gift of you!

It’s all about the perfect gift, but trust me when I say, you will love it just as much as he will, if not more!

I promise, you will love the whole experience, not just the final images.

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 by Devon Kenny

Makeup Monday | Santa Clara Bay Area Photographer

Hello Dolls!!!! Mari here with an awesome and exciting makeup review.

Who doesn’t love finding great new makeup products with amazing color pay off at amazing price points??! Not many people know about this brand yet and I DON’T KNOW WHY!!!!?? It’s called Colour Pop, and all items are only $5.00. Yes, I said $5.00!!!!!! We know being here in Cali, especially Bay Area, we can definitely appreciate a good deal since everything is buku expensive here lol.

I have used lippies and eye shadows so far.
Let me start by saying the shadows are a creme to powder formula which is so easy to apply a light wash of color with a soft brush or pack on the pigment with your finger tip or a firm, flat brush. I definitely added some of these to my makeup artist kit! I highly suggest you wear an eye shadow primer for a longer wear (8-10 hrs), with out primer I did notice some fade out and some light creasing (4-5 hrs).

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Lippies is what they call their chubby lip pencil. 🙂 So cute!! These lippies take the  place of lipsticks in beautiful satin and matte finishes with a great wearability. Touch ups on lips for me was about 3-4 hrs apart. Not bad right??!

Lippies by Color Pop

Take some time to check out their site and see the beautiful summer collection they have!
www.Colourpop.com

Ok I’m off to shop!!!! :)~ Stay beautiful Dolls! ~ Mari with Dolled Up Services

 

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 by Devon Kenny

Makeup Monday |San Jose Bay Area Photographer

Hello dolls!!! Mari here with makeup Monday!

So, eyes are the windows to our soul right?! And those brows are the frames to that pretty face. Today we talk about brow basics. How many times do we see a beautiful face or great makeup and see some questionable brows? Sometimes we might not know where a brow should start. Where does the arch go? How long should the brow be? Well I’m here to help you out with that!

Let’s start with some basic TIPS. A nice, fuller brow will always give us a more youthful look. Let’s think back to our early years before the tweezing began lol.  An overly arched brow will give you that evil queen look, we definitely DON’T want that! The biggest brow NO NO as a professional makeup artist are those spaced out brows; when they are over tweezed in the center, making the brows and eyes look too far apart.
Here’s a handy little grid to show you how a brow should frame the eye. Take an eye shadow brush and hold it against your eye to follow the grid lines of where to start the brow, where the arch goes, and where it should end. Pretty easy once you follow this!!! Fill in with pencil or powder and work on letting those brows grow in where necessary!

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Stay beautiful dolls! Mari with Dolled Up Services

 

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 by Devon Kenny

Makeup Monday | San Jose Bay Area Makeup Artist Photography

Hi Dolls! Mari here again with Makeup Monday.

Let’s talk dark circles. Most of us have them either from lack of sleep, lack of hydration in the skin, or maybe even just hereditary. We might get it from our mama!!! As a Bay Area Makeup Artist I see this all the time, especially when we have those stressed out brides that are not getting much sleep before the big day!

Today I’ll give you some of the basic tips to help avoid or conceal those dark circles. The three items you will be needing are: under eye cream, color corrector, and your concealer. One of the main things you want to have in your skin care regimen is an under eye cream for night and for day wear. Keeping that skin under the eyes hydrated will definitely make a huge impact on the visibility of those dark circles.

Now correcting and concealing these dark circles is actual pretty simple. There are three very commonly used tones. Darker skin tones will use an orange corrector, medium skin tones tend to use a peach corrector and fair skin tones will use a pink or yellow corrector.

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The correction color should be applied directly and only over the darkness, you want to stay within that line of darkness to ensure the perfect blend. Once the dark circle has the correction color applied you want to take your concealer color, which will probably be a little lighter than your skin tone, and place that over the high point of the cheekbone and blend up towards the under eye to have a seamless and brighter affect.

Stay beautiful ! Mari with Dolled Up Services

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 by Danea

Makeup Monday

Smashbox primer water

Smashbox Primer Water

Good morning lovelies!!!! Mari here bringing this weeks makeup Monday. Today I wanted to discuss one of my new faves!!!! Here’s a makeup artist secret which is totally affordable too!!! Living in the Bay Area we know we must be ready for a sudden change in weather pretty often, hot sunny San Jose days or chilly foggy San Francisco nights! One way of keeping your makeup beautiful is with the new Smashbox primer water!!!! It’s amazing!!! Use it under makeup to prime the skin and then over your finished makeup as a setting spray. This is an awesome alternative to traditional primer which can feel to oily or have too much slip on the skin. Primer water will help seal in your beautiful makeup while refreshing and giving electrolytes to the skin. Perfect for long work days, weddings and of course your Boudoir Coterie photo session! Check out this product inside Macy’s or Nordstrom here in San Jose or the Smashbox website which I linked. Hope you enjoy it and send in any of your personal feedback on it!

www.Smashbox.com

Stay Beautiful!!! Xoxo Mari with Dolled Up Services

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 by Danea

Makeup Monday | San Jose Bay Area Makeup Artist Photography

I would like to introduce myself to you since I will be bringing you Boudoir Coterie’s Makeup Monday! My name is Mari, owner of Dolled Up Services in San Jose . I have over 12 years of experience as a Hair & Makeup artist! I’m excited to get this started so please comment on what you would like to read about in regards to makeup, beauty or even skin!

I have received many questions regarding highlight and contour and let me start by saying you DON’T have to look like Kim K to achieve mastering this technique! LOL highlight is achieved by adding a lighter tone(two shades lighter than skin) to the areas you want to bring out or accentuate , such as over brows, under brow bone, over cheek bone, cupids bow and over nose bridge. Contouring is a blend of a warmer bronze tone and a neutral brown(two shades darken than skin) to sculpt and create shadows in the face which will make the areas appear slimmer or more defined, such as near hair line, sides of nose bridge and tip, under cheek bones, chin and neck line. Now the million dollar tip for you is to accentuate and sculpt the part YOU want to bring forward or the part YOU want to slim or diminish. You do not have to highlight and sculpt every area unless you want a very defined and made up outcome. Hope this helps dolls!!!!!

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Please visit my website if you have any questions and drop me an email! www.dolledupservices.com
Stay beautiful , Mari <3

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