The perfect Asian smokey eye

The night before at the Big week of beauty Burberry event, we met Wayland who promised us the perfect Asian smokey eye. As you can imagine, with that promise, we were very happy to visit the counter again the next day.


Tada! It is a darker shade for a real glam look, but the same technique can be used with a very sheer pink shimmer shade to enhance the size of the Asian almond shaped eye.




The instruction class was part of the VIP gift with purchase which incorporated a complimentary Makeup masterclass, if you go, do make an appointment with Wayland at the Burberry beauty counter, he is fantastic with colour matching and makeup tips and tricks. I learnt so much from him this weekend refining my makeup application technique (which are so antique now as they were learnt from magazines from when I was a teenager).




We went home with a personalized face chart each, ours were the Burberry iconic looks and I must say that there are two products on here that I would love to own some day. Burberry's sheer foundation that gives awesome coverage but doesn't even feel like its there! And the gold gloss, it's so luxurious having it on my lips- both the look and its feel.




If you compared the eyes (both mine of course) on the top, the technique on the left was done by another makeup artist for an evening out. But contrast that with Wayland's technique on the right, Observe how my eye really pops and is better accentuated on the left, which is the real difference between using techniques that suit and don't suit the shape of your eye.

The clouding technique is the secret. Deposit the eye shadow colour very close to the upper lash line and then blend it upwards on your eye like painting little clouds of smoke to create a gradual effect. The last touch is to accentuate the bottom outer corners of your eye with a little bit of eyeshadow just to add depth to the eye.

It's harder to describe really, the best way is to head down to David Jones Burberry beauty counter and ask to be shown your personalized Burberry iconic look!

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The Ultimate Beauty Glam-A-thon

David Jones Sydney last night hosted Beauty beats, a night full of extended hours of beauty consultations and samples galore. We didn't anticipate the extent of the celebrations as we were really only there for Marie Claire's Burberry Beauty event, the launch of the new Burberry Beauty counter. Alex Noonan, beauty editor for Marie Claire was there to introduce the festivities and share on her thoughts on the latest Burberry makeup colours. I couldn't hear very much, so intent I was soaking in the richness of her Burberry Lip Velvet lipstick colour and how gorgeous that Burberry Rose Gold Trench coat was on the model.

Then they unleashed the crowds on the beauty counter. Being new, everything on display was in mint condition: the check patterns on the makeup pallettes all intact. We were so shy to test. Perhaps I haven't been testing colours on myself for a long time. I recall my teenage years lurking around the drugstore painstakingly swabing every colour and employing all the magazine beauty tricks to 'find my colours'. I haven't done that in a long while having found my basic palettes and having stuck to them for years. But Alex Noonan says, "Lipstick is back, gone are the days of lip gloss" And I agree whole-heartedly, I just wasn't brave enough to venture into the deep plum reds quite yet, the bold on-trend statement look of now.

So Mallhaciel and I milled around chatting, sipping bubbles and nibbling at pink macarons whilst Alex Noonan, like any gracious host keeps socialising and imparts even more gems like how she embraced a bold lip colour and the secrets behind her au naturel yet very sophisticated eye makeup.

The third time she comes around to attend to us, she hands forth a lip wand. 'Go play' she encourages with the gesture and with that I began. The Lip Mist is puzzling. It's gloss on a stick. It adds colour but is really sheer and and wet. I note herewith that I loved the Blueberry of this range. If I ever venture into deeper lips, I will revisit this one as my foot into the door.
This here is my haul for the night:

With purchase of 2 items and above from the Burberry collection, we received a gift consisting of a full sized concealer, Burberry Body mini, Burberry mirror, Burberry Master Class Gift voucher and the beauty pouch as pictured above.

This was all the goodies, purchased, gifted and samples all inclusive. Gawd I had forgotten how awesome counter shopping is meant to feel with the beauty consultants pampering you with more value than you pay for via free samples of the things you wanted but didn't need. It just isn't the same purchasing from online retailers, not having that personal touch.

These were my lip velvet colours. I decided on the Peony Rose but was generously given the Antique Pink sample too, a shade browner for a sophisticated night time look when I need it.

As you can see, not much of a difference in the two shades when you look at them but check out the swatches below. #unfiltered.





I also bought the Sepia lip liner that complemented the Peony Rose. Something old world and glamourous embalms the use of lip liners. It stays with you all day long after the lip has lost its sheen, but I was taught to try something different and layer the liner on top of the lip stick to seal it it. I shall road test it fully today and see what results it yields.





Another trick I was taught at the counter was how to underline my eye with a crayon eyeliner. A trick that is smudge proof for my asian eye. I shall practice and share back on how that goes too. Now, I should go get ready for today's outing, tomorrow's post, but I can tell you, it's with Mallhaciel again (can't get enough of hanging with her *wink*) and we were promised a lesson on the perfect Asian smokey eye.

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Current Wish list

Current Wish list by happy-e-after featuring a pea coat

Tory Burch pea coat / Pierre Hardy wedge booties, $810 / 3.1 Phillip Lim leather satchel / Burberry scarve, $395

Still thinking of the London trip in December even if the wild winter weather in Sydney is relenting slowly but surely.