How To: Interlocking Dots Nail Art

Good morning everyone. I don't know about you but I love the interlocking dots design on nails,specially on short nails it looks amazing. So I thought I would do a tutorial on how to achieve it because it might be a little bit confusing when you will try to do it just by looking at a picture. For me it is one of the easiest nail designs you can do and you can make it pop by using nail polishes with vivid color difference or make it more discrete by using kinda similar colors. Because I wanted the design to pop I used white and coppery nail polishes and here is the final result:

I don't know about you but I really like it! I would say that interlocking dots design looks better on short nails than on long but hey, if you have long nails go ahead and try and see if you like it :D. 

If you want to see how to do this then click here to watch my YouTube video and maybe you will subscribe later! :)

What do you think of this design? Do you like the interlocking dots designs? Let me know in the comments below.

How to Get the Perfect Eyebrows

Hello everyone. Many times in real life and online people ask me about my eyebrows,whether I had the done professionally or not,etc... So I thought I would make this post where I will talk a bit about eyebrows and will show you my eyebrow routine and how you can get the perfect eyebrows :).
For me, and probably many other people, eyebrows are very important. You whole face can changes when you have well-shaped eyebrows.

Let me first say that I had never ever done them professionally. To be honest the reason is because I don't trust them, I prefer to do everything myself and if I won't like the final result I will blame myself and not someone else plus I don't want to pay for something I might not like eventually. I know many will say professionals know more than me etc etc, but hey that's just the way I think, I'm not saying you should do the same nor I'm saying that my way is the best or the right :)...

So if you still young or if you haven't plucked your eyebrows, let me tell you what I did when I first started plucking them. First, I looked closely into a mirror and tried to find my natural shape. My eyebrows were a bit bushy at first so looking close to a mirror helped to kinda find the shape. Don't try to go from straight eyebrow to a high-arch eyebrow because you most likely won't end up with a good result, your natural shape is the one that fits your face the most.Next, with a white pencil I colored the hair I would pluck, this will help you see the final shape more easily. Imagine the white pencil like an eraser, whatever you color white is being erased. After that with tweezers I plucked all the white hair. To avoid mistakes plucked few hairs at time and check back how is your shape.

You probably know that there are 3 "rules" on how you should shape your eyebrows. Well when I shaped my eyebrows I didn't really know about those rules but at the end it was like I followed 2 out of 3. I won't include them here mostly because many already may know them,but you can search on Google if you want. One rule I won't follow is where the eyebrow should start. Normally you should line the outermost of your nose and the inside of your eye and that's where your eyebrow should start. I don't follow it simply because that way my nose will look wider. I'm not saying become unibrow ,hehe, but if you followed that "rule" try to bring your eyebrows about half of inch in and see the difference ( gossmakeupartist on YouTube also mentioned that).

Ok that's all I wanted to mention about eyebrows shaping. Now onto the tutorial and my eyebrow routine. I'm very lucky with my eyebrows, they are quite full so I don't need to do a lot. To be honest on daily bases I rarely fill them in, I just use a clear mascara to set my eyebrow in place and prevent the hair from sticking in different directions.
Many makeup artist also says that you should brush up the hair and trim the part that kinda stick out of shape. Well I do that only for the front part as those hairs grow upwards whereas the rest kinda sideways so I don't trim them and that way I have a fuller eyebrows.

1: With tweezers pluck any hair that have grown back. I don't use any fancy tweezers, I have the same 3 euro pair for years now. I know, it's not easy to find cheap tweezers that work good.
2: With an old clear mascara wand I brush up the front hairs.
3: With scissors I trim the hair that stick out of the shape.
4: For filling I actually use an eyeshadow and a push brush like MAC 212. The eyeshadow is the Shade 5 from MUA Undressed palette.
I really like the gradient effect for eyebrows. To achieve it I first start filling the middle part,then the end and finally I bring it inwards. For the front part I fill it with whatever eyeshadow left on the brush and that way I achieve the kinda gradient effect. Something I want to mention is even if you have black eyebrows like me don't ever ever use black eyeshadow, pencil or brow powder to fill in your eyebrows, it will be too harsh. I usually choose one that is couple shades lighter than my hair.
5: Finally I use a clear mascara from e.l.f. to set everything in place and prevent the hair from sticking all different directions.
If you want for your eyebrow to stand out even more use a white pencil to outline the eyebrow on top and bottom and then blend it.

As for highlighting under the brow, I usually use matte eyeshadow (1) and I add a shimmery eyeshadow at the highest point (2).

So that was my tutorial and tips,hope you enjoyed the post. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Blue smokey eyes tutorial

Hello my lovely readers. This is my 101st post,I can't believe that I have posted 100  times,hope you enjoyed if not all of them at least the majority :)...If you have been following me for some time you probably know that I'm neutral girl,I pretty much always choose neutral eyeshadows when I do my makeup. But today I though I would show you something with color that other girls who like neutrals will probably like too. This isn't an everyday look but it is great for a night out. Here are the pictures:

Products

e.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Bossy Bobbi from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Feisty Felicia from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Devilish Danielle from theBalm Shady Lady Vol 2

Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette

Shade 10 from MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara

Brushes from Sigma Beauty

Tutorial:

-First apply your primer and an eyeshadow base.

-With a crease brush like Sigma E45 apply a matte brown eyeshadow ( Shade 5 from MUA Undressed Palette) in the crease and blend it.

-With eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply a dark blue eyeshadow ( Bossy Bobbi ) all over the lid leaving out the inner corner.

-Next with a fluffy brush like Sigma E35 apply a dark eyeshadow ( Feisty Felicia ) on the outer 1/3 of the lid and while blending it bring it slightly in the crease.

- With pencil brush like MAC 219 apply a light blue eyeshadow( Shade 10 ) on the half of the lower lid.

-With the same pencil brush use the dark color ( Feisty Felicia ) to line the other half of the lower lid.

-Lastly to highlight use an eyeshadow brush like Sigma E55 apply the highlighter shade ( Devilish Danielle ) in the inner corner and under the brow.

- And finally apply your mascara ( Lancome Hypnose Drama ) and you are Done :D

-If you want to have a sharp edge like on the pictures either use scotch tape before you start or after use a cotton swab and some makeup remover or water clean it, to make the sharp edge.

-Enjoy

What do you think? Do you like? Do you wear blue eyeshadows? Let me know in the comments below!

Guest Post: Perfect winged eyeliner tutorial

Hi everyone!  I'm Mali from Maliberry Makeup and I am going to be doing a guest post for Anne today :)  I hope you all enjoy :)  I tend to ramble a bit so sorry if I go on a bit!

Today I'm going to be talking through how I apply winged eyeliner.  Black winged eyeliner and a bold lip are such a classic look, but mastering that killer flick on the eye can be a little tricky!  Liquid eyeliner is something I think brings together any look, and I use it incredibly regularly, so I like to think I'm okay at applying it.  I'm by no means an expert, but this is how I get that classic cat-eye winged eyeliner :)

Before I start I thought I'd talk a little about the different kinds of liquid eyeliner you can get.  Probably the easiest type to use are felt tip liners such as the one on the far left.  These are essentially like drawing with a pen!  In the middle we have the classic liquid liner brush which is soft and usually carries more liquidy product - this can be a little harder to control because of the softer design to the brush.  On the right is a stiff point liner which doesn't have any give to it so is easier to control.  However, this stiffness can catch on the sensitive skin around the eyes

Gel/cream liners are known for their incredible colour pay-off and long lasting power.  They are very soft in texture and  require a brush to apply.  There are different kinds of brushes including short bristle brushes, longer, thinner brushes and angled flat brushes.  I personally prefer the angled flat brush as you can draw many different shapes, lines and designs by using different parts of it
On to the actual eye

Before you start, you may want to apply eye primer.  I don't if I'm wearing eyeliner by itself as I feel it glides over bare skin better but this is personal preference! 

To apply eyeliner I sit at my desk and rest my elbow on it.  My hand rests on my cheek as I hold the liner to keep it steady and I move it by flexing my fingers.  My first line starts around a centimetre in from the inner corner and I draw in short little movements towards the outer corner of my eye.  It's sort of like sketching a line rather than drawing it in one single movement.  I keep my eye closed during this part!

I then half-open my eye and draw from the inner corner in short sketchy movements until it joins  the line I've already drawn

I then open my eye fully and extend the line into the outer corner of my eye, again using short sketchy movements.  This ensures  it's slow and steady and ensures I keep the line as straight as possible

I then extend the line further out into a flick.  This part is purely up to you how you do it - you can tweak the angle of the flick, how curved it is, how long it is... I personally like quite a long, exaggerated flick that's relatively straight out from the eye.  I draw it very lightly initially and then trace over it when I'm happy with it.  A tip to mention here is that a cotton bud dipped in eye makeup remover or moistened in your mouth (icky, but effective!) is perfect for erasing the line if you make a mistake

Finally, I go over the entire line to thicken it as I quite like a bold line when using liquid eyeliner!  I also thicken the flick by drawing underneath it, again using short sketchy movements

Finish it off with kohl on the waterline and lashings of mascara :)  The important thing to remember is that the thickness of the line and the length of the flick and basically how in-your-face you want it to be is completely up to you!  I like to accentuate my eyes which is why I go all out :P

You can also skip the flick...

Make it more curved...

Mix it up with a double flick...

Or use different colours!  I love using bright eyeliner and then applying a dot of glitter eyeliner at the inner corner and  on the underside of the flick to add some sparkle :)

I tried to take photos of how I hold the liner as I went along but I really struggled so I'm afraid it's just my eye.  I really hope you found it helpful though! 


Thanks Anne for letting me guest post <3  This is my first ever guest post so I hope I did okay :) Just remember that practice makes perfect - I'd love to see some other killer flicks on you lovely ladies :D

NOTD with tutorial

Yesterday I was thinking of nail design while I was looking at my nail polishes. I wanted to do something simple but fun with bright colors and this is what popped in my head :). 

At first, to be honest, I didn't quite like this but now I do :). I used two colors for the tips of the nail and I altered their order. For the background color I used sheer frosty white  and for the tip I used orange ( OPI Bright lights big color) and pinkish purple color.

How to:

-Start with you base coat to protect your natural nails

-Apply a a light coat of sheer frosty white nail polish

-After the base color is semi dry, grab one of the 2 nail polishes of your choice,in my case the pinkish purple,  and create triangular french tip starting a bit below the line between the nail and the tip

-After that color is semi dry, grab your second color , in my case OPI Bright Lights Big Color, and create another triangular french tip leaving some space between the two colors.

-With white create few dots like you see in the picture.

-Apply your top coat and you're done :D

What do you think of this one?

Hope everyone will have a great weekend :D

Bridal Nails Tutorial

Since I did a french manicure few days ago I decied to add some decorations to that and ended up with this manicure which is great for every occasion especially for wedding day,it's a nice touch to make the bride even more beautiful.

So let's look at the tutorial

Do you like it?

If you will recreate this please tweet me your pictures @AnneColt,I would love to see yours :)

HOW TO: Professional looking french manicure

Hello lovelies.

I think all of you know the french manicure and probably quite many of you love it.

Before I get into nail designs I used to wear french manicure pretty much all the time.

I don't like the french manicure that has as base color the bare nail or sheer pink.I prefer to use a milky color as my base color because it helps the tip to stand out even more.

For personal experience I know it's not easy to get a clean line.It took me quite a while till my hand was stable so I wouldn't end up with messy result.

What I used to do at the begininng is to use scotch tape to separate my nail from the tip,that way you could get a clean line. But if you use the tape make sure that the polish is completely dry before you remove the tape otherwise you will lift up parts of the nail polish too.

Also you can find some stickers that are designed to help you with creating a straight line.

and let's see how to achieve it

What do you think? Do you like french manicure?

Chanel Nail Design

I was thinking for a while to come up with a design inspired by Chanel.The other day,totally at random, one design popped in my mind so I decided to film a tutorial for it.Here is my Chanel inspired nail art design.

And here is the tutorial 

Do you like it? If you will recreate this please feel free to tweet me your picture @AnneColt

How To: Acid Wash Nails

This is a new "trend" inspired from jeans...When I first saw acid wash nails I wasn't very excited about it but then I decided to give it a try and I must say I quite like it.This is super easy to do and a great alternative if you can't or don't have the time to do nail art.

You can use the usual white and blue or pretty much any other color combination. I decided to go with greenish neon yellow with white on top.

Steps

1. After your base coat apply two coats of your desired polish. Let it dry completely
2. Then apply one coat of another polish and let it dry too
3. Take a cotton swab dipped into 100% aceton nail polish remover start erasing some parts of the top polish color
4. Apply your top coat and your done :)

Tips

• Make sure your base color it COMPLETELY dry otherwise when you will erase the top color you will easily pick up and your base color
• Don't stick for long to one only area because then you will erase your base color too
• Make sure your cotton swab is well dipped into the polish remover as it will be easier to remove your top color

So this the before

 And this is the after

What do think of this ? Do you like it?

If you recreate this tweet me your pictures @AnneColt

NOTW

Sunday today and I decided to post my manicure for this week so here it is

For this week I decided to go with something easy to create yet pretty to wear.

How to

• Apply your base coat and then 2 coats of yellow polish.You can choose from pastel yellow to neon yellow,whatever you like.In fact if I had neon yellow I would probably use it for this :)
• Using black polish or acrylic paint with dotting tool or toothpick create around 5 rows of dots
• Create bigger dots as you go down on your nail
• Apply to coat
• Enjoy :)

Hope everyone will have a wonderful week