Honey and Lucky

I just graduated last week, everybody!!!!

Say, YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

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:

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.

bought it on Elizabeth store (jogja)

This is the way I looked from up to bottom

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:

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.

eye makeup

They put the lighter grey on the eye-tape. I asked them to put darker grey to match my dress. So here it is:

look at my eyebrow

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.

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.

This is my look on the ceremony:

taken from my other blog: rumahindik.blogspot.com

Without those traditional touch on my face, without the hair, and the dress, this was my look after the ceremony:

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?

eyeshadow, lipstick, blush on, powder all by Sariayu
wardrobe: my own closet
Properties: my own
Photograph by: Indy
Edited by Indy

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.

First trial submitted on looxperiments.com
Tyra banks' Look (In the middle of the page)

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.

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.

second trial submitted on looxperiments.com
theme: Floral

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!

UDPP

NYX eyeshadow base

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:

eyeshadow by Sariayu

pop out?

right after the show, so sweatyy...

at home, the eyeshadow still look good after all the sweat

After all the sweat, the color still look great

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!

This is a story about this gitl and her teddy bear....

There was this girl.
She always wear a long dress with a teddy bear in her hand

She always walk with her bear, wherever she goes.

She sits with the bear

And she never let go of the only bear she has

When you take that Teddy bear away, She goes crazy

She just can't handle the pain of losing the one she likes, the teddy bear

And it happens to everybody who really love something, or someone
You'll go crazy of losing it

That's why, you will never let it go, whatever it takes
It belongs to you and nobody can take it
You will hold it strong
Forever.....

That's what love means to this girl
And perhaps to everyone in this world
Hold it forever
Don't let go.....

This is my new experiment, extreme make up change, ugly-pretty kind of picture. I don't know if it's good enough, but I think it tells the story of an ugly-pretty little girl. The pictures quality are not the best, because I only used low light mode from a digital pocket camera with not enough natural light to hit the face and a tripod. So I used a little help from photo editor program to make it like these. The make up I used was a daily type of make up but I applied it harder. And it was even harder to make the face and make up look stronger because I didn't use any additional lighting. Also I don't have anyone to be my model, so I had to use my self for an experiment. I hope you like it although I'm far from a model type :p

I never learn about photograph, I just recently watched many photographers worked in ANTM with their best shots and they inspired me. I really am sorry if my work is hurting any of you. Well, this is just an art, and art means freedom. Enjoy.

Please don't think about the face, just tell me what do you think about the whole concept?

So, which one is the best picture that tells the girl's story?? Pick a favorite and leave a comment please!

Hey! How r u? Thanks for noticing my new post.

Today I'd like to show you my latest creation. My NEW costume :)

Last Saturday (October 16), I got a chance to perform a dance with my dance team (which was newly formed, and this day was our debut). We got a chance to entertain the participants of National Medical Challenge (NMC) on the closing party. The theme of the party was "Gorgeus and Glamour". When I heard that word for the first time, I thought only two colors, black and gold to represent both "gorgeous" and "glamour". But as Indonesian, I thik batik is the perfect symbol to represent "Gorgeus and Glamour". Therefore, my teammates and I decided to choose the color black, gold, and batik as the "main course" of our costumes.

Unfortunately, we were a bit short of funds, so we have to limit our budget for buying materials for the costumes. We were only able to buy half a meter of batik fabric and a half meters of gold fabric, while the black color--as the base color of our costume-- we had to prepare independently. And yet, we couldn't afford tailor so we had to figure it out how to wear them well so we would look so Gorgeous and Glamour.

at first I was confused about how to make these fabrics look gorgeous and glamorous. absolutely no idea. Then I watched a Japanese movie titled Crows Zero (taken from anime with the same tittle, played by famous Japanese Idol--Oguri Shun), which tells about delinquents at a Japan all-boys high school who always got involved in fights. Among those students in the movie there was no single student who wear a standard uniform (Japanese highschool uniform is called GAKURAN. It looks like a Japanese army uniform at the second world war. Or the Japanese naval uniforms in earlier times - if I'm not mistaken . To know more about Gakuran history, you can see in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_school_uniform)

Now, try to compare the original Gakuran with the movie's version. The version in the film seems more fascinating, isn't it? According to me and some friends, the movie's version of gakuran is more like Beskap (traditional dress in Java for men).

original Gakuran

Genji Takiya (Oguri Shun)

Genji Takiya- Crows Zero Comic

Beskap of Central Java

Gakuran in the movie's version seems shorter (the belt can be seen). And the front shape of gakuran was longer than the back. It is the same with Beskap (you can search it on your search engine).

I really inspired with both beskap and gakuran. And I really amazed with the belt shown. So I thought to combine this beskap/gakuran style, with good belt. I really want to copy a little style from a dance team I love the most,the Beatfreaks. Just look at the picture on this left. You know what I mean right? Gold belt and gold chain.

So I made this style, the original style I wore on the stage that night

If you look closer on the clothes, you will find that I tried my best to implicate beskap/ gakuran.

and the gold belt too (Actually it's not a real gold belt. I just wrapped my belt with a gold fabric--because my budget is so limited)

If you look at the back, actually it's shorter than the front. just like Genji Takiya's Gakuran/ beskap. Unfotunately, I forgot to take my back's picture.

Hair do?

Nothin special.

For the makeup, I only applied two colors, gold and black (again), a little white eyeliner, and --of course-- a lot of glitter.

I really impressed with my work. I know it's far from perfection. But I really put a good effort in it. I made this dress for 3 hours. Just 3 hours. So I really proud of my work :) LOVE IT!