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WELCOME TO MY BLOG :) I'm a self-taught make-up artist with over 13 years experience currently living and working in London. Combining a life of a freelancer with working for the best make-up company MAC Cosmetics. I created this blog out of pure PASSION FOR MAKE-UP and started writing it while I was taking some time off from my travels and staying in my hometown in Slovakia and continuing it now from London, (where I settled down for now), enriched with my MAC experience. I really hope you like it. Please don't forget to subscribe and share the page with your friends that might be interested. I'm looking forward to your comments. XOXO SOPHIA

Saturday 17 November 2012

PARTY MAKE-UP


Mile Damy, Dear Ladies, 
(English is in blue italic font) 

Je sobota vecer, ak sa chystate von, mozte sa inspirovat mojim vcerajsim make-upom. A ako nieco extra pridam fotku aj Wikinho make-upu, ktory som jej samozrejme robila ja :D

It's saturday night, and many of you are going out. If you don't know what make-up to put on, feel free to take some inspiration from my last nights creations on me and my friend Wiki. 




Ako na to? 
Moj make-up som vytvorila pouzitim sady tienov od Bare Minerals Rocker Eye. Pouzila som stredne tmavy sivy a cierny tien a do vnutorneho kutika oka som dala striebornu ceruzku (mozte pouzit aj kremovy tien striebornej farby).
Na cele viecko som naniesla stredne tmavy sivy tien a do vonkajsieho kutika cierny v tvare pismena V a potom som to tienovacim stetcom vsetko krasne vytienovala aby nebolo vidiet prechody medzi farbami. Na zaver som do vnutorneho kutika oka dala sivu kremovu ceruzku, ktoru som po naneseni vklepala bruskami prstov aby to malo jemnejsi efekt. 


Wikin make-up je velmi jednoduchy. Pouzila som zlaty tien, bronzer, ciernu linku a cerveny ruz. Na viecko som naniesla zlaty tien a do priehblinky nad pohyblivym vieckom som naniesla bronzer a vytienovala som to. Potom som naniesla ciernu linku a nakoniec cerveny ruz ;) 
Ktory look sa vam viac paci???

Oh, a ANO, mam novu farbu vlasov ;)





How to do it?
To create my look I used a palette of 3 mineral pigments from Bare Minerals - Rocker Eye. I used only 2 of the shadows from this palette - the black one and the darker grey one. First I put the darker grey pigment on the whole eyelid (all the way to the crease and above it a little bit) and than created a V shape in the outer corner with the black pigment. I blended it through nicely and put a silver cream eye pencil in the inner corner of the eye and blended it with the tips of my fingers for a softer look. 

Wiki's make-up is extremely easy. I used a golden eyeshadow, bronzer, black eyeliner and a red lipstick. I applied the golden eyeshadow on the eyelid and stopped just above the crease of the eye where I applied the bronzer and blended these two shadows together. Than I applied a black eyeliner and a red lipstick on the end.  Which look do you prefer???

Oh and yes, I did change my haircolor ;))) 

XOXO SOPHIA 

Thursday 15 November 2012

GLAMOUR PHOTOSHOOT

Mile damy, Dear Ladies,

Tento tyzden som velmi vela pracovala na foteniach a chcela som vam ukazat par skvelych fotiek.  Fotky robila genialna Wiki Bekeova http://www.facebook.com/photo.wb?ref=ts&fref=ts Vlasy a make-up som robila ja a ked budete na stranke mozte ma potesi svojim like-om ;)  http://www.facebook.com/Sophia.Brad.MakeUp . 

Dufam, ze sa vam budu pacit fotky a dakujem, ze citate moj blog a dufam, ze liknete aj moju stranku ;) 

I've been working extra hard this week on photoshoots and here's a few pics that I wanted to share with you.
Photo was taken by fantastic Wiki Bekeova (to see her works click on the link http://www.facebook.com/photo.wb?ref=ts&fref=ts 
Hair and make-up was done by me (check out my other works too by clicking on the link and once you're there don't forget to like the page ;)
http://www.facebook.com/Sophia.Brad.MakeUp  

Hope you enjoy the pics ;) Thanks for visiting my blog and hopefully my page as well. 


BACKSTAGE / ZO ZAKULISIA 

BACKSTAGE / ZO ZAKULISIA 
FINAL PRODUCT / FINALNY VYSLEDOK 


 FINAL PRODUCT / FINALNY VYSLEDOK 
 XOXO SOPHIA 

Tuesday 13 November 2012

I LOVE MY BODY

Mile damy, Dear ladies... (English is in blue italic font)


Aj ked toto je blog o make-upe, a kedze krasa vyzaruje z vnutra, nedalo mi to dnes nenapisat par slov o tele a o tom ako vnimame same seba. 

Even though this is a blog about make-up I'm a firm believer that beauty shines from within, I couldn't help myself to write something about the body and body-awareness. About how you might perceive yourself. (English continues under the second picture)


Par zrniek mudrosti pre tie z vas, ktore mate nizke sebavedomie zo svojho tela. Tvoje telo je len schranka, ktoru si dostala do tohto zivota. To ako sa o nu staras je na tebe. To ako ho vnimas je tiez na tebe a to ako ho vnimaju ostatni je zrkadlom toho ako ho vnimas ty! Porozmyslaj nad tym.

Predstav si najoblubenejsiu cast svojho tela... Kolko komplimentov si uz na tuto cast dostala? Stavim sa ze ich bolo vela! Nemam pravdu? Dala si jej silu na to aby vynikla a zaziarila len tym, ze tuto cast svojho tela mas rada a si hrda na nu. Teraz si predstav tu najNEOBLUBENEJSIU cast tvojho tela a daj jej lasku (lebo si ju zasluzi tiez) - a touto laskou aj tejto casti tvojho tela das tu istu silu ako tej oblubenej - silu zaziarit. Maj sa rada, bud mila k sebe a prijmi svoje telo/seba samu a kazdy ta bude mat rad a prijme ta! Aby si lasku prijala musis ju aj dat - zacni sebou - MAJ SA RADA!!! 

LASKA JE CESTA!



Few words of wisdom for all of you who have body confidence issues. Your body is just a shell you get for this life. How you treat it is up to you. How you perceive it is up to you, how others perceive it is the mere reflection of your perception. Think about it. 
Imagine your most favourite body part... How many times have you been complimented on it? I bet it's been more than a good few times, right?!?!... You've given it power to shine just by loving it, being proud of it and kind to it.... Now imagine your least favourite body part and give it some love (as it deserves it too) - and with love you're giving it the same power - power to shine
LOVE YOURSELF, BE KIND TO YOURSELF AND ACCEPT YOURSELF, AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL LOVE AND ACCEPT YOU TOO. To receive love you must give love first - begin with yourself -

LOVE IS THE KEY! 

NEPRACUJEM NA SEBE TAZKO PRETOZE NENAVIDIM SVOJE TELO ALE, PRACUJEM/CVICIM PRETOZE HO (TELO) MILUJEM


XOXO SOPHIA 



Saturday 3 November 2012

New pics ... Nove fotky

Friday night make-up I did on Wiki, Piatkovy make-up, ktory som urobila Wiki 

Wiki's Friday night make-up, Wikin piatocny make-up


Part of my kit, Cast mojej make-up vybavy ;) 



Last week's photo shoot preview, Ukazka z minulotyzdnoveho fotenia




XOXO SOPHIA


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