Dressed-Up in Funky Tropics

Salut mes amis! Today's abstract "Tropical" makeup look was inspired by a set of funky Nail Dress stickers by Kiss and was created using some of my favorite products. With all the holiday madness going on right now, I just wanted to conceptualize something different and fun for my kind of holiday season. Not to worry, I will have plenty of Christmas-y goodness coming up after this post -- today, I just wanted to revisit my artistic side and show you something fresh! I don't know about you, but I need a little break from all the ready-to-wear makeup hehe...

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It's Party Tyme!!!

Salut mes amis!!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you ::singing:: Happy Birthday Dear Bloggy, Happy Birthday to you!!! Now blow out your 1 candle and wish for many more to come :))

Today, January 10th, marks the 1 year anniversary of this blog, 'Fix Your Face' by Maryam Maquillage!!! As much as I am proud of my baby, I'm mostly really grateful to all of you, my readers, for the overwhelming amount of love you've given me and my blog. Your continued support fuels my drive to deliver post after post, and I promise to keep going, keep bettering, and keep serving near-daily doses of maquillage posts, nail art and other beauty related topics.

My post for the day is a long one, so brace yourself, I've got a lot to cover... As mentioned earlier, I'm introducing a new topic for 2012--HAIR and everything that relates to it--so today's post is a kick-off :)) I'll be reviewing a set of extensions (oo-la-laa) and giving a quick tutorial on how to achieve the BIG, bouncy curls. In addition, I'm including a fun going-out makeup look, paying homage to the Look That Inspired the Blog (my very first blog post) with one party-perfect Schiap lipstick, you know the one... cuz it is a celebration after all, y'all :))

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Fluro-Trash

Bonjour mes belles :))

In today's post, I'm featuring a makeup look I wore last week to a theme birthday party for my fabulous friend Kavita, who celebrated her big day in the funky style of Ibiza nightlife. Ibiza is a party island off the coast of Spain and is known for its fiery, crazy, fluorescent, "barely there" fashion and atmosphere. The birthday girl was adorned in brights, glitter and feathers and the guests sipped on Sangria as they danced the night away to Euro beats. Since the party was held in a NYC loft and not on a hot sandy beach, I wanted to concentrate most of the crazy fluorescence on my face, rather than in the styling of my wardrobe. I did, however, wear a see-through top with a bright bathing suit underneath and a mini leopard skirt for the barely there factor. My maquillage was very bright and different from what I would normally wear to a party, so I named it Fluro-Trash, if you know what I mean :))) Here's the look:

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The look that inspired the blog

A few weeks ago, I posted a pic (my background image taken through photobooth) onto my facebook wall and got pleasantly bombarded with questions, comments and compliments about my makeup look. I've always wanted to start a blog, but given my widely varied interests, I've been stumped and hesitant about my topic for a long time. So finally, after feeling inspired, I decided to make a resolution in time for the new year to stop my typical procrastination and just talk about what makes me happy--Makeup or Maquillage, en Français. As you can tell, I have successfully created yet another alter ego and hope you enjoy what she has to offer!!! Please follow me and all that other good blog stuff and I will def return the favor as soon as I figure out how to do that :)) Merci!!!

Bisous,

Maryam Maquillage

ABOUT THE LOOK:

I call this look the "Maryamian" simply because it was inspired by the Kardashians... After purchasing my favorite of-the-moment lipstick, hot pink Schiap by Nars, I searched the net for ways to wear it and found a pic of Kimmy wearing it naughty and nice. Next, I rounded out my archy brows, lined and winged my eyes arabian style, and finished with some Ardell lashes. 

PRODUCTS USED:

Face: Bare Minerals Foundation in Golden Medium, Lancome Maquicomplet Concealer in Medium Bisque, a no name hot pink blush from Sephora Holiday Palette

Eyes: Clinique Cream Liner in True Black, Ardell lashes

Lips: NYX lipliner in Pinky, Nars Semi-matte lipstick in Schiap

TIPS AND TRICKS: 

✩ Line your upper and lower waterlines to make your eyes pop. Black cream or gel liner, not kohl pencil, will not smear, melt, or run. Rimming the waterline makes dark eyes lighter and light eyes brighter :) 

✩ With bright lips and graphic eyes, keep face clean and simple

✩ Cool hued lip colors make teeth look whiter

ENJOY THE CLOSE-UP :)