Yesterday I posted before and after pictures of Maja's eyebrows that I fixed at Creative Make Up on Thursday. She has an internship there and in order for her to learn as much as possible when I was there, I also made her up while I showed some tricks :)

It was interesting to realize how bad I am at explaining in reality haha. I am a good teacher in the blog (I hope?) But it is so much easier in writing where you can think through your formulations so that it is as simple and educational as possible! What is easy to show in reality is that you can point and ask the person to look in different directions and stuff, but my ability to speak is very chatty haha. Hope Maja got a little wiser anyway!

The sun looked ahead when we put on make-up so there are a few different lights in the pictures, but she turned out so nice:

The salon is located opposite Uppsala Concert & Congress, and you who know what that building looks like can guess how dazzled I was when the sun was reflected straight in haha! Like the world's largest mirror!

Det som var roligast med att sminka Maja var att få ge mitt eget perspektiv på saker, det är ju lätt att hamna i samma tankemönster om man har en lärare som säger “like this ska it be” och “that is wrong"But that's really not me. But unfortunately, many teachers are like that.

Jag fick många frågor som enligt mig handlar om smaksak, t.ex. “vilket läppstift ska man ha till grön ögonskugga”, men där handlar det inte om rätt och fel utan vilken effekt man vill ha. Då får man istället fråga sig saker som “ska läpparna eller ögonen ha fokus?” “vill jag ha kontraster eller en mer diskret balans i ansiktet?” “vad är meningen med sminkningen, ska personen feel looks good or is it a model that should fit into a particular theme? ” etc. At least that's how I work :) Then you need color theory to understand these different effects!

Jag fick känslan av att hennes utbildning hade en “rätt och fel-inriktning”, samtidigt som de flesta använde flytande foundations som ögonskuggsprimer och att knappt någon av dom använde en riktig ögonskuggsprimer, och det I think is disaster haha.

A teacher only teaches the basics and then you have to choose for yourself how you want to do it, most people probably agree. But I also think that you can stretch the basics a bit. For example. that you should have synthetic brushes for cream products and real hair for powder, I have found out that I do not want real hair on my brushes at all! There may be hair that comes from animals that feel good, but I do not even want to have to take the risk of using fur on the face that comes from an animal that is treated badly. There are soft and nice brushes made of synthetic that work great for powder products as well! But that's my opinion :)

Oh I want her lips !!! :)

In any case, I chose to do a purple make-up on her, to show how you can make beautiful lips if you are unsure of what color to wear. Because if you choose a shade that is quite similar to your own lip color, it will be natural and nice without either having to have noodle lips or a clear color such as pink or red.

If you choose a shade that is similar to your own lip color (often classic lip colors that look dull in the sleeve but look great on), you only need to decide if you want dark or light, glossy or matte!

All makeup I have used on Maja comes from GloMinerals :)

It would be a little fun and interesting to get some feedback on my thoughts in this post, both from individuals and makeup artists! ♥

Hug! :)