Makeovers part 1!

This make-up thing is still new for me and I have been so nervous about practicing on other people besides myself!  The time finally came that I offered my services to others and so many graciously accepted!  Here are some of the looks I've done lately:

I'm so lucky to have my beautiful mom around who lets me practice on her on Sundays for church.  Without this beginning, I don't know where I would have gotten the confidence to work outside of myself.  Here she is with bright pink/purple lips and a little blue eye liner making her literally look ten years younger!

This is Rachel.  Rachel wanted a natural look that pops for her brother's wedding. I still need practice on this particular eye shape and how to make a natural look look like you aren't wearing makeup but also look like you are, but her complexion looks flawless and glowing with a great wash of blush.  Oh and fill in your eyebrows ladies, look how they just frame Rachel's naturally pretty face!

For Selena, we used natural eyeshadows and winged her eyeliner to make her already stunning eyes stand out even more!  We also used a bright red lipstick which I love on her!  Upon further examination of this photo, I see that my winged liner needs some work because I'd like it be thicker in the middle and more thin/winged at the end.  So of course I practiced on myself and then on Anna that you will see next.

For Anna, we did a similar vintage vibe as Selena.  You can see how my winged liner is thicker and improved!  It took a million tries but practice makes perfect they say.  Anna has gorgeous cheek bones and overall bone structure so it was really fun to contour and highlight to bring that out even more.  With Anna, we also remembered to take a before and after...I'll be doing that more from now on.

I have to be honest and say that Cami is my favorite makeover to date.  She typically wears little make-up and we both decided "go big or go home" to see if she could pull it off.  Can she ever!  We did a dark blue smokey eye paired with a nude lip.  Not only are her eyes piercing but look how contouring gave her perfect apple cheeks.  Come see me for a smokey eye because this technique I have down...I think... Cami also asked me how to wear a nude lip in a more every day look so I came up with the photo below.

And finally a fun fall look. I wanted to try this lipstick I received in my Ipsy bag.  Never did I think I could pull off such a dark color but it's amazing what a little practice with make-up can do.  I love the colors I used on my eyes and how I blended them to be less dramatic but of course, I can't remember what I did!  Back to the drawing board for this look I guess!