I love make-up – it makes us all a little more fabulous. As I am not a make-up artist, I have a lot to learn so I was very excited to meet Stephan Ulvund Øien International make-up artist with IsaDora who was visiting Galway.
The ITWBN ladies were invited to Matt O’ Flaherty’s chemist in William Street in Galway and it was fabulous from the moment we arrived.
I had a front row seat and just like being in school, it was the best place to be, because I learnt so much. We learnt about lips, eyes, contouring and more, but for me real take-away was how this gorgeous make-up can be used just like paint.
As an artist I have learnt all about colours. Complementary colours, contrasting colours and tonal values. Stephan showed us how these very same principles work with make-up. A fabulous demonstration with three different lip colours really blew me away. He shows us warm lips, he showed us cool lips and then he took all sorts of products and with a scrape of each one, he made a custom colour. The colour of the hair (a brown pencil), colour of the eyes (blue), pink for lips and some foundation. These were all mixed together on a pallette knife and when the colour went on – the true beauty of the model came out. Make-up can enhance our beauty and this is exactly what happened.
Another great lesson was all about eyes. The first look used the gorgeous new summer colour pallette. A really stunning look that I thought could not get better. Stephan said this was a look for going out with the girls! He then proceeded to change it up using neutrals for a more natural, but sultry look – this one for men. Wow, if I could look as sexy as that!
Question time was great with a quick class on tight lines (waterproof liner on the inside of your upper eyelid), and a beautiful way of doing brows.
The IsaDora make-up is really yummy. I have only started using it this year, and i find it really luxurious and a joy to use.
Thanks for reading
Kerry x
