I am a big fan of America's Next Top Model, not that I wanted to become model--since I know that is impossible-- but I simply love the pictures taken on the competition, especially when Tyra Banks took it herself! She got perfect taste, arts, and eyes. Her photo shoots always turn out to be really magnificent.
One of the photoshoot Tyra Banks did in one of the ANTM cycle has inspired me in to create this post. I was looking back at the cycle 13, where Tyra Banks took all of the contestants photo with scarfs. The scarfs are styled in different ways for each of the contestant. They put the scarfs in their face, their head, or else in different ways. One of my favorite picture was Nicole's.
Then I found an old scarf--well, it's not actually scarf, but it's a goldie-fishnet-garment, which I don't know what to call it. And I started my experiment with this garment! I tried to put it in my head and covering my face in different ways. I put a classic gold necklace too--which looks like necklace from ancient ages as my only accesories.
Let's see how it turns out to be:
I had another shoot with another scarfs, a green scarfs. For the next style, I tried to use the scarf like using hijab. So it's a little more like mid-eastern style. Check it:
So, what do you think?
Please leave comments
One of the photoshoot Tyra Banks did in one of the ANTM cycle has inspired me in to create this post. I was looking back at the cycle 13, where Tyra Banks took all of the contestants photo with scarfs. The scarfs are styled in different ways for each of the contestant. They put the scarfs in their face, their head, or else in different ways. One of my favorite picture was Nicole's.
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| Ashley ANTM cycle 13 |
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| Nicole ANTM cycle 13 |
Let's see how it turns out to be:
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| cover up the face |
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| tried to look scary yet classical--ancient style |
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| My favorite shoot |
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| tried to wrap it on the head like hijab |
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| Another head-wrapped |
I had another shoot with another scarfs, a green scarfs. For the next style, I tried to use the scarf like using hijab. So it's a little more like mid-eastern style. Check it:
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| Mid eastern style--hijab styled |
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| A little Spanish-like |
So, what do you think?
Please leave comments
lately I've been obsessed with nail polish and nail art. There are many nail art pictures at pinterest.com that inspires me. And there happens to be a challenge to make nail art at the looxperiments.com website. So, I think this is a great opportunity to learn nail art and demonstrate the results of my study on looxperiments web. With the little money I have left, I was trying to learn how to do nail art. The result? Here you go
hmmm.. not that beautiful. Far from my expectation. Far from the "real" nail art I saw on pinterest.com. But I do learn something from this attempt. I'll tell you what mistakes I did on my first attempt:
1. I bought cheap nail polish.
Cheap nail polish has a different liquor, they are thicker or they become thick easily. the nail brush is rigid or become rigid easily. So you can't have a flat layer. you have to redo it. But unfortunately I am not a patience-type of person. So My work looks (a little?) messy.
2. Always put the light color first.
When you put the darker color first, you have to make double layer with the lighter color above the dark one, means double work, double patience. Oh, I hate it.
3. Learn how to put it full on your nails.
My nails are big, but I can't cover it to the fullest. I just don't know how to cover it all without making a mess around my nails.
4. Base coat and/or top coat is a must
I didn't use both. But if you want to make nail art (especially using cheap nail polish), you have to put base coat first and?or top coat after you finish your art. That will keep your work beautiful, glossy, shinny, and long lasting.
5. Aceton
remember, acetone is a volatile liquid! Don't forget to close the bottle or you will find it empty next time you want to clean up your nails.
That's the basic things that I learned from this attempt. Next time, I will make something just like pictures on the pinterest.com :)
see you!
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| My pictures |
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| Cheap nail polish |
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| my fingers |
hmmm.. not that beautiful. Far from my expectation. Far from the "real" nail art I saw on pinterest.com. But I do learn something from this attempt. I'll tell you what mistakes I did on my first attempt:
1. I bought cheap nail polish.
Cheap nail polish has a different liquor, they are thicker or they become thick easily. the nail brush is rigid or become rigid easily. So you can't have a flat layer. you have to redo it. But unfortunately I am not a patience-type of person. So My work looks (a little?) messy.
2. Always put the light color first.
When you put the darker color first, you have to make double layer with the lighter color above the dark one, means double work, double patience. Oh, I hate it.
3. Learn how to put it full on your nails.
My nails are big, but I can't cover it to the fullest. I just don't know how to cover it all without making a mess around my nails.
4. Base coat and/or top coat is a must
I didn't use both. But if you want to make nail art (especially using cheap nail polish), you have to put base coat first and?or top coat after you finish your art. That will keep your work beautiful, glossy, shinny, and long lasting.
5. Aceton
remember, acetone is a volatile liquid! Don't forget to close the bottle or you will find it empty next time you want to clean up your nails.
That's the basic things that I learned from this attempt. Next time, I will make something just like pictures on the pinterest.com :)
see you!
Yes and yes, I'm still obsessed with "Visual Kei Style". I'm still wondering how they create the style like this:
or like this:
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And then I made the shots with this make up, and guess what? Here is the look I captured:
I do really like the eye make-up, but you know I've tried it (if you want to look at my first attempt, you can see it here) and that wasn't close enough to the "real" visual kei Style.
So I learned about it more. I think there are keys of making this style:
1. Bald eyebrow (or painted eyebrow which is "high" and "thin" line)
2. Heavy smokey eye
3. Pale look
4. Nude lips or even a pale lips.
5. "cool" hair do
Then I tried these 4 steps on making my 2nd attempt. But, first thing first, I can't make any "cool" hair-do ( I don't have either wig or hair-iron to create any style). So, I just tried comical hair look, like this:
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Messy? well, I only got a comb and bobby pins, so, this is as far as I could make :p
I tried bald eyebrows too, but I will never make it "real" bald, so I just put concealer and foundation on my eyebrow and hide it with face powder. But you know, that won't be perfect.
I also put a heavy smokey eye on my eyes with only black and white eyeshadow. But I think I had it wrong so my eyes look even bigger.
I did pale look and pale lips too. But I put a little red lipstick in the inside of my lips so I looked even more pale (don't you think so?)
So, here it was:
That's so not visual kei! That's too sweet. It's more like an anime look than visual kei. Too comical (but I like it). I changed my hair style too, but still, that was too sweet.
Okay, that wasn't a real Visual Kei. Wrong idea. So I decided to create another style. I like it, so I hope you like it too:
The 2nd attempt of this visual kei is a mess. Failed.
But I like it :)
Enjoy!
Hey hey! Long time! I just finished my new experiment. I made a coat (I don't know what to call it, but I think it is a 'coat'). This 'coat' is my design. The idea originally came up from coats in victorian era. Take a look at this:
The idea came from a "loose" and "short" type of coat just like the picture in the left. The sleeves are loose and short. And take a look at the lady in the red hat. I'm using the collar combination just like in the picture. White wrinkle collar in the inside, and ordinary coat collar on the outside.
This is the result:
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How? To me, it looks like young knight's costume. Old, but cool. I added a belt to emphasize the shape of the coat. Without belt, the coat will look like this:
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Right after taking this picture, I started to think "I think I know someone who look just like me in this picture!"
Tadaaaaah! Janelle Monae!
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Do I really look like copying her style?
Well, I didn't mean to... I think we just got the same idea! Because I didn't even sing Janelle's song. I can't name any of her song. I really don't know her but I've seen her once in the TV with the exact same style just like in the picture. And I think this woman is really unique, that's why her name (and style) stuck on my mind :p
Now, take a closer look at the make up and hair do.
Okay, it may looks "Janelle", but whatever.
So, what do you think? Victorian or Janelle Monae?
Please leave comments ;)
I just graduated last week, everybody!!!!
Say, YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
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I graduated with a very satisfying grade. I'm very happy but not 'that' happy because my school didn't give anything to honor my hardwork.But we are not going to talk about that. We are going to talk about the make-over I had for my graduation ceremony!
Every graduation ceremony in Indonesia requires you to wear Indonesian traditional clothes. In this case, I wore Kebaya, a traditional clothes of Java. I entrusted it to the tailor in Jogjakarta (Wimo Modiste), but I designed it my self (with a little help and suggestion from the tailor and my mom). I chose the fabric myself. I decided to go with grey. And I wanted to show my shoulder so here we go:
the pattern looks imbalance on the chest and on my back, but it's okay (I know it is so hard to make it balance). I looked gain more weight, right? The pattern in the bottom of the dress is the most beautiful part for me. And my shoulder too, of course. I love it! I combined my kebaya with dark blue-grey batik on bottom. And I wore a pair of beautiful sandals with the same colour: black, grey, and dark blue.
This is the way I looked from up to bottom
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They put the lighter grey on the eye-tape. I asked them to put darker grey to match my dress. So here it is:
I have a different eyelid between my right and left eye. And the eye-tape made it look uneven. It's hard for me to open my eyes, and you can see it in my picture, that my left eye is narrow. But I like the eyeshadow though. Actually the eye tape made the lighter grey eyeshadow pop out, but still, I'm not a fan of eye tape.
Say, YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
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I graduated with a very satisfying grade. I'm very happy but not 'that' happy because my school didn't give anything to honor my hardwork.But we are not going to talk about that. We are going to talk about the make-over I had for my graduation ceremony!Every graduation ceremony in Indonesia requires you to wear Indonesian traditional clothes. In this case, I wore Kebaya, a traditional clothes of Java. I entrusted it to the tailor in Jogjakarta (Wimo Modiste), but I designed it my self (with a little help and suggestion from the tailor and my mom). I chose the fabric myself. I decided to go with grey. And I wanted to show my shoulder so here we go:
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| from behind |
the pattern looks imbalance on the chest and on my back, but it's okay (I know it is so hard to make it balance). I looked gain more weight, right? The pattern in the bottom of the dress is the most beautiful part for me. And my shoulder too, of course. I love it! I combined my kebaya with dark blue-grey batik on bottom. And I wore a pair of beautiful sandals with the same colour: black, grey, and dark blue.
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| bought it on Elizabeth store (jogja) |
Now, we are going to talk about make up. I went to Kartini Salon for my make up and hair do. First they did my hair. They put traditional hair-do called sanggul. It was made from my own hair. Take a look:
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For make up, they put quite heavy makeup on my face. They used solid foundation with a really bright color (too bright for me-- compare to my hand). It looked really bad at first because my face was far brighter than my shoulder. So, I had to put foundation and powder on my shoulder too to make it just the as bright as my face. And thank God nobody noticed the difference and nobody noticed it in the picture :D
They put fake eyelashes (of course), and what I love the most was my eyebrows. They drew it perfectly (with Viva eyebrow pencil, I think). I like it so much! And they used eye-tape on my lid, they said my eye-lids weren't big enough, in order to make my eyeshadow pop out, they had to use eye-tape on my lid, without any eyeshadow base, just concealer (photoready by revlon). And they used pencil eyeliner for my eye.
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| eye makeup |
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| look at my eyebrow |
They didn't use much blush on my cheek and no bronzer. Just a light blush. Actually I asked them to put bloody-red lipstick, but the color you see on my picture was the darkest red they had. So I had to go with this even if I wanted Taylor Swift red lips so much.
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Without those traditional touch on my face, without the hair, and the dress, this was my look after the ceremony:
This is my look on the ceremony:
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| taken from my other blog: rumahindik.blogspot.com |
It really looks like a painting, wow, I wonder how heavy those make up was! I looked completely different. Well, that's the power of make up :D
So, what do you think?
It's been a long long time (as always) since the last time I wrote on this blog! So, have you seen my last experiment from the previous post? As you can see I was trying to do extreme make up change to make my face look like insane but doll-like face. So what do you think?
Lately I've been so busy reading many kind of beauty blogs in Indonesia, trying to find a good makeup with good price. One of my favorite blog is looxperiments.com, and I am following their twit via @looxperiments. They gave me a lot of advice about choosing make up and a lot tip about beauty. And I really like their make up product review! The Looxperiments also has an event called "makeup challenge" where they gave make up theme every two weeks, and we can send our make up photo based on the theme. All of the photos will be shown on their page at looxperiments.com.
I have participated in their last two make up challenge. The theme were: Celebrity make up and Floral.
Recently I really like to watch America's Next Top Model, and I really adore Tyra Banks. So, for the first trial I did Tyra Banks smokey eye.
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I'll give you a closer look:
Eye done by Sariayu
Eyebrow by Revlon
I tried to make it as dark as I could, I tried to make it as dark and as deep as Tyra Banks, but this was all. I used black and white eye shadow only. But the color was not really pigmented. My eyes didn't look smokey enough
And the second trial was for Floral Theme.
For this theme, I tried to draw Sakura in my eyes, I used purple, green, and white eye shadow by Sariayu, Eye brow by Revlon, and Lip by Sariayu
Take a closer look:
The eyeshadow color was supposed to be popped out, especially the green one since I put it really heavy. The color was light and shimmery, but what I found in the picture is just a slight green and slight purple (although the white color looked really pigmented).
At first, I was questioning, why did it happen? Why the color didn't pop out? Why the color didn't look like the real color in the palette? Why it didn't look like the one in the magazine? Was it about the camera?
Was it about the eyeshadow?
And now I finally found the answer! Not about the camera, not about the eyeshadow (since Sariayu is a well-known brand in Indonesia!). The answer is EYE PRIMER or EYE SHADOW BASE! Simple! I didn't put any eye primer, that's why the color didn't standout!
So, what is eye primer or eyeshadow?
"eye primer" or "eye shadow base" is a kind of cream (or liquid--just like foundation) that is used before applying eyeshadow. Its function is to make the eyeshadow color pop out, more pigmented, and not easily creasing. for some powdery eyeshadow, the use of eye primer will help you to keep the powdery eyeshadow stick with a neat and does not quickly fade or creasing.
Sariayu's eyeshadow that I used was a little powdery, that's why the color didn't stick and didn't stand out. If I want the look just like in a magazine, Eye primer definitely a must have!
The I started to search information about many kind of eye primer. My make up buddy, Adhyanti suggested me to use NYX eye primer. Well, NYX eye primer is a well-known stuff around beauty bloggers, because of the quality and the price (which is NOT cheap). Or Urban Decay Primer Potion (UDPP) which is sooooo expensive and not available (in Indonesia you have to buy it online) but the quality is beyond....every beauty blogger said the same thing, "very good".
So I tried NYX eyeshadow base when I put on make up a week a go for a dance show. Take a look:
I really like the fact that the eyeshadow looks exactly like what you see in the palette. Popped out. The color didn't creasing even after the dance and the sweat. With this eyeshadow base, it feels easier to put eyeshadow. You don't have to put it too much or too heavy. And you don't have to worry for a long period :)
And the next thing I have to buy now is an eye primer! Well, NYX's isn't affordable to me. So I decided to find cheaper one but with closest quality. Most of beautybloggers suggest AUBEAU Eye shadow base (made in Indonesia). They told me that this product is really good, a local version of UDPP. But it's hard to find in my city (Surabaya). I guess I have to order it online or find it in another city :) And I really want to try super-cheap eyeshadow base by Viva (local brand). When I find both, I will compare it :D
What I learned is: Eye primer or eye shadow base--> it's a must!
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| eyeshadow, lipstick, blush on, powder all by Sariayu wardrobe: my own closet Properties: my own Photograph by: Indy Edited by Indy |
I have participated in their last two make up challenge. The theme were: Celebrity make up and Floral.
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| First trial submitted on looxperiments.com Tyra banks' Look (In the middle of the page) |
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I'll give you a closer look:
Eye done by Sariayu
Eyebrow by Revlon
I tried to make it as dark as I could, I tried to make it as dark and as deep as Tyra Banks, but this was all. I used black and white eye shadow only. But the color was not really pigmented. My eyes didn't look smokey enough
And the second trial was for Floral Theme.
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| second trial submitted on looxperiments.com theme: Floral |
Take a closer look:
The eyeshadow color was supposed to be popped out, especially the green one since I put it really heavy. The color was light and shimmery, but what I found in the picture is just a slight green and slight purple (although the white color looked really pigmented).
At first, I was questioning, why did it happen? Why the color didn't pop out? Why the color didn't look like the real color in the palette? Why it didn't look like the one in the magazine? Was it about the camera?
Was it about the eyeshadow?
And now I finally found the answer! Not about the camera, not about the eyeshadow (since Sariayu is a well-known brand in Indonesia!). The answer is EYE PRIMER or EYE SHADOW BASE! Simple! I didn't put any eye primer, that's why the color didn't standout!
So, what is eye primer or eyeshadow?
"eye primer" or "eye shadow base" is a kind of cream (or liquid--just like foundation) that is used before applying eyeshadow. Its function is to make the eyeshadow color pop out, more pigmented, and not easily creasing. for some powdery eyeshadow, the use of eye primer will help you to keep the powdery eyeshadow stick with a neat and does not quickly fade or creasing.
Sariayu's eyeshadow that I used was a little powdery, that's why the color didn't stick and didn't stand out. If I want the look just like in a magazine, Eye primer definitely a must have!
| UDPP |
| NYX eyeshadow base |
So I tried NYX eyeshadow base when I put on make up a week a go for a dance show. Take a look:
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| eyeshadow by Sariayu |
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| pop out? |
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| right after the show, so sweatyy... |
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| at home, the eyeshadow still look good after all the sweat |
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| After all the sweat, the color still look great |
And the next thing I have to buy now is an eye primer! Well, NYX's isn't affordable to me. So I decided to find cheaper one but with closest quality. Most of beautybloggers suggest AUBEAU Eye shadow base (made in Indonesia). They told me that this product is really good, a local version of UDPP. But it's hard to find in my city (Surabaya). I guess I have to order it online or find it in another city :) And I really want to try super-cheap eyeshadow base by Viva (local brand). When I find both, I will compare it :D
What I learned is: Eye primer or eye shadow base--> it's a must!
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