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Many people wonder how I can make an eyeliner wing with a regular eyeliner pencil and the simplest answer is that I am light on the hand (important with a very creamy pencil so that you do not have to touch hard) and then I use an edge on the cape, it needs as well as not being freshly sharpened on top. Then if you need to smooth it, you can do it with a sharp brush afterwards before it dries. You can also draw a few strokes with the pen on a piece of paper before if you want to level the cape without having to sharpen it.
The pen is neither completely matte nor shimmery but only gives a nice luster that I like a lot!
Gray eyeliner from the outer corner of the eye and as a line outwards, Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen (Slate Gray)
Draw a line from the tip and towards the lash line at the top of the eye
Fill in the eyeliner wing
Paint the eyeliner on the entire lash line
Use a soft brush and sweep on brown shadow in the crease line, intermediate light on the eyelid and light in the corner of the eye and under the brow, all 3 are from the trio palette Paese Opal Eyeshadow (Colorado)
When this work week started, I was grateful that my job is not very physically strenuous, because I was doing the wood at home in the house from morning to evening this weekend and had so much pain in my whole body then! My whole body felt like a bruise, I was so happy with my soft chair and cozy slippers in the office :)
Now we are in Crete !!
This was another short week, a rather intense one as well to catch up with all the most important things in just three days - because we suddenly took a last minute trip to Crete I, Miska and Annika! :) Yep a little crazy we are probably everything!
Most people seem to think that we are mentally ill who booked another trip this fast after the trip to Spain haha. But we are not so heavenly quirk indeed!
1. Annika (with whom we have the company together) had this holiday week planned a long time ago 2. She needed someone to go with so as not to have to go alone and 3. there are incredibly cheap all-inclusive trips this autumn.
So we said yes! :) In other words, last Thursday we three went to Crete and are away for a week. So cozy!
Det är mest chill och ledighet men också lite förberedande brainstorming om vårt nya sminkföretag som vi håller på att starta. Det går ju inte att komma ifrån att det pratas en hel del jobb också när vi 3 delägare sitter tillsammans ;) Fast oftast är vi duktiga på att inte ta av vår fritid till att prata “tråkiga” jobbsaker utan det blir mest idéer och inspiration. Så det är bara kul! Och så kan man rättfärdiga det hela med att det är nyttigt för företaget i längden också ;)
So the sea, there is nothing that makes me so calm so fast ♥ If you want to be successful, rest is as important as hard work!
Long working days
Since I only worked Mon-Wed this week, I also had to work in the evenings to keep up with all the work for the whole week. So it was long work days and I was quite stressed all Wednesday actually, but it does not matter when you know that you should be free for a whole week!
En grej som jag gillar med att jobba kvällar annars är att jag på kontoret ofta tänker “will this generate returns?” alltså kommer jag få så mycket resultat av det jag gör nu att det är värt jobbet/tiden som jag lägger ner? En tanke som kan ge mig lite prestationsångest. Men om jag jobbar sent på kvällen så kan jag istället tänka “but if I had not done this now, I would have been free instead” och då spelar det ju ingen roll om det ger tillräckligt med avkastning eller inte för det är ju typ “bonusjobb” haha.
An example - the blog is part of my job and I want to make a blog post about our trip to Spain because I have received requests for it. And that would be fun too! But it takes a very long time to do, so then I immediately think about whether I should make some fun makeup material instead that benefits the company more. But if I do it in the evening, I can justify it by not taking time off work and then I do not even have to think about it.
Kinky mindset maybe, but whatever works;)
My new computer desk;) The most difficult thing about working at home is that my cat Viktoria is so cuddly and does not accept at all that I should choose the computer in front of her. Usually she lies over my arms (although I key on the keyboard!) Because the computer is in the way of my knee but now I was smart and put the computer on her instead. All happy haha!
Spoiled at work
I'm really spoiled because I get so extremely much confirmation and compliments at work that I'm really moved! Our customers are really the goaste people, I told Miska before that many of my regular customers care more about me than most of my family. It's so nice ♥
En dag nu i veckan t.ex: Jag startade morgonen med att kasta in och rada några kärror ved, i full on party makeup innan jobbet haha. Och så kände jag mig trött, sliten och hade precis bättrat på mitt svettiga smink när jag hoppade in i bilen på väg till jobbet och la ut en selfie på dagens sminkning på Insta Stories. Jag fick direkt kommentarer om att jag är så duktig och att det var så fint! :) Sen på salongen så hjälpte jag flera kunder att hitta sminkprodukter i butiken och speciellt en av dom var så himla, himla tacksam över alla tips och var så himla glad och ville få hjälp av mig nästa gång hon kom in igen. Sen hade jag en stamkund inbokad för brynfix och när jag hämtade henne i väntrummet utbrast hon “men WOW vad snygg du är idag! Det är som en uppenbarelse här när du kom in!!” hahaha.
Yes, but you hear, how many people get this much appreciation on a normal day at work? Spoiled is the word! :) And I njuuuter!
This is what I looked like a few minutes before I did my job-haha. The glamorous life as a homeowner;)
Halloween!
I have not started doing any Halloween make-up myself this year yet, the time has not been enough. But we have ordered new material (blood, latex and such scares) and started marketing that Lisa makes Halloween bookings at the salon! :)
Lisa is so excited that it's finally Halloween again haha, so much fun!
I made this picture for our social media!
New pictures in the waiting room screen
Another small project this week was to fix pictures of all our treatments to the screen we have in the waiting room. We have had a bit of a problem with it before because our old screen got a crunch from the heat and kind of stopped working, so we had to move the devices now and fix new pictures when we were still running.
So I cut together a lot of before and after pictures of all our treatments which now go as a slide show for everyone who is waiting for their booked time. Perfect way to market more treatments!
I also thought of adding some product tips and stuff later, but did not have time for it this week.
In addition to this, I have also had two more staff meetings (ie individual development meetings that I have with all colleagues) so now they are all made for this month, the next follow-up will be in November!
Yes, so it was a selection from my 3-day week! Now I will continue to ice cream by the pool and talk maternity talk and business development with Miska and Annika;) Next Sunday you will get an update on how the trip went purely in terms of business as well.
I enjoy autumn as much as I can now! Spoil with everything I like - soft warm sweaters, lit candles, a large cup of tea, light a fire, etc. Because it is now in the beginning of autumn that you appreciate such things the most, then it becomes the cold and darkness more of a habit and a must to dress warm;)
But now, as I said, I enjoy and here comes today's look with a mystery sweater, sweet braids and a dark and gloomy autumn makeup. Love the contrasts!
This eye makeup is inspired by this makeup (link to a previous blog post) that I did on a customer this summer. Though I made my eyes a little more sooty and intense :)
The peach gold, the light and the dark brown shade are all from the 4 palette glo Shadow Quad (Rebel Angel) and the carbon black is Paese Kashmir Eyeshadow (602)
Eyeshadow primer
Peach golden eye shadow on the inside of the eyelid, apply with a dampened brush (moistened with Pixi Makeup Fixing Mist for a more metallic result.
Brown eyeshadow (which tightens burgundy) at the end of the eyelid
The same shade along the globe line and fade out
Black eye shadow at the end of the eyelid and a little sharp in the globe line
Mulberry-colored eyeliner along the waterline and the lower lash line, Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen (Matte Mulberry)
Light eye shadow in the corner of the eye
Peach golden eye shadow at the bottom of the lower lash line
I really had a lot of decision anxiety about whether I would have dark or light lips for this make-up. It would have been really nice with bright lips too! :)
I know that you like before and after pictures of customer bookings that I make at the salon, so I can happily show you these pictures of a bridal make-up that I did in September!
She wanted a natural makeup where she would still look like herself and she wears almost no makeup at all otherwise.
Here is the result:
Natural and nice makeup! Then she would go on and fix her hair afterwards.
Light coverage and nice glow in the skin, rosy cheeks because she has it naturally but I dampened it a little so that it does not look uneven if it flares up more during the day. And then a natural eye makeup with discreet shimmer, light eyebrows and a neutral color on the lips.
She was very happy! :)
The difference is great even though every detail is very natural. She is incredibly light-made too, what if you had such nice skin yourself! Some customers you get so jealous of then haha.
This make-up was the first step-by-step make-up I did after our trip to Spain, I felt almost a little rusty haha.
It was a down-to-earth autumn make-up with a coral / orange color on the lips that highlights my tan nicely :) And such a little extra fun eyeliner wing to it!
The gold shadow (without the liquid) at the bottom of the lower lash line, the light shadow at the entire eyelid and the brown shadow along the globe line and the lower lash line.
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