Last week, I did a makeover shoot with Helena, who came to visit the UK all the way from California.

Helena approached me after I posted about my shoot offer (still a couple of slots left!) and booked the shoot to match with her trip. Pictured on the right she is wearing a corset by What Katie Did, along with a satin set from Fairygothmother.

I forgot to take the natural prior shot (silly me!) so she was kind to take a snap with her camera for the blog.

We discussed beforehand about doing a bright eye look, to match the gorgeous Pin-up Girl Clothing skirt in turquoise blue that she is wearing on the next pictures.

For this I used a Kryolan pressed blue eyeshadow as a base, Makeup forever “72″ on the crease, and Nars “China Blue” on top.

I am quite obsessed with eyebrows and I thought that strong brows would go well with these colours. I filled them with MAC “Stud” since Helena has black hair.

I mixed a couple of shades of MAC Studio Fix Fluid to get the perfect match for her complexion, and I contoured with La Femme blush in “Soft Beige”. La Femme blushes are incredibly pigmented so a little goes a looong way.

MAC’s Lip gelee was then applied on lips, with spice lipliner. (I was going to check out the exact shade but I noticed they don’t make them anymore!).

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