TAG: Summer Besties

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was awesome :) 

Over the weekend I was tagged to do this video of my favourite summer products: Summer Besties.

I decided to film it the other day as I haven't posted a video in a while. I hope you enjoy the video and if you have used any of these products too, let me know what you thought of them! If you have a youtube channel, make a video response with your favourites too! xoxo

Summer Besties TAG:
Favorite summer....
1) Lip product -LIP BALM! Burts Bees tinted lip balm - Pink Blossom
2) Blush - GOSH Natural Blush - 41 Juicy Peach
3) Nail Polish - Biosculpture Gel Nails -http://www.facebook.com/natashas.esthetics
4) Liquid face product - Biotherm Biopur SOS Normalizer
5) Powder face product - Smashbox Halo Hydrating Powder - Medium/ Coverfx Powderfx - M80
6) Hair product - GOSH Salt of Mine - Wet'n Dry Salt Water/ L'oreal Nutri-Sleek Anti Frizz Serum
7) Eye product - Quo lashes - 806
8) Self Tanner (or any tanning item) - Hawaiian Tropics Dark Tanning Oil - Spf 4/ Bourjois Delice De Poudre Bronzing Powder - 51/ Smashbox Contour Palette/ Benefit Hoola
9) Fashion accessory - Sunglasses!!! Hoop Earrings, Rosary!
10) Clothing piece - Beaters! 

REQUESTED: Tropical Seduction - Turquoise, Purple and Brown

Oh my, my lovely followers, I am sooooo sorry for the lack of posts. I did try and post this about a week ago however, blogger went down and deleted my post....twice. 
Thank you for holding on with me and being patient. This month really has been crazy for me, and as the summer nears, I really don't think that it's going to stop anytime soon.
So this look was requested and named by one of my fans who requested this look on my facebook page. 

At first, I honestly did not like it on myself, but quickly fell in love with it. I received many compliments all day about it.
I tried to use as much drugstore brands as I could. 


Another point that I wanted to bring up was that I may not be doing video tutorials for a while because recently I knocked myself right above my eye and as a result, I have bruised eye. It is really purple at the moment, so please be patient with me, I will have a tutorial filmed and up asap. 
I already have so many ideas.


And with that, I'll leave you to enjoy the video, leave me a comment and let me know what you think! (Hopefully blogger doesn't delete this post!!!)

Makeup Tip # 1: How Do You Apply Your Foundation?

So, a little while back I saw this demo and it completely changed how I applied foundation, and made me aware. I wanted to share this tip with my followers and see what you all have to say about it. 
I posted this about two days ago and have had some interesting responses. Some, like me, have found that this was extremely helpful in explaining how foundations are applied in each way. Especially for HD photography/film. And others have questioned it by saying that it is different on skin and that if you wet the sponge, it won't suck up the product. 
My 'argument' over that is that, yes, even though it is not on the skin, it is a clear way of distinguishing application. Also, for the amount of product waste, waste in general from usage of many sponges and money spent constantly buying new sponges, you might as well buy a good quality foundation brush that can be used over and over with no waste!

You be your own judge though, let me know what you think and let me know how you apply your foundation and why it works for you!

FOTD: Angel Eyes: Silver and Blue

Friday night and I am back again with another look ! I created this look the other day... purely out of boredom and creativity.... I wanted to use colours that I don't usually use.. so I decided to go with silver, baby blue and royal blue. 
I think it turned out pretty great. I really fell in love with this look, I wish I had somewhere to wear it to that day. 
What are your plans for the weekend? For myself, I have a few birthday and farewell parties to attend. I did have to work today. Glad I did, it was great!
Anyways I hope you have a great one and talk to you soon!

FOTD: YSL Inspired Spring look - Easter colours

Evening. How has your week been so far? Happy Hump day... and Happy 420 to those who celebrate it (I do NOT! as I do not smoke.... however I love how everyone was in a great mood today!) haha. 
Today I wanted to show you a look that I created a few days ago. I decided to film the look.... I hope that you can check it out :) 

The look was created from an inspirational photo of YSL's Spring 2009 makeup look. I wanted originally to do a look inspired by Easter... as it is just around the corner... and I really liked the colours of this photo, so I thought that they would fit perfectly :)

For those of you wondering, and keeping up with my busy life.. the ABA hair show went well! The hairstylist(who is award winning :) ) really liked the makeup I did. The photo shoot however, that I was suppose to do yesterday was postponed as the photographer was sick :( 
I did however get two more job offers, so all is well! 


I hope all is well with you.... and without further adieu.... enjoy the video!

Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 life (OFFICAL MUSIC VIDEO) Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Yay! for the weekend! How are you doing? What does this weekend have you up to? 
I miss blogging everyday... but I can never find the time to do it daily anymore.. *insert sad face*
This weekend so far I have had to work and had a birthday to attend.. tomorrow and Monday, I am doing makeup for a hair show and Tuesday, I am probably doing makeup for a photo shoot. So, definitely busy busy..... Yesterday, I posted a video on Youtube. It is a tutorial I did, that was inspired by Nicki Minaj's 'Moment 4 life' music video makeup. I changed it a little bit to better suit what I like better. I hope you can check it out and let me know what you think.
I have a few videos that I have in mind to film, but I definitely love hearing what you all want to watch! So, let me know in a comment! I already have tons of requests, and I really hope that I can get to all of them soon. All you who have requested, thank you and please be patient with me. I do have three jobs, plus blogging, filming and editing for Youtube as well as all these opportunities for makeup gigs. 

I keep hitting the top 100 watched gurus for Canada on Youtube, so thank you all for all of your support.. even if it is just by clicking the PLAY button on my videos. I love you all! 

FOTD: Bare & Shu Uemura - 'Mystic Nature' Competition Entry

Evening darlings! How was your weekend? This weekend for me was quite.. uneventful... well as far as any partying went(which tends to happen every weekend at my house). I just worked and then worked on my latest video, which is was not a tutorial at all, but still the same, very important to me.
I wanted to share two things with you, first being my look for this weekend(above photos). Yup, thats right, this weekend I went pretty bare with my makeup. Fresh faced, some eyeliner and lashes. I know some may say that the lashes aren't 'bare' or 'natural' but to me they totally are, as I wear little to no mascara. 
Secondly, I wanted to share with you my Introduction video that I entered with my entry to the Shu Uemura 'Mystic Nature' Competition.

 This competition is to become the National Makeup artist for Shu Uemura. I really want to win... the top 20 finalists will be announced on the 13th(xXxFINGERS CROSSEDxXx) and if I do by some miracle make it to the top 20, I do need help from you all! As the next part will be based on voting... anyways... take a look at my video, and let me know what you think :) Have a great night and a fabulous Monday!

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Tequila Sunrise: Yellow, Orange and Red

No, I am not dead... as some of you may have been wondering... I have just been so pre occupied with other things. I totally wanted to do an update post the other day... but never got around to it.. it has been about a week since I wrote my last post... I know... I am a horrible blogger... and I apologize!!!
Even though I have not been blogging, does not mean that I have not been busy with makeup. I have been receiving some pretty amazing offers, dealing with me doing makeup for events and photo shoots and music videos that I really have not had time or well the motivation to blog. I have also been so caught up with personal things, which I prefer not to bore you with.. 
Anyways, the other day I really wanted to do a tutorial, however I was so unmotivated to do one... I had no idea what colours to use and where to begin. So I decided to ask my friends for colour combinations... One of my friends (Seiz), who happens to be the one singing on my video, came up with this colour combination. So, I basically took the idea and 'ran' with it... At first, to be honest, it looked horrible, but as I progressed in the process, I totally loved it. 
Doesn't it remind you of a cocktail? Such as Tequila Sunrise or a Peach Bellini? Anyways.... I really  hope that you guys like this look... Let me know what you think with a comment below! And if you have any requests or suggestions or colour combos you want to see... let me know! I am totally open to new ideas! :) Take care and I hope to make another blog post soon!

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Ocean Waves: Turquoise and Royal Blue eyeshadow tutorial

What an awesome weekend that was for me.... I hope you all had a great one as well.... here we are back to the work week.... 
I did this look this Friday when I went out with my friends and I filmed me doing it... so here is a tutorial.. It was totally inspired by the ocean... which I was thinking about, after the sunny day we had here in Vancouver, I was thinking about the beach... and so why not something inspired by the ocean! 
Turquoise is definitely one of my favourite colours.. So I absolutely adore this look.... Let me know what you think about it?

Of course I did some camera whoring.. haha... 

Have an awesome week! And if you want to hear more from me, you can chat with me on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/vividfusion

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REQUESTED: Foundation Routine and Everyday look

This definitely has to be the most simple videos I have filmed, for the fact that this is my daily makeup routine. I most likely would not have filmed this, however I was requested to do it many times. So, I finally gave in. 
As you may notice in the video, I do use quite a bit of products, however I use only a little of each. I love the blend and mix products to get my desired effect. And this is what I like to say is my "artist" side. 

Anyways I hope you enjoy watching this video, to me it is routine.... I did film another tutorial today which I hope to have up in the near future... It is the weekend, so I cannot make any promises as to when it will be up.. Have a great weekend! and thanks to ALL my followers/subscribers here on blogspot, youtube, beautylish, facebook, twitter and maycup ! You all make this possible!

Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) Inspired Makeup

Oh, the beautiful and talented Jennifer Lopez.... she is making a HUGE come back in her career! And you know what? Great for her!

I was super stoked when I saw her newest video - On the floor recently. I was definitely in awe of her beauty and her makeup! She looked stunning with only bronzed skin and bronzy eyes. 

I, of course wanted to try the makeup out for myself. And thus, a makeup tutorial. Now, before you say "this doesn't look like her" or "this doesn't look like the makeup she has on", I have to say one thing: I was INSPIRED by her makeup, I was not planning to create it to the very shade of the eyeshadow. I think my version turned out pretty well. I was super pleased with it.. unfortunately I had nowhere to go on the day that I filmed this. So I wore it to the veterinarian (Michi and Lima needed their shots). With the lashes on the bottom I definitely got some stares and smiles, but no disgusted looks.

I created this look with no name brand eyeshadows, just simple makeup that I have had from makeup school. And you know what's awesome about this look, I am sure the EVERY girl has brown or taupe eyeshadows that they think are boring... but this is a way to spice it up :) I really hope that you enjoy!!

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Let me know what you think in a comment below!

Thank YOU + Giveaway reminder!

Wow... it has been a crazy day... Just from yesterday till today, I gained 250 subscribers on Youtube. Making my total 353 at this moment. I don't know where all this attention came from but I am definitely grateful for every single one of my followers! 

Thank you for all your support!! <3

On another note, I just wanted to remind you all of my giveaway that will be ending on Monday(21st)! If you have not entered already, please do! ENTER HERE!