Ladybug Makeup Tutorial

I am so sorry guys for not posting in ages! I really have been so busy (as usual) with the store and I was just on vacation for two weeks. I have actually contemplated giving up this blog, however I got some sad responses and people who were very upset about it. So here I am :) Eresmuybella is here to stay! :D

So I was at a loss at what tutorial to do for you guys. I wanted to do something kinda different and unique. My intention was to do something that you could wear everyday however it turned into a Halloween type tutorial.

This has got to be the easiest tutorial I have ever done. :p It might be helpful if you looked at a picture of a ladybug to create this look.

First start with a red eyeshadow and apply it all over your eye continuing up to the eyebrow. Working with red is a difficult task because it actually will stain your skin with a pinkish tint. But don't worry that can be removed with some makeup remover :) So my tip is to have either eye makeup remover handy or the makeup remover wipes. Q-tips work the best with eye makeup remover however for this look I used the wipes.

Next take a black liquid eyeliner and draw a circle at the outer corner of your eyes and fill the circle in. I am using two different eyeliners, a felt tip and just a regular liquid eyeliner. Next draw the legs don't draw them right underneath your lashes start about a half an inch away from your eye. That is where you will fill in the red eyeshadow. I drew just two legs, you could draw more but I didn't want it to make the makeup look messy.




Next draw the spots, you can draw them sporadically or in some kind of pattern. Now draw the antennas right above the circle you created.

Then take the red eyeshadow on a thin brush and fill the color right underneath your waterline. Make sure the corners of your eyes are filled with the red color.

Then take the black liquid eyeliner and line your eye to give it a little bit of definition.

Next fix any mistakes and touch ups. I didn't put any mascara on for this look because I thought it would be too much.








And there you go! You are finished! See how easy that was? ;)

Go try it and impress your friends. This makeup look can also substitute as a fast and creative Halloween costume :)






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Gem from Tron

I love this look so much. It is so much fun and perfect for a night at the club or a costume party. I love how dramatic and awesome the eyes are played up. As soon as I saw the movie I fell in love! My boyfriend was telling me how good the first one was and was like gushing over it. He got me hooked. :p When I saw Gem's makeup I just had to recreate it, it is just so much fun!


First as usual ladies; moisturizer, and primer. Gem is actually white in the movie but if you actually made yourself white it would look weird since you don't have camera effects on you :p However you do want to go a shade lighter of foundation or even two shades if you can. I used Loreal's True Match foundation in Porcelain. Then used Bare Essentials Mineral Veil powder and applied it all over my face. I did two applications of the powder. This powder is almost impossible to make look cake-y. It just gives your skin a nice finish. Gem doesn't have any flaws or blemishes on her face, nor black circles. So conceal your dark circles, the redness (if you have it) on the sides of your nose, on the sides of your lips, any blemish or imperfection you want to hide.

Next comes the fun part, the eyes. I don't have very many tips for you to get the perfect shape, but I can recommend that you have eye makeup remover handy with a couple of q-tips. That way if you make any mistakes you can instantly fix them. Apply a eyelid primer to your eyes to prep them and so that the eye makeup will last longer. I used MAC's Painterly Paint. First thing you want to do is create the shape of the eyeliner. Using a gel based eyeliner in this case I am using Stila's Smudge Pot in black cat. Use your eyeliner brush and draw an outline of the shape you want. Draw the line just a little past your crease. Look at a picture of Gem to help guide you. Then fill the outline you just created. Bring the line down underneath your water line, connecting the lines in the corners of your eyes. Repeat these steps on the next eye. Touch up any mistakes you made on the way if needed.

Now time for lashes, you will need two pairs of lashes. It is really up to you what kind of lashes you want to use, any will do. I used two different MAC lashes this one and this one. Measure the lashes to your eye and cut according to your eye shape. Lashes almost always have to be cut because nobodies eyes are that long. :p Apply a thin strip of glue along the lashes and place as close to the lash line as possible. Repeat again with the next pair of lashes. Your look should be coming together.



You don't want to use strip lashes for the bottom lashes since this will look weird and won't be the look you want. Individual lashes are a pain to put on, but trust me you will thank me after you are finished ;) I used about 6 or 7 individual lashes on each eye. You may want to apply more depending on how long and thick your bottom lashes are. Take tweezers to pick up the lashes and dip the tip in glue you only want a tiny amount of glue. Then apply on the lashes, but be careful not to glue them to your waterline. This is pretty time consuming so just be patient.







Now if you don't have naturally black eyelashes take some liquid eyeliner and apply a tiny bit on your own lashes to blend in the with the fake ones. It helps give a cleaner look.

We won't be applying any blush because Gem's face is all one color. But for eyebrows you can go for the real look and arch your eyebrows really high and hiding your own with concealer. But I just worked with the shape of my own eyebrows and filled them in with black eyeliner. You be the judge and decide what you want to do.



Gem has a really tiny nose so to make my nose look smaller I took a light brown eyeshadow and lightly brushed it on the sides of my nose.




Last step apply a pink glossy lipstick/gloss. Gem's lips are glossy in the movie but not dramatic because her eyes is what is meant to catch your eyes.





And finished! :) This look is really quite simple and only requires your time and effort :p I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.



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Becka!

Meet Becka! One of my good friends from high school. She is 19 and is absolutely gorgeous! ;) She came and visited me during Christmas break and I used her as my guinea pig :p She didn't seem to mind.

Becka is the first person to be featured on my blog. :) And she isn't the last ;) Sorry for the lack of updates! I have been busy with stuff for the store lately.

Becka wanted something with a bright red lip. So I went for a sort of a burlesques look. I think she pulls it off very well :) She was so excited to be the first official "client" if you will. :p

I know I sound like a broken record by always telling you the same things first; moisturizer, primer, foundation, powder, and concealer.

For this look you want to make your skin a little bit lighter then usual for the bright red lips to look its best ;)

For the eyes we will keep it super natural all browns and really you can do whatever combination you want to. I used two brown MAC pigments they create a subtle wash over your eyelid.

I used two different colors from two different sets from MAC.
I used this Reflects Bronze color on her eyelid but only to the crease then brought the color down on her lower lash line. With Pigments you have to be careful they are purely powder and you will have fall outs (eyeshadow falling on your cheeks) So my suggestion would be to not put on concealer until you are all finished applying your eyeshadow.
Then I used this Jigs & Jive color over the other color on her eyelid and went a little past the crease.
Then I took a dark reddish purple color and blended it into her crease. Which gave her eye some definition and depth.

Next take a either a felt tip eyeliner or a liquid eyeliner (I used both) and line your eyes winging the ends of it. When using liquid eyeliner don't open your eyes right away keep them closed for a few seconds so that you don't get the liquid eyeliner on your already applied makeup.

Now apply false eyelashes Becka is wearing MAC ones. Apply a thin strip of glue, then wait 30 seconds to dry then apply lashes. Make sure it is as close to the lash line as possible.

Finished eye:


Next step is bright red lipstick. You have to line your lips before you apply red lipstick and a little trick to help your lipstick last all day long apply foundation on your lips. I used a NYX lip liner and lined her lips giving them a more defined shape.

Then I applied red Benefit lipstick all over her lips.

And for the last two steps take a bronzer (you can just use brown eyeshadow) and applied it on her cheek bones. Then took a highligher and applied it over the apples of her cheeks and right on her cupids bow (skin right above your lips) and right underneath her bottom lip.





And FINISHED! :D Thanks Becka for letting me use your face :p If you have any questions, comments, complaints or ideas email me! :)

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Comic Book Girl tutorial

I am extremely proud of this look, and for the longest time I couldn't come up with "unique" Halloween tutorials, because basically any tutorial you want you can find online, so I tried to do ones that weren't already done, or done in a good fashion :p This is perfect for those Halloween parties you want to impress people or even trying to win a cash prize ;)


First you want to start off with a fresh clean face, moisturize and apply primer. Your foundation should be at least three shades lighter for this look, but really you can just use your regular foundation. I used Roy Lichtenstein's artwork as reference. The whole process will take you sometime so be patient.

Next sculpting the eyebrows, take a liquid eyeliner and fill them completely in. Make them dramatic, have the beginning of the eyebrows squared off and the ends come to a point. Really give them shape and definition.

Now for your eyes, it is really up to you how you want to make your eye look, I played with a couple different eyeliner looks and my favorite was the chunky wing. Take a liquid eyeliner I am using Telescopic liquid eyeliner by L'Oreal and play around with it, have makeup remover hand though ;) it really helps, trust me :p I also applied a little eyeshadow, just a light pink above the eyeliner (if you do this you will have to outline the black again) Take a shimmery white and apply it right under your brows. Take your liquid eyeliner and create a line an inch below your waterline, this makes your eyes appear doll-like and really makes them look larger. Apply false eyelashes, just get any big dramatic ones you'd like, any will do really. I am using Lash 4 by MAC. Take a white eyeliner and fill in the gap between your water line and the line you just created. Make sure you also fill in your water line as well. More is better in this case, this is creating that doll like eye. Making it appear larger and more open.


Next outline your lips, mistakes are okay just try to keep your hand as straight as possible. After you have your lips outlined take a red lipstick, not stain, not lipgloss, actual lipstick, and apply all over your lips make sure you get the corners as well! After you filled in the lips then you can fix and mistakes, use makeup remover to erase and then redraw. It may take you a few times, it did me anyways.



Last but not least is the red dots. Take a red lip liner and point on your face and twist it the tiniest bit to get the round shape. They should be in line with each other, which mine are not because I did this blind :p I don't know what happened to my contacts so I just did it blind :p but keep them in line if you can, and hey if they aren't who cares? Make sure you do your neck and right underneath your eyebrows. The best part about this look is that if you have pimples you can hide them with the lip liner!

Lastly is a wig a blonde wig is a better choice, you can also add lines for more definition like Lichtenstein does in his cartoons ;) Prepare to get complements! ;)


Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial I sure enjoyed making it for you guys :) If you have any questions, comments, advice, etc. Let me know! :D Email me!

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Princess Peach Tutorial

I love the old Nintendo Mario games, Super Mario Bros 3 was my favorite :) So I thought of doing an easy and quick tutorial for those last minute Halloween parties.



First apply an eyelid primer to make the colors pop, especially with pink because sometimes the color is not bright enough to see. Apply a bright pink eyeshadow all over your eyelid. I used my Coastal Scents 88 palette. Any pink will be fine. Next apply a dark purple color to the crease for definition and for a pretty color palette. Buff the color up towards your brow bone. Next take a pearl shimmery white color and apply it right on your brow bone. Blend the color down to the purple to fade the purple out. The purple should be dark in the crease and light toward the brow bone.

For eyeliner I used a felt tip eyeliner pen, but you are welcome to use liquid eyeliner. I prefer to use the felt tip for this specific look because you can manipulate the brush to your liking. Create a line beginning from the inner corner of your eye to the outer corner, wing it out. For best results start the line in the middle of your eye and work your way out. Make the line thicker toward your outer corner and wing it out. If you make any mistakes use a q-tip with a little bit of makeup remover.

Next take a white eyeliner and line your waterline. Really pack that eyeliner on, you want to brighten up your eyes and also give them a doll like appearance.

For eyebrows, lightly fill them in, I used a light brown to just color them in. You want to keep them light especially if you are going to be wearing a blonde wig.

Next apply the individual false lashes, apply them to the outer corner of your eyes. Two or three should be sufficient enough. Heat your lash curler, then curl your lashes with the fake lashes and apply mascara. Heating your eyelash curler acts as a curling iron for them. Make sure its not too hot to put on your eyelid though. Just warm enough to curl them. I didn't apply the fake lashes because I like the way my lashes looked. Curl your lashes again to give them an extra boost.

The finished eye should look like this:


Cheeks are next, no not those ones :p Use a really pinky color. I used my Smashbox O-Glow blush. Which comes out of the tube clear but when applied on skin turns pink. Apply it to the apple and your cheek bones. Blend really well so the color is not as strong. You want to have a pink glow, not a i-obviously-put-blush-on look.



For the lips, well Peach has really tiny lips. But I lined my lips with a pink color and put a peach lip gloss on. You can exaggerate her lips if you would like, it is really up to you :)

If you have brown hair like I do, get a blonde wig. I made a paper crown out of construction paper and glued little craft gems to it for just a simple Princess look. Her crown is really tiny so one piece of construction paper should be fine. And to secure the crown so it doesn't fall off your head you can use blonde bobby pins. :)








VIOLA! DONE! :D You have now been transformed into Princess Peach :) If you have any questions, comment, concerns, complaints ect. Email me! :)

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Sexy Sweetheart

I know it has been awhile since my last post and I am sorry it has taken me so long to do one! I finally have one for you and this one is a good one ;) I love this makeup its great for basically anything. I love how dramatic it makes my eyes look. Its a soft, feminine but also sexy look.

Step one is always the same and never will change. ;) Moisturize and apply primer. I'm of course using my trusty Smashbox primer. There are cheaper versions of course the MAC one is great as well. Next apply foundation I'm using Smashbox's High Definition foundation. Next apply powder to set the foundation, I'm using Halo by Smashbox.
Don't apply concealer yet, since you are using a lot of color little pieces will fall and create dark circles. We want to keep this look looking clean. To do so you will need to have tissue at hand to wipe brushes and your eyes at times. Make sure also to have q-tips and eye makeup remover handy just in case you make any mistakes. Fill in your eyebrows with light hair-like strokes.

Eye primer is key to make the colors stand out. I am using my favorite Painterly by MAC. This is seriously the best eye primer ever. I love the way the colors stand out. Apply all over your eye dabbing with your ring finger. Wait for it to dry before you apply any color.

I am using my Coastal Scents palette for almost all the colors in this look.The first color we want to start with is some purples. I took three purples and applied all over my eyelid to create my own color. I love the way the three colors look. Instead of using brushes I used my fingers, I suggest you do the same. You can control what area gets color and what doesn't.





Next take a light peachy pink and apply from your crease to almost to your brow bone. I'm using a peach from MAC. You can use any peachy color you want. Blend the color and fade it out a bit. I am using MAC 275 blending brush. This is my favorite brush ever. I use it all the time for blending and applying. The right brushes definitely make a difference. Cheap brushes that work well are Kirkland's from Costco. You get 5 or so brushes. They are pretty amazing, I am hooked on a few of them as well.





Next I took a bright pink color and applied it in the right hand corner of my eyelid. Just take your finger and lightly sweep the color across the darker purple. Next I took two browns and applied them right under my brow bone just above my crease. This give the pink a darker color and a little bit more depth. I just love how all these colors look together :) Take your blending brush and blend the colors together. But lightly blend cause you don't want the colors to look muddy. Then apply a pearl white color on your brow bone and blend into the browns. The last bit of color you add is the bright pink again and apply right under your lower lash ling for some added color. I am using MAC's 219 Pencil Brush. This is perfect for your lower lash line and even gets between the lashes. Then take a black color with the same brush and apply over the bright pink on your lower lash line. This gives you a smokey effect. Just one sweep is good enough, you don't want to over power the pink.

Next is my favorite part. Apply false lashes. I love how dramatic your lashes look with fake lashes. If you have never used false lashes, you really do not know what you are missing! Its not just for people with short lashes, I have long lashes and still love false lashes ;) You can use any lashes of your choice. I am using MAC's lashes. I simply adore these lashes they are great quality and can be used numerous amount of times. However drugstore lashes work just as well :) They are really cheap too! :D You want to apply a thin strip of glue along the lashes and then wait 30 seconds for it to get tacky. There are no tricks I can give you for this one, you just have to practice. You won't get them on the first try so don't get frustrated. Just keep trying, applying fresh glue each time. The best glue out there is the Duo Adhesive. The lashes stay put all day long and wont budge.


Now to hide the line of the lashes and make them blend better we will take a liquid eyeliner. I am using LOreal's Telescopic Liquid Eyeliner. Steady your hand and rest it on your cheek. Start from the middle and work your way out to the outer corner. I created a tiny wing at the corner, you don't have to do this I just liked the way it looked with the lashes giving me a cutesy girl look. Make sure you trace the inner corner as well to give your eye depth and shape. Make the line thicker towards the outer corner and thinner towards the inner corner. If you make a mistake when you are creating the wing take the q-tip and dip it into some makeup remover and wipe away your mistake. Wait for it to dry and try again. Just be patient. Don't worry about messing up, I messed up a few times on my left eye. :p


Now we want to brighten up the eyes just a tad bit. Take a white eyeliner and trace right inside your water line. I am using Ulta's Brand which is light enough to give me a little brightness but not look trashy :p Wipe any fallouts (any eyeshadow that may have fallen underneath your eye) with the handy dandy tissue you have and apply concealer. Also apply concealer to the sides of your nose and around your lips to give them a more defined look. Also to any blemishes you may want to hide.


For the blush you want a dark pink, no matter your skin tone. It looks best with this look. I am using Bare Escentuals So Fab. Start from your cheekbones and work your way down. Make sure you have a good brush that blends so if you have too much color on one cheek you can easily tame it down. For a "I'm in love" glow, take Benefit's High Beam highlighter and apply on the apples of your cheeks and above your eyebrows. My secret to looking gorgeous and flawless ;)



Final step, Lips, I am using Very Sexy E32 Sleek. Apply a lip balm on your lips to moisten them up a bit and then apply the lipstick. Make sure you get the corners of your mouth as well. It looks silly when you smile and your lips aren't all one color :p








And viola ladies! You are now gorgeous-er :p I hope you love this look as much as I do. :) If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions. Please do email me :)

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