Shu Uemura Eyelash Curlers - As Good As They Say?

A lot of beauty addicts swear by their Shu Uemura Eyelash Curlers as their must have beauty tool. I'll admit I never really bought it. I've tried curlers in the past and they've done little to nothing to my lashes and those that have haven't given me any lasting effects. I've just never been impressed. I figured my eyelashes just won't do what others will. Those of you that have followed/watched me for a while will know I am not blessed with long, glossy, dark lashes. I am very much lacking in that department and as a result their are very few mascaras that I value. This beauty tool changed that. Apologies for the terrible tired eye pictures but they should go some way to showing you how this worked for me. 

As my lashes are light you can't see the true effect until I applied mascara but the last picture you can compare my left eye (curled) with my right eye (not curled) and see the difference. The mascara I used was Maybelline One By One - not a curling mascara and you can see on the right it does separate and lengthen but on the left my lashes are lifted and my eye appears more open. 

Another "buzz" product that I believed people were buying for the sake of a trend. Not the case.. it really did work for me! I've read that it works better with some eye shapes than others which may explain the conflicting reviews I've seen. As it's an Asian brand they apparently designed it for more almond shaped eyes.. If that's the case it may be hit and miss with who it works for but with so many people that love this.. Those that don't like it are in the minority.

Oh my GOSH!!!

I was lucky enough to receive some fabulous GOSH products in the post today from the generous people at Superdug... here's a little looksie and what I got...

        

       

once I've had change to really play around with the stuff I'll get a review out but as of right now I'm just an excited little bunny with new toys... the last couple of days have been a complete beauty overload... I think that's me for a week or two... I don't think I really NEED anything else now... want is a different matter of course ;) but I think after this huge bundle of products I've acquired in the last 24 hours perhaps I'll focus on skincare for a while... base/primer etc counts as skincare right??... what about eyeshadow? lipgloss?....


xoxo
miss bb

MakeUp for BIG eyes / MakeUP for SMALL eyes

Here are my tips for you...

Obviously the eye on the left is designed to make your eyes "smaller" and the right "bigger"

And below are all the tools I used...

All of which could be substituted for other similar items you may already have.

Here I have a contour palette... very affordable from ebay, cost around £6/7, just search "contour palette" and you'll be spoiled for choice...

I used a black and white nyx pencil but you could substitute for black and white khol.. it just won't blend quite so easily!

Rimmels 3 looks mascara and Urban Decays eyeliner in mary jane

For the darker eye I used the NYX pencil in black bean as a base,

I used a little and blended it over my lid and a little into my socket and just under my lower lashes..

I then used the darkest shade of the contour palette to go over the black ... simple!

I used the pencil again just on my upper lashline before using the mascara on the 3rd setting.

On the paler eye I used the shade on the palette closest to my foundation...

I used the second darkest shade on the palette to shade my crease and a little under my lower lashes, I used the lightest colour on the palette to highlight the brow bone and the inner corner of the eye.

I used a little of the liner to define both lash lines.

For this eye I used the first setting on the mascara.

Overall the idea is that lighter colours will give the illusion that your eyes a bigger by opening them up and creating light, darker colours close up that space and create shadows, make the eye appear smaller.

It really all depends on what you want to use this technique for because I find darker more defined eyes draw more attention and make them stand out where as paler colours are more subtle and "everyday"

I was asked recently to do a tutorial for someone who had large eyes and wanted to make them appear smaller/play them down and in all honesty I don't know how to answer that query... it really all depends on which part of your eye you're trying to disguise, if it's your eyelids then a dark colour will shrink them in moments where as if you want to make your eyes themselves appear smaller I would suggest you use paler colours around the eyes so that they stand out less...

Anyone with any other suggestions please feel free to leave me a comment and if you wanna check out my video for this tutorial click the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQbI_2jGTLQ

Love you guys

miss BB